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2008-04-13T14:01:00.000-07:00

Happy Sunday!

Seeing that my last post was in December of 2007, I figure I should give you a quick update.

The Christmas vacation in Canada was WONDERFUL !!! Great Weather - Great Food - Great Friends and Family.
Returned back to Austin, all set to begin a new year of
THIS GREAT WHITE NORTH, and found that the studios had been torched by an arson!! Yes - KOOP seems to attract firebugs...

After 6 weeks off the air, KOOP returned with borrowed equipment and donated studio space(Thank you ENTERCOM). Its now April, and we are still working on the recovery plan. We hope to be back in our own space by late summer( whatever that means...)

We appreciate all the support that you have given to independent radio, and hope that you will continue to stick around in the future!

I have now moved my weekly playlists to my MYSPACE page and my page on the KOOP site.
Please visit them and check out the tunes. Email me any requests or comments!
THISGREATWHITENORTH@HOTMAIL.COM

Cheers!!!
Doug The Canuck

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

2007-12-09T13:16:00.000-08:00

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?

2007-12-02T14:14:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-25T06:32:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-18T15:26:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-11T08:01:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-04T13:41:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-04T13:24:00.000-08:00

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...

2007-11-04T13:01:00.000-08:00

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!

2007-10-20T13:26:00.000-07:00

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...

2007-10-20T13:13:00.000-07:00

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...

2007-09-30T18:46:00.000-07:00

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

2007-09-26T15:03:00.000-07:00

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...

2007-09-21T20:30:00.000-07:00

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

2007-09-08T16:47:00.000-07:00

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

2007-09-08T15:59:00.000-07:00

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

2007-08-26T12:44:00.000-07:00

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

2007-08-19T13:27:00.000-07:00

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 !!

2007-08-11T16:21:00.000-07:00

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

2007-08-05T12:37:00.000-07:00

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

2007-07-29T15:03:00.000-07:00

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...

2007-07-22T11:41:00.000-07:00

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

2007-07-14T13:25:00.000-07:00

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

2007-07-08T13:20:00.000-07:00

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 !!

2007-07-03T05:43:00.000-07:00

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

2007-06-24T14:44:00.000-07:00

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

2007-06-19T13:37:00.000-07:00

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...

2007-06-12T13:02:00.000-07:00

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

2007-06-06T05:38:00.000-07:00

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

2007-05-29T19:56:00.000-07:00

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

thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

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

2007-05-13T20:05:00.000-07:00

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

2007-05-11T14:42:00.000-07:00

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

thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

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

2007-04-30T17:56:00.000-07:00

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

thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

April 23/07 Show #50 The BIG "5 OH"

2007-04-23T06:10:00.000-07:00

I am pleased as punch to announce our arrival at show #50 !! The milestone is really show #52 - meaning that we've been on the air for a full year, but the number 50 has such classic weight to it. Thanks for tuning in, and be sure to mark your calendars for the show's NEW TIME SLOT. Beginning on Sunday, MAY 6th - This Great White North will air every SUNDAY evening from 7-8:30pm CST. I know for some of you, that this will be an easier time to tune in...especially those who listen online. I ask that you spread the word about the new day/time, and I hope that you'll be able to join me for our continued look at the Canadian indie music scene. Cheers! Doug

artist/song/album/label

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

2.Pointed Sticks/Out Of Luck/Perfect Youth/Sudden Death

3.The Dudes/Do The Right Thing/Brain Heart Guitar/Loadmusic

4.Jim Guthrie/Evil Thoughts/Morning Noon Night/Three Gut

5.Feist/My Moon My Man/The Reminder/A&C

6.Immaculate Machine/Comme Tu Es Cynique/Les Uns Mais Pas Les Autres/Mint

7.The Rest/Nonsense/Atlantis, Oh Our Saviour/Independent

8.Stars/Elevator Love Letter/Heart/A&C

9.Castle Project/The Airways/Diaries Of A Broken Heart/White Whale

10.Royal Wood/A Mirror Without/A Good Enough Day/Dead Daisy

11.Tokyo Police Club/Citizens Of Tomorrow(Space Ballad Version)/UK 7" B Side/Memphis

12.Sunset Rubdown/Stadiums & Shrines II/Shut Up I Am Dreaming/Global Symphonic

13.Bronx Cheerleader/Got Company/Tough Guy Cliches/Yummy

14.Lake Holiday/On My Mind/The Curse Of Sunshine/The Dead Debris Network

Be sure to catch the SUNSET RUBDOWN show on Friday April 27th at Emo's in Austin.

Keep supporting Canadians on tour - wherever you are!

thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

www.koop.org

April 16/07 Show #49 Great Music Begs To Be Listened To.

2007-04-16T10:26:00.000-07:00

Cheers Everyone. Thank you to those who pledged support during KOOP's Membership drive. It's your generousity that keeps my show on the air. If you still want to help - PLEASE visit www.koop.org and pledge online or call 1-888-917-5667 to reach the studio.

artist/song/album/label

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

2.Barons And Lengthy/The Bright Street Hustle/Get Out Goddamn City/Independent

3.Call Me Poupee/Singapore Slang/Western Shanghai/Semprini

4.The Be Good Tanyas/Opal/Hello Love/Nettwerk

5.The Grapes Of Wrath/Peace Of Mind/Treehouse/Nettwerk

6.Blue Rodeo/Heart Like Mine/Outskirts/Wea

7.Arcade Fire/No Cars Go/Neon Bible/Merge

8.The Hidden Cameras/Death Of A Tune/Awoo/A&C

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

10.Falconhawk/Safe/Hotmouth/Saved By Radio

11.Megan Hamilton/Traffic/Feudal Ladies Club/Familiar Music

12.A Northern Chorus/And She Still Sleeps/Before We All Go To Pieces/Independent

13.Listening Party/Pachina/Listening Party EP/Kill Devil Hills

14.The Western Investor/If You Wanna Go/This Beautiful Town/Sci Con

15.Hawksley Workman/Anger As Beauty/Lover-Fighter/Isadora

If you're in Austin - be sure to go check out A NORTHERN CHORUS on Saturday, April 21st - they play at Emo's Lounge on 6th Street.

Cheers!!!

April 09/07 Show #48 Keep Canada On The Air

2007-04-09T09:48:00.000-07:00

The KOOP Spring Membership Drive continues....and we encourage(beg?) you to pledge your support for THIS GREAT WHITE NORTH, by donating online at www.koop.org or by calling toll-free 1-888-917-5667. Thank you for the support and encouragement - let's keep this thing going, shall we?

artist/song/album/label

1.The New Pornographers/All For Swinging You Around/Electric Version/Matador

2.AC Newman/Drink To Me Babe, Then/The Slow Wonder/Matador

3.The Darby And Joan Club/The Room With A View/The Darby And Joan Club/Independent

4.Friday Morning's Regret/North Dakota/When Lost At Sea/Independent

5.Johnny & The Moon/The Ballad Of Scarlet Town/Johnny & The Moon/Kill Devil Hills
6.Wayne Petti/All Of The Time/City Lights Align/Outside
7.Cuff The Duke/Belgium Or Peru/Cuff The Duke/Hardwood
8.Three Dead Trolls In A Baggie/Toronto Song
9.Clementine XO/Jinx/...And The Fantastic Balloons/Sunday League
10.The Chocolate Robots/You Are Mine/Purr Quality/Independent
11.Swan Lake/All Fires/Beast Moans/Jagjaguwar
12.The Cliks/Whenever/Snakehouse/Tommy Boy
13.Bruce McCulloch/Daves I Know/Shame Based Man/WEA
14.Stars/Your Ex Lover Is Dead/Set Yourself On Fire/A&C

Cheers! and please call in your support. 1-888-917-5667 or www.koop.org

April 02/07 Show #47 Would You Like To Buy Some Cookies?

