Top 10 Albums of 2011!

Another year has come and gone. It's amazing how the years fly by. A couple of days ago I found some of my old playlists on paper in my filing cabinet. It's fun to peruse what I used to play and what I still play regularly on my show. This has been such a fun journey of music. A few of my friends are hosts at CFCR and we all say that our week revolves around our radio show. For me, the past 8+ years have revolved around Wednesday mornings. Looking back sure is fun! It is also fun to sift through the albums of 2011 to come up with my favourites. Without further ado, here is the list! At the bottom of the list is a link to a playlist that shows the songs on Grooveshark. So read on!

10. The Pack A.D. - Unpersons
This Vancouver female duo, Becky Black and Maya Miller, keeps putting out amazing albums! Unpersons is no different. Their raw sound follows through this whole album.
Songs: Sirens, Haunt You

9. Hey Rosetta! - Seeds
Seeds, indeed. Little seeds of wonderful sounds and words that came together to make this amazing album. They are such a great live band and remain a great recording band as well!
Songs: Seeds, Welcome

8. Sarah Slean - Land and Sea
This double album by this amazing songstress and pianist is amazing. Land has lots of upbeat songs while Sea is more orchestral. It is dramatic, as is her style. This album is truly lovely!
Songs: Everybody's on TV, Set it Free

7. The Deep Dark Woods - The Place I left Behind
These local boys deliver again! I just love their story telling through words and music. This album makes me think of laying in a hammock near my garden.
Songs: The Play I left Behind, The Banks of the Leopold Canal

6. Feist - Metals
This album was not really what I was expecting. I didn't really have expectations, but it's not what I thought it would be. Feist really put her heart and soul into this album. It's a great album, but The Reminder remains my favourite album of hers.
Songs: The Circle Married the Line, How Come you Never Go There

5. Elliott Brood - Days into Years
These Ontario guys are just so amazing. I got to see them at Halloween and if I hadn't gone to that show, they might not have ended up on my Top 10 Albums list. Sometimes the live show really brings the album to life. That is what happened with this one. It brought it to my mind and I listened to it over and over. Such a great album!
Songs: Lindsay, If I Get Old, Northern Air

4. Jenn Grant - Honeymoon Punch
I love Jenn! I do. She is pure wonderful. Her music is sweet and sexy and thoughtful. This album really shows Jenn's personality. It's a lot more "poppy" than her previous albums. It suits her. When I need to smile, I listen to this album.
Songs: Getcha Good, Oh my heart

3. Blitzen Trapper - American Goldwing
Wow. This band. Wow. They blow me away with every release of theirs! I have been a little bit obsessed with this album off and on since it was released. Be warned: it's addicting!
Songs: Love the Way you Walk Away, Your Crying Eyes

2. The Black Keys - El Camino
Oh my goodness. I don't even know what to say about this album. Brilliant! Amazing! Stunning! I love it! It just came out and I'm already in love with it. If I had more time with this album, it would probably have made it to #1. Alas, it sits at #2.
Songs: Lonely Boy, Dead and Gone, Run Right Back

1. The Decemberists - The King is Dead
I fell in love with this album right away, as soon as it came out. It is classic Decemberists music, unlike their last album Hazards of Love. It has so many great songs and my favourite one is Down by the Water. It's my favourite song of the year, and maybe the last 5 years!
Songs: This is why we Fight, Down by the Water, January Hymn

Here is the playlist on Grooveshark!

December 21, 2011 "you find magic from your God, and we find magic everywhere"

Dar Williams' song The Christians and The Pagans is my favourite solstice song. It might be the only solstice-specific song that I know, but still. It's great. "I think magic's in the learning, 'Cause now when Christians sit with Pagans only pumpkin pies are burning." During this magical time, think about the light that is to come.

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

6:00-7:00am
Farideh* - Heart of a Man - Symphony of Chemistry
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife - The Crane Wife
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Funeral - self-titled album
Mother Mother* - O my heart - O my heart
Kathryn Calder* - Down the River - Are you my Mother? (2010)
Scout Niblett - River of No Return - This fool can die now
Joni Mitchell* - River - Blue
Shotgun Jimmie* - Bedhead - The Onlys
Hey Rosetta!* - Parson Brown - Seeds (2011)
Gordon Lightfoot* - Song for a Winter's Night - Gord's Gold
The Hidden Cameras* - Smells like happiness - Smells like happiness
The Black Keys - Howlin' for You - Brothers
The Weakerthans* - Tournament of Hearts - Reunion Tour

7:00-8:00am
Dar Williams* - The Christians and the Pagans - Mortal City
Tori Amos - Winter - Little Earthquakes
Regina Spektor - December - Soviet Kisch
Basia Bulat* - In the Night - Oh my Darling
Cuff the Duke* - By Winter's End - Sidelines of the City
Scott Nolan* - Wide Open Spaces - Receiver/Reflector
Michael Rault* - The Things you Said - Ma-Me-O
Jen Lane* - For the Night - For the Night (local)
The Deep Dark Woods* - Winter Hours - winter hours (local)
Stars* - Calendar Girl - set yourself on fire
Jack Johnson - Sleep through the static - Sleep through the static
Ron Sexsmith* - Whatever it takes - Retriever

December 14, 2011 Playlist!

First of all, this is my 202nd post on this blog! Wow. That seems like a lot, doesn't it? Yes, it does. That means that I have been on the air on Wednesday mornings around 200 times since 2007. It is always a pleasure to play music on the radio and can't believe how long I've been doing this!

Secondly, being sick sucks. I know this isn't new information, but I just needed to say it. For the past several weeks I have been slow-moving and sick. This is why I have been sporadic the past few weeks (thanks to Chris for doing a double-shift last week!). I'm on the mend, though, and am feeling much better.

Thirdly, it's very dark out. This is probably brand new information for you, but it's true! I am desperately hoping for snow to happen. Next week I will have a special solstice show for you. Stay tuned for that!

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

6:00-7:00am
Sloan* - Money City Maniacs - Navy Blues (1998)
Wolf Parade* - Soldier's Grin - At Mount Zoomer
Romi Mayes* - How I roll - Sweet Somethin' Steady
Nathan - Scarecrow - Key Principles
Heartstrings - Songs about me Belle - Self
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Natural Born Lover - Naturally
Sly & the Family Stone - Everyday People - Greatest Hits
Jenn Grant* - Gotcha Good - Honeymoon Punch (2011)
The Deep Dark Woods* - Westside Street - The Place I left Behind (2011, local)
Scott Nolan* - You Rock, we Roll - Montgomery Eldorodo (2011)
Barley Wik* - I Truly understand - Dusty Lullaby
Sean Brown - Only Human - Ready Fire Aim

7:00-8:00am
Feist* - The Bad in Each Other - Metals (2011)
Feist* - Brandy Alexander - The Reminder
Immaculate Machine* - No Way Out - Ones and Zeros
Jenn Grant* - You'll go Far - Echoes
The Breeders - Cannonball
The Pixies - Here Comes your Man
The Pixies - Debaser
Regina Spektor - Us - Soviet Kisch
The New Pornographers* - Myriad Harbour - Challengers
Amelia Curran* - The Mistress - Hunter Hunter
Arcade Fire* - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) - The Suburbs
The White Stripes - My Doorbell - Get Behind me Satan
Wolf Parade* - You are a runner and I am my father's son - Apologies to the Queen Mary

November 30, 2011 Playlist!

Today's show is dedicated to love. Love of all things good - good music, good friends, good jobs, good partners, good family...

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

6:00-7:00am
Jon & Roy* - Another Noon - Another Noon (2008)
Ingrid Gatin* - How did I get so - Broken Tambourine (2009)
The Waifs - Without You - sundirtwater (2008)
The Karpinka Brothers* - Roll down the windows - One brick at a time (2008, local)
The Weakerthans* - Sun in an empty room - Reunion Tour (2007)
Sloan* - All I am is You're Not - Parallel Play (2008)
Weezer - Undone (the sweater song) - Blue album
The Pixies - Debaser - Doolittle
Joan Jett - Bad Reputation - Freeks and Geeks Soundtrack
Maybe Smith* - Hearts like Bears - Animals & Architects (2007)
The Dears* - You and I are a gang of losers - Gang of Losers

7:00-8:00am
The Black Keys - Psychotic Girl - Attack & Release
Penny & the Quarters - You and Me - Blue Valentine Soundtrack
The Gruff* - Lights of Saskatoon - self-titled EP (2010)
Basia Bulat* - Go On - Heart of my Own
Modest Mouse - Float On - Good News for People who love Bad News (2004)
Jason Collett* - Lake Superior - Rat a Tat Tat (2009)
Mother Mother* - Hay Loft - O my Heart (2008)
The Connectors - Pockey Way - self (2011)
Little Miss Higgins* - Radville - Cobble Shop Sessions (2005, local)
The Deep Dark Woods* - Two Time Loser - Winter Hours (2009)
Hawksley Workman* - It's not me - Between the Beautifuls (2007)
Metric* - Too little too late - Live it out (2005)
The Shins - Mine's not a high horse - Chutes too Narrow

When I came into the station today, I was optimistic. But then. A headline caught my eye. It said, "Who killed off the compact disc? Experts weigh in." I walked away from the headline, but I came back to it. I could only read bits and pieces of it. Is YouTube really the MAIN way the kids these days are listening to music? REALLY?! People don't even download music anymore? They "listen" to it on YouTube? I don't think it's the death of the CD, it's the death of MUSIC! Where is the government to bail out this completely worthy industry? The article says that the CD will be obsolete by 2014. As sad as this makes me, change will always occur. Hopefully one day the CD will make a comeback as vinyl did. I'll just have to wait 20 years and try to keep my CD collection as well-preserved as I can. On that note, here is this week's playlist!

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

6:00-7:00am
Arcade Fire* - Haiti - Funeral
Samantha Savage Smith* - Tough Cookie - Tough Cookie
Marissa Nadler - Rosary - Little Hells
Basia Bulat* - Before I Knew - Oh my Darling
Basia Bulat* - December - Oh my Darling
Blitzen Trapper - The Tree (featuring Alela Diane) - Destroyer of the Void (2010)
Basia Bulat* - Oh my darling - Oh my Darling
Bonnie Prince Billy - Time to be Clear - Wolfroy goes to town (2011)
Ron Sexsmith* - Strawberry Blonde - other songs
Laura Cantrell - 14th Street - Humming by the flowered vine
Kathryn Calder* - Who are you? - Bright and Vivid (2011)
Rae Spoon* - You can dance - Love is a hunter
The Hidden Cameras* - Lollipop - Awoo

7:00-8:00am
Feist* - The Circle Married the Line - Metals (2011)
The Weakerthans* - Sun in an empty room - Reunion Tour
Wilco - You and I - Wilco
Little Miss Higgins* - Bargain! Shop Panties - Across the Plains
Scott Nolan* - You Rock We Roll - Montgomery Eldorado (2011)
Lake of Stew* - Sweet as Pie - Sweet as pie (2011)
Le Couleur* - Une Fille - Origami (2011)
Le Tigre - On the verge - This Island
Bella* - Go - This mess
Novillero* - Daydreams and Distractions - A little Tradition
Luke Doucet* - Vladivostok - Broken (and other rogue states)
Elliott Brood* - Oh, Alberta - Tin Type
Elliott Brood* - Write it all down for you - Mountain Meadows

November 9 Playlist! "Now's the only time we've got and even that won't last much longer"

This past week has been one of ups and downs. In temperatures and weather, as well as in politics. It has been an interesting time for sure. The snow makes me think that winter is here. It might still melt, but winter is coming soon. I do love winter, but have thoroughly enjoyed the long fall we had this year.

