Afleveringen
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Before she changed the words of "O Canada" at the Big Game, Chantal Kreviazuk was, somehow, kinda everywhere. A solo artist, writer of '00s pop smashes and scene setter for the most significant Canadian hip-hop album of all-time. How the hell did this happen?
Also discussed: soundtracks, vowel sounds, hockey, influencing Avril, piano, Raine, Chantal's "Canadian career", bad album titles, Christian music, and much more.
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Oh Jann-ada. Mac, Laura and certified Jann Fann Dorothea Paas discuss the beauty, the humour, the sacred and the profane of one of Canada's greatest Adult Contemporary Musicians/Comedians, Jann Arden.
Also discussed: The Launch, Jann the sitcom, singing in bars, anti-capitalist art, stage banter, 90s production, songwriting, humour, Mk.Gee and ML Buch, Calgary, horny Christians and much more.
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Mac and Laura chart the rise, fall, and enduring legacy of Sugar Jones, the winners of Popstars (Canada) Season 1 and Canada's foremost turn-of-the-century girl group.
Also discussed: a little more Moist, reality TV, bad dudes on reality TV, the cruel music industry, the pre-Idol scaries, girl groups v boy bands, the hangin' r&b vibes of Sugar Jones, pre-internet silos and much more.
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Moist are one of the luckiest Canadian bands ever. Arriving on radio during the dog days of grunge, this band of dudes has gone platinum many times over (in Canada) and remain a mainstay of rock radio (in Canada) over thirty years later. But one question remains: who the hell is choosing to listen to this?
Marlaena Moore, who's new album Because You Love Everything is out now, joins the show to dive deep into Moist. Yuck!
Also discussed: small world Cancon, David Usher, David Usher's good looks, David Usher's bad lyrics, 90s Canrock dudes vs. 90s Canrock women, returns on investment, scale, David Usher's solo career, AI and much more.
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Known feeler of song and host of CBC's Commotion, Elamin Abdelmahmoud joins the show to talk about Kingston, Ontario's foremost rudeboys, Bedouin Soundclash and what makes their unforgettable track "When the Night Feels My Song" a modern Cancon standard.
Also discussed: Ska, Queen's University, Kingston's music scene, campus radio, musical influences, Canadian white reggae, one-hit wonders, fedoras, what it means to sound a mosaic and much more.
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By the time they were 18 years old, the brothers Moffatts had been country kids, boy band heartthrobs and serious rock guys. It all feels bad. What's going on with these kids?
Also, discussed: the 2025 Junos, the "Asian Blackmarket", triplets, family bands, hitting the road at 5 years old, pop parents, soul patches, Hanson, ripping off songs, synthesis, Music Travel Love, movie soundtracks, bad vibes, and much more.
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From Portuguese-language teen phenom to MuchMusic dominating pop star, Shawn Desman has endured despite an industry that kept letting him down. Did he pave the way for pop sustainability in Canada?
Also discussed: Cancon haircuts, the "Sidewalk", Portuguese pop stars named Shawn, dancing, Cancon brothers and cousins, Drake, the TDot, Mac's Year in The Club, come backs, live albums and much more.
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*Belch* Mac and Laura leave the major label system behind and jump in a lake. Gob went from unlikely MuchMusic approved skate punks to radio rockers who paved the way for the next wave of Canadian pop punk exports. They fuckin' rule.
Other topics discussed include Sum 41, funny music videos, public access MuchMusic, EA Sports Vancouver, video game soundtracks, zombies, hockey rock, Vancouver rock, Cancon teen comedy "Going the Distance" and much more.
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Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Prozzäk. Mac and Laura dive into one of Cancon's most forward thinking pop success stories, and find out how Simon and Milo became the first true cartoon band.
Other topics discussed include: fake British accents, fighting, cartoons, YTV, Uh Oh!, emo, humour in Cancon, a time when people cared about things such as the JUNO Awards, utopia, Destroyer, lists, and Gorillaz. Plus, the Big in Canada hosts introduce a new segment, "We're Sorry".
Special thanks to Niko Stratis for scripting and production assistance on this episode.
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Mac and Laura start to untangle Fefe Dobson's unique and ground-breaking career by diving into her debut single, "Bye Bye Boyfriend". Turn on that solid-state distortion button because Fefe rocks.
Other topics include: the Prozzäk-extended universe, courage, the importance of representation, the post-Avril pop landscape, Big Milk, Fefe's "lost" second album, Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez, the Canadian daytime TV circuit and much more.
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On the first episode of Big in Canada, Mac and Laura discuss reluctant boy band b4-4's massive, dirty and super fun smash hit "Get Down".
Other topics covered include: the MAPL system, legal vs. spiritual CanCon, Electric Circus, Canadian boy bands, Modrobes, Tom Green, brothers who harmonize, RyanDan and much more.
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It's Big in Canada. Mac monologues on what you need to know about the show including a reality shattering experience with noted CanCon classic rock radio regulars, The Kings.