2007-04-02T10:35:00.000-07:00

It's that time again...time to show how much you love alternative/community radio! Thanks to everyone for the wonderful encouragement and musical support! Now I want to encourage you to help keep THIS GREAT WHITE NORTH on the air by supporting the station today. Please take a moment to visit www.koop.org to pledge online or call toll-free 1-888-917-5667 to pledge over the phone. Thanks again....and ENJOY!

artist/song/album/label

1.Vancougar/Temporary Teamwork/Losin' It/Scratch
2.The Stolen Minks/Chug A Lug/The Stolen Minks/Independent
3.The Bicycles/Two Girls From Montreal/The Good The Bad & The Cuddly/Fuzzy Logic
4.Rheostatics/Legal Age Life At Variety Store/Whale Music/Sire
5.Rheostatics/Polar Bears & Trees/2067/True North
6.Rheostatics/Making Progress/2067/True North
7.Kid Metropolis/Dear Bob Costas, Elvis Lives/A Blueprint For Modern Life/Independent
8.Arcade Fire/Antichrist Television Blues/Neon Bible/Merge
9.The Weakerthans/Our Retired Explorer.../Reconstruction Site/Epitaph
10.Julie Doiron/Woke Myself Up/Woke Myself Up/Jagjaguwar
11.Neil Young/Only Love can Break Your Heart/After The Goldrush/Reprise
12.Sloan/Listen To The Radio/Never Hear The End Of It/Yeproc
13.Ohbijou/St Francis/Swift Feet For Troubling Times/Independent
14.Metric/Combat baby/Old World Underground.../Last Gang
15.The Tragically Hip/My Music At Work/Music @ Work/Universal

CHEERS!!!! You make every Monday worth getting up for!!!

Doug The Canuck

thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

Mar 26/07 Show #46 We Are Springing Ahead

2007-03-26T11:41:00.000-07:00

...With Gusto!! Wow. Thanks to all the bands who have sent me stuff to play on the show. I received well over 20 CDs over the past weeks - and I'm doing my darndest to preview them all and get them on the show. Patience is indeed a virtue.

artist/song/album/label

1.Arcade Fire/Neon Bible/Neon Bible/Merge
2.Castle Project/Hearts At The Door/Diaries Of A Broken Heart/White Whale
3.Pawa Up First/Goodbye Pluto/Introducing New Details/Dare To Care
4.The Maynards/Break Out The Makeout/Break Out The Makeout/Independent
5.Windom Earle/Screw Wave/Gold Wave/Boost Ventilator
6.Mobile/Montreal Calling/Tomorrow Starts Today/Interscope
7.Young Galaxy/The Alchemy Between Us/A&C
8.AA Soundsystem/I Don't Get You At All/Laissez Faire/Saved By Radio
9.Octoberman/I'm Not Drunk/Laguardia/White Whale
10.Great Lake Swimmers/Imaginary Bars/Bodies & Minds/Weewerk
11.The Diableros/Golden Dates/You Can't Break The Strings In Our Olympic Hearts/Baudelaire
12.Their Majesties/Emergency Band Meeting/Lands Where Tales Are Tall/Just Friends
13.Islands/Humans/Return To The Sea/Equator
14.The Tragically Hip/Yer Not The Ocean/World Container/Universal
15.The Bad Beers/Surfing The Gauntlet/Zombies From Beyond The Surf/One Two Three Four

Cheers!!

Mar 19/07 Show #45 SXSW Fallout with Winnipeg Friends

2007-03-19T06:10:00.000-07:00

Hey hey - I hope you're all on the good road to recovery from this year's SXSW festivities. It was indeed a barnburner! This week, we are pleased as punch to have a couple of guests on the show. Winnipeg songwriter Scott Nolan, and Winnipeg's own back porchers Nathan. Please visit this page tomorrow for a full song listing. Cheers.

Doug The Canuck

Mar 12/07 Show #44 The Counting Is Over.

2007-03-12T11:17:00.000-07:00

Ok. The mayhem has officially begun. Many volunteer hours and a few late night movie premieres later and I am already exhausted...and the music hasn't even started yet. Rawk On indeed! Cheers.

artist/song/album/label

1.Call Me Poupee/Appel Interurbain/Western Shanghai/Semprini
2.The Golden Dogs/Never Meant Any Harm/Big Eye Little Eye/True North
3.Krista Muir/Drugging The Drain/EP/Independent
4.Rock Central Plaza/How Shall I To Heaven Aspire/Are We Not Horses/Yep Roc
5.The Cape May/A Butcher's Son/Glass Mountain Roads/Flemish Eye
6.Amy Millan/Wayward & Parliament/Honey From The Tombs/A&C
7.Tokyo Police Club/Citizens Of Tomorrow/A Lesson In Crime/Paper Bag
8.Young Galaxy/Swing Your Heartache/Swing Your Heartache Tour EP/A&C
9.Barzin/Let's Go Driving/My Life In Rooms/Monotreme-Weewerk
10.Immaculate Machine/Fire In The Lobby/Ones & Zeros/Mint
11.Creature/Chynia/Creature EP/Independent
12.Land Of Talk/Magnetic Hill/Applause Cheer Boo Hiss/Dependent
13.Small Sins/It's Easy/Small Sins/Boompa
14.Scott Nolan/Golden/No Bourbon & Bad Radio/Transistor 66
15.Sloan/I Understand/Never Hear The End Of It/Yep Roc

Have Fun Everyone - We'll catch ya next Monday for a Live chat with Scott Nolan.

Mar 05/07 Show #43 One Week and Counting...

2007-03-05T10:39:00.000-08:00

Ok..ok...we're almost there. In fact, SXSW officially starts in four days, but the MUSIC portion begins next week. Too many Canadian bands to fit into my show again, but we'll do our best. Rawk On!!

artist/song/album/label

1.Novillero/The Hypothesist/Aim Right For The Holes In Their Lives/Mint
2.Luke Doucet/Broken One/Broken & Other Rogue States/Six Shooter
3.Call Me Poupee/Les Rockstars/Western Shanghai/Semprini
4.Malajube/Montreal-40C/Trompe L'oeil/Dare To Care
5.Les Breastfeeders/Le Roi Est Nu/Les Matins De Grands Soirs/Blow The Fuse
6.Champion/Guy Doune/Chill 'Em All/Saboteur
7.Miracle Fortress/This Thing About You/Five Roses/Secret City
8.The Besnard Lakes/On Bedford & Grand/Are The Dark Horse/Jagjaguwar
9.Jim Bryson/Sleeping In Toronto/The North Side Benches/Orange
10.Hylozoists/If Only Your Heart Was A Major Sixth/La Fin Du Monde
11.Ox/Surrender/American Lo Fi/Weewerk
12.Carolyn Mark/North Country Fair/Just Married/Mint
13.Mother Mother/Dirty Town/Touch Up/Last Gang
14.Arcade Fire/Keep The Car Running/Neon Bible/Merge

get your sleep now...

Feb 26/07 Show #42 Two Weeks and Counting...

