Carload of Whatever

2010-02-22T16:41:00.000-08:00

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and we drank a two litre of orange crush

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098 DMS

2010-02-12T15:53:00.000-08:00

cody has been waiting
his whole life for the GIGI album
to come out
and it did.

and then I listened to it
in his dream bunker
apartment

and it was the entire sun
shining into my ears!

and then the album cover
was part of my bike route of choice
in victoria

so that was nice

welcome to the less idyllic google earth version
of jamie tolagson's 'a local tree (for peter culley)'
because how exciting is it
that that car is parked in the same
spot?

and you know what?
google blurred out that license plate
but we've found a loophole

privacy
issues

BROS

2010-02-06T11:52:00.000-08:00

almonds, cohen

brock is playing songs over the phone
monday, february the eighth

at ten pm if you are beside the pacific
or at one am if you are beside lake ontario

from a phonebooth in toronto
to a radio station in an attic in seattle

longdistancelongdistance

listen/hear/info/here

cold?

200920092009

2009-12-16T19:21:00.000-08:00

List time. If you hate lists you are lying.

West coast nostalgia, and some other stuff...

Some records I liked:

Artist - Album:
Dirty Beaches - CS-20
Brave Radar - A Building
dd/mm/yyyy - Black Square
Apollo Ghosts - Hastings Sunrise
Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
Almonds, Cohen - Amazing Grass
Makeout Videotape - Heat Wave EP
DOOM – Born Like This
Think About Life - Family
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
City Centre - s/t
The Macadamia Brothers - Tiger Sauce
The Third Old Life Records Compilation

Coolest 7-inches that haven't really been released yet:

Slam Dunk
No Gold

Some memorable events in two thousand and nine:

Sat, Nov 21: Bite Your Tongue 2: Lucky Dragons, Corpusse, Nifty, Feurermusik, Castlemusic at a circus training school in east Toronto (Vancouver isn't the only one with an east side)

Sat, Nov 14: Dirty Projectors, Tune Yards at The Opera House, Toronto

Thurs, Oct 15: Katie Stelmanis at The Garrison, Toronto

Fri, June 19: OLD LIFE PARTY 2009 with your pals Cobras, Colourbook, Dreamboat, Slam Dunk, Almonds Cohen, ‘It It, Balacade, Onaping Falls, My Friend Wallis, Public Schools, Recreation, Ruthie and Winfield, Bear’s Lair, Lake Country, others? at The Fifty Fifty, Victoria (Minus front door elitism)

June 9-13: Music Waste with East Van hang outs, best friends and Black Label beer

Wed, May 13: Amazing Grass Release Party! Almonds, Cohen and Macadamia Brothers in a tunnel while it was raining, on the Galloping Goose, near Recyclistas, Victoria

Friday, April 10: Colourbook, with DJs, more best friends, leaky oil van and last second Balacade runaways at The Astoria, Vancouver

............

Did you like 2009? Is 2010 cool? What do you want to do?

Blogs Become Less Important

2009-12-08T15:29:00.000-08:00

Carload of Whatever is not a radio show right now. It has changed into living room, beer and used/inherited record hang outs. Toronto's community radio stations have wait lists for volunteers and strange infighting. Maybe Andrea and I will start something else here.

It's the end of the decade.

(Photo appears without Sam's permission)

Sunday, July 12, 2009

2009-07-12T17:02:00.000-07:00

Tonight! (Wednesday, July 15) - Colourbook, 'It It, Almonds, Cohen at Bayanihan Community Centre. Come watch Brock play in every band before he moves to Toronto! This will be the last Almonds show in Victoria for a while, and the last 'It It show forever. Also, come see Colourbook's newly spray painted van - SHITTY STEVE!

This weekend is the annual What the Heck Fest happening on the other side of the San Juan Islands in Anacortes, Washington. I think I will finally make it over there this year. More info and lineup is here. It costs the same to walk onto the ferry as it does to bring your bike. See you there!

After three years on the air, this Sunday will be the last Carload of Whatever. Thanks to anyone who ever tuned in, called in, read this poorly maintained blog, or came out to any of the A&R all ages shows. It was all pretty cool!

Playlist

Artist - Album - Song
Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual - Celebrate the Body Electric (It Came From An Angel)
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca - No Intention
Abe Vigoda - Skeleton - Animal Ghosts
My Friend Wallis - When The Blue Turned Yellow - On a Vacation
Panda Bear - Young Prayer - Untitled 1
Panda Bear - Young Prayer - Untitled 2
Young Lions - 7" - Living
City Centre - s/t - Cloud Center
Royal City - s/t - Can't You Hear Me Calling
Silk Flowers - s/t - Sand
The Metic - s/t - Happens That I'm Tired
Special Noise - The Year EP - Fun Died
Ruthie & Winfield - Rough Bubba Trauna - O'Brien Falcon
Almonds, Cohen - The Third Old Life Records Compilation - Stigmata Cigarette Burns
Rory Seydel - The Third Old Life Records Compilation - Be Welcomed
Ok Vancouver Ok - I Get So Drunk About Songs About Love - Love's So Great
Makeout Videotape - Heat Wave EP - Spooky Eyes
Makeout Videotape - Heat Wave EP - Basketball Kids

Sunday, July 5, 2009

2009-07-05T21:10:00.000-07:00

My Friend Wallis and Almonds, Cohen both stopped by this week for two live in-studio performances. If you missed out, the recordings will be available as podcasts via the CFUV website soon.

No playlist this week!

Sunday, June 28, 2009

2009-06-28T16:48:00.000-07:00

Old Lifer Cody Spencer was here last Sunday to talk about the brand new Old Life Compilation. We worked our way through the songs on the new comp, and shared relatively interesting information about each band/artist along the way.

This Sunday be sure to tune into both Gumdrops & Lollipops and Carload of Whatever to hear TWO live in studio performances. G&L will be hosting a live set from My Friend Wallis, a new local tropical band made up of most of Vincat and some of their friends. Carload of Whatever will host an acoustic set from Almonds, Cohen.

My Friend Wallis will be releasing their debut record on Saturday night at the new 16 1/2 space in Fan Tan alley. Also performing that night will be Himalayan Bear and 'It It.

Almonds, Cohen will be playing live on Sunday night at Bayanihan Community Centre along with Iji, Watercolor Paintings and Ruthie & Winfield.

Party time.

Playlist:

Artist - Song (All songs from the Third Old Life Records Compilation):
Almonds, Cohen - Stigmata Cigarette Burns
My Friend Wallis - Free Day!
'It It - Tssawwassen
Onaping Falls - On My Way Home
Cobras Cobras Cobras - Commandon't
The Macadamia Brothers - Gazebo
Blank - Tripe
Bach Cottage - Got a Glock
Lake Country - Basement
Balacade - Ghost Car
Colourbook - Iago to Airline
Public Schools - Beach Road
Ruthie & Winfield - Fiver
Bear's Lair - Fiver
Rory Seydel - Be Welcomed
Stefana Fratila - Small Fists

Also:
Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP - Disappearing Ink
Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer - You Go On Ahead
Archivist - Learning To Live on Poison - Jagwagger
Royal City - Royal City - Is This It?
Royal City - Royal City - Bad Luck

Sunday, June 21, 2009

2009-06-21T17:04:00.000-07:00

Music Waste was great. The Old Life Party was super great. Tune in next week for a special Old Life Records show. Cody and others (Brock?) will come and talk about the brand new Old Life compilation.

Playlist

Artist - Album - Song
Lake Country - Tape - I Dreamt You Were a Bug
Lake Country - Tape - Bee's Needs
Woods - Songs of Shame - The Hold
Makeout Videotape - Heat Wave EP - Slush Puppy Love
Makeout Videotape - Heat Wave EP - Coming Up Soon
Double Dagger - More - Helicopter Lullaby
The Vermicious Knid - Smalltown Devotion/Hometown Compulsion - Tour of Truckstops
Blaise Pascal - E-Filter EP - Cates 15
Life Without Buildings - Any Other City - Juno
The Vaselines - Enter the Vaselines - Molly's Lips
The Vaselines - Enter the Vaselines - Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam
Halo Benders - The Rebels Not In - Your Asterisk
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca - Useful Chamber
Chromatics - After Dark Comp - Hands in the Dark
Deerhoof - Milk Man - Milk Man
The Macadamia Brothers - The Third Old Life Compilation - Gazebo
Almonds, Cohen - Amazing Grass - Two Magpies
Thanksgiving - Cave Days and Moments - (Fleeting) Moments
Tradition - s/t - Before the Altar

Sunday, June 7, 2009

2009-06-07T17:03:00.000-07:00

MUSIC WASTE IS ON!

Music Waste is an independent music festival that takes place every June in Vancouver. It began 15 years ago as a protest against corporately sponsored, industry oriented, 'pay-to-apply' festivals, and has since grown into the most interesting music event in the city. Music Waste is locally oriented, with the great majority of bands playing being from Vancouver. This year over 100 bands will play at 25 shows throughout East Vancouver. Passes are only $15! If you find yourself in Vancouver in the next week/weekend, go hang out and get a crash course in all things Vancouver. Lucky for me, I'll be killing the rest of this week in Vancouver. Hopefully I can bring back some new music for the show.

Music Waste info here

If you can't make it to Vancouver, there is a mega-party show happening here in Victoria on Friday night at the Fifty-Fifty:

Slam Dunk (Burrito band)
Mt Royal (From Medicine Hat)
My Friend Wallis (Victoria tropical from Vincat Crystal)
Haunter (From Winnipeg)

All Ages, $6, Doors at 8.
Party!

Johnnie is filling in for me this Sunday; see you next week.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Inquiet - A Fifty Gallon Drum of Savage Customs, Fresh Flesh and Random Pop - Fresh Flesh
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun - Beach Party Tonight
Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel - Recent Bedroom
Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective - Quicksand
Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat - White Light/White Heat
City Center - s/t - Life Was A Problem
City Center - s/t - Gladest
Makeout Videotape - Heat Wave EP - Slush Puppy Love
Mt Royal - Mad Foxes - Come On
Kidnapping - Music Waste Mix Tape - Diamonds From Coal
Tigerhead - Music Waste Mix Tape - Lion
No Gold - 7" - Miami
Grouper - Way Their Crept - Untitled
Lake - Oh, The Places We'll Go - Bad Dream
Think About Life - Family - Set You On Fire
The Dirty Projectors - Single - Stillness is the Move
Deradoorian - Mind Raft - Weed Jam
Almonds, Cohen - Amazing Grass - Acadia

Sunday, May 31, 2009

2009-05-31T17:04:00.000-07:00

The new Think About Life album is totally crazy. Holy smokes. Andrea described it well saying that it feels like falling into a giant pool of lemonade. It is the silliest, cheesiest, most fun summertime album I could image. Let's hope they can finally make it out to Victoria sometime soon so we can have fun like this:

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Gun Outfit - Dimlight - Work Experience
Gun Outfit - Dimlight - Troubles Like Mine
Brides - Queens - Play Glass
Aidswolf - Demo - Pantymind (extended)
Nadja - When I See The Sun Always on TV - Only Shallow
ii - Landlakes - We Ate Everyone
Think About Life - Family - Havin' My Baby
Miracle Fortress - Watery Grave EP - Eschatology
No Kids - Come Into My House - Listen For It / Courtyard Music
The Dirty Projectors - The Getty Address - I Will Truck
Deradoorian - Mind Raft - Holding Pattern
Barr - Summary - This Song is the Single
Abe Vigoda - Reviver - Don't Lie
Blanck - 13 Songs - Jadded Lovars
Almonds, Cohen - Amazing Grass - Baseball
Thee Oh Sees - Help - Ruby Go Home
Woods - Songs of Shame - The Hold
Magik Markers - Balf Quarry - Jerks

Sunday, May 24, 2009

2009-05-24T17:05:00.001-07:00

I played Operation Ivy today. "I know that things are getting tougher when you cant get top off from the bottom of the barrel. Wide open road of my future now...Its looking fucking narrow!" Woah man!

I also played a Jay Reatard song, mostly so that I could talk about him punching people. Last summer in Toronto, Jay Reatard got really mad when a drunk dude jumped up on stage, so he punched him in the face and stormed off. Luckily, this was all documented...

The venue the show was at - The Silver Dollar - is home to the somewhat infamous, sporadic, drug addicted booker Dan Burke. After Jay Reatard and co. left the stage, Dan jumped up and taunted the band and the audience, making the whole show into a pretty good punk viral video...

After this all happened, Jay Reatard began to attack Dan Burke and the Silver Dollar in interviews, saying lack of security, etc was the reason for the incident. This image shows just how threatening Jay Reatard's attacker was...
Perhaps the only winner from the night was David Waldman (aka Kid With a Camera) who managed to capture the amazing photo above.

The Youtube user citizenbirdtube was obviously enraged by the incident:

"Real punks don't give a shit if a fan dances or spoofs a bit on stage as long as there is no threat to the band. That's what real punk and hardcore is all about - the close connection to the people.

Fuck JR. Just another MTV corporate whore."

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
dd/mm/yyyy - The Blue Screen of Death - We're Not Perfect
dd/mm/yyyy - The Blue Screen of Death - Teenageartfagcancerfanclub
Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country - 100 Years Ago
Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love - Axis: Thrones of Love
Wooden Shjips - Dos - Motorbike
Colourbook - s/t - Spout/Bec
Joan of Arc - 7" - My Summer-long High Wipeout
Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapology - We Are Scientists!
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted - Zurich is Stained
Cause Co-Motion - It's Time - Don't You Know
Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08 - An Ugly Death
Condo Fucks - Fuckbook - So Easy Baby
The Kinks - Kink Kronikles - Did You See His Name?
Charles Spearin - The Happiness Project - Mr. Gowrie
KC Accidental - Anthems for the Could've Been Pills - Them (Pop Song #3333)
The Hunches - Exit Dreams - Deaf Ambitions
Times New Viking - Rip It Off - Drop Out
Operation Ivy - Energy - Knowledge

Sunday, May 17, 2009

2009-05-17T17:01:00.000-07:00

The new Almonds, Cohen CD is out! It is called Amazing Grass. Brock spent a full year chipping away at recording these songs with Macadamia Brother Scott, leaving us all with a fantastic record that combines beautiful arrangements with really accomplished songwriting. Lots of people are very excited! You can find Amazing Grass at Ditch Records, or through the Old Life Records mail order.

Almonds, Cohen played in a tunnel on the Galloping Goose on a rainy Wednesday to celebrate the release of the record. It sort of looked like this:

Almonds, Cohen - Hexcuses, Hexcuses Live from Nevin on Vimeo.

Click here to also watch Two Magpies Live!
Digging For Clams soon to come!

Playlist

Artist - Album - Song
Mika Miko - We Be Xuxa - Totion
Mika Miko - We Be Xuxa - On the Rise
No Age - Nouns - Eraser
The Defektors - 7" - Torn to Pieces
Dog Day - Concentration - Wait It Out
Clues - Clues - Remember Severed Head
AC Newman - Get Guilty - Like a Hitman, Like a Dancer
Woods - Songs of Shame - Gypsy Hand
The Oh Sees - Help - Destroyed Fortress Reappears
Liars - s/t - Pure Unevil
The Torrent - Leonora Moreno - Pairs
Experimental Dental School - Forest Field - Basement Fever
Crocodiles - Summer of Hate - Summer of Hate
Women - s/t - Black Rice
Elfin Saddle - Ringing For the Begin Again - Muskeg Parade
Almonds, Cohen - Amazing Grass - Perpetuum Terrace
The Macadamia Brothers - Travel A Fair Distance - Finger Time
The Hunches - Exit Dreams - Ate My Teeth
Double Dagger - More - Vivre Sans Temps Mort
Japanther - Dump the Body in Rikki Lake - Critical

Sunday, May 10, 2009

2009-05-10T17:01:00.000-07:00

I was away in Vancouver and America for a bit. Thanks to Johanna and Nathan for filling in for me the past few weeks.

While I was away the Victoria city council decided to stop Camas and the Brickyard from hosting shows. Andrea already articulated how I feel about this, but I wanted to mention it on here as well. All ages venues are important to local music scenes; they allow for the entire community to participate in shows, regardless of age. I spent a large part of my underage high school years at all ages shows. I always dreaded seeing my favorite bands come through town with the '19+' tag attached to the listing.

Camas made it easy for anyone to put on shows. Andrea and I used to complain about the lack of affordable all ages venues in Victoria. Camas stopped our complaining for a year and a half. The space supported several music communities in Victoria for that period, hosting local punk, hardcore, noise and indie rock shows on a weekly basis. As of this Friday, May 15, Camas will no longer be having shows. Luckily, the Fifty Fifty Arts Collective stepped back into the picture right before we lost Camas and the Brickyard as venues. Vancouver has been having similar issues with all ages venues being shut down recently. It is a problem that will recur, and Victoria is not the only place this happens. Technically, these venues were illegal, operating outside of their zoning designations. I'm not sure what needs to happen to ensure that a venue can operate 'legally,' but at least we had those spaces for the time that we did.

