March 19, 2010

Date: March 19, 2010
Theme: Going Undercover
On Air: Frank

I got into a dancey/electropoppy mood with my top song of the week and it just continued from there for most of the show.

The second set started with Ted Leo and the Phamacists covering "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" originally by Tears For Fears. This was the first song from The Onion's musical arm: the AV club and their project called Undercover. As they describe it: 25 bands, 25 cover sosngs, 1 small round room. It looks like some interesting covers are coming up, everything from Hall and Oats, to M.I.A. to Neutral Milk Hotel to The Replacements. See details of the Undercover project here ( http://www.avclub.com/articles/tears-for-fears,38869/ )

I also stole a set idea from the podcast of Paul the Advanced Warning Guy ( http://www.advancedwarning.cjb.net ) who played the Pipettes and some other bands with the same kind of style, so I went with it and played a single from the upcoming CD from the Pipettes. Now I would be very excited by this if these were the same Pipettes as before, but unfortunately 2 of the members have left the band and it is now down to Gwenno and her sister. I unfortunately don't hold out much hope, however in the set I also played something from Electric Blue a band led by Rebecca Stephens who was one of the woman that left the Pipettes. I don't know much about Electric Blue, but I really like all the songs on their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/electricblue82 .


Fireball XL5 Setlist - March 19, 2010
TALK - theme
Groove Armada - Paper Romance
The Clientele - I Wonder Who We Are
Papas Fritas - Way You Walk
Acid House Kings - The Boy Still Dreams
Still Flyin' - Good Thing It's A Ghost Town Around Here
TALK
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Spaghetti Anywhere - Girlfriends With Boyfriends
Wave Machines - Keep The Lights On
Headlights - Secrets
TALK
Jonna Lee - My High
Miss Li - Bourgeois Shangri-La
The Atlantics - Baby I Need You
C.O.D.'s - Coming Back Girl
TALK (Stolen from Paul set)
Lucky soul - Whoa Billy
Gigi - No, My Heart Will Go On (C)
Maxine Darren - How Can I Hide It From My Heart
The Pipettes - Our Love Was Saved By A Spaceman
Electric Blue - Somebody's Help
TALK
The Lightning Seeds - Sense
Washed Out - Phone Call
Delorean - Deli
Port-Royal - The Photoshopped Prince
Nilof - Be Kind Rewind
TALK
Big Star - Don't Lie To Me

(C) - Canadian Content

March 5, 2010

Date: March 5, 2010
Theme: I believe
On Air: Frank

Finally a chance to play some new music after many themed shows, this of course created a log jam for my top song of the week as I had lots to choose from. So any of the first three songs could have been the one, but I went with the one I listened to the most over the last few weeks. As it turns out all three are from the labrador record label and are availabe either from the record label website ( www.labrador.se ) or here ( http://bit.ly/bC9Ykj ).

Although I would like to keep the podcast coming out every 2 weeks it seems like I can't do more than one a month. This time I blame the Olympics as I went to Vancouver and that kind of took me off my schedule. However, I did manage to see quite a few bands while I was out there and used that as a theme for a set.


Fireball XL5 Setlist - March 5, 2010
TALK
The Mary Onettes - Dare
The Radio Dept. - Heaven's On Fire
Sambassadeur - Stranded
The Ogdens - Rachel Put Your Arms About Me
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
TALK
Very Truly Yours - Every Little Word
Strawberry Whiplash - Picture Perfect
The Close-ups - 20,000 Groups
Je Suis Animal - Painted My Face
Leaving Mornington Crescent - April Song
TALK (Vancouver 2010 set)
Devo - Secret Agent Man
couer De Pirate - Printemps (C)
Hawksley Workman - No Sissies (C)
Great Lake Swimmers - Pulling On A Line (C)
Library Voices - Kundera On The Dance Floor (C)
TALK
The Ravonettes - Last Dance
The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
Bye Bye Bicycle - Westside
Best Coast - Sun Was High (So Was I)
The Lightning Seeds - Sense
TALK
The Fall - Hit The North
Sisty Wish - Float
CC Baxter - Ry Cooder
Metro - Girls In Love
Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars
TALK
Sweedish Shoes - Sleep and Eat
Vetiver - Everyday
Pants Yell! - Cold Hands
Javelins - Nosebleeders On The Track
Moustache Of Insanity - 16,000 Kilometres
TALK
EJ Brule - Killer Whale Attack (C)