2007-02-26T10:29:00.000-08:00

Just a little over two weeks until the music portion of SXSW begins. The buzz is in full swing, and I'm thinking I should learn to drink coffee...All of the bands on today's show, minus Arcade Fire, are scheduled to play at the festival. I hope you discover something new. Cheers!

artist/song/album/label

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

2.Patrick Watson/Luscious Life/Close To Paradise/Secret City

3.The Dears/Whites Only Party/Gang Of Losers/Maple

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

5.The Awkward Stage/Heaven Is For Easy Girls/Heaven Is For Easy Girls/Mint

6.Shout Out Out Out Out/Nobody Calls Me Unless They Want Something/NCMUTWS/Six Shooter

7.Apostle Of Hustle/My Sword Hand's Anger/The National Anthem Of Nowhere/A&C

8.The Yoko Casionos/Cameras On/These Are The New Old Times/Independent

9.Hot Live Guys/Night Danger/Robbin' A Bank/Transistor 66

10.Wintersleep/Migration/Untitled/Dependent

11.Raising The Fawn/Carbon Paper/The Maginot Line/Sonic Unyon

12.Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton/Mostly Waving/Knives Don't Have Your Back/Last Gang

13.Nathan/I Left My Station/Jimson Weed/Nettwerk

14.Arcade Fire/Intervention/Neon Bible/Merge

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

We'll see you in a few weeks! Just look for the Canadian...

Feb 19/07 Show #41 Three Weeks and Counting...

2007-02-19T10:34:00.000-08:00

...until the craziness of SXSW begins. We're continuing this week with our preview of some of the more than 100 Canadian bands playing the fest. If you are planning to attend - I encourage you to check out some of the music from North of The Border!

artist/song/album/label

1.Chad VanGaalen/Burn 2 Ash/Skelliconnection/Flemish Eye
2.The Golden Dogs/Strong/Big Eye Little Eye/True North
3.Ladyhawk/My Old Jacknife/Ladyhawk/JagJaguwar
4.Paper Moon/Your Thesaurus Won't Help You Now/One Thousand Reasons To Leave, One Reason To Stay/Endearing
5.Malajube/Etienne d'aout/Trompe L'oeil/Dare To Care
6.Camaromance/28 Balloons/Different Paths/Independent
7.Windom Earle/Trampoline Girl/The Things I Do For Girls/Independent
8.The Gruesomes/You're Not The Boss Of Me/Cave In/Ricochet Sound
9.Uncut/Buried With Friends/Those Who Were Hung Hang Here/Paper Bag
10.Henri Faberge & The Adorables/Lonely Postcards/Henri Faberge & the Adorables/!059
11.The Bicycles/Australia/The Good The Bad & The Cuddly/Fuzzy Logic
12.The Dudes/Fist/Brain Heart Guitar/Load
13.A Northern Chorus/Red Carpet Blues/Spirit Flags/Sonic Unyon
14.Laura Barrett/Deception Island Optimists Club/Earth Sciences/Independent
15.Mother Mother/Leg's Away/Touch Up/Last Gang
16.Jetplanes Of Abraham/Tunnels-Terminals/Jetplanes Of Abraham/Independent
17.Windom Earle/The Mighty Peking Man/The Things I Do For Girls/Independent

Tune in again next Monday for more...

Feb 12/07 Show #40 Andrew Walker and the rest of Canada invade Austin on our 40th Episode!!

2007-02-12T17:57:00.000-08:00

Happy 40th! ...gee, it feels like only yesterday. Over 100 Canadian bands are coming down for SXSW next month, and we're starting to give you a taste of what's in store. A big THANKS to Andrew Walker, who took the time to hang out and play on todays show as well. You Rock,Andrew...in that country sorta way.

artist/song/album/label

1.You Say Party! We Say Die!/You Did It/Hit The Floor/Sound Document
2.The Golden Dogs/Construction Worker/Big Eye Little Eye/True North
3.Rock Plaza Central/How Shall I To Heaven Aspire?/Are We Not Horses/Independent
4.Immaculate Machine/Don't Leave Without Us/Ones & Zeros/Mint
5.The Awkward Stage/The Morons Are Winning/Heaven Is For Easy Girls/Mint
6.Sloan/Listen To The Radio/Never Hear The End Of It/Yep Roc
7.Kevin Hearn/The Good One/H-Wing/Nettwerk
8.The Grass/When The Farm Goes Up For Sale/Mulgrave/C&C
9.Tokyo Police Club/La Ferrassie/A Lesson In Crime/Paper Bag
10.Andrew Walker/The Fence/Floating Shift/Heise Hill
11.Andrew Walker/Where Did Love Go?/LIVE - Unreleased
12.Andrew Walker/The Long Way/LIVE - Unreleased
13.Andrew Walker/Charity/Floating Shift/Heise Hill
14.The Sweet Homewreckers/Amplification/From The Letdown To The Comearound/Put On Your Drinking Cap

Cheers!!! Any Questions? Email me: ThisGreatWhiteNorth@Hotmail.com

Feb 05/07 Show #39 Hey Hey My My...

2007-02-05T20:01:00.000-08:00

Rock & Roll will never die. I had a great time putting together todays ALL COVERS Neil Young special. It was actually quite the challenge narrowing down the songs to fit in just ONE hour. Thanks for the calls and emails. Keep on rockin' in the free world!

artist/song/original neil young album/year

1.The Treble Spankers/Aurora/The Sultan-Aurora 7"/1963
2.Rheostatics with Bourbon Tabernacle Choir/Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere/Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere/1969
3.Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs/Cinnamon Girl/Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere/1969
4.Crash Vegas/Down To The Wire/Stampede(unreleased)/1967
5.Psychic TV/Only Love Can Break Your Heart/After The Goldrush/1970
6.James Mercer(The Shins)/Harvest/Harvest/1972
7.Mercury Rev/Vampire Blues/On The Beach/1974
8.Teenage Fanclub/Don't Cry No Tears/Zuma/1975
9.The Pixies/Winterlong/Decade(previously unreleased)/1969
10.Everclear/Pocahontas/Rust Never Sleeps/1979
11.David Wilcox/Transformer Man/Trans/1982
12.Suede/Birds/After The Goldrush/1970
13.The Flaming Lips/After The Goldrush/After The Goldrush/1970
14.Of Montreal/I Believe In You/After The Goldrush/1970
15.Jane Birkin/Harvest Moon/Harvest Moon/1992
16.Pidzama Porno/Rockin' In The Free World/Freedom/1989

email me: thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

Jan 29/07 Show #38 Festival Season Approaches

2007-01-29T10:32:00.000-08:00

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

thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

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

2007-01-22T16:43:00.000-08:00

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

2007-01-15T14:56:00.000-08:00

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

thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

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

2007-01-08T12:12:00.000-08:00

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

thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

Thanks For Everything 2006 !

2007-01-01T12:09:00.000-08:00

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

thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

Dec 25/06 Show #33 Christmas Day

2006-12-26T09:16:00.000-08:00

Peace and Love to everyone. Remember to think of those in need. Cheers.

artist/song/album/label

1.The Evaporators/Who Are You/It's A Team Mint Xmas/Mint
2.Relient K/Handel's Messiah/Deck The Halls Bruise Your Hand/Gotee
3.Atomic 7/Senor Santa Ele Es El Monstruo/It's A Team Mint Xmas/Mint
4.Stompin' Tom Connors/Snowmobile Song/Songs Of Canada/Boot
5.Pilot Speed(Pilate)/Fairytale Of New York/Maybe This Xmas Tree/Nettwerk
6.Danny Michel/Snowglobe/In The Belly Of A Whale/Maple
7.Rufus Wainwright/Spotlight On Christmas/Maybe This Xmas Too/Nettwerk
8.Jack Scott/Jingle Bell Slide/7" B Side/Groove
9.The Razorbacks/Winter Wonderland/Radio Promo/Reveillon
10.Crash Test Dummies/White Christmas/Jingle All The Way/Hunter
11.David Carswell & Megan Barnes/I Wanna Kiss You This Christmas/It's A Team Mint Xmas/Mint
12.The Payolas/Christmas Is Coming/Hammer On A Drum/A&M
13.The Arcade Fire/Jingle Bell Rock/Christmas Album/Unreleased
14.The Buttless Chaps/The Blizzard/It's A Team Mint Xmas/Mint
15.Neil Young/Star Of Bethlehem/American Stars & Bars/Reprise
16.The Details/Holiday Song/Unreleased/Myspace Exclusive
17.The Weakerthans/Golly,Thanks For The Great Tip On My Paper Route This Christmas/Unreleased/
18.Bob & Doug McKenzie/12 Days Of Christmas/Great White North/Mercury

thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

I wish you well.

