Dec 09/07 Show #82 The Canadians Are At It Again

This will be my last show for 2007, as I am headed to Canada for the holidays. We'll see you in 2008 - but fear not, there are some wonderful folks filling in for me - so the music will not die.

artist/song/album/label

1.Grand Analog/Touch Your Toes/Calligraffiti/Urbnet
2.Kinnie Starr /Amazed/Sun Again/Maple
3.Pilot Speed/Fairytale Of New York/Maybe This Christmas Tree/Nettwerk
4.The New Pornographers/Myriad Harbour/Challengers/Last Gang
5.Listening Party/Little Tender Hearts/Who Are We Missing/Kill Devil Hills
6.Tokyo Police Club/Your English Is Good/UK 7”/Mean Beard
7.Buttless Chaps/The Blizzard/It’s A Team Mint Xmas Vol. 2/Mint
8.Cuff The Duke/If I Live Or If I Die/Sidelines Of The City/Hardwood
9.Prayer Meeting/You Gotta Be Fast To Keep Up With Julie/S/T/Indie
10. Fond Of Tigers/Hebvark/Release The Saviours/Drip Audio
11. Inhabitants/Sad Friend/The Furniture Moves Underneath/Drip Audio
12. Wilson/Lee/Bentley/Laxing Lizards Resume/Escondido Dreams/Drip Audio
13. Tony Wilson 6Tet/Innocent Objections/Pearls Before Swine/Drip Audio
14. Pointed Sticks/Out Of Luck/Perfect Youth/Stiff
15. The Payola$/Christmas Is Coming/Hammer On A Drum/A&M
16. The Cliks/Cry Me A River/Snakehouse/Tommy Boy
17. David Carswell & Megan Barnes/I Wanna Kiss You this Christmas/It’s A Team Mint Xmas Vol 2/Mint
18. Stompin’ Tom/Snowmobile Song/Songs Of Canada/Boot
19. Julie Doiron/Snow Falls In November/Goodnight Nobody/Jagjaguwar
20. The Details/Strings & Ribbons/Unreleased Myspace Track
21. Hylozoists/La Fin Du Monde/La Fin Du Monde/Boompa

Dec 02/07 Show #81 So This Is Winter?

Just another 2 weeks until I head to CANADA to visit folks over the Christmas Holidays. Yup - the snow and cold is gonna knock me out...

artist/song/album/label

1.Two Hours Traffic/Nighthawks/Little Jabs/Bumstead

2.Joel Plaskett/Drunk Teenagers/Ashtray Rock/Maple

3.Shane Watt/Telephone/Elan’s Diner/Grenadine

4.The Neins Circa/Faster Than Them/Sleeves & Wigs/Copperspine

5.Parlour Steps/Make Way/The Great Perhaps/Figment

6.Parlour Steps/Liberetine Takes A Lover/The Great Perhaps/Figment

7.Elliot Brood/Oh Alberta/Tin Type/Electro Photo

8.Romi Mayes /Sweet Somethin’ Steady/SSS/Indie

9.Romi Mayes/Eight More Days/Sweet Somethin Steady/Indie

10.The Deep Dark Woods/They Won’t Last Long/Hang Me Oh Hang Me/Black Hen

11.Scott Nolan/Bad Liver-Broken Heart/Receiver-Reflector/Indie

12.The Evaporators/You Got Me Into This, Now You Get Me Out/Gassy Jack and Other Tales/Mint

13.Five Blank Pages/A Point Of Reference/Spaces To Occupy & Abandon/Sunday League

14.The Matthews Brothers/Gasoline/Demo/Indie

15.Andrew Rodriguez/What I Done/Here Comes The Light/Baudelaire

16.The Sadies/Sunset To Dawn/New Seasons/Outside

17.Novillero/The Hypothesist/Aim Rigth For The Holes In Their Lives/Mint

18.Autopilot/Solitude & Anarchy/Now Its Time You Know What We’re Losing For/Indie

19.North Atlantic Explorers/Anchors Away/Skylines/Anniedale

Nov 25/07 Show #80 Close Your Eyes & Relax

artist/song/album/label

1.VitaminsForYou/1986/The Legend Of Birds Hill/Indie

2.Stars/In Our Bedroom After The War/IOBATW/A&C

3.Krista L.L. Muir/Leave Alight/Leave Alight/Indie

4.P:ano/Billions & Billions/When It’s Dark & It’s Summer/Zum

5.Great Aunt Ida/Fisherman’s Blues/Our Fall/Indie

6.Do Make Say Think/White Light Of/& Yet & Yet/Constellation

7.Octoberman/X-Pat/These Trails Are Old & New/White Whale

8.Kepler/Thoroughbred Gin/Attic Salt/Troubleman

9.Arcade Fire/Windowsill/Neon Bible/Merge

10.Wintersleep/Miasmal Smoke & The Yellow Bellied Freaks/Welcome To The Night Sky/Labwork

11.Torngat/32 mm/Torngat/Indie

12.The Acorn/Heirlooms/Tin Fist/PaperBag

13.Holoscene/Telesterion/Nothing Is The End Of Everything/Son Lumiere

14.KC Accidental/Tired Hands/Captured Anthems For An Empty Bathtub/Indie

Nov 18/07 Show #79 Let's Give Thanks for Canadian Bands

artist/song/album/label

1.Tour De Fours/Sheep’s Clothing/Atlantis/Totally Square

2.Dog Day/Sleeping On Couches/Thank You/Out of Touch

3.Tacoma Hellfarm Tragedy/True Love Killed My True Loves Love For Me/Orchard Songs/NoFi

4.Hot Little Rocket/Like Killers/How To Lose Everything/File Under Music

5.L Dopa/Go F*** Yourself/Ready?/Indie

6.Jetplanes Of Abraham/Tunnels-Terminals/Self titled/Indie

7.Joni Mitchell/You Turn Me On I’m A Radio/For The Roses/Asylum

8.Sloan/A Case Of You/Back to the Garden/Intrepid

9.Chixdiggit/My Restaurant/Born On The 1st Of July/Honest Don’s Canadian Passport

10.The Sorrys/Druthers/The Last Clear Thought Before You Fall Backwards/Indie

11.The Maynards/Break Out The Make Out/Break Out The Make Out/King Amos

12.The Midways/A Lot Like Me/Pay More & Get A Good Seat/Fuzzy Logic

13.The Flaps/Big Wayne/Scrambler/S/T/Kelp

14.The Stolen Minks/Fight/Family Boycott/New Romance For Kids

15.Devilsplender/Hiding From The Cold/Hiding From the Cold/Indie

16.Christine Fellows/Nevertheless/Nevertheless/Six Shooter

17.Bob Wiseman/Uranium/It’s True/Blocks

18.Kris Demeanor/Bring Our Boys Home/The Guilt & The Shame:Tales Of The Canadian West/Indie

19.The Gravity Wave/Emirates/Martyr’s Brigade/Indie

20.Waiting For Roger/This World Unknown/S/T/Indie

21.Raised By Swans/Phantom Limb-Divided By Night/Codes & Secret Longing/Indie

22.Three Inches Of Blood/Through The Horned Gate/Fire Up The Blades/RoadRunner

23.Three Inches Of Blood/Rejoice In The Fire Of Man’s Demise/Fire Up The Blades/RoadRunner

