Theme: Christmas Time |
| I played a few new Christmas songs and a few old Fireball XL5 standards, but when all is said and done the best holiday song is still Elisa Gabbai's Winter In Kanada. Not much else to say about the show, but I just wanted to mention that most of the new songs I played I stole from this podcast: |
Monday, December 17, 2007
December 17, 2007
Friday, December 7, 2007
December 7, 2007
Theme: Spotlight on HHBTM |
| I got through a lot of great music this show that I had stored up the weeks and months before. I also did two sets highlighting a great record label with a great name: Happy Happy Birthday to Me. I came upon them reading a blog that described bands as having that "HHBTM" sound, I like the band so I did some research and found out what HHBTM stood for and found the record label's website. Most of the bands have the Indie-Twee sound that I'm into so it was a fortuitous find. You can find out more about the label and listen to many of bands here: http://www.hhbtm.com Just one other note that the song my Murray Dear sounded to me so much like the Magnetic Fields that I had to play them immediately after. In other Magnetic Fields news their new album is due out in January something that I'm very much looking forward to hearing. TALK-Theme Rilo Kiley - Silver Lining The Sadies - Higher Power (C) Bughouse 5 - Ten Lost Years (C) Hot Kid - Ties That Bind (C) Andrew Vincent and the Pirates - Martha (C) TALK The Weakerthans - Civil Twilight (C) The Evaporators - Grassy Jack (C) Cut Off Your Hands - Expectations The Purrs - She's Got Chemicals TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me We All Have Hooks For Hands - The Man Is Trying To Outfox Us All TALK Murray Dear - Deserter The Magnetic Fields - I Thought You Were My Boyfriend Tellus About The Moon - Hate Postal Blue - Weather Sensitive The Assistants - Stop Dead (C) TALK (HHBTM Set 1) Keith John Adams - Never Look Down Patience Please - I'll Have What She's Having The Smittens - Stop The Bombs Casper and the Cookies - Eux Autres TALK (HHBTM Set 1) James Ausfahrt - Lucy Ferocious Slumber Party - Sooner Or Later Spring Factory - Get Out Of Bed The Dreamers - A Place I Know TALK Lykke Li - Little Bit B'Ehl - Jammers Like Me (C) Paint By Numbers - Deep In The Snow The Lovely Feathers - The Only Appalachian Cornfield (C) The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - I Never Thought I Could Feel That Way For A Boy TALK DJ Champion - No Heaven (C) (C) Denotes Canadian Content |
Friday, November 23, 2007
November 23, 2007
Theme: Fun with Bruce |
| My top song this week was by a band from Florida called the "Black Kids" and their great tune called "I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend To Dance". As opposed to the Shout Out Louds songs (see the August 17 setlist) that sounded like it was a cover of a song by The Cure that I had not heard about before, this song sounds like a song the The Cure might write in the future. By the way it came from a great podcast that highly recommend, it is the KEXP song of the day ( http://kexp.org/podcasting/podcasting.asp ) every weekday you get a new song, it is hit and miss but when I love a song I really love it like this one. Yes, I promise this was the last time I will do a direct comparison between Jens Lekman and Jonathan Richman, but if you listen to the two songs the "Bum-ba-bum-ba-bum-ba-bum-ba-bum-ba-bum-ba-bum" part is identical. I'm not alone in thinking this as I managed to find 2 other references to this similarity: http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviewcomment.php?ID=3596 http://users.livejournal.com/_shmoo/ Congratulations to Dave and Michael who won the tickets to "Control", the movie about Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis. TALK-Theme Black Kids - I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend To Dance All Girl Summer Fun Band - Girl #3 Postal Blue - Puzzle Edson - Sunday, Lovely Sunday TALK Masonic - Way Gone By **See Note 1 Neverending White Lights - Always (C) Shock Hop Arousal - Rhythm Thief (C) The Hives - Won't Be Long TALK Joy Division - Ice Age **Suggested by Dave F. Joy Division - Decades **Suggested by Michael T. New Order - Waiting For The Siren's Call Small Sins - It Keeps Me On My Toes (C) TALK Hidden Cameras - Smells Like Happiness (C) Ostrich - Ice Cold Killers TIAC - Catalogue of Failures The Evaporators - Do The Eggbeater (C) TALK Jonathan Richman - Walter Johnson Jens Lekman - Sweet Summers Night on Hammer Hill Jens Lekman - You Can Call Me Al The Pipettes - Judy TALK The Brunettes - If You Were Alien Basia Bulat - Before I Knew Chicklet - Whitewashed Lykke Li - Tonight **See Note 2 Belle and Sebastian - A Century of Fakers **Thanks to Karen TALK The Golden Dogs - 1985 Note 1: I got this song from Derek's Bury Me Not MP3 Blog - www.burymenot.com Note 2: She is supposed to be the next Robyn. (C) Denotes Canadian Content |