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

6:00-7:00am
Sean Brown* - Only human - Ready fire aim
Sloan* - Who taught you to live like that - Never hear the end of it
Scratching Post* - Rock Past It - Destruction of the Universe
Kirby Criddle* - Death of you - Vena cava (local)
Farideh* - Poetry - Seasons of loving (local)
Keren Ann - Not going anywhere - Not going anywhere
Carrie Catherine* - Can you love me like that - Wilderness (2011, local)
Megan Lane* - After sex cigarette - Wrapped in plastic (local)
James Keelaghan* - Harvest Train - a few simple verses
The Weakerthans* - None of the above - Fallow
Jen Lane* - Election day - for the night
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Nothing much to say - Living with the living bonus EP

7:00-8:00am
Immaculate Machine* - no such thing as the future - Ones and Zeros
Wolf Parade* - Soldier's Grin - At mount Zoomer
The Shins - Australia - Wincing the Night Away
Travis - The Beautiful Occupation - 12 memories
The Decemberists - Calamity Song - Itunes sessions
Ohbijou* - Echo Bay - Metal Meets (2011)
Jill Barber* - Took me by surprise - Mischievous Moon (2011)
Sarah Slean* - Sweet Ones - Night bugs
The Be Good Tanyas* - Reuben - Chinatown
Barley Wik* - Tumbleweed - Dusty lullaby
Nathan* - Scarecrow - Key Principles

November 2nd Playlist! "There's something out there, looking around in the midnight air"

On Monday night a friend surprised me with a ticket to Elliott Brood. I had been undecided on whether I would go and then decided not to. But a surprise free ticket changed all of that. It used to be that when I went to a show, I would stay until the bitter end even if I had to work the next day. However, in the past year or two, I have often left before the show was even over! I remember being a young 20-somethinger thinking how easy it was to stay up late and get to work/school early. Maybe I'm getting older or maybe I just expect myself to be 100% at work all the time and didn't before, but shows during the week are few and far between in my life. Even Friday night shows can be difficult after a long week of getting up early and working, etc. That being said, Elliott Brood was amazing and TOTALLY worth the exhaustion all day yesterday!

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

6:00-7:00am
Serena Ryder* - Just Another Day - Unlikely Emergency
The Details* - Reunion Souvenirs - Draw a distance. Draw a Border
Sleater Kinney - All hands on the bad one - All hands on the bad one (2000)
Rose Cousins* - Edmonton - If you were for me (2006)
Bahamas* - You're Bored. I'm old - Pink Strat
Josh Ritter - Lark - So runs the world away (2010)
The Weakerthans* - Confessions of a futon revolutionist - Fallow
Arcade Fire* - Keep the car running - Neon Bible (2008)
Danny Michel* - Feather, Fur & Fin - Feather, Fur, & Fin
Sarah Slean* - Get Home - The Baroness
Great Lake Swimmers* - Palmistry - Lost Channels
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel - OCMS

7:00-8:00am
Jill Barber* - Daydreamin' Mischievous Moon (2011)
Good Lovelies* - Made for Rain - Let the Rain Fall (2011)
Laura Cantrell - Not the Tremblin' Kind - Not the Tremblin Kind
Blitzen Trapper - Silver Moon - Black River Killer
The Deep Dark Woods* - Redwood Forest - hang me, oh, hang me
Jason Collett* - Roll on Oblivion - Here's to being here
My Architects - Airborne - grand designs
Wolf Parade* - Shine a Light - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Greg MacPherson* - First Class - Mr. Invitation
Cuff the Duke* - Time is Right - Morning Comes (2011)
Po' Girl* - Cold Hungry Blues - self-titled
Hawksley Workman* - A moth is not a butterfly - Treeful of starling
The Once* - Coming Back to You - self-titled

The Afternoon Buzz Playlist!

Today I filled in for the Monday Afternoon Buzz host and thought I'd put up the super scary playlist!

Elliott Brood* - Fingers & Tongues - Mountain Meadows
One Hundred Dollars* - Work - Songs of Man
The Horrors - I can See Through You - Skying
Monster Truck* - Death Mistake - Monster Truck (available for download from ilovemonstertruck)
The Pack A.D.* - Haunt You - Unpersons
Mother Mother* - Ghosting - O my heart
Warm Ghost - G.T.W.S. - Narrows
Neil Young International Harvesters - Amber Jean - A Treasure

October 26 Playlist! "Make way for love, make way for heart ache"

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

6:00-7:00am
Tori Amos - The Power of Orange Knickers - The Beekeeper (2005, featuring Damien Rice)
Sarah Slean* - Duncan - Night Bugs (2002)
Van Morrison - Sweet Thing - Astral Weeks
Ingrid Gatin* - How did I get So - Broken Tambourine (2009)
Hawksley Workman* - French Girl in L.A. - Meat (2010)
Memphis Minnie - When the Levee Breaks
Little Miss Higgins* - Bargain Shop Panties
The Who - Pictures of Lily - Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy
Neil Young* - Alabama - Harvest (1972)
Melissa Ferrick - Burn this Guitar - Listen Hard (2002)
Sarah Harmer* - Almost - all of our names (2004)
Tegan and Sara* - You would take me anywhere - So Jealous (2004)

7:00-8:00am
The Liptonians* - Hey! Hey! Help is on the way! - Let's all march back into the sea (2011)
The Details* - Surface Breaks - The Original Mark (2010)
The Burning Hell - Last Winter - Mixtape
Buck 65* - Wicked & Weird - Talkin' honky blues (2003)
The Be Good Tanyas* - Ootischemia - Hello love (2006)
The Fates* - Let it go - Til we have faces
Heartstrings* - Big Black Boots - self-titled (local)
The Gruff* - The General Store - self-titled (2006)
Cuff the Duke* - You were Right - Way Down Here
Novillero* - The Hypothesist - Aim right for the holes in their lives
Immaculate Machine* - The View - The View EP (2003)
The Dears* - Ticket to Immortality - Gang of Losers (2006)
Fury and the Mouse* - Hey Look! Is that love in the air? Oh no; That's just flying garbage - The Seahorse of Undesirable Truth (local)

October 19 Playlist!

Last weekend in my hometown, Smeaton, the volunteer fire department raised a whole pile of money for their newly purchased pumper fire truck. It really made me think about community and how great it is when people come together to support a great thing. This small fire department, made up entirely of volunteers, has been to every grass fire, highway accident, and house fire in the area surrounding it. It just goes to show that a small group of people who are committed to helping others can really make a difference. The occupation that is happening in New York, Saskatoon, and many other cities reminds me that it could really make an important change in the world. Support local people who are working to better the world for everyone, whether it be community radio playing local artists, people sleeping in the park to bring awareness to the fact that the world's wealth is held by a small group of people unnecessarily, or a small farming community coming together to help each other out.

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

6:00-7:00am
Serena Ryder - Good Morning Starshine - If your memory serves you well (2006)
Josh Ritter - Right Moves - Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter (2007)
Sarah Harmer* - Around this Corner - You were Here (2000)
Greg MacPherson - Bank Robber - Maintenance EP (2004)
Andy Shauf* - Lean on - Waiting for the sun to leave (2010)
Po' Girl - Under the chestnut tree - Unreleased (2008)
Stars* - Your ex-lover is dead - Set yourself on fire (2004)
Samantha Savage Smith* - Tough cookie - Tough cookie (2011)
Market Irglova - We are good - Anar (2011)
Cuff the Duke* - Ballad of a lonely construction worker - Life stories for minimum wage
The Re-Mains - Your Reward - Courage... and shuffle the cards (2011)

7:00-8:00am
Little Miss Higgins* - Dirty ol' Tractor song - Two nights in March (2009, local)
Elliott Brood* - Oh Alberta - Tin Type (2004)
Elliott Brood* - Miss you now - Mountain Meadows (2008)
The Deep Dark Woods* - Charlie's is a comin' down
Amelia Curran* - Everything I"ve got to give - war brides (2006)
Greg MacPherson* - Part at Greg's - Disintegration Blues (2011)
Dan Mangan* - Oh Fortune - Oh Fortune (2011)
The Liptonians* - Hey! Hey! Help is on the way - Let's all march back into the sea (2011)
Bloc Party - Banquet - Silent Alarm (2005)
Wilco - Wilco (the song) - Wilco (the album) (2010)
Fleetwood Mac - Second hand news - Rumours (1977)
Laura Cantrell - Roll truck roll - The Hello Recordings (2004)

October 12, 2011 Playlist! "I know what's on your mind, I'll show you a good ol' time"

FM-Phasis has wrapped up, the sun doesn't rise until just about 8:00, and I wore mitts to the station this morning. It's official that fall is hear, winter is near, and summer 2011 is a mere memory. It was a long and wonderful summer and I'm hoping for a wonderful winter that is not very long. On the air this week I promised a blurb about Sarah Slean, but that will have to wait until I have more time. However, if you are on The Facebook, you can check out my page Crystal in Tune and I will keep you all posted. Without further ado, here is this week's playlist:

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

6:00-7:00am
Po' Girl* - Home to you - Home to you (2007)
Josh Ritter - Girl in the war - The animal years (2006)
Hannah Georgas* - Bang bang you're dead - This is Good (2010)
The Hidden Cameras* - In the Na - Origin: Orphan (2009)
The Raveonettes - Forget that you're young - Raven in the grave (2011)
Jack Johnson - Hope - Sleep through the static (2008)
Farideh* - She - Symphony of Chemistry (2008, local)
Kacy & Clayton* - Ain't no Telling - self-titled (2011, local)
Sarah Slean* - Set it free - Land and Sea (2011)
Ohbijou* - Echo Bay - Metal Meets (2011)
Maybe Smith* - Hearts like Bears - Animals and Architects (2007, local

7:00-8:00am
Elliott Brood* - Hold you - Days into Years (2011)
Fish and Bird* - Well Run Dry - Every whisper is a shout across the void (2011)
Maxwell's Big Four* - I Know - self-titled (local)
Little Miss Higgins* - I'm Gonna Bake my Biscuits - Cobbler Shop Sessions (2005)
Kate Maki* - Lose my Mind - Moonshine (2011)
Dan Mangan* - If I am Dead - Oh Fortune (2011)
Cuff the Duke* - Count on Me - Morning Comes (2011)
The Pack A.D.* - Siren - Unpersons (2011)
The White Stripes - Blue Orchid - Get Behind me Satan (2005)
Blitzen Trapper - I love the way you walk away - American Goldwing (2011)
The Deep Dark Woods* - Back Alley Blues - The Place I left Behind (2011, local)
The Besnard Lakes* - Some Colour in the Sky - You lived in the City EP (2011)
Fleet Foxes - Montezuma - Helplessness Blues (2011)

October 5, 2011 Playlist! "Baby, you've been going so crazy lately nothing seems to be going right"

...But if you sing, sing sing
For the love you bring
won't mean a thing
unless you sing, sing sing

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

6:00-7:00am
Maybe Smith* - Treehouse Enthusiasts - Another Murder in the Morning
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On) - Raising Sand (2007)
Jason Collett* - Tiny Ocean of Tears - Motor Motel Love Songs (2003)
Letters to Cleo - Here and Now - Melrose Place Soundtrack (1994)
Joel Plaskett Emergency* - Extraordinary - Truthfully Truthfully (2003)
Sylvie* - Notes on Counters - Trees and Shade are our only fences
Basia Bulat* - In the Night - Oh my darling (2007)
Hawksley Workman* - All the trees are hers - Between the Beautifuls (2007)
The Decemberists - Hazards of Love 1 - The Hazards of Love (2009)
Louis Armstrong - Blueberry Hill - Blueberry Hill
Billie Holiday - On the Sunny Side of the Street

7:00-8:00am
Little Miss Higgins* - Bargain Shop Panties - Across the Plains (2010)
Carolyn Mark* - Happy 2B Flying Away - Nothing is Free
Dan Mangan* - The Indie Queens are Waiting - Nice, Nice, Very Nice (2009)
The Breeders - Bang On - Mountain Battles
Liz Phair - Polyester Bride - whitechocolatespaceegg (1998)
Sarah Slean* - Sweet Ones - Night Bugs (2002)
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss - No Boundaries
Travis - Sing - The Invisible Band (2001)
Cake - Love you Madly - Comfort Eagle (2001)
Elliott Brood* - President (35) - Ambassador (2005)
Corin Raymond* - Three Thousand Miles - Record Lonesome Night (2004)
Little Miss Higgins* - You Ain't Done Nothing to Me - Junction City (2007)

September 21, 2011 - FM Phasis Show #2 "I apologize in advance for times I might frustrate"

Yep, it's the second week of FM-Phasis! If you haven't made a pledge yet, please call (664-6678) or come down to the station (267 - 3rd Avenue S). Don't forget to mention that you are donating to my show. That's how they know that my awesome listeners care about the station!