Nov 11/07 Show #78 Happy Birthday NEIL YOUNG

November 12th is NEIL YOUNG's 62nd Birthday and we're celebrating with some Neil tunes and covers from other Canadian artists. Join in the fun and have some cake!

artist/song/album/label

1.The Weakerthans/Tournament Of Hearts/Reunion Tour/Epitaph

2.The Saint Alvia Cartel/Thrasher/Borrowed Tunes II/Sunrise

3.Dog Day/Oh Dead Life/Night Group/Tomlab

4.Small Sins/Airport/Mood Swings/Boompa

5.Shotgun Jimmie/Janitor's Luck/The Onlys/Delorean

6.First Person Shooter/The Green Grass Of Toronto/Codec/Indie

7.Small Sins/Keep Your Head Up High/The Mellow EP/Boompa

8.Crash Vegas/Pocahontas/Borrowed Tunes/Sony

9.Great Lake Swimmers/Don't Cry No Tears/Borrowed Tunes II/Sunrise

10.Neil Young/Winterlong/Decade/Reprise

11.Neil Young/Deep Forbidden Lake/Decade/Reprise

12.Neil Young/Only Love Can Break Your Heart/After The Goldrush/Reprise

13.Danny Michel/After The Goldrush/After The Goldrush/BT II/Sunrise

14.Neverending White Lights/Change Your Mind/BT II/Sunrise

15.Neil Young/The Believer/Chrome Dreams II/Reprise

16.David Wilcox/Transformer Man/Borrowed Tunes/Sony

17.Cuff The Duke/Words/BT II/Sunrise

18.Constantines/Don't Be Denied/Split Covers EP/Blue Frog

19.Rheostatics w/The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir/Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere/Borrowed Tunes/Sony

20.Neil Young/Rockin' In The Free World/Freedom/Reprise

cheers to you.

Doug The Canuck

Nov 04/07 Show #77 Back On The Canadian Track

Alright - so it appears that I have caught up on the missing postings. Hope everyone had a great weekend at FunFunFunFest seeing The New Pornographers, Small Sins, Immaculate Machine and so many more.

1.Buck 65/Intro/Situation/Warner

2.Sunset Rubdown/The Taming Of The Hands That Came Back To Life/Random Spirit Lover/Jagjaguwar

3.Buck 65/The Rebel/Situation/Warner

4.Jonas Bonnetta/CB Radio/Farewell To Harmony/Indie

5.Feist/I Feel It All/The Reminder/Arts & Crafts

6.Krista Muir/Drugging the Drain/Leave Alight/Indie

7.The Adam Brown/Get Back My Heart/Pop Montreal Comp/Indie

8.Maybe Smith/Open War/Animals & Architects/Sir Handsome

9.The Water St Projects/To Heed The Call/Here Fishy Fishy Fishy/Out Of Sound

10.Grande Fir/Good Morning Sunshine/OOS Comp/Out Of Sound

11.Wintersleep/Home/Snowsuit On & Heading North Comp/Out Of Sound

12.Arcade Fire/Surf City Eastern Bloc/No Cars Go B-SIDE/Rough Trade

13.Neil Young/The Way/Chrome Dreams II/Reprise

14.Tegan & Sara/The Con/The Con/Vapor

15.The Diableros/Ever Changing/Aren't Ready For The Country/Baudelaire

16.A Northern Chorus/No Stations/The Millions Too Many/Sonic Unyon

17.Dukes Of The Archipelago/Throw It On The Fire/Battles & Scars/Indie

18.The Two Koreas/Cheeky Snaps/Altruists/Unfamiliar

19.Baby Eagle/No Blues/No Blues/Outside

20.The Blood Lines/Hold On To Your Love/The Blood Lines/Indie

cheers til next week, when we'll be celebrating Neil Youngs 62nd Birthday!!!

Doug The Canuck

Oct 28/07 Show #76 Playing Catch Up...Part 2

Playlist for October 28/07

1.The New Pornographers/My Rights VS Yours/Challengers/Last Gang
2.Scott Maynard/The Long Ride Down/EP/Independent
3.Stars/Romantic Comedy/Heart/A&C
4.Broken Social Scene/Do the 95/Exclaim Compilation/Sonic Unyon
5.The Golden Dogs/Dynamo/Big Eye Little Eye/True North
6.Junior Pantherz/Ancient Ruins/Death By Life/Independent
7.Tegan & Sara/Speak Slow/So Jealous/Vapor
8.Uncut/Understanding The New Violence/Paperbag Comp/Paperbag
9.The Olympic Symphonium/Hail Me King/The Olympic Symphonium/Forward
10.The Weakerthans/Civil Twilight/Reunion Tour/Epitaph
11.Jim Bryson/The Wishes Pile Up/Where The Bungalows Roam/Kelp
12.John K Sampson/My Favourite Chords/Live Bootleg
13.Dumb Angel/Lie Down/Ghost Dance/Independent
14.Lola Dutronic/Le Model/The Love Parade/Bongo Beat
15.Immaculate Machine/Roman Statues/Fables/Mint
16.Nathan/Temptation/Casserole/Nettwerk
17.Young & Sexy/Without Your Love/Panic When You Find It/Mint
18.Krief/We're All Whores/Take It or Leave/Independent
19.Carbon Dating Service/Another You/Polyentendrii/Teargas Recording Tree

cheers!
Doug The Canuck

Oct 07/07 Show #73 Playing Catch Up...

Sorry for this "lost post". the bottom dropped out during my "dead computer" ordeal. this is the playlist from October 07/07. Enjoy.

1.Miracle Fortress/Poetaster/Five Roses/Secret City
2.The Craft Economy/Drag On/All On C/Independent
3.The Ghost Is Dancing/The Darkest Spark/The Darkest Spark/Sonic Unyon
4.Ladyhawk/The Dugout/Ladyhawk/Jagjaguwar
5.Lake Holiday/In Whispers/The Curse Of Sunshine/The Miracle Debris Network
6.Lake Holiday/Press Record Then Play/The Curse Of Sunshine/TMDN
7.The Mohawk Lodge/Wear Em Out/Wildfires/White Whale
8.L Dopa!/Away/Ready EP/Independent
9.Chad VanGaalen/Burn To Ash/Skelliconnection/Flemish Eye
10.The Tragically Hip/Black Day In July/Beautiful-Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot/Borealis
11.Joel Plaskett/Nowhere With You/Make A Little Noise/Maple
12.Great Lake Swimmers/I Became Awake/Ongiara/Nettwerk
13.Do Make Say Think/Chinatown/& Yet & Yet/Constellation
14.Cain & Abel/Good Morning Son/Up North/Sunday League
15.Junior Boys/In The Morning/In The Morning EP/Domino
16.The Choir Practice/I See Things/The Choir Practice/Mint
17.Jake Jasmine/Still/Jake Jasmine/Independent
18.Anew Airship/Telescoper/Demo/Independent
19.Raising The Fawn/A Lion In Winter/Sleight Of Hand/Sonic Unyon
20.Miracle Fortress/Five Roses/Five Roses/Secret City

cheers - Doug The Canuck

October 21/07 Show #75 and again I say Rock ON!

