Jan 29/07 Show #38 Festival Season Approaches

With Coachella and SXSW nearly upon us, the 2007 tour schedules are really heating up. Be sure to catch some live music this year. Don't let it pass you by - it's what keeps us alive!!







artist/song/album/label

1.Wolf Parade/Grounds For Divorce/Apologies To The Queen Mary/Sub Pop
2.Novillero/Abbey/Aim Right For The Holes In Their Lives/Mint
3.Mother Mother/Touch Up/Touch Up/Last Gang
4.The Golden Dogs/Painting Ape/Big Eye Little Eye/True North
5.Emily Haines/Our Hell/Knives Don't Have Your Back/Last Gang
6.Jason Collett/These Are The Days/Idols Of Exile/A&C
7.The Unicorns/Child Star/Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone/Alien8
8.Scott Nolan/If I Could Only Leave Here/American Hotel/Transistor 66
9.The Doers/No Right Now/Watcha Doin'/Red Cat
10.The Hidden Cameras/Hump From Bending/Awoo/A&C
11.The High Dials/Our Time Is Coming Soon/War Of The Wakening Phantoms/Rainbow Quartz
12.Tokyo Police Club/Be Good/A Lesson In Crime/Paper Bag
13.Tegan & Sara/Walking With A Ghost/So Jealous/Vapor
14.Cub/Motel 6/Betti-Cola/Mint
15.Meligrove Band/Along Comes A Smile/Let It Grow/Endearing
16.Neil Young/Change Your Mind/Sleeps With Angels/Reprise


Cheers. Be sure to tune in NEXT MONDAY for my ALL COVERS - NEIL YOUNG SPECIAL. Stream it here: http://ct5.fast-serv.com:8508/listen.pls

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Jan 22/07 Show #37 The Arcade IS on Fire

The Arcade Fire's Neon Bible hits store shelves on March 6th and might already be everyone's pick for "Record of the Year." 2007 is definitely shaping up well for Canadian music fans, for in addition to Neon Bible, we can look forward to new music from Apostles Of Hustle, Julie Doiron and The New Pornographers. Rawk On Canucks!!



artist/song/album/label

1.The Arcade Fire/Black Mirror/Neon Bible/Merge
2.The Telepathic Butterflies/Bonhomie/Songs From A Second Wave/Rainbow Quartz
3.Nassau/Captain/Machines To Paradise/Outside
4.Rock Plaza Central/We've Got A Lot To Be Glad For/Are We Not Horses/Outside
5.The Buttless Chaps/Cornered & Jaded/Where Night Holds Light/Mint
6.Geoff Berner/Whiskey Rabbi/Whiskey Rabbi/Black Hen
7.Mike Trike/Conscience Pop Quiz/Apartment 18/Independent
8.The Pointed Sticks/What Do You Want Me To Do/Waiting For The Real Thing/Sudden Death
9.Hanson Brothers/Stick Boy/Sudden Death/Virgin
10.Sloan/Before The End Of the Race/Never hear The End Of It/Sony
11.Amer Diab/Punchline/There After/Independent
12.Blood Meridian/Your Boyfriend's Blues/Kick Up the Dust/Outside
13.Bronx Cheerleader/The Art Of Dancing/Tough Guy Cliches/Yummy
14.The Weakerthans/None Of The Above/Fallow/G7
15.Stars/What I'm Trying To Say/Set Yourself On Fire/Arts & Crafts
16.Sea Of Is/Pappa I'm Leaving Town/All The Little Things/Vulpine


Big Congrats to Chad W. who won a copy of the latest Sloan CD on today's show.

