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Post by Cody on Nov 11, 2014 23:27:23 GMT -5
Then there's the biggest crime of all. The fact that allaccess still hasn't separated Canada-Alt and Canada-Active from the US charts pages. Even though the split happened 5 years ago, when you move from US Alternative or whatnot to Canada, it still says "Canada-Rock" and you have to switch into canadian charts before you can see the split. Which as a result Kworb doesn't list either chart on his site. Which sucks because I'd rather never use AllAccess again. The worst part of it though is that you can't find out any information about any songs on either chart. "Gee, I wonder how often stations are playing the #1 song? Oh wait, you haven't bothered to fix that in 6 years? Ok then." The best you can do is click the individual stations, but that's just a pain in the ass.
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Post by Green Baron on Nov 11, 2014 23:30:11 GMT -5
It gets even worse when looking at other charts. Pretty much the entire lower half of the AC chart is French. And then since the spin counts are low CHOM pretty much controls the bottom of the Active chart. And now Foo Fighters have like 3 songs in the top 30. And then you've got the personality complex of the bottom of the Alt chart, aka "Are we Alternative? Or are we AAA? Or are we dancer?" Then there's the biggest crime of all. The fact that allaccess still hasn't separated Canada-Alt and Canada-Active from the US charts pages. Even though the split happened 5 years ago, when you move from US Alternative or whatnot to Canada, it still says "Canada-Rock" and you have to switch into canadian charts before you can see the split. The Canada charts used to part of the US charts?
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Post by Cody on Nov 11, 2014 23:59:13 GMT -5
Then there's the biggest crime of all. The fact that allaccess still hasn't separated Canada-Alt and Canada-Active from the US charts pages. Even though the split happened 5 years ago, when you move from US Alternative or whatnot to Canada, it still says "Canada-Rock" and you have to switch into canadian charts before you can see the split. The Canada charts used to part of the US charts? No. Canada-Alt and Canada-Active used to be one format called Canada-Rock. When you go on AllAccess and look for the Canadian charts, it still says Canada-Rock. Clicking it leads you to a dead page that then gives you the opportunity to select Canada-Alt or Canada-Active. It's a really annoying bug AllAccess has had for 5 years.
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Post by Cody on Nov 15, 2014 18:50:50 GMT -5
Second straight Tokyo Police Club album where the 3rd radio single is the best of the bunch. "Favourite Colour" last time around, and now this one, which is pretty solid.
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Post by Pipa on Nov 15, 2014 19:00:41 GMT -5
Second straight Tokyo Police Club album where the 3rd radio single is the best of the bunch. "Favourite Colour" last time around, and now this one, which is pretty solid. Really? Because I find this and "Favourite Colour" to be some of their weaker singles.
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Post by Cody on Nov 15, 2014 19:03:16 GMT -5
Second straight Tokyo Police Club album where the 3rd radio single is the best of the bunch. "Favourite Colour" last time around, and now this one, which is pretty solid. Really? Because I find this and "Favourite Colour" to be some of their weaker singles. Well, I know the 3 radio singles from each of the last 2 albums + "Tessellate" and "Your English Is Good", and honestly they are my two favourites lol, with "Boots Of Danger (Wait Up)" being a close 3rd. I find "Bambi", "Hot Tonight" and "Tunnel Vision" to be painfully average, but I quite like "Tessellate" and "Your English Is Good" as well.
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Post by Pipa on Nov 15, 2014 19:10:53 GMT -5
Really? Because I find this and "Favourite Colour" to be some of their weaker singles. Well, I know the 3 radio singles from each of the last 2 albums + "Tessellate" and "Your English Is Good", and honestly they are my two favourites lol, with "Boots Of Danger (Wait Up)" being a close 3rd. I find "Bambi", "Hot Tonight" and "Tunnel Vision" to be painfully average, but I quite like "Tessellate" and "Your English Is Good" as well. The second singles are where it's at. "Tessellate", "Bambi", "Tunnel Vision" are all great. Wait, wasn't "Cheer It On" a single too? That one sucked, lol.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Nov 19, 2014 6:02:32 GMT -5
Didn't find any thread for Mother Mother - Monkey Tree? Is that cause it 's only listed on Canada Alt Rock charts? Anyway, It's a great indie type alt song that I can get into heavily in the weeks to come and IMOH should be promoted on U.S Alt rock charts too. makes a big debut on Ameriac's Music charts at #27. Here's link to Canadian Alt Rock chart. www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=Z7&rtmref=americasmusiccharts. here is video.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Nov 19, 2014 6:17:46 GMT -5
here is another one. The Lazy's - "Shake It Like You Mean It" Great sounding RnR. Gotta a little AC/DC thing going on too. This one is just blow the Top 40 Canadian Active Rock chart.
