Summer Gab: Hot New CanCon, Chappell, JT and Katy & Wavin' Flag
It's Big in Canada's first ever Summer Gab Fest! Laura and Mac somehow have even more to say about Wavin' Flag, wonder if Katy Perry is CanCon Coded, and talk new music from Ada Lea, Pig Pen, Billianne, No Joy, and Yawn.
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Young Artists for Haiti RANKED
In this special episode of Big in Canada, we rank the performance of every soloist featured on the Young Artists for Haiti version of "Wavin' Flag." We consider their artistic merit, effort, and the flare they add to their lines. Who will come out on top? Who did not care enough? Who added too much sauce?Also discussed: "Wavin' Flag", the choir, snubs, celebrity charity songs, the meaning of life, and much more.
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I Mother Earth - "One More Astronaut"
Bongos. Drama. Three Strong Words. These are just some of the defining features of 90s alt-rock band I Mother Earth. For Mac, the band's psychedelic and latin infused tunes open his third eye while Laura is just happy this episode is over.Also discussed: The 90s alt-rock explosion, Edwin's Himbo Energy, bongos, Canadian songs about California Hall of Fame, terrible album art, riffs, prog, switching singers and more.
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Amanda Marshall: Part 2 - "Sunday Morning After"
Does Amanda Marshall have another GOATED album? No! But that hasn't stopped us from digging into the hits (and misses) from the latter part of her career, her 20 year absence from the circuit, and her triumphant (and joyful) return to stages across Canada forever. Also discussed: the Federal Bureau of Canada Day Concerts, SWAG, Neil Young vs. Lynyrd Skynyrd, a (not so) brief history of Canadian diamond albums in Canada, Don Was, over production, not caring about sound, pivoting to clown, the purchasing power of suburban moms and more.
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Amanda Marshall: Part 1 - "Fall From Grace"
"First Amanda Marshall album GOATED." Given this undeniable fact, we go track by track through Amanda Marshall, an album that features at least one, but probably 4 or 5 songs, you didn't know you know.Also discussed: Amanda's early career, Jeff Healy, not the Globe and Mail's list of albums "you should hear now", Barenaked at Blockbuster, Emily Haines...just shy?, the Christian to bisexual pipeline, Mark Spicoluk, album sequencing, Neil Young covers and more.
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