Some good things that happened there:

Sat, April 17, 2009: Ghosts, ‘It It, Woolworm at Brickyard

Fri, March 6, 2009: Slam Dunk, ‘It It, Rooney & the Minglers, Old Gospel at Camas

Thurs, January 29, 2009: Listening Party, Slam Dunk, Almonds Cohen, Giant Wood Chipper at Brickyard

Sat, January 17, 2009: Elenora Thompson, Giant Wood Chipper, Walter TV, Fuji Hakayito at Camas

Sun, Nov 16, 2008: A&R Presents - The Bicycles, Hot Panda, Prairie Cat, The Secret World of Animals at Camas

Sat, Nov 15, 2008: Balacade, The Joe, Doug Hoyer, Nail Salon at Camas

Wed, June 18, 2008: Slam Dunk, Women, Mt Royal at Brickyard

Sun, May 18, 2008: A&R Presents - Laura Barrett, No Gold, The Macadamia Brothers at Camas

Thurs, May 1, 2008: Balacade, Nail Salon, Bear’s Lair at Brickyard

Fri, April 25, 2008: Oldlife Presents - The Blankket, Almonds Cohen, Blanck at Camas

December 30, 2007: A&R Presents - Endless Bummer, The Desks, Panty Boy, Balacade at Camas

...

In happier local music news, the Almonds, Cohen full length record is DONE! It is called Amazing Grass, and there is a special release show happening on Wednesday. Almonds, Cohen doesn't even need venues. This event is outside, in a semi-secret (okay, it's a tunnel) location. Meet at Recyclistas at 8:30. Bring a flashlight. It's outside. It's free. Macadamia Brother's are performing as well. Boom box amps.

More info at Old Life.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Wavves - Wavvves - No Hope Kids
Future Islands - Wave Like Home - Old Friend
Double Dagger - More - No Allies
Crocodiles - Summer of Hate - I Wanna Kill
The Magnetic Fields - The Wayward Bus - The Saddest Story Ever Told
Apollo Ghosts - Hastings Sunrise - Shadow Boxing Bruce Lee
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Natural Light
The Vaselines - Enter the Vaselines - Molly's Lips
The Torrent - Leonora Moreno - Unpopular
Anagram - Split 12" - Manic Indulgence
The Blankket - Pegatively Nositive - 2003 (clean)
Telepathe - Dancemother - Can't Stand It
Woods - Songs of Shame - The Hold
Almonds, Cohen! - Amazing Grass - Ring Finger
Clues - Clues - Haarp
Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country - 200 Years Ago
Years - Years - Are You Unloved?
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam - Derek

Sunday, April 19, 2009

2009-04-19T15:33:00.000-07:00

I've been terrible at updating this blog for the past month and a half. Finishing up school consumed my spare time. When my updates disappear you should go read Regency Fops. Geoff posts playlists before the show goes to air. That would be impossible on Carload of Whatever.

Things I think about: Why did Julie Doiron re-record songs she wrote for Shotgun & Jaybird in 2006? Why did she decide to do it on this record, and not on the other two records she's put out since Trying to Get Somewhere? This stuff keeps me up at night.

Carload of Whatever is heading into its last summer. I should have lots of free time over the next few months, so hopefully that translates into well organized, informative programming. That being said, I'll be gone for the next two weeks. This week Johanna is filling in for me, followed by Nathan next Sunday. See you after that.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective - Quicksand
Sunset - Loveshines II - Loveshines II
Blank Dogs - On Two Sides - The Lines
Condo Fucks - Fuckbook - With a Girl Like You
The Kinks - Kink Kronikles - This is Where I Belong
Of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic - Your Magic is Working
Saturday Looks Good To Me - All Your Summer Songs - Meet Me By the Water
Deerhunter - Weird Era Cont. - Operation
Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country - A Stop at the Chord Cascades
Les Mouches - You're Worth More to me Than 1000 Christians - Cities Become Less Important
Lake Country - Tape Split - Bee's Needs
Sunset Rubdown - Snake's Got a Leg - I Know the Weight of Your Throat
Swan Lake - Enemy Mine - Spanish Gold, 2044
Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day - Borrowed Minivans
Shotgun & Jaybird - Trying to Get Somewhere - Writing On Our Arms
The Torrent - Building Blocks Vol. 1 - Leopold Bloom
Videotape - My Favorite Thing - Night Lights

Sunday, April 5, 2009

2009-04-05T17:00:00.000-07:00

Lots of new!

Playlist

Artist - Album - Song
Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective - Different Mirrors
Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country - Sea of Pulses
Tune Yards - Bird Brains - Sunlight
The Coathangers - Scramble - Toomerhead
MV & EE with the Golden Road - Drone Trailer - Anyway
Jeremy Jay - Slow Dance - We Were There
Emeralds - Solar Bridge - The Quaking Mess
Swan Lake - Enemy Mine - Paper Lace
Leonard Cohen - Live in London - Suzanne
Dan Deacon - Bromst - Puddling Ghost
Videohippos - Unbeast the Leash - Downfall
Japandroids - Post-Nothing - Young Hearts Spark Fire
Blaise Pascal - Foreward - Forecast

Sunday, March 29, 2009

2009-03-29T17:08:00.000-07:00

Blaise Pascal are 90's band from Vancouver. They are really good. They toured with Pavement.

Playlist

Artist - Album - Song
Gun Outfit - Dimlight - Work Experience
Brides - Queens - Play Glass
Crystal Stilts - Alight of Night - Crystal Stilts
Sunset - 7" - I'm Not a Perfect Person (Looks Like I Fucked Up Again)
Bob Wiseman - It's True - Cousin Dave
Blake Miller - 7" Split - Tomorrow Sorrow
Apollo Ghosts - Hastings Sunrise - Dobermans
Magic Weapon - s/t EP - Cloudy People
Cause Co-Motion - It's Time! - Don't You Know?
Land of Kush - Against the Day - Rue du Depart
They Shoot Horses Don't They - Boo Hoo Hoo Boo - Hiccup
Blaise Pascal - Foreward - The Right Bank
Blaise Pascal - Foreward - Restoration
Blaise Pascal - Foreward - Victory Chords
Wavves - Wavvves - So Bored
dd/mm/yyyy - Black Square - Real Eyes
The Dirty Projectors - Rise Above - Rise Above

Sunday, March 22, 2009

2009-03-22T17:03:00.000-07:00

Lots of 7 inches. They are impractical to listen to at home, however are ideal for radio play.

Playlist

Artist - Album - Song
No Age - Eraser 7" - Eraser
Wavves - Wavvves - No Hope Kids
Sunset - Loveshines II 7" - Loveshines II
The Condo Fucks - Fuckbook - With a Girl Like You
Deerhunter - Weird Era Cont. - Focus Group
Two Bears - Eight Ice Cream Cones - TV Blues
Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day - Lovers of the World
Jon Rae Fletcher - Oh, Maria - Oh, Maria
AC Newman - Get Guilty - The Heartbreak Rides
K.I.T. - Dreams Are Burned 7" - Dreams Are Burned
K.I.T. - Dreams Are Burned 7" - Golden Side
U.S. Girls - Kankankee Memories 7" - So Ladder Strong
The Memories Attack - Memories Attack - Peaks and Valleys
The Vermicious Knid - Smalltown Devotion/Hometown Compulsion - Tour of Truckstops
Abe Vigoda - World Heart 7" - World Heart
Times New Viking - Stay Awake 7" - Stay Awake
Rites of Spring - All Through a Life 7" - All Through a Life
Fugazi - 13 Songs - Bulldog Front
Bach Cottage - The Homestand - Been a Long Damned Time

FUNDRIVE

2009-03-14T20:08:00.001-07:00

Once a year CFUV gets really annoying and asks for money. The money we raise during the week of FUNDRIVE fully supports the station for the entire year. As a volunteer programmer, I am required to raise over $200 for CFUV through my show. So here I am, asking you to help out CFUV for another year and donate some money to my show tomorrow. Any donations of $25 or more are eligble either for one trip into our 'Small Room of Big Prizes' (each trip allows you to take one CD, LP, etc as a gift from the room) or a tax receipt. My past visits to the 'small room' have rewarded me with a Sonic Youth rarities collection, a Hank record, a Ninja High School CD and a fancy CFUV t-shirt. You want to be in there.

You can donate money online here, or by calling 250-721-8700.

Independent radio is so cool! Help save the day!

Sunday, March 8, 2009

2009-03-08T17:04:00.000-07:00

International Women's Day!

Bands with female drummers that aren't Meg White.

Artist - Album - Song
Telepathe - Dance Mother - Can't Stand It
Vapid - Emergency Room Vol. 1 - Die
Nu Sensae - 12" - Graceland
White Lung - Local Garbage 7" - Local Garbage
Henri Faberge & the Adorables - Dance Dance Revelation
The Bicycles - The Good, The Bad and the Cuddly - Australia
Bright Young Things - Aaargh Annual I - Where the Wicked Go
Shapes & Sizes - s/t - Rory's Bleeding
Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian - Idle Songs
Katie Stelmanis - Join Us - Track 3
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One - Deeper Into Movies
Beat Happening - Jamboree - Cat Walk
Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico - I'm Waiting For The Man
ooioo - Gold & Green - Fossil

Also:

Pony Up
Mt Royal
Hot Panda
Sleater-Kinney
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
Cub

Who else??

Sunday, March 1, 2009

2009-02-22T16:54:00.001-08:00

Essay season makes for irregular blog posts.

dd/mm/yyyy were on MTV! It was strange to see them sandwiched between commentary on The Hills, however it was also very cool that a band like dd/mm/yyyy could find themselves performing on national television (MTV Canada that is). Their new record Black Square just might be the most 'normal' thing this band has ever released. The songs generally follow pretty basic ideas of song structure, with relatively consistent tempos and time signatures. The jagged schizophrenia of the band is still there, however it just seems a little more palatable this time around. The best thing about this record is that they stripped it down to 35 minutes and just 12 tracks, as opposed to Are They Masks? and The Blue Screen of Death, both of which have 20+ tracks and come close to the hour mark. The band are in the middle of another massive tour right now, a mode they seem to constantly be in. They are certainly one of the harder working bands in Toronto in their consistent break out of the Southern Ontario bubble. I've tried to bring them here a few times, but schedules never lined up. Hopefully someone can make that happen in the near future. Thumbs up for the new record!

Black Square comes out on March 17 through We Are Busy Bodies.

Who is going to Leonard Cohen? I played Chelsea Hotel No. 2 as Andrea and I lamented the $70 shitty seats we couldn't justify paying for. I know I will regret not going.

Playlists:

Sunday, (*The First of March, The Holiday*), 2009

Artist - Album - Song
The Blankket – Pegatively Nositive – Independence is no Solution
Ponytail – Ice Cream Spiritual – G Shock
Abe Vigoda – Reviver – Wild Heart
The Memories Attack – Memories Attack – Collapso
The Memories Attack – Memories Attack – Peaks and Valleys
Shotgun & Jaybird – Trying to Get Somewhere – Writing on Our Arms
Pavement – Brighten the Corners – Shady Lane / J Vs. S
Sloan – 4 Nights at the Palais Royale 1999 – The Good In Everyone (Live)
Shearing Pinx – Ultra Snake – Smarts
Nu Sensae – 12” – Peter Tripp
Nu Sensae – 12” – Graceland
Jerkward – All Your Ears Can Hear Compilation – Flesh and Bones
Nels Cline – Coward – Epiphyllum
Asobi Seksu – Hush – Glacially
Yo La Tengo – Dark Was the Night – Gentle Hour
Leonard Cohen – The Best of – Chelsea Hotel No. 2
Dd/mm/yyyy – Black Squares – They
Dd/mm/yyyy – Black Squares – Sirius
Japanther – Skuffed Up My Huffy – Um Like Your Smile Is Totally Ruling Me

Sunday, February 22, 2009:

Artist - Album - Song
Abe Vigoda - Reviver - Don't Lie
Abe Vigoda - Reviver - House
dd/mm/yyyy - Black Square - Bronze Age
dd/mm/yyyy - Black Square - Bronze Age
Jon Rae Fletcher - Oh, Maria - Maria
Bach Cottage - The Homestead - Grocery Bills
Ok Vancouver Ok - I Get So Drunk About Songs About Love - When You Get Home
Almonds, Cohen - Travel a Fair Distance - Two Friends, Old Friends
Shearing Pinx - Ultra Snake - Called the Wrong Name
Nu Sensae - 12" - The Witch
Apollo Ghosts - Hastings Sunrise - Dobermans
Apollo Ghosts - Hastings Sunrise - Land of the Morning Calm
The New Pornographers - Dark Was the Night Compilation - Hey, Snow White
Dirty Projectors & David Byrne - Dark Was the Night Compilation - Knotty Pine
Deerhunter - Weird Era, Cont. - Operation
Emeralds - Solar Bridge - Magic
Blank Dogs - On Two Sides - Blaring Speeches
Charles Spearin - The Happiness Project - Mr. Gowrie ****

**** Marks Requests

Sunday, February 8, 2009

2009-02-08T17:07:00.000-08:00

When I first heard about Charles Spearin's record The Happiness Project I just sort of ignored it. I assumed it would be in the same vein as the two recent 'Broken Social Scene Presents' records. While Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning's records in the BSS Presents series were good, I think they lost the power of the sprawling collective by not utilizing the diverse songwriting amongst them. I was concerned that a Charles Spearin record would continue the trend of Broken Social Scene acting as a backing band, signaling a slow move away from what made records like You Forgot It In People so good. I was pleasantly surprised to find The Happiness Project to be something completely new.

Rather than acting as another solo record from a member of Broken Social Scene, The Happiness Project rejects the concept of conventional songwriting, instead using the intonation of conversation to map out melodies. In essence the songs on the record are written by the cadence of individual conversations about happiness. The result is a complex and beautiful record that successfully draws attention to the artistic value of daily life and conversation. Perhaps a little trying at times, the record on the whole is dense while being surprisingly listenable. The track Mr. Gowrie seems to fully realize the power of this strange songwriting mode. The record employs the musical talents of quite a few Broken Social Scene members and is being released on Kevin Drew's Arts and Crafts Records, but don't be mislead...this is not a Broken Social Scene release. This is weird. In a good way.

The record comes on on Tuesday, February 10th. You stream some tracks and find more info here.

See you in two weeks.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Japanther - Dump the Body in Rikki Lake - Dump the Body in Rikki Lake
The Sticks - Split w/ Hands on Heads - The Floor, The Ground
The Sticks - Split w/ Hands on Heads - On the Sea
Blank Dogs - On Two Sides - Twenty Two
Vivian Girls - s/t - Never See Me Again
Fennesz - Black Sea - The Colour of Three
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion - Guys Eyes
Charles Spearin - The Happiness Project - Anna
Lucky Dragons - Dream Island Laughing Language - Givers
High Places - s/t - The Storm
Growing - The Soul of the Rainbow and the Harmony of Light - Onement
Growing - The Soul of the Rainbow and the Harmony of Light - Anaheim II
Growing - The Soul of the Rainbow and the Harmony of Light - Epochal Reminiscence
Liars - Drum's Not Dead - Be Quiet Mt Heart Attack!
Liars - Drum's Not Dead - Let's Not Wrestle Mt Heart Attack
Jerkward - All Your Ears Can Hear Compilation - Millions of Dead BMXers
Jerkward - All Your Ears Can Hear Compilation - Flesh and Bones
Jerkward - All Your Ears Can Hear Compilation - UFO
Deerhunter - Weird Era Cont. - Backspace Century
Railcars - Cities vs Submarines - There is Ice; It is Blue
Hank - The Land of the Singers - Never Have Another Boy in my Life
Bach Cottage - The Homestead - Been a Long Damned Time

Sunday, February 1, 2009

2009-02-01T17:13:00.000-08:00

New Blocks releases.

Defektors 7" is pretty good.

Wavves are pretty noisy.

Future Islands are from Baltimore.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
The Blankket - Pegatively Nositive - Independence Is No Solution
$100 - Forest of Tears - 14th Floor
Hank - The Luck of Singers - Distraction
A.C. Newman - Get Guilty - The Heartbreak Rides
Defektors - 7" - Torn to Pieces
Hey Everyone - Broken Horse - Rotten Little Buggers
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion - In the Flowers
Fennesz - The Black Sea - Perfume For Winter
BARR - Beyond Reinforced Jewel Case - Is All For Updated
Wavves - s/t - California Goth
Wavves - s/t - Space Raider
Future Islands - Wave Like Home - Old Friend
Lake Country - Tape - Memory Lane
Think About Life - Demo - Track 7
Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles - I Luv the Valley OH
Gowns - Red State - White Like Heaven
The Metic - s/t - Happens That I'm Tired
Pavement - Brighten the Corners - Shady Lane / J vs. S
Belle & Sebastian - Live in Belfast 2001 - Dirty Dream # 2
Belle & Sebastian - Live in Belfast 2001 - Boy With the Arab Strap

Sunday, January 25, 2009

2009-01-25T17:07:00.001-08:00

Quite a few new releases into the station this week, including the new A.C. Newman record. I really liked the first song of his that I played. Andrea described it as "orchestral." I do too. I haven't listened to the whole record yet though, so I can't comment on the whole thing. I have a question for you though...his myspace page says 'Brooklyn, New York' as his location. Did Carl abandon his Vancouver roots for the mecca of hip?

The new Animal Collective really is good, but of course you already know that. I take issue with the last song, but apart from that, it is a pretty easy record to like. They are playing in Vancouver on May 24 at the Commodore. No word on who with yet, but I imagine that show will sell out very quick, if it hasn't already. Lets see how long this one stays on the CFUV charts.

