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January 27

Week 194: “Deep Cold” by Carl Bray

A few days from now, groundhogs across North America will cheerfully emerge to let us…

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July 15

Week 166: “The Book of Love” by The Magnetic Fields (Patricia O’Callaghan cover)

The best-known version of this song is probably Peter Gabriel’s version, which was made so…

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July 1

Week 164: “Ballad to the East” by Oscar Peterson

In 1964, Canadian jazz legend Oscar Peterson released “The Canadiana Suite”, a record as beautiful…

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April 29

Week 155: “The Police and the Private” by Metric

Not only is Metric one of my favourite Canadian bands, but they might be the…

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February 18

Week 145: “Red” by Treble Charger

This is a 1990s alt-rock anthem that doesn’t get enough credit. Which is fitting, because the band…

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December 10

Week 135: “White Keys” by Chilly Gonzalez

Lots of people hate winter. It’s cold, it’s dark, and the novelty of snow quickly…

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August 13

Week 118: “UWM (feat. Leland Whitty)” by BadBadNotGood

Everything about BadBadNotGood seems designed to freak out old people. Their Bandcamp page proclaims that…

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August 6

Week 117: “Second Hand” by errunriv

I’ve always been interested in song titles. When I first heard this song, I assumed…

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July 9

Week 113: “Sit Still” by Christopher Stopa

The first few months of 2012 were pretty strange for Christopher Stopa. A baker with…

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June 18

Week 110: “Funk For Joy” by The Extremities

One of the best things about the mp3 age is the phenomenon of iPod serendipity.…

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April 16

Week 101: “Beneath It All” by The Slakadeliqs feat. King Reign & Shad

The Slakadeliqs are not actually a band, but one man, the talented and extravagantly-named Slakah…

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April 9

Week 100: “The Badger” by The Tea Party

The Tea Party is a Canadian band that gained a healthy following in Canada in…

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February 13

Week 92: “Every Little Thing” by Good Lovelies

In an effort to be inclusive, one of my goals with this blog has been…

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February 6

Week 91: “Hallelujah” by k-os

Canada is not a country that would spring to most people’s minds as a hotbed…

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September 12

Week 70: “Dors Dans Mon Sang” by Karkwa

As we saw a few weeks ago, the French are really good at sadness. In…

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August 29

Week 68: “Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl” by Broken Social Scene

For several years, I lived just up the street from a major university. And every…

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August 8

Week 65: “Freeways or Flight” by Paper Lions

I often think that people would be nicer to each other if we all lived…

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July 25

Week 63: “Turn the Koala” by Red Blue Green

Most circles of friends include at least one person who is the musical know-it-all of…

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July 4

Week 60: “It May Take Forever (but time is running out)” by The Outlanders

Composing original music that is actually original is very difficult, especially within the jazz genre.…

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May 16

Week 53: “Comme Des Enfants” by Coeur De Pirate

This week marks this blog’s first birthday. They grow up so fast, don’t they? Before…

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