Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Playlist for 9th of December 2013

Well the weather can go ahead and be frightful, the New Wax section at the station is so absolutely delightful I don't think anyone needs to worry about outside. Here are the musicians who diverted us from the weather this morning:

Clockwork Towns, Dusk, Kao Dade;
The Stormalongs, The Stormalongs, Street Queen;
TV Freaks, Two, Rewind;
Free Love Fenner, Do Not Affect a Breezy Manner, All Things Break Through;
Manmade Lake, Zinc, Horsefly;
Like a Motorcycle, #Motorpool, Pete Dogerty's Eyes;
Seas, Fade Out Into the Night, Blue Skies Sunshine;
Kaleigh Mason, The Outlaw Project, One Mind He Thought;
Andrew Austin, While It's Still Light Out, Missile Under My Bed;
Yes We Mystic, Floods and Fires, These Roads;
SoundSerious, SonicSkin, Burnin' a Wing;
Shannon Graham & the Storytellers, Shannon Graham & the Storytellers, Grey and Grey;
Amber Epp with Luke Sellick, Farewell 274 (Winnipeg's Jazz Community Celebrates Aqua Books) [Compilation], Inside Outside;
Canadafrica, Where's the One?, Mercurachrome Blues;
Daddy Long Legs, The Devil's in the Details, Your Love is Killing Me;
The Same Old New Grass Band, The Same Old New Grass Band, No Idea;
An Ant and An Atom, There Is No One, Starlets That Disembowel;
Texture & Light, The Hard Problem of Consciousness, Electric Behavior (band spelling);
Scientists of Sound, Electric Scissors, Stare the Wolf in the Eyes (and Become Him but Stronger);
A.W.Cardinal, Stainless Steel Heart, Jailhouse Whore;
C.E. Trubiak, Tiny Army (the D. Holmes Sessions), Prairie Boy;
Post Script, Post Script, Grande Prairie;
Good for Grapes, Man on the Page, A Worthier Man;
Freedom Writers, NOW, Freedom;
Shua James, The Return of Nigsy Brown, The Driver and the Passenger;
Jutes, Space Highway, Wrong Turn;
Quills, Dreamcatcher, Cold Nights;

Awesome background jazz provided compliments of the Hugh Fraser Quintet from their album titled Looking Up. Very well worth a listen in the foreground.

Thanks for joining me on the cruise through the new Canadian wax this morning. Check out your favourite artists on the internet to find out where you can obtain copies of albums … or grab your StarCard and head down to Blackbyrd Myoozik or Free Cloud or Listen Records. All of these wonderful local music shops are CJSR Star Card businesses, and all offer YOU - the StarCard holder - fabulous discounts. Enjoy your shop and don't forget to pickup something to put in your own stocking.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

03-December-2013 Playlist

Awful weather; awesome music!! Thankfully Canadian musicians keep working no matter the weather. Here is the extensive list of all of the musicians we sampled from today:

PollyEster Suicide, Holiday, Before You Go;
Thomas D'Arcy, Wake Up Every Day, I Wake Up Every Day;
The Racoon Wedding, Racoon Dead on the Side of the Road, Racoon;
The Mark Inside, Dark Hearts Can Radiate White Light, Shark Attack (I Can See Them Circling);
Pistol George Warren, Hoots Deuce, Can You Get to That;
Autopilot, Diamond Rough, Bad Poetry;
Cockatoo, Present, Kashikikawa;
Void, Robot Space Love, Free;
Les Jupes, Negative Space, The Voices;
Four Stroke, Work Today Paid Today Drunk Tonight, Fascionistic State;
The Pleasurists, Once Were Stars, Summer Love;
The McGowan Family Band, Live, Went Downtown;
Francois Houle/Havard Wiik, Aves, Fallen Angel;
Jazz Lab (John Roney), World Colour, Eastwick;
Griffith Hiltz Trio, This Is What You Get, Strawman;
Joel Kerr, Quintet To Whom It May Concern;
Harris Eisenstadt, Golden State, Unless All the Evidence Is In;
Grdina Helias Loewen & Malaby, No Difference, Leisure Park;
Blue Warblers, Birds, Sweet Morel;
Old Folks Home, Black & Blue, Garland's Moving to Vancouver;
Local 164, Dreams From Belle County, Big Storm;
Doug Tielli, Keresley, Big Man of the Underbrush;
Rachelle VanZanten, Oh Mother, Beach Fire; **[Apologies I had tech trouble and we did not hear all of this, but check out Rachelle on the internet]
Tim Moxam, Tim Moxam, Blue Son;
Jared Klok, Honky/Tinker, Favourite Colours;
TreeTox, TreeTox EP, Christmas Trees;