Also, the Victoria Film Festival starts on Friday! Let's go to films!

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
AC Newman - Get Guilty - There Are Maybe Ten or Twelve
Lake Country - Tape - I Dreamt You Were a Bug
Lake Country - Tape - Slave Kids
Telepathe - Dance Mother - Michael
Pens - Single - Networking
Matt & Kim - Grand - Cutdown
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - s/t - Everything With You
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless - To Here Knows When
Growing - All the Way - Lens Around
Benoit Pioulard - Temper - Golden Grin
Blackout Beach - Skin of Evil - Astoria, Menthol Lite, Hilltop, Wave of Evil 1982
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion - Daily Routine
La Dusseldorf - Indivuellos - Menshen 1
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures - Disorder
Wavves - s/t - Wavves
Lovvers - Single - Human Hair
Videohippos - Unbeast the Leash - Bear Fight

Sunday, January 18, 2009

2009-01-18T17:25:00.000-08:00

Onwards with 2009.

New Cobras!

Hair Police was shocking.

Latest Neil Young archival release saves the day.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Beach House - s/t - Saltwater
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun - Beach Party Tonight
Timber Timbre - s/t - No Bold Villain
Cobras Cobras Cobras - The Royal Paul Beatdown - Not Going to Die For It
Cobras Cobras Cobras - The Royal Paul Beatdown - Tall Dark and Gruesome
Flipper - Generic - Ever
Shapes & Sizes - Aaargh Annual I - Taste In My Mouth
Jenni Omnichord - CFRU Compilation: Just West of Something Big - Where is My Mind? (Pixies Cover)
The Vermicious Knid - Smalltown Devotion/Hometown Compulsion - Century Soldiers
Ok Vancouver Ok - I Get So Drunk About Songs About Love - I Get So Drunk About Songs About Love
Life Without Buildings - Any Other City - Juno
Sonic Youth - The Destroyed Room - Beautiful Plateau
Hair Police - Certainty of Swarms - Mangled Earth
Neil Young - Sugar Mountain: Live At Canterbury House 1968 - Sugar Mountain
Telepathe - Dance Mother - Can't Stand It

Favorite Records of 2008

2008-12-16T20:22:00.000-08:00

This is not a top ten, nor does it represent what are definitively the best records of the year. These are simply my favorite (11?) records of 2008. You don't have to read any of it, just look at the pictures. Hopefully my HTML coding works?

Carload of Whatever's Favorite Records 2008:

Times New Viking – Rip It Off (Matador)
Short, noisy pop-punk tunes that sound like they are played through a broken AM radio at the bottom of the ocean. Even when you turn it down this is loud. The EP was good too!

No Age – Nouns (Sub Pop)
While the L.A. Smell scene has been generating great records for years, the release of Nouns made everyone else realize what is going on there. This one lives up to the hype. It is the record I wish that I could make.

Vivian Girls – s/t (In the Red)
This record proves you don’t necessarily have to blaze new musical trails to be prolific. Maximum fun. Drunk-beach-punk party. Brooklyn proves it is still really cool.

The Music Tapes – Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes (Merge)
Julian Koster was a founding member of Neutral Milk Hotel, and that is pretty much the only thing I can connect this record to. Along with an eerie mesh of saw and banjo are some really compelling (and weird) songs.

Abe Vigoda – Skeleton (Post Present Medium)
This was their third release, but it acted as a debut for most people (myself included). While the guitars do most of the work, it is the drumming that stands out for me here. L.A. Smell.

Deerhunter – Microcastle (Kranky)
This is a fantastic record. 2008 seemed to lack in the big, universally enjoyed releases from the last few years. Microcastle seems like one of the few releases that could fit into that category.

Atlas Sound – Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel (Kranky)
This is an ambient record that is secretly a pop record. Bradford Cox makes Ableton Live sound natural and organic.

Wolf Parade – At Mount Zoomer (Sub Pop)
Instead of loading their songs with hooks, this record buries them at the end of each song. You have to be patient, but this is the perfect follow-up to massive success of Apologies to the Queen Mary.

Ecstatic Sunshine – Way (Cardboard)
This record introduced a third member to do live electronic manipulation while recording. The result is an ambient drone record with sporadic bursts of guitar melodies.

ii – Landlakes (Feral Media / Dizzy Donor)
Jon Tjhia gave me this record in the summer when he was in Victoria with his other band Aleks & the Ramps. I assumed it would be a quirky Australian-esque pop record like the Ramps, but I was pleasantly surprised to find a weird, ambient instrumental record. Highly recommended.

Women – s/t (Flemish Eye)
This record was exactly what I wanted to hear this year. It is loud and eerie, with long drone sections, complex guitar work and psychedelic pop buried under the mess. All hail Calgary.

I told Renegade Radio this was my favorite of the year.

Honorable Mentions:

LAST MINUTE END OF DECEMBER RELEASE!
Pavement - Live Europaturnén MCMXCVII (Matador)
Holy shit...a long lost live Pavement record that was never released. Recorded in 1997, Matador just released it as a limited edition vinyl bonus for those who pre-ordered the Brighten the Corners reissue. With less than two weeks to go in 2008, I had to squeeze this in here. If you didn't do the pre-order, go look for a download of it. Live Pavement!

Videohippos - Unbeast the Leash (Monitor / Wildfire)
This came out at the end of 2007, but we got it in at CFUV the first week of 2008, so it missed my favorites list last year. Lost in the void of CFUV’s calendar, this was a 2008 record for me, and was definitely one of my favorites. Part of Baltimore-mania from last year.

Old Life Records Comp (Old Life)
It seems like cheating to put a comp in the list, especially when half of the songs are by friends. Still, this was really good and I listened to it a lot this year, so I’ll put it here.

Almonds, Cohen & The Macadamia Brothers – Travel a Fair Distance (Old Life)
Like the Old Life Comp, this seems like cheating, so it goes here. Some of these are older songs, and it wasn’t really a proper release, but the disc has some of my favorite songs by both artists, and Macadmaia Scott’s production on the Almonds, Cohen songs adds a lot.

Stefana Fratila – Victory Square (Self-released)
I don’t know when this came out, or if it was just made for her Victoria show, so it goes here as well. This has really great lo-fi pop tunes. Stefana and her band are still in high school. Keep an eye out for them in the future.

Favorite Non-2008 Purchase:

Hair Police – Blind Kingdom (Ultra Eczema): Released April 2007
Hair Police started as a joke for me. When I was 16 I saw them open for Sonic Youth and it was so loud I almost threw up. Later that night Thurston Moore said one of my favorite music quotes I’ve ever heard: “Hair Police are perfect.” Since then I have been fascinated by this Lexington, Kentucky-based noise band. I found this limited-edition, vinyl only, Belgian import at Rotate This in Toronto and after spending two anxious days thinking about it, I realized I had to have it. The record was originally recorded as a special for Radio Centraal in Antwerp. The album art is fantastic, one side is laser etched, and the screaming noise is toned down into more of a drone hypnotism. This is a scary record, but it quickly became one of my favorites in my collection.

Dissapointments:

Japanther – Tut Tut Now Shake Ya Butt (Wantage)
Dear Penny Rimbaud,
What the fuck was that?

Criticize and contribute.

Happy Holidays. See you in 2009.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

2008-12-07T16:08:00.001-08:00

The first half of the show was devoted to the defining element of my week: stress. If you are in school, I'm sure you are stressed too. Or maybe you work in retail, causing you to hate the consumer-mania which dawns every year in December. Either way, it seemed fitting to channel this busy time of the year into a set about having nervous breakdowns, working all weekend and going insane. It helped me vent a little, and hopefully it made a busy Sunday afternoon a little easier for you.

Next week will probably be my last show of 2008, so you know what that means...lists! Year-end rundowns tend to be a little obnoxious, but I always find myself enjoying seeing other people's opinions on the best records of the year. If you've listened to the show at all this year I doubt my favorites from 2008 will be any sort of shock. And admit it, you have made a secret list in your head (or on your blog) as well.

December: the annual month of stress and retrospection.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown EP - Nervous Breakdown
The Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown - 19th Nervous Breakdown
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs - The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure *
The Bicycles - The Good, The Bad, and the Cuddly - Homework
Saturday Looks Good to Me - All Your Summer Songs - You Work All Weekend
Minor Threat - Complete Discography - Screaming at a Wall
Ecstatic Sunshine - Way - Perrier
The Beatles - White Album - I'm So Tired
Vivian Girls - s/t - Going Insane
Aids Wolf - Cities of Glass - Cities of Glass
Nail Salon - Rad City (7-Eleven) - Pepsiz
Adventure - s/t - Lordeo **
Crystal Stilts - Alight of Night - Crystal Stilts
The Manhattan Love Suicides - Burnt Out Landscapes - Sycamore Peripheral
Almonds, Cohen - Travel a Fair Distance - Two Friends Old Friends
Belle & Sebastian - BBC Sessions - The State I Am In
Cause Co-Motion! - It's Time! - Who's Gonna Care?

*Request for Blake who was at home doing homework
** Dedicated to Andrea and Caitlin who were at home studying why the connection between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary

Sunday, November 30, 2008

2008-11-30T17:02:00.000-08:00

Carload of Whatever is now an hour and a half. Louis & Gimmie Gimmie Octopus have left Sunday Surprise and moved to the Saturday 3 30 to 5 slot. Gumdrops & Lollipops and I have absorbed his show by taking on an extra half hour each. G&L is now from 2 - 3 30 and Carload of Whatever is now from 3 30 to 5.

I think it is going to take a week or two to get back into the groove of doing an hour and a half show again. The good news (at least in my mind) is that there is more time each week for stranger and longer tracks that I usually can't fit in. The bad news is there is more opportunity for bad tracks to sneak into the playlist. This week I cite the Of Montreal and Parts & Labor tracks as examples of the dangers of an extra half hour - blehhhh.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Vaselines - The Way of the Vaselines - Teenage Superstars
Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping - Triphallus to Punctuate
Manhattan Love Suicides - Burnt Out Landscapes - Jonny Boy
Parts and Labor - Receivers - Nowheres Nigh
The Feelies - Only Life - Away
Television - Marquee Moon - Prove It
Benoit Pioulard - Temper - Sweep Generator
Benoit Pioulard - Temper - Golden Grin
Department of Eagles - In Ear Park - Teenagers
Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid - NYC - Departure
Mutators - Secret Life - Trick Animals
dd/mm/yyyy - 777" - Vantan
dd/mm/yyyy - 777" - X-Factor
Frog Eyes - 7" Split - Policy Merchant
Mt Eerie with Julie Doiron and Fred Squire - Lost Wisdom - Voice in Headphones
Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams - My Favorite Year

Sunday, November 23, 2008

2008-11-23T17:06:00.000-08:00

It's been busy so I didn't update last week. I lost last week's playlist in all the band coming and going confusion. The playlist wasn't really all that exciting, but the show was quite fun. Andrea, Louis and I combined for a special 3-hour Sunday Surprise edition with a live studio session from Prairie Cat and an interview with Hot Panda. If you missed it and were interested in listening, I'll post both interviews on here when I get some free time (I don't have that right now). The Bicycles were planning on stopping by as well, but unfortunately missed their ferry. Next time...

Andrea and I put on our 10th all ages show last Sunday night, appropriately with the band that kicked off our unplanned foray into all-ages show promotion two years ago. It was fun. Maybe you were there too?

There is a fun event this Saturday night. Recyclistas is having its fifth birthday party, and to mark the occasion are having a party at the shop, complete with bike race and band fun. Cobras Cobras Cobras, Candles, 'It It and Great Wood Chipper are playing. Woah man.

I was in Vancouver last week and saw Deerhunter and Times New Viking play. It was extremely loud and I enjoyed every moment. Were you there? Was the bass player on drugs? Has their new guitarist been practicing being a rock star since she was small?

Other questions: is Penny Rimbaud a good poet? His role on the new Japanther record boggles my mind. Someone defend him so I can understand it better.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Times New Viking - Stay Awake EP - Call and Respond
dd/mm/yyyy - 777 - Jackpot
dd/mm/yyyy - 777 - Super VGF
Aids Wolf - Cities of Glass - General
Belle & Sebastian - BBC Sessions - Lazy Jane
Lou Reed - Berlin: Live at St Ann's Warehouse - Caroline Says Pt II
Dirty Projectors - The Glad Fact - Naked We Made It
Cause Co-Motion! - It's Time! - Only Fades Away
Cause Co-Motion! - It's Time! - Baby Don't Do It
Cause Co-Motion! - It's Time! - This Just Won't Last
Nail Salon - Rad City (7-Eleven) - Tape Deckz
Balacade - Sundown Morning - Satellite City
Japanther - Tut Tut Now Shake Ya Butt - Bloated Corpse
Japanther - Tut Tut Now Shake Ya Butt - Africa Seems So Far Away

Sunday, November 9, 2008

2008-11-09T17:03:00.000-08:00

I feel like I played more songs than I wrote down... I guess they were all a little longer than usual. Is something missing??

I was a little concerned about what I was going to play on the show this week, but a whole slew of really great new releases made my job quite easy. I particularly enjoyed that Crystal Stilts song I played. I am listening to the rest of the record right now and it is all quite moody and dark, with nice little pop hooks buried under the mess. This one is good!

Next week a bunch of bands are coming to the station and taking over Gimmie Gimmie Octopus, Gumdrops and Lollipops and Carload of Whatever. They might even play some songs! I'm not entirely sure who is coming right this moment, but I will update on here once it is all sorted out. The visit is connected to a show going on later that night:

Andrea and Ryan Presents

Sunday, November 16, 2008

The Bicycles!
Hot Panda
Prairie Cat
The Secret World of Animals

All Ages! at Camas Book and Infoshop (Quadra & Kings)
Doors at 7 30.

Bicycles are on tour from Toronto and are making their big return to Victoria after a fun ol' time two years ago. More info here or you could look it up on Ffffacebook.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
No Age - Weirdo Rippers - Every Artist Needs a Tragedy
Tradition - s/t - Before the Altar
Benoit Pioulard - Temper - Ahn
Crystal Stilts - Alight the Night - The Dazzled
Lou Reed - Berlin: Live at St Ann's Warehouse - Sweet Jane
Times New Viking - Stay Awake EP - Call and Respond
Deerhunter - Microcastle - Cover Me (slowly)
Deerhunter - Microcastle - Agoraphobia
Desolation Wilderness - White Light Strobing - Come Over in Your Silver Car
Aids Wolf - Cities of Glass - Tied Up In Paper

Sunday, November 2, 2008

2008-11-02T17:01:00.000-08:00

Two hours this week because I filled in for Gumdrops & Lollipops. I always play Beat Happening when I fill in for G&L. I didn't mean to play three songs though! Midnight a Go-Go just sneaks up on you. I guess playing songs off vinyl requires more concentration than I was giving it, but I don't think anyone was complaining.

Minutia: Cat Walk was the first Beat Happening song I ever heard.

Also, woah! There is a new Japanther record coming out. Well, it is sort of already out. Somehow they snuck that one past me. You can find it on Wantage Records. It's called Tut Tut Now Shake Ya Butt. Can you believe it?!

Also, rock show in a church this Wednesday:

Playlists:

G&L:

Artist- Album - Song
Magnetic Fields - Distortion - Please Stop Dancing
Beat Happening - Jamboree - Cat Walk
Beat Happening - Jamboree - Drive for a Girl
Beat Happening - Jamboree - Midnight a Go-Go
No Kids - Come into my House - For Halloween
The Macadamia Brothers - Tomatoey Plates EP - Misplaced Footwear
Karl Blau - Nature's Got Away - Mockingbird Diet
The Feelies - Only Life - It's Only Life
High Places - S/T - Golden
Chad Van Gaalen - Soft Airplane - Molten Light
Sta-Prest - 7" - Form Fitting
Vivien Girls - S/T - Damaged
Almonds, Cohen - Ontario (on stereo)! - Cat Bird Girl

Carload:

Artist - Album - Song
Cobras Cobras Cobras - Today! Tomorrow! - Havana Affair
Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology - Little League
Mt. Royal - Mad Foxes - Come On
Joy Division - Substance - No Love Lost
Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08 - Screaming Hand
The Music Tapes - Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes - Majesty
Tindersticks - The Hungry Show - The Hungry Show
The Replacements - I Will Dare (Single) - I Will Dare
Japanther - Tut Tut Now Shake Ya Butt - Bumpin' Rap Tapes
Japanther - Dump the Body in Rikki Lake - Pleased to Meet You
Royal Trux - Cats and Dogs - Teeth
Deerhoof - Offend Maggie - Eaguru Guru
Misfits - Walk Among Us - Skulls

Sunday, October 26, 2008

2008-10-26T16:55:00.000-07:00

I'm filling in for Andrea this Sunday because she is off to her annual Youth Fessst in the interior of BC. Two hours for me. 3-5. See you there. I'll bring the Hair Police.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Deerhoof - Offend Maggie - Snoopy Waves
Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08 - I'm Watching You
Double Dagger - Ragged Rubble - The Psychic
Think About Life - 12" EP - Cyanide
Think About Life - 12" EP - Devil Is King
Cause Co-Motion! - Who's Gonna Care 7" EP - Who's Gonna Care?
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry - Jumping Someone Else's Train
The Music Tapes - Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes - Minister of Longitude
Pixies - Live in Minneapolis: 2004-04-03 - Wave of Mutilation ****
Vivian Girls - s/t - Never See Me Again
Vivian Girls - s/t - Where Do You Run To
Deerhunter - Microcastle - Never Stops
Pompey - Brother Sister Records Compilation - Fifty Gallon Drum
Abe Vigoda - Skeleton - Live-Long

**** Marks requests

Sunday, October 19, 2008

2008-10-19T16:50:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Andrea for (once again) filling in for me last weekend. I went home for Thanksgiving and it was foggy. Eric took this picture.