1. Johnny & The Moon/Ballad Of Scarlet Town/Johnny & The Moon/Kill Devil Hills
2.Magic Weapon/Charles/Residue Hymns/Independent
3.Magic Weapon/Residue Hymns/Residue Hymns/Independent
4.Hank/The Stomp Of Sloth/How To Prosper In The Coming Bad Years/Blocks
5.Call Me Poupee/Sex Symbole/Western Shanghai/Semprini
6.Starvin' Hungry/Left Hand Endeavor/Cold Burns/Signed By Force
7.Bionic/Black Blood/Black Blood/Signed By Force
8.Joel Plaskett/Snowed In-Cruisin'/Ashtray Rock/Maple
9.The Dudes/Fist/Brain Heart Guitar/Loadmusic
10.Stars/Your Ex Lover Is Dead/Set Yourself On Fire/A&C
11.Amy Honey/Larry the Homicidal Maniac/Pioneer Woman/Self Righteous
12.Pender/Airport/Hey Man, Don't Bring Yourself Down/Copperspine
13.Sing Leaf/Ages Ago/Sing Leaf/Independent
14.Prairie Cat/Better Friends Than Lovers/Attacks!/Fuzzy Logic
15.Said The Whale/Taking Abalonia/Taking Abalonia/Independent
16.Beth In Battle Mode/Noo Feeling/Technical Know How/Independent
17.The Bicycles/Australia/The Good The Bad & The Cuddly/Fuzzy Logic
18.Barzin/Leaving Time/My Life In Rooms/Monotreme
19.The Acorn/Better Late Than Never/The Pink Ghosts/Kelp
20.Young Galaxy/Swing Your Heartache/Young Galaxy/A&C

cheers again - doug the canuck

October 14/07 Show #74 rock on...

1.Dog Day/Bright Light/Night Group/Tomlab
2.Bella/Give It A Night/No One Will Know/Mint
3.The Hidden Cameras/The Waning Moon/Awoo/A&C
4.Portico/All You Daughters/Progeny Blues/Independent
5.Broken Social Scene/Canada VS America/To Be You & Me EP/A&C
6.The Tragically Hip/Wheat Kings/Fully Completely/Universal
7.Sunset Rubdown/Snakes Got A Leg III/Shut Up I Am Dreaming/Absolutely Kosher
8.My Dad VS Yours/Bellicose/After Winter Must Come Spring/Independent
9.The Sadies/The Trial/New Seasons/Yep Roc
10.Black Mountain/Faulty Times/Black Mountain/Jagjaguwar
11.Carter Monrose/Bright Eyes/Demonstration/Independent
12.Ketch Harbour Wolves/This Light/December EP/Independent
13.Maybe Smith/And Suddenly/Second Best death/Sir Handsome
14.People For Audio/Carlos/The New Ancients/Storyboard
15.Nifty/Bells,Bowls,Hats,Lids/A Sparrow A Sparrow/Blocks

cheers! doug

September 30/07 Show #72 The Membership Drive Continues...

Keep those phones ringing...

artist/song/album/label

1.Mother Mother/Dirty Town/Touch Up/Last Gang
2.Square Root Of Margaret/Hollywood Will Find A Way/Teragram Photeur/33 1/3
3.Novillero/Abbey/Aim Right For The Holes In Their Lives/Mint
4.Jason Collett/These Are The Days/Idols Of Exile/Arts & Crafts
5.The Buttless Chaps/Insects/Where Night Holds Light/Mint
6.Sunset Rubdown/I'm Sorry I Sang On Your Hands That Have Been In The Grave/Shut Up I'm Dreaming/Absolutely Kosher
7.Hot Little Rocket/Cough Me Out/How To Lose Everything/File Under Music
8.Pony Up/The Truth About Cats & Dogs Is That They Die/Make Love To The Judges With Their Eyes/Dim mak
9.Great Lake Swimmers/Moving Pictures Silent Films/Great Lake Swimmers/Weewerk
10.The New Pornographers/Failsafe/Challengers/Last Gang
11.Neil Young/Big Time/Broken Arrow/Reprise
12.Sloan/Listen To The Radio/Never Hear The End Of It/Yeproc
13.Small Sins/Small Sins Big Within/Small Sins/Boompa
14.Wendy McNeill/Carnation/The Wonder Show/Six Shooter
15.Japandroids/Press Corps/All Lies/Independent
16.Black Mountain/Don't Run Our Hearts Around/Black Mountain/Jagjaguwar

thanks for the support. Cheers!!
Doug The Canuck

Sept 23/07 Show #71 First Week of KOOP's membership drive

To keep independent programs like THIS GREAT WHITE NORTH on the air, non-profit, volunteer run radio stations like 91.7 KOOP need YOUR help !!! This is when we ask you the listeners to pledge your support to help keep the creativity flowing. I encourage you to visit www.koop.org and pledge online, or call 512-472-5667 toll free 1-888-917-5667 to pledge directly with one of our volunteers. Thank you to all those who generously decided to help support my show this week. Fear not, as you can call ANYTIME and mention that THIS GREAT WHITE NORTH is one of the reasons you listen to KOOP. Pledge online anytime day or night. Cheers!

artist/song/album/label

1.Foxfire Forest/Narcissist In The Forest/Foxfire Forest/Independent

2.Maybe Smith/In The Woods/Animals & Architects/Sir Handsome

3.Rock Plaza Central/My Children Be Joyful/Are We Not Horses/Outside

4.The Only Children/Lonesome Road/Change Of Living/Glurp

5.The Stills/Halo The Harpoons/Without Feathers/Vice

6.Do Make Say Think/The Universe/You, You're A History In Rust/Constellation

7.Hot Springs/Fantome Dinosaure/Volcano/Aquarius

8.The Tranzmitors/Is Your Head Hollow/Tranzmitors/Deranged

9.The Details/Burns Much Brighter/Draw A Distance, Draw A Border/Parliament Of Trees

10.Jonathan Seet/Fashion Tips For The Homeless/Thanks To Science,We've Got Love/Mazurka

11.Jason Collett/Reunion/Do You Trust Your Friends/A&C

12.Great Lake Swimmers/There Is A Light/Ongiara/Nettwerk

13.The Deep Dark Woods/Big City Blues/Hang Me Oh Hang Me/Black Hen

14.Arcade Fire/Tunnels/Live at ACL Fest 2007

15.Do Make Say Think/Hooray Hooray Hooray/Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn/Constellation

cheers, Doug The Canuck

Sept 16/07 Show #70 I'm @ ACL Fest but the fun continues...

HUGE Thanks to Taylor from Youth Spin for filling in for me this week while I am enjoying the tunes at ACL Fest. (The Arcade Fire LIVE was truely wonderful).

artist/song/album/label

1. Paper Moon/Daytrip To Salzburg/Broken Hearts Break Faster Every Day/Endearing

2. Arcade Fire/Crown Of Love/Funeral/Merge

3. Pawa Up First/Goodbye Pluto/M Is For Montreal/Dare To Care

4. Rock Plaza Central/When We Go, How We Go (Part 1)/Are We Not Horses/Outside

5. By Devine Right/Chinchilla Deluxe/Sweet Confusion/

6. The Awkward Stage/The Morons Are Winning/Heaven Is For Easy Girls/Mint

7. Plaster/Would You...?/M Is For Montreal/Avalanche

8. The Tragically Hip/Yer Not The Ocean/World Container/Universal

9. The Bicycles/Luck Of Love/Fuzzy Logic Sampler/Fuzzy Logic

10. We Are Wolves/Fight And Kiss/M Is For Montreal/Dare To Care

11. Little Clever/And The Panhandlers/Fuzzy Logic Sampler/Fuzzy Logic

12. Young Galaxy/Lost In The Call/Young Galaxy/Arts & Crafts

13. The Salteens/Time You Have Been Wasting/Let Go Of Your Bad Days

14. The Adorables/The Embassy (223 Augusta)/Fuzzy Logic Sampler/Fuzzy Logic

15. Do Make Say Think/A Tender History In Rust/You, You're A History In Rust/ Constellation

16. Midways/Find Another Girl/Fuzzy Logic Sampler/Fuzzy Logic

17. Land Of Talk/Speak To Me Bones/M Is For Montreal/Maple

18. Woodhands/I Can't See Straight/Fuzzy Logic Sampler/Fuzzy Logic

19. Leeroy Stagger/Just In Case/Beautiful House/Boompa

20. Metric/Live It Out/Live It Out/Last Gang

21. Immaculate Machines/Nothing Ever Happens/Fables/Mint

22. Little Clever/Jobongo/Fuzzy Logic Sampler/Fuzzy Logic

Cheers as always,

Doug

Sept 09/07 Show #69 A Ton Of New Music From The Mailbag

The bands keep sending it, and I'll keep playing it.

