October 18, 2013

It seems that I got a lot of ideas for this show my new favourite twitter feed from Indie Pop Saved My Life ( @indiepopSML  and see the link to their facebook page below).  They are always posting about great up and coming as well as established indie pop artists.  Those songs made up a lot of the first two sets and then I ended off the show with some funky songs that I've had around for along time

Best song I heard since the last show - The Short Stories - Are You Listening Now? - Here the song here http://theshortstories.bandcamp.com/album/are-you-listening-now-ep

Websites I mentioned during the show:

All about the TURF festival:
http://torontourbanrootsfest.com/

Facebook page of Indie Pop Saved My Life:
https://www.facebook.com/indiepopsavedmylife

You can download the latest show directly here:
http://76.163.12.179/2013-10-18_final.mp3


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Fireball XL5 Setlist - October 18, 2013
TALK - Theme
The Short Stories - Are You Listening Now?
The Wee Cherubs - Dreaming
Red Sleeping Beauty - Sick And Tired
Cassolette - Ricki Lake
Males - So High
TALK
She and Him - Together
The Fontaines - Bernadette
Red Buckets - Jane September
Let's Whisper - Paperclip Chains
Au Revoir Simone - Crazy
TALK
The Whispers - I Can Make It Better
Skyy - Start Of A Romance
The O'Jays - 992 Arguments
Smokey Robinson - Being With You
Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time In The World
TALK
Jonathan Richman - Our Swinging Pad


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September 20, 2013

In a rare move I started out with an electro/funky set which started with my top song of the week, a band that played Osheaga that I didn't know about at the time I went to the festival.  I also got to play a song by a band with one of the best names out there "Throw That Beat In The Garbagecan!" , the song is also pretty good.
Best song I heard since the last show - Disclosure - When A Fire Starts To Burn - See the video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nsKDJlpUbA



Websites I mentioned during the show:

The Swedesplease music blog:
http://www.swedesplease.net/

Find out about Books of Love:
http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/05/vivian-girls-katy-goodman-forms-books-of-love-listen-to-space-time/

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http://76.163.12.179/2013-09-20_final.mp3


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Fireball XL5 Setlist - September 20, 2013
TALK - Theme
Disclosure - When A Fire Starts To Burn
Still Corners - Berlin Lovers
Black Box - Strike It Up
Florrie- Give Me Your Love
Jeffrey Osborne - I Really Don't Need No Light
TALK
Lisa Bouvier - Every Year Until We Die
Books Of Love - Space Time
Alvvays - Adult Diversion
Wolf Alice - Bros
Santogold - I'm A Lady
TALK
Throw That Beat In The Garbagecan! - Lotsi Gogo
Beatmark - Breezing!
Veronica Falls - Nobody There
Madeline - Hurray Up Pronto
Dent May And His Magnficent Ukulele - Oh Paris!
TALK
Daniel Johnston - Honey I Sure Miss You



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August 16, 2013

For the first time this year I went to the Osheaga festival in Montreal, I had heard about it for many years and it was great, I would recommend it to anyone.  I did a lot of talking during the show to recap all my impressions of the festival.  I couldn't play all the bands that played, but touched on most of the ones that I saw which impressed me.

Best song I heard since the last show - The Heavy - What Makes A Good Man - See the video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08h0IVs4RKQ

Websites I mentioned during the show:

Oseheaga website:
http://www.osheaga.com/

See the great video by Grouplove:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x1wjGKHjBI


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http://76.163.12.179/2013-08-16_final.mp3


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Fireball XL5 Setlist - August 16, 2013
TALK - Theme
The Heavy - What Makes A Good Man
Tricky f. Nneka - Nothing Matters
Charles Bradley - Victim Of Love
New Order - Regret
The Cure - Pictures Of You
TALK
Xavier Cafeine - La Fin Du Monde
Poctuation - Belvdere
We Are Wolves - Magique
Sugar - Hoover Dam
Beck - Girl
TALK
Capital Cities - Kangaroo Court
Grouplove - Tongue Tied
Ellie Goulding - Anything Could Happen
Holy Ghost! - It Gets Dark
Atlas Genius - Trojans
TALK
Icona Pop - We Got The World

(C) - Canadian Content

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July 19, 2013

After the last show on the NYCPopfest I had lots of great indie pop that I had to get through.  In particular The Projections were a great find when I was doing some research on former members of The Pipettes.  The start of the second set were a couple of songs that easily could have been my top song and then I ended with more of an electro pop set.