Dec 18/06 Show #32 The Year Is Winding Down...

2006-12-18T10:37:00.000-08:00

but the music isn't showing any sign of stopping! I hope everybody is having a peaceful (as it can be)Holiday Season. Thanks for all of your support this past year. Be sure to tune in next Monday for my ALL CANADIAN Christmas Day Special.

thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

artist/song/album/label

1.Fun 100/Hot Popular Girl/Hit It & Quit/Hockey Dad
2.The Pink Mountaintops/Can You Do That Dance/The Pink Mountaintops/Jagjaguwar
3.Vancougar/Way It's Gon' Be/Losin' It/La Ti Da
4.Rock Plaza Central/I Am An Excellent Steel Horse/Are We Not Horses/Independent
5.Jim Guthrie/Turn Musician/Morning Noon Night/Three Gut
6.Danny Michel/Running/Valhalla/Maple
7.Run Chico Run/Broadcaster/Slow Action/Boompa
8.No Luck Club/Better Times Will Come/Prosperity/Independent
9.Rheostatics/Making Progress/2067/True North
10.Hi Lo Trons/Science Fiction Music/Hi Lo Trons/Independent
11.Pilot Speed(Pilate)/Into Your Hideout/Caught By The Window/Maple
12.Apostle Of Hustle/They Shoot Horses Don't They/Folkloric Feel/A&C
13.They Shoot Horses Don't They/Lowlife/Boo Hoo Hoo Boo/Kill Rock Stars
14.Neverending White Lights/How Could I Survive/Goodbye Friends Of The Heavenly Bodies

cheers!!!

Dec 11/06 Show #31 Romi Mayes Live In The Studio

2006-12-12T06:45:00.000-08:00

Well....we have arrived. My first show in the NEW KOOP studios, and the show went pretty well, despite my nervousness about the new equipment. It was my pleasure to have Winnipeg's own ROMI MAYES come chat and play on the show today. Congrats to those folks who called in and won some CDs...and THANKS to everyone for listening and showing support. You are loved. thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

artist/song/album/label

1.The Organ/Brother/Grab That Gun/Mint
2.The Dears/Ballad Of Humankindness/Gang Of Losers/V2
3.The Deadly Snakes/Gore Veil/Porcella/Paper Bag
4.The Two Minute Miracles/The Silence Of Animals/Volume III/Teenage USA
5.Baby Eagle/Some Things We Lose/Baby Eagle/Outside
6.The Weakerthans/Left & Leaving/Left & Leaving/G7 Welcoming Committee
7.Romi Mayes/Eight More Days/Sweet Somethin' Steady/Independent
8.Romi Mayes/Sweet Somethin' Steady/Live @ KOOP
9.Romi Mayes/Smoke More Than I Drink/Live @ KOOP
10.Romi Mayes/Desparately/Sweet Somethin' Steady/Independent
11.Leeroy Stagger/Where I Live/Depression River/Boompa

Dec 04/06 Show #30 Winter Has Arrived...or has it?

2006-12-03T14:16:00.000-08:00

Wow !! Show #30!! Thanks so very much for everyone's support. This is also the last show I'll be doing in the temporary studios. KOOP will soon be in our new home on the East side. I've got lots of fun stuff planned for the upcoming months, so I hope you'll stick around. Cheers to December.
Email any requests/comments: thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

artist/song/album/label

1.Chixdiggit/Spanish Fever/From Scene To Shining Scene/Honest Don's Deep Deep Pockets
2.By Divine Right/Chinchilla Deluxe/Sweet Confusion/Spin Art
3.The Details/Assassins/Marching Sound/Independent
4.The Arcade Fire/Wake Up/Live at Fashion Rocks w/David Bowie
5.You Say Party,We Say Die!/You Did It!/Hit The Floor/Sound Document
6.The New Pornographers/Testament To Youth In Verse/The Electric Version/Matador
7.The Organ/Steven Smith/Grab That Gun/Mint
8.Destroyer/Painter In Your Pocket/Rubies/Merge
9.Frog Eyes/Fruit That Fell From The Tree/The Bloody Hand/Absolutely Kosher
10.Wolf Parade/This Heart's On Fire/Apologies To The Queen Mary/Sub Pop
11.Swan Lake/All Fires/Beast Moans/Jagjaguwar
12.Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet/Big Baby/Savvy Show Stoppers/Cargo
13.Volume/Tribute To Spiderman/The Amazing Spiderband/Independent
14.Romi Mayes/Eight More Days/Sweet Somethin' Steady/Independent
15.A Northern Chorus/Watershed Divide/Bitter Hands Resign/Sonic Unyon

Nov 27/06 Show #29 The Fun Continues

2006-11-28T07:34:00.000-08:00

A bunch of stuff from 2006 on this week's show. New Spiral Beach - a young band who just finished a tour with The Hidden Cameras. New music from The Lovely Feathers - hadn't played them yet on the show. Thanks to Joshua from Victoria for the good emails. You can reach me at ThisGreatWhiteNorth@Hotmail.com

artist/song/album/label

1.Great Lake Swimmers/See You On The Moon/See You On The Moon/Paperbag
2.Pony Up!/The Truth About Cats & Dogs(Is That They Die)/Make Love To The Judges With Your Eyes/Dim Mak
3.Spiral Beach/Voodoo/Spiral Beach/Independent
4.The Lovely Feathers/Pope John Paul/Hind Hind Legs/Equator
5.The Russian Futurists/Your Big Brown Eyes & My Big Broke Heart/The Method Of Modern Love/Upper Class
6.JP Hoe/Mother/The Here In Review EP/Independent
7.Shapes & Sizes/Boy,You Shouldn't Have/Shapes & Sizes/Asthmatic Kitty
8.Falconhawk/Try A Little Longer/Here's Your Ghost/Saved By Radio
9.Roar & The Wolf/Unfurnished Room/MotorBoatown-MountainGoatown/Independent
10.Faunts/Instantly Loved/High Expectations-Low Results/Friendly Fire
11.Stars/Ageless Beauty/Set Yourself On Fire/A&C
12.Amy Millan/Skinny Boy/Honey From The Tombs/A&C
13.Memphis/Incredibly Drunk On Whiskey/Good Fences
14.The Fembots/Prison Memoirs Of An Anarchist/Small Town Murder Scene/Paperbag

Nov 20/06 Show #28 Where is that Camera??

2006-11-21T05:03:00.000-08:00

A fantastic ISLANDS weekend! We were lucky enough to have Nick Diamonds and his cohorts in the studio for a chat on Saturday. Thanks to Matt & Paul for donating their spot, and HUGE THANKS to Rebecca for conducting the interview...without her Islands/Unicorns knowledge, I would have been left chatting about clubs in Winnipeg and Canadian beer. Fun times hanging with the band...and an absolutely wonderful show Saturday night. Cheers to the band and Hil for a really fine time. Thanks. Congrats to Jillian who won herself some Hidden Cameras tix this week. We'll see ya Wednesday.
thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

artist/song/album/label

1.The Hidden Cameras/The Waning Moon/Awoo/Arts & Crafts
2.Small Sins/Small Sins-Big Within/Small Sins/Boompa
3.Jim Guthrie/You Are Far(Do You Exist)/Now More Than Ever/Three Gut
4.Islands/Tsuxiit/Return To The Sea/Equator
5.Islands/Where There's A Will There's A Whalebone/Return To The Sea/Equator
6.Duchess Says/Black Flag/Noviciat Mere-Perruche/Slum
7.Children Of The CPU/Closer Than You Think/Back To Basic/Independent
8.Vailhalen/Moodkiller/Pop Violence/Saved By Radio
9.The Hidden Cameras/Animals Of Prey/The Smell Of Our Own/Sanctuary
10.Bronx Cheerleader/Got Company/Tough Guy Cliches/Yummy
11.Metric/Combat Baby/Old World Underground Where Are You Now?/Everloving
12.Emily Haines/Our Hell/Knives Don't Have Your Back/Last Gang
13.Andrew Walker/The Fence/Floating Shift/Heise Hill

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY...Be Well.