artist/song/album/label

1.Arcade Fire/Wake Up/Funeral/Merge

2.Waiting For Roger/This World Unknown/Waiting For Roger/Independent

3.The Mohawk Lodge/Wear Em Out/Wildfires/White Whale

4.Octoberman/Run From Safety/Run From Safety/White Whale

5.Feist/1234/The Reminder/A&C

6.The February March/Street Signs/City Of Glass/Independent

7.Miracle Fortress/Maybe Lately/Five Roses/Secret City

8.Said The Whale/Better For You/Taking Abalonia/Independent

9.The Stance/Hysterical Kid/...Shall Inherit The Earth/Just Friends

10.Spitfires & Mayflowers/Don't Get In A Fight/Triumph/Independent

11.The Paperbacks/Publish Or Perish/An Illusion Against Death/Parliament Of Trees

12.Maybe Smith/Bloody Nose/Animals & Architects/Sir Handsome

13.Nathan/The Boulevard Back Then/Key Principles/Nettwerk

14.The Luyas/Cats In A Bag/Faker Death/Independent

15.The Sorrys/Angels/The Last Clear Thought Before You Fall Backwards/Independent

16.Beekeepers Society/Wide Awake/Beekeepers Society/Independent

17.Carbon Dating Service/Light Up The Synchotron/Polyentendrii

18.Krista LL Muir/Libre Encore/Leave Alight/Independent

19.Tunturia/Lost In The Hidden Forest/Maps/Independent

cheers for now. enjoy ACL Fest next weekend if you're attending.

Doug The Canuck

Sept 02/07 Show #68 Self Help Gary Helps Out

Big Thanks to Gary from Self Help Radio for filling in and bringing you a wonderful retro look at Canada's new wave/punk scene.

artist/song/album

1.Diodes/Tired Of Waking Up Tired/Released

2.Modernettes/Barbra/Teen City EP

3.The Young Canadians/I Hate Music/No Escape

4.The Demics/New York City/The Demics

5.Blibber & The Rat Crashers/Lisa Burger/Wheeeee

6.The Payolas/China Boys/In A Place Like This

7.The Pointed Sticks/What Do You Want Me To Do/The Stiff Singles - Vol 9

8.Toby Swann/Somewhere Over The Rainbow/Lullabyes In Razorland

9.Martha & The Muffins/Echo Beach/Metro Music

10.Boys Brigade/The Passion Of Love/Boys Brigade

11.The Spoons/Nova Heart/Collectible Spoons

12.Images In Vogue/Lust For Love/Images In Vogue

13.Blue Peter/Don't Walk Past/Don't Walk Past

14.Pukka Orchestra/Cherry Beach Express/Pukka Orchestra

15.Kinetic Ideals/Animalistic/Normal EP

16.Breeding Ground/Reunion/Reunion

17.Rational Youth/Close To Nature/Cold War Night Life

18.Vital Sines/Collage/Collage

19.Men Without Hats/Pop Goes The World/Greatest Hats

Thanks for the memories. Cheers!

August 26/07 Show #67 August With A Bang

The heat continues...the sun beats down and my gut is on fire from the samples at this years Austin Hot Sauce festival. Grab a cool one and join in the fun.

artist/song/album/label

1.Jim Bryson/Death By Vibration/Where The Bungalows Roam/Kelp

2.Baby Eagle/Lady Come Greet Me/Baby Eagle/Outside

3.Christine Fellows/Vertebrae/Paper Anniversary/Six Shooter

4.Said The Whale/Taking Abalonia/Taking Abalonia/Independent

5.Wintersleep/Danse Macabre/Wintersleep/Dependent

6.Laura Peek/The General/From The Photographs/Just Friends

7.Vailhalen/The General/Pop Violence/Saved By Radio

8.Pressure Kill Common Style/Holographique/Sad Animal/Rectangle

9.Whitey Houston/Turning/Whitey Houston/Rectangle

10.Mark Birtles Project(MBP)/Big Trouble At The Renaissance Fair/Art Crime/Rectangle

11.The Illuminati/Heart Of Gold/Cheap Powers/Rectangle

12.Twin Fangs/Imperial Sound/Street Sweeper/Rectangle

13.Wood Pigeon/A Hymn For 2 Walks In Different Cities/Songbook/Rectangle

14.The Golden Dogs/Construction Worker/Big Eye Little Eye/True North

15.The Parkas/Filthy Rich Kids/Put Your Head In The Lions Mouth/Saved By Radio

16.The Orchid Highway/Sofa Surfer Girl/The Orchid Highway/Independent

17.Mother Mother/Neighbour/Touch Up/Last Gang

18.The Phonemes/Easter Suit/Theres Something We've Been meaning To Do/Blocks

19.Bellevue/Keep The Kid/Lost In Space/Music Maul

20.Cone Five/Bristling/Ants In The Sugar/Grumpy Cloud

21.Camp Radio/I've Got Designs/Kelpmitzvah Comp/Kelp

22.Their Majesties/Wayside/Lands Where Tales Are Tall/Just Friends

cheers. doug

August 19/07 Show #66 Good Time Canadians

artist/song/album/label

1.They Shoot Horses Don't They/Lowlife/Boo Hoo Hoo Boo/Kill Rock Stars

2.The Unicorns/Tuff Luff/Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone/Alien8

3.Arcade Fire/Black Mirror/Neon Bible/Merge

4.Young Galaxy/Swing Your Heartache/Young Galaxy/Arts & Crafts

5.Pawa Up First/Inuit Wedding/Introducing New Details/Dare To Care

6.Octoberman/Laguardia/Laguardia/White Whale

7.The Chocolate Robots/Kool Whip/Purr Quality/Independent

8.Joel Plaskett/Fashionable People/Ashtray Rock/Maple

9.Metric/Combat Baby(acoustic)/Unreleased

10.The Weakerthans/Reunion Tour/Reunion Tour/Epitaph

11.Wayne Petti/Price To Pay/City Lights Align/Outside

12.Basement Arms/Over 50,000 Entries/City Trash/Independent

13.The Acorn/Darcy/The Pink Ghosts/Kelp

14.The Tranzmitors/Something's Going On/The Tranzmitors/Deranged

15.The Smugglers/Suntans Are For Winners/Mutiny In Stereo/Mint

16.Hylozoists/Lover Becomes Lovers/La Fin Du Monde/Boompa

17.Rich Aucoin/10,342 Cuts For The Us/Personal Publication EP/Independent

18.Timber Timbre/There Is A Cure/Medicinals/Shuffling Feet

19.Lorrie Matheson/Hand me Down Town/A Dime At A Time/Saved By Radio

Thanks for the continued support!

