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]