Nov 13/06 Show #27 We Are An ISLAND.

2006-11-13T16:18:00.000-08:00

Happy Monday Everyone. I missed the Ladyhawk show last night...I'm sure that they kicked some American A**. Congrats to Cory who picked up some passes to see ISLANDS this coming weekend. Hopefully next Monday we'll have some Hidden Cameras tix to give away. Thanks for tuning in for some of the best Canadian music you'll ever hear in Texas. thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

artist/song/album/label

1.A.C. Newman/Miracle Drug/The Slow Wonder/Matador
2.Uncut/Buried With Friends/Those Who Were Hung Hang Here/Paper Bag
3.Greg MacPherson/Two Haircuts In One/Night Flares/G7 WC
4.Great Lake Swimmers/Imaginary Bars/Bodies & Minds/Weewerk
5.Jim Guthrie/1901/Morning Noon Night/Three Gut
6.Wolf Parade/You Are A Runner & I Am My Father's Son/Apologies To The Queen Mary/Sub Pop
7.Islands/Swans(Life After Death)/Return To The Sea/Equator
8.The Consumer Goods/Babylong Song/Pop Goes The Pigdog/Grumpy Cloud
9.Ladyhawk/My Old Jacknife/Ladyhawk/JagJaguwar
10.The Bonaduces/Lectern Made Of Seashells/The Democracy Of Sleep
11.Chixdiggit/Good Girls/Pink Razors/Fat Wreck Chords
12.Joel Plaskett/Nowhere With You/Make A Little Noise/Maple
13.The Summerlad/Kid Gloves/Themes:International/Saved By Radio
14.Neil Young/Helpless/Deja Vu/Atlantic

Cheers. Happy Birthday James!

Nov 06/06 Show #26 Canada's Power Hour.

2006-11-07T21:20:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the first FULL HOUR episode of This Great White North. Now heard every Monday from 3:30 - 4:30pm CST on 91.7 KOOP FM in Austin Texas. Some really fun shows coming up this month; including The Hidden Cameras and Islands. Big congrats to the winners - Brian & Kendall - on this weeks show who picked up tickets to see Ladyhawk. Thanks for listening. Cheers!!

artist/song/album/label

1.Tokyo Police Club/Citizens Of Tomorrow/A Lesson In Crime/Paper Bag
2.The Stills/Gender Bombs/Logic Will Break Your Heart/Vice
3.The Hidden Cameras/Death Of A Tune/Awoo/A&C
4.Lederhosen Lucil/The Best Dishwasher I Ever Had/Tales From The Pantry/Independent
5.Junior Boys/In The Morning/In The Morning EP/Domino
6.Bob Wiseman/Search The World/Theme & Variations/Blocks
7.Ladyhawk/The Dugout/Ladyhawk/JagJaguwar
8.Hawksley Workman/Autumn's Here/Lover-Fighter/Isadora
9.The Hylozoists/La Fin Du Monde/La Fin Du Monde/Boompa
10.Christine Fellows/Afterward/Paper Anniversary/Six Shooter
11.Vitaminsforyou/I Think I Know That Kind Of Feeling/The Legend Of Birds Hill/Sfeerical
12.Islands/Jogging Gorgeous Summer/Return To The Sea/Equator
13.Lake Holiday/Press Record Then Play/The Curse Of Sunshine/The Debris Miracle Network
14.The Weakerthans/Wellington Wednesdays/Fallow/G7 Welcoming Committee
15.Shout Out Out Out Out/Nobody Calls Me Unless They Want Something/Not Saying-Just Saying/Normals Welcome

Thanks for the calls. feel free to email song requests to: thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

Oct 30/06 Show #25 Transistor 66 Takes Care Of Our Final Half Hour.

2006-10-30T19:08:00.000-08:00

Well Everybody...Show #25. Six months of broadcasting some of the finest Independent Canadian music out there, and we haven't even scratched the surface. But this program is changing. Beginning November 6th - This Great White North will be ONE FULL HOUR airing Mondays from 3:30 - 4:30pm on 91.7 KOOP in Austin. Thanks for all the support thus far, and here's to another six months! Cheers.
(This weeks show showcased the Transistor 66 label out of Winnipeg. Big Thanks to Art. www.transistor66.com)

artist/song/album/label

1.Hot Live Guys/Robbin' A Bank/Robbin' A Bank/Transistor 66
2.American Flamewhip/Kick It/Fingertight/T66
3.Agriculture Club/Strong & Free/The Horse Always Gets It First/T66
4.D Rangers/Runnin' Back To Saskatoon/Guess Who's Home/T66
5.Scott Nolan/Last Sunday Morning/No Bourbon & Bad Radio/T66
6.The Fabulous Kildonans/Still All My Fault/Bottle Rocket/T66

Oct 23/06 Show #24 The 2006 Western Canadian Music Awards & Festival Follow-Up.

2006-10-23T16:15:00.000-07:00

The WCMA & Festival took place Oct. 19-22 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Over 90 artists performed. Fun was had by all...especially the winners!!
Big Congrats to my own winner. Keith got himself a pair of tickets to see Broken Social Scene/Do Make Say Think at Stubb's on the 26th of October. Hooray !!

artist/song/album/label

1.Leeroy Stagger/Count Me Out/Beautiful House/Boompa
2.Corb Lund/Hair In My Eyes Like A Highland Steer/HIMELAHS/Stoney Plain
3.The New Pornographers/Sing Me Spanish Techno/Twin Cinema/Mint
4.Harlequin/Innocence/Love Crimes/Epic
5.Hot Little Rocket/Are My Eyes Too Red?/Our Work & Why We Do It/Flemish Eye
6.Broken Social Scene/Major Label Debut(Fast)/To Be You & Me/A&C

Oct 16/06 Show #23 Hello Illinois !!

2006-10-16T15:19:00.000-07:00

A big thanks to everyone who pledged their support during KOOP's Fall Membership Drive. It's folks like YOU who keep programming like this on the air. Hi to faithful listener Rebecca, and also to Cathy in Illinois who caught us online. You gals Rawk!!
You really do.

artist/song/album/label

1.The Russian Futurists/Paul Simon/Our Thickness/Upper Class
2.The Unicorns/Jellybones/Three Inches Of Blood/unreleased demos
3.The Dears/Ticket To Immortality/Gang Of Losers/Arts & Crafts
4.Wolf Parade/Shine A Light/Apologies To The Queen Mary/SubPop
5.Martha & The Muffins/Echo Beach/Metro Music/Virgin
6.Broken Social Scene/Hotel/Broken Social Scene/A&C
7.Do Make Say Think/End Of Music/& Yet & Yet/Constellation

Listen next week (Oct 23rd) for a chance to win a pair of tickets to see Broken Social Scene & Do Make Say Think in Austin on Oct 26th. Cheers.