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

6:00-7:00am
Peter Elkas* - Sweet Nancy - Wall of Fire
Maria Dunn - Shoes of a Man - From where I stand
Wild Strawberries - Heroine - Heroine
Sarah McLachlan - Ice Cream - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Heartstrings* - Used to Fly - In a land far away that is fair
Scout Niblett - Do you want to be buried with my people? - This fool can die now
Rose Cousins - Celebrate - The Send-off
Sunparlour Players - When the creeks don't rise - Hymns for the Happy
Dan Mangan - Sold - Nice, Nice, Very Nice

7:00-8:00am
The Flying Monkeys - Money that's what I want
Metric - Combat Baby - Old world underground, where are you now?
Sloan* - Pen Pal - Twice REmoved
Ultimate Power Duo - Big in Japan - We're in Control Now
The BLack Keys - Your Touch - Magic Potion
Josh Ritter - CHange of Time - So runs the world away
Del Barber - As far as I can tell - Love songs for the last 20
Tom Waits - Martha - Closing Time
Dan Mangan - How Darwinian - Oh Fortune
The Deep Dark Woods - The Place I left Behind - The Place I left behind
Little MIss HIggins - Bargain! Shop Panties - Across the Plains
Elliott Brood* - If I get old - Days into Years

September 21, 2011 - FM Phasis Show #1 "I'm tryin' hard to love you but you don't make it easy babe"

It's FM-Phasis and I spent the morning begging you for money. But I'm mostly just excited about the awesome weather that is coming up this week! Seriously, can you believe it?! If that doesn't make you want to give money to an awesome community-run radio station, I don't know what will! Maybe if I shave my head again? Hmm... I'm not sure about that...

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

6:00-7:00am
Shotgun Jimmie* - Bedhead The Onlys (2007)
Immaculate Machine* - So Cynical - Ones & Zeros (2005)
The Cracker Cats* - Workin' - Empty Bottles n Broken Hears (2004, local))
The Sadies* - Loved on Look - Tremendous Efforts (2001)
Ndidi Onukwulu* - Horn Blower - No, I Never (2006)
Ember Swift* - $5 - The Wage is the Stage (2000)
The Pack A.D.* - Gold Rush - Tin Type (2007)
Xavier Rudd - Stargaze - White Moth (2007)
Sloan* - If it feels good do it - Pretty Together (2001)

7:00-8:00am
The Deep Dark Woods* - All the Money I had it gone - Winter Hours (local)
The Gruff* - The Make - A trail of missing thoughts (2007)
Blitzen Trapper - The Tree (featuring Alela Diane) - Destroyer of the Void (2010)
Josh Ritter - You don't make it easy babe - Hello Starling (2003)
Novillero* - Daydreams and Distractions - A Little Tradition (2008)
The New Pornographers* - Myriad Harbour - Challengers (2007)
Liz Phair - Whipsmart - Whipsmart (1994)
Serena Ryder* - Little bit of red - Is it ok (2008)
Sarah Slean* - Lucky Me - Day One (2004)
Neil Young* - Harvest Moon - Harvest Moon (1992)

September 14, 2011 Playlist! "Half is blue and the other half is gold"

It is fall. The equinox may not be here, but the air has changed. It is fall. With fall, though, comes concert season and FM-Phasis! It's kind of an exciting time with regard to music. So before you get sad about the end of summer, get excited about the awesome concerts coming up! Also, consider donating to CFCR this month for FM-Phasis. Without this fundraiser, we would not be able to be on the air. During FM-Phasis I will be taking lots of requests with donations. Think about what you'd like me to play and how much you'd like to donate.

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

6:00-7:00am
The Cranberries - Dreams - Everybody else is doing it so why can't we? (1993)
Tracy McNeil* - Headlong into Nothing - Room Where She Lives
Eleni Mandell* - Afternoon - Afternoon (2004)
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Who do you love? - Living with the Living (2007)
Danny Michel* - Feather, Fur and Fin - Feather, Fur and Fin (2008)
The Waifs - When I Die - Sink or Swim
Juanita Brandt* - Prairie Girl - Prairie Girl (2008)
The Deep Dark Woods* - Westside Street - The Place I Left Behind (2011, local)
Jason Bajada* - Sunday Song - The Sound Your Life Makes (2011)
Spiral Beach* - Made of Stone - Ball (2007)

7:00-8:00am
Library Voices* - Insider Trading (on outsider art) - Denim on Denim (2010)
Metric* - Succexy - Old world underground, where are you now (2003)
Smashing Pumpkins - Today - Siamese Dream (1993)
Jen Lane* - Grey Skies - For the Night (2010, local)
Farideh* - Heart of a Man - Symphony of Chemistry (2008, local)
Jack Johnson - Dreams be Dreams - On and On (2003)
Ladyhawk* - I don't always know what you're saying - Shots (2008)
Said the Whale - This Winter I Retire - Taking Abalonia (2007)
Luke Doucet* - Vladivostok - Broken (And other rogue states) (2005)
Arcade Fire* - Rebellion (Lies) - Funeral (2004)
Yukon Blonde* - Wind Blows - self-titled (2010)
The Fjords* - Get it Right - Get it Right (2010)

September 7th Playlist!

It feels like I have not been on the air for months, but really it's only been a couple of weeks. I find that time feels longer when it is full of activities. The last two weeks have definitely been full of activities - I traveled to B.C., camped along the way, and did an Ironman triathlon in Penticton. Despite the 3.8km swim, 180km bike, and 42km run, I am not too sore and I'm alive to tell the tale of my sub-16-hour adventure in the hot, mountainous, desert that is the Ironman Canada course. Now I'm back in Saskatoon and preparing for a fun team race for the Saskatoon Ultra-Marathon and probably another stab at a personal best at Ironman Canada.

When I got back to the land of the living and music, I realized that the fall season of concerts is upon us! How did I miss this? Luckily, I didn't miss too many amazing shows and am just in time for the fall concerts. Mother Mother is tonight, Malajube and The Besnard Lakes are the same night as Royal Wood. I have a huge crush on Royal, but I'm going to try to hit both that night. Said the Whale is on Sept. 20th. Cuff the Duke is on November 5th. Also, FM-Phasis is coming!!!! Wow, so much. Stay tune to CFCR and my blog to see what is going on for FM-Phasis - I won't be shaving my head, but hopefully I can entice you to donate to my show this year. You will just have to wait and see what I come up with.

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

6:00-7:00am
Josh Ritter - Long Shadows - So Runs the World Away
Feist* - L'amour de dure pas toujours - Let it Die
Tegan and Sara* - Knife Going In - The Con
Basia Bulat* - In the Night - Oh my Darling
Cake - Short Skirt/Long Jacket - Comfort Eagle
Jason Collett* - Sorry Lori - Here's to Being Here
Royal Wood* - A Good Enough Day - A Good Enough Day
Royal Wood* - Juliet - A Good Enough Day
Sarah Slean* - Sweet Ones - Night Bugs
The Weakerthans* - Confessions of a Futon Revoluntionist - Fallow
Sloan* - Coax Me - Twice Removed
The Details* - Surface Breaks - Lost Art
Controller.Controller* - History - History

7:00-8:00am
Ron Sexsmith* - Strawberry Blonde - Other Songs
Amelia Curran* - Everything I've Got to Give - War Bride
Mother Mother* - Ghosting - Oh my heart
Elliott Brood* - Will they Bury Us? - Days into Years (NEW)
Elliott Brood* - Write it all down for you - Mountain Meadows
Cuff the Duke* - You were Right - Way Down Here
The Deep Dark Woods* - Virginia - The Place I Left Behind (local, NEW)
Cuff the Duke* - Time is Right - Morning Comes (NEW)
Little Miss Higgins* - The Dirty Ol' Tractor Song - Junction City
Immaculate Machine* - C'mon Sea Legs -  Fables
The Hidden Cameras* - In the NA - Origin: Orphan
Wolf Parade* - Shine a Light - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Sloan* - Who taught you to live like that? - Never hear the end of it

August 17, 2011 "You're gonna want me with a bat of an eye, Baby I feel lucky tonight"

It's tough to follow up a week like last week's birthday show, but this week's show was pretty awesome (if I do say so myself). I looked through the new music section thoroughly for this week's show and WOW! is there a lot of great new music put out this year. With new music and the fall coming up, it means there are lots of concerts coming up! I'm stoked for that - it helps with the end-of-summer blues. I will be gone for the next two weeks from the airwaves, but I'll be back in September just in time for FM-Phasis, CFCR's annual fundraiser, and the abundance of concerts. Take care until then!

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

6:00-7:00am
Veruca Salt - Victrola - American Thighs (1994)
Cuff the Duke - If I live or If I die - Sidelines of the City (2007)
The Decemberists - Yankee Bayonet (I will be home then) - The Crane Wife (2006)
Heather Aitken* - Dust on my shoes - NessEssentials 2005
Jill Barber* - Chances - Chances (2008)
Alela Diane - Elijah - Alela Diane & Wild Divine (2011)
Royal Wood* - A Mirror Without - A good enough day (2007)
Rae Spoon* - Death by Elektro - Love is a Hunter (2010)
Moldy Peaches - Anyone else but you - Juno Soundtrack
Jolie Holland * the Grand Chandeliers - Tender Mirror - Pint of Blood (2011)
Yukon Blonde* - Kumiko Song - self-titled (2010)
Handsome Furs* - When I get back - Sound Kapital (2011)
Weezer - Buddy Holly - The blue album (1994)

7:00-8:00am
Romi Mayes* - Lucky Tonight - Lucky Tonight (2011)
George Thoroughgood & the Destroyers - Hi Heel Sneakers (featuring Buddy Guy) - 2120 South Michigan (2011)
The Tragically Hip* - At the Hundredth Meridian - Fully Completely (1992)
Sloan* - Cheap Champagne - Parallel Play (2009)
Tangiers* - A Winter's War - The Family Myth (2005)
Controller.Controller* - PF - X-Amounts
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly - The Once Soundtrack
Kacy & Clayton* - Ain't no telling - self-titled (2011, local)
The Deep Dark Woods* - The Place I left Behind - The Place I left Behind (2011, local)
The Decemberists - Down by the Water - The King is Dead (2011)
Christine Fellows* - Saturday Night on Utopia Parkway - Nevertheless (2007)
Plants and Animals* - Bye Bye Bye - Parc Avenue (2008)

August 10th Birthday Show!

It's true that today is my birthday. If you listened to my show, you could probably tell that I was really excited about it. As a Leo, I don't hide what I'm thinking or feeling... it's part of our charm! Today's show was all about me and my favourite songs. I have more favourite songs than one can shake a stick at, but the ones I played today are definitely among them. I hope that you enjoyed listening to the show as much as I enjoyed playing them! Who says that birthdays are less exciting as you get older? Not me!


