Playlist for September 1st, 2010

I'm fucking out of here! Screw you crapsville, I'll miss you all deeply. I (Matthew (the cute one)) am moving away for a year, in order to be near my lady and experience the crazy fucking culture of Canada's west coast. Of course, this means that you will all have to make due with Ishmael being a consumate professional all the time. Terrible, I know.

Here's the playlist!

Maylee Todd & Circle Research - Hooked

Doug Hoyer - Lakes of Mars [herohill]

Kula Shaker - Ruby

The Gertrudes - Winds From The South [herohill]

Sufjan Stevens - I Walked

Beach House - White Moon [punkreas]

Luke Doucet - Some of You Folks [herohill]

Suuns - Optimist [herohill]

CSS - Canonball (Breeders cover)

THOR - Rosie [myspace]

Arcade Fire - We Used To Wait

Ra Ra Riot - Boy (Remix Artist Collective Remix) [punkreas] [RAC site]

The Ting Tings - Hands [punkreas]

Hesta Prynn - Can We Go Wrong

Wolf Parade - Cave-O-Sapien

Ruby Coast - Creep Me Out [Free EP]

EXTRAS:

So many cool things are happening. In keeping with being the most amazing working band in the industry, Arcade Fire's website features an HTML5 experiment by filmmaker Chris Milk (who has made videos for the likes of Kanye fucking West.) It's an interactive video project featuring that will blow you away, guaranteed. If it doesn't, I will eat any amount of hats. No restrictions. See http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com to have your mind blown off.

The Ruby Coast, who we've been fans of for a long time, are releasing their new EP Whatever This Is for free, all y'all gotta do is tweet at 'em.

The new Ted Leo video features funnymen Paul F. Tompkins and Judge John Hodgman. It's a fantastic video.

Ted Leo And The Pharmacists - "Bottled In Cork" (Official Video) from Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

That's all there is folks. Enjoy the greatest fucking FM-Phasis show lineup that there has ever been and remember to drop Ishmael a coin or two in the fall. I want this show to be here when I get back.

Playlist for August 18, 2010

Hello friends. It's another exciting week in music. There are several great bands coming to Saskatoon in the next few weeks and some great new albums have come out (such as Let It Sway by SSLYBY). Also, it turns out Kanye West's next album will feature the haunting sounds of Bon Iver. We're playing a great Kanye song near the end of the show in anticipation of what is sure to be the best album of all time. Of all time!

Check out the blog donewaiting.com. They're posting exclusive tracks from the band Ghost Shirt. The song "Astronauts of Fate," which we are playing this week, is the latest installment of a Ghost Shirt project that they're calling 52 singles in 52 weeks. This is number 24 and, like all the others, it's an astonishing classic. They're releasing a brand new track every week and so far they've all been great. Get them all at donewaiting.com and watch for the rest.

Remember that the "Insult Matthew" contest is still on. Leave insulting comments on this post and Matthew will give you a shoutout on air. Listen tonight at 10:30 on 90.5 FM or on cfcr.ca.

Playlist:

Bravestation - Their Calling [herohill]

Great Lakes - Wind Horse
Brian Dunn - Listening to Myself Die

Roam - Gamma Gamma Rays [herohill]

Get Well Soon - We Are Free [punkreas]

Wild Nothing - Golden Haze

Wintersleep - Mausoleum [i♥music]

Nightwood - Johnny [i♥music]

Gramercy Riffs - Oh Linda! [i♥music]
Greenlaw - Break the Cycle [myspace]

Kanye West (ft. Beyonce and Charlie Wilson) - See Me Now [igif]

DZ - Gebbie St.

Ghost Shirt - Astronauts of Fate [donewaiting]

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Sink/Let it Sway

Winter Gloves - Plastic Slides [QBiM]

Playlist for August 11, 2010

Welcome back everyone, this week, while Ishmael was busy sculpting his guns, I was slaving over a hot laptop trying to put together an entertaining radio show for you ingrates.