This week I put the Crystal Antlers and Marnie Stern records up for debate. I feel like both are records I should really like. They both draw from bands and sounds that I would site as influences. Still, on first listen I was pretty turned off by both of the records. I gave them a second chance on the show.

Crystal Antlers did not pass on the second round. I find them uninspiring. People have been really into their new EP, but I'm certainly missing something there. Tell me what I'm missing?

The Marnie Stern on the other hand, is totally crazy. It is noisy and melodic and dense. It sounds like a Deerhoof record being playing over a Hella record. I think it is overwhelming, but there is enough good stuff in there to keep me listening to it.

Opinions?

I also played two new records that I have been really looking forward to: Deerhunter and Deerhoof. It can be confusing if you are unfamiliar with the bands, as their names are so similar, and by some coincidence their records tend to come out around the same time as each other. Both records are really good. I have only had time to listen to each a few times through, but I can already envision them topping many people's end of year favorite lists.

Next week I'll play the A-side of the Think About Life 12" EP. The B-side might be better though. Maybe..

Also, for fun in Victoria this week, you could go to Logan's Pub on Wednesday night to drink and dance to Colourbook and Listening Party. The show is being put on by Ditch, and is a sort of tour send off for Listening Party before they head off to support Wolf Parade on their stateside tour. It's probably going to be fun.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song:
Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls - All the Time
Panda Bear - Person Pitch - Ponytail
Broken Social Scene - Feel Good Lost - I Slept with Bonhomme at the CBC
Crystal Antlers - s/t EP - A Thousand Eyes
Marnie Stern - This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That - Ruler
Deerhunter - Microcastle - Agoraphobia
Deerhoof - Offend Maggie - Chandelier Searchlight
Deerhoof - Offend Maggie - Fresh Born
Think About Life - 12" EP - Going Deaf in the Summer
Think About Life - 12" EP - Sea King Take Off
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One - Autumn Sweater

Sunday, October 5, 2008

2008-10-05T17:06:00.000-07:00

I started off in a somewhat noisy direction this week. There has been a bunch of new Vancouver punk/noise releases coming into the station in the past few weeks. Notably, the Emergency Room and Thankless Records (I Ate Your Legs) compilations are full of strange, loud things from Vancouver and offer a great look into that part of the city's music scene.

I also talked about how much I am enjoying the new Music Tapes record. It is strange and eerie and a very beautiful record. Julian Koster apparently spent nine years writing and recording the thing. It sounds like it was recorded in the 1930s, in a haunted house. He is a former member of Neutral Milk Hotel which makes him very cool in my opinion.

I was going to post this video last week, but now is fine. It is Pavement playing Gold Soundz at a show in Germany in 1994, which is very nice! Watch it! I'll be back in two weeks. Enjoy your turkey.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Spincycle Squared - Out of Touch Records 7" - Dirty Laundry
dd/mm/yyyy - Out of Touch Records 7" - Sell Me Virginity
Shotgun & Jaybird - Out of Touch Records 7" - Minutes Faster
Certain Breeds - I Ate Your Legs: Thankless Records Comp - Street Dogs
Doers - I Ate Your Legs: Thankless Records Comp - Untowards
Hot Loins - 7" - Reminiscent of the Admiration of a Graceful Lady
Deerhoof - Milk Man - Desaparecere
Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual - G Shock
Atlas Sound - Another Bedroom EP - It Rained
Karl Blau - Nature's Got Away - Mockingbird Diet
Miracle Fortress - Have You Seen it In Your Dreams 12" - Hanky Panky Nohow
Velvet Underground - A Collection of Previously Unreleased Recordings - Stephanie Says
The Music Tapes - Music for Clouds and Tornados - Tornado Longing for Freedom
Videohippos - Unbeast the Leash - The List

Sunday, September 28, 2008

2008-09-28T17:02:00.000-07:00

I went away. I was studying old things in a far away place. Then I got stuck there because an airline went out of business. I'm done that now though.

While I was away Young Lions played their last show (ever?!) because Almonds, Cohen and Lake Country moved away. They'll be back one day. Hopefully.

I've actually been back for three weeks, but things have been busy, so here are all the missed playlists.

Sunday, September 28, 2008:

Artist - Album - Song
Abe Vigoda - Skeleton - Dead City / Waste Wilderness
Abe Vigoda - Skeleton - Bear Face
Barr - Summary - Half of Two Times Two (Newer Version)
High Places - s/t - The Storm
High Places - s/t - The Tree With Lights in It
Final Fantasy - Plays to Please - Ultimatum
Final Fantasy - Spectrum 14th Century - The Butcher
Frog Eyes - Split 7" - Policy Merchant 2
The Music Tapes - Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes - Freeing Song for Reindeer
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Holland, 1945
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Gold Soundz
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (Deluxe) - Teenage Riot (Live!)

Sunday, September 21, 2008:

Artist - Album - Song
dd/mm/yyyy - Blue Screen of Death - Culture Industry
Vapid - 7" - Do the Earthquake
Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane - Willow Tree
Ohbijou - Swift Feet for Troubling Times - The Woods
Lake Country - Second Old Life Records Compilation - Hard Days Hard Nights
Special Noise - The Year EP - Fun Died
Magic Weapon - s/t EP - Cloudy People
Sunset Rubdown - Snakes Got a Leg - I Know the Weight of Your Throat
No Kids - Come Into My House - Listen for It / Courtyard Music
Think About Life - s/t - Paul Cries
AIDSwolf - Lovvers LP - Panty Mind
Mutators - Emergency Room, Vol 1 - Instinct
dd/mm/yyyy - Blue Screen of Death - Teenageartfagcancerfanclub

Sunday, September 14, 2008:

Artist - Album - Song
AU - Verbs - rr vs. d
Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual - Beg Waves
sBACH - sBACH - Track 5
Azeda Booth - In Flesh Tones - Ran
Chad Van Gaalen - Soft Airplane - Cries of the Dead
Woodpigeon - Treasury Library Canada - Knock Knock
Women - s/t - Shaking Hand
Dekeftors - Emergency Room, vol 1 - Burning Light
The Music Tapes - Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornados - Majesty
Tindersticks - The Hungry Saw - The Hungry Saw
Human Highway - Moody Motorcycle - What World

Different Countries

2008-08-17T08:16:00.000-07:00

I am far away so the show has been on hold. Gimmie Gimmie Octopus and Gumdrops & Lollipops have taken over my timeslot until I return. This medieval town I'm staying in is cool and all, but not nearly as cool as this:

Good bands! The end of Young Lions? Oh myyyy. I wish I could participate.

Carload of Whatever will be back to normal starting September 7th.

2008-07-13T16:02:00.000-07:00

Picture yourself sitting in a baby bed and your one toy, which you have played with, has been ripped out of your hands. My baby toy is Eddie Floyd. The story begins with a heroic tale, a story, which only one man, can tell. Who is that man you ask? Eddie Floyd Its got to be that way, I quote the flyodmister. I was drawn to the vibrant yellow album sleeve a man standing there so heroic and sly. He sang to me Oh baby feel my baby. Sometimes I think the Jesus we say is Jesus is Eddie Floyd. I purchase the album experience, and what an experience it is, my Jesus. Ever been to noodle box its pretty molly ringwald and i'm talking Molly Ringwald breakfast club days. man I would hit that. Some people say that she is past her date but I don’t think so. Red hair damn and the name its like a candy bar that you love. Anyways back to the point. Eddie My Jesus. After a night in Vancouver I travel to a far land I guess some might say its mystic, but I didn’t see any Minox’es anywhere. Have you ever seen a Bantha. Cause I have there was one wailing around like Joes dangler.
This reminds Moe “the excavator” Branford of a poem: brains are for snacks/ pinch the tail and suck the head/ slurp that drippy drink/ remember to mail your Nonna a letter asking for cash/ caves are for bats and man-bats are for snacks. Moe has a bad memory so don’t hold him to it. It’s all circular logic anyways. So pick up your slacks and dance naked in front of a bluescreen – because you haven’t been made love to until you let Eddie Floyd suck on your head.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Dirty Projectors - The Glad Fact - The Glad Fact
High Places - 03/07 - 09/07 - Freaked Flight (alternate version)
High Places - 03/07 - 09/07 - Canary
Thank You - Terrible Two - Pregnant Friends
Mutators - Split w/ Shearing Pinx - Forever
Mutators - Split w/ Shearing Pinx - Broken Hands
Weird Weeds - I Miss This - Red
Women - s/t - Black Rice
Dixie's Death Pool - Scarlet Lake - Scarlet Lake
Barr - Summary - Context Ender
No Age - Eraser 7" - Don't Stand Still
No Age - Eraser 7" - Male Masterbation
No Age - Eraser 7" - When You Find Out
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer - An Animal in Your Care

Sunday, July 6, 2008

2008-07-06T16:06:00.000-07:00

Next week will be last last show for a little while (2 months?).

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song:
Mt Royal - Mad Foxes - Come On
Women - s/t - Flashlights
Women - s/t - Shaking Hand
Four Tet - s/t - Ringer
Animal Collective - Water Curses EP - Seal Eyeing
The Pharmacy - Choose Yr Own Adventure - Choose Yr Own Adventure
The Pharmacy - Choose Yr Own Adventure - Mirror
Entire Cities - Deep River - Talkers
High Places - 03/07 - 09/07 - Head Spins (Extended Version)
High Places - 03/07 - 09/07 - Jump In (for Gilkey Elementary School)
The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me - Gloomy Planets
Ok Vancouver Ok - 28 to 29 - Privleges

Rob of Skankster's Paradise was 45 minutes late so I played these things because they were near me (and are all really good):

Royal City - Little Heart's Ease - Bring My Father a Gift
Macadamia Brothers - Cissura EP - George Pocock
Macadamia Brothers - Cissura EP - Kingdom 5KR
Macadamia Brothers - Cissura EP - Iranian Festivals
Macadamia Brothers - Cissura EP - Polycaprolactone
Macadamia Brothers - Cissura EP - DCD (genes)
No Age - most of Nouns

Sunday, June 29, 2008

2008-06-29T16:04:00.000-07:00

Cool new stuff on the show this week:

Women! The record is loud and droney and oh-so-good. Recommended for those who liked the new Liars record, or those who like loud and droney. It comes out next Tuesday (July 8th). Calgary! Woah! I'm excited about this band.

Old Life stuff. Old Life Records released a bunch of new Victoria things at the Friend Party on Tuesday. The long awaited 7-inches were released at the show and nearly all sold out that night. If you want one you better get on it quick. I played a tune off the Young Lions 7" bonus CD. I also played part of the Macadamia Brothers / Lake Country split tape. New (old) audio mediums! The split is a part of a recycled split tape series that Old Life will release throughout the Summer.

Luke filmed the whole show*. You can watch it all here.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song:
Think About Life - s/t - The Blue Sun
Miracle Fortress - Watery Grave - Forgiven
Tradition - s/t - Tradition
The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me - Good Lies
ii - Landlakes - Tropes
Videotape - My Favorite Thing - He the Moon
No Age - Nouns - Ripped Knees
Les Mouches - You're Worth More to Me Than 1000 Christians - Cities Become Less Important
Women - s/t - Lawncare
Women - s/t - Shaking Hand
Young Lions - 7" - Lansdowne
The Macadamia Brothers - Split Tape w/ Lake Country - Finger Time
The Macadamia Brothers - Split Tape w/ Lake Country - If You and I
The Macadamia Brothers - Split Tape w/ Lake Country - So Into You (Live at Camas)

*Except for Cobras. He was eating two-for-none pizza. Ooops.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

2008-06-22T16:07:00.000-07:00

Today had some noisier, rockier tunes. I particularly enjoyed the Women and Videotape tracks. Women are from Calgary. They play that noisy, psychedelic sort of rock music that doesn't feel the need to go fast. Slow and steady. They played two shows in Victoria last week. I only caught one of them, but woah...they were good. Their debut record comes out in early July on Flemish Eye. I'm excited for it.

Videotape are a band I randomly came across on the CFUV chart release wall. I think their name reminded me of Videohippos so I pulled it out. Like Women, they play lo-fi, reverb-heavy rock tunes. They hail from Ottawa and have just put out their self-released debut record My Favorite Thing. You could check that one out too.

The Old Life Records Friend Party is on Tuesday night. There are 15 Victoria bands playing, each playing one or two songs. It might prove to be a logistical nightmare, but should be a lot of fun. There is an outdoor show/picnic before-hand at 7:30 in the Vic High field. The main event is at Logans and starts right at 10. It's free so you can spend your extra money on beer and cool records.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Women - s/t - Black Rice
Videotape - My Favorite Thing - Night Lights
Cobras Cobras Cobras - Second Old Life Compilation - Dogcatcher
Hidden Cameras - Mississauga Goddam - The Fear is On
Katie Stelmanis - Join Us - Broken
Cause Co-Motion! - Who's Gonna Care 7" - Who's Gonna Care?
Times New Viking - Rip It Off - My Head
Yo La Tengo - Fakebook - The Summer
Pterodactyl - s/t - Esses
Infinite Body - Split with Emaciator - Split Excerpt
Mauled by Tigers - Dead Dog - Dead Dog, I'll Miss ICU
Ecstatic Sunshine - Love & Circuits: Cardboard Records Compilation - Crystal in the Sky
Necking - Love & Circuits: Cardboard Records Compilation - Swinging Ear
Young Lions - First Old Life Compilation - Bass Drum *****
Mr Baby - Love & Circuits: Cardboard Records Compilation - A Death in the Family

***** Marks your requests

Sunday, June 15, 2008

2008-06-15T17:03:00.000-07:00

That Ecstatic Sunshine track was long!

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Saturday Looks Good to Me - All Your Summer Songs - Meet Me By The Water
Stefana Fratila - Victory Square - Mes Fantomes Gries
The Blankket - Be Your Own Boss - I'm On Fire
Animal Collective - Water Curses - Water Curses
Ecstatic Sunshine - Way - Perrier
Dirty Projectors - Rise Above - Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
Joan of Arc - Boo Human - Laughter Reflected Back
No Age - Nouns - Things I Did When I Was Dead
SS Cardiacs - Out of Touch Records 7" - Oh No!
Play Guitar - Out of Touch Records 7" - Where They At?
Special Noise - Out of Touch Records 7" - Blue Bike
Spincycle Squared - Out of Touch Records 7" - Dirty Laundry
dd/mm/yyyy - Out of Touch Records 7" - Sell Me Virginity
Shotgun & Jaybird - Out of Touch Records 7" - Minutes Faster

Sunday, June 8, 2008

2008-06-08T15:01:00.000-07:00

Andrea was at Music Waste in Vancouver so I took over Gumdrops & Lollipops this Sunday. We have been alternating fill-ins for one another over the past month or so, but I think we will be back to the regular flow of things by next weekend. As usual, I tried to stick closer to the indie pop mandate of G&L. I hope you enjoyed the Stefana Fratila tracks I played. She was in town on Friday night opening for Aleks + the Ramps and Ok Vancouver Ok. I’m sure that everyone that was at the show enjoyed her set as much as I did. Stefana and her band mates are from Vancouver. This was their first gig in Victoria and hopefully they can make it back soon. You can check out her music here.

Also making their Victoria (and Canadian debut) on Friday night was Aleks + the Ramps, all the way from Melbourne, Australia. Apparently some of the residents of Fairfield were not as excited about Aleks + the Ramps' music as everyone in the audience was. Unfortunately, noise complaints had to cut their set short, but that short set really was amazing. They head off to Toronto on Wednesday for a few NXNE show, followed by a mini tour of Ontario and Quebec. Hopefully they all decide to come back to Canada soon. Here is a sample (from an Australian gig) of how fun their live show is, complete with choreographed dance introduction.

The Ramps inspired me to do an all Melbourne hour on Carload of Whatever this week. I really am pretty out of touch with the Australian music scene, but I got a sort of crash course in it from the Ramps this weekend. All the members of the band seem to be quite involved in other Melbourne projects, so it was really easy to delve into the Melbourne music scene. Jon Tjhia (of the Ramps) gave me a couple CDs, which made up the majority of the show. He is also a member of the group ii. ii are an experimental, ambient group who have just put out their amazing debut record landlakes. If you like strange, droney music as much as I do I highly recommend checking them out. You can find landlakes through Sydney's Feral Media. I hope you enjoyed some of the tracks in the all Melbourne playlist this week.

Vincat are making their grand return home from an extensive cross Canada tour this weekend. To mark the occasion they are playing two shows...an all ages party on Friday night at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship, and a bar show on Saturday night at Lucky. Both shows are with Edmonton's Hot Panda (who just signed to Mint Records!). Young Lions are opening the all ages show, fresh from an appearance at Music Waste. This will be fun.

Friday, June 13
Vincat, Hot Panda, Young Lions at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship (2124 Chambers st at Princess Ave - map here) - 7 PM - ALL AGES!

