Matthew's Finest

I'm late again.

Said The Whale - This Winter I Retire [mp3]

SotW for September 25th, 2008

You've seen the commercial. Here's the song, as played on the show this week.

Chairlift - Bruises [mp3]

Matthew's Finest

Spiderbait is a band from the late-80's to mid-90's who are called post-grunge. Aside from the fact that I don't think music, especially grunge music, the musical equivalent of the lowest common denominator, should be labeled post-anything, this band has been thoroughly and effectively rocking my face for a half a week now. 

They have many quality songs, interested parties should check out Take Me Back, or Buy Me A Pony, but only one was good enough to merit the illustrious title of song of the week. 

Spiderbait - Outta My Head [mp3]

SotW for September 17th, 2008

Montreal's Plants and Animals are coming through town on October 6 with Born Ruffians.
At first, I was more excited for the opener but this week's Song of the Week has changed my mind about Plants and Animals. I thought all their stuff was kind of slow and boring but boy was I wrong. Feedback in the Fields kicks a lot of ass and includes one of my favourite pop elements: whistling.

I can't help but like this song and I'm eagerly awaiting their show at Amigos. Please, listen, download, enjoy.

SotW: Plants and Animals - Feedback in the Fields [mp3]

Playlist for September 17th, 2008

1st Hour
Culture Reject - Fireflies are Fading [mp3]
Laura Barrett - Robot Ponies
Human Highway - Moody Motorcycle
The Burning Hell - The Second Cigarette [myspace]
Throw Me The Statue - Ship
Born Ruffians - I Need A Life
The Awkward Stage - Animé Eyes [mp3]
Elliott Brood - Write it All Down for You
The Rosewood Thieves - Silver Gun [mp3]
Peter Project - Fair and Square
The Fjords - Breezy Day

2nd Hour
Said the Whale - Curse of the Currents [vid]
Winter Gloves - Factories
The Golden Dogs - Strong
Blitzen Trapper - Furr [mp3]
Tacoma Hellfarm Tragedy - True Love Killed my True Loves Love for me
The Donkeys - Walk Through a Cloud [mp3]
Shugo Tokumaru - Parachute
Cloud Cult - Everybody Here Is A Cloud [mp3]
Spiderbait - Outta My Head
Plants and Animals - Feedback in the Field
The Knifings - Vicodin
Arsenal - Estupendo [mp3]

Matthew's Finest

Here it is. The song, which is sexily called Lolita, is by Seattle band, Throw Me The Statue. Seattle, and it may be due to it's size, is a nest of amazing musicians. A den of Auditory iniquity, and a place where easily marketable indie pop is grown like a weed.

Throw Me The Statue - Lolita [mp3]

Playlist for September 10th, 2008

BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH!

1st Hour

The New Pornographers - Myriad Harbour
Boxer the Horse - Boneyard

Kings of Leon - Slow Night, So Long

Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire

The Smittens - Doomed, Lo-Fi and in Love!

Olivier Jarda - Don't Wake The Baby

The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight

The Kooks - Kids (MGMT cover)

Julie Doiron - So Fast

Jenny Omnichord - Blankets and Bones

Constantines - Hard Feelings

Wolf Parade - Language City

2nd Hour

Modernboys Moderngirls - My Baby Says Boy, Don't You Ever Go

King Khan and the Shrines - I Wanna Be A Girl

Maybe Smith - Hearts Like Bears

Oh Fortuna - Wood Paint Rainbow

Peter Project - Fair and Square

Japanese Motors - Single Fins & Safety Pins

Throw Me The Statue - Lolita

Mardeen - City Lights

Cinderpop - blonder

Born Ruffians - I Need A Life

Phantom Planet - Do The Panic

The Wombats - Moving To New York

Check this shit out!

I'm watching MuchMusic and to my surprise, there's actually music videos on!

To my delight, they're playing the new Radiohead video for House of Cards.

Maybe I'm just a noob but this is the first I've seen of it. It looks pretty awesome.

SotW for September 3rd, 2008

This week's favourite comes from Montreal's Land of Talk. Their new album Some Are Lakes will hit store shelves on October 7th but the title track can hit your iPods right the heck now. Their debut EP had a much better name: Applause Cheer Boo Hiss. Still, Some Are Lakes promises to be a successful follow-up. Let's listen, enjoy, download, enjoy, shake and repeat...

Land of Talk - Some are Lakes [mp3]

Matthew's Finest

Hey Ocean! is a band from the mean streets of Vancouver. Canada's L.A.

The song that I am delivering to you an a friggin platter is called Too Soon.

It's happy with what it is, and you will be too after listening through it.

Hey Ocean! - Too Soon [mp3]

Playlist for September 2nd, 2008

Well, here we are again. Ishmael and I are fresh from an evenings labour. Slaving away at the digital presses. Any of you who are students at the U of S can check out the fruits of our labour when this week's copy of The Sheaf comes out on Thursday.
On to the playlist...

1st Hour

Matt & Kim - Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare [link]
The Avett Brothers - St. Joseph's
Josh Ritter - Girl In The War
Department of Eagles - No One Does It Like You [mp3]
Howe Gelb - But I Did Not
Tigers and Monkeys - You Know [mp3]
Chad VanGaalen - Willow Tree
Amos the Transparent - after all that, it's come to this [mp3]
Angela Desveaux - Sure Enough
Michael Rault - Honey Bee [mp3]
The Shaky Hands - We Are Young [mp3]

2nd Hour

The Guest Bedroom - Stranglehold
Hey Ocean! - Too Soon
Land of Talk - Some Are Lakes
Modernboys Moderngirls - A Hammond Organ Singing [mp3]
Oakley Hall - Confidence Man [mp3]
The Amps - I Am Decided
Feist - I Feel It All [mp3]
Immaculate Machine - Sans Issue
Velocity Girl - Sorry Again [mp3]
Creature - Pop Culture
Vancougar - Obvious [mp3]