Best Singles of 2012

Fireball XL5 Best singles of 2012

1. Haim - Forever

2. Hospitality - Betty Wang (download the song at the link)

3. TOPS - Diamond Look

4. The Smittens - Burning Streets of Rome

5. Chromatics - Kill for Love

6. Yuna - Live Your Life

7. Lee Fields and the Expressions - You're the Kind of Girl

8. The Magic - Magic Love

9. Jens Lekman - The End of the World is bigger than love

10. The Hive Dwellers - A Woman Named Trudy

11. Frankie Rose - Know Me

12. Jessie Ware - 110%

13. La Sera - Break My Heart

14. Standard Fare - Crystal Palatial

15. Eternal Summers - Millions

November 23, 2012

I had some really good songs left over for this the last new music show of the year, so I blew threw them all in the first two sets.  Also had a great time with the last funky set of music that went from Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo to Lulu.


Best song I heard since the last show - Haim - Forever - See the video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEwM6ERq0gc

Websites I mentioned during the show:

Trailer for Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O36cQ4scvM

Great Video for Lulu's The Boat That I Row:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5usk2yrw0E

Information about Stephin Merrit's Showtunes project:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showtunes


You can download the latest show directly here:
http://76.163.12.179/2012-11-23_final.mp3


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Fireball XL5 Setlist - November 23, 2012
TALK - Theme
Haim - Forever
Chairlift - Amanaemonesia
The Magic - Mr. Hollywood
TOPS - Diamond Look
io echo - Doorway
TALK
Hospitality - Friends of Friends
This Many Boyfriends - You Don't Need To Worry
Surfer Blood - Miranda
Courtney Jaye - Queen of Sabotage
Levy - Rotten Love
TALK
George Kranz - Din Daa Daa
Jessie Ware - 110%
Vaughn Mason featuring Butch Dayo - Feel My Love
Etta James - Seven Day Fool
Lulu - The Boat That I Row
TALK (random ending)
Stephin Merrit - Auntie Toothache


(C) - Canadian Content

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October 19, 2012

Started out with a great song from Gold Motel that turns out be a song from a few years ago, I'm sad to have missed it when it first came out.  The set also featured a song by the Housemartins a band from a while ago that I should probably listen to more.  This was followed by a bit of stripped down set that all happened to feature female lead vocals.

Got a bit funky in the last set, started with a great group from Toronto who I was introduced to by seeing them perform outside of the Younge-Bloor subway station.  The last song of the set was close to my top song and I only found out about it randomly with someone I know watching a bad movie on Netflix, it was a bad movie, but it featured this great song so I guess that is something.


Best song I heard since the last show -   Gold Motel - Slow Emergency   - Listen to the song here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4rjbj24R8c

Websites I mentioned during the show:

About The Housemartins:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Housemartins

See Turbo Street Funk in action:
http://turbostreetfunk.com/

See the great video for the song "Back in Stride" by MAZE featuring Frankie Beverly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waSM0rXDLys

You can download the latest show directly here:
http://76.163.12.179/2012-10-19_final.mp3


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Fireball XL5 Setlist - October 19, 2012
TALK - Theme
Gold Motel - Slow Emergency
Jens Lekman - I Know What Love Isn't
The Housemartins - I Smell Winter
Tyson And His Game Boy - The Only One (C)
The Ice Choir - I Want You Now And Always
TALK
The XX - Angels
Esther Grey - A Gift (C)
The Do - Travel Light
TOPS - Diamond Look (C)
Thee Headcoatees - First Plane Home
TALK
Turbo Street Funk - Ghostbusters (C)
Lee Fields And The Expressions - Ladies
Charles Wright And The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Love Land
Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly - Back In Stride Again
Blue Magic - Just Don't Want To Be Lonely
TALK (random ending)
The Drums - Blue Stripes

(C) - Canadian Content

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September 21, 2012

I went old school on the first set including my top song of week Teena Marie's "Lovergirl", although I really need to listen to some more current music, that doesn't take away from the fact that it is a great song.  The next set shifted to electro-pop but I finally brought it back to indie pop for the ending set. 

Best song I heard since the last show -   Teena Marie - Lovergirl   - See the  video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geZ7MV8bXYE

Websites I mentioned during the show:

About The Pepper Pots:
http://www.thepepperpots.com/lover/home.php


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http://76.163.12.179/2012-09-21_final.mp3


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Fireball XL5 Setlist - September 21, 2012
TALK - Theme
Teena Marie - Lovergirl
Cameo - She's Strange
Atlantic Starr - When Love Calls
The Pepper Pots - Time And Place
Nancy Sinatra - Kinky Love
TALK
Rich Aucoin - Brian Wilson Is A.L.I.V.E. (C)
Silver Swans - On The Quiet
Icky Blossoms - Babes
Rae Spoon - I Can't Keep All Of Our Secrets
Nite Jewel - In The Dark
TALK
Eternal Summers - Millions
Ambassador - Valediction
The Holiday Crowd - Never Speak Of It Again
Purdey - Mirrors
Hipflasks - Jellyfish
TALK (random ending)
Voldis - Flashlight (C)

(C) - Canadian Content

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August 17, 2012

This show started with some songs from a funky mix released by Dent May that he called "Escape From Groove Mountain".  The songs are great and I just can't stop listening to it, what is cool is that you can download it yourself from the links below.  Going along well with this funky set was a request by Milosz for the band White Shoes And The Couples Company.