Saturday, June 14
Vincat, Hot Panda at Lucky Bar - 8 to 10:30 PM - 19+

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Gumdrops and Lollipops playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Beach House - Beach House - Saltwater
Watercolour Paintings - Get Out of the Way or a Whale Will Swallow You - Happyships
Greenbelt Collective - Our Homes - This Hill Used to be a Valley
Almonds, Cohen - Ontario (on Stereo!) - Cleveland Family Fued
Vincat - Inner Space EP - Rocketship Construction
Hot Panda - Whale Headed Girl - Chinatown Bus
Stefana Fratila - Victory Square - Hello, Lady Reed
Stefana Fratila - Victory Square - I Dissect, You Progress
Ok Vancouver Ok - The Balcony - The Balcony
Ok Vancouver Ok - I Get So Drunk About Songs About Love - I Get So Drunk About Songs About Love

Carload of Whatever playlist:

Melbourne-mania!

Artist - Album - Song
Aleks + the Ramps - Canada Tour EP 2008 - Hey Owl
Denim Owl - Demo - I'm on Fire
ii - Landlakes - We Ate Everyone
Pompey - Brother Sister Records Compilation - Fifty Gallon Drum
Inquiet - Brother Sister Records Compilation - Fresh Flesh
Holland - Brother Sister Records Compilation - Random Pop
Directorsound - Brother Sister Records Compilation - Before the March
Drama for Yamaha - EP - No More Ease
The Motifs - Matches EP - For a Clear Day
Flying Scribble - Vessels - Don't Follow Me
Barrage - Hero or Dirt? - Hour of Pink Dominoes
Scissors for Sparrow - Demo - Pitter Pattern

Fill ins

2008-06-07T14:24:00.001-07:00

Andrea and I keep coming and going it seems. I am doing two hours this Sunday, filling in for Gumdrops & Lollipops, and then doing my regular hour. I have a stack of new Australian things to play.

I'm also filling in for The Action Index on Thursday from 6 30 to 8. Breaking out of the Sunday afternoon slot...Woah.

Sunday, May 25, 2008

2008-05-25T17:04:00.000-07:00

I filled in for Gumdrops and Lollipops this week as Andrea could not make it. Being an indie-pop show, I tried to play some indie-pop in the hour. Usually when I fill in for Andrea I end up playing a Beat Happening song, a Belle & Sebastian song, a Tullycraft song and a Magnetic Fields song. I like doing that. I feel like I can diverge a little from my usual program where I try to play "newer" stuff and just play some tried and true hits. Smash hits.

In the hour we talked a bit about the Sub Pop 20th anniversary. The Vaselines are reuniting to play this event, after over 15 years of inactivity. This will also be their first ever American gig. The festival takes place just outside Seattle on July 12th and 13th. Wolf Parade, No Age and Eric's Trip are also playing, amongst many others. More info can be found here.

I also talked about a festival happening the following weekend in Anacortes, called What the Heck Fest. From their site: "What The Heck Fest will be an assortment of musical performances, meals, movies, accidental happenings, lake swimmings, friend makings, and etc." Some acts playing are Ô Paon (Genevieve Castre / Wolev), Mount Eerie, Calvin Johnson, the Blow, D+, Karl Blau, and a bunch of other names I don't recognize, but I'm sure are fantastic. I think this will be my festival visit for the summer. The whole go outside in a big hot field with thousands of people to watch hundreds of bands on multiple stages play twenty-minute sets kind of festival doesn't really appeal to me. I think the organizers of festivals like Track & Field in Guelph, Over the Top in Toronto and What the Heck have a good thing going by focusing on smaller scale events. This is what I envision for Victoria one day. Maybe next summer's project...

Gumdrops and Lollipops Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Think About Life - s/t - Fireworks
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs - The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
The Vaselines - The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History - Molly's Lips
Saturday Looks Good to Me - Fill Up the Room - Even if you Die on the Ocean
Beat Happening - You Turn Me On - Noise
Tullycraft - Every Scene Needs a Centre - Georgette Plays a Goth
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress - I'm a Cuckoo
Greenbelt Collective - Our Homes - Car Planet
Ok Vancouver Ok - I Get So Drunk About Songs About Love - Canchor Anchor
The Weird Weeds - I Miss This - Red
Shapes and Sizes - Split Lips, Winning Hips, A Shiner - Victory in War
Vincat - Inner Space EP - Rocketship Construction

...

I think I broke my record for most songs played in one hour on Carload of Whatever this week. This was partially from me feeling talked-out after the first hour, but the second half of the show was made up of quick 2-minute songs which also helped.

dd/mm/yyyy are playing in Victoria on June 5 opening for Crystal Castles. That will be crazy.

The second half of the show probably would have worked better as a whole hour. I ran out of time at the end, but the idea was to play two songs each from bands with two members who make similar sounding noisy songs. With the exception of Speical Noise, all these bands know each other and have played and toured together. Some of these artists frequently find spots on Carload of Whatever playlists, but playing a whole bunch of these songs in a row was really fun and I think made for a good show. Plus, the new No Age record is really, really good. Two-person bands!

Carload of Whatever Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Lake Country - Second Old Life Records Compilation - Hard Days Hard Nights
The Macadamia Brothers - Second Old Life Records Compilation - Kingdom 5KR
Deerhunter - Fluorescent Grey EP - Fluorescent Grey
Animal Collective - Water Curses - Water Curses
dd/mm/yyyy - Are They Masks? - White Lines

Two-person-bands-making-similar-noise-set:
High Places - Ancient Almanac 7" - Head Spins
High Places - Demo - Golden
Japanther - s/t 7" - 1 to 10
Japanther - Skuffed up my Huffy - River Phoenix
No Age - Nouns - Miner
No Age - Nouns - Eraser
Video Hippos - Unbeast the Leash - Narwhals
Video Hippos - Unbeast the Leash - Downfall
Special Noise - The Year EP - Fun Died

...also, I won't be here next week. Andrea will be there in my place.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

2008-05-24T20:11:00.000-07:00

I haven't been all that busy lately, but for some reason I have been having a hard time updating this page. I've been trying to learn some Italian. I've been making pasta salad. I've been sitting in Beacon Hill Park. I'll try to update this more frequently, but I have a feeling that the summertime makes people less inclined to read blogs, as I become less inclined to update mine. However...the summertime seems like a good time to listen to the radio!

This week's show was really great. Laura Barrett stopped by the studio and we spent the entire hour talking about her kalimba project, among other things. She played a bunch of songs for us as well. I have it recorded and I will post it soon (hopefully). Laura told me that it is fine to post the songs, so you will be able to download the interview as well as the session recordings.

Hopefully you made it out to Laura's show on Sunday night at Camas. I believe her music needs to be seen to understand really how talented she is. The Macadamia Brothers' debut performance was equally spectacular and No Gold really blew me away as I had no idea what they sounded like before the show. They make you dance. I hope they can come back soon.

I'm filling in for Andrea this week so Carload of Whatever will be a special 2-hour show from 3-5 PM. Call in and make requests. I'll try to fit in some indie-pop for the G&L fans.

Next fun event:

Friday, June 6th:
OK VANCOUVER OK
Aleks and the Ramps (all the way from Australia)
Stefana Fratila

at Con Brio Music (May and Moss) at 8 PM.

There are some other fun ideas in the works for that night, mostly involving a park and a kitchen, but also maybe bikes.

Does anyone have any pictures from the Laura Barrett show on Sunday night?

I went away....

2008-05-14T21:10:00.000-07:00

...but now I am back. Thanks a lot to Troy of the Action Index and Blake & Simon of Beating Around the Bush for filling in for me once again on such short notice.

This Sunday Laura Barrett will be joining me on the show for an interview and live studio performance. Laura Barrett is a classically trained musician, currently focusing on a solo kalimba project. I have seen her play several times in Toronto and have always been blown away by her performance. Laura is also a member of the Hidden Cameras and Henri Faberge & the Adorables. Her debut recording, the Earth Sciences EP was recently re-released by Paper Bag records and she has just finished up a brand new full length. Tune in! It will be lots of fun!

Laura Barrett will be playing an all ages show on Sunday night after she stops by CFUV. The show is taking place at Camas Book and Info Shop at Quadra and Kings and is a part of Laura's cross-Canada tour. Also performing will be No Gold who are visiting from Vancouver, as well as a debut performance from Victoria's the Macadamia Brothers. You don't want to miss it! Doors are at 7:30 and the show will start at 8:30 sharp. Bring your friends!

Just to reiterate:

LAURA BARRETT, No Gold and The Macadamia Brothers - Sunday, May 18 at Camas Book and Info Shop (at Quadra & Kings), doors at 7:30, show at 8:30!

Also...on the right there is a link to some old interviews I have done on the show.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

2008-04-20T16:13:00.000-07:00

Today was pretty straight-forward. Not too much talking on my part meant I got more songs in than I usually do. I got into some new stuff from Destroyer and the Constantines, as well as some old stuff from Dinosaur Jr and Joan of Arc. Nothing too weird.

There are some fun things going on in Victoria this upcoming week:

April 24
Colourbook, Ghosts, Vincat at Logan's Pub, $5

April 25
The Blankket, Blanck, Almonds, Cohen at Camas Bookstore, $5, doors at 8

The Blankket is the solo project from Steve Kado. Steve is a founder of the Blocks Recording Club, as well as a member/former member of Ninja High School, The Hidden Cameras, Lenin I Shumov, Barcelona Pavillion, Germans, Jon-Rae and the River, and a few others that I cannot remember. He is a crazy person to watch perform. To quote Bob Wiseman, "The show will be good. It will be intense." The show also doubles as a sort of Old Life Records Compilation release party. Look at Cody's nice poster.

Tune in next week as I should have an interview with Steve to air for you.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Kevin Drew - Spirit If... - Farewell to the Pressure Kids
Vermicious Knid - Smalltown Devotion / Hometown Compulsion - Glowing Boys
Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams - Blue Flower / Blue Flame
The Constantines - Kensington Heights - Shower of Stones
Baby Eagle - Baby Eagle - Let Wander Your Restless Heart
Shotgun & Jaybird - Trying to Get Somewhere - Lovers of the World Be on Time Tonight
Dinosaur Jr - Bug - Budge
Times New Viking - Rip It Off - Teen Drama
Videohippos - Unbeast the Leash - Narwhals
Beach House - Devotion - Astronaut
Joan of Arc - A Portable Model of - The Hands
Hidden Cameras - Mississauga Goddam - Music is my Boyfriend
Rural Alberta Advantage - EP - Rush Apart
Woodhands - Heart Attack - Breaking Up

Sunday, April 13, 2008

2008-04-13T16:09:00.000-07:00

Weird. Droney. Boring. Annoying. That's what the show was today. I enjoyed getting into some of the stuff that doesn't always fit in my show. Annoying is how most people I've talked to described the hour. Just be happy I ran out of time to get into Hair Police and Peter Brötzmann.

Still, I don't think this playlist was really all that weird. Sure, a 45-minute symphony of computer printers, or a lecture about a song is not exactly pop music, but I think all the stuff on here is exciting and interesting to listen to. It can be a challenge, but I think it can also be rewarding.

I guess I've just become a little disillusioned with my show and playing what feels like the same old thing each week. Apologies if the show was a struggle to listen to, but I hope you at least found something exciting in there. Perhaps putting everything strange together into one hour isn't the best way to go about playing these artists.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
The User - Symphony #2 For Dot Matrix - Track 11
Barr - Beyond Reinforced Jewel Case - Lights Out
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs - Experimental Music Love
Collapsing Opposites - Music and Words - Words
Deep Dark United - Ancient - Nun or a Bawd
PDF Format - Demo - God Only Knows 64
AIDSwolf - Lovers LP - The Hat Collector
Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid - The Exchange Session Vol. 1 - Electricity and Drum Will Change Your Mind
Spencer! - Live - Radio Canada Hulla Ballu
Bob Wiseman - The Legend - Buster

Sunday, April 6, 2008

2008-04-06T16:12:00.000-07:00

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Magic Weapon - Residue Hymns - Charles (the Red One)
Shapes and Sizes - Split Lips, Winning Hips, A Shiner - Teller / Seller
Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel - River Card
Why? - Alopecia - A Sky for Shoeing
Ecstatic Sunshine - Freckle Wars - Freckle Wars
Xiu Xiu - Women as Lovers - Under Pressure
Ok Vancouver Ok - I Get So Drunk About Songs About Love - Love's So Great!
High Places - Love and Circuits: Carboard Records Compilation - Canary
Maps and Atlases - Love and Circuits: Carboard Records Compilation - Song for Ghosts to Haunt to
Woelv - Tout Sans...... - Reconciliation
Woodhands - Heart Attack - Be Back Soon
Bocce - Hi Birdbear / Can't Reason Do It
Liars - Liars - Pure Unevil

Sunday, March 30, 2008

2008-03-30T17:07:00.000-07:00

On Easter Sunday I sat down with Bob Wiseman for breakfast and an interview. Bob has for years been one of my favorite musicians to watch perform. His over 20 years worth of experience in the Canadian music scene also makes for an interesting interview. Bob and I talked about touring with Feist, his days in Blue Rodeo, the Blocks Recording Club and being a member of the Hidden Cameras. You can download the interview in three parts here:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Bob's new live record The Legend is now available at his shows, or through the Blocks mail order. As I said last week, The Legend is a great example of how enjoyable a Bob Wiseman show is. The artwork is courtesy of the Toronto Punch Clock Collective.

On the show today I also talked about a new poll being conducted by CBC Radio 3 asking "What is the best independent record store in Canada?" A round of public submissions has been compiled into a list of eligible stores across Canada. On April 19th (which is apparently International Record Store Day) the poll results and "winner" will be announced.

Now, I've been to several of the stores on the list in various cities and it leaves me wondering how could the votes not just come down to city population? In general, most of the record stores on this list are great shops with strikingly similar selections. I guess what it really comes down to is sentimental value of a shop - that and its staff. From what I can gather, it looks like it is a battle between Rotate This, Soundscapes, both in Toronto, and Zulu Records in Vancouver. These would sort of be the obvious choices for the winner of this poll. After scanning through the nearly 250 comments on the CBC Radio 3 site, I only came across two mentions of Victoria's Ditch Records, with the overwhelming majority favoring the mentioned shops in Toronto and Vancouver.

Obviously the poll is just for fun, and the "winner" really represents how many people have been to a shop rather than how good it is. Still, it is cool to look at the list of independent record shops operating across Canada and I am interested to see how the poll pans out. I'm hoping for an underdog victory. I voted for Ditch. Maybe you will too.

You can see the list and vote here.

EDIT:

The list has been narrowed down to a top 20. You can see that list and vote here.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Bob Wiseman - It's True - What's Wrong With This Picture?
Bob Wiseman - Theme and Variations - Who Am I?
Bob Wiseman - It's True - Fluke Fluke Fluke
Bob Wiseman - The Legend - Luisa
Woodhands - Heart Attack - Dancer
Vincat - I Like Their Older Stuff Better - Aberdeen

Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008

2008-03-23T16:24:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter if it is your thing. Enjoy it; it won't be this early again for another 220 years.

I apologize again to anyone tuning in hoping to hear a Bob Wiseman interview. The station was all locked up for the holiday so I couldn't get the interview edited in time for the show. I'll definitely have it on the air next week. I picked up Bob's new live record The Legend at his show last night and played a few tracks off that to fill the void. The Legend is a live recording of a show Bob did in Halifax in 2004ish. I would highly reccomend it to any Bob Wiseman fan. There is just something about it...the banter...the crowd interaction...something that makes it a really enjoyable thing to listen to, though it only begins to capture how entertaining Bob's live show is.

High Places!

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Bob Wiseman - The Legend - Buster
Bob Wiseman - It's True - Born to Love You
Bob Wiseman - The Legend - Henry Moore Room
The Phonemes - There's Something We've Been Meaning to Do - Easter Suit
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs - Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity - Choco Fight
High Places - ???? - Shared Islands
Joy Division - The Complete BBC Recordings - Insight
Beach House - Devotion - Wedding Bell
The Macadamia Brothers - L'Effort - Aaargh Annual III
Laura Barrett - Earth Sciences EP - Smells Like Nirvana
Japandroids - Lullaby Death Jams - No Allegiance to the Queen
Henri Faberge & the Adorables - S/T - Dance Dance Revelation

Sunday, March 16, 2008

2008-03-16T17:03:00.001-07:00

Baltimore!

In an effort to keep things interesting today was a theme show all about Maryland's most populous center. A city I really knew nothing about, nor had any interest in, after digging into it a bit it quickly became clear that Baltimore has a really active art scene. I ran out of time and probably could do another hour playing bands out of the city, but on the whole I really enjoyed the bands I came across while putting this show together.

I cheated a bit at the end with Animal Collective and BARR. They USED to live in Baltimore, so it still counts. They all used to play in a band called Automine, but unfortunately it seems quite difficult to come across those recordings.

Tune in next week as I will have an interview with Bob Wiseman.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Beach House - S/T - Saltwater
Ecstatic Sunshine - Freckle Wars - Ramontana
Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings - Wham City
Video Hippos - Unbeast the Leash - Narwbals
Double Dagger - Ragged Rubble - The Psychic
Madagascar - Forced March - A Brief Stroll - The Velvet Parasol
Thank You - Terrible Two - Namen
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs - Kids on Holiday
BARR - Summary - Context Ender
Animal Collective - Here Comes the Indian - Panic ****

****Request for Sves!

Sunday, March 9, 2008

2008-03-09T20:45:00.000-07:00

FUNDRIVE!