Cheers - Doug the Canuck

August 12/07 Show #65 It's Hot Hot Hot !!

Keep Cool. Enjoy The Music.

artist/song/album/label

1.Panurge/The Hours They Pass/Walking In The Fog/Last Gang

2.Two Hours Traffic/Backseat Sweetheart/Little Jabs/Bumstead

3.A Northern Chorus/The Canadian Shield/The Millions Too Many/Sonic Unyon

4.Rheostatics/Making Progress/2067/True North

5.Forest City Lovers/Oh Humility/The Sun & The Wind/Play The Triangle

6.AC Newman/The Battle For Straight Time/The Slow Wonder/Matador

7.The New Pornographers/Adventures In Solitude/Challengers/Last Gang

8.The Wooden Sky/Angst For The Memories/When Lost At Sea/Independent

9.People For Audio/From City To Country/The New Ancients/Storyboard

10.My Dad vs Yours/In My Arms We Shall Begin/After Winter Must Come Spring/Independent

11.Barons & Lengthy/The Moving Song/Get Out Goddamn City/Independent

12.Les Jupes(Mike Petkau)/One Solemn Oath/Demo/Independent

13.Jim Guthrie/Days I Need Off/Morning Noon Night/Three Gut

14.The Olympic Symphonium/Rewind/The Olympic Symphonium/Forward Music

15.Birds Of Wales/Sicamous/Birds Of Wales/Independent

16.The Gravity Wave/Emirates/Martyr's Brigade/Independent

17.Patrick Watson/Close To Paradise/Close To Paradise/Secret City

18.Pepper Sands/The Won't Express/Forest Strays/Independent

Cheers as always!!! Support Canadian Musicians - wherever you are.

Doug The Canuck

August 05/07 Show #64 The Summer Keeps Rocking

So many bands - so many tours - so much music - so little time...

artist/song/album/label

1.Immaculate Machine/Nothing Ever Happens/Fables/Mint

2.Doug Hoyer/Tattoo/Tattoo Ep/Independent

3.Rufus Wainwright/Movies Of Myself/Want One/Dreamworks

4.Call Me Poupee/Western Shanghai/Western Shanghai/Semprini

5.Collapsing Opposites/Will/Inside Chance/Local Kids Make Good

6.Eugene Ripper/New Attitude/Crackle/Independent

7.The Consumer Goods/Gunboat Diplomacy/Happy Bidet/Independent

8.Salt/Charm/Salt/Saline

9.Do Make Say Think/Bound To Be That Way/You, You're A History In Rust/Constellation

10.Stars/What The Snowman Learned About Love/Heart/A&C

11.Blood Meridian/Try For You/Kick Up The Dust/Outside

12.Scatterheart/Say It/Scatterheart/Independent

13.Greg MacPherson/The Show Is In The Basement/Night Flares/G7 Welcoming Committee

14.The Tragically Hip/Little Bones/Road Apples/Universal

15.Wafer Thin Mints/Up On High/The Finest Car They Ever Built In 1983/Independent

16.Islands/Swans/Return To The Sea/Equator

17.Jade McNelis/Christmas Eve/All The Fables/Good Fences

18.Greg Keelor/No Mans Land/Aphrodite Rose/Wea

19.Kim Beggs/Like A Hurricane/Streetcar Heart/Caribou

20.Antizario/Can You Feel It/It's Great To Be Fine/Vanorange

cheers!!!

Doug The Canuck

July 29/07 Show #63 Canadians Love Tokyo Police

The boys in the club hit town tonight. Expect a sea of scenesters. if you can't get in - go home and download anything you can find from THE GHOST IS DANCING...it'll make you feel better.

artist/song/album/label

1.The Ghost Is Dancing/We'll Make It/The Darkest Spark/Sonic Unyon

2.Hot Panda/Chinatown Bus/Whale Headed Girl/Independent

3.Raising The Fawn/Cypress Fields/Sleight Of Hand/Sonic Unyon

4.The New Pornographers/Unguided/Challengers/Last Gang

5.Rock Plaza Central/The Things That Bind You/The World Was Hell To Us/Independent

6.Bob Wiseman/William/Accidentally Acquired Beliefs/GFC

7.Tokyo Police Club/Be Good/A Lesson In Crime/Paper Bag

8.Tour De Fours/Sheep's Clothing/Atlantis/Totally Square

9.Toykult/Rant Reel/Sow Loco/Independent

10.Junior Major/Bad Timing/Tic Tac Heart EP/Independent

11.Before The Flood/My Sword Hand's Anger/We Were The Halls EP/Independent

12.Simon Stewart/Oranges/Simon Stewart/Independent

13.Basil Donovan/Streets Of Baltimore/Matinee/Independent

14.Local Rabbits/Record Body Count/Secret Sessions-Tribute To Rheostatics/Zunior

15.Jenn Grant/Dreamer/Orchestra For The Moon/Paris 1919

16.Ladyhawk/The Dugout/Ladyhawk/Jagjaguwar

17.Everlea/Closest Thing You'll Have To Scars/Friends Hurt Friends/Christy Ridge

18.From Fiction/Curtain Crack/From Fiction/Independent

19.Go Ghetto Tiger/Deluxe Deluxe/Go Ghetto Tiger/Independent

20.Bocce/Again Again Again Again/Hi Birdbear Can't Reason Do It?/Independent

21.Broken Social Scene/Lover's Spit/Beehives/Arts & Crafts

Be Well

We'll see you in August.

Cheers - Doug The Canuck

July 22/07 Show #62 And The Hits Just Keep On Coming...

The Tranzmitors are the new black...enjoy the music my friends.

artist/song/album/label

1.The Tranzmitors/Something's Going On/Tranzmitors/Deranged

2.Silvanus/The Debate/Talk To Jah/Silver Globe

3.Feist/I Feel It All/The Reminder/Arts & Crafts

4.Fox Jaws/Karmonica/Goodbye Doris/Chaulk

5.Mark Berube/Cowboys/What The River Gave The Boat/Kwalu

6.Jon Middleton/Morning Blue/After A Trip/Independent

7.Kris Demeanor/Every View IS Ugly/Go Away With Me/Independent

8.The Neins Circa/The Bentley Hills/Sleeves & Wigs/Copperspine

9.Immaculate Machine/Jarhand/Fables/Mint

10.Final Fantasy/The Arctic Circle/He Poos Clouds/Tomlab

11.Montag/Safe In Sound/Going Places/Carpark

12.Tokyo Police Club/Your English Is Good/UK 7"/Memphis Industries

13.Elizabeth/Caspian/First Excommunications/Pop Echo

14.The Blood Lines/modern Science/The Blood Lines/Independent

15.The Choir Practice/Failsafe/The Coir Practice/Mint

16.Cara Luft/Down To The River/the Light Fantastic/Blue Case

17.QR5/Revisited Gone/Pharmakon/Draft Tattoo

18.Japanese Pop Songs/Garage Sale/Heartbreaks Over & Over Again/Independent

19.City Of A Hundred Spires/Yamato/Boats Left Sinking EP/Independent

20.Great Lake Swimmers/Your Rocky Spine/Ongiara/Nettwerk

21.Junior Pantherz/Ancient Ruins/Death By Life/Independent

cheers as always !!