Jan 15/07 Show #36 The North Has Indeed Arrived

Happy Monday Everyone. Half the folks are off work for MLK JR Day...and THIS Great White North has officially arrived in Texas. Freezing rain. Plummeting temps.(haha)
There's even a little bit of snow on the rooftops from where I sit. Thanks for snuggling up with a warm Canadian. Cheers.

artist/song/album/label

1.Sam Roberts/Bridge To Nowhere/Chemical City/Universal
2.Bronx Cheerleader/Got Company/Tough Guy Cliches/Yummy
3.Panurge/Smile All The While/Walking In The Fog/Last Gang
4.Shotgun & Jaybird/Secret/There Are Days & Then There Are Days/Sappy
5.Sister Suvi/Monsters/Sister Suvi/Independent
6.Rheostatics/Rain Rain Rain/Whale Music/Sire
7.Spiral Beach/New Clouds Hot Clouds/Spiral Beach/Independent
8.The Arcade Fire/Intervention/Neon Bible/Merge
9.Hello Operator/So Free/Hello Operator EP/Independent
10.Vancougar/Mine First/Losin' It/Scratch
11.Sloan/I Understand/Never Hear The End Of It/Sony
12.Rah Rah/Cuba-Peru/Songs For Pasquala/Independent
13.The Awkward Stage/Sad Girl Radio/Heaven Is For Easy Girls/Mint
14.Carbon Dating Service/Lazerbear/Carbon Dating Service/Tear Gas Recording Tree
15.Moses Mayes/Intrafusion/Second Ring/Dublum

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Jan 08/07 Show #35 New Music from the mailbag.

A week into the New Year, and it's already time to play 'catch up'. Thanks to all the bands who have been sending me CDs the past little while - the response has been FANTASTIC!! I look forward to playing something from each and every one. Cheers!

artist/song/album/label

1.Counting Heartbeats/Lend It Bullets/Lights/Independent
2.Fun 100/Computer/Hit It & Quit/Hockey Dad
3.Metric/Patriarch On A Vespa/Live It Out/Last Gang
4.Panurge/The Hours They Pass/Walking In The Fog/Last Gang
5.The Constantines/Draw Us Lines/Tournament Of Hearts/Three Gut
6.Baby Eagle/Your Wounded Jaw, Our Dead Remains/Baby Eagle/Outside
7.Woolly Leaves/Comin' Around/Quiet Waters/Outside
8.Ron Sexsmith/Imaginary Friends/Retriever/Warner
9.Darling Arms/Concept Car/All The Ghosts/Blue Skies Turn Black
10.The Public/Options/A Brief Introduction To The History Of Existence/One Friday
11.Immaculate Machine/Numero De Telephone/Les Uns Mais Pas Les Autres/Mint
12.The Dudes/Do The Right Thing/Brain Heart Guitar/Load
13.Parlour Steps/Libertine Takes A Lover/The Great Perhaps/Figment
14.The Figment Quartet/The Thieves Of Memory/Everybody Had A Motive/Figment
15.Ladyhawk/The Dugout/Ladyhawk/Jagjaguwar
16.Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet/Having An Average Weekend/Cargo

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Thanks For Everything 2006 !

Happy New Year Greetings to you all. 2006 was an absolutely fatastic year for independent Canadian music. These are just some of my favorites of the year - I just couldn't fit them all into one hour. Huge Thanks to all the bands and artists who sent me stuff to play on the show. Without your generousity, This Great White North would have never been so colourful. Cheers, and welcome to 2007!

artist/song/album/label

1.Lake Holiday/In Whispers/The Curse Of Sunshine/The Debris Miracle Network
2.The Hidden Cameras/The Waning Moon/Awoo/A&C
3.The Hylozoists/La Fin Du Monde/La Fin Du Monde/Boompa
4.Tokyo Police Club/Citizens Of Tomorrow/A Lesson In Crime/Paper Bag
5.Pony Up/The Truth About Cats & Dogs Is That They Die/Make Love To The Judges With Your Eyes/Dim Mak
6.Islands/Swans/Return To The Sea/Equator
7.Great Lake Swimmers/See You On The Moon/See You On The Moon/Paper Bag
8.The Stills/In The Beginning/Without Feathers/Vice
9.The Dears/Ballad Of Humankindness/Gang Of Losers/A&C
10.Boat/Dream Of A Dentist/unreleased/myspace
11.The Lovely Feathers/Rod Stewart/Hind Hind Legs/Equator
12.Roar & The Wolf/You Are Mine/Motorboatown Mountaingoatown/Independent
13.Hawksley Workman/Hey Hey Hey(My Little Beauties)/Treeful Of Starling/Isadora
14.Neverending White Lights/Age Of Consent/Goodbye Friends Of The Heavenly Bodies/Maple

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