Playlist for July 29, 2009

I went to the Amigos Cantina myspace today and — hot damn! — there are some good shows coming up, including the ones for CFCR's annual fundraiser FM-Phasis.
A couple of the bands coming to Amigos were featured in this week's show. Here's this week's track order and a few useful links.

Playlist:
Iron & Wine - Peace Beneath the City
They Shoot Horses Don't They - Apple
Los Campesinos! - It Started With A Mixx
Dinosaur Jr - I Want You To Know
The Dodos - Fables
Apostle of Hustle - Blackberry
Fun - Be Calm
The Crepes - What Else?
The Avett Brothers - Laundry Room
Tom Fun Orchestra - Throw Me To The Rats
Timber Timbre - Demon Host [cbcR3]
Dan Mangan - Road Regrets
Immaculate Machine - Sound the Alarms
Volcanoless in Canada - Mexican Circus
Burn Planetarium - Death Death Death
Woolfy - Odyssey

Playlist for July 15th, 2009 - SOCAN special

Welcome back. This week we're playing old favourites because it's been brought to our attention that SOCAN is paying out. Check out the links to the blogs hosting these songs. They do good work.

The playlist is as follows...

The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour

The Rural Alberta Advantage - Don't Haunt This Place

Andrew Vincent - Going Out Tonight [herohill]

Sunparlour Players - Battle of '77

Entire Cities - Coffee

The Burning Hell - Little Seagull

Kathleen Edwards - In State

The Deep Dark Woods - Downtown

Howie Beck - Don't Put Your Arms Around Me No More

Boxer The Horse - Rock'n'Roll Band

Said The Whale - Love Is Art

Rah Rah - Tentacles [wolves]

Hooded Fang - Land of Giants

Gonzales - Working Together

Winter Gloves - Let Me Drive [sxsw]

Winter Mitts - DANS

The Bicycles - Roland [wolves]

Sleepless Nights - Allyson Got Robbed

The Lovely Feathers - In The Valley

Forest City Lovers - At The Border

YSP!WSD! - Machine Legs [myspace]

Matthew's Finest, July 8th, 2009 - Polaris Pix edition

This week we played a number of selections from albums, or bands, that have been placed on the Polaris short list. I first became aware of the award 3 years ago on a CBC Radio 3 podcast and I treated it like everything that Grant Lawrence puts in front of me, important, but annoying and dripping with irresponsible amounts of self congratulatory Candiana. And then I watched the Junos. Seeing the state of mainstream Canadian music makes you realize that indie music is almost, and in some cases more important and wonderful than even its sappiest proponents make it seem.

It's this exact same sentiment that I have for Hey, Rosetta!

When I first heard them they simply didn't get to me. I had heard from some very reliable sources that they were an absolutely fabulous band but it took me a long time to see it myself. For the show I listen to so much prospective music that it's hard to ever remember the good ones over the amazing ones. Probably one in ten songs I look at while compiling my playlist get lost in the mess that is my iTunes library. This was the case with Hey Rosetta! it took a live show and a serious examination of their album Into Your Lungs to fully appreciate the depth of their sound. They are a great fucking band and after a live show that left me more satisfied than 80% of my sexual experiences, I was completely won over. This St. John's group has a lot to offer and they are my absolute pick for the lofty Polaris Prize and it's cash reward.

Hey Rosetta

Into Your Lungs [buy it at amazon, zunior]

There's An Arc [mp3]

Playlist for July 8, 2009

Hey all! The Polaris Prize Shortlist just came out and it looks like a great year. Our picks are Elliott Brood's Mountain Meadows (Ishmael's pick) and Hey Rosetta's Into Your Lungs (Matthew's pick, though he actually wants Chand VanGaalen to win).
But since Polaris related themes are hardly original, we've avoided building an entire show around it. Instead, here's a Pants!Pants!Pants! playlist which is tastier, and less filling.

Playlist:
Rock Plaza Central - How Shall I To Heaven Aspire?
Bruce Peninsula - Steamroller [cavacool]
The Deep Dark Woods - The Sun Never Shines [myspace]
Said The Whale - My Government Heart
Hey Rosetta - There's An Arc
Rah Rah - Tentacles
Chad VanGaalen - Molten Light [myspace]
Elliott Brood - Woodward Ave
Eagles of Death Metal - Speaking in Tongues
The Lovely Feathers - Lowiza [free download]
The Burning Hell - When The World Ends [i♥music]
Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning [iguessimfloating]
Modernboys Moderngirls - Missmybabygirl
Broken Records - If The News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It [yellowstereo]
Harlem Shakes - Strictly Game [iguessimfloating]
Arrah and the Ferns - Emo Philips