(C) - Canadian Content

February 5, 2010

Date: February 5, 2010
Theme: Best of 2000s
On Air: Frank

Wow, has it been 10 years already, yes I remember doing my best of the 1990s radio show way back when. Who would have thought then that my next best of the decade recap would be on an internet only podcast distributed on something called the internet created on a magical box called a laptop.

I decided to be uninspired in the order of the show as all I did was play my top singles of the decade from 1 to 15 and then my top albums of the decade from 15 to 1. If you want to see the complete list of my top 50 singles and top 23 albums at the Fireball XL5 Facebook page. (which I think is accessible even if you aren't on Facebook)

See a graphical representation of my 20 of the decade here:

http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/frseglen/archive/setlists/best_of_2000s.htm


Fireball XL5 Setlist - February 5, 2010
TALK - Theme (Singles 1-5)
The Pipettes - Pull Shapes (2006) (L)
Bran Van 3000 - Astounded (2001) (C) (1)
Peter, Bjorn, and John - Young Folks (2006) (L) (1)
Hard-Fi - Hard to Beat (2006)
Lykke Li - Little Bit (2007) (L)
TALK (Singles 6-10)
Black Kids - I'm not going to teach your boyfriend to dance (2007) (L) (1)
I'm From Barcelona - Treehouse (2007)
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Loop Duplicate My Heart (2005) (L)
Roisin Murphy - Let Me Know (2007)
Los Campesinos! - You!Me!Dancing! (2007) (L)
TALK (Singles 11-15)
Junior Senior - Move Your Feet (2003) (1)
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing (2009) (L) (1)
Tim Armstrong - Into action (2007)
My Teenage Stride - Ears Like Golden Bats (2007) (L)
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Everything With you (2008) (L)
TALK (Albums 15-11)
The Icicles - Crazy - Arrivals and Departures (2007) (L)
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Come Saturday - S/T (2009) (L)
The Diskettes - ABCs of Love - S/T (2003) (C) (L)
My Teenage Stride - To Live And Die In The Airport Lounge - Ears Like Golden Bats (2007) (L)
Black Kids - Hurricane Jane - Partie Traumatic (2008) (L)
TALK (Albums 10-6)
The Pocketbooks - Every Good Time We Ever Had - Flightpaths (2009) (1)
Acid House Kings - This Heart Is A Stone - Sing along with ... (2005)
Yo La Tengo - Our Way To Fall - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out (2000) (L)
Belle and Sebastian - I'm A Cuckoo - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003) (L) (1)
Stars - Set Yourself On Fire (2004) (C) (L)
TALK (Albums (5-1)
Irene - Waterfront - Apple Bay (2006)
Jens Lekman - Your Arms Around Me - Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007) (L) (1)
Lykke Li - Tonight - Youth Novels (2008) (L) (1)
The Pipettes - You're Kisses Are Wasted On Me - We are the Pipettes (2006) (L)
TALK
Belle and Sebastian - Funny Little Frog (live) - The Life Pursuit (2006) (L) (1)


(C) - Canadian Content
(L) - Song I have seen performed live
(1) - Songs or albums that were number 1 during their release year

January 1, 2010

Date: January 1, 2010
Theme: Best of 2009
On Air: Frank

My annual best of show highlighting my picks for 2009. I started off with the singles and worked up to the albums ending with double shots of the top 4.

You can listen to the comments about the songs on the podcast, but I just want to say that I might be crazy by putting a CD I just got in the beginning of December as my top pick however I'm just loving it that much.

It is the best pure twee pop songs together in one place for many years. Catchy songs, references to public transit, waiting in line for concert tickets, and the boy/girl vocals just hits all my buttons.