The wonderful background music was provided by Paul Horn, from his vinyl titled The Peace Album … All about the upcoming season and spirit of Christmas.

There was so much excellent new wax today … a DJ's dream … a veritable cornucopia of awesomeness … that we did not get to sample absolutely everything. Never fear … we can catch up next week.

Enjoy music everyday, and dance to live music at least once a week!

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Playlist for 26-November-2013

Wonderful weather! Wonderful music! Life just gets sweeter!

Here is who we listened to today:

Dog Day, Fade Out, Blackened;
Greg MacPherson Band, Fireball, Scientist Cowboy;
Jesse and the Dandelions, A Mutual Understanding, If You've Got the Moves;
John Ward's Electric Seance, Volume 1, Meatmare;
Brendan J Canning, You Gots 2 Chill, Makes You Motor;
Diana, Perpetual Surrender, That Feeling;
James O-L, For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky, Sk8 or Die;
Unwed Mothers, Unwed Mothers, Lover's Disease;
Moths & Locusts, Mission Collapse in The Twin Sun Megaverse, Mathematics of Happiness;
Christian Lane, 1st Prize: Canadian International Organ Competition 2011, Canon en la Bémol Majeur;
Les Gôuts Accordés, Les Gôuts Accordés, Logistille Lentemente;
Bean, I Love Bean, Raise Bean;
Land of Kush, The Big Mango, Sharm El Bango;
Polly Ester Suicide, bandcamp, Never Mind;
Cayley Thomas, Ash Mountains, Shipwreck;
Fafard and Schwartz, Borrowed Horses, Solid Gone;
Catherine MacLellan, Snowbird: The Songs of Gene MacLellan [Compilation], Won't Talk About Love;
Tim Hecker, Virgins, Amps Drugs Harmonium;
Danielle Smith, Little Seeds, Sitting on a Fence;
The Cumberland Brothers, Gamey E.P., You're My Sunshine;
Pigeon Breeders, Oblique Temperatures, Broken Glass Atmosphere;
Madchild, Lawn Mower Man, Tiger Style;
Daneo, Immortal, Worldwide Vapors;


Background sounds provided from some excellent vintage Canadian vinyl; namely, Doomsday Machine from the Denny Christianson Big Band.

When you are making up your wish list for upcoming Giftmas, don't forget to ask for all of your favourite Canadian music!!

Here is a little tidbit I thought you might be interested in Folks!! A little article about FIPA from Elizabeth May.
http://elizabethmaymp.ca/news/latest-news/from-elizabeth/2013/11/27/the-panda-in-the-room

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Playlist for 19th of November, 2013

I, for one, am glad to see winter here with such force. All we need is a few days to acclimatize ourselves and all other weather will seem an early spring day for us. Canadian Music will help that all go down; here is what we listened to this morning:

