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