Mixtapes! Whether in tape, cd, or playlist form, we all love a collection of songs to be the soundtrack of our day. Join us every Friday morning at 10 for a live mixtape with musical commentary. Who knows what musical curiosities you will hear from Matt McArthur and Drew MacDonald! (Logo Design:…
**NOT MIXTAPES** Happy and Sad? At the same time? We are going to the funeral and we are dancing the night away.
**NOT MIXTAPES** Hey Spring, y'all sprung. Some upbeat psychedelic & pop to stimulate new growth.
**NOT MIXTAPES** Drew celebrates Black History Month by sharing some of his fave alternative musicians.
**NOT MIXTAPES** Feb 1st starts Black History Month and Drew and Nicky explore queer black artists of the past.
**NOT MIXTAPES** It's Friday morning, it's grey. Drew is feeling somber and so we are just having a slow and emotive show
**NOT MIXTAPES** It's the first Friday of January. Drew helps us pull focus and get motivated into the new year....or something.
**NOT MIXTAPES** Tired of 2018? We are counting our way out with some fun dancey tunes.
**NOT MIXTAPES!** 2018 is over. Here's a mix of faves fromt he year. a lot to be grateful for and a lot to say bye to.
**NOT MIXTAPES** It's The Holidays. Let's Get Weird. Nicky is a special Guest
**NOT MIXTAPES** November has started and a lot of great new music has come along with it.....and one classic.
**NOT MIXTAPES** Jenn joins Drew for some tunes for walking to work or dancing or brooding...in the fall weather in Vancouver
**NOT MIXTAPES** Drew is joined by Nicky again as they get emotional on this resurgence of an episode of Mixtapes from 2017
**NOT MIXTAPES** In a tired gloomy morning, Drew celebrates bodies and all their parts with this fun and random mix of body part related music.
**NOT MIXTAPES** Drew celebrates the end of summer and the beginning of a new school year with this show all about "Letting Go," whatever that means for you.
**NOT MIXTAPES** Drew embraces the ambience of the smoky skies and rain and clouds that vancouver was experiencing for the last 2 weeks, and celebrates it through Movie Scores and Soundtracks. A mix of instrumental and vocal works to pair with your slow and foggy mornings.
**NOT MIXTAPES*** It's Drew's birthday and he's joined by good friends Keely and Vivian to talk joy, fears, self love and general ridiculousness.
***NOT MIXTAPES*** Drew is joined by Nicky to combat that mid-summer dreariness.
***NOT MIXTAPES*** It's Pride, Drew's in a good mood. Put on dancing shoes.
***NOT MIXTAPES*** A very special episode where Drew invites friends Nicky Stiller, Zachary Underhill and Bray Yamamoto in to discuss the history of queer music as well as share personal stories of queer coming of age and the music related to it.
**NOT A MIXTAPE EPISODE** Drew struggles just trying to get it together.
***NOT MIXTAPES*** Drew is joined by special guest Chris Langer to discuss Duende. Duende or tener duende ("to have duende") is a Spanish term for a heightened state of emotion, expression and authenticity, often connected with flamenco. This is a term that is hard to define in english and expresses sort of an emotion usually only evoked in performance.
**NOT A MIXTAPE** After some stressful weeks, Drew explores the idea of Self Love through listening to music. Tackling self love socially, politically, personally, professionally and maybe other ways. Oh...and plays some Aqua.
**NOT A MIXTAPE** - Drew invites long time friend Alexis onto the show to discuss memories of concerts past.
**NOT A MIXTAPES EPISODE** Underprepared, Drew throws on some heels and is inspired by his inner queen.
***NOT MIXTAPES*** Drew is joined by longtime friend Tessa to share music with themes on momentum. Time to get moving!
THIS IS NOT A MIXTAPE!! It's just a bunch of new music that Drew likes.
NOT MIXTAPES!!! Join Former Mixtapes' host, Drew, with guest Jenn Skillen, while they share some stories of music and how they connect to people in their lives.
THIS IS NOT MIXTAPES!!! Join a Post-Mixtapes Drew as he tackles connecting music with stories. Joined by special guest and longtime friend, Nicky, to share stories of finding yourself through music.
Drew and Matt pack it in and have a Last Waltz. After a year and a half and over 60+ shows, Mc and Mac are retiring (for now) from the airwaves. We send off with this tape...our last hurrah.
Drew's going out on a road trip this weekend...so what better time than now to put together a slammin' mixtape for the road?
Once again, Matt is at home praying for death (he'll be back next week, he swears.)...but till then he has given Drew the theme to run with. Love and positivity! Because there's nothing lovelier than Sade, or as aggressively positive as Andrew W.K..
Matt's away sick, so drew decides to spin some double/triple packs of New/Old jams.
Drew and Matt return from break, refreshed, and ready to dance weird on the radio! Songs you can groove to that you wouldn't expect.
Drew and Matt put together a looooong weekend tape. Lengthy jams where you can put your feet up and turn off your mind. Relax...you earned it.
Drew and Matt spin a tape for all your mid-week partying comedown needs.
Drew and Matt throw out the Mixtapes rulebook and fly into the skies of their imaginations. Themeless, not seamless.
Drew and Matt explore the weird side of music with the Twisted Tape! Strange backstories, warped lyrics and left-field productions.
Drew and Matt play their first show of 2018 with the forward-looking FutureTape2018. It's gonna get weird!
Drew and Matt Discan't Even with 2017...so they bring forth a disco-fried playlist to dance right outta this god-forsaken year.
Drew and Matt spin some holiday oddities over a roaring fire, jacked on coffee and cinnamon buns. Plus Jenn stops by!!!
Drew and Matt attempt to cram more of the best music of 2017 into a comparatively small amount of time. PART TWO!
Drew and Matt sift through the overwhelming amount of music that came out in 2017: The Year Of Over-stimulation.
Drew and Matt go off the rails celebrating not only their 50th tape, but their ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!
Drew and Matt unearth some of the best riffs in rock, metal, electronic...and funnily enough, SAX.
Drew and Matt spill all the information with our first guest curated tape...courtesy of Devours who joins us live in the studio! https://devours.bandcamp.com/
Drew and Matt get in touch with all the feels, and get a few things off their chest with "Emotional Rescue: Melodrama In Music"!
Drew and Matt get loud and crunchy with the CRUNCH tape. Crunch Crunch Crunch.
Drew goes solo for this week's tape...Spinning spooky tunes for creepy seasons.
Drew and Matt spin all kinds of warm, fuzzy songs to help battle the winter sicknesses. Grab a blanket and coffee/cough syrup.
Drew and Matt spin two hours of weird, creepy, spooky jams for your Friday the 13th listening pleasure.