The "Insult Matthew Contest" is still running, since no one has the stones — or any real reason — to leave a hateful comment on our blog. It's not hard, tell me you hate me and you get a favourable shout out on the radio.

Sarah Harmer is back! If you grew up with MUCH music around the start of the millenium, then you'll no doubt remember her single Basement Apartment. Her new album Oh Little Fire is out now. Below is the video for the single Captive.



The Playlist

Danny Michel - Maybe You Can Find It In Your Heart [Radio3]
Fitz & the Tantrums - Money Grabber
World of Science - You're So Handsome [Radio3]
Forest City Lovers - Light You Up [chromewaves]
Azure Ray - Don't Leave My Mind
Jukebox the Ghost - I love You Always Forever
Brite Futures - Dog Eared Summer
Rich Aucoin - Brian Wilson is A.L.i.V.E. [i♥music]
Mayer Hawthorne - The Ills [link]
Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man [devotionmag]

Sarah Harmer - Captive
Mark Berube and the Patriotic Few - Tailored to Fit [herohill]
PS I Love You - 2012
Dum Dum Girls - Jail La La
Rae Spoon - You Can Dance [chromewaves]
Lose It (In The End) - Mark Ronson feat. Ghostface Killah

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Playlist for August 4th, 2010

I (Matthew) am back with a furious vengeance this week with a crazy good playlist. Very rarely do I get this excited about the things that I'm playing on the air, but this week I (Matthew) am dropping some knowledge on you fuckers. I am going to be linking to every song that has an available link, so get ready to treat your head to some grade A noise.

The Playlist

Patrick Watson - Sit Down Beside Me
 
She & Him - Thieves

Blitzen Trapper - Not Your Lover

Gramercy Riffs - Dreaming [i♥music]

JDH - goodmorning [i♥music]

Polymaths - Winter At Queen's

Arcade Fire - Sprawl II

Boxer the Horse - Mary Meets the Pilot [QBiM]

Kid Cudi and the Converse Krew - All Summer [video below]

Mixylodian - Make Me [i♥music]

Rocky Mountain Rebel Music - Light It Up [soundcloud]

Shad - Rose Garden [cavacool]

Baby Eagle - Day of Our Departing [herohill]

Deerhunter - Primitive 3D [punkreas.org]

Parenthetical Girls - Love Connection (Casiotone For The Painfully Alone cover)

Wild Nothing - Summer Holiday [punkreas.org]

Diamond Rings - Show Me Your Stuff

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Playlist for July 28, 2010

I'm back after a week off. (Last Wednesday was the Wolf Parade show and I couldn't miss it.) Once again, I am flying solo. However, I have more than enough good music to share to make Matthew's sudden and troubling disappearance palatable.

Behold: the playlist!

Playlist:

Brasstronaut - Slow Knots [YouTube]
Karkwa - Les Chemins de Verre
Josh Ritter - Folk Bloodbath
The Mountain & the Trees - More & More & More [QBiM]
Ghost Shirt - Sad Little Daughters [donewaiting]
Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore - Only A Song
Said the Whale - B.C. Orienteering
Wolf Parade - Oh You, Old Thin
Think About Life - Johanna
Forest City Lovers - Pocketful of Rocks [i♥music]
Born Ruffians - The Ballad of Moose Bruce
Mystery Jets - Serotonin [cavacool]
Interpol - Barricade [cavacool]
Ra Ra Riot - Boy
Caribou - Sun [video below]

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Caribou - Sun

Playlist for July 7, 2010

Check out those fat twins on little motorcycles!

Here's tonight's playlist.