Friday, November 9, 2007
November 9, 2007
Theme: Fun with Bruce |
| I was lucky enough to have a guest on this week's show in the form of Bruce who came all the way from Saskatoon just to be there (well actually he might have had a meeting in town or something like that as well). As a result of having a guest you might notice from the length of the setlist that we talked a lot and didn't play nearly as many songs as a usual week. For the first time in a while I played a funky/jazzy/dancy kind of set, I know it has been a while as some of the songs came from the CDs I made a few months ago. The rest of the show was a mish-mash of whatever Bruce and I felt like playing, but overall we mixed up picking out most of the music so I didn't note who picked what on the list. One thing we didn't really talk much about till nearly the end of my show was recent trip to Chicago, but I did manage to get in my two stories that came from riding on the Chicago subway (you will have to listen to podcast to find out more). But I didn't have the time to properly talk about the main reason that I went to Chicago was to see Jens Lekman, so I'll try and do a better recap on the next show. TALK-Theme The Sonics - Stychnine Immaculate Machine - Broken Ship (C) Chuck Prophet - Doubter of Jesus (All Over You) The Fiery Furnaces - The Old Hag Is Sleeping The Voom Booms - Nine Ships TALK (funky/jazzy/dancy set 1) Stan Getz - The Girl From Ipanema The Trinidad Steel Band - Sissy Strut Ruby And The Romantics - Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore Time Box - Beggin' Roisin Murphy - Let Me Know **See Note 1 TALK (funky/jazzy/dancy set 2) Gorillaz - Rock The House Buck 65 - Dang (C) David Bowie with The Pet Shop Boys - Hallo Spaceboy Small Sins - I Need A Friend (C) Thievery Corporation - Vivid TALK Eugene Ripper - Banks Of Newfoundland (C) **See Notes 2 and 3 Dog Day - Oh Dead Life (C) Neverending White Lights - The World Is Darker (C) The Weakerthans - Sun In An Empty Room (C) Jens Lekman - Sipping On The Sweet Nectar TALK Feist - I Feel It All (C) Note 1: Out of all the songs I played this week this is the one I have listened to the most since the show. Note 2: The last time Bruce and I had seen each other was at a conference in St. John's, Newfoundland at a conference, thus this song seemed appropriate. Note 3: Another note about this song was that it came from a CD that was sent to me by Eugene Ripper. (C) Denotes Canadian Content |
Friday, October 26, 2007
October 26, 2007
Theme: Party rock to Twee |
| Once again I had to make a comparison between Jens Lekman and Jonathan Richman (and I know I promised that this would be the last time during the show but I might have to do it just one more time). In both of these songs they narrate a little story about their past that goes along with the song, they even have some of the same articulation. In the case of Lekman, this version of the song is 7 minutes long from the digital-only EP that was released before the album and it gives a lot more background on the story than the 4 minute version that is on the CD. Not much else to say about the rest of the show: a set about upcoming shows, a party rock set, and a few random sets of great songs. A few notes about a few of the songs are shown below. TALK-Theme The Brunettes - Baby Strawberry Whiplash - Falling Through Heavenly - Three Star Component The San Marinos - Guess How Much I Love You TALK (Upcoming show set) Bella - None Will Ever Know (C) Knock, Knock Ginger - Syllables (C) Square Root of Margaret - Time Bomb (C) The Pipettes - Dance & Boogie **See Note 1 TALK (very Twee) Jens Lekman - Postcard For Nina Jonathan Richman - Monologue About Bermuda Oh! Sweet Music - Four Long Years Tullycraft - The Punks Are Writing Love Songs TALK (party rock) Shout Out Out Out Out - Chicken Soup For The F*** You (C) **See Note 2 The Russian Futurists - These Seven Notes (C) Bocce - Again Again Again Again (C) The Go! Team - Doing It Right TALK Tokyo Police Squad - Box (C) The Sequins - Lost Art Of Friendship Chuck Prophet - Doubter Out Of Jesus Simply Saucer - Bullet Proof Nothing (C) Small Sins - On The Line (C) TALK Juni Jarvi - Asleep Note 1: I don't like that the Pipettes put a couple of extra songs on the US release of album after I bought the import version last year. Note 2: Saw them at the Starlight the night before the show, crazy crowd, great show. (C) Denotes Canadian Content |
Friday, October 12, 2007
October 12, 2007
Theme: Some old time garage rock |
