December 19, 2012 - The last of 2012!

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

6:00-7:00am
Shotgun Jimmie* - Bedhead - The Onlys
Smashing Pumpkins - Today - Siamese Dream
The Be Good Tanyas* - When Doves Cry - hello love
Farideh* - Heart of a man - Symphony of Chemistry
Josh Ritter - Change of Time - So runs the world away
Bahamas* - Hockey Teeth - Pink Strat
Amelia Curran* - The Mistress - Hunter Hunter
Amelia Curran* - The Modern Man - Spectators
Jenn Grant* - You'll go far - Echoes
Grizzly Bear - Speak in Rounds - Shields
Hey Rosetta!* - I've been asleep for a long long time - Into your lungs

7:00-8:00am
John Antoniuk* - Good girl down - Always with you
The Waifs - Without you - sundirtwater
Ani Difranco - lost woman song - self-titled
Luke Doucet* - Brother - Broken & other rogue states
Jenn Grant* - I've got your fire - The Beautiful Wild
Little Miss Higgins* - Beautiful Sun - Across the Plains
Barley Wik* - Tumbleweed - Dusty Lullaby
The Once* - Sail away to the sea - self-titled
The Hidden Cameras* - In the Na - Origin:Orphan
Sloan* - Penpals - Twice Removed
The Black Keys - Strange Times - Attack & Release

121212 Playlist!

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

6:00-7:00am
Serena Ryder* - Good Morning Starshine - If your memory serves you well
Jill Barber* - Chances - Chances
Colleen Brown* - Happy love song - Dirt
Joni Mitchell* - River - Blue
Regina Spektor - Real Love - Instant Karma
Metric* - Don't think twice, it's all right
Stars* - What I'm trying to say - Set yourself on fire
Stars* - Backlines - The North
Hannah Georgas* - Chit chat - This is good
Nathan* - Sunset Chaser - Jimson Weed
Basia Bulat* - December - Oh my darling
Christine Fellows* - Saturday night on utopia parkway - Nevertheless
The Waifs - The Haircut - Sink or swim

7:00-8:00am
Whitehorse* - Out like a lion - The fate of the world
Rae Spoon* - Death by elektro - Love is a hunter
Sarah Slean* - Sweet Ones - Love is a hunter
Sarah Harmer* - The Ring - I'm a mountain
Wintersleep* - Nothing is anything (without you) - Hello hum
The New Pornographers* - Mutiny, I promise you - Challengers
Mother Mother* - Arms tonight - O my heart
James Keelaghan* - Harvest train - a simple verses
The Be Good Tanyas* - The littlest birds - A collection
Jolie Holland & The Grand Chandeliers* - Remember - Pint of blood
Sloan* - Who taught you to live like that? - Never hear the end of it
Maybe Smith* - Treehouse enthusiasts - Another murder in the morning
Immaculate Machine* - Jarhand - Fables

December 5th Playlist!

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

6:00-7:00am
Blitzen Trapper - Furr - Furr
The Zolas* - Destroy Destroy Destroy - The Liptonians
Whitehorse* - Emerald Isle - self-titled
Ingrid Gatin* - How did I get so - Broken Tambourine
Regina Spektor - Real Love - Instant Karma, Save Darfur
Cowboy Junkies* - Sweet Jane
Bright Eyes - I woke up with this song in my head
Po' Girl* - Cold Hungry Blues - self-titled
Ndidi Onukwulu* - Horn Blower - No, I Never
Ndidi Onukwulu* - Water - No, I Never
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - How Do I let a good man down - Naturally

7:00-8:00am
Dar Williams* - The Christians and the Pagans
Old Crow Medicine Show* - Wagon Wheel - self-titled
Little Miss Higgins* - The Dirty Ol' Tractor Song - Junction City
The Deep Dark Woods* - Straight and Narrow - self-titled
The Deep Dark Woods* - The Place I left behind - The place I left behind
Cuff the Duke* - If I live or If I die - Sidelines of the city
Jack Johnson - Dreams be dreams - On and on
Sarah Slean* - Out in the park - Day one
Carolyn Mark* - Happy 2B flying away - Nothing is Free
The Shins - Mine's not a high horse - Chutes too narrow
The Weakerthans* - Tournament of Hearts - Reunion Tour
Sylvie* - Notes on counters - Trees and shade are our only