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.
Old Life Records Interview
Sunday, September 2, 2007
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
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)