Doug The Canuck

July 15/07 Show #61 More Mailbag Goodies

Thanks to all the bands and labels who keep on sending in such wonderful music to play...let's get right to it!

artist/song/album/label

1.The Superfantastics/Glitter/Pop Up Book/Independent

2.Sonic Avenues/Close To You/Sonic Avenues EP/Ricochet Sound

3.The Swallows/Fire Engine Red/The Beauty Of Our Surroundings/Magnetic Angel

4.Greenfield Main/How To Shoot Straight/Hunting Tips For Everyone/Kelp

5.Matthew Barber/Soft One/Sweet Nothing/Warner

6.Jill Barber/Two Brown Eyes/For All Time/Baudelaire

7.Ohbijou/Steep/Swift Feet For Troubling Times/Independent

8.Sparrow/The Quiet Revelation/The New Pastoral/Independent

9.Michel Pagliaro/L'espion/Sous Peine D'Amour/Alert

10.Trey Mills/Saving Me/Athabasca/OP3

11.Arcade Fire/Ocean Of Noise/Neon Bible/Merge

12.The Tragically Hip/In View/World Container/Universal

13.Memphis/A Little Place In The Wilderness/ALPITW/Good Fences

14.Void's Anatomy/Life Sleeps/Shades Of A Vast Moment/Fuzzy Frog

15.Les Breastfeeders/Le Roi Est Nu/Les Matins De Grands Soirs/Blow The Fuse

16.Les Petits/Best Tasting Wool In The Whole World/The Mighty Antlers Of Song EP/Saved By Radio

17.The Just Barelys/Raising Kids/The Just Barelys/Independent

18.Numero#/C'est Fini/L'Ideologie Des Stars/Saboteur

19.Ragni/Kolysanka/Ragni EP/Seven Story

20.Decomposure/Hour Eight/Vertical Lines A/Blank Squirrel

21.Carbon Dating Service/Lazerbear/Carbon Dating Service/Tear Gas Recording Tree

Enjoy the music and go see a live band this week!!! Support the scene.

Cheers, Doug The Canuck

July 08/07 Show #60 Let's Dig Inside The Mailbag

Yes, the support from all the Canadian Indie bands and labels has been outstanding, and it's time to start fitting more of it into the show. Let's get this show on the road...

artist/song/album/label

1.Two Hours Traffic/Stuck For The Summer/Little Jabs/Bumstead

2.The Tranzmitors/Do I Really Want To Know?/Tranzmitors/Deranged

3.Jon-Rae & The River/Eastern Migration/Knows What You Need/Baudelaire

4.Murder City Sparrows/House Of The Dawn/self-titled/Independent

5.The Olympic Symphonium/Hail Me King/Chapter One/Forward

6.Grand Theft Bus/Corbin/Flies In The No Fly/Forward

7.Tokyo Police Club/La Farrassie/A Lesson In Crime/Paperbag

8.Petunia & The Loons/Cold Heart Breaker/self-titled/Forward

9.The Fussy Part/Jesus Is My Battery/Ben EP/Forward

10.Mark Davis/Just As Nowhere/Don't You Think We Should Be Closer?/Saved By Radio

11.Old Reliable/Standing On The Earth Tonight/The Burning Truth/Saved By Radio

12.Chords Of Canada/SuperFunHappyWakeUpSong/Somebody Needs A Timeout/Campfire

13.Share/Small Town War/Can Can Missile/Independent

14.Nassau/The Perfect Place/Machines To Paradise/Outside

15.David Trenaman/One Works Days One Works Nights/Success/Independent

16.Tariq/Cheerleaders Parade/Goodbye Lonely/Independent

17.Mike Powell/Disengage/The Vanguard/Independent

18.The Hidden Cameras/The Waning Moon/Awoo/A&C

19.Do Make Say Think/You You're Awesome/You You're A History In Rust/Constellation

20.Budokan/Gone Back Home/Doll Hospital 7"/Magic Teeth

21.Wilfred N & The Grown Men/I Think About/Waiting For Luck To Come/Zonick

22.Holoscene/Sleeping In Fields/Nothing Is The End Of Everything EP/Son Lumiere

Be Well...and enjoy the tunes.

Doug The Canuck

July 01/07 Show #59 Happy CANADA DAY !!

Happy 140th Birthday CANADA. I LOVE YOU. Cheers to you all.

artist/song/album/label

1.I Am Canadian

2.The New Pornographers/Your Daddy Don't Know/Fubar Sondtrack

3.The Golden Dogs/1985/Big Eye Little Eye/True North

4.D Rangers/Runnin' Back To Saskatoon/Guess Who's Home/Transistor 66

5.I Am From Saskatchewan

6.Stompin' Tom Connors/C-A-N-A-D-A/

7.Danny Michel/Young American/Loving The Alien/Maple

8.JP Hoe/All The Young Dudes/The Live Beta Project/Independent

9.Camouflage Nights/Celebration Guns/Do You Trust Your Friends/Arts & Crafts

10.The Hanson Brothers/The Hockey Game/Sudden Death/Essential Noise

11.Propagandhi/I Want You To Want Me/How To Clean Everything/Fat Wreck Chords

12.The Gruesomes/No No No No/Cave In/Ricochet Sound

13.Three Dead Trolls In A Baggie/Toronto Song

14.I Am Albertan

15.Ken Tizzard/Fly/Quiet Storey House/Independent

16.The Stolen Minks/Chug A Lug/Stolen Minks EP/Independent

17.The Weakerthans/Bad Time To Be Poor/The Secret Sessions-Tribute To Rheostatics

18.Chris Neufeld/Turbo Lover/Kentucky Waterfall/Independent

19.Great Lake Swimmers/Innocent When You Drink/Hands In Dirty Ground Tour EP

20.Jim Guthrie/Nighttime-Anytime Its Alright/

21.The Constantines/Don't Cry No Tears/

22.Stompin' Tom Connors/Canada Day Up Canada Way/

23.Bob & Doug McKenzie with Geddy Lee/TAKE OFF!!

Thanks for the great celebrations!

Doug The Canuck

June 24/07 Show #58 Happy St Jean Baptistes Day

One more week until Canada Day...and one more week until our ALL COVERS Canada Day Special !! I do hope you'll tune in. On with the show...

artist/song/album/label

1.Hawksley Workman/Maniacs/For Him & The Girls/Isadora

2.Jewish Legend/Tigris River/Telepathy Now/Independent

3.Shotgun & Jaybird/Hindsight/There Are Days & Then There Are Days/Sappy

4.The Creeping Nobodies/Sense Of Belonging/Sound Of Joy/Blocks

5.The Sadies/The Corktown/Tales Of The Rat Fink Soundtrack/Outside

6.The Stolen Minks/Black Widow/Stolen Minks EP/Independent

7.Novillero/The Hypothesist/Aim Right For The Holes In Their Lives/Mint

8.Clementine XO/Last Generation Of Housewives/And The Fantastic Balloons/Sunday League

