Matthew's Finest

Hey Hey Hey. Today I'm reporting to you from the heart of corporate Saskatoon. Bringing you the songs I love from the job I have an entirely healthy dislike for. Staff meetings can be boring, but The Coathangers never are. They have stolen my heart so consistently with each new song that I hear, it's amazing that I haven't doctored my family photos to include them yet.

This week's song is called Shake Shake, and it is joining the pantheon of Coathangers songs that I have tried to foist upon the unsuspecting public. Bon Appétit!

The Coathangers - Shake Shake

SotW for June 25th, 2008

Well, there's no playlist this week. We were expecting a trainee to come by and choose her own songs. Unfortunately, she didn't show and we just played whatever was at hand.

Anyway, here's my song of the week. Phantom Planet are best known for a former band member, the talented Jason Schwartzman. However, even without him they're a catchy California band, the kind of California band that sounds British for some reason. Here's their catchy tune, Do The Panic.

mp3: Phantom Planet - Do the Panic

Matthew's Finest

Well well welly welly well. Look who it is. Thought you culd just come traipsing back in here and take all the songs you like? Well, ok then.

In keeping with the disjointed and amateurish farce that was today's show, the song that I'm submitting for your listening enjoyment is actually two songs! I know, this is highly unorthodox, but if you just give them a chance, you'll see why.

The first song is one that we did play on the show, but only to fill time. It's called Janet and it's performed fantastically by The Format. It's also a song that is entirely devoid of any easily accessible tabs. So if anyone encounters them out there on the World Wide Web, drop me a line.

The Format - Janet
And the next musical masterpiece that I'm putting out there is a song that we did not play on the show this week. 'Why?' you might ask. Well the answer is simple; because my love for these young ladies is too pure and too beautiful to be sullied by the cruel medium of public radio. They are delicate flowers, beautiful souls, and dirty, little potty-mouths, which is where my love becomes truest of all. The song is from The Coathangers and it is called Parking Lot. I know nothing of the band, and I don't intend to find anything out because they're already as perfect as they'll ever be.

The Coathangers - Parking Lot

SotW for June 18th, 2008

My Song of the Week is one we wanted to play near the end of the show but we ran out of time. It's one of my favourite songs from the last year and it's still great. Please enjoy.

mp3: Matt & Kim - Yeah Yeah

Playlist for June 18th, 2008 - Greatest Hits Episode!

Welcome back to Radio City, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty. Oh, won't you please take me hoooooommmme? (I really scream that last line.)

This week we had an aspiring radio host joining us. Vicky seems like she's getting the hang of things pretty quickly and we wish her luck. We also did a little "Best Of" edition this week, playing some of our favourite songs from the last six months. Please check out the playlist and maybe download the odd song. Remember: Right-Click and Save.

1st Hour
Shotgun Jimmy - Bedhead
Bishop Allen - Click Click Click Click
Josh Ritter - Empty Hearts
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Glue Girls
Andrew Bird - Imitosis
The Burning Hell - The Things That People Make
Shad - The Old Prince Still Lives At Home
Stars - Elevator Love Letter
Mother Mother - Neighbour
Mystery Jets (f. Laura Marling) - Young Love

2nd Hour
The Submarines - You, Me & the Bourgeoisie
Julie Doiron - No More
Feist - So Sorry
Arthur and Yu - There Are Too Many Birds
These United States - First Sight
Hilotrons - Lovesuit
Crustal Castles - Chrimewave
Broken Social Scene - 7/4 Shoreline
Weakerthans - Civil Twilight
Creature - Brigitte Bardot
Sweet Things - Change of Seasons

Matthew's Finest

Well, there's no way in hell that I'm going to be living up to Ishmael's post this week. God damn that guy, makin' me look like some kind of MS paint noob. And stealing my joke premise on top of it all. There's no end to his shame. No end in sight...

screw it...

Dragged By Horses - One Way Ticket To Rome

SotW for June 11th, 2008

Well, who knew that a folk artist from San Francisco would write a protest song about Guantanamo Bay? I would have never guessed such a thing. Still, Sean Hayes (not Jack from Will & Grace) delivers a soulful dose of reality with his song No No Guantanamo. However, I'm sure it's only a matter of time before they throw him into Gitmo for "speaking out" and it doesn't help that he looks like the Unabomber.