| I've been listening to the first set of this show over and over again, it was just a really, really good set. Anchored by the incredible new release by Swedish pop sensation Jens Lekman (he actually did have the number 1 album in Sweden for a week). The album is called "Night Falls Over Kortedala" and it reminds me a lot of the great songs that Jonathan Richman was recording in his prime, so of course I had to play Richman in the set. Interestingly, Lekman's sound is not for everybody and I can see how he might not be eveybody's cup of tea, but for those who are into him they are usually really into him and so you should give him a shot as he might just become one of your favourite artists. The second set ended with Shout Out Out Out Out. Interesting fact I found out about the band while I was listening to a session they did on CBC radio was that their lead singer is the son of a guy who used to be in band called Wilfrid N and the Grown Men. I might be wrong on this but I think that I used to listen the them back in the day. In this case "the day" was back in the late 1980s when I used to listen to a bunch of "garage" bands and I think they were one of them. Not only was it kind of cool that he was able to cover a song by his dad it also gave me a great idea for set of music by garage bands (with the added bonus of making me feel old). Many of the songs I played are available as free downloads from the London music archive provided by CHRW, the UWO campus radio station where I used to be a DJ. Many of the songs from the set I played were from cassette compilations that came as part of homemade music "zine" called What Wave. You can see the archive that contains the What Wave compilations here: http://chrwradio.com/lma/LMA1990.htm TALK-Theme Jens Lekman - Friday Night At The Drive-in Bingo Jonathan Richman - Our Swingin' Pad Juni Jarvi - If We Just Want To Irene - End Of The Line Murder Mystery - What My Baby Said TALK Small Sins - Drunk e-mails (C) Stars - Midnight Coward (C) The Go! Team - Grip Like A Vice You Say Party! We Say Die! - What's The Hold Up? Where's The Fire? (C) Shout Out Out Out Out - For Ever Indebted (C) TALK Wilfrid N And The Grown Men - Sad New Day (C) Misc S - Real World (C) Colour Me Psycho - October God (C) The Gruesomes - You're Not The Boss Of Me (C) The Empty Hours - Same Time, Same Place (C) TALK Those Dancing Days - Hitten **See Note 1 Novillero - Lost Possibilities (C) Stuffy And The Fuses - Joe C (is an idiot) Sun Parlour Players - The Detroit River Is Alive (C) The Zoobombs - Highway A Go-Go **See Note 2 TALK Sunny Intervals - Sixty Seconds To Fall In Love Everyday Sensations - Things We Never Had Little Name - Picked Out The Line Amida - Virtue Was Your Downfall The Saturday People - Man Without Qualities Pipas - Sorry Love The Doers - Just Saying (C) TALK Mission Of Burma - That's When I Reach For My Revolver **See Note 3 Note 1: I really got excited when I first heard about this all girl band from Sweden Note 2: I saw the Zoobombs at the Starlight the week before the show Note 3: There was a description of the recent UN humanitarian envoy to Mynamar (formerly Burma) as a "Mission from Burma", so of course I had to play this song (C) Denotes Canadian Content |
Friday, September 28, 2007
September 28, 2007
Theme: Another poppolar.com set |
| As a carry over from the last show, there were still lots of new releases at the station that I played for this show. I also got in a set of new CDs that came in the mail from www.poppolar.com , the best place to get Indie pop in Canada. Erico had the new album by Irene on his website a week after it was released in Sweden. And I had to wait some 30 odd years, but I finally got to play the Shadowy Men From A Shadowy Planet song "5 American, 6 Canadian" and say "They will have to rename the song 5 American, 5 Canadian". However, it was difficult to plan it out so that my show would come on the first day since 1976 that the Canadian dollar finished the day worth more than the American one, but it was worth it for the joke in the end. TALK-Theme Murder Mystery - Love Astronaut Theoretical Girl - It's All Too Much Taken By Trees - Julia **See Note 1 All Girl Summer Fun Band - Grass Skirt TALK Stars - The Ghost Of Genova Heights (c) Square Root Of Margaret - Things People Do (c) Pender - Laundry In London (c) Hot Little Rocket - Like Killers (C) TALK (poppolar set) Irene - Last Forever The Saturday People - Conditonal Tense (Now It's Gone) California Snow Story - Brook Line The Go! Team - The Wrath Of Marcie TALK Junior Senior - Like Music Galactic - Bounc Baby Russian Futurists - Why You Gotta Do That Thing? (c) DD/MM/YYYY - Twin Star (c) TALK Little Name - I Always See The Sunrise Honey Bunch - Mine Your Own Business Emma Pollock - Paper and Glue Rocketship - Your New Boyfriend TALK Bella - Give It A Night (c) Sylvie - Rise And Fall (c) Neighbourhood Noise - Another Face In The Crowd (c) The Weakerthans - Civil Twilight (c) Arthur and Lu - The Ghost Of Old Bull Lee TALK Shadowy Men From A Shadowy Planet - 5 American 6 Canadian (c) Tin Bangs - The Skinny (c) Note 1: This is the newest project from Victoria Bergsman, the former lead singer of the Concretes, but of course most people know her when she joined Peter, Bjorn, and John for the song "Young Folks" (C) Denotes Canadian Content |
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