Playlist:

Field Assembly - Light Speed [herohill]
Broken Bells - October
Polymaths - Emma [i♥music]
Hooded Fang - Land of Giants
Pack A.D. - Cobra Matte
The Thermals - Here's Your Future
Florence and the Machine - Addicted to Love (Robert Palmer cover) [mediafire]
Broken Social Scene - Water in Hell
Apollo Ghosts - Coka-Cola Madmen [herohill]
Hacienda - She's Got A Hold On Me
MGMT - Flash Delirium
Stars - I Died So I Could Haunt You
My People Sleeping - Bloodhounds [i♥music]
Karen Dalton - Something On Your Mind
Broken Spindles - Introvert
Glory Glory Man United - Pop Song Automaton [herohill]
LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yourself Clean

This week's Cover Fire came courtesy of Florence and the Machine, covering Robert Palmer's classic song "Addicted to Love."

Playlist for June 30, 2010 - Flying Solo

Matthew will be in Calgary for a few days to take in the Sled Island music festival, but that doesn't mean we can't have fun without him! Well, maybe it does. Matthew took the keys to the shed where we keep all the footballs, frisbees and pool noodles. Maybe these fabulous songs will cheer us all up.

Playlist:

Frazey Ford - Firecracker [herohill]
Forest City Lovers - Minneapolis
Alela Diane - White As Diamonds
Blitzen Trapper - The Tree (feat. Alela Diane)
Blitzen Trapper - Dragon's Song
Broken Social Scene - Ungrateful Little Father
Polymaths - Emma [i♥music]
The New Pornographers - My Rights Versus Yours
The Morning Pages - Telephone (Lady Gaga cover)
Bombay Bicycle Club - Ivy & Gold
Wolf Parade - Pobody's Perfect
Of Montreal - Coquet Coquette [pastaprima]
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
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Happy Canada Day everyone!

Playlist for June 23, 2010

On June 23, 1611 the mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage set Hudson, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now Hudson Bay; they were never heard from again. 

To honour Hudson's memory, we've put together a rockin' playlist for this evening.

Playlist:

The Felice Brothers - Run Chicken Run

Gold BOUND - Pat JORDACHE [herohill]

Sea Wolf - Wicked Blood

The Black Keys - Howlin’ For You

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Say No To Love

Parenthetical Girls - Evelyn McHale [source]

moools - Rakurai Bukumi [myspace]

Long Long Long - Cuba Gooding Jr. [herohill]

Born Ruffians - Oh Man

Maybe Smith - Bloopers

P.S. I Love You - Facelove [herohill]

Pack A.D. - Crazy

Starfucker - Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Cindi Lauper cover) [mediafire]

CFCF - Snake Charmer (Young Galaxy Remix) [i♥music]

Broken Social Scene - Forced to Love

Glass Candy - Beatific [AWmusic]

Playlist for June 16, 2010

Every four years, we North Americans are shaken out of our apathy and drawn into the irresistible world of football—the real football, that is. There's nothing better than waking up at five in the morning to watch two countries you don't much care for battle it out in a 90 minute match for a result that doesn't much excite you. Yessir, the world's greatest game! (Actually, the World Cup is terribly exciting for me but I understand most Canadians don't give a hoot.)

If you are looking for refuge from the constant World Cup coverage, here's our 100% soccer-free playlist.

Playlist:

Postdata - Blood Black [herohill]
Old Man Luedecke - The Rear Guard
Arcade Fire - Ready to Start
Rich Aucoin - At War with the Cynics
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea [youtube]
The Wailing Wall - Bones Become Rainbows [IGIF]
Laura Veirs - Wide-Eyed, Legless
Wintersleep - Black Camera
Aretha Franklin & Duane Allman - The Weight
Sun Wizard - Maybe They Were Right
Plants and Animals - Mama Papa [cavacool]
Black Keys - Unknown Brother [AWmusic]
Ghostkeeper - Don't Come Knocking [i♥music]
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Gimme the Wire
Broken Social Scene - Meet Me in the Basement [i♥music]
Mark Berube - Flowers in the Stone
The Silver Seas - The Best Things in Life [soundbites]

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Tonight's cover fire was of the song "The Weight" which was made famous by the movie Easy Rider. Here's a little video you might enjoy. Thanks for listening to the show, checking the blog, or both.

