Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 Playlist!

Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian

6:00-7:00am
Serena Ryder* - Just Another Day - Unlikely Emergency (2004)
Melissa Rebronja* - Zasto - Embrace Yourself (2005)
Jewel - I'm sensitive - pieces of you (1994)
Ani Difranco - talk to me now - self-titled (1990)
Jack Johnson - Dreams be Dreams - On and On (2003)
Peter Elkas* - Sweet Nancy - Wall of Fire (2007)
Tegan and Sara* - Hop a Plane - The Con (2007)
The Cranberries - Dreams - Everybody else is doing it so why can't we? (1993)
The Consonant C* - Azeda Booth - Capes & Crowns (2008)
Regina Spektor - That Time - Begin to hope (2006)

7:00-8:00am
Young and Sexy - Conventional Lullabies - Panic when you find it (2005)
Regina Spektor - Real Love - Instant Karma (2007, Amnesty International compilation album to raise money for the conflict in Darfur, Sudan)
The Details* - Always, Always, Always. Never. - Draw a Distance. Draw a Border. (2008)
Sloan* - Witch's Wand - Parallel Play (2008)
The Heartstrings* - Orchard Morning - self-titled (2007)
Basia Bulat* - Oh, My Darling - Oh, My Darling (2007)
Wolf Parade* - Shine a Light - Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
Elliott Brood* - Write it all Down - Mountain Meadows (2008)
Nathan* - Gasoline - Jimson Weed (2004)
Barley Wik* - I Truly Understand - Dusty Lullaby (2004)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Playlist!

Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian

6:00-7:00am
Moss Dance* - Post-hold diggin' Blues - Wealthy (2006)
Heather Aitken* - Dust on my Shoes - NessEssentials (2005, local)
Laura Cantrell - Lee Harvey was a Friend of Mine - The Hello Recordings (2004)
Elliott Brood* - The Bridge - Ambassador (2005)
Sunparlour Players* - Talk it to Death - Hymns for the Happy (2007)
Neil Young* - Harvest Moon - Harvest Moon (1992)
Be Good Tanyas* - For the Turnstyles - Hello Love (2006)
Po' Girl* - Under the Chestnut Tree - Unreleased (2008)
Novillero* - Life in Parentheses - A little Tradition (2008)
The Details* - Reunion Souvenirs - Draw a Distance. Draw a Border. (2008)
Immaculate Maching* - So Cynical - One and Zeros (2005)

7:00-8:00am
Elliott Brood* - Oh, Alberta - Tin Type (2004)
Cuff the Duke* - Long Road - Sidelines of the City (2007)
Elliott Brood* - Write it all Down for You - Mountain Meadows (2008)
Maxwell's Big Four* - I Know - Young Town Hall (2008, local)
The Golden Dogs* - Can't Get Your Face out of my Head - Everything in Three Parts (2008)
The Details* - Underground - Draw a Distance. Draw a Border. (2008)
Young and Sexy* - Oh my Love - Life through one speaker
The Consonant C* - Azeda Booth - Capes & Crowns (2008)
Farideh* - Poetry - Seasons of Loving (2003)
Novillero* - A Little Tradition - A little Tradition (2008)
The Fjords* - It Don't Bother Me - self-titled (2005)

Elliott Brood - September 17, 2008

Last fall, I wrote about Elliott Brood at Louis' pub and here I am at 2am on a Tuesday night writing about them again. It's true, in a mere 3.5 hours, I must rise to bring community radio to the people of Saskatoon. And I do this all for the love of music. I know that others make the same sacrifice and it's worth it!

Every time I see this band, they get better and better. Their sound is getting more refined and their vocals with more depth. Tonight they gave us a taste of the ukulele collaboration, which will bring peace to the world, as opposed to the banjo duel, which brings competition and war. It's a Canadian thing, I guess. They gave the crowd a ridiculous number of rhythm instruments in the form of baking pans and tambourines so that we could all yell "HEYHEYHEY HEEEEEEY" during "Write It All Down For You" in unison. They played a long, awesome set and thanked us many times for staying on a Tuesday night. Where else would we have been?