See a graphical representation of both my album and single Best of 2009 picks here:

http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/frseglen/archive/setlists/best_of_2009.htm


Fireball XL5 Setlist - January 1, 2010
TALK-Theme
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - 1999
The Sound Of Arrows - M.A.G.I.C.
Sandstream - Teenage Love
TALK
Town Bike - Hey Hey Ho
Juni Jarvi - Looking At You Is Like Looking At The Sun
Dent May and His Magnificent Ukulele - Meet Me In The Garden
Tesco Chainstore Mascara - You Lost Me At Hello
TALK
The Legends - Always The Same
Library Voices - Step Off The Map & Float
The XX - VCR
Camera Obscura - French Navy
TALK
Yo La Tengo - Nothing To Hide
Yo La Tengo - If It's True
TALK
God Help The Girl - Come Monday Night
God Help The Girl - Hiding Neath My Umbrella
TALK
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Come Saturday
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Young Adult Friction
TALK
The Pocketbooks - Fleeting Moments
The Pocketbooks - Footsteps

December 10, 2009

Theme: The call it Twee-mas On Air: Frank

I decided not to talk much during this show, just a whole lot of Christmas music, look for my best of 2009 and best of the decade show in January. Happy Holiday's everyone! Fireball XL5 Setlist - December 10, 2009 TALK Fucked Up - Do They Know Its Christmas David Carswell and Megan Barnes - I Wanna Kiss You This Christmas (C) Irene - Christmas On The Beach Jens Lekman - Run Away With Me Lucky Lucky Pigeons - Red Santa Pointed Sticks - Power Pop Santa Shumai - California Christmas The Chills - Christmas Chimes The dB's - Christmas Time The Eels - Everythings Gonna Be Cool This Christmas The Headcoatees - Santa Clause The Wedding Present - Holly Jolly Hollywood Belle and Sebastian - Santa, Bring My Baby Back to Me Elisa Gabbai Winter In Canada Metro Jets - Jingle Jangle Christmas Darryl Reimer - Merry Big Old Christmas (C) Hello Saferide- I pod X-mas Shadetree - Christmas Peace Stufan Stevens - Get Thee Behind Me Santa Trekky Yuletide Orchestra - All I Want For Xmax Yukon and You - Marxist Christmas B-Lines - I'm Watching TV On Christmas Day (C) Boyracer - I Wish it Could be Xmas Everyday Buzz of Delight - Christmas Eux Autres-Another Christmas At Home Fireflies - X-mas song Le Sport Montt Mardie Mr Suitcase - Last Christmas Red Sleeping Beauty - Christmas The Awkward Stage - Christmas Time Is Here (C) Rose Melberg and Gregory Webster - Merry Christmas (I don't want to fight tonight) (C) The Diskettes - Noel (C) The Morissettes - Canadian Christmas Young and Sexy - Santa Claus Likes Rich Kids Better (C) Annika Norlin David Sandstr Fairytale of New York Darren Hanlon - Spend Christmas Day With Me Jill Barber - The Christmas Song (C) Flyaway Minon - Sleigh in the Snow Julie London-Id Like You for Christmas Kate and After - Snow Angel The Gems - Love for Christmas (C) - Canadian Content

