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July 18

Week 323: “Snow Tip Cap Mountain” by The Octopus Project

Recipe for “Indie Cred”: Musically cutting-edge home town (eg. Austin, TX) Intriguingly cryptic band…

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June 13

Week 318: “Saving Us A Riot” by Phoria

As far as riots go, the 1835 “Snow Riot” in Washington DC isn’t widely remembered.…

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May 23

Week 315: “The Loop” by Mimicking Birds

If you’ve ever tried to write a song on the guitar, you know it’s not…

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May 9

Week 313: “Big Bird In A Small Cage” by Patrick Watson

Few instruments have been abused in popular music as much as the banjo. The poor…

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April 11

Week 309: “Heartbreaker” by The Cardigans

Sweden really has a knack for pop music. From ABBA in the 70s, to Roxette in the…

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March 28

Week 307: “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song” by Fleet Foxes

There’s plenty to like about Fleet Foxes’ 2008 debut album, but I think the best…

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March 21

Week 306: “Words” by Gregory Alan Isakov

A few months ago, I mentioned that although I didn’t have a list of top-ten…

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March 7

Week 304: “Open” by Rhye

Here’s your fact of the day: for almost a century, Canada and Denmark have been…

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February 15

Week 301: “Grey” by Exes

Now that Valentine’s Day is over, let’s talk about exes. As it turns out, a…

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January 25

Week 298: “Waterloo Sunset” by The Kinks (Theoretical Girl cover)

If you live in a city with a large train station and you find yourself…

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December 14

Week 292: “Two Birds” by Feiler

I don’t have a list of top-ten favourite words, but if I ever make one…

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November 9

Week 287: “The Shining” by Badly Drawn Boy

In the early 2000s, author Nick Hornby was on a roll. His unique brand of…

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October 5

Week 282: “To You Alone” by Tom Rosenthal

Tom Rosenthal is a master of brevity. His 2015 album, Bolu, comprises 16 tracks and…

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August 17

Week 275: “Not About You” by Small Shelter

This song has restored my faith in the male-female duet. And in case you were…

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August 3

Week 273: “White Night” by Thus Owls

Watching Thus Owls perform recently at a festival, I was struck by how quickly their…

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June 15

Week 266: “Illuminate” by The Kite String Tangle and Dustin Tebbutt

I never really enjoyed flying kites. Too much effort for too little reward. But I’m…

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February 16

Week 249: “Circle None” by Mice Parade

I am not ashamed to admit that I have a moderate-to-strong obsession with anagrams. Anagrams…

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February 9

Week 248: “Pretty Face” by Soley

There’s a literary genre that I’ve been really into recently, called “stunt non-fiction”. The formula…

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January 5

Week 243: “re: stacks” by Bon Iver

I used to think falsetto was for chumps. This might be because the first time…

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December 8

Week 239: “Coffee” by Sylvan Esso

Most songs about dancing fall into one of two categories: Instructional. These are songs whose sole…

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