Playlist for June 9, 2010

You didn't acheive squat today. Jacques Cartier on the other hand rode his sturdy three masted ship up the St. Lawrence 576 years ago today. What did you discover? Probably not a land of freedom and equality. Screw you listener. You might as well get cozy, because listening to our show is going to be the best thing you do this night, guaranteed.

This one's for you JC.

Playlist:

Olenka and the Autumn Lovers - Eggshells

Deer Tick - Friday XIII [myspace]

Arcade Fire - In The Attic [igif]

The Mountain Goats - This Year [cavacool]

The New Pornographers - Silver Jenny Dollar [cavacool]

Dan Mangan - There is a light that never goes out (Smiths cover) [herohill]

Field Assembly - Light Speed [herohill]

Gianna Lauren - Become What You Can Be [herohill]

Japandroids - Younger Us [herohill]

Ryan Bourne - Love & Death [herohill]

Broken Social Scene - All to All [cavacool]

Stars - We Don't Want Your Body [chromewaves]

Cotton Mouth - Black Hand [igif]

Wolf Parade - Ghost Pressure

Playlist for June 2, 2010

It's been a rough week for us here. Matthew fell behind on his rent, got evicted, lost his job, lost his family in a fire, and his girlfriend flew off to Japan with another man. And Ishmael has a sore ankle.

Still, despite all the world throws at our two heroes, they have managed to put together a killer playlist for tonight's show. Check it out.

Playlist:

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Cotton Mouth - Black Hand
Poison Control Center - Being Gone [yellowstereo]
Born Ruffians - The Ballad of Moose Bruce [i♥music]
Sunparlour Players - If the Creeks Don't Rise
The Tallest Man On Earth - Graceland (Paul Simon cover) [mediafire]
Rec Centre - Sleeper
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Bright Lit Blue Skies [punkreas]
Mohawk Lodge - Done Fighting [herohill]
Hot Hot Heat - Zero Results
We Are Scientists - Rules Don't Stop [video embedded below]
Chromeo - Night By Night
Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know [punkreas]
Janelle Monáe - Tightrope [YouTube]
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now?

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We Are Scientists - Rules Don't Stop



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image via Flickr

Playlist for May 26, 2010

We're playing some old favourites tonight, so no new releases. Still, it's a killer playlist and we've got a bunch of downloads for you too. Enjoy.

Playlist:

Cold War Kids - Hospital Beds

Blitzen Trapper - Furr [mediafire]

The Burning Hell - The Berlin Conference [mediafire]

Matt Mays & El Torpedo - Rock Ranger Record [mediafire]

The Golden Dogs - Dynamo
Mystery Jets - Young Love

Le Loup - Neahkanie

Rah Rah - Tentacles [mediafire]

Polymaths - Duet [mediafire]

Arrah and the Ferns - Emo Phillips

She & Him - You Really Got A Hold On Me [mediafire]

Cursed Arrows - Run Forever

The Junction - My Love Was There

Tokyo Police Club - Cheer It Up

Jookabox - You Cried Me [mediafire]

Playlist for May 19, 2010

Tokyo Police Club, Forest City Lovers, The Golden Dogs, Crystal Castles. These four bands have several things in common: they're all Canadian, they all have albums coming out in the near future, and all four are featured on today's playlist. Additionally, great songs from Yukon Blonde, Regina's Rah Rah, and British songstress Laura Marling.

Listen to CFCR 90.5 FM tonight from 10:30 to midnight, or you can listen to the web stream at cfcr.ca. Don't miss out!