Carload of Whatever successfully raised $280, $125 over my show goal! A huge thanks to Eric, Troy, Anne, Blake and my folks for dialing and donating during the hour.

In all the fundrive excitement I forgot to record my playlist. It really wasn't anything out of the ordinary, so it's no big loss. Instead lets talk about Victoria show rumors....

The Blankket in April!

Laura Barret in May!

Katie Stelmanis in June!

You know, these are just things I've heard, but I'm hoping they all happen.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

2008-03-02T16:59:00.000-08:00

Eric joined me in the studio again for a pretty entertaining show (then he took a picture). Andrea got in on the banter action and we found some space in the hour for the Strokes and Weezer. Eric and I unveiled the Carload of Whatever theme song which was played for the first and last time ever.

Some shows this week:

Friday, March 7th
Dylan Thomas & Your Vancouver Vipers, Balacade, Young Lions at Solstice Cafe. 7 bucks, show at 8.

Saturday, March 8th
Vincat Innerspace Release Party with Vincat, Run Chico Run, Candles and Hank Pine at Open Space. 10 bucks (though apparently less if dressed in a space suit), doors at 7. There will also be an art installation and film screening.

Both shows are all ages so let's all go!

Also, Old Life Records has put out a call for songs to fill the new compilation. Get on itt.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Using Projection Technology for Good Not Evil - Top 40 Hits - Secret Bonus Track
Hank! - Venning '91 - Lakeshore Report Diluted: Sources
Times New Viking - Rip It Off - Drop Out
The Blankket - Be Your Own Boss - I'm On Fire
Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel - River Card
Liars - S/T - What Would They Know
Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? - Tuff Ghost
The Strokes - Is This It? - Soma
Weezer - Pinkerton - Tired of Sex
Xiu Xiu - Women as Lovers - F.T.W.
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted - Summer Babe
Saturday Looks Good to Me - Fill Up the Room - Hands in the Snow
Anagram - Split 12" - Manic Indulgence
Born Ruffians - Hummingbird - Hummingbird ****

**** Marks your requests (For Steve P.)

Sunday, February 24, 2008

2008-02-24T17:06:00.000-08:00

A two hour show since Andrea was in Vancouver...Actually, it was a 1 hour 45 minute show because we were late. That was a first. Eric Kaluzny joined me in the studio from Ontario and brought some good (soulful) tunes and banter along with him. He's back on the show this Sunday.

Paper Bag Records just gave a proper release to Laura Barrett's Earth Sciences EP. Laura Barrett plays the kalimba, also known as an African thumb piano. She is a classically trained musician from Toronto and is a member of the Hidden Cameras. She also sings songs about robot ponies and covers Weird Al.

Xiu Xiu covers Freddie Mercury and David Bowie!

Playlist

Artist - Album - Song
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? - The Past is a Grotesque Animal
Video Hippos - Unbeast the Leash - Tooth Sub
Japanther - Dump the Body in Rikki Lake - Critical
Mahjongg - S/T - Those Birds Are Bats
Superfantastics - Choose Your Destination - Turn on Me
The Magnetic Fields - Distortion - Too Drunk to Dream
Beat Happening - You Turn Me On - Noise
Xiu Xiu - Women as Lovers - Under Pressure
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One - Moby Octopod
Laura Barrett - Earth Sciences EP - Robot Ponies
Final Fantasy - Live - Paris 1919
Constantines - 13 Songs - Arizona
Royal City - Alone at the Microphone - Bad Luck
Jim Guthrie - Now, More than Ever - Problems with Solutions
Brides - Queens - Play Glass
We're Marching On - Argh! Uuggh! Ahhh! - Shithawk
Eddie Floyd - Experience - It's Gotta Be That Way
Why? - The Hollows - Track 2

Sunday, February 10, 2008

2008-02-10T16:08:00.000-08:00

I won't be here next week, but the following week I will have a guest host in the studio...

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Deerhoof - Milkman - Desaparecere
The Notwist - Neon Golden - One Step Inside Doesn't Mean you Understand
Xiu Xiu - Women As Lovers - I Do What I Want When I Want
Germans - Cape Fear - No Job
Broken Social Scene - Bee Hives - Hallmark
Sountrack - There Will Be Blood - Proven Lands
Radiohead - In Rainbows - 15 Step
Animal Colective - Sung Tongs - Who Could Win A Rabbit
Woelv - Tout Seul dans la Fort en Plein Jour, Avez-Vous Peur? - Réconciliation
Woelv - Tout Seul dans la Fort en Plein Jour, Avez-Vous Peur? - L' Homme Qui Vient de Marcher Sur une Mine
Sandro Perri - Plays Polmo Polpo - Dreaming
Listening Party - Who Are We Missing? - Boy Scouts Honour
Do Make Say Think - Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn - Horns of a Rabbit

Sunday, February 3, 2008

2008-02-03T16:07:00.000-08:00

Mostly new records this week, however, I'm mostly excited about the new Woelv (aka Genevieve Castre) record. I think next week will be a theme show, just so things don't get too boring.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Octopus Project - Hello, Avalanche - Bees Bein' Strugglin'
Ring Snuten - Ta Det Lugnt - Unreleased
Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride - Autoclave
BARR - Summary - Half of Two Times Two
Woelv - Tout Seul dans la Fort en Plein Jour, Avez-Vous Peur? - La Petite Cane Dans La Nappe De Petrole
Beasts & Super Beasts - S/T - Five Fathers Father
Listening Party - Who Are We Missing? - Before the Night
The Flying Museum Band - Pray For... - Civil War
Mahjongg - S/T - Those Birds are Bats
Times New Viking - Rip It Off - My Head
Sonic Youth - Goo - Mote ****
Video Hippos - Unbeast the Leash - Tooth Sub

**** Marks your requests

Sunday, January 27, 2008

2008-01-27T16:07:00.000-08:00

Hey, those Aaargh Annual Shows are looking pretty fun.

My Woodhands vinyl is scratched which is very disappointing.

For Blake, the best way to get either of the Magic Weapon EPs is off of their site. Ditch used to have the older one, but I haven't seen there is a while.

Photo by Eric Kaluzny.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Bocce - Hi Birdbear / Can't Reason Do It - Again Again Again Again
White Williams - Smoke - New Violence
Why? - The Hollows - Dntel Remix
Holy Fuck - LP - Royal Gregory
Woodhands - 7" Split - Can't See Straight
Saturday Looks Good to Me - Fill Up The Room - Even If You Die on The Ocean
Magic Weapon - S/T - Cloudy People ****
The Magnetic Fields - Distortion - Old Fools
Patty Boyd - Old Life Records Compilation - Tourist
Swan Lake - Beast Moans - Bluebird
Pressure Cooker - Contents Under Pressure - Eggplant ****
Miracle Fortress - Watery Grave EP - Eschatology

**** Marks requests

Sunday, January 21, 2008

2008-01-17T20:04:00.000-08:00

Have you ever been to Manitoba? I had lunch there.

There is a brand new Magnetic Fields record out! I hate the album art. I love the Magnetic Fields though! I can't give a full statement on the record yet as I have not given it a solid listen, but none-the-less this is exciting.

Playlist

Artist - Album - Song
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell - Date With the Night
Video Hippos - Unbeast the Leash - Tooth Sub
Brides - Queens - Play Glass
Pixies - Live - Wave of Mutilation
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary - Fancy Claps
Magnetic Fields - Distortion - Too Drunk to Dream
Grizzly Bear - Friend - Knife (CSS Cover)
The Field - From Here We Go Sublime - Everday
Madvilain - Four Tet Remix - Money Folder
Liars - Liars - Freak Out

I hosted the Action Index on Thursday night to help out Troy Lemberg, who has helped me countless times in the past. I know nothing about hardcore, so I decided to revisit some old high school favorites.

Playlist

Artist - Album - Song
BARR - Summary - The Song is the Single
Barcelona Pavillion - EP - The Maganese
Minor Threat - Complete Discography - Look Back and Laugh
Fugazi - 13 Songs - Bulldog Front
Various - All Your Ears Can Hear - Nomeansno Too Much Dope
Cap'n Jazz - Anal - Little League
Leftover Crack - Mediocre Generica - Nazi White Trash
Refused - The New Noise Theology EP - New Noise
Video Hippos - Unbeast the Leash - Bear Fight
Japanther - Dump the Body in Rikki Lake - Critical
dd/mm/yyyy - Are They Masks? - Mr T Cereal

Sunday, January 13, 2008

2008-01-13T16:13:00.000-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA WONG!

Today we took a very brief look at Baltimore near the end of the show. I now realize that I could probably fill an entire show with Baltimore bands (maybe a future show theme). I played two songs off of the Video Hippos debut record which we just got into the station. They are a part of the Wham City collective, along with Dan Deacon and some other Baltimore artists. The Video Hippos record is called Unbeast the Leash and is completely different from what I remember of this band. I saw them play a few years ago and remember being pretty turned off by their sound. This record is more polished and has actual distinguishable songs and is really quite enjoyable from what I've heard so far. Think of a cross between Japanther and Dan Deacon. I recommend it.

We also talked a bit about Joy Division. I saw Control earlier in the week and have been in a very Joy Division mood ever since. I pulled out some old BBC Recordings that Joy Division did with John Peel in January of 1979. If you haven't seen Control I would recommend that as well.

Here's the playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Magic Weapon - Residue Hymns - Pipe Dreams
Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles - Crank Heart
Nifty - A Sparrow! A Sparrow! - Tinto De Verano
Katie Stelmanis - Join Us - In My Favor
Joy Division - The Complete BBC Recordings - Interview
Joy Division - The Complete BBC Recordings - Insight
Radiohead - BBC Session - Everything in it's Right Place
Video Hippos - Unbeast the Leash - Downfall
Video Hippos - Unbeast the Leash - Tooth Sub
Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings - Crystal Cat
Young Lions - EP? - Landsdowne

Sunday, January 6, 2008

2008-01-06T17:10:00.000-08:00

Happy 2008.

First show of the year for me, but nothing really too special going on in the playlist. Well, at least nothing new. The holiday season is a very slow time for new releases, and we have just hired a new music director at the station so we don't have many new records in right now. The show was two hours since Andrea Wong of Gumdrops and Lollipops had an unfortunate bicycle mishap and needed a last minute fill in. I tried to squeeze some indie pop in there to make up for her absence. She'll be back next week though so don't despair!

Ninja High School called it quits in December so I played a song in honor of their death. Over their relatively short life they put on some of the most insane shows I have ever been to. You know, the type of show where you are having lots of fun while simultaneously fearing for your personal safety. They probably took themselves as far as they could with such a ridiculous group, so their end comes as no real surprise. I think most people probably thought they would have ended it earlier than they did, but regardless the idea of no more shows from Ninja High School is somewhat saddening.

Last night was the first of four Covers for Cause shows here in Victoria and I would say it was quite a success. Who knew that Young Lions were actually a secret Strokes cover band and how can you not enjoy Dreamboat covering a Phil Collins epic? A fun night all around.

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
The Constantines - S/T (13 Songs) - Seven AM
Baby Eagle - No Blues - Baby Come on Home
Shotgun and Jaybird - Trying to Get Somewhere - Borrowed Mini Vans
Saturday Looks Good to Me - Fill Up The Room - Hands in the Snow
The Diskettes - Weeknights at Island View Beach - Museum
The Beat Happening - You Turn Me On - Noise
Yo La Tengo - A Smattering of Outtakes and Rarities - Tom Courtnay
The Owls - Daughters and Suns - Welcome to Monday ****
Jenni Omnichord - Cities of Gifts and Ghosts - Nintendo City
Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress - I'm a Cuckoo
Dreamboat - S/T - Sunbathin'
Ok Vancouver Ok - I Get So Drunk About Songs About Love - Love's So Great
Brides - Queens - Play Glass
The Rural Alberta Advantage - EP - Death Bridge in Lethbridge
Timber Timbre - Medicinals - There is a Cure
Sandro Perri - Tiny Mirrors - City of Museums
Benoit Pioulard - Fir 7" - Fir
Ninja High School - Young Adults Against Suicide - Shake it Off
dd/mm/yyyy - Are They Masks? - Mr T Cereal
Doseone - Skeleton Repellent - Ebreak
Why? - The Hollows (Single) - The Hollows
Xiu Xiu - The Hollows (Single) - Yo Yo Bye Bye (Why? cover)
The Creeping Nobodies - Split 12" - Sacrosanction
Sonic Youth - The Destroyed Room - Beautiful Plateau

**** Marks your requests

2007-12-27T10:49:00.000-08:00

Woah Shit...

Best of 2007

2007-12-16T16:05:00.000-08:00

Last show of 2007 so the obvious yearly rundown... Here are my favorite records from 2007 in no particular order:

Artist - Album
Colourbook - S/T
Balacade - Space Dog EP
Old Life Records Compilation
Holy Fuck - LP
Japanther - Skuffed up my Huffy
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Miracle Fortress - Five Roses
Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in Rust
Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
Ok Vancouver Ok - I Get So Drunk About Songs About Love

I try to go to lots of shows wherever I happen to be. Here are some of my favorite shows from 2007:

February 2 - Deerhoof at Richards on Richards in Vancouver
March 3 - Woodhands and the Screaming Eagles at Fairfield United in Victoria
May 5 - The Phonemes CD Release at the Whippersnapper Gallery in Toronto
July 1 - Do Make Say Think and Final Fantasy at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto
October 26 - Sunset Rubdown, Magic Weapon at Logan's Pub in Victoria

2007 was fun.

The next two weeks Kate Hollefreund will be in charge of Carload of Whatever which is very exciting. Kate used to do an electronic show on CFUV and was our former volunteer coordinator. If you love electro-pop tune the heck in.

I'm back in Ontario under a mountain of snow. The above photo is by Eric Kaluzny and appears here without his permission. Eric makes art in different places and maybe in 2008 we can convince him to make art in Victoria.

See you in 2008.

Sunday, December 9, 2007

2007-12-10T12:13:00.000-08:00

It was a special show today with Balacade in the studio for a live acoustic session. EDIT: Cody recorded the whole thing. You can download all the songs here. Click on the big picture and download the .zip file. I'm still working on getting a better quality recording up.

You can find Balacade's Space Dog EP at Ditch Records. If you are far away from Victoria, you can order it from Old Life Records. Balacade is at the Chrome Horse in Nanaimo this Friday along with Cobras Cobras Cobras. He is also playing (probably) in Victoria on December 30th (venue TBA) with some exciting people.

Next week is my last show of the year so you can probably expect the obnoxious 2007 rundown from me.

Sunday, December 2, 2007

2007-12-02T16:10:00.000-08:00

I kept talking about Cincinnati and Cleveland today. There was no real reason for that though. It just kept creeping into the show. Otherwise, I don't really have much to say about the playlist this week.

EDIT: Tune in next week as I will have Balacade in the studio for a live session and interview.

Here's the playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
The Hidden Cameras - Mississauga Goddam - The Fear is On
Japanther - Skuffed Up My Huffy - River Pheonix
Holy Fuck - LP - The Pulse
Think About Life - Demo? - Track 7?
Miracle Fortress - Watery Grave EP - Forgiven
White Williams - Smoke - New Violence
Chromatics - After Dark - Hands in the Dark
Jeffrey Lewis - 12 Crass Songs - End Result
Saturday Looks Good to Me - Fill Up the Room - When I Lose my Eyes
Barmitzvah Brothers - Let's Express Our Motives - Projectionist
Hey Everyone - Broken Horse - The Crow Was a Leader
Radiohead - In Rainbows - Videotape
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam - Peacebone

There was a Why? remix by Dntel on the playlist somewhere, but apparently I forgot to write it down.

Sunday, November 25, 2007

2007-11-25T16:09:00.000-08:00

It was SOCAN week up at CFUV, which basically means that all the programmers play as much Canadian stuff as possible and spend too long filling out extra paperwork. I'm not really sure how the whole thing works, but all the Canadian artists who are registered with SOCAN get a few cents when we play their songs. In honour of the occasion it was an all Canadian show on Carload of Whatever. Ironically only one of these artists is registered with SOCAN. Can you guess who it is??!!

Noteworthy on the playlist are the Ok Vancouver Ok and Collapsing Opposites tracks. Both bands were in town on Saturday night, but I know you weren't there unless you were Cody, Andrea, Andrew or Jordan. As summed up well by Cody, "I guess we're not influential bloggers." The lack of attendance was a shame, but a great night none-the-less. Don't miss out next time around. I've come to realize how disconnected I am from the Vancouver music scene, so I felt like Saturday's show was a good little introduction.

The Barmitzvah Brothers song was about Show Promoters and how no one ever comes to shows. The Barmitzvah Brothers thank the promoters for their hard work. Their new album is called Let's Express Our Motives and is full of "under-appreciated job songs." Maybe your job is honoured with a song.

Woah, new Holy Fuck....woah, old Barcelona Pavilion....