After a set of some recent indie releases, I ended with some bands that I had either seen live or picked up their recent releases.  In particular I played a selection by The Hive Dwellers which is the recent project by Calvin Johnson.  He recently did a series of lower key shows around Southern Ontario and I was lucky enough to see him twice in Hamilton.  I had  forgotten how much I loved his live show.


Best song I heard since the last show -  Colonel Abrams - I'm Not Gonna Let (Shuffle Inc. Radio Edit) Download it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLJJ8dWPBEQ&feature=related

Websites I mentioned during the show:

Dent May Groove Mountain
http://soundcloud.com/dentmay/escape-from-groove-mountain

Wikipedia on Colonel Abrams:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Abrams

Wikipedia on Koko Beware:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koko_B._Ware


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Fireball XL5 Setlist - August 17, 2012
TALK - Theme
Colonel Abrams - I'm Not Gonna Let (Shuffle Inc. Radio Edit)
Andrea True Connection - What's Your Name, What's your number?
Kid Creole And The Coconuts - I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby
Dr. Togo - Be Free
White Shoes And The Couples Company - Senja Menggila
TALK
Yuma - Live Your Life
Frankie Rose - Know Me
The Smittens - Party Time
Koko Beware - I Just Wanna Dance
The Little Ones - Lovers Who Uncover
TALK
The Hive Dwellers - A Woman Named Trudy
Katie And The Lichen - Misbehavning
Dylan Mondegreen - It Takes Two
Dent May - Fun
Hey Ocean! - Make A New Dance Up (C)
TALK
Page France - The Ruby Ring Man

(C) - denotes Canadian content

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July 13, 2012

When I first heard my top song of show (in case you didn't know, I start each show by playing the best song I heard since the last show) I thought it might have been a track by The Drums that I had never heard.  But instead it was a great song by a Finnish band called French Films that was actually released back in 2010.  That opened the way for a lot of indie pop songs that I have been meaning to play for a while, as well as a couple of leftover Primavera-related songs.

Best song I heard since the last show -  French Films - Golden Sea
Download it here: http://pitchfork.com/player/download/1946/

Website I mentioned during the show:


Website for Elephant Records:
http://elefant.com/en/index



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http://76.163.12.179/2012-07-13_final.mp3


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Fireball XL5 Setlist - July 13, 2012
TALK - Theme
French Films - Golden Sea
Pure - Aspidistra
Newsflash - An Englishman
Tropical Fish Invasion - La Di Da
The Melting Ice Caps - Between Eros And Agape
TALK
Milkyway - Feelings
The School - Stop That Boy
Are You Mr. Riley - I Can Wait
The Jordans - Mystified
Thee Windless Gates - In Another Day
TALK
Start! - Words You've Never Heard
Episode 4 - Strike Up Matches
Big Troubles - Sad Girls
Hellvyvelln - Subway
The Coathangers - Buckhead Betty
The Beets - Walking To My House
TALK
ABC - 4 Ever 2 Gether


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June 22, 2012

At the end of May I went to Barcelona to attend the Primavera Music Festival, it was a great experience with a crazy number of bands that played till 5 am for 3 nights.  The festival site was along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, the weather was beautiful and the city itself is pretty amazing.  The highlight of the festival was the 3 hour set that The Cure did, but it was also good to find out about some bands that I didn't know about that I really enjoyed.

Best song I heard since the last show -  The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
See the classic video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8CDERzun4k

Websites I mentioned during the show:

Hopefully everybody can see my set of pictures of the bands I saw at Primavera here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150942725736794.415617.604426793&type=1&l=708909d260

See 36 different Primavera performances:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3C4159AC134B4447&feature=plcp

You can download the latest show directly here:
http://76.163.12.179/2012-02-22_final.mp3


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Fireball XL5 Setlist - June 22, 2012
TALK - Theme
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
Pegasvs - Atlantico
Beach Fossils - Sometimes
Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Girls Names - I Lose
TALK
M83 - Don't Save Us From The Flames
Sandro Perri - Impossible Spaces
Bleached - Think Of You
Chairlift - Bruises
Girls - Ghostmouth
TALK
Neon Indian - Polish Girl
Death In Vegas - Dirt
Boxeur The Coeur - Our Glowing Days
The XX - Islands
B. Fleischmann and Mr. John Soda - Here She comes
TALK
I'm From Barcelona - We're From Barcelona


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