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TheMetroMusic

  1. Tumblr blog compiling mystified tweets and Facebook posts from folks who've never heard of Arcade Fire. Good stuff http://cot.ag/go09jt 12:40 PM Feb 15th, 2011 via SocialEngage
  2. Love the way our friends at @RethinkCanada think! http://bit.ly/boEJ4G 1:43 PM Jan 21st, 2011 via SocialEngage
  3. Columnist @alancross bids farewell to two true music legends: the Sony Walkman and the Technics SL-1200 http://cot.ag/af7v78 12:13 PM Nov 5th, 2010 via SocialEngage
  4. This week from @AlanCross: Buzzworthy albums that are easy to recommend http://cot.ag/d2HpYM 7:13 AM Oct 22nd, 2010 via SocialEngage
  5. Album review: Elton John and Leon Russell struggle to find chemistry http://cot.ag/cek90r 11:12 AM Oct 21st, 2010 via SocialEngage
  6. Album review: Jim Bryson swipes the spotlight from The Weakerthans http://cot.ag/b8RB8x 11:11 AM Oct 21st, 2010 via SocialEngage
  7. It's hard not to miss the Barenaked Ladies on Steven Page's pop debut http://cot.ag/9LHM9x 10:44 AM Oct 21st, 2010 via SocialEngage
  8. Rhetorical question: Seriously, why do people like Kings of Leon so much? http://cot.ag/cfZLtH 10:30 AM Oct 21st, 2010 via SocialEngage
  9. Music Industry Fun Fact: According to Billboard, #Glee is now bigger than the Beatles http://cot.ag/aQLgZD 11:46 AM Oct 6th, 2010 via SocialEngage
  10. #caribou rocking the 20 min drum battle like it's 1977 : woot! ^RM 9:43 PM Oct 3rd, 2010 via TweetDeck
  11. #caribou cranks up the shoegaze as they take the stage at the Vogue theatre in Vancouver ^RM 9:24 PM Oct 3rd, 2010 via TweetDeck
  12. #caribou cranks up the shoegaze filters as they take the stage at the Vogue theatre in Vancouver ... 9:23 PM Oct 3rd, 2010 via TweetDeck
  13. @albatross15 Maybe it's the Top 100 Canadian A.M. Singles Of All Time. The whole thing could be a misunderstanding. 10:40 AM Sep 30th, 2010 via SocialEngage in reply to J_Pratt15
  14. @albatross15 I'd be happy to never hear Highway again. It was a large survey, so it's not surprising the top is heavy with older stuff. 10:34 AM Sep 30th, 2010 via SocialEngage in reply to J_Pratt15
  15. @albatross15 It's among the early big ones, maybe that helped. I'd go 500 Up from Smeared. Don't know if I Am The Cancer was ever a single 10:14 AM Sep 30th, 2010 via SocialEngage in reply to J_Pratt15
  16. @albatross15 It was nice to see Four Strong Winds in the Top 10, though. That would have been easy to overlook. 10:00 AM Sep 30th, 2010 via SocialEngage in reply to J_Pratt15
  17. @albatross15 The whole thing seems skewed toward a certain demographic of music fan, it seems 9:44 AM Sep 30th, 2010 via SocialEngage in reply to J_Pratt15
  18. Here are the Top 20 songs from the upcoming book, "The Top 100 Canadian Singles" http://cot.ag/c52DGe 9:16 AM Sep 30th, 2010 via SocialEngage
  19. Shades of El-P's sharp, grimy percussive slap in Calamalka's woozy, minimal electro breakbeat at #olio ^RM 11:13 PM Sep 26th, 2010 via TweetDeck
  20. Shades of El-P's grimy percussion slap in Megasoid's woozy, sharp minimal electro breakbeat at #olio ^RM 10:53 PM Sep 26th, 2010 via TweetDeck