Playlist:

Josh Ritter - The Curse [iguessimfloating]
Laura Marling - Rambling Man
Forest City Lovers - If I Were A Tree
Cloud Control - There's Nothing in the Water We Can't Fight
Who Knew - Sharpen the Knife
The Golden Dogs - Permanent Record [herohill]
Tokyo Police Club - Wait Up (Boots of Danger)
Yukon Blonde - Babies Don't Like Blue Anymore
LCD Soundsystem - No Love Lost (Joy Division cover)
Big Fox - Saturday
Hannah Georgas - Bang Bang You're Dead [i♥music]
Rah Rah - Hurt Me Bad [i♥music]
Sorren Maclean - You Shook
Crystal Castles - Celestica [yellowstereo]
Black Keys - Tighten Up
Broken Social Scene - Texico Bitches [cavacool]

Playlist for May 12, 2010

Another Wednesday, another day when I could be performing stand-up comedy. In case you haven't heard about it, there is an open mic comedy event every Wednesday at Vangelis on Broadway. It's generally a good time and I have been meaning to perform a five-minute set for some time, but I always chicken out and use the radio show as an excuse.

Well, since we're all here, let's check out this week's excellent playlist featuring great songs by Born Ruffians, The Sadies, and an amazing new track by LCD Soundsystem to close off the show from their upcoming album This Is Happening. Listen, download, share, and most importantly, please support these artists if you like their stuff.

Playlist:

Shawn Clarke - Behind You [herohill]
Born Ruffians - What to Say
Avi Buffalo - Remember Last Time [yellowstereo]
The Morning Benders - I Wanna Be Like You (Jungle Book cover) [filesavr]
The National - Anyone's Ghost [full album stream]
Ketch Harbour Wolves - Photograph [i♥music]
The Sadies - Another Year Again
The Acorn - Restoration 
Young Rival - Ghost in the Park [i♥music]
Shout Out Louds - Walls
Pick A Piper - Rooms [myspace]
New Pornographers - Crash Years [cavacool]
LCD Soundsystem - You Wanted A Hit




LCD Soundsystem are releasing their final album This Is Happening on May 18. Here's the excellent video for their single "Drunk Girls" which was directed by Spike Jonze.

Playlist for May 6th, 2010

An exciting show this week, with new songs from three of Canada's biggest bands: Wolf Parade, The New Pornographers, and the first new effort since 2005 by Toronto's Broken Social Scene. Thanks for checking us out. Here's the playlist.

Playlist:
Levek - Loon and the Lion
The Middle East - Blood
Donlands & Mortimer - Osmosis
Faded Paper Figures - Logos [box.net]
Surfer Blood - Twin Peaks

Seth Smith - Warm Regards [herohill]

Mystery Jets - Flash a Hungry Smile

Wolf Parade - Ghost Pressure
Milks and Rectangles - Cakewalk [i♥music]

Josh Ritter - Storm Windows (John Prine cover)

Royal Wood - On Top of Your Love [herohill]
The New Pornographers - Your Hands [herohill]
Broken Social Scene - Texico Bitches
Atmosphere - Yesterday

The Knux - Floozy [free ep]

Shad - Yaa I Get It

Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar

Here are some cool videos. The first is the music video for the song "What To Say" by Born Ruffians from their upcoming album Say It.

Perennial favourites of the show Sebastien Grainger (formerly of Death From Above) and Josh Reichmann (currently of The Josh Reichmann Oracle Band) have formed a group together, awesomely titled Bad Tits. They're using the familiar aspects of their old music, heavy guitar from Grainger and amazing synth from Reichmann, but they treat them very differently. Through some substantial producing they come up with a new sound that should delight their older fans. Also, the video is wacky and awesome.

Bad Tits - Bankok Hilton from Hand Drawn Dracula on Vimeo.


Finally, London, ON emcee Shad, has a new album about to be released title TSOL. Yaa, I Get It is the first single from the album, and the video feature Shad roaming the streets in a distinct 99 Problems style.

Playlist for April 28th, 2010

We've got a good show planned for you, including some very Carrribean cover fire. It's gonna be a crazy party. Also, if you're in town tomorrow (Thursday, April 29) head over to Louis' to check out Def 3 and Kay the Aquanaut [link]. It promises to be real.

All right homies, let's get down to some real shit. There was a sad passing last week that we forgot to mention properly on the show. Devon Clifford, the drummer for Vancouver band You Say Party! We Say Die! collapsed on stage and later died of a brain hemmorage a Vancouver hospital. A sad day for everyone on the Canadian music scene. The drummer is the backbone of any group and he kept YSP!WSD! going.