Oct 09/06 Show #22 Membership Drive Part Deux

2006-10-09T16:08:00.000-07:00

Thanks again to everyone who tuned in and special thanks to Kevin and Mary who actually stepped up and supported the show with their pledges. Please log on to www.koop.org to pledge any amount for the remainder of this week. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks also to Rebecca for helping on the show today.

artist/song/album/label

1.The Arcade Fire/Rebellion/Funeral/Merge
2.Lake Holiday/On My Mind/The Curse Of Sunshine/Debris Miracle Network
3.Broken Social Scene/KC Accidental/You Forgot It In People/A&C
4.The Hidden Cameras/Awoo/Awoo/A&C
5.Boat/The Dream Of A Dentist/unreleased/myspace track
6.Chixdiggit/Koo Stark/Pink Razors/Fat Wreck Chords

Oct 02/06 Show #21 KOOP's Fall Membership Drive Is Under Way

2006-10-02T21:30:00.000-07:00

Yes indeed, the pleading for financial support has begun. KOOP is a completely non-profit community station that is staffed solely by volunteers save for 2 paid positions. Just like other public broadcasters, we operate day to day on funds donated by listeners and the local business community. "This Great White North" raised $195.00 during our 1/2 hour show today. A big thanks to those who pledged.
Please visit www.koop.org and donate online. Cheers

artist/song/album/label

1.Howie Beck/Alice/Howie Beck/Ever
2.Islands/Rough Gem/Return To The Sea/Equator
3.The Rowdymen/Clap For The Wolfman/Guess Who's Home(a tribute)/Transistor 66
4.Neil Young/Cinnamon Girl/Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere/Reprise
5.The High Dials/The Holy Ground/War Of The Wakening Phantoms/Rainbow Quartz
6.The Hidden Cameras/The Waning Moon/Awoo/A&C

Sept 25/06 Show #20 Winnipeg grows 'em well

2006-09-26T08:59:00.000-07:00

Todays show features just a handful of Winnipeg's fantastic songwriters, including JP HOE, who was kind enough to join us in the studio to chat and perform a few tunes with his friend Rob. The guys played later on at MOMO'S on 6th Street. All the best to those Canadians on tour.

artist/song/album/label

1.Mike Petkau/I Claim These Streets/Don't Say A Word/Head In The Sand
2.Darren Day/I Want To Fall In Love/This Evening Tonight/Head In The Sand
3.Greg MacPherson/Southern Lights/Night Flares/G7 Welcomming Committee
4.Matt Epp/The Family Farm/Love In Such Strong Words/Independent
5.Joel Kroeker/Blue Moon Lounge/Melodrama/True North
6.Chris Neufeld/In My Eye/Colorado Low/Independent
7.JP Hoe/Always/The Live Beta Project/Independent

Sept 18/06 Show #19 Recover from the weekend with a nice hot drink...

2006-09-18T21:34:00.000-07:00

ACL Fest was another roaring success. Congrats to all the wonderful Canadian musicians who played - and took the crowd by storm. Come back, and we'll have you on the show. For now...we must rest.

artist/song/album/label

1.Christine Fellows/Foreward/Paper Anniversary/Six Shooter
2.Roar & The Wolf/You Are Mine/Motor Boatown,Mountain Goatown/Independent
3.Hayden/Home By Saturday/Elk Lake Serenade/Hardwood
4.The Arcade Fire/Neighborhood #1(Tunnels)/Funeral/Merge
5.The Most Serene Republic/In Places,Empty Spaces/Underwater Cinematographer/A&C
6.Todd Hunter Band/We're Fine/Life Is Good/Independent
7.JP Hoe/All Of A Sudden/The Live Beta Project/Independent

Sept 11/06 Show #18 AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Primer Show

2006-09-12T11:04:00.000-07:00

ACL Fest kicks off this coming weekend (Sept 15-17) and there are 8 Canadian artists playing this year. Overall, it's an amazing lineup! If you're attending the show - you will not be disappointed. Rock On.

artist/song/album/label

1.The Tragically Hip/Ahead By A Century/Trouble At The Henhouse/Atlantic
2.The Stills/She's Walking Out/Without Feathers/Vice
3.Sam Roberts/Don't Walk Away Eileen/We Were Born In A Flame/Universal
4.Kathleen Edwards/In State/Back To Me/Zoe
5.The New Pornographers/Use It/Twin Cinema/Matador
6.Wolf Parade/Modern World/Apologies To The Queen Mary/Subpop
7.The Dears/Ballad Of Humankindness/Gang Of Losers/V2
8.Stars/Calendar Girl/Set Yourself On Fire/A&C

Enjoy the Sounds.

Sept 04/06 Show #17 A little ACL Fest teaser

2006-09-04T16:17:00.000-07:00

This is just that - a teaser, but tune in next week for the official PRE-ACL Fest SHOW. ALL CANADIAN - ALL ACL PERFORMERS. Thanks again to Jess for hanging out with me today.

artist/song/album/label

1.Stars/Your Ex-Lover Is Dead/Set Yourself On Fire/Arts & Crafts
2.Memphis/A Little Place In The Wilderness/A Little Place In The Wilderness/Good fences
3.The Stills/Oh Shoplifter/Without Feathers/Vice
4.Neil Young/Transformer Man/Unplugged/Reprise
5.The Bonaduces/A Separate Lid Behind Closed Eyes/The Democracy Of Sleep/Endearing
6.The Kicker/The Spat/First Word,Last Place/Salad Dressing
7.Hawksley Workman/Ice Age/Treeful Of Starling/Isadora

Aug 28/06 Show #16 The Canucks [slowly] invade Austin

2006-08-29T10:12:00.000-07:00

Fun fun show this week - and I had my apprentice JESS hang out with me, so that was cool. Lots of good shows coming up in the next while. Look for Tokyo Police Club, Feist, The Stills, Jason Collett, JP Hoe, Billy Talent, Islands and The Hidden Cameras - all before December!!

artist/song/album/label

1.The Weakerthans/Manifest/Reconstruction Site/Epitaph
2.Wolf Parade/This Heart's On Fire/Apologies To The Queen/Subpop
3.The Harlots/Animal Crashers/Somebody Needs A Timeout/Campfirecords
4.The New Pornographers/All For Swinging You Around/Electric Version/Matador
5.A.C.Newman/Miracle Drug/The Slow Wonder/Matador
6.The Neins Circa/Jonathon Livingston Seagull/Sunday Anthems/Copperspine
7.Tokyo Police Club/Nature Of The Experiment/A Lesson In Crime/Paper Bag
8.The Hidden Cameras/For Fun/Awoo/Arts & Crafts

Don't forget to check out www.exclaim.ca for more fantastic Canadian artists.

Aug 21/06 Show #15 Bob Wiseman and Final Fantasy in the studio

2006-08-21T20:34:00.000-07:00

Had a great time helping to host two wonderful Canadian musicians last Friday. Bob Wiseman(Blue Rodeo, The Hidden Cameras) and Owen Pallett/Final Fantasy(Arcade Fire, The Hidden Cameras)were kind enough to chat and perform during Rebecca's "Now Playing Austin" show. We then got to see them play later that night at The Parish. Fabulous...just fabulous!

artist/song/album/label

1.Luckyfool/Hell's Half Acre/Kowpunck'd/Independent
2.Shotgun & Jaybird/Hindsight/There Are Days & Then There Are Days/Sappy
3.Final Fantasy/The Pooka Sings/He Poos Clouds/Tomlab
4.The Hidden Cameras/The Waning Moon/Awoo/Arts & Crafts
5.Jason Collett/These Are The Days/Idols Of Exile/Arts & Crafts
6.ArchRivals/Souce King/Live In The Studio/Independent
7.Chixdiggit/Good Girls/Pink Razors/Fat Wreck Chords

Note: That Hidden Cameras CD is out tomorrow IN CANADA. The States wont see it until September 19th - Watch for it...it's completely awesome!

Aug 14/06 Show #14 I'm back - Thanks for sticking around.