9.Jim Bryson/Death By Vibration/Where The Bungalows Roam/Kelp

10.Emily Haines/Our Hell/Knives Don't Have Your Back/Last Gang

11.Young & Sexy/Your Enemy's Asleep/Panic When You Find It/Mint

12.Major Grange/I See Lines/Major Grange/Independent

13.The Golden Dogs/Strong/Big Eye Little Eye/True North

14.Chixdiggit/20 Times/Born On the First Of July/Honest Don's Canadian Passport

15.The High Dials/The Holy Ground/War Of The Wakening Phantoms/Rainbow Quartz

16.Joel Kroeker/Guide Us Home/Closer To The Flame/True North

17.Anita Athavale/Grace Is/In The Noise/Vacation

18.Jerry Leger/Send Me A Plane/Farewell Ghost Town/Independent

19.Bob Lanois/Up Set/Snake Road/Cordova Bay

20.Daniel Lanois/Panorama/Belladonna/Anti

21.Winter Equinox/Shiny New Penny/Safe & Sound/Crony

Cheers - and a very HAPPY CANADA DAY to you ( in case you're too partied out to listen in next week)

Doug The Canuck

thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

June 17/07 Show #57 A Great Weekend To Be Canadian

Just finished a fantastic weekend filled with Canadian music here in Austin. Friday, I went to see Bob Wiseman with The Phonemes ( his wife Magali's band), then Saturday, the shear joy of Great Lake Swimmers filled my ears, and Sunday after the program, I headed off to see The Stills. Yup....yup. Rawk On.

artist/song/album/label

1.The Diableros/Working Out Words/You Can't Break The Strings In Our Olympic Hearts/Baudelaire

2.Tokyo Police Club/Shoulders & Arms/A Lesson In Crime/Paper Bag

3.Young Galaxy/Wailing Wall/Young Galaxy/Arts & Crafts

4.Listening Party/Pachina/Listening Party/Kill Devil Hills

5.The Bicycles/Australia/The Good The Bad & The Cuddly/Fuzzy Logic

6.Feist/The Water/The Reminder/A&C

7.Karl Mohr/All Good Seasons/Full Moon Film/Multibeat

8.Julie Doiron/Some Blues/Goodnight Nobody/Jagjaguwar

9.Andrew Rodriguez/What I Done/Here Comes The Light/Baudelaire

10.Laura Peek/So Sorry/From The Photographs/Just Friends

11.Soft Copy/Computer Says No/Wolf, Wolves And More Wolves/Independent

12.Broken Social Scene/KC Accidental/You Forgot It In People/A&C

13.KC Accidental/Tired Hands/Captured Anthems For An Empty Bathtub/Noise Factory

14.The Phonemes/Kim Rogers/Theres Something We've Been Meaning To Do/Blocks

15.The Acorn/Erster Tag/The Pink Ghosts/Kelp

16.I Am Robot And Proud/Read & Re-Read/The Catch/Catmobile

17.Lola Dutronic/Le Model/The Love Parade/Bongo Beat

18.Barzin/Let's Go Driving/My Life In Rooms/Monotreme

19.Great Lake Swimmers/There Is A Light/Ongiara/Weewerk

20.The Stills/Oh Shoplifter/Without Feathers/Vice

cheers as always.

Doug

June 10/07 Show #56 Let's Give Away A Bit Of Canada...

Yes, we have a smattering of prizes this week. Tickets to see Great Lake Swimmers, tickets to see The Stills, and CDs from Bob Wiseman. This week we're featuring just a few of the hundreds of artists featured at the NXNE fest happening in Toronto. Thanks for the continued support. I hope you're having a wonderful June. Stay Cool !

artist/song/album/label

1.You Say Party We Say Die/Overture & Cold Hands Hot Bodies/Hit The Floor/Sound Document

2.Creature/These Are The Last Days Of America/2006 EP/Independent

3.The Stills/In The Beginning/Without Feathers/Vice

4.Les Breastfeeders/Viens Avec Moi/Les Matins De Grands Soirs/Blow The Fuse

5.Beth In Battle Mode/Technical Know How/Technical Know How/Independent

6.The Two Koreas/Steely Can/Altruists/Unfamiliar

7.The Parkas/Toronto Enough Tonight/Put Your Head In The Lions Mouth/Saved By Radio

8.Rock Plaza Central/Our Pasts Like Lighthouses/Are We Not Horses/Outside

9.Five Blank Pages/Five Blank Pages/Spaces To Occupy And Abandon/Sunday League

10.Bob Wiseman/All The Trees/In By Of/Bar None

11.Boats!/Two Of Every Animal/?/Independent

12.Lipstick Machine/Song Four/Lipstick Kisses & Suicide Smiles/Independent

13.Uncut/Buried With Friends/Those Who Were Hung Hang Here/Paper Bag

14.Great Lake Swimmers/Imaginary Bars/Bodies & Minds/Weewerk

15.The Details/Grey, Or.../Marching Sound/Independent

16.Rebekah Higgs/Winding Watch/Rebekah Higgs/Independent

17.Oh Susanna/Pretty Face/Short Stories/Stella

18.Luke Doucet/Its Not The Liquor I Miss/Broken & Other Rogue States/Six Shooter

19.Land Of Talk/Speak To Me Bones/Applause Cheer Boo Hiss/Dependent

20.A Northern Chorus/The Canadian Shield/The Millions Too Many/Sonic Unyon

21.NeverEnding White Lights/The First Days Of Spring/ACT ONE/Independent

cheers. Doug

June 03/07 Show #55 Here Come The Canucks

Yes - this seems to be the beginning of a Canadian wave of artists coming through Austin. Let me explain: June 09 - Julie Doiron and Buck 65; June 15 - Bob Wiseman; June 16 - Great Lake Swimmers; June 17 - The Stills; June 20 - Land Of Talk; June 22 - Gordon Lightfoot; June 23 - Canned Hamm; June 30 - Listening Party and Johnny & The Moon. Those are just the ones in June that I know about. So if you're a fan of Canadian bands - please go out and see a few...they'd love to say hello eh!

artist/song/album/label

1.The Russian Futurists/Paul Simon/Our Thickness/Upper Class

2.Mother Mother/Touch Up/Touch Up/Last Gang

3.Metric/Calculation Theme/Old World Underground,Where Are You Now/Last Gang

4.The Morning Stars/Hearts For The Living/You Can't Change The World/Volume

5.Johnny & The Moon/Johnny & The Devil/Johnny & The Moon/Kill Devil Hills

6.Daddy's Hands/Gentlemen You May Stand Down/Welcome Kings/Kill Devil Hills

7.Castle Project/Away From It/Diaries Of A Broken Heart/White Whale

8.Julie Doiron/No More/Woke Myself Up/Jagjaguwar

9.Buck 65/50 Gallon Drum/Talkin Honky Blues/Warner

10.Arcade Fire/Ocean Of Noise/Neon Bible/Merge

11.Bob Wiseman/Who Am I/Theme & Variations/Blocks

12.The Stills/Lola Stars & Stripes/Logic Will Break Your Heart/Vice

13.Bif Naked/Daddys Getting Married/Bif Naked/Aquarius

14.Cuff The Duke/The Future Hangs/Cuff The Duke/Hardwood

15.Wayne Petti/All Of The Time/City Lights Align/Outside

16.Great Lake Swimmers/I Could Be Nothing/Bodies & Minds/Weewerk

17.Junior Pantherz/Death By Life/Death By Life/Independent

18.Clothes Make The Man/Violence/Clothes Make The Man/Independent

19.Memphis/Time Away/A Little Place In The Wilderness/Good Fences

20.Vitaminsforyou/So Long Pleasant Bay/The Legend Of Birds Hill/Independent

cheers to you all, Doug The Canuck

thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

May 27/07 Show #54 The Summer Is Heating Up

Big Thanks to Concrete Skoolyard and Commercial Suicide for filling in for my timeslot last weekend. I was off enjoying the ocean breezes. But we're back this week with more new indie Canadian music. Enjoy.