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Post by Pipa on Nov 19, 2014 8:34:53 GMT -5
Didn't find any thread for Mother Mother - Monkey Tree? Is that cause it 's only listed on Canada Alt Rock charts? Anyway, It's a great indie type alt song that I can get into heavily in the weeks to come and IMOH should be promoted on U.S Alt rock charts too. makes a big debut on Ameriac's Music charts at #27. Here's link to Canadian Alt Rock chart. www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=Z7&rtmref=americasmusiccharts. here is video. I talked about this one a few pages back. Great song.
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Post by Cody on Nov 19, 2014 9:30:30 GMT -5
Yeah, I like "Monkey Tree" as well.
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Post by Cody on Nov 19, 2014 16:55:14 GMT -5
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I hope this goes top 5.
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Post by Pipa on Nov 19, 2014 21:35:50 GMT -5
47 27 ARKELLS Leather Jacket 116 66 50 0.278 I hope this goes top 5. The crazy part is that "Never Thought That This Would Happen" re-entered the chart too. Good day to be Arkells, I guess.
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Post by Cody on Nov 21, 2014 23:08:35 GMT -5
Canada-Active, you never cease to entertain me
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Post by Cody on Nov 23, 2014 10:52:26 GMT -5
lol, Pipa upon further listens it seems "Gonan Be Ready" is my favourite Tokyo Police Club song period I can't remember the last time I loved two CanCon-only new singles this much at once. Probably have to go back to Hollerado's "Juliette" and Said The Whale's "Camilo (The Magician)", but I barely count that because I was really late on "Camilo" and that's the only reason I charted it at the same time as "Juliette"
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Post by Cody on Nov 25, 2014 17:13:54 GMT -5
New Pack A.D. single, top 40 on Canada-Alt
This is better than "Sirens" IMO.
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Post by Pipa on Nov 25, 2014 18:45:48 GMT -5
New Pack A.D. single, top 40 on Canada-Alt This is better than "Sirens" IMO. "The Water" is the real standout track, but that'll probably never get released.
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Post by Cody on Nov 25, 2014 19:07:28 GMT -5
New Pack A.D. single, top 40 on Canada-Alt This is better than "Sirens" IMO. "The Water" is the real standout track, but that'll probably never get released. "Cellophane" isn't even on that album. In fact, did their "Do Not Engage" album even have singles?
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Post by Pipa on Nov 25, 2014 19:49:40 GMT -5
"The Water" is the real standout track, but that'll probably never get released. "Cellophane" isn't even on that album. In fact, did their "Do Not Engage" album even have singles? They're already on a new album? WTF, lol. I know my station played "Rocket" for a bit, but I think either that or "Battering Ram" may have been the actual single.
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Post by Cody on Nov 25, 2014 21:00:16 GMT -5
"Cellophane" isn't even on that album. In fact, did their "Do Not Engage" album even have singles? They're already on a new album? WTF, lol. I know my station played "Rocket" for a bit, but I think either that or "Battering Ram" may have been the actual single. haha, I can't remember anything from that album making the Canadian Alt top 50
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Post by Pipa on Dec 5, 2014 20:24:00 GMT -5
I don't know if you remember "Devil's Got a Gun" or not, but Whitehorse has a new single:
Something sounds very familiar about this.
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Dec 5, 2014 21:07:11 GMT -5
Love Whitehorse! New album in two months. I've been a fan of Melissa McClelland since 2004!
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Post by Cody on Dec 11, 2014 16:13:37 GMT -5
I don't know if you remember "Devil's Got a Gun" or not, but Whitehorse has a new single: Something sounds very familiar about this. It's alright. It starts out nice but kinda fails to go anywhere IMO, maybe it'll grow on me Gay Nineties has a second single out now, top 40 on Canada-Alt, and much better than "Letterman", which isn't saying much, but this one is pretty decent IMO. @dangermouz I know you liked "Letterman" so you might dig this too. and this one is really solid, Royal Tusk's "Shadow Of Love", now top 30
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Post by Pipa on Dec 18, 2014 21:40:14 GMT -5
Cody, you will LOVE this.
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Post by Cody on Dec 19, 2014 10:09:17 GMT -5
Cody, you will LOVE this. Its pretty good haha.
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Post by Cody on Jan 6, 2015 6:56:58 GMT -5
New Hollerado single called "Firefly" just released to Canadian alternative radio and spotify. Will listen when I get home. PipaEdit: Nevermind, I istened before I left. It's a good song, new space-rocky style from them though haha.
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Post by Pipa on Jan 6, 2015 19:08:18 GMT -5
Listening to it now. It's a nice change of pace for them.
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Post by Pipa on Jan 9, 2015 21:14:00 GMT -5
Danko Jones' followup to some of his best material is......this.
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Post by Green Baron on Jan 9, 2015 21:26:15 GMT -5
Danko Jones' followup to some of his best material is......this. They're Canadian?
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Post by Cody on Jan 9, 2015 21:46:05 GMT -5
Danko Jones' followup to some of his best material is......this. The only Danko Jones song I've ever liked is "Lovercall"
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