2006-08-14T22:24:00.000-07:00

Spent some time back in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Saw Maps of the Night Sky play a little in-store for about 8 people. Bought some new CDs for the show. Ate way too much cheese and sausage....a good time was had by all !!!

artist/song/album/label

1.Scott Nolan/Golden/No Bourbon & Bad Radio/Transistor 66
2.Maps of the Night Sky/Wildlife/Maps of the Night Sky/Locust Mount
3.The Morning After/Out Of Your Mind/The Morning After/Independent
4.Danny Michel/Into The Flame/Valhalla/MapleMusic
5.Vailhalen/We Fill The Cracks/Pop Violence/Saved By Radio
6.Bob Wiseman/Uranium/It's True/Independent
7.Broken Social Scene/Stars & Sons/You Forgot It In People/Arts & Crafts

Aug 07/06 Show #13 Rebecca from Now Playing Austin fills in

2006-08-12T17:52:00.000-07:00

Still away enjoying my own piece of the great white north. The wonderful Rebecca (from Now Playing Austin)fills in with some more cool Canuck tunage. Thanks Rebecca!!

artist/song/album/label

1.Islands/Abominable Snow(man)/?/?
2.The Pink Mountaintops/New Drug Queens/Axis Of Evol/JagJaguwar
3.Pony Up/The Truth About Cats & Dogs(is that they die!)/Make Love To The Judges With Your Eyes/Dim Mak
4.The New Pornographers/Star Bodies/Twin Cinema/Mint
5.The Sadies/Why Be So Curious/Favourite Colours/Yep Roc
6.Arcade Fire/Rebellion(lies)/Funeral/Merge
7.The Unicorns/Tuff Ghost/Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone/Alien8

it seems that those girls really love The Pink Mountaintops....

July 31/06 Show #12 Caitlin from The Green Room fills in

2006-08-12T17:38:00.000-07:00

Vacationing in Canada. My friend Caitlin (from The Green Room) did a fantastic show. Thanks Caitlin !!

artist/song/album/label

1.Twilight Hotel/Twilight Hotel/Bethune/Independent
2.Black Mountain/Druganaut UK Radio/Black Mountain/JagJaguwar
3.The Pink Mountaintops/New Drug Queen/Axis Of Evol/JagJaguwar
4.They Shoot Horses Don't They/Empty Head/Boo Hoo Hoo Boo/Kill Rock Stars
5.The Black Halos/Burning Trash/Demo/Liquor & Poker
6.Fun 100/Lost In New York/Hit It And Quit/Hockey Dad
7.The Waking Eyes/But I Already Have It/Video Sound/Warner
8.The Quiffs/Pee Wee/?/Independent
9.Projektor/Glass City/Unreleased
10.The Detentions/Soda Pop Buzz/Unreleased

you can find all of these bands on the mighty MYSPACE.

July 24/06 Show #11 Digging around in the mailbag

2006-07-24T18:58:00.000-07:00

I've been getting some great stuff in the mail lately - thanks so much to those bands who have sent CDs my way. I am also very happy to announce that the show has a sponser - EXCLAIM! magazine. Please check them out at www.exclaim.ca

A couple of songs for my new friend Chad on todays show as well. Cheers!!!

artist/song/album/label

1.Vince Vaccaro/Heart & Hands/Vince Vaccaro EP/Independent
2.The Frenetics/Daylight Insomniac/Grey Veins To The Parking Lot/Union 2112
3.The Telepathic Butterflies/Bangor/Songs From A Second Wave/Rainbow Quartz
4.Sarah Harmer/Silver Road/All Of Our Names/Cold Snap
5.Jim Bryson/Sleeping In Toronto/The North Side Benches/Orange
6.JP Hoe/Lady Bliss/The Here In Review EP/Independent
7.The Gerry Alvarez Odyssey/It's Only Just A Dream/Candy Prankster/Ricochet Sound

and I'm going to try to start including links...
Vince Vaccaro
The Frenetics
The Telepathic Butterflies
Sarah Harmer
Jim Bryson
JP Hoe
The Gerry Alvarez Odyssey

July 17/06 Show #10 Outsider Insider

2006-07-17T18:51:00.000-07:00

This weeks show features some unique independent music from Canadians. Special Thanks to EXCLAIM! magazine for sponsoring the show. Check em out at www.exclaim.ca

artist/song/album/label

1.Leon Kingstone/Runaway Sentence/Familiar/Borderland
2.Mr Plow/MSN/Chairman Plows Little Red Book/Crusty
3.Kram Ran/Quarter High Sunrise/When I Move/Wooly
4.Geoff Berner/A Settling Of Accounts/We Shall Not Flag Or Fail, We Shall Go On To The End/Black Hen
5.Bob Wiseman/Fluke Of World/It's True/Independent
6.Bob Wiseman/I Know It's True/It's True/Independent
7.Lederhosen Lucil/The Best Dishwasher I Ever Had/Tales From The Pantry/Hypo
8.Lederhosen Lucil/Ooo...omg/Tales From The Pantry/Hypo

Watch for upcoming concerts from Lederhosen Lucil(July 21st)and Bob Wiseman(Aug 18th)

Thanks for tuning in.

July 10/06 Show #9 Girls Girls Girls

2006-07-10T15:40:00.000-07:00

No, no...it's not a Motley Crue special. ( besides, they're not Canadian )...It's an ALL-FEMALE-MUSICIAN show. That's all.

artist/song/album/label

1.You Say Party We Say Die/The Gap/Hit The Floor/Sound Document
2.Tegan & Sara/Walking With A Ghost/So Jealous/Vapor
3.Crash Vegas/Down To The Wire/Red Earth/Risque Disque
4.Melissa Auf Der Maur/Overpower Thee/Auf Der Maur/Capitol
5.Melissa Plett/Saturday/Repeated Stories EP/Independent
6.Melissa McClelland/Factory/Stranded In Suburbia/Orange
7.Kate Maki/Forever Blue/The Sun Will Find Us/Independent
8.Cub/Cast A Shadow/Betti-Cola/Mint
9.Maow/Ms Lefevre/The Unforgiving Sound Of Maow/Mint

July 03/06 Show #8 Happy CANADA DAY you hosers! We're all free !!

2006-07-03T14:35:00.000-07:00

Post Canada Day show with pre-celebration wishes to all our U.S. listeners. eh.

artist/song/album/label

1.Stompin' Tom Connors/Cross Canada/My Stompin' Grounds/Boot
2.Three Dead Trolls In A Baggie/The Canada Song/?/?
3.Neil Young/Winterlong/Decade/Reprise
4.Rheostatics/Northern Wish/Melville/Intrepid
5.Ren & Stimpy/Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen/?/?
6.Radiogram/Can-America/All The Way Home/Endearing
7.Broken Social Scene/Canada vs. America/To Be You & Me/Arts & Crafts

June 26/06 Show #7 The Unicorns invade Kitchener/Waterloo

2006-06-26T16:04:00.000-07:00

This show is for my friend Gary listening in Ontario. Also a request for The Unicorns from Rebecca. Lucky number 7 indeed.

artist/song/album/label

1.Hanson Brothers/the Hockey Song/Sudden Death/Essential Noise
2.Propagandhi/Gifts/Less Talk More Rock/Fat Wreck Chords
3.The Weakerthans/Plea From A Cat Named Virtute/Reconstruction Site/Epitaph
4.The Unicorns/Ghost Mountain/Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?/Alien8
5.Mike Trike/Valet/Apartment 18/Practically
6.Bronx Cheerleader/Invisible Suit/Tough Guy Cliches/Yummy
7.Hawksley Workman/No Sissies/For Him & All The Girls/Isadora
8.Aaron Beckum/The Darkness Calling/A Real Resistance/Torque
9.The Only Children/The Circle Will Not Be Broken/Change Of Living/Glurp

June 19/06 Show #6 Lose the voices, turn up the instruments

2006-06-19T17:58:00.000-07:00

It's been cooking hot in Texas this year, and the worst is still yet to come. Nothing like chilling out to some great Canadian Instrumental music. Commence chilling.

artist/song/album/label

1.RedSayNo/Rescape/RedSayNo/Independent
2.Daniel Lanois/Frozen/Belladonna/ANTI
3.Volume/Tribute To Spiderman/The Amazing Spider Band/Independent
4.Fembots/What Comes After One/Small Town Murder Scene/Paper Bag
5.Godspeed You!Black Emperor/Rockets Fall On Rocket Falls/Yanqui U.X.O./Constellation

June 12/06 Show #5 NXNE SPECIAL

2006-06-12T21:24:00.000-07:00

NXNE took place in Toronto this past weekend, and with nearly 500 bands over 3 days, I decided to play just a handful on this weeks show. Note: Danko Jones was scheduled to play the fest, but cancelled at the last minute. I kept the song in my show anyways.