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

6:00-7:00am
Veruca Salt - Awesome - Eight Arms to hold you (1997)
ABBA - Money money Money
Hannah Georgas* - Bang Bang You're Dead - This is Good
Regina Spektor - Your Honor - Soviet Kisch
Joel Plaskett Emergency* - Extraordinary - Truthfully Truthfully
The Hidden Cameras* - Death of a Tune - Awoo
Scott Nolan* - Open Spaces - Receiver/Reflector
Little Miss Higgins* - Give your mama one smile - Cobbler Shop Sessions (local)
Sarah Harmer* - Uniform Grey - You were here
Julie Doiron* - Tailor - I can wonder what you did with your day
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Redemption Song - Legend
The White Stripes - My Doorbell - Get behind me satan
Mother Mother* - Ghosting - O my heart

7:00-8:00am
Janis Joplin - Try (Just a little harder)
John Lennon - Oh Yoko - Rushmore soundtrack
Sarah Slean* - Sweet Ones - Night Bugs
Iron and Wine - Each Coming Niught - Our endless numbered days
Tegan and Sara* - More for me - This business of art
Regina Spektor - Folding Chair - Far
The Gruff* - Commercial Drive - Self-titled EP
Basia Bulat* - Heart of my Own - Heart of my own
Amelia Curran* - The Mistress - Hunter Hunter
The Weakerthans* - Tournament of Hearts - Reunion Tour
Metric* - Combat Baby - Old world underground, where are you now?
Veruca Salt - Victrola - American Thighs

July 20th Playlist! "But it's all so easy, All you gotta do is try, Try a little tenderness"

Thank goodness for last night's rain and cool breeze to ease the heat of the past few days. My house has been as hot as it is outside... I have been ready for a break from the hot sun and the humidity. But I'm not complaining. I don't like to complain about the heat in the summer because we have so much cold in the winter that it just seems greedy or something. This is my last show for a couple of weeks, but fear not! My next show will be MY RADIO SHOW!!! I have waited 7 years to have another birthday show. It's going to be awesome! I'll "see" you in three weeks! August 10th. Put it on your calendar. Here is this week's show brought to you by 2004!

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

6:00-7:00am
Ruthie Foster - Another Rain Song - Stages (2004)
Otis Redding - Try a little Tenderness
Eleni Mandell* - Sun's always shining - Afternoon (2004)
Royal Wood* - I'm so glad - A good enough day (2007)
Mirah - Sweepstakes Prize - You think it's like this but really it's like this
Greg MacPherson* - Bankrobber - Maintenance EP
Ingrid Gatin* - How did I get so? - Broken Tambourine (2008)
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - How long do I have to wait for you? - Naturally
Iron and Wine - Each coming night - Our endless numbered days (2004)
Farideh* - She - Symphony of Chemistry (2008, local)
Nathan* - Gasoline - Jimson Weed (2004)

7:00-8:00am
Controller.Controller* - History - History (2004)
Immaculate Machine* - No such thing as the future - Ones and Zeros (2005)
Tracy McNeil - Headlong into Nothing - Room where she lives
Sunparlour Players* - If the Creeks don't rise - Hymns for the happy (2007)
Barley Wik* - Highway 3 - Beyond the Down (2006)
Sylvie* - Notes on Counters - Trees and Shade are our only fences
Maybe Smith* - Hearts like Bears - Animals and Architects (2007, local)
Maybe Smith* - Treehouse Enthusiasts - Another Murder in the Morning (local)
Neko Case - Favorite - The Tigers have spoken
Sarah Slean* - Out in the Park - Day One
Andrew Bird - Imitosis - Armchair Apocrypha

July 13th Playlist! "We're like a death threat from a pacifist, We're nothing."

Ramble to come... ran out of time!

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

6:00-7:00am
Billie Holiday - On the sunny side of the street
Little Miss Higgins* - Velvet Barley Bed - Junction City
Hawksley Workman* - Treeful of Starling (2006)
Regina Spektor - Us - Soviet Kisch (2005)
Basia Bulat* - Snakes and Ladders - Oh my darling (2007)
Liz Phair - Whipsmart - Whipsmart
The Avett Brothers - Headful of doubt/Road full of promise - I & Love & You (2009)
Jason Collett* - We all lose one another - Idols of Exile (2005)
Laura Cantrell - California Rose - Humming by the flowered vine (2005)

7:00-8:00am
The Deep Dark Woods* - The birds on the bridge - Winter hours (2009)
Jen Lane* - Grey Skies - For the Night
The Gruff* - The Lights of Saskatoon - EP (2010)
Shane Koyczan* - Atlantis - A Pretty decent cape in my closet
The Weakerthans* - Illustrated Bible stories for Children - Fallow (1997)
My Architects - Airborne - Grand Designs
Mother Mother* - Body of Years - O my heart (2008)
The Shins - Australia - Wincing the Night Away (2007)
Michael Rault* - Pretty Thing - Crash! Boom! Bang!
Elliott Brood* - Oh, Alberta - Tin Type (2005)
The RE-mains - Li'l Lady Luck - The Very Best of the Re-Mains (2008 Canadian Tour Edition)
The Warped 45s* - Pale Horse - Matador Sun (2011)

July 6th Playlist! "Strike two... Baby I'm howlin for you"

There were two highlights from my life last week. One was finishing my fourth half Ironman triathlon. The other was seeing The Black Keys live in Saskatoon. To be honest, I'm not sure which one I'm more stoked about! They were both super awesome and a great time. One big difference was that I was super glad to be done the triathlon, but I didn't want The Black Keys concert to end EVER. They did promise to come back so those of you who missed out on tickets, keep your ear to the ground and maybe you, too, can see this extraordinary band live.

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

6:00-7:00am
Kirby Criddle* - Death of You - Vena cava (2008, local)
Regina Spekor - Laughing With - Far (2009)
Sarah Slean* - Waiting for Someone - The Baroness (2008)
Shotgun Jimmie* - Onomatopoeia - The Onlys (2007)
Scott Nolan* - Open Spaces - Receiver/Reflecor (2007)
Luke Doucet* - It's no the liquor I miss - Broken and Other Rogue States (2006)
The Pinch* - Money
Sebadoh - Not a Friend - Bakesale (1995/2011, re-release)

7:00-8:00am
Good Lovelies* - Made for Rain - Let the Rain Fall (2011)
Po' Girl* - Movin' On - Let the Rain Fall (2004)
Little Miss Higgins* - Killer Diller - Two Nights in March (2009, local, live album)
The Black Keys - Howlin for You - Brothers (2010)
Maxwell's Big Four* - I Know - Young Town Hall (2008, local)
Sloan* - Money City Maniacs - Navy Blues (1998)
Blitzen Trapper - The Man Who Would Speak True - Destroyer of the Void (2010)
Neil Young* - Harvest Moon - Harvest Moon (1992)
Hawksley Worman* - All the Trees are Hers - Between the Beautifuls (2007)
The Decemberists - Yankee Bayonet (I will be home then) - The Crane Wife (2006)
The Hidden Cameras* - In the NA - Origin:Orphan (2009)
The Details* - Reunion Souvenirs - Draw a Distance. Draw a Border (2007)
Mother Mother* - Oh my heart - Oh my heard (2008)

June 29th: If you're driving into town with the Darks Clouds are above you...

The last Wednesday of June - the summer seems to be flying away. Ahh, well, we will keep rocking the summer for a while longer. Enjoy!

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

6:00-7:00am
The Deep Dark Woods* - Birds on the Bridge - Winter Hours (2009)
Josh Ritter - Lantern - So Runs the world away (2010)
Heartstrings* - Big Black Boots - self-titled (2007)
The Gruff* - The Make - A trail of missing thoughts (2008)
Amelia Curran* - Bye Bye Montreal - Hunter Hunter (2009)
Stars* - Your ex-lover is dead - Set yourself on fire (2004)
Hey Rosetta!* - Red Heart - Into your lungs (2008)
Maybe Smith* - Open war - Animals and Architects (2007, local)

7:00-8:00am
Marissa Nadler - Mary come alive - Little Hells (2009)
Ndidi Onukwulu* - May be the last time - No, I Never (2006)
Little Miss Higgins* - You turn me on, I'm a radio - Cobbler Shop Sessions (2005, local)
Serena Ryder* - Blown like a wind at night - Is it ok (2008)
Jack Johnson - Enemy - Sleep through the static (2008)
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Gone Gone Gone (done moved on) - Raising Sand (2007)
Metric* - Stadium Love - Fantasties (2009)
Wolf Parade* - Shine a Light - Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
Sloan* - Coax me - Twice Removed (1994)

June 22nd Playlist! "Oh Saskatchewan, you never meant any harm to anyone"

Recently a new friend has come into my life. He is biking across Canada from west to east, but originally comes from Germany. It is an adventure that I can relate to, having done the trip from Saskatoon to PEI on bicycle 10 years ago. Traveling by bicycle is so simple: you bike, eat, and sleep. You try not to carry too much food or too much water. It utilizes all of the senses. It is a great trip to take and I'm glad that I got to be part of my buddy's adventure! This really has nothing to do with today's show

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

6:00-7:00am
Jason Collett* (featuring Emily Haynes) - Hangover Days - Idols of Exile (2005)
Laura Cantrell - When the Roses Bloom Again - When the Roses Bloom Again (2002)
Hawksley Workman* - Hey Hey Hey (My little beauties) - Treeful of Starling (2006)
Mary Margaret O'Hara* - Year in Song - Miss America
Marissa Nadler - Rosary - Little Hells (2009)
Christine Fellows* - Mlle. Steno - Femmes de Chez Nous (2011)
The Hidden Cameras* - Awoo - Awoo (2006)
Novillero* - Daydreams and Distractions - A Little Tradition (2008)
Mother Mother* - Hay Loft - O my heart (2008)
My Architects - Airborne - Grand Designs (2006)
Death Cab for Cutie - Some Boys - Codes and Keys (2011)
Talk Talk - Eden - Spirit of Eden (1988)

7:00-8:00am
Elliott Brood* - Oh Alberta - Tin Type (2005)
The Gruff* - The Lights of Saskatoon - self-titled EP (2010)
The Weakerthans* - One Great City - Reconstruction Site (2003)
Julie Doiron* - It's nice to come home - I can wonder what you did with your day (2009)
The Seahags* - Dusty Road - Self-titled EP (2011, local)
Po' Girl* - Under the Chestnut Tree - Unreleased (2008)
Little Miss Higgins* - Beautiful Sun - Across the Plains (2010, local)
Sloan* - Who taught you to live like that? - Never hear the end of it (2006)
Wolf Parade* - Soldier's Grin - At Mount Zoomer (2008)
The White Stripes - My Doorbell - Get Behind me Satan (2005)
Metric* - Combat Baby - Old world underground where are you now (2003)
The New Pornographers* - Fake Headlines - Mass Romantic (2000)
The Unicorns* - Jellybones - Who will cut our hair when we're gone (2003)
Controller.Controller* - History - History (2004)

June 15th Playlist: "Right off, no never ever never ever"

Summer is almost here and change is abound. A full moon last night lit my way home as I thought about the coming week. A week of family and the recent small-farm tradition: the auction sale. Tomorrow my dad is selling his dirty ol' tractor (as Little Miss Higgins put it) and moving on from farming. Coincidentally, I got a request this morning for some Fred Eaglesmith... it all came together today! It's also Father's Day coming up, so I thought I'd play a little bit of Janis Joplin for him. So here is the playlist that combines all of it...

