Matthew's Finest

Better late than never, I suppose.
I was going to make up a heart-warming, pulse-quickening fib about why I'm so late with this week's pick, but I don't think that lying to you all is the proper way to build our fledgling relationship. I really like you guys, and I feel we have a real shot at something special here.

This week I've picked something that we played in the first half of the show. Beat is a tune from Washington D.C. musical group Thao. Or maybe it's just one guy. Or maybe it's a robot. To be honest with you all, finding out which city they/he/she/it are/is from was already way more work than I was willing to do for this.

So without further ado:

mp3: Thao - Beat (Health, Life and Fire)

SotW for March 26, 2008

My favourite song from this week's show is by The Terrordactyls. Clever name aside, this duo has a really great sense of fun about itself. Also, there's a kazoo in the song! These guys remind me of The Moldy Peaches (of Juno fame) but without the sense of shame that accompanies liking them. I hope you enjoy this week's offering, Devices.



mp3: The Terrordactyls - Devices

Playlist for March 26th, 2008

1st Hour
Adele - Make You Feel My Love
The Sadies - I Tried Not To
Liam Finn - Second Chance
Manitoba - Leila
Crystal Castles - Crimewave
Old Soul - The Old Soul
The Superfantastics - Lullaby Punches
Thao - Beat (Health, Life, and Fire)
The Winks - Guitar Swing
The Spins - Cougar
The Mae Shi - Lamb and Lion
Sylvie - Rise and Fall

2nd Hour
Buck 65 - The Anthem
Buck 65 - Way Back When
Shad - I Don't Like To
Brassmunk - Push Up
These United States - Burn This Bridge
The Terrordactyls - Devices
Islands - If
My Architects - What Would You Do?
Ladyhawk - I Don't Always Know What You're Saying
Lightning Dust - Wind Me Up
Don McLean - American Pie

SotW for March 19, 2008

This week's pick is from Modest Mouse's last album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.
This song remained untouched on my computer for about 8 months until it came up randomly on my iPod. I was walking home from school when Isaac Brock started spitting venom into my ears. Except for the F-bomb halfway through, it's totally kosher. Best song on the album, I dare say.

MP3: Modest Mouse - Spitting Venom

Matthew's Finest

Well, look who it is... You think you can just waltz back in here, drunk, and expect everything to be fine? Well, all right, but this is the last time.

We're back once again for another edition of the internet's finest music related download spree. This week I'm bringing you a wonderful track by The Burning Hell, a band from Peterborough, Ontario.
Titled, Grave Situation, the song is a sordid tale of love, adultery and murder, a double murder in fact, which only serves to double the pleasure that can be had in the song. So pull up a chair, grab a blanket and a nice mug of cocoa, and prepare to be amazed.

Mp3: The Burning Hell - Grave Situation (Pt. 1)

Playlist for March 19th, 2008

Ugh, is anyone reading this?

First Hour

Bon Iver - Flume
My Morning Jacket - Wear Your Love Like Heaven
The Notwist - Good Lies
Jenny Omnichord - Ghost Flyers in the Sky
Chatham County Line - Birmingham Jail
Ox - Sugar Cane
Josh Ritter - Me & The Jiggs
The Superfantastics - Glitter
Stars - Elevator Love Letter
Dog Day - Career Suicide
The Burning Hell - Grave Situation (Part 1)
Plants and Animals - Faerie Dance

Second Hour

Hey Rosetta! - Another Pilot
Rufus Wainwright - Beautiful Child
Share - Soil
Modest Mouse - Spitting Venom
These United States - First Sight
Spy Machine 16 - I Lost My Edge Last Night
Fanfarlo - Sand And Ice
The Diggs - Careen
The New Pornographers - The Laws Have Changed
Sun Kil Moon - Lily and Parrots
The Ting Tings - Great DJ

Matthew's Finest

Hey everyone. Guess what I've got for you this week? No, I wish!