It's a damn shame.

the playlist

Daniel Romano - 7 poor girls of Ontario [herohill]

Goose Creek Symphony - No News Is Good News

Scribbler - My Old Lady

The Weakerthans - Benediction (live)

Bishop Morocco - Last Year's Disco Guitars

Peter, Bjorn and John - Let's Call It Off (Girl Talk Remix)

Hawa - D.A.N.C.E. (Justice cover) [mp3]

The Girls Can Hear Us - All I know [free album]

Shade - What I Mean [herohill]

YSP!WSD! - She's Spoken For

Hannah Georgas - Chit Chat [herohill]
Said the Whale - Plans for the Future
The John Henrys - Stars Align
The Pack A.D. - Snow
The Sadies - Northumberland West

Stars - Fixed

WhoMadeWho - Keep Me In My Plane [mp3]

The Coathangers - Shut The Fuck Up
Grizzly Bear - Knife (Girl Talk Remix)

Our cover fire this week also has one of the best videos you will ever see. That is, the original song does. Check it out.

As promised, here's the video for WhoMadeWho's Keep Me In My Plane.

Also, because I'm feeling energetic, here's a roundup of shows in the coming week

Thursday April 29th

DEF 3 w/ Kay the Aquanaut @ louis'

Plants and Animals w/ Said the Whale @ amigos *Pants!^3 preferred show*

Friday April 30th

Besnard Lakes w/ Hollerado @ amigos

Saturday May 1st

The John Henrys w/ Madviolet @amigos

Sunday May 2nd

Go to church

Monday May 3rd

Watch television and ride your bike

Tuesday May 4th

Simon and Garfunkel @ CUC

Wednesday May 5th

Randy Travis @ TCU place *Take your mom, she loves his smooth voice*

Playlist for April 21, 2010

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Now that we have tripped every spam filter on the Internet, let's get to the playlist. This week we're playing new stuff by Vancouver's Brasstronaut and Victoria's Jon and Roy, as well as something from two bands we didn't know much about: OWL from Halifax and Yes Cadets from Northern Ireland.

Enjoy/download these songs, visit some of the blogs we like, and please follow us on Twitter if you like.

Playlist:

Brasstronaut - Six Toes [i♥music]
Eyeshadow - In the Basement
The Morning Benders - Cold War [AWmusic]
Avi Buffalo - What's In It For?
Bob Dylan - Yesterday (Beatles cover)
Jon and Roy - Boon Helm [herohill]
Old Crowns - Keep Calm
Sloan - I'm Not A Kid Anymore
Kalle Mattson - So Long [i♥music]
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - My Good Luck
Dearly Beloved - Move On [i♥music]
OWL - Goodbye Bye [download album]
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes - 40 Days [chromewaves]
Kärtsy - Round the Roundabout
Yes Cadets - Rufio [state.ie]

Playlist for April 14th, 2010

We're back for another week of mayhem, but this time we mean business.

This week we have a fantastic show, including a selection of awesome Vancouver artists and a preview of the new Broken Social Scene album, due out this summer.

Remember to check out the blogs we go to. They're better than us.

The Playlist

Broken Social Scene - World Sick [AWmusic]

Deer Tick - 20 Miles

Hannah Georgas - Bang Bang Your Dead [i♥music]

Pomplamoose - Twice as nice

Petunia - Cold Heart Breaker
The Lovely Feathers - Photocorners

Scotty Dynamo - Tik Tok [free ep]

Kick Evrything - dusty

Blakroc - What you do to me

Midlake - Acts of Man [mp3]
Tallest Man on Earth - King of Spain

Apollo Ghosts - Things You Go Through [herohill]

Ookpikk - Cloud Gang
Tegan and Sara - Sentimental Tune

Ida Maria - Oh My God

Mark Sultan - Don't Look Back [i♥music]

Playlist for April 7, 2010

Hey there. School's almost over for most university types and we're going to celebrate with some good tunes. Here's the playlist, including a song by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim from their new concept album Here Lies the Love.