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Holy Fuck - LP - Super Inuit
Woodhands - 7" Split - Can't See Straight
Barcelona Pavilion - EP - The Manganese
Republic of Safety - Passport - Quoin Quoin
The Barmitzvah Brothers - Let's Express Our Motives - Show Promoter
Ok Vancouver Ok - I Get So Drunk About Songs About Love - Pink et Bleu
Collapsing Opposites - Inside Chance - What's That Sound
The Screaming Eagles - Enemy Gold - Newsies!
Balacade - Space Dog EP - I Just Want More
The Phonemes - EP - Steeples and People
Sound Stories - Spiral Ship - I Was Alive Pt 2
Nifty - A Sparrow! - Tinto de Verano

P.S. Old Life Records has a fancy new website! Check it out! Order records!

2007-11-10T19:54:00.000-08:00

Gang, I'm in Montreal this Sunday and Toronto next Sunday so you will have two lovely fill-ins taking over for me. Sunday, November 11th the lengendary Andrea Wong will extend the fun-loving program Gumdrops and Lollipops into a two hour long show. On Sunday, November 18th the mighty Troy Lemberg will play music for you. You don't want to miss this. Carload of Whatever will resume Sunday, November 25th and I'll probably have new records to play for you. Also, keep an eye out for the new Renegade Radio which should be out in the relatively near future.

Sunday, November 4, 2007

2007-11-04T16:09:00.000-08:00

There is a fun fun time going on at Logan's on Tuesday night. Jon Rae is cancelling a day of camping on the island to come and play for us in Victoria. He will be joined by your favorite band Colourbook and their friends Octoberman from Vancouver. Kicking things off will be Balacade, though I don't think with a full band anymore because the band doesn't know the songs yet. 6 bones. Crazy.

Here's the playlist from this week:

Artist - Album - Song
Octopus Project - Hello, Avalanche - I Saw the Bright Shinies
Efterklang - Parades - Mirador
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup - A Sunday Smile
N.I.F.T.Y. - A Sparrow! A Sparrow! - Fill the Arena with Sand
Panda Bear - Person Pitch - Comfy in Nautica
Saturday Looks Good to Me - Fill Up the Room - Hands in the Snow
Born Ruffians - Hummingbird - Hummingbird
Man Man - Six Demon Bag - Van Helsing Boombox ****
Colourbook - Colourbook - Lung Fung
Magic Weapon - Residue Hymns EP - Sandstorms
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One - Deeper into Movies

**** Marks your requests

Sunday, October 28, 2007

2007-10-28T16:12:00.000-07:00

Today I gave away tickets to Caribou. If you didn't win them but still want to go I believe Ditch still has tickets. There were a few new things on the show this week that I have been looking forward to hearing for a while. Notably, the brand new Magic Weapon EP titled Residue Hymns. Hopefully you made it out early enough on Friday night to catch them opening for Sunset Rubdown. On the last Magic Weapon EP the group was made up of Jordan Robson-Cramer and Mathieu Malouf. This time around we see the group taking the form of the JRC and Matt Shane (of Think About Life) on drums. There is also some guitar action here and there from Shapes and Sizes dude Rory Seydel. Maybe you know these people because they are all former Victoria dudes who now call Montreal home. As a whole Residue Hymns is a lot better recorded which makes it less noisy and dissonant than the EP that preceded it. This is all very nicely packaged with artwork by Matt Shane. Ditch might have some copies, otherwise you can get in touch with Magic Weapon and work something out.

Also new and exciting, the brand new Saturday Looks Good to Me album Fill Up the Room. This release sees the band making its debut on K Records along with a few lineup changes.

Also noteworthy is the album from Hey Everyone called Broken Horse. This is a group I was introduced to right before my show and I really can't find out much about them. As far as I can tell they are from somewhere in the interior of BC. They sent CFUV their CD recently and I have been really enjoying it. If you know anything else about them I'd love to know.

Playlist

Artist - Album - Song
Windon Earle - Gold Wave - Kitten vs. Pegasus
Magic Weapon - Residue Hymns - Charles (The Red One)
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Etiquette - Young Shields
Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala - The Opposite of Hallelujah
Hey Everyone - Broken Horse - The Sun Shines On
(Weather Report) Bob Wiseman - It's True - What's Wrong With This Picture
Jenny Omnichord - Cities of Gifts and Ghosts - Nintendo City
Saturday Looks Good to Me - Fill Up the Room - Edison Girls
Caribou - Andorra - Melody Day
The Diableros - Aren't Ready for the Country - Telepathic Love
Vermicious Knid - Smalltown Devotion / Hometown Compulsion - Pop Ideal
Burr - Mixed CD from Victoria Mixed Tape Exchange - This Song is the Single and the Single Sucks
The Phonemes - There's Something We've Been Meaning to Do - Oh Sleep

Sunday, October 21, 2007

2007-10-21T15:07:00.000-07:00

Andrea was in Vancouver so Carload of Whatever was two hours this week. Lots of songs, though I can't manage to put together anything worth talking about.

The guy (Matt Smith) who sings on the Les Mouches track Spalding Man opened for Final Fantasy last night and brought general confusion to the faces of many of the middle-aged men and women in my row of pews. He now goes by Nifty and he proved that Owen is not the only former Les Mouches member who can play with looping pedals. You were probably there though, so no need to recap.

MIXED TAPES MIXED CDS MIXED ZINES FUN

Playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam - Peacebone
Radiohead - In Rainbows - 15 Step
Manitoba - Jacknuggeted Single - Thistles and Felt
The Halo Benders - The Rebels Not In - Your Asterisk
Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap - Dirty Dream Number Two
The Dirty Projectors - Rise Above - Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
Deep Dark United - Ancient - Zut!
Drumheller - Wives - Acrobat
Woolly Leaves - Quiet Waters - People and the Planets
Sound Stories - Spiral Ship - I Was Alive Pt 2
John Cale - Paris 1919 - Paris 1919
Final Fantasy - Life at WFMU - What Do You Think Will Happen Next?
Les Mouches - You're Worth More to me Than 1,000 Christians - Spalding Man
Old Time Relijun - Catharsis in Crisis - Indestructible Life
dd/mm/yyyy - Are They Masks? - White Lines
Kevin Drew - Spirit If... - Gang Bang Suicide ****
Femme Generation - The Future Called They Want Their Sound Back - Orlando Bloom (RAC Mix)
Hank! - Venning '91 - Lakeshore Report Diluted: Sources
Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology - Little League
AIDSwolf - Clash of the Life Force Warriors - Letter to Al Johnson
Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover - The Courtesan Has Sung / Winged/Wicked Things
Laura Barrett - Earth Sciences EP - Deception Island Optimists Club

**** Marks your requests

Sunday, October 14, 2007

2007-10-14T16:05:00.000-07:00

Free shit Sunday. Today we gave away tickets to Great Lake Swimmers. They are at Lucky Bar on Friday night. Andrea gave away Russian Futurists tickets. They are at Logan's on Monday. Louis gave away tickets to Final Fantasy. He is at Alix Goolden Hall on Sunday. There are still tickets available to all these shows if you want to go. You probably should.

We started off the show this week with nice, pretty music and descended into dancey, noisey chaos, only to emerge on the other side with a nice old Magnetic Fields classic and a new Sunset Rubdown epic.

Highlights from the playlist include the Hot Loins Buzzkill 7". Hot Loins reside in East Vancouver and make really spastic music. You can find them on the Broadway to Boundary label, who are into putting out bits of noisey Vancouver music on coloured (and sometimes square-shaped) vinyl. Also noteworthy was the Jenny Omnichord track. A member of Guelph's The Barmitzvah Brothers, Jenny Omnichord has just put out her solo album Cities of Gifts and Ghosts. It was recorded all over Ontario with lots of great musical guests. The omnichord is a plastic electronic musical device built by Suzuki. As Jenny says, "it's time for the omnichord to take its rightful position among the upper echelons of musical instruments." This is important.

If you have the opportunity, check out more of Geneviève Castrée's music and art. She is on tour right now.

Do you love mixed tapes? Zines? Do you love amazing ideas? Are you not a University of Victoria librarian? Click here. It explains my photo this week.

Here's the playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
múm - Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy - Blessed Bramble
Jenny Omnichord - Cities of Gifts and Ghosts - Lottery
Blanck - Birds Attack - Lunch Time
Sandro Perri - Tiny Mirrors - City Museums
Geneviève Castrée - Pomplemoussi - Chanson Pour le Tigre
Chromatics - After Dark Compilation - Hands in the Dark (Dark Day)
Kid606 - Pretty Girls Make Raves - Let it Rock
Japanther - Skuffed up my Huffy - The Boss
Hot Loins - 7" - Buzzkill
The Magnetic Fields - The Wayward Bus - 100,000 Fireflies
Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover - The Taming of the Hands That Came Back to Life

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P.S. Carload of Whatever will be from 3-5 PM this Sunday. That means 2 hours worth of stuff. I'll try to toss in some Gumdrops and Lollipops approved tracks for all of you diehard G&L fans out there.

Sunday, October 7, 2007

2007-10-07T16:15:00.000-07:00

Happy Thanksgiving. That's me in the top left waiting to dive into 'ol Grandma's turkey feast. In honor of the occasion I played a track by the fittingly titled group Thanksgiving. I was introduced to them in the 5 minutes before my show, but could not pass up the opportunity to play them today.

The show this week saw a lot of vinyl. Notably on the playlist was the Miracle Fortress cover of John Cale's Hanky Panky Nohow. The track appears as the B-side to the Have You Seen It In Your Dreams 12" single. Miracle Fortress didn't win the Polaris Prize, but his record Five Roses was just released in Europe on Rough Trade so I'm sure he is still happy.

A big new release this week from Sunset Rubdown. I haven't sat down with the whole album yet but I've really enjoyed what I have heard. Sunset Rubdown are at Logan's on October 26th with Magic Weapon and Johnny & the Moon. Act quick if you want to go. This is a homecoming of sorts for 50% of Sunset Rubdown and 100% of Magic Weapon. It promises to be a fantastic evening.

Also noteworthy on the playlist was the brand new Young Lions track Mary. The track is from a Young Lions demo CD I received, but we should see it in a proper release soon in the new year. Definitely keep an eye out for that.

Japanther!

Here's the playlist:

Artist/Album/Song
Deerhoof - Reveille - This Magnificent Bird Will Rise
Liars - S/T - Freak Out
dd/mm/yyyy - Are They Masks? - Mr. T Cereal
Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover - The Mending of the Gown
Miracle Fortress - Have You Seen In Your Dreams 12" - Hanky Panky Nohow
Andre Ethier - Andre Ethier on Blue Fog - Never Grow Tired of Me
Benoit Pioulard - Fir 7" - Fir
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam - Chores
Charles Mingus - Cornell 1964 - Meditations
Japanther - Skuffed Up My Huffy - Vagabond
Young Lions - Demo - Mary
Thanksgiving - We Could Be Each Other's Evidence - Comets

Sunday, September 30, 2007

2007-09-30T17:01:00.000-07:00

Who doesn't love Japanther!? They have a new album out in Canada on Eric Warner's Toronto based label We Are Busy Bodies. The album is called Skuffed Up My Huffy.

Reasons Japanther are the coolest band:
1) Their name.
2) They sing into telephones instead of microphones (most important reason).
3) Samples. Samples which are played off tape decks.
4) Backwards drums
5) Songs about skipping school (sung by men in their twenties).
6) Always being on tour (nine times in two years!).
7) Every song is pretty much the same.
8) It is impossible not to dance.
9) They only play in rooms that are way too hot and way too small.
10) Noisy! Fun!!!

This is the first Japanther album in the CFUV library which is cause for celebration. To embrace this, I will play Japanther for many weeks to come on Carload of Whatever. Japanther were supposed to play a show here in Victoria earlier this summer with dd/mm/yyyy but unfortunate circumstances (and general disorganization on my part) forced the show to be cancelled. One day...they will return.

Fun fact: I used to play in a band that sounded exactly like Japanther. Maybe you too were in Lorne Park in those glory days.

Also notable on the playlist is the Peta Haden track which is a cover of Journey's epic Don't Stop Believin'. If you haven't heard the cover yet you should probably go here and stream it.

Playlist

Artist - Album - Song:
Japanther - Skuffed Up My Huffy - River Pheonix
Japanther - Skuffed Up My Huffy - River Pheonix
Patty Boyd - Old Life Comp - Tourist
Almonds, Cohen - Ontario (On Stereo) - I Migrated With the Deer
Colourbook - S/T - The Wimbledon Riot
Petra Haden - Guilty By Association - Don't Stop Believin'
Baby Eagle - No Blues - Rainwater Blues
Leonard Cohen - Best of - Chelsea Hotel No 2
Kevin Drew - Spirit If... - Aging Faces
KC Accidental - Captured Anthems for an Empty Bathtub - Nancy and the Griddle Boy
Jenny Omnichord - Cities of Gifts and Ghosts - Moby

P.S. The new CFUV website is up!!! Thanks so much to Johanna and David for fixing the disaster of a page we used to have. Check it out here!

Sunday, September 23, 2007

2007-09-23T16:22:00.000-07:00

I've been far too busy so this is short. We said goodbye to summer with a Belle & Sebastian classic and examined the strange similarities between Japanther and Japandroids. Panthers vs Androids. Who would have thought... These playlists look so short. I guess I'm still adjusting to the one hour show.

Playlist

Artist - Album - Song
Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap - A Summer Wasting
The Gris Gris - S/T - Me Queda Um Bejou
Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy - Frozen GTR
Japanther - Skuffed Up My Huffy - Challenge
Japandroids - All Lies EP - Coma Complacency
dd/mm/yyy - Are They Masks? - Mr. T Cereal
Charles Mingus Sextet & Eric Dolphy - Cornell 1964 - AFTW You
Benoit Pioulard - Precis - Together and Down
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam - Fireworks
Kevin Drew - Spirit If... - Backed Out On The...

Sunday, September 16, 2007

2007-09-16T17:14:00.001-07:00

I'm now back to a one-hour time slot. Carload of Whatever is now from 4-5 PM. These changes had to be made so that Gumdrops and Lollipops could rejoin the regular Sunday afternoon programming. After a four-month absence it's good to once again see G & L on the schedule right before Carload of Whatever.

There is some great new stuff into the station this week. I've been running around so I haven't had much time to become fully acquainted with each album, but noteworthy are new releases from The Go! Team and the increasingly influential and original Animal Collective. Also a highlight on the show this week was Royal City covering the Strokes' droner Is This It? I still find it a little strange how Royal City decided to cover the Strokes but I must say they did a great job with the track and made me realize just how good of a song it really is. The track was not officially released, but if you want to hear it just ask. Royal City called it quits nearly four years ago, but former Royal City drummer Nathan Lawr has just released his new solo album with lots of appearances from old friends.

On the show I was excited about the fact that Germans are finally coming to town, but upon further inquiries I have found that they have had to cancel their west coast tour AGAIN! Their van broke down and they have no money so we will have to wait a little longer.

Here is the playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam - Peacebone
The Go! Team - Proof of Youth - Doing it Right
Henri Faberge and the Adorables - Henri - Crawl Back
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Etiquette - Bobby Malone Moves Home
Handsome Furs - Plague Park - What We Had ***
Germans - Cape Fear - No Job
Liars - S/T - Pure Unevil
Architecture in Helsinki - Places Like This - Lazy (Lazy) ***
Royal City - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before - Is This It?
Nathan Lawr and the Minotaurs - A Sea of Tiny Lights - Righteous Heart
Sommer - Old Life Compilation - I'll Scratch Your Head If You Scratch Mine
Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings - Idioteque
Torngat - You Could Be - Many Faces, Many Places
Vermicious Knid - Smalltown Devotion/Hometown Compulsion - Glowing Boys
Ohbijou - Swift Feet For Troubling Time - The Woods
Pavement - Crooked Rain - Range Life
The Walkmen - Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone - Wake Up ***

*** Marks your requests

Sunday, September 9, 2007

2007-09-09T17:04:00.000-07:00

This week a large portion of the show was devoted to "Toronto's evil super group" Holy Fuck. I caught up with the band on Thursday evening right before they played the first show of their west coast stint with Wolf Parade. Thanks a lot to Ronan O'Leary from Beggars for setting up the interview. The interview was supplemented with three tracks off the band's tour only vinyl EP. Some of those songs can be streamed here, otherwise you can wait until October 23 when the band's new album is released via their new label Young Turks (part of the Beggars Group). Hopefully you made it out to the show in time to catch Holy Fuck on Thursday as they are one of Canada's most exciting live acts to watch. They played a song using a toy telephone. If you want to hear the interview here it is:

Holy Fuck Interview

There was lots of vinyl on the show this week in addition to Holy Fuck. Notable on the playlist is the Anagram track off of a 12" split they did with The Creeping Nobodies. We also explored the Dirty Projectors take on the Black Flag track Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie. The Dirty Projectors new album Rise Above is a wild remake of the first Black Flag album Damaged and is definitely worth checking out, if not just purely for the insanity of the whole project.