It's a song by Shad. Those of you who listened to the show today will have heard this delightful little rap ditty in the latter half of the program.

Shad, a Toronto based rapper who is originally from Kenya, is the kind of rapper that I enjoy best; the innocent kind. He has fun with his music, and rarely does the phrase, "Smack a Bitch" occur in his lyrics.

MP3: Shad - The Old Prince Still Lives At Home

Ishmael's SotW for March 12, 2008

One of the best artists I have discovered in the last few months is Jose Gonzalez, a Swedish singer-songwriter of Argentine descent (which explains the non-Swedish name). Down the Line is from his 2007 album In Our Nature and shows off his marvelous singing voice. I can't make out what's happening in the video but it's enjoyable nonetheless.

Playlist for March 12th

Back for another week and rearing to go. Frothy at the mouth with wide-eyed musical enthusiasm and sleepy from the unfortunate hour at which we conduct our business. But nonetheless, we are here and we are fully prepared to deliver unto you, the listening public, our bounteous love.

1st Hour
Jim Bryson - Clear the Crowds
Jenn Grant - Dreamer
Jill Barber - Hard Line
The Who - I Can't Explain
Cold War Kids - Hospital Beds
The Swimmers - Miles From Our Fears (Live)
Elliott Brood - Second Son
The Pigeon Detectives - I'm Not Sorry
The Details - The Height of Land
Rock Plaza Central - A Town at the Bottom of the Ocean
The Burning Hell - The Things That People Make
Hanne Hukelberg - A Cheater's Armoury

2nd Hour
Taken by Trees - Julia
Ladyhawk - I Don't Always Know What You're Saying
SUNRiSER - When You Were Me
Ween - Object
Adele - Tired
The D'Urbervilles - National Flowers
Born Ruffians - Hummingbird
JukeBox the Ghost - Under My Skin
Jose Gonzalez - Down the Line
Shad - The Old Prince Still Lives at Home
The Hives - Hey Little World
Handsome Furs - What We Had
Wolf Parade - We Built Another World

Ishmael's SotW for March 5th, 2008

This week's Song of the Week is a piece by another great Swede, Jens Lekman. By the way, I looked it up and Jens is pronounced Yenz. The Opposite of Hallelujah is from Jens' latest album Night Falls Over Kortedala and has such a simple but enjoyable sound that is the pure essence of pop. The song's first two lines are probably my favourite:

" I took my sister down to the ocean
But the ocean made me feel stupid "

Please listen, download, do as you wish. Just enjoy.
MP3: Jens Lekman - Opposite of Hallelujah

Matthew's Finest

This week I've chosen to bring you a song that was not actually played on the show. Due to the frequent use of a certain 4 letter word, this song is unfit to touch the airwaves, so says the CRTC.

Regardless of the conspiracy against them, The Coathangers have trooped on and created a delightful song. We did play one of their less inflammatory songs, Parking Lot, but I feel it lacks a certain something that this song delivers in spades.

MP3: The Coathangers - Shut The Fuck Up

Green Eggs and Playlists - March 5th, 2008

1st Hour
Shotgun Jimmie - Bedhead
Laura Berrett - Deception Island Optimists Club
Taken By Trees - Too Young
Andrew Bird - Imitosis
The Most Serene Republic - Humble Peasants
Josh Ritter - Empty Hearts
Jane Vain and the Dark Matter - Moving Notes
Octoberman - Run from Safety
Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton - Doctor Blind
The Besnard Lakes - Disaster

2nd Hour
The Paper Cranes - I'll Love You Til My Veins Explode
Jens Lekman - The Opposite of Hallelujah
The New Pornographers - Mutiny, I Promise You
Liam Finn - Better to Be
Metric - Soft Rock Star
The Old Soul - Let's Neck
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Glue Girls
Kara Keith - Kick This City
The Dodos - Men
The Superfantastics - Turn on Me
Lemuria - Pants
The Coathangers - Parking Lot