Floodwaters Faithful

 

Mr. T

Southside Johnny - "Little Girl So Fine"

G-Man

Kix - "Body Talk"

Heavy Metal was my first love, and when I say metal I mean the classic stuff and thrash. Metallica, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Black Sabbath. So I always looked down my nose at Hair Metal. I still kind of do. But over time I grew fascinated by the short lived genre, which for better or worse, has an important place in Music History. I also thought that with so many bands in an over saturated movement, there must be some gems among the fluff. Enter Kix. A group from Maryland that for some reason never saw the fame of say Poison, Ratt, Quiet Riot or Def Leppard. Strange as both these songs I feel demonstrate more skill, talent and are worthy of repetition moreso than their more popular quaffed colleagues.

Kix - "Cold Blood"

Probably had something to do with their band name though. It was the 80's...there were still so many good names out there and they land on Kix. Anyway...

Doug

Andy Grammer - "Fresh Eyes"

Dano

Brent Cobb - "Let The Rain Come Down"

Jonny HP

Courtney Barnett - "Pedestrian At Best"

Mike D

Idris Elba - "Girl With The Bat" feat. Shadow Boxxer

J.B.

Death From Above 1979 - "Freeze Me"

Fireball

 Mr. T

John Mellencamp - "Wild Nights"

G-Man

The Neighbourhood - "Sweater Weather"

Doug

Macklemore - "Firebreather" feat. Reignwolf

Dano

Colter Wall - "Big Iron"

Jonny HP

TBD

Mike D

Metallica - "Master Of Puppets"

J.B.

TBD

Happy Canada Day!!

 Happy Canada Day to you!!! Hope you enjoy the long weekend! Be safe and healthy! and take these killer tunes with you wherever you go! Mr. T? Kick us off!!

Maple T

The Tragically Hip - "Ahead By A Century"

Kicking it to probably my favourite Canadian band!

GTA-Man

Great Big Sea - "Mari Mac"

Great Big Sea are one of Eastern Canada's best known acts. Putting their unique Maritime spin on all sorts of songs, from British Heavy Metal tunes to this Ol' Scottish folk song! Happy Canada Day all!!

Doug MacKenzie

The Tragically Hip - "New Orleans Is Sinking" (Live)

Dano

TBD

Jonny Hockey Practice

Pearl Jam - "Nothingman"

Mike Downie

Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine - "Catchin' Feels"

Justin Bieber

Tall Heights - "River Wider"

By the time you're all reading this i'll be in the back country singing this jam while paddlin' down a river! Happy Canada Day!

Broken Open

 Mr. T

Lutan Fyah - "Game Is Over"

G-Man

The New Pornographers - "Whiteout Conditions"

I feel like even i've been sleeping on these guys and I own some of their albums. They never cease to amaze me with their "so-simple-why-didn't-I-think-of-it?" songwriting that just has this long lasting indelible quality. Basically I recommend everything and anything these guys do. Should be a truly proper Canadian Musical export.

Doug

The Tragically Hip - "New Orleans Is Sinking" (Live in Kingston)

New live album comes out tomorrow!!!

Dano

Jordan Klassen - "Niko"

Jonny HP

TBD

Mike D

Banx  & Ranx, Reve - "Headphones"

J.B.

Rise Against - "Swing Life Away"

Mosquito Company

 

Mr. T

Shaggy - "That's Life"

G-Man

Judee Sill - "Jesus Was A Cross Maker"

Going back a little further than my usual deep dives into the 90's and 2000's. Here's a great, lesser know artist from the 70's.

Doug

KRS-One - "Represent The Real Hip-Hop" feat. Das EFX

Dano

Thylacine - "Piany Pianino"

Jonny HP

Joe Cocker - "With A Little Help From My Friends"

Mike D

TBD

J.B.

Sloan - "The Other Man"

Not sure if you've ever been the "Other Man/Woman"....but this song should strike a chord. Interesting backstory: Sloan's own Chris Murphy penned this. According to insiders, it's about his apparent secret relationship with Leslie Feist. Feist has never come forward about any love triangle, but I do believe it's pretty clear some heavy shennanigans were going down backstage. Tumultuous times....but damn, thanks for the great track

Mamet & Pinter

 

Mr. T

Three Dog Night - "Never Been To Spain"

G-Man

Method Man - "Judgement Day"

This one came on during my commute this morning and I definitely cranked the volume. I'm not the biggest hip-hop fan, but when this came out, 1999 I think? I was obsessed. Back then I couldn't just play it automatically from my phone, I had to wait for Much Music to play the video, which it rarely did. Or seek out someone who owned the CD, befriend them briefly, borrow said CD, tape the song, return said CD and allow friendship to run it's course throughout the remainder of high school..... I can't seem to remember who that was...

Doug

Method Man - "What's Happenin'" feat Busta Rhymes

Note from G-Man: "Method Man too?"

Dano

Brad Paisley - "Kentucky Jelly"

Jonny HP

TBD

Mike D

Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill"

J.B.

The Rapture - "Echoes"

After a long hiatus on this pretty small time band, I recently discovered about a 10 year gap of albums. Definitely all good quantity and quality wise. 

The Rapture - "Out Of The Races and Onto The Tracks"

Check this one out too!

Kill Half The Night

 Mr. T

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - "Brave Strangers"

G-Man

The Offspring - "Spare Me The Details"

Continuing with my scouring of deep tracks from big time 90's/2000's bands. This one comes from The Offspring's 2003 album Splinter. Which I think was originally going to be titled Chinese Democrazy: You Snooze You Lose. Love it

Doug

Sam Cooke - "A Change Is Gonna Come"

Dano

Nym - "Shortlife"

Jonny HP

Murder By Death - "I Came Around"

Mike D

Post Malone - "Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers Theme"

Tony K - "3s"

J.B.

Unwritten Law - "She Says"