Best song I heard since the last show - Persian Rugs - Always All http://vimeo.com/27772149

Websites I mentioned during the show:

Get the Mini Skips and Robberie EP here:
http://mylittleowlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-mini-skips-robberie-double-pack-7

Find out about The Projectionists:
https://myspace.com/projectionistsuk


Check out Indie Pop Saved My Life on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/indiepopSML

You can download the latest show directly here:
http://76.163.12.179/2013-07-19_final.mp3


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Fireball XL5 Setlist - July 19, 2013
TALK - Theme
Persian Rugs - Always All (C)
The Motifs - Backwards
The Saturday People - Conditional Tense (Now It's Gone)
Dream Diary - Something Tells Her
The Projectionists - Lonely
TALK
The Mini Skips - Evil/Shy
Robberie - Four Seasons
La Sintesis - Shouting Out
Boyracer - Passionflower
Days - Downhill
TALK
Mounties - Headphones (C)
Katsen - Where Nobody Can Find Us
Sound Of Arrows - Into The Clouds
Freelance Whales - Hannah
Dntel - Still
TALK
RL Burnside - Shuck Dub

(C) - Canadian Content

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June 14, 2013

This show was all about the 2013 edition of the New York Popfest which I attended this year after missing it for a few years.  As always it was a great event with lots of great music from bands both that I hard heard of before and ones that were new.  Just a warning that I did lots of talking during this show.

Best song I heard since the last show - Alpaca Sports - Just For Fun - See the video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkNHDfgpevs

Websites I mentioned during the show:

See everything about New York Popfest 2013:
http://www.nycpopfest.org/

Information on the band Flowers as is it hard to find them on the web:
https://www.facebook.com/flowersdomusic

Link to K Records documentary:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shield_Around_the_K:_The_Story_of_K_Records

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http://76.163.12.179/2013-06-14_final.mp3


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Fireball XL5 Setlist - June 14, 2013
TALK - Theme
Alpaca Sports - Just For Fun
The School - Is He Really Coming Home?
Thee Ahs - Ooooh (They're Inside Me) (C)
The Smittens - First Bus
Math and Physics Club - April Showers
The Proctors - Perfect World
TALK
Azure Blue - The Catcher In The Rye
StarTropics - Into The Night
The Ballet - Chinatown
Zipper - Mirror
The Hobbes Fanclub - Your Doubting Heart
TALK
The Wolfhounds - Anti-Midas Touch
The Bats - North By North
Close Lobsters - Just Too Bloody Stupid
French Films - When People Like You Filled The Heavens
Flowers - Stuck
TALK
Beat Happening - T.V. Girl

(C) - Canadian Content

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May 17, 2013

The first set stuck to the indie pop while the second was a bit on the more rocking end of the spectrum, starting with a great song by a band with a great name "The All Girl Summer Fun Band" and their song Car Trouble (see the link to video below).  The last set got some electro-pop out my system. 

Best song I heard since the last show - Slow Club - Giving Up On Love - See the video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qzOOg4pxw8

Websites I mentioned during the show:

See the video for Car Trouble by The All Girl Summer Fun Band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWeCWv-TZsc

Find out more about Lily's Allen's cover of Straight to Hell and War Child here:
http://www.warchild.org.uk/music/discography/heroes-album

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Fireball XL5 Setlist - May 17, 2013
TALK - Theme
Slow Club - Giving Up On Love
Mates of State - Palomino
Howling Bells - Low Happening
Widowspeak - Puritan
Arc In Round - One Sided
TALK
All Girl Summer Fun Band - Car Trouble
Puzzle People - Frank and I
Dolly Mixture - Dead Rainbow
Dum Dum Girls - Always Looking
Cloud Nothings - Can't Stay Awake
TALK
Silver Swans - On The Quiet
Metronomy - She Wants
The Black Ghosts - Even In The Darkness
Small Black - Photojournalist
Lily Allen Featuring Mick Jones - Straight To Hell
TALK (random ending)
Flin Flon - Odessa


(C) - Canadian Content

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April 19, 2013

After the first indie-pop set, I did a spotlight on local KW band Bocce and some of the side-projects of the band members.  A couple of them have recently released some great material that you can download from the links below.  I then ended with a funky set.


Best song I heard since the last show - Wide Sea - Marianna - See the video here https://soundcloud.com/widesea/marianna

Websites I mentioned during the show:

Download the Liver Transplants album here:
http://www.dadmobile.com/?section=album&id=31

Listen to Mike Bond's album here:
https://soundcloud.com/mike-bond-soundcloud

You can download the latest show directly here:
http://76.163.12.179/2013-04-19_final.mp3


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Fireball XL5 Setlist - April 19, 2013
TALK - Theme
Wide Sea - Marianna
California Wives - Marianne
Lightships - Sweetness In Her Spark
Army Navy - Dark As Days
Pants Yell - Kids Are The Same
TALK
Bocce - X-Ray Specs (C)
The Liver Transplants - Troublemaker (C)
Mike Bond - Source 01 (C)
Grandmother Willow - Pinko Bingo (C)
The Haunches - Vampirella (C)
TALK
Johnny Harris - Odyssey Pt 1
The Bolton Brothers - Native Rhythm
The Barrino Brothers - The Bad Things (You Said To Me)
Bill Garner Band - Brand New Girl
The Flirtations - How Can You Tell Me?
TALK (random ending)
Champagne Socialists - Blue Genes

(C) - Canadian Content

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