Here's the playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Liars - S/T - Freak Out
Anagram - Split 12" - Manic Indulgence
New Buffalo - Somewhere, Anywhere - Emotional Champ
Royal City - Alone at the Microphone - You are the Vine
Wolf Parade - EP - Killing Armies
Holy Fuck - 12" EP - Safari
Holy Fuck - 12" EP - The Pulse
Holy Fuck - 12" EP - Lovely Allan
John Cale - Paris 1919 - Paris 1919 (String Mix)
Black Flag - Damaged - Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
Dirty Projectors - Rise Above - Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
Lou Reed - Transformer - Vicious
New Pornographers - Challengers - My Rights Vs. Yours

Old Life Records Interview

2007-09-05T13:21:00.000-07:00

After a hard drive crash and a lot of dealing with the Mac geniuses, my computer is back in operation so as promised I have edited the interview with Old Life's Cody Spencer. The entire thing is about an hour and a half in duration, which may sound long, but keep in mind there is nearly 50 minutes worth of music mixed in. I cut out some of the ads and announcements that would have normally been heard on the air. Unfortunately the Sommer track got cut off. Apologies to Miles for that, but you can stream the song here or download the entire compilation here or else just wait a little longer and buy Sommer's album Soft Wish.

Old Life Records Interview PART ONE
Old Life Records Interview PART TWO

The files should run in iTunes, but let me know if you are having trouble playing it as I have never posted a show before. Cody has told me the bands are almost done recording the tracks for the Old Life 7-inch releases. I might have a sneak preview of these tracks in an upcoming show so stay tuned.

Sunday, September 2, 2007

2007-09-02T17:05:00.000-07:00

What happened to August? I disappeared for three shows due to weekends spent in Toronto, Vancouver and Seattle. I'm finally back to what looks like will be a more steady run of shows. This week I was joined in the studio by former Sunday afternoon CFUV staple Andrea Wong. The hour and a half was filled with generally unimportant banter but we danced around the station a lot while the songs were playing and the new students were looking in. Highlights included a very positive 'stay in school' track from a Think About Life demo disc and a public service announcement read by studio loiterer Caitlin Shane. I'm still working on getting that Old Life interview up. The picture on this post is the cover from the new Caribou album Andorra. There's no reason I posted it really, I just needed to make the post look nicer. Caribou is in town playing a show on Halloween. Go to it.

Here's the playlist:

Artist - Album - Song
Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress - Wrapped up in Books
Beat Happening - You Turn Me On - Teenage Caveman
Chris Bathgate - A Cork Tale Wake - Every Wall You Own
Caribou - Andorra - Melody Day
Holy Fuck - S/T - Bontempi Latin
!!! - Louden Up Now - Me and Giuliani Down By the Schoolyard (A True Story)
Justice - Cross - D.A.N.C.E.
Torngat - You Could Be - You Could Be
Dirty Projectors - Rise Above - What I See
Think About Life - Demo - Track 8 (Stay In School)
Ninja High School - Young Adults Against Suicide - Shake it Off
The New Pornographers - Challengers - All the Things That Go To Make Heaven and Earth
Colourbook - S/T - Lung Fung
Blanco Blank - Old Life Records Compilation - Jungles Out of Order
Ratatat - Classics - Wildcat
Bob Wiseman - It's True - Queen of Sheba

Tune in next Sunday, September 9th as I will be airing an interview with Toronto based electronic group Holy Fuck. They are in town this week, opening for Wolf Parade at Sugar on Thursday night. Tickets are completely sold so hopefully you were on the ball if you wanted to see this show.

Also exciting, the brand new and redesigned Renegade Radio Magazine is now available throughout Victoria. Renegade Radio is the CFUV bi-monthly (?) publication. I haven't seen it yet, but Gumdrops and Lollipops is excited about it and so am I. You can find your free copy at CFUV and Ditch Records. In it you'll find CD reviews, an indie rock crossword, an interview with Ladyhawk and an article on Old Life Records, among other things.

Sunday, August 5, 2007

2007-08-09T23:16:00.000-07:00

On the show this week Cody Spencer from the band Young Lions joined me in the studio. We spent the entire hour and a half talking about music in Victoria with the whole show revolving around the Old Life Records Compilation. Cody is the brains behind Old Life Records, a brand new and very exciting record label based here in Victoria. Taking a page from the book of the Blocks Recording Club, Old Life Records is essentially a collective, working to put out music that wouldn't find a home anywhere else. Old Life is still in its infancy, but be assured that there are some very (very!) exciting plans for the near future. Don't try, do!

Here is the playlist from this week:

Artist - Song (All songs from Old Life Records Compilation)

1. Almonds, Cohen - Cat Bird Girl

2. Balacade - Space Dog

3. Blanco Blank - Jungles Out of Order

4. Charming Man - Half Way Around the World...

5. Cobras Cobras Cobras - City of Cobras

6. Colourbook - Krakatoa

7. Dreamboat - Molly Ringwald

8. Fictional Detectives - The Submarine Plans

9. Lake Country - The Way Things Go

10. Meat Draw - We Have The Nighttime

11. Onaping Falls - Do Not Paint

12. Patty Boyd - Tourist

13. Sommer - I'll Scratch Your Head if You Scratch Mine

14. Young Lions - Bass Drum

To get your own handmade copy of the Old Life Records Compilation (only $1), or if you just want more info on Old Life in general you can contact Cody at shipdestroyerr@gmail.com. Colourbook has a CD available for sale at Ditch Records. Cobras Cobras Cobras, Balacade, Almonds, Cohen and Dreamboat all have CDs available directly from the bands, so get out to their shows or send out some e-mails and get your hands on some great local music.

P.S. My computer crashed this week, so this post is not all it was intended to be. Soon you will be able to download the interview with Cody and also listen to the compilation off this page. Stay tuned!

On Sunday, August 12 Troy Lemberg will be filling in for my show as I will be in Toronto for the weekend. The regular programme should continue the following weekend.

Sunday, July 29, 2007

2007-07-30T00:54:00.000-07:00

I talked about Think About Life a bit and played a new song off the EP which is soon to be released on What's Your Rupture? out of New York City. You can find that song here to help you wait for the actual EP, which has been delayed. As I explained on the show Think About Life recently toured Japan where they found themselves on a popular Japanese music television programme called 'Best Hit USA.' The interview is nothing short of spectacular and is filled with wonderful awkward exchanges between the band and the middle-aged Japanese host who can't figure out if they are musicians or just angry young men. The interview is here. While I'm at it, here are two more live videos from their time in Japan (Paul Cries Live and a wild live montage). It looks like Japan has quite a soft spot for Think About Life.

Tune in next Sunday, August 5 from 3:30 to 5 PST as I will have Cody Spencer and Miles Chic in the studio to talk about their band Young Lions and new local record label Old Life Records.

And here is the playlist from this week:

Artist - Album - Song
1. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation - Teenage Riot
2. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Is Is EP - Rockers to Shallow
3. Telefauna - EP - Under the Underground Water
4. Miracle Fortress - Five Roses - Beach Baby
5. Think About Life - EP - Demo
6. Shapes & Sizes - Split Lips, Winning Hips, A Shiner - Teller/Seller
7. Ulrich Schnauss - Goodbye - Never Be The Same
8. Caribou - Melody Day (Single) - Zoe
9. Four Tet - DJ Kicks - Madvillain - Figaro (Remix)
10. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - I Wish My Brother George Were Here - The Wacky Adventures of Rapid Transit
11. The Juan Maclean - Less Than Human - Give Me Every Little Thing
12. Dommm - YOLOOXOCHITL - Track 5
13. KC Accidental - Captured Anthems For and Empty Bathtub - Kev's Message For Charlie
14. Broken Social Scene - Feel Good Lost - I Slept With Bonhomme at the CBC
15. Patty Boyd - Old Life Records Compilation - Tourist
16. Balacade - Old Life Records Compilation - Space Dog
17. We're Marching On - Argh! Umph! Ahhh! - 1800's

Sunday, July 22, 2007

2007-07-30T00:00:00.000-07:00

We had fun this week dancing to Outhud in the studio. A notable selection on the playlist this week was Spencer!, a Toronto based poet who performs his work with an almost hip-hop like delivery. Spencer was the singer/screamer/MC of the now defunct Toronto outfit The Secret Handsnakes. A band I caught several times in their brief yet intense existence in Toronto, I never fully took to their sound but always thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed their live show, mainly due to Spencer's incredible ability with words. Whether it was his re-naming of the band after every song ("We're the Saucy Pancakes from Brantford, Ontario; We're Atlantic Hand Rape from Sudbury, Ontario; We're the Ninja Stars of David from Jerusalum") or just watching him thrash around and fearing for his safety and your own, you knew that The Secret Handsnakes were a very unique band within the sometimes not-so-unique Toronto music scene.

Here's the playlist from this week:

Artist - Album - Song
1. The Acorn - Tin Fist EP - Heirlooms
2. We're Marching On - Argh! Umph! Ahhh! - Hot Heat's, Soaked Streets
3. Telefauna - Bamboo Shoots (Single) - Bamboo Shoots (Radio Mix)
4. Sea & Cake - Everybody - Too Strong ***
5. Paul Duncan - Above the Trees - The Lake pt 2 ***
6. Royal City - Alone at the Microphone - Dank is the Air of Death and Loathing
7. Outhud - Let Us Never Speak of it Again - It's For You
8. Yacht - I Believe in You, Your Magic is Real - Past All 'Em
9. Battles - Mirrored - Rainbow
10. The National - Boxer - Fake Empire
11. Spencer! - Secret Language to the Deaf Ears - I Am
12. Laura Barrett - Earth Sciences EP - Robot Ponies
13. The Phonemes - There's Something We've Been Meaning to Do - Oh Sleep
14. Andre Ethier - On Blue Fog - Good Fortune
15. Lake Country - Old Life Records Compilation - Way Things Go ***
16. Aloe Blacc - Now-Again Re: Sounds Vol 1 - Blind World
17. Yesterday's New Quintet - Yesterdays Universe - Slave Riot

*** Marks your requests

Sunday, July 15, 2007

2007-07-15T12:31:00.000-07:00

My first show back after spending the better part of a month in Edinburgh, Scotland visiting some old friends. This week marks the start of the new and longer summer edition of Carload of Whatever, now airing Sunday afternoons from 3:30 to 5 PST. This gives me an extra half hour to play some stuff I usually don't have the time for, and to play some longer tracks that you wouldn't normally hear on the radio. For those looking for the sweet summer sounds of Gumdrops and Lollipops you'll have to wait until Tuesday nights from 10:30 to Midnight where Andrea now resides for the summer months.

This week on the show I just caught up a bit with all the new releases I missed while I was overseas. I did quite an extensive section profiling the Polaris Music Prize, now into its second year of existence. For those unfamiliar it is a $20,000 cash prize for a full-length Canadian record, judged solely on artistic merit, without regard to genre or record sales. I'm not sure exactly how one decides which Canadian record has the most artistic merit, but none-the-less it is an interesting award and one worth talking about. Just announced, the 2007 shortlist nominees are:

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse
The Dears - Gang of Losers
Julie Doiron - Woke Myself Up
Feist - The Reminder
Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
Miracle Fortress - Five Roses
Joel Plaskett Emergency - Ashtray Rock
Chad Vangaalen - Skelliconnection
Patrick Watson - Close to Paradise

As I said on the show the short list this year is a little less eclectic than 2006 and even kind of boring. This opinion seems to be the general consensus of the Canadian music scene, but working with what is here, I would predict that the Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye is going to win the 2007 Polaris Music Prize. I'm not even the biggest fan of the record and it is by far not my favorite of the past year, but given this list and the criteria of the prize, I think that the Junior Boys will take it. That being said, I really hope Miracle Fortress - Five Roses wins. It was quite a surprise to me when I saw it on the short list and I think it is wholly deserving of the prize. We'll just have to wait until September 24 when the winner is announced. I would be interested to hear what others think about the prize in general and this year's shortlist.

Here is the playlist from this week:

Artist - Album - Song
1. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - Pick Up Sticks - One Last Final Push
2. Handsome Furs - Plague Park - What We Had
3. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
4. Raising The Fawn - Sleight of Hand - River of Gold
5. The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur - Ma Fleur
6. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (Deluxe) - Silver Rocket (Live!!!)
7. SomeYoungPedro - S/T - Steve Jones
8. Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings - Trippy Green Skull
9. Fridge - The Sun - Clocks
10. Caribou - Melody Day (Single) - Melody Day
11. Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye - In The Morning
12. Yesterday's New Quintet - Yesterday's Universe - Bitches Brew
13. Koushik - Now-Again Re: Sounds Vol 1 - Cold Beats (featuring Percee P)

Woodhands - March 3, 2007

2007-04-27T19:17:00.000-07:00

Woodhands make dance music. Woodhands are crazy. Woodhands is made up of Dan Werb and Paul Banwatt (and sometimes Pat Placzek). Woodhands are from Toronto. Andrea and I had them in the CFUV studio along with their friends the Screaming Eagles for a live studio session and interview. We talked about keytars.

This interview and studio session may be lost forever. I'm looking for the recording. I might have it up for download one day.

The Screaming Eagles - March 3, 2007

2007-04-27T19:14:00.000-07:00

The Screaming Eagles are an instrumental rock band from Vancouver. Andrea and I had them and Woodhands in the studio together for a 2-hour studio session and interview.

I am having trouble finding the recording of the studio session and interview. I will hopefully have it up here for download soon.

Cody Spencer - August 5, 2007

2007-04-27T19:07:00.000-07:00

Cody Spencer is the brains behind Victoria's Old Life Records. He is also a member of Young Lions and Almonds, Cohen. Cody joined me in the CFUV studio and we talked about music in Victoria with the whole show revolving around the Old Life Records Compilation. The entire thing is about an hour and a half in duration, which may sound long, but keep in mind there is nearly 50 minutes worth of music mixed in. I cut out some of the ads and announcements that would have normally been heard on the air.

DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE SOON!

Holy Fuck - September 6, 2007

2007-04-27T18:59:00.000-07:00

Holy Fuck are an improvisational electronic group from Toronto. They make a lot of noise and are fantastic to watch perform. They have a semi-rotating membership, with members from acts such as By Divine Right and Wintersleep. I caught up with the band on Thursday evening right before they played the first show of their west coast stint with Wolf Parade.

DOWNLOAD COMING SOON!

Balacade - December 9, 2007

2007-04-27T18:54:00.000-07:00

Balacade is the project of Victoria musician Andrew Reynolds. He joined Andrea and I in the CFUV studio for an hour long interview and studio session. People called in, asked questions, requested songs, had fun. He even sings the 5-day weather forecast.

DOWNLOAD COMING SOON!

Bob Wiseman - March 30, 2008

2007-04-27T18:52:00.000-07:00

Bob Wiseman is a Toronto musician and member of the Blocks Recording Club. On Easter Sunday I sat down with Bob Wiseman for breakfast and an interview. Bob has for years been one of my favorite musicians to watch perform. His over 20 years worth of experience in the Canadian music scene also makes for an interesting interview. Bob and I talked about touring with Feist, his days in Blue Rodeo, the Blocks Recording Club and being a member of the Hidden Cameras.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Steve Kado - April 25, 2008

2007-04-27T18:44:00.000-07:00

Steve Kado is the founder of Toronto's Blocks Recording Club. He is a former member of Ninja High School, The Hidden Cameras, Lenin I Shumov, Barcelona Pavillion, Germans, Jon-Rae and the River, Internet, and some others that I cannot remember. He can't even remember how many bands he has been in. His current project is The Blankket, a solo project which tends to take on many forms.

I sat down with Steve in the park behind Camas Book and Info Shop before his first Victoria show as the Blankket. In the interview Steve talks about Blocks, Ninja High School, his love for Bruce Springsteen, his love for Victoria's miniature world, among other things.

DOWNLOAD HERE!

INTERVIEWS!

2007-04-27T18:27:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I do interviews. You can download some of them here.

Almonds, Cohen (Live performance)
My Friend Wallis (Live performance)
Hot Panda
Prairie Cat (Live performance)
Cody Spencer came back
Laura Barrett (Live performance)

Steve Kado - April 25, 2008
Bob Wiseman - March 30, 2008
Balacade - December 9, 2007 (Live performance)
Holy Fuck - September 6, 2007
Cody Spencer - August 5, 2007
The Screaming Eagles - March 3, 2007 (Live performance)
Woodhands - March 3, 2007 (Live performance)

2006

2006-01-13T11:11:00.000-08:00

I came across an old recording of a show where I recounted some of my favorite releases from 2006, so I thought it would be worth posting. This is in no particular order and in no way captures all my favorites of 2006, but it serves of a good little recap of the albums that really connected with me that year. Fun facts: All these releases except for one are Canadian. Three of them were released by the bands without any label assistance. Six of the releases are self titled!

Looking at it now this list seems quite narrow in scope but as we now close in on the end of 2007 these albums still continue to impress me, and that is a good sign.

Stupid list in no order what-so-ever:

Artist - Album (Label)
Shapes and Sizes - S/T (Asthmatic Kitty)
Ohbijou - Swift Feet For Troubling Times (Self Released)
Beirut - Gulag Orkestar (Ba Da Bing!)
Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds (Blocks Recording Club)
Rural Alberta Advantage - EP (Self Released)
Bob Wiseman - Theme and Variation (Blocks Recording Club)
The Hidden Cameras - Awoo (Evil Evil/Arts and Crafts)
Baby Eagle - S/T (Outside Music)
Johnny and the Moon - S/T (Kill Devil Hills)
Magic Weapon - S/T (Self Released)
Sunset Rubdown - Snakes Got a Leg / EP (Global Symphonic)
Think About Life - S/T (alien8)
Bocce - Hi Birdbear / Can't Reason Do It? (Dadmobile)