1.Danko Jones/Don't Fall In Love/Sleep Is The Enemy/Aquarius
2.Novillero/The Hypothesist/Aim Right For The Holes In Their Lives/Mint
3.Hi Lo Trons/Science Fiction Music/Hi Lo Trons/Independent
4.Paper Moon/Yor Thesaurus Won't Help You Now/One Thousand Reasons To Stay,One Reason To Leave/Endearing
5.Amy Millan/Losin' You/Honey From The Tombs/Arts & Crafts
6.D Rangers/Stoney Mountain Breakdown/We Stay High & Lonesome/A Major Label
7.D Rangers/Take Me Back To Tulsa/D Rangers/Independent
8.Raising The Fawn/Carbon Paper/The Maginot Line/Sonic Unyon
9.Neverending White Lights/Of All The Things You've Done Wrong/ACT 1-Goodbye Friends Of The Heavenly Bodies/MapleMusic

June 05/06 Show #4 Junebugs are running wild.

2006-06-05T12:04:00.000-07:00

Welcome To June. A bunch of Canadian artists are playing Austin this month. SMALL SINS on June 10th at The Parish and THE CONSTANTINES on June 15th at Emo's.
on with the goods...

artist/song/album/label

1.The Attics/Once A World/Once A World/Independent
2.Small Sins/Small Sins-Big Within/The Ladies and Gentlemen/Boompa
3.The Pink Mountaintops/Can You Do That Dance?/The Pink Mountaintops/Scratch
4.Royal City/Bad Luck/Alone At The Microphone/Three Gut
5.Jim Guthrie/Time Is A Force/Now,More Than Ever/Three Gut
6.Apostle Of Hustle/24 Robbers/See You On The Moon/Paper Bag
7.The Constantines/Draw Us Lines/Tournament Of Hearts/Sub Pop

May 29/06 Show #3 Memorial Day Weekend

2006-05-30T09:05:00.000-07:00

Memorial Day Show. Hope everyone recovered from the long weekend.

artist/song/album/label

1.Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet/5 American 6 Canadian/Dim The Lights,Chill The Ham/Cargo
2.Rheostatics/Rain Rain Rain/Whale Music/Sire
3.Rush/Closer To The Heart/Mercury
4.The Stills/Destroyer/Without Feathers/Vice
5.Petkau/C'mon/Don't Say A Word/Head In The Sand
6.The New Pornographers/The Laws Have Changed/Electric Version/Mint
7.Great Lake Swimmers/See You On The Moon/See You On The Moon/Paper Bag
8.Winter Equinox/Seeing Stars/Safe And Sound/Crony

be sure to check out Winter Equinox for some wonderful intstrumental stuff

May 22/06 Show #2 Members of STARS express themselves.

2006-05-22T18:15:00.000-07:00

Show #2. Happy VICTORIA DAY to all of my Canadian listeners. Hope that you're enjoying the long weekend eh! Stars' vocalist Amy Millan releases her first solo record next Tuesday. It's wonderful. Tune in Mondays at 3pm. www.koop.org

artist/song/album/label

1.Chixdiggit/My Dad vs. P.M./From Scene To Shining Scene/Honest Don's Deep Pockets
2.The High Dials/The Holy Ground/War of The Wakening Phantoms/Rainbow Quartz
3.The Paperbacks/Who Will Run The Starfish Hospital?/Episode of Sparrows/Pshaw
4.Amy Millan/Skinny Boy/Honey From The Tombs/Arts & Crafts
5.The Deadly Snakes/Gore Veil/Porcella/In The Red
6.Memphis/Into The Wild/I Dreamed We Fell Apart/Paper Bag
7.Wolf Parade/I'll Believe In Anything/Apologies To The Queen Mary/Sub Pop

May 15/06 Show #1 This Great White North is on the air !!

2006-05-15T16:33:00.000-07:00

Well, after some stress trying to arrive at the station on time, the first installment of THIS GREAT WHITE NORTH hit the airwaves. It was a short and sweet show. Thanks again to ALL who tuned in...I really appreciate it.
If you missed it - check it out. Mondays at 3pm, on KOOP 91.7 FM in Austin.

This weeks playlist:
artist/song/album/label

1.Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet/Having An Average Weekend/Savvy Show Stoppers/Cargo
2.Greg MacPherson/Hotel Motel/Night Flares/G7 Welcoming Committee
3.Nathan/Grassy Lake/Stranger/Independent
4.The Russian Futurists/Paul Simon/Our Thickness/Upper Class Recordings
5.Decomposure/...And Unaffected/At Home And Unaffected/Unschooled
6.Stars/What I'm Trying To Say/Set Yourself On Fire/Arts & Crafts
7.The Weakerthans/One Great City/Reconstruction Site/Epitaph

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CHEERS!

April 3/06 Playlist - Unofficial First Show

2006-04-29T10:02:00.000-07:00

So, a few weeks back I was fortunate enough to do a 'pilot show'. That's where a new programmer gets the chance to practice their show LIVE on the air. This happened before I was awarded my own time slot, but it was the UNOFFICIAL start for THIS GREAT WHITE NORTH. This is the playlist from that one hour show.
Artist/"song title"/Album/Label

Elliott Brood/"The Bridge"/Ambassador/Six Shooter
Novillero/"The Art Of Carrying On"/Aim Right For The Holes In Their Lives/Mint
Julie Doiron/"Snow Falls In November"/Goodnight Nobody/JagJaguwar
Luke Doucet/"Broken One"/Broken & Other Rogue States/Six Shooter
Wintersleep/"Jaws Of Life"/Untitled/Dependent Music
Metric/"Poster Of A Girl"/Live It Out/Last Gang
The Most Serene Republic/"Content Was Always My Favorite Colour"/Underwater Cinematographer/Arts & Crafts
Small Sins/"Stay"/Small Sins/Boompa
The New Pornographers/"Sing Me Spanish Techno"/Twin Cinema/Mint
Broken Social Scene/"Backwards"/Beehives/Arts & Crafts
Jason Collett/"Fire"/Idols Of Exile/Arts & Crafts
Christine Fellows/"Souvenirs"/Paper Anniversary/Six Shooter
The Weakerthans/"This Is A Fire Door-Never leave Open"/Left And Leaving/G7 Welcoming Committee

Welcome to the Show

2006-04-25T13:43:00.000-07:00

Welcome to This Great White North. This is where you'll be able to find playlists for the show and other tidbits about the fantastic Canadian music you'll be hearing.
Any comments or suggestions or questions or song requests can be posted here, or better yet, email me: thisgreatwhitenorth@hotmail.com

Thanks for checking us out on KOOP 91.7 FM in Austin. On the web at koop.org

Cheers.