artist/song/album/label

1.Hot Panda/It's Worth 8 Dollars/Whale Headed Girl EP/Independent

2.These Electric Lives/Teach me To Focus/These Electric Lives EP/Independent

3.Camaromance/28 Balloons/Different Paths/Local

4.Pony Up/Possible Harm/Make Love To The Judges With Your Eyes/Dim Mak

5.Howie Beck/Sometimes/Howie Beck/Ever

6.Hayden/Don't Get Down/Elk Lake Serenade/Hardwood

7.Royal City/Bad Luck/Alone At The Microphone/Rough Trade

8.Jim Guthrie/All Gone/Now More Than Ever/Three Gut

9.Nathan Lawr/Righteous Heart/A Sea Of Tiny Lights/Minotaur

10.Kate Maki/First Impression/The Sun Will Find Us/Independent

11.Carter Monrose/Bright Eyes/Demonstration/Independent

12.The Weakerthans/Aside/Left & Leaving/G7 Welcoming Committee

13.Mardeen/Honour/Mardeen EP/Independent

14.Julie Doiron/I Woke Myself Up/Woke Myself Up/Jagjaguwar

15.Do Make Say Think/Auberge Le Mouton Noir/Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn/Constellation

16.Windom Earle/Get On Into It/Gold Wave/Boost Ventilator

17.Jake & The Leprechauns/Sleep/Jake & The Leprechauns/Independent

18.Malajube/Montreal-40C/Trompe L'oeil/Dare To Care

19.Decomposure/Hour 10/Vertical Lines A/Blank Squirrel

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May 13/07 Show #53 Happy Moms Day Y'all

A very Happy Mother's Day to my Mom and Mother-in-law. I know that they are most likely not listening or reading this blog, but I love them just the same. Best wishes to ALL you Moms out there - I hope you have a special day! I've sprinkled todays show with music from BC group MOTHER MOTHER in honour of this occasion. Mom on!

artist/song/album/label

1.Feist/I Feel It All/The Reminder/Arts & Crafts

2.Mother Mother/Polynesia/Touch Up/Last Gang

3.Small Sins/All Will Be Fine/Small Sins/Boompa

4.Do Make Say Think/The Universe/You, You're A History In Rust/Constellation

5.Young Galaxy/Swing Your Heartache/Young Galaxy/A&C

6.The Awkward Stage/The Morons Are Winning/Heaven Is For Easy Girls/Mint

7.Mother Mother/Legs Away/Touch Up/Last Gang

8.Land Of Talk/Speak To Me Bones/Applause Cheer Boo Hiss/Dependent

9.Lullaby Baxter/What's Wrong With You/Garden Cities Of Tomorrow/Boompa

10.Arcade Fire/Intervention/Neon Bible/Merge

11.Pawa Up First/Inuit Wedding/Introducing New Details/Dare To Care

12.The Acorn/Return To Blackness/The Pink Ghosts/Kelp

13.Mobile/See Right Through Me/Mobile Sampler/Militia Group

14.The Patients/Doberman/Get Well Soon/Permafrost

15.Mother Mother/Dirty Town/Touch Up/Last Gang

16.Raised By Swans/There Is No Escape/Codes & Secret Longing/Independent

17.The Lake Vernon Drowning/Masterpiece/The Lake Vernon Drowning/Independent

18.Collapsing Opposites/Teachers & Students/Inside Chance

Catch ya in TWO weeks...as I'm out of town next weekend. Cheers my friends!

May 06/07 Show #52 A New Beginning

Well gang, it have been ONE YEAR since this show hit the airwaves. The response has been absolutely wonderful. Thanks to all the bands and labels and listeners !! We now have an extra 1/2 hour to play with, so watch for some new features in the future. Please keep enjoying the music and I hope that you're having as much fun discovering new bands from Canada as I am.

artist/song/album/label

1.Tokyo Police Club/Citizens Of Tomorrow/A Lesson In Crime/Paper Bag

2.The Most Serene Republic/Proposition 61/Underwater Cinematographer/A&C

3.The Two Minute Miracles/The Silence Of Animals/The Silence Of Animals/House Of Miracles

4.Wintersleep/Nerves Normal Breath Normal/Wintersleep/Dependent

5.Giant Sons/Coniferous/Consonance/Independent

6.Rheostatics/Record Body Count/Melville/Intrepid

7.The Junction/Components Of Four/The Junction/Universal

8.Broken Social Scene/Stars & Sons/You Forgot It In People/A&C

9.Broken Social Scene/Backyards/Bee Hives/A&C

10.Broken Social Scene/Da Da Dada/Bee Hives/A&C

11.William Shatner/I AM CANADIAN

12.Rufus Wainwright/Hallelujah/Shrek ST/Dreamworks

13.The Gruesomes/Cave In/Cave In/Ricochet Sound

14.Krista Muir/Libre Encore/Krista Muir EP/Independent

15.Children Of The CPU/Logic Is For Loners/Back To Basic/Independent

16.Chad VanGaalen/Head On The Cross/Infiniheart/Flemish Eye

17.The Tragically Hip/Poets/Phantom Power/Universal

18.Sloan/Listen To The Radio/Never hear The End Of It/Murderecords

19.P:ano/Round Every Corner/Ghost Pirates Without Heads/Mint

20.Rock Plaza Central/We've Got Alot To Be Glad For/Are We Not Horses/Yep Roc

21.Carbon Dating Service/Lazerbear/Carbon Dating Service/Tear Gas Recording Tree

cheers. www.koop.org

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April 30/07 Show #51 The End Of An Era...

and the start of a NEW one. Today marks my 51st show and my final time in the Monday afternoon slot. This Great White North will now be heard on SUNDAYS from 7 - 8:30pm. Yes...an additional half hour of Canadian goodness, and a mellow Sunday evening time slot...perfect for all my Canadian listeners to cozy up around the computer. Thanks again for the continued support ! Y'all Rawk Eh!!

artist/song/album/label

1.Bellevue/KC Thugs/Lost In Space/Music Maul

2.The Stills/In The Beginning/Without Feathers/Vice

3.Parkas/My Life Of Crime/Now This Is Fighting/Endearing

4.Wolf Parade/I'll Believe In Anything/Apologies to the Queen Mary/Subpop

5.The Neins Circa/This Is The Way I Used To Be/Sleeves & Wigs/Copperspine

6.Twilight Hotel/Delicate Cycle/Bethune/Festival

7.The Swallows/Out Of The Way/Awkward Situation/Magnetic Angel

8.The Classic Brown/Modulation/Down With Fun/Independent

9.Jim Bryson/Flowers/Where The Bungalows Roam/Kelp

10.Sunny Duval/Boo Hoo/Sunny Duval/Bonsound

11.Beth In Battle Mode/No Feeling/Technical Know How/Independent

12.The Marble Index/All That I Know/Watch Your Candles Watch Your Knives/Maple

13.The Organ/Love Love Love/Grab That Gun/Mint

14.Krief/What We Wanted/Take It Or Leave/Independent

15.Shapes & Sizes/Island's Gone Bad/Shapes & Sizes/Asthmatic Kitty

cheers! Tune in SUNDAYS @ 7pm CST www.KOOP.ORG

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