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

6:00-7:00am
Martha Wainwright* - This Life - self-titled (2005)
Ron Sexsmith* - Believe it when I see it - Late Bloomer (2011)
Shotgun Jimmie* - Bedhead - The Onlys (2007)
The Deep Dark Woods* - Charlie's (is coming down) (2009, local)
The Sadies* - The Story's Often Told - Stories Often Told (2002)
Barley Wik* - I Truly Understand - Dusty Lullaby (2001)
Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee (acoustic)
Billie Holiday - I'll be seeing you
Ndidi Onukwulu* - Horn Blower - No, I Never (2006)

7:00-8:00am
Little Miss Higgins* - Dirty ol' Tractor Song - 2 Nights in March (2009, local)
Fred Eaglesmith* - Shoulder to the Plough - Tinderbox (2008)
The Cracker Cats* - Workin' - Empty Bottles n Broken Hearts (local)
The Weakerthans* - Tournament of Hearts - Reunion Tour (2007)
Stars* - Ageless Beauty - Set Yourself on Fire (2004)
Metric* - Stadium Love - Fantasies (2009)
Amelia Curran* - Wrecking Ball - Hunter Hunter (2008)
Sarah Harmer* - Uniform Grey - You were here (2000)
Smokekiller* - California - 13 (2008, local)
Sloan* - Pen Pals - Twice Removed (1994)
The Fjords* - Breezy Day - self-titled (2005, local)
The Black Keys - Psychotic Girl - Attack and Release (2008)

I woke up this morning to the sound of Loretta Lynn and Jack White, but it wasn't from the radio but in my memory. I knew that I had to hear that song as soon as possible. Now I'm not sure if people who don't do radio shows wake up with songs that they MUST HEAR as soon as possible, but I sure do. It's like I'm being compelled by the music spirits or something. Also, I really love Portland, Oregon the city so I guess it makes sense that I play the song as often as I do. Over the past few months I've also had a slight obsession with Jack White. It happens, I'm sure. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the show!

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

6:00-7:00am
Loretta Lynn (with Jack White) - Portland Oregon - Van Lear Rose (2004)
Ingrid Gatin* - How did I get so - Broken Tambourine (2009)
Peter Elkas* - Sweet nancy - Wall of Fire (2007)
Sarah Harmer* - Almost - All of our names (2004)
Jason Collett* - Tiny ocean of tears - Motor motel love songs
Hey Rosetta!* - Red Heart - Into your Lungs (2008)
Rae Spoon* - We can't be lovers with these guns on each other - Love is a Hunter (2010)
Immaculate Machine* - So Cynical - Ones and Zeros (2005)
The White Stripes - I'm lonely (but I ain't that lonely yet) - Get behind me Satan (2005)
Cat Power - Lived in Bars - The Greatest
Feral Children* - Motivation Machine - In Awe EP (2011)
Mother Mother* - Baby Don't Dance - Eureka (2011)

7:00-8:00am
Megan Lane* - Lost in Love - Purple and Blue (2003, local)
Hannah Georgas* - Bang bang you're dead - This is Good (2010)
Basia Bulat* - In the night - Oh my darling (2007)
Romi Mayes* - Lucky Tonight - Lucky Tonight (2011)
Blitzen Trapper - Silver moon - Black River Killer EP (2009)
Jason Collett* - Roll on Oblivion - Here's to being here (2008)
Cuff the Duke* - By Winter's End - Sidelines of the City (2007)
The Gruff* - Lights of Saskatoon - Self-titled EP (2010)
Ron Sexsmith* - Late Bloomer - Long Player Late Bloomer(2011)
Well Run Dry - Fish and Bird - Every whisper is a shout across the void (2011)

June 1st Playlist!

I can't believe it's June! Seriously, how did this happen? Slowly but surely I suppose. Alas, I discovered this morning that today was June 1st. A new month, a new day. Last night I had a wicked bout of insomnia. It ended up that I only got a little over 3 hours of sleep so it really is the music this morning that is keeping me going. I guess that's why today's show was so rocking. Sometimes one just needs to rock!

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

6:00-7:00am
Serena Ryder* - Is it ok - Is it ok (2008)
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Gone gone gone (done moved on) - Raising Sand (2007)
Nathan* - Measure me - Stranger (2001)
Christine Fellows* - Saturday night on utopia parkway - Nevertheless (2007)
Sarah Slean* - Lucky me - Day one (2004)
Maybe Smith* - Open war - Animals and Architects (2007)
Sloan* - Witch's wand - Parallel Play (2008)
Wolf Parade* - I'll believe in anything - Apologies to the queen mary (2005)
Oh Susanna* - Three shots - Short stories (2007)
Matthew Barber* - I think you're gonna feel my love - True Believer (2010)
The Once* - Sail away to the sea - self-titled (2010)

7:00-8:00am
The Deep Dark Woods* - All the money I had is gone - Winter hours (2009, local)
Little Miss Higgins* - You ain't done nothing to me - Junction City (2009, local)
The RE-Mains - Quit singin' the blues - The very best of the RE-mains (2008 Canadian tour album)
The Be Good Tanyas* - Ootischemia - Hello love (2005)
Laura Cantrell - Not the tremblin' kind - Not the tremblin' kind
Chad Vangaalen* - Willow Tree - Soft Airplane (2008)
The Dreadnaughts - Sleep is for the weak - Polka is not dead
Elliott Brood* - President - Ambassador (2005)
Blitzen Trapper - Sleepy time in the western world - Furr (2008)
Josh Ritter - Change of Time - So runs the world away (2010)
The Pack AD* - Crazy - We kill computers (2010)
The Black Keys - Howlin' for you - Brothers (2010)
Ladyhawk* - S.T.H.D. - Shots (2008)

May 25th Playlist!

It seems like summer is finally upon us! It was a great long weekend to be out and about. I hope that you enjoyed it. However, that extra weekend day made Wednesday come way faster than I anticipated. Hence my tardiness this morning. I apologize for that. I hope that the rest of the show made up for the late start!

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

6:00-7:00am
Sean Brown* - Only human - ready fire aim (2007)
Melissa Ferrick - Burn this Guitar - Listen hard (2002)
Greg MacPherson* - Bank Robber - Maintenance EP (2004)
The Black Keys - Strange Times - Attack and Release (2008)
Sarah Slean* - Sweet ones - Night bugs (2002)
Rose Cousins* - Celebrate - The send off (2009)
Farideh* - Heart of a man - Symphony of Chemistry (2008, local)
Josh Ritter - Right Moves - Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter (2007)
The New Pornographers* - Myriad Harbour - Challengers (2007)
Liz Phair - Whipsmart - Whipsmart (1994)

7:00-8:00am
Nathan* - Scarecrow - Key Principles (2007)
Corin Raymond* - Days go by - Record lonesome night (2004)
Laura Cantrell - Roll Trucks Roll - The Hello recordings (2004)
The Details* - Weightless in the Dark - Lost Art (2011)
The Sadies* - Why be so curious? (Part 3) - Mountain Meadows (2008)
Elliott Brood* - Miss you now - Mountain meadows (2008)
Jill Barber* - Never quit loving you - Chances (2008)
Jack Johnson - Bubble Toes - Brushfire Fairytales (2000)
Metric* - Too little too late - Live it out (2005)
Sloan* - Follow the leader - The double cross (2011)
Radiohead - The Bends - the bends (1995)
Arcade Fire* - Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels) - Funeral (2004)

May 18, 2011 Playlist!

May is a time for hope and birthdays. I know so many people who were born in May, including my lovely and beautiful sister. It is a time for trees getting leaves, tulips blooming, and hope for a great summer. Even with the rain these past couple of days, I am hopeful for sunny summer fun. I hope you are too!

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

6:00-7:00am
Shotgun Jimmie* - Bedhead - The Onlys (2007)
Serena Ryder* - Good morning starshine - If your memory serves you well (2007)
Jen Lane* - Grey Skies - For the night (2010, local)
Jack Johnson - Sleep through the static - Sleep through the static (2008)
Amelia Curran* - You won't find me - War Brides (2008)
Neil Young* - A man needs a maid - Harvest (1972)
Rose Melberg* - Take some time - Cast away the clouds (2006)
Sunparlour Players* - If the creeks don't rise - Hymns for the Happy (2007)
The mamas and the papas - My girl - California Dreamin' compilation
Rose Cousins* - Edmonton - If you were for me (2006)

7:00-8:00am
The Gruff* - The lights of Saskatoon - self-titled EP (2010)
Basia Bulat* - In the night - Oh, my darling (2007)
Royal Wood* - A mirror without - A good enough day (2007)
Immaculate Machine* - C'mon sealegs - Fables (2007)
Sloan* - Unkind - The Doubles Cross (2011)
The Shins - Sleeping Lessons - Wincing the Night Away (2007)
Metric* - Gimme sympathy - Fantasies (2009)
Billy Bragg and Wilco - California Stars - Mermaid Avenue (1998)
Carolyn Mark* - Happy 2B Flying Away - Nothing is free
Little Miss Higgins* - Beautiful Sun - Across the Plains (2010)
The Sadies* - Loved on Look - Tremendous Efforts (2001)

May 11th Playlist!

Last weekend I was in wet Winnipeg and I have to admit that I love that city! People are often surprised when I start gushing about Winnipeg. Here are my reasons for loving Winnipeg: great vegan restaurants, lots of live music, and it has low housing prices. Also, I have some great friends and family that live there. So today's show started off with a little tribute to one of my favourite cities in Canada. Also, I totally spotted Greg MacPherson at one of the bars, which was awesome.

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

6:00-7:00am
Nathan* - Gasoline - Jimson Weed (2004)
The Weakerthans* - Wellington's Wednesdays - Fallow (1997)
Novillero* - Aim right for the holes in their lives - Aim right for the holes in their lives (2005)
The Greg MacPherson Band* - The day the water dried up from the taps - Good times coming back again (2001)
The Black Keys - Everlasting Light - Brothers (2010)
Nirvana - Come as you are
Basia Bulat* - Heart of my own - Heart of my own (2010)
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - 100 days, 100 nights - 100 days, 100 nights (2007)
Laura Cantrell - 14th Street - Humming by the flowered vine (2005)
Jack Johnson - Dreams be dreams - On and on (2003)

7:00-8:00am
Fleet Foxes - Montezuma - Helplessness blues (2011)
Kate Maki* - Strangest Dream - Confusion Unlimited (2003)
Po' Girl* - Drive all night - Home to you (2007)
Xavier Rudd* - Stargaze - White Moth (2007)
The Waifs - The Haircut - Sink or swim (2000)
Neko Case - Hold on, hold on - Fox Confessor brings the flood (2005, featuring The Sadies)
Romi Mayes* - Lucky Tonight - Lucky Tonight (2011)
The Sadies* - Another Year Again - Darker Circles (2010)
Sloan* - Follow the leader - The Double Cross (2011)
Hawksley Workman* - French girl in LA - Meat (2010)
Cake - Short skirt/long jacket - Comfort Eagle (2001)
The New Pornographers* - Myriad Harbour (2007)

April 27th Playlist!

On Monday I went and voted in the advanced polls because I'm going to be away next week. It's true, there will be a fill-in host next week. I hope that's cool with all you loyal listeners! I digress. On Monday, May 2nd I hope that you all go to the poll near your house to vote for a party or candidate that speaks to you. GO VOTE!!! See you in two weeks.