November 27, 2009

Theme: I thought she talked about Mark E Smith On Air: Frank

As this was my last new music show for a while (Christmas show next, then best of shows) I tried to get rid of a lot of leftover songs that I have collected over the last year. Some of them seem very old to me as I have been listening to them for a while on my MP3 player, but I was surprised when I checked my archive and had never played them on the show. Nobody should be shocked that most of the show was in the indie pop/twee side of the musical spectrum. The third set was loosly related to the Jens Lekman song "Maple Leaves" which came up during a shuffle play while a bunch of us were at Erik's place. The song is a story about a guy who misinterprets his girlfriend saying that thier love was "make believe" but he thinks they she said "Maple leaves". Similarly there is confusion between the fall of their relationship and the band with Mark E. Smith, so that's why I played the Fall and the other two songs are just related to people where were also there. Things I referenced on the show: Various blogs I read: http://happyhappybirthdaytome.blogspot.com/ http://alex-loves.blogspot.com/ http://cloudberryrecords.com/blog/ http://heavenisabove.blogspot.com/ http://indiemp3couk.wordpress.com/ Fireball XL5 Setlist - November 27, 2009 TALK Boa Constrictor - Out of Nothing Butcher Boy - Carve A Pattern Red Sleeping Beauty - Summer Tells Stories Cars Can Be Blue - Do You Remember? TALK The Servants - Present Northern Portrait - Crazy Laura Walting - Let's go The Hidden Cameras - In The NA (C) TALK (Jens and related set) Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves The Fall - Totally Wired Sambassadeur - Days Woods - Born To Lose TALK Summer Cats - Super Xylos - In The Bedroom Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - World Music The Micropops - Telephonebaby! TALK (female pop set) Leaving Mornington Crescent - Seventeen **See Note 1 Liechtenstein - This Must Be Heaven Hari And Aino - A Considerate Kind Of Home Sexy Kids - Sisters Are Forever TALK Fireflies - Winter Brown Recluse - Night Train The Late Call - Linnea The Blind King - Driving In America TALK David Cassidy - How Can I Be Sure Note 1: Dedicated to two of my nieces who are both seventeen (C) - Canadian Content

October 29, 2009

Theme: What I stole from Cental Services On Air: Frank

A lot of this show, especially the first set was stolen from the show Central Services, a great radio show that was formerly on CKMS but can now be found on CFRU (www.cfru.ca). Corey and I have very similar tastes in music as you can see from the description of his show: Host Corey W. Schmidt delves into his massive record collection and shares with you some independent pop music delights from around the globe. Side trips are also taken into the worlds of 60s sugar, 70s prog noodling, disco thunder and hot buttered soul, 80s synthesized glam, 90s shoegazing as well as other strangeness that lurks in thrift shop dollar bins. All in all, the best pop music you'll hear all week. You can download the last few Central Services shows from the CFRU website, I highly recommend them. Back to this current show which started out with a funky set that followed along from my top song and then an electro pop set because it seemed to fit there, it was only after these that I got back to my bread and butter indie pop sets. And my big ending that was over 10 years in the making didn't happen. Here is the story, back when I was doing my Masters I remember playing a song with the lyrics "going for my Masters, calling bullshit on my PhD". At the time I thought I would never do a PhD, but then I did do one and I thought that I should really play that song when I was done. Well fast forward to the present and a few weeks ago I had my convocation for my PhD so I thought I should play the song. I had it in my mind that it was by a guy named Wierd Paul (who was popular at CKMS as the time), I went so far as to borrow the album from a friend, but when I listened to the album I couldn't find the song. My search continues for that song I was looking for, but in the meantime I ended with a song by Wierd Paul song anyway. Things I referenced on the show: Weird Paul's website http://weirdpaul.com/ Fireball XL5 Setlist - October 29, 2009 TALK Pizzicato Five - Happy Sad (CS) Gila - Why Don't We Do It (CS) Gino Soccio - Turn It Around (CS) Brandi Disterheft - Twilight Curtain Sandy Edmonds - Daylight Saving Time **See Note 1 TALK Lioness - You're My Heart Fritz Helder and the Phantoms - Lagerfeld Lady Mr. Suitcase - You Don't Smile Anymore Nakatomi Towers - Cut Me Out Lusine - Two Dots TALK Afternoon Naps - Postcard (CS) Dylan Mondegreen - Girl In Grass The Gladeyes - Monika Wildwood lights - Town and Country Milky Way - In Love (CS) TALK Red Sleeping Beauty - Season's Change My Teenage Stride - We'll Meet At Emily's Marching Band - Make No Plans Hari and Aino - Maple Dent May And His Magnificent Ukulele - You Can't Force A Dance Party TALK (sort of kinda the British set) The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - One Night Stand Town Bike - Hey Hey Ho The Apple Moths - Miserable Town Golden Glow - Streetligher ** See Note 2 Joy Division - Transmission TALK Wierd Paul - Whalin' the Shit Out Of Guys (CS) - Song stolen from Central Services Note 1: The show was recorded the weekend before the clocks changed for daylight saving time Note 2: This song sounded so much like Joy Division I had to play them after.