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.