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

6:00-7:00am
The Dears* - Ticket to Immortality - Gang of Losers (2006)
Maybe Smith* - Treehouse Enthusiasts - Another murder in the morning (2009, local)
Elliott Smith - Somebody that I used to know - Figure 8 (2000)
Elliott Smith - Everything reminds me of her
Hawksley Workman* - all the trees are hers - Between the beautifuls (2007)
The Waifs - Nothing New - Up all night (2002)
Sarah Slean* - Out in the park - Day one (2004)
Regina Spektor Us - Soviet Kisch (2005)
Sarah Harmer* - The Ring - I'm a mountains (2005)
The Sadies* - What's left behind - New Seasons (2007)
Blitzen Trapper - The man who speaks true - Destroyer of the void (2010)
Cuff the Duke* - When all else fails and fades - Sidelines of the City (2007)

7:00-8:00am
The Pixies - Where is my mind
The Black Keys - Your Touch - Magic Potion (2006)
The Pack A.D.* - Don't have to - Funeral Mixtape (2010)
Eekwol* - Too Sick - Apprentice to the mystery (2004, local)
Buck 65* - Wicked and weird - Talkin' honky blues (2003)
Sharon Jones and the dap kings - How long do I have to wait for you - Naturally
Ani difranco - Lost woman song - ani difranco (1990)
Amelia Curran* - The Mistress - Hunter Hunter (2009)
Romi Mayes* - How I Roll - Sweet Somethin' Steady (2006)
The Deep Dark Woods* - all the money i had is gone - Winter Hours (2009)
The Be Good Tanyas* - Lakes of Ponchartrain - Blue Horse (2001)

April 20th Playlist!

Today's show is quite a mix of old songs with new songs. I have been feeling a bit musically nostalgic lately. As I was walking to the station this morning I realized that the song I started the show with this morning was the first song I played in my Green Eggs and Ham career. I had no idea that 7 years later I would still be on the airwaves in the same time slot playing the same song. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this morning's show!

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

6:00-7:00am
Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's - Home
Peter Elkas* - Sweet Nancy - Chances
Jill Barber* - Be my man - Chances
Cat Power - Live in Bars - The Greatest
Bahamas* - Lonely Loves - Pink Strat
Bahamas* - Hockey Teeth - Pink Strat
The Pixies - Debaser
The Weakerthans* - Tournament of Hearts - Reunion Tour
The Cranberries - Dreams - Everybody else is doing it so why can't we?
Metric* - Help, I'm alive (acoustic) - Plug in, Plug out EP
Farideh* - She - Symphony of Chemistry (local)
Amy Millan* - Low Sail - Masters of the Burial

7:00-8:00am
Modest Mouse - Float On - Good news for people who love bad news
Library Voices* - Haunt this house - Denim on Denim
Arcade Fire* - Black Mirror - Neon Bible
Sue Foley* - Here comes the sun - Change
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova (Swell Season) - Falling slowly - Once soundtrack
Neko Case - If you knew - The tigers have spoken
Fleetwood Mac - Second Hand News - Rumours
Jenn Grant* - Baby's been away - Honeymoon punch
Be Good Tanyas* - When doves cry - Hello love
The Gruff* - Hole in my jeans - A trail of missing thoughts
The Cracker Cats* - Sister Sing - Empty bottles n broken hearts (local)
Little Miss Higgins* - In the middle of nowhere - Junction City (local)
Luke Doucet and the White Falcon* - Monkeys - Steel City Trawler

April 13th Playlist!

The time of the year has come when the sun wakes me up for my trek to the radio station. It is great! After 7+ years of getting up at 5am for the 6:00 start, I think I'm finally getting used to getting up early for the show. It still surprises me how much I love picking and playing music for the good community radio listening folks of Saskatoon. Hmm... apparently I'm feeling reflective today. Oh yeah, don't forget to get your Community Radio membership! You can win prizes and tickets and you would be supporting awesome radio.

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

6:00-7:00am
The White Stripes - I'm lonely, but I ain't that lonely yet - Get behind me Satan (2005)
The Black Keys - Strange Times - Attack and Release (2008)
Mother Mother* - Pile of Bones - O my heart (2008)
Hey Rosetta!* - There's an Arc - Into your lungs (2008)
Po' Girl* - Under the chestnut tree - Unreleased (2008)
Jen Lane* - Grey Skies - For the Night (2010, local)
Josh Ritter - You don't make it easy babe - Hello Starling (2003)
Laurel Cantrell - Not the tremblin' kind - Not the tremblin' kind
Cuff the Duke* - Ballad of a Lonely Construction Worker - Life stories for Minimum wage
The Deep Dark Woods* - Bakersfield - self-titled (2006, local)

7:00-8:00am
Tegan and Sara* - I know I know I know - So Jealous (2004)
Serena Ryder* - A little bit of red - Is it ok (2008)
Hannah Georgas* - This is good - This is good (2010)
Metric* - Combat Baby - Old world underground where are you now (2003)
Sarah Slean* - Looking for Someone - The Baroness (2008)
Little Miss Higgins* - You turn me on, I'm a radio - Cobbler Shop sessions (2005, local)
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - Natural Born Lover - Naturally
Immaculate Machine* - No such thing as the future - Ones and Zeros (2005)
Paper Moon* - Turning colours into greys - Broken hearts break faster everyday (2006)
Sloan* - Witch's Wand - Parallel Play (2008)
Veruca Salt - Seether - American Thighs (1994)
Wolf Parade* - Shine a Light - Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
Arcade Fire* - Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out) - Funeral (2004)

April 6th Playlist!

Last weekend was Vive Fest 3, a truly indie rock festival to kick off spring. From what I could tell, it was a great success with 3 venues going and lots of great indie rock bands. I had the pleasure of hosting Samantha Savage and her band (5 in total) on my living room floor. They were such lovely people and it is always nice to host people who are thankful for a place to sleep that isn't their van (even if one of them was allergic to my dog - sorry, Chris!). It was a great coming together of people who truly love and appreciate independent music. Today is also the day of birth of my friends Amanda and Lucas! I am excited to welcome this little person into the world with a bit of music dedicated to Baby Storey.

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

6:00-7:00am
Shotgun Jimmie* - Bedhead - The Onlys (2007)
Marissa Nadler - Rosary - Little Hells (2009)
Ani Difranco - Both Hands - self-titled (1990)
Luke Doucet* - Broken One - Broken (and other Rogue States) (2005)
Julie Doiron* - Tailor - I can wonder what you did with your day (2009)
Chad VanGaalen* - Your tan looks supernatural - Your tan looks supernatural (2011)
Buck 65* - 1957 - Situation (2007)
Immaculate Machine* - C'mon Sealegs - Fables (2007)
The Hidden Cameras* - Death of a Tune - Awoo (2006)
Metric* - Monster Hospital - Live it Out (2005)
Tegan and Sara* - Knife Going in - The Con (2007)
Controller.Controller* - History - History (2004)

7:00-8:00am
Renee and Jeremy - Welcome to this World - It's a Big World
Cat Power - Sea of Love - Juno Soundtrack
Wilco - My Darling - Summerteeth
Jack Johnson - Hope - Sleep through the static (2008)
Feist* - Mushaboom - Let it Die (2004)
Liz Phair - Whipsmart - Whipsmart (1994)
Samantha Savage Smith* - Tough Cookie - Tough Cookie (2011)
Jenn Grant* - How I met you - Honeymoon Punch (2011)
Dan Mangan* - Sold - Nice, nice very nice (2009)
Elliott Brood* - Write it all down for you - Mountain Meadows (2008)
Josh Ritter - Right Moves - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter (2007)
Little Miss Higgins* - Killer Diller - Two Nights in March (2009, local, live)
Amelia Curran* - You Won't Find Me - War Brides (2008)

March 30, 2011 Playlist!

Thank goodness March is almost over! Spring can come anytime, right? Yes, right. I'm excited for the Mother Mother concert on Sunday. This is a busy weekend music-wise. Vivefest 3 has a great line-up of artists playing at different venues in the city. Then there is other shows like Kay the Aquanaut at Amigo's, The Rural Alberta Advantage, and BA Johnstone also at Amigo's. Spring is, indeed, coming even if the weather doesn't show it.

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

6:00-7:00am
The Deep Dark Woods* - The Birds on the Bridge - Winter Hours (local)
Heartstrings* - Orchard Morning - self-titled (local)
Ingrid Gatin* - How did I get so? - Broken Tambourine
Cuff the Duke* - You were Right - Way down here
Katie Murphy* - Oooo! (She's got a lot going on) - exes and uh ohs
Jason Collett* - Roll on Oblivion - Here's to being here
Mother Mother* - Ghosting - O my heart
Hey Rosetta!* - Red Heart - Into your lungs
The Fjords* - Breezy Day - self-titled EP
Maybe Smith* - Hearts like Bears - Animals and Architects (local)
Eekwol* - That's just me - Apprentice to the mystery (local)
Immaculate Machine* - No such thing as the future - Ones and zeros

7:00-8:00am
Tegan and Sara* - My number - This business of art
Tegan and Sara* - Where does the good go - So Jealous
Tegan and Sara* - Relief next to me - The con
Tegan and Sara* - Take me anywhere - So Jealous
Arcade Fire* - Modern Man - The Suburbs
Novillero* - The Hypothesist - Aim right for the holes in their lives
Basia Bulat* - Heart of my own - Heart of my own
Little Miss Higgins* - Gather my fruit - Across the plains
Little Miss Higgins* - My love - Across the plains
Hannah Georgas* - Lovers breakdown - This is good
Mother Mother* - The stand - Eureka
Sarah Harmer* - Around this corner - You were here
Josh Ritter - Change of Time - So runs the world away

March 23, 2011 Playlist!

This past week has felt like a month for me. March is such an interesting and long month. It is a weather up-and-down, which takes people with it. I am definitely feeling that. That being said, I think we can all see and feel spring coming. We've had glimmers of it. I'm very much looking forward to spring and summer! I think I need to come up with something other than weather to write about on my blog. How about music!?

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

6:00-7:00am
The Once* - Sail away to the sea - self-titled (2009)
Heartstrings* - Sell the farm - In a land far away that is fair (2009)
Amelia Curran* - Wrecking Ball - Hunter, hunter (2009)
Mary Margaret O'Hara* - Year in song - Miss America (1988)
Elizabeth Shepherd* - The Taking - Heavy falls the night (2010)
Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit - Nevermind
The Pixies - Here comes your man - Doolittle (1989)
Live - Selling the drama - Throwing copper
Rae Spoon* - Death by Elektro - Love is a hunter (2010)
Rose Cousins* - Celebrate - The Send off
The Gruff* - Commercial Drive - self-titled EP (2010)

7:00-8:00am
Nididi Onukwulu* - Water - No, I never (2006)
Nathan* - Scarecrow - Key Principles (2007)
Laura Cantrell - When the roses bloom again - When the roses bloom again
Joni Mitchell* - River - Blue (local)
Metric* - Too little too late - Live it out (2005)
Modest Mouse - One Chance - Good news for people who love bad news (2004)
Neil Young* - Heart of Gold - Harvest (1972)
Little Miss Higgins* - Beautiful Sun - Across the Plains (2010)
Hannah Georgas* - Something for you - This is good (2010)
Mother Mother* - Ghosting - O my heart (2008)
Sloan* - Pen Pals - Twice Removed (1994)
Metric* - Gimme Sympathy - Fantasies (2009)

March 16, 2011 Playlist!

As I write this, the sun is just coming over the buildings in downtown Saskatoon. The sun! THE SUN!!! How amazing is this? Yesterday I walked around by the river in a short-sleeved shirt! It was amazing, with all of that Vitamin D soaking into my skin. I'm sure we are all relieved to see that winter is becoming a memory and spring is here (or almost here). This really has nothing to do with music or the radio show I played today, but I know we're all thinking about the weather. So get out and enjoy as much of it as you can!