Playlist:

Annuals - Loxtep [yellowstereo]
Memoryhouse - Sleep Patterns
David Myles - Gone for Long [i♥music]
David Byrne and Fatboy Slim - Never So Big w/ Sia
MGMT - This Must be the Place [cover fire]
Yukon Blonde - Free Your Mind
Blair - Hello Halo [yellowstereo]
Young Doctors In Love - The Sound of Broken Glass
The Weakerthans - Plea from a Cat Named Virtue
Frightened Rabbit - Go Go Girls
The Robots - Tiny Paws [i♥music]
Bettie Serveert - Semaphore
Maps & Atlases - Solid Ground [iguessimfloating]
My Son The Hurricane - Ain't My Style


Extras:
This week's Cover Fire is "This Must Be the Place" by the Talking Heads, performed by MGMT. Below is a YouTube video of MGMT performing the song early in their career.



And, while we're at it, here's David Byrne performing the song live for a BBC broadcast in 2004.

Playlist for March 31st, 2010

This week we have an exciting shows. Lots of new music to preview, including a new release by Hamilton band The Rest that you can only get a physical copy of if you buy the accompanying novel. It's a crazy promo. Check it out.

Also, we have the debut of a brand new segment, Name that natural disaster. It promises to be irreverent.

Do us a favour and check out the blogs that we get the music from. They work hard so that our show doesn't suck and they know a lot more about indie music than we do anyway. Show them some love (hence the swan photo).

The Playlist:

The Sheepdogs - I Don't Know [myspace]
The Moondoggies - Bogchiel Rain Blues
The Dept. - Relatively [CBC R3]
Knock Knock Ginger - Virginia Black [label site]
The Lava and Ash - unicorn FUCKS unicorn [i♥music]
Wintersleep - New Inheritors [free download]
Laura Marling - Blackberry Stone
The Rest - The Close Western [i♥music]
Amelia Curran - The Mistress
The Morning Benders - Promises [yellowstereo]
Mark Sultan - Don't Look Back
Ghostkeeper - Well, Well, Well [i♥music]
Your Yellow Dress - Paper Planes (M.I.A. cover)
Whoop-szo - Sunshower Clean
The Stutters - Starlight Love [myspace]
Faith feat The Girls Can Hear Us - My Friends Are Famous [free album]


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photo via Flickr

Playlist for March 24, 2010

This week's playlist has, purely by coincidence, a strong presence by musician/producer/magician Danger Mouse, whom you may remember as the skinny part of Gnarls Barkley.

You'll hear Danger Mouse's work in the song Little Girl (which features Julian Casablancas of the Strokes), in the new act Broken Bells (the other half of which is James Mercer, lead singer of the Shins), and in the brand new Black Keys album, which Danger Mouse produced.

That's kablamo!


Playlist: 
Bird & Bear - Bird & Bear
Hayden - Let's Break Up [CBC R3]
Angus and Julia Stone - Big Jet Plane
The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
Norah Jones - Jesus Etc. (Wilco cover)
Joel Plaskett - Run, Run, Run
Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside
Maybe Smith - You Would Never Survive the Winters in This Province
Metric - Black Sheep [hype]
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse - Little Girl
Ben Gunning - Take the Hook [CBC R3]
The Hold Steady - How a Resurrection Really Feels
The Black Keys - Tighten Up [hype]

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photo via Flickr

Playlist for March 17, 2010

Is there anything you have been watching obsessively on YouTube lately that you cannot get out of your head? Perhaps the latest Lady Gaga enigma [enema]? We have been enjoying the musical and improvisational stylings of an anonymous YouTube user who loves to sing to people on Chat Roulette. Speaking of things you can't get out of your head, here's our always-catchy playlist.