The Lad Mags, Radio Adventures in the Wild [Compilation - 2013 Fundrive], The Browns;
FeverFew, Radio Adventures in the Wild [Compilation - 2013 Fundrive], Starling;
Moonface, Julia with Blue Jeans On, Everyone is Noah Everyone is the Ark;
Flow My Tears, Flow My Tears, Devil's Prey;
Sirr, Prize, Golden Age of Television;
The Creepshow, Life After Death, Can't Wait to See You Fall;
Animal Parts, Six Arms to Hold You, Austin Pop Song;
The Jamies, The Jamies, Prettier When I Cry;
Esther Grey, The Collected Works of …, The Body of a Healer;
Drawn Ship, Ghost Weight, Gabriel Dumont;
Paper Lions, My Friends, Bodies in Winter;
Mark Berube, Russian Dolls, Confessions to a Street Light;
Robert M LePage, Le Lait Maternel, Un Choral Appalachien Prise 1;
Harley Card, Hedgerow, Flash Card Etude No.1;
Peter Cancura, Down Home, Those Were the Times;
Qu4rtetski, Le Sacre De Printemps, L'Adoration de la Terre;
Cayley Thomas, Ash Mountains, Bandit;
Neil Conway, Songs for Topical Use, Wishing War Was Over;
Skydiggers, She Comes Into the Room, Feel You Closer;
Corey Isenor, Hollowbody, Ain't Gonna Work;
CFCF, Outside, Transcend;
Terry Gillespie, Blue Soul, Her Mind Left First;
Johnny Max Band, Forty-Nine Minutes, Brown's Line;
The High Bar Gang, Lost & Undone, Over in the Gloryland;
Gordie McKeeman & his Rhythm Boys, Pickin n Clickin, Wildwood Flower;
Teekay, PsYYChology, Sinista Prime Minista;

Background music provided from a single piece of vinyl - we actually listened to it twice throughout the show. The Rick Morrison Project - it seems to be a self-titled album, released in 1983.

Thank you for tuning in and cruising through the new Canadian wax with me! Hope it warmed you to your cockles (wherever they may be!!). Have a great week Friends!!!

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Playlist for 12th November 2013

Great Country!! Great Musicians and music!!

Here is what we listened to today:
The Almighty Rhombus, Lucid Living, Butane Brain;
Market Farmers, Market Farmers, Hey Skippy;
King Khan and the Shrines, Idle no More, Of Madness I Dream;
Must Be Tuesday, Cover Me I'm Going In, My Favourite Bribe;
We Hunt Buffalo, Blood From a Stone, Hometown;
Arcade Fire, Reflektor, Here Comes the Nighttime;
Sebastien Grainger, Yours to Discover, Some People Are Ghosts Too Soon;
The Almighty Rhombus, Lucid Living, Thunderstorms;
The Don Berner Sextet, Love Letters To a Rat Free Capital, The House That Bop Built;
The Don Berner Sextet, Love Letters To a Rat Free Capital, Festival City;
The Stanfields, For King and Country, Son of a Landless Man;
Pat LePoidevin, American Fiction, Hanna WY;
Kacy & Clayton, The Day is Past & Gone, Rocks and Gravel;
Skydiggers, No. 1 Northern, Spin Spin;
Christa Mercey, Floorboards, Floorboards;
Born Gold, I Am An Exit, I Am the Bent Blade;
Chet Singh, Occupation Nation, Idensity Theory;
Lindi Ortega, Tin Star, Hard As This;
Cowpuncher, Ghost Notes, Raised on Rock n Roll;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, The Lord Loves a Wino;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Little Bird;
Kim Beggs, Beauty and Breaking, River Green Ocean Blue;
Grand Analog, Modern Thunder, The Great Rhyme Dropper (featuring Shad);

Background strains provided by Tom Northcott's vinyl dating back to 1971. Title is upside downside.

Thanks for listening! Now grab your StarCard and go out to purchase some good Canadian music for all of your friends and family … with great discounts. Check out www.cjsr.com under StarCard Businesses to make the most use out of the StarCard.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Playlist for 05-November-2013

Happy Guy Fawkes day to all and may the fireworks of life continue to light our path towards "unignorance". Here are some awesome Canadians who make it their mission to keep us in the loop with their music!!