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

6:00-7:00am
The Who - I can see for miles - Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy (1971)
Rah Rah* - Arrows - Breaking Hearts (2010)
Plants and Animals* - Bye bye bye - Parc Avenue (2008)
Hawksley Worman* - Oh you delicate heart - Between the beautifuls (2008)
Amy Millan* - Low sail - Masters of the Burial (2009)
Sharon Jones & the dap kings - Better things - I learned the hard way (2010)
Carole King - So far away - Tapestry (1985)
Loretta Lynn - Portland Oregon - Van Lear Rose (2004)
The Gruff* - Five Star - A trail of missing thoughts (2008)
Luke Doucet and the white falcon* - Longhaul driver - Blood's too Rich (2008)
Melissa Rebronja* - Zasto - Embrace yourself (2003)
Serena Ryder* - Just another day - Unlikely emergency (2004)

7:00-8:00am
Joel Plaskett Emergency* - Extraordinary - Truthfully truthfully (2003)
Mother Mother* - Hayloft - Oh my heart (2008)
Controller.Controller* - PF - X-amounts (2005)
The Shins - Mine's not a high horse - Chutes too narrow (2003)
The Pixies - Where is my mind
The Pack A.D.* - Gold Rush - Tintype (2007)
The Weakerthans - Illustrated bible stories for children - Fallow (1997)
Little Miss Higgins* - You turn me on, I'm a radio - Cobbler Shop sessions (2005)
Sarah Slean* - Mary - Day one (2004)
Economics* - He was my friend - self-titled (2008, local)
Paper Moon* - Turning colours into Greys - Broekn hearts break faster (2006)
The Bicycles* - Oh no it's love - oh no it's love (2008)
Joel Plaskett* - You let me down - Three (2009)
Metric* - Succexy - Old World underground, where are you now? (2003)

March 9 Playlist!

Today's show was a pretty rocking one. Perhaps it was to wake myself up.

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

6:00-7:00am
Ingrid Gatin* - How did I get so - Broken Tambourine
The Weakerthans* - Aside - Left and Leaving
Mother Mother* - O my heart - O my heart
The Hidden Cameras* - Awoo - Death of tune
Jack Johnson - Hope - Sleep through the static
Jill Barber* - Never quit loving you - Chances
Regina Spektor - Folding Chair - Far
The Fjords* - Breezy Day - self-titled (local)
Greg MacPherson* - First Class - Mr. Invitation
The Pixies - Here comes your man - Doolittle
Tegan and Sara* - Hop a plane - The Con
Maybe Smith* - Open war - Animals and Architects (local)
Sloan* - Cheap Champagne - Parallel Play

7:00-8:00am
Jenn Grant* - How I met you - Honeymoon Punch
The New Pornographers* - Mutiny, I promise you - Challengers
Carolyn Mark* - Happy 2B flying away - Nothing is free
Scott Nolan* - Wide open spaces - Receivor/reflector
Heartstrings* - Big black boots - self-titled (local)
Amelia Cuyrran* - bye bye Montreal - Hunter Hunter
Josh Ritter - Change of time - So runs the world away
The Shins - New Slang - Oh, Inverted World
Hey Rosetta!* - I've been asleep for a long long time - into your lungs
Cuff the Duke* - It's all a blur - Way down here
Ladyhawk* - I don't always know what you're saying - Shots
Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer of the void - Destroyer of the void

March 2 Playlist!

If the saying is true, then March has come in like a lion and hopefully it will go out like a lamb. Even for an optimist like myself, this weather is taking its toll. I find myself complaining about it a little more, when I used to look on the bright side like, "At least it's sunny!" or "Well, the days are getting longer!" However, those seem less important than they used to. That being said, it is 7:18am and I can see the sky lightening around the buildings in downtown Saskatoon. That makes me a little happier. Now, if only it wasn't -30! Alas, we will have to keep warm through music. So get dancing and create some heat!

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

6:00-7:00am
Shotgun Jimmie* - Bedhead - The Onlys (2007)
Julie Doiron* - Tailor - I can wonder what you did with your day (2009)
Christine Fellows* - Saturday night on utopia parkway - Nevertheless (2007)
Tracy McNeil* - Headlong into Nothing - Room where she lives
Ruthie Foster - Another Rain Song - Stages
The Waifs* - One voice - 40 days (2004)
Little Miss Higgins* - Beautiful Sun - Across the plains (2010, local)
The Gruff* - Lights of Saskatoon - self-titled EP (2010)
The Gruff* - Holes in my jeans - A trail of missing thoughts (2008)
The Gruff* - The General Store - self-titled (2006)
Mother Mother* - Burning Pile - O my heart (2008)
The Shins - Sleeping Lessons - Wincing the Night away (2007)

7:00-8:00am
Maybe Smith* - Underground Lost and found - Root hug (2004, local)
Rae Spoon* - You can dance - Love is a hunter (2010)
The Pixies - Debaser - Wave of mutilation
Wolf Parade* - Shine a light - Apologies to the queen mary (2005)
The Black Keys - All you ever wanted - Attack and Release (2008)
The Sadies* - Loved on Look - Tremendous Efforts (2001)
Plants and Animals* - Bye bye bye - Parc Avenue
Regina Spektor - The calculation - Far (2009)
Amelia Curran* - The Mistress - Hunter hunter (2009)
Jill Barber* - Chances - Chances (2008)
Heartstrings* - Big black boots - self-titled (2006, local)
Barley Wik* - Tumbleweed - dusty lullaby (2004)
Jason Collett* - We all lose one another - Idols of Exile (2005)

February 23rd Playlist!

If you listened to today's show you know that I could hardly stop talking about The Black Keys because they are COMING TO SASKATOON! June 30th at TCU Place. I'm so excited that I really have nothing else to say.

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

6:00-7:00am
Sarah Harmer* - Late Bloomer - Oh little fire (2010)
Hanna Georgas* - This is good - This is good (2010)
Serena Ryder* - Little bit of red - Is it ok (2008)
The Black Keys - Your touch - Magic Potion (2006)
Eekwol* - Too sick - Apprentice to the mystery (2004, local)
Immaculate Machine* - No way out - Ones and zeros (2005)
The Waifs - Service Fee - Sing or swim (2000)
Henri Faberge and the adorables* - Favourite Kisses - self-titled
Maybe Smith* - Treehouse enthusiasts - Another murder in the morning (2007, local)
The New Pornographers* - Myriad Harbour - Challengers (2007)

7:00-8:00am
Ted Leo and the pharmacists - Who do you love? - Living with the living (2007)
The ride Theory/New Rival* - My girl June - In this city (2005)
The Decemberists - Don't carry it all - The king is dead (2011)
Feist* - Mushaboom - Let it die (2005)
Liz Phair - Whipsmart - Whipsmart (1994)
Jenn Grant* - Getcha Good - Honeymoon punch (2011)
The Black Keys - Tighten Up - Brothers (2010)
Maxwell's Big Four* - I know - Young town hall (local)
Neil Young* - Unknown Legend - Harvest Moon (1992)
Blitzen Trapper - The Tree (featuring Alela Diane) - Destroyer of the Void (2010)
Novillero* - Daydreams and Distractions - A little tradition (2008)
Josh Ritter - Kathleen - Hello Starling (2003)

February 16h Playlist!

This week's show was thrown together at the last minute, but I feel like it was one of my best shows yet! I'm so excited for new albums to come out in 2011 - I just want to listen to musicmusicmusic, which I have. I'm also obsessed with The Sadies right now, ever since Sunday night's concert, which was bizarre and will be a concert not soon forgotten. Even with one key band member missing, they were still awesome. I sure hope Dallas' leg gets better soon. They have already postponed and rescheduled their tour for June. That was quick! I'm excited already, but I feel a little guilty that it happened here in Saskatoon. And maybe I'm a little selfish, but I'm also kind of glad that it happened here because it meant that we got to see a once-in-a-lifetime set of The Sadies, sans Dallas (which likely will not happen again and as Travis said, we HOPE it won't happen again). Anyway, without further ado, here is the playlist from today's show.

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

6:00-7:00am
Hawksley Workman* - A moth is not a butterfly - Treeful of Starling (2006)
The Waifs - London Still - Up all night (2002)
Travis - Sing - The Invisible Basnd (2001)
Radiohead - The Bends - The Bends (1995)
The Cranberries - Dreams - Everybody else is doing it, so why can't we? (1993)
The Hidden Cameras* - In the Na - Origin: Orphan (2009)
Kirby Criddle* - Death of You - Vena Cava (2008, local)
Christine Fellows* - Dragonfly - Femmes de Chez Nous (2011)
Iron and Wine - Tree by the River - Kiss each other clean (2011)
Nathan* - Gasoline - Jimson Weed (2004)
Elliott Brood* - The Bridge - Ambassador (2005)
Blitzen Trapper - Furr - Furr (2009)

7:00-8:00am
Hey Rosetta!* - Seeds - Seeds (2011)
The United Steel Workers of Montreal* - For love and your mother's sake - Three on the tree (2009)
Sunparlour Players* - Hymns for the Happy - If the creeks don't rise (2006)
Jenn Grant* - How I met you - Honeymoon Punch (2011)
Mother Mother* - O my heart - O my heart (2008)
Arcade Fire* - Neighbourhood #2 (Laika) - Funeral (2004)
The Sadies* - Another year again - Darker Circles (2010)
The Sadies* - Loved on look - Tremendous Efforts (2001)
Novillero* - A little tradition - A little tradition (2008)
Greg MacPherson - First Class - Mr. Invitation (2009)
Bloc Party - Banquet - Silent Alarm (2005)

February 9th Playlist!

So winter's half over and the temperatures really haven't been that bad. That being said, I'm desperately looking forward to spring. The upcoming Blues Festival looks like it will keep us warm and going until spring. Also, this upcoming week is V-day, my second-most hated high-pressure holiday. I hope that you all feel loved this v-day, but if you don't, just ignore the day and know that it, too, will pass. With that ray of sunshine, here is this week's playlist....

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

6:00-7:00am
The Be Good Tanyas* - Dog song aka sleep dog lullaby - Blue Horse (2001)
Po' Girl* - home to you - Home to you (2007)
Frazey Ford* - Hey Little Mama - Obadiah (2010)
Xavier Rudd* - Stargaze - White Moth
The Hold Steady - Soft in the Centre - Heaven is whenever
Amelia Curran* - You won't find me - War Brides
Sarah Harmer* - Almost - All of our names
Feist* - Past in Present - The Reminder (2007)
The Smugglers - She's another thing - Rosie
Plants and Animals* - Bye bye bye - Parc Avenue
Yukon Blonde* - Wind Blows - self-titled
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Mighty Sparrow - The Brutalist Brick (2010)

7:00-8:00am
David Jacob-Strain - Terraplane Angel - Terraplane Angel
Harry Manx* - Crazy Love - Wise and Otherwise
Monkey Junk - Small Time Evil - Tiger in your Tank
Savoy Brown - Street Corner Talking - Street Corner Talking
Weezer - Ruling Me - Hurley
Sloan* - If it feels good do it - Pretty together (2001)
Modest Mouse - Float On - Good News for people who love bad news
Of Montreal - Coquet Coquette - Good news for people who love bad news
Eekwol* - Too sick - Apprentice to the Mystery (2004)
Beck - Hollywood Freaks - Midnite Ventures
Belle and Sebastian - Come on Sister - Write about love (2010)
Winter Gloves* - Strange love - all red (2010)

February 2nd Playlist!

Today a gopher tells us when spring is coming. I'm not totally sold on this idea, but I think it gives people hope for spring. It's the day that marks the halfway point of winter. Anything that gives hope is good enough for me! So today's show had some songs that pertain to this theme and some songs that didn't. I hope you enjoyed it and I'm sure looking forward to spring!