Playlist:
Giant Hand - You're No Son Of Mine
Daniel, Fred & Julie - The Gambler and His Bride [herohill]
The Deep Dark Woods - Charlie's Is Coming Down

Innes Wilson and His Opposition - Class of Apathy

Share - Et Cetera

Cover Fire: Pomplamoose - Telephone (Lady Gaga)

Forest City Lovers - If I Were A Tree
Danny Michel - Two Hearts

The Warped 45s - Don't Blame the City

Dave Norris & Local Ivan - Look Out!

Ghostkeeper - By Morning

Magneta Lane - Lady Bones

Diamond Rings - All Yr Songs (Green Go Remix)

Parlovr - Sever My Ties Artist - Song Artist - Song [mp3link]
We Were Lovers - Wild Fire
Peaches - Gay Bar (Electric Six cover)

Playlist for March 10, 2010

Hey all. Thanks for stoppin' by. We were excited that someone had sent our show a sample CD but it turns out they had sent it to everybody, which quickly ruined Matthew's excitement (see above).

There aren't as many mp3 links to share this week, but for what it's worth, we still love you. Here's the playlist.

Playlist:

Fanshaw - Dark Eyes
The Michael Parks - It Hurts So Much to Fall in Love [website]
The Hidden Cameras - In the NA
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Dancing in the Dark (cover) [chromewaves]
Eli et Papillon - Train de Vie
Marie-Pierre Arthur - Elle
Ruth Minnikin - Sleeping and Dreaming
Tolan McNeil - One Will Be Late
The Abramson Singers - You Don't Love Me
Yukon Blonde - Rather Be With You
Gigi - Won't Someone Tell Me? [link]
Fan Death - Cannibal
Jon McKiel - Iceman
Sandman Viper Command - Oh Yeah, It's Fusion
Sleepless Nights - Everybody's Dancing [herohill]
Spirits - Open the Door

Playlist for March 3, 2010

Hey everyone! It's been so long. Welcome back. Today was Jessica Biel's birthday, and though that had absolutely no effect on the music, we feel you should know.

Playlist

Systems Officer - Pacer
Bill Callahan - Day
Plants & Animals - Tom Cruz
Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore - Something Somewhere Sometime
Shotgun Jimmie - Waist Deep in the Water
The Beauties - Wastin' Time
Pony Up! - Matthew Modine [i♥music]
Sarah Jaffe - Perfect Plan
Pomplamoose - Don't Want to Miss a Thing [website]
Born Ruffians - Sole Brother [pastaprima]
One for the Team - Hard for You
Local Natives - Sun Hands [yellowstereo] 
Styrofoam Ones - O.T.T.A.P. [i♥music]
The Zolas - You're Too Cool [herohill]

*IMPORTANT: The lead singer from the Zolas, Zachary Gray, is in Saskatoon at the moment to act in Persephone Theatre's Billy Bishop Goes to War, now playing.

Playlist for February 24th, 2010

Tonight, great new songs including ones by She & Him and Broken Social Scene. Also, the two segments that have become so popular that the term "Beatlemania" comes closest to describing them: Cover Fire (see picture above) and Ishmael Don't Know Slang.

Here's this week's playlist.

The Playlist

The Drums - Let's Go Surfing [mp3]
Class Actress - Let Me Take You Out [KEXP podcast]

We Are Wolves - Paloma

Woodhands - Dissembler [chromewaves]

New Moscow - 99 Problems (Jay-Z Cover) [website]

L. Poushinksky - Heart Shaped Cookie Cutter [myspace]

She & Him - Thieves [mp3]

Steve Poltz - Digging For Icicles

Broken Social Scene - World Sick

Totally Nebular - Green Tops

Zeus - Marching Through Your Head [mp3]

Thrush Hermit - From the Back of the Film

The Stance - Jenny Jitters [mp3]

Postdata - Tobias Grey

Banjo or Freakout - Left it Alone

Electric Six - I Buy The Drugs

JEFF the Brotherhood - Heavy Days [KEXP podcast]