In my last review I wrote, "The next time any of these bands comes through town NOT on a Sunday, I expect the place to be packed, which would be a shame because it was great to have so much room to dance and rock out to these amazing bands." This time Amigo's was fairly full and we still had room to dance and bang on our pans. I'm glad it worked out for everyone.

Crystal's rating: 9.5/10

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Playlist!

Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian

6:00-7:00am
Peter Elkas* - Sweet Nancy - Wall of Fire (2007)
Tracy McNeil* - Headlong into Nothing - Room Where She Lives (2007)
The Cracker Cats* - Yer Sure Purdy - Livin' on the Run (2005)
Po Girl* - Drive all Night - Home to You (2007)
Be Good Tanyas* - Littlest Birds - Blue Horse (2001)
Corin Raymond* - Three Thousand Miles - Record Lonesome Night (2004)
The Waifs - The Waitress - Sink or Swim (2000)
Sarah Slean* - Out in the Park - Day One (2004)
Hawksley Workman* - all the trees are hers - Between the Beautifuls (2008)
Silver Jews - My Pillow is the Threshold - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (2008)
Immaculate Machine* - C'mon Sealegs - Fables (2007)
Maybe Smith* - Hearts like Bears - Animals and Architects (2007)
Stars* - What I'm Trying to Say - Set Yourself on Fire (2004)

7:00-8:00am
The Consonant C* - Azeda Booth - Capes & Crowns (2008)
Azeda Booth* - Dead Girls - Mysterious Body (2007)
Regina Spector - Us - Soviet Kisch (2004)
The Breeders - Bang On - Mountain Battles (2008)
Elliott Brood* - Oh, Alberta! - Tin Types (2004)
Jason Collett* - Tiny Ocean of Tears - motor motel love songs (2004)
The Heartstrings* - Songs about me Belle - self-titled (2007, local)
Sue Foley* - New Used Car - New Used Car (2006)
The Waifs - Pony - sun dir water (2008)
Iron and Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth - The Shepherd's Dog (2008, by request)
The Fjords* - Breezy Day - self-titled EP (2005)
Novillero* - The Hypothesist - aim right for the holes in their lives (2005)
The Deep Dark Woods* - The Straight and Narrow - self-titled (2006)

Wednesday, September 3, 2008 Playlist!

Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian

6:00-7:00am
Laura Cantrell - The Early Years - When the Roses Bloom Again (2002)
Corin Raymond* - Days Go By - Record Lonesome Night (2004)
The Waifs - Without You - Sink or Swim (2000)
Feist* - Brandy Alexander - The Reminder (2007, co-written with Ron Sexsmith)
Ron Sexsmith* - Brandy Alexander - Exit Strategy of the Soul (2008)
Feist* - Secret Heart - Let it Die (2004)
Scout Niblett - Do you want to be buried with my people? - This Fool Can Die Now (2007)
Hawksley Workman* - A Moth is not a Butterfly - Treeful of Starling (2006)
Lara Yule Singh* - Highway to Driftpile - The Great Divine (2008)
Christine Fellows* - Paper Anniversary - Paper Anniversary (2005)
Elliott Brood* - Without Again - Mountain Meadows (2008)
The Sadies* - Love on Look - Tremendous Efforts (2001)
The Weber Brothers Band* - You Don't Know Me - Exhibition (2007)

7:00-8:00am
Po' Girl - Tell me a Story - Vagabond Lullabies (2004)
The Heartstrings* - Songs about me Belle - Self-titled (2007)
Sarah Harmer* - Almost - All of our Names (2004)
Greg MacPherson* - Wide Turn - Maintenance (2004)
The Breeders - Istanbul - Mountain Battles (2008)
My Architects - Airbourne - Grand Designs (2006)
Paper Moon* - Turning Colours into Greys - Broken Hearts break Faster Everyday (2006)
Sarah Slean* - Sweet Ones - Night Bugs (2002, yes, I'm obsessed with this song)
Jason Collett* - Roll on Oblivion - Here's to Being Here (2008)
Novillero* - The Hypothesist - Aim Right for the Holes in their Lives (2005)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Who Do you Love? - Living with the Living (2007)
Sloan* - Cheap Champagne - Parallel Play (2008)
Sloan* - I am the Cancer - Smeared (1992)