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

6:00-7:00am
The Beach Boys - Kokomo (for my parent's who are going to Jamaica very soong)
Judy Collins* - Both Sides Now
Farideh* - Heart of a man - Symphony of Chemistry (2007, local)
lisa b.* - Prairie Day - Salvaged Music (2003, spoken word)
Bahamas* - Sunshine Blues - Pink Strat (2009)
Corin Raymond* - Give it April (Give it May) - Record Lonesome Night (2004)
The Heartstrings* - Prairie - In a land far away that is fair (2009, local)
Jack Johnson - Dreams be Dreams - On and On
Cat Power - Islands - The Greatest (2006)
Jenn Grant* - Hawaii - Echoes (2009)
Eekwol* - That's just me - Apprentice to the Mystery (2004, local)
Rae Spoon* - You can Dance - Love is a Hunter (2010)
Hannah Georgas* - Bang bang you're dead - This is Good (2010)

7:00-8:00am
The Beatles - Here comes the sun - Abby Road (1968)
The Weakerthans* - Sun in an Empty Room - Reunion Tour (2008)
Tegan and Sara* - Dark come soon - The Con (2007)
Metric* - Succexy - Old world underground, where are you now (2003)
Po' Girl* - Cold hungry blues - self (2003)
Little Miss Higgins* - Snowin' Today: A Lament for Louis Riel - Across the Plains (2010, local)
Julie Doiron* - Heavy Snow - I can wonder what you did with your day (2009)
Blitzen Trapper - Furr - Furr (2009)
Tom Waits - You can never hold back spring
Cuff the Duke* - By Winter's End - Sidelines of the City (2007)
Jen Lane* - For the Night - For the Night (2010, local)
Basia Bulat* - In the Night - Oh, My Darling (2007)
Ingrid Gatin* - The Moon - Broken Tambourine (2008)
The Heartstrings* - Orchard Morning - self-titled (2006, local)

January 26th Playlist!

January is almost gone - I can't believe it! The days are getting longer and spring time is on everyone's mind with our mild temperatures the past little bit. However, this is the time of year when we must stay strong - spring is still some time away. Luckily, we have some great concerts to look forward to. The big one of the week being The Pixies announcement of their coming to Saskatoon in April. It's just another reason to look forward to spring... in the meantime you can pull out your vinyl, tapes, and CDs (oh yeah, and MP3s) of The Pixies and look forward to the show. I know I am!

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

6:00-7:00am
Van Morrison - Sweet Thing - Astral Weeks (1968)
Melissa Nadler - Rosary - Little Hells (2009)
Amelia Curran* - Ah, Me - Hunter, Hunter (2009)
Laura Cantrell - Roll Truck Roll - Hello Recordings (2004)
Cake - Stickshifts and Safety Belts - Fashion Nugget (1995)
Luke Doucet* - It's not the liquor I miss - Broken (& other rogue states) (2005)
Arcade Fire* - Keep the Car Running - Neon Bible (2007)
Hey Rosetta!* - Red Heart - Into your lungs (2008)
Land of Talk* - Swift Coin - Cloak & Cipher (2010)
Ani Difranco - Fire Door - self-titled (1992)
Ingrid Gatin* - How did I get so - Broken Tambourine (2009)

7:00-8:00am
The Pixies - Here comes your man - Sell out Live (2005)
Black Mountain* - The Hair Song - Wilderness Heart (2010)
Wolf Parade* - Cloud Shadow on the Mountain - Expo 86 (2010)
Basia Bulat* - Why can't it be mine - Oh, my darling (2007)
Nathan* - Scarecrow - Key Principles (2007)
Elliott Brood* - Oh, Alberta - Tin Type EP (2004)
Stars* - Fixed - The Five Ghosts (2010)
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - I learned the hard way - I learned the hard way (2010)
The Sadies* - Anna Leigh - New Seasons (2007)
The Hidden Cameras* - Awoo - Awoo (2006)
Hawksley Workman* - Who do they kiss - Milk (2010)
Of Montreal - Coquet coquette - False Priest (2010)
Tegan and Sara* - Knife going in - The Con (2007)

January 19th Playlist!

Good morning and welcome to winter! For the past many weeks people keep saying how cold it was, to which I would reply, "It's not that bad." But today it actually IS that bad! It's cold - the wind is harsh making the air hurt to breathe in. However, at 5:30 this morning I took a few minutes to look at the beautiful moon. It was surrounded by a moondog and was breathtakingly beautiful. Such beauty can only occur when it is so cold out that your skin freezes in seconds. Today's show was inspired by the harsh cold and its beauty.

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

6:00-7:00am
Royal Wood* - Juliet - A Good Enough Day (2007)
Nelliw McKay - The Dog Song
Scott Nolan* - Open Spaces - receiver/reflector (2007)
Norah Jones* - Man of the Hour
Little Miss Higgins* - You Turn me on, I'm a Radio - Cobbler Shop Sessions (2005, local(
The Weakerthans* - None of the above - Fallow (1997)
Scout Niblett - Do you want to be buried with my people? (w/ Wil Oldham) - This Fool can die now
Ndidi Onukwulu - May be the last time, I don't know - no, I never (2006)
James Keelaghan* - Harvest Train - A few simple verses (2006)
Laura Cantrell - 14th street - Humming by the Flowered Vince (2005)
Frazey Ford* - One more cup of coffee - Obadiah (2010)

7:00-8:00am
Metric* - Handshakes - Live it out (2005)
Sixty Stories* - Countdown - Anthem Red (2002)
Sloan* - PenPals - Twice Removed (1994)
Cuff the Duke* - Ballad of a lonely construction worker - Life stories for minimum wage
The Sadies* - Why be so Curious? (part III) - Favourite Colours (2004)
Be Good Tanyas* - When Doves Cry - Hello love
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee
Louis Armstrong - Blueberry Hill
Billie Holiday - All of Me
Mother Mother* - Ghosting - Oh my heart
Josh Ritter - Lantern - So Runs the World Away (2010)

January 12th Playlist!

This week's show highlights some of the OTHER great albums of 2010 that didn't quite make my Top 10 Albums list. All of these would have made my Top 20 Albums list if such a list existed. Also, I'd like to make another quick shoutout to Judy, who's birthday is today. Happy Birthday, Judy!

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

6:00-7:00am
Shotgun Jimmie* - Bedhead - The Onlys (2007)
Josh Ritter - Idaho - The Animal Years
Rae Spoon* - Death by Elektro - Love is a hunter (2010)
The Waifs - Service Fee - Sink or Swim (2000)
Regina Spektor - Folding Chair - Far (2009)
Romi Mayes* - How I Roll - Sweet Somethin' Steady (2006)
Luke Doucet and the White Falcom* - Monkeys - Steel City Trawler (2010)
The Fjords* - Get it Right - Get it Right (2010, local)
The Karpinka Brothers* - Tether Ball - One Brick at a Time (2008, local)
Jill Barber* - Chances - Chances (2007)
Royal Wood* - Lady in White - The Waiting (2010)
Sarah Slean* - Waiting for Someone - The Baroness (2008)

7:00-8:00am
Megan Lane* - One Word - Purple and Blue (2003)
The Black Keys - She's long gone - Brothers (2010)
Wolf Parade* - Shine a Light - Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
The Gruff* - Commercial Drive - self-titled EP (2010)
The Gruff* - Five Star - A Trail of Missing Thoughts (2008)
Po' Girl* - Cold Hungry Blues - self-titled (2003)
Yukon Blonde* - Wind Blows - self-titled (2010)
Michael Rault* - She'll cut you down - Ma Me O
Hawksley Workman* - French Girl in LA - Meat (2010)
Bella* - Can she Play Guitar - Pretty Mess
The Sadies* - Another Year Again - Darker Circles (2010)
Said the Whale - This City's a Mess - Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia
Julie Doiron* - Spill yer Lungs - I can wonder what you did with your day (2009)

Top 10 Albums of 2010!

I could hardly wait to get this show going this morning! My top 10 albums of 2010 has been something I've thought about since the end of November and I only made final decisions yesterday. This year it seems to have been more difficult than previous years. In reality, I wish that I could do a Top 20 Albums of 2010 in no particular order. However, I decided to stick with my theme of Top 10 Albums and go with it. I'm sure that I will change my mind at some point in the future and wish that I had put an album in this list. That being said, and without further ado, here are my Top 10 Albums of 2010!

#10 - The Pack A.D. - We Kill Computers
This album is similar to their previous albums, but has a bit of a psychadelic edge to it. They've never made my Top 10 Albums list before because I only became extremely familiar with them in 2010. However, this prolific Vancouver-based duo were on my radar all year with their release of this album.
Songs we heard: Crazy and B.C is on Fire

#9 - Little Miss Higgins - Across the Plains
LMH is such a fantastic musician and I'm proud to call her a fellow Saskatchewanian! Her sound feels just like the prairies - earthy with an edge... a bit sassy and full of heart. This album is a great one because it is silly, it is serious, it is fast, and it is slow. It takes you through a range of emotions and tempos. This is album I've listened to lots on road trips and while gardening in my yard.
Songs we heard: Bargain! Shop Panties and Wash these Blues Away

#8 - The New Pornographers - Together
This album has a LOT of catchy songs. Every song is fun to dance to and sing to. It sounds similar to Challengers, which I also loved, and is just a great album all around. I really fell in love with this album when they played songs from it live at The Odeon this fall. They were all fantastic and it was so great to see them all together, including Neko Case.
Songs we heard: Your hands (together) and Silver Dollar Jenny

#7 - Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer of the Void
This album is a good representation of what Blitzen Trapper sounds like. A little bit country, a little bit rock and roll. I absolutely LOVE the duet with Alela Diane, who I discovered this year thanks to my good friend Pete.
Songs we heard: Laughing Love and The Tree (featuring Alela Diane)

#6 - Basia Bulat - Heart of my Own
This album was a big surprise for me. I had no idea I would love it this much! It speaks to my heart like none other that was released this year. Her amazing voice is perfectly accompanied by her unique musical instrumental sounds. When she opened up for Josh Ritter, she seemed a bit nervous, but was so sweet and cute up there on the big stage, just her and her autoharp. Her songs are a reflection of her sweetness and her edge. I just love this album!
Songs we heard: Go on, Run, and Heart of my Own

#5 - Frazey Ford - Obadiah
She was the front woman for The Be Good Tanyas so it's no wonder that I love her album so much. Her album sounds a lot like The Be Good Tanyas, particularly their first album "Blue Horse." However, she has obviously put her own spin on song songs with a bit of a funky bluesy sound. Her voice is so unique and unmistakable - "hauntingly beautiful" is what I call voices like hers that hit me right in the gut when I listen to them. Marissa Nadler is another musician that I consider to have that ability.
Songs we heard: Firecracker and Blue Streak Mama

#4 - Josh Ritter - So Runs the World Away
This guy... this guy is so amazing! Can he do no wrong? Not in my eyes! His amazing mix of great song writing and musician-ship is so special. He has really come a long way in these past few albums. This one is his best so far, narrowly beating out The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter... at least in my opinion! I love the heart and soul that he put into this album from heartfelt ballads to fast and fun songs.
Songs we heard: Change of Time and Lantern

#3 - Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
This album is super catchy and a great all-around album. It is classic modern indie rock. From start to finish, it is a solid representation of their sound showing fantastic song-writing and amazing guitar-work. I just love it!
Songs we heard: Laredo and On my way back home

#2 - Sarah Harmer - Oh Little Fire
Sarah (I can call her that since we had a great phone conversation earlier this year) is arguably one of the best song writers this country has ever seen. This album is one of heartbreak, but somehow she makes it seem not so bad. On top of it all, she got Neko Case to sing with her on the album! Two amazing voices in one amazing song. It is no wonder this is one of my top albums from 2010.
Songs we heard: Captive and One Match

#1 - Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
This album has been called a favourite of many many people, magazines, and websites. I tried to be different and pick a different one, but it was impossible. This album is one of the most relevant albums of our time. When it came out, it was #1 in North America. Arcade Fire has become mainstream, but not because they've changed, but because others have come to realize their brilliance as a band. Individually, they are great musicians. As a band they are spectacular. They are one of the most amazing live bands I've ever seen and their show in Saskatoon was my #1 show of the year. It was breathtaking at times as I literally could not breath from amazement of seeing such an amazing show. I can't say enough good things about this band or this album.
Songs we heard: Rococo, Modern Man, Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)