Operation Manatee Music Prize: Top Five Albums of 2015

Coming up with this list is always hard. You’ve seen how much good music makes it under my radar in a year. Paring it down to 5 means leaving out heaps of really good music. Alas, it must be done (actually, it doesn’t – I’m clearly doing this for fun). Keeping in the spirit of

Operation Manatee #136

Tonight, you should take off your pants and listen closely to 91.3 FM in Regina from 11:00 to midnight. 1. TV On The Radio – I Was A Lover 2. BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah – I Was A Lover 3. Les Jupes – One Is Enough 4. Bully – Trash 5. Seether – Walk Away

Operation Manatee Music Prize 2015: The Long List

2015 has been a crazy good year for new music! So good, in fact, that I’ve decided to expand upon my annual Top 5 Albums posts (OpMan Archives: 2014, 2013, 2012), and do a sort of long-list/short-list Polaris rip-off something or other. Below are all contenders for 2015’s Top 5 list. This is based on

Operation Manatee #135

Yeah. It’s us. Your favourite late-night non-aquatic-themed live radio program in Regina! Tune in from 11:00 to midnight for probable goodness. 1. Subb – Rainbows & Pop Songs 2. Beauty Pill – Afrikaner Barista 3. Foo Fighters – St Cecilia 4. Whitehorse – Baby What’s Wrong 5. Claudio Sanchez – Hello 6. CAIRO – Extinguishing

Operation Manatee #134

It’s Tuesday night, and there’s nothing live on the air in Regina but us! Tune in from 11:00 to midnight and enjoy. What choice do you have? 1. Titus Andronicus – No Future Part IV: No Future 2. Ween – Voodoo Lady 3. Nevermen – Tough Town 4. The Classy Chasis – Reckless 5. The

Operation Manatee #133

Tune in for the semi-triumphant return of Chris. Yeah! Remember that guy? Us neither. Enjoy! 11:00 to midnight!