Canyon Rose Outfit, Wilted Rose, Married on the Weekend;
John Lesbian Seagull, Dirt, Sitting Duck;
Mark Mills, Go Love Yourself, Body Break;
Switches, Switches, Maurice Code;
Cowboy Junkies, The Kennedy Suite [Compilation], Disintegrating;
Revenge of the Trees, Revenge of the Trees, Bones of Clay;
Jom Comyn, Live @ Elevation Room, Wish Upon a Storm;
Red Ram, Land of Dreams, Cold Road;
Big City Supreme, Super Deluxe, 100 Cigarettes;
Society's Ills, Adversity, Pont Champlain;
Unwed Mothers, Unwed Mothers, Soul;
Snake Bite, If This Ain't Killed Us, Intergalactic Outlaw;
Stone Iris, Grande National, Frost on the Boards;
Cowpuncher, Ghost Notes, Jane's Song;
Amanda Tosoff, Live At the Cellar, Half Steps;
Pedersen Lampron Gobeil Kerr Thibodeau, Live in Silence, No Bullet Theory;
Ken Stead, Unfinished, Pressin' On;
Savk, Love Letters and Hate Mail, The Hangman;
Scott Cook, This One's On the House, People Please;
Scott Cook, Moonlit Rambles, Let Your Horses Run;
Kim Beggs, Beauty and Breaking, Not Only Only From the Whiskey;
Johnny Active, The Prelude, I Got It;
Iron Lion, The 5th Tablet, Graffiti Rap;

Background music provided from two pieces of vintage Canadian vinyl. First we heard from a CBC Radio Canada Broadcast Recording … Roger Simard on the LP titled Jazz Canadiana; and then we heard from Linda Shumas off her Positive Force LP - definitely one I hope we can explore in more detail at a later date.

Hallelujah and pass the matches (to light the fireworks of course!). Have a great week!


Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Playlist for 29-October-2013

The days may be getting shorter (no surprise there!) but there is no shortage of great Canadian music when you look on the shelves of the CJSR library. Here is what we sampled today:

Young Rival, Everyone Dance Now: Songs from Hamilton 3 [Compilation], Black is Good;
Devonian Gardens, Solar Shifting, Swallow the Sun;
Solids, Blame Confusion, Over the Sirens;
Couteau Papillon, Archipel, Fake Pine Trees;
Yamantaka, Sonic Titan, Whale Song;
Ones + Zeroes, Ones + Zeroes, Youthquake;
Neil Young, Live at Massey Hall Toronto 1971, The Needle and the Damage Done;
Kelly & the Kellygirls, The Deep Ending, Lifeguards;
Cripple Creek Fairies, Devastators, The List;
Yukon Blonde, Tiger Talk, Radio;
Yes We Mystic, Real Love Winnipeg Presents Beach Station Blues II [Compilation], Autumn/Carfire (Narwhal Strike Cover);
Pedersen/Lampron/Gobeil/Kerr/Thibodeau, Live in Silence, The Iguana Buick Ottoman;
Downchild, Can You Hear the Music, Fasten Your Seat Belt;
Kat Danser, Baptized by the Mud, Hear Me Out Think It Over;
Leslie, In the Face of It All, Hurricane;
Sean Pinchin, Rust Bucket, Dirt Poor Blues;
Sarah Neufeld, Hero Brother, Hero Brother;
Greg McEvoy, Sea of Yards, Kerouac;
The Strumbellas, We Still Move On Dance Floors, Sailing;
Megan Bonnell, Hunt and Chase, I'm Not Your Woman;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Brand New Song;
Evil Ebenezer, Howl, Be Somebody;

Background filler provided by the Joe Sealy Trio. We heard almost all of the vinyl titled Transcription produced by Radio Canada International - what a total National treasure.

Now here's some CAPITAL SCARY stuff - Giant Lizards Shall Soon Rule the Earth will be broadcasting LIVE!!! from Pawnshop Live (10551 - 82 Avenue) on Thursday 31st of October at 9PM. Be There or Don't Be Scared!!!!!!