Sean Hayes has made this song freely available on his website and his myspace and I'm doing my part to share it with loyal CFCR listeners who can work a computer. (Thank you both.)


mp3: Sean Hayes - No No Guantanamo

Playlist for June 11th

Well, well, well. Looks like we've got a special interloping guest this week. I don't like him, he's too rugged and unpolished. Not at all the sort of standard that I normally hold myself to. But I am a professional, and I shan't let this distract me.

1st Hour

Forest City Lovers - Monster
David Myles - Cape Breton
Hey Rosetta! - There's An Arc
Ayla Brook - After The Morning After
Joe Pug - Hymn #101
Rush - Fly By Night
Sean Hayes - Rattlesnake Charm (Dream Machine)
Sean Hayes - No No Guantanamo
Man Man - Poor Jackie

2nd Hour

Meredith Luce - Sing Me Back Home
Sea Wolf - The Garden That You Planted
Dragonette - Get Lucky
Blind Melon - Skinned
Ketch Harbour Wolves - Maple Wine
Hot Hot Heat - Get In Or Get Out
STARS - Ageless Beauty
The Moviegoers - Living Inside
The 6ixty 8ights - And I Walk
Dragged By Horses - One Way Ticket To Rome

SotW for June 4th, 2008

Yo yo yo, muthafuckaaaaahs!
I'm sorry, that was rude. My choice for this week's showcase is Kids by London's Goodtimes Goodtimes. It's probably the band's name that does it for me but the song is pretty catchy as well.

My favourite line:

I was born to let you know I love you

mp3: Goodtimes Goodtimes - Kids

Matthew's Finest

Wow, 4 hours of radio really takes it out of a guy. I'll need a tall cool budweiser and a long nap to recoup.

This week I picked a song by The Format called Janet. It's a song that has captured my heart and will maintain it's hold for a great many years to come.
Every once in a long while I'll come across a song that forces me to spread my vocal wings and try my hand at some impromptu karaoke, and I find it almost impossible to listen to this song without at least humming. If I was at a funeral and this song was stuck in my head I would burst out in a joyous refrain, dancing with the corpse, and high-fiving the mortuary guys. People would be upset at first, but as soon as the moment was comfortably in the past they'd be cool with it.

mp3: The Format - Janet

Playlist for June 4th, 2008

Well, it was a long show today but hopefully you enjoyed the journey. Since Crystal was gone, we went from six 'til ten. That's four hours of hard-hitting journalism music. Remember that all the links are in blue; you can also right-click the links to save the mp3 files. Yay for music sharing!

1st Hour
A Gentle Forest - A Biking Accident
Sea Wolf - You're A Wolf
Bright Eyes - The First Day of My Life
Islands - Creeper
The Unicorns - Ready to Die
Pinback - Good to Sea
Jamie Lidell - Wait For Me
I Love Math - Josephine Street
Jason Collett - Roll On Oblivion
Broken Social Scene - Handjobs for the Holidays
The Coast - Tightrope
Battles - Tonto

2nd Hour
James Pants - We're Through
Ghost House - The Astronaut
Junior Boys - The Equalizer
Calvin Harris - The Girls
Walter Meego - Girls
Crystal Castles - Reckless
The Kooks - No Longer
Fields - Brittlesticks
Mother Mother - Love & Truth
Paolo Nutini - New Shoes
Stephen Malkmus - No More Shoes

3rd Hour
Tangiers - Shoestrings
The Sadies - The Trial
Japandroids - No Allegiance to the Queen
The Black Keys - Grown So Ugly
The Hives - Bigger Hole to Fill
Hotkid - The One You Hold
The Lodger - The Good Old Days
Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You
The Format - Janet
Elliott Brood - Gone
Heroes & Villains - A Letter
Snailhouse - Dollar Signs

4th Hour
CSS - Music Is My Hot Hot Sex
The Ting Tings - Shut Up and Let Me Go
The Lovely Feathers - In The Valley
The Coathangers - Parking Lot
The Paper Cranes - I'll Love You Til My Veins Explode
Wolf Parade - Language City
The Weakerthans - Tournament of Hearts
Sunparlour Players - If the Creeks Don't Rise
Goodtimes Goodtimes - Kids
Tilly & The Wall - Pot Kettle Black
Great Lake Swimmers - See You On The Moon!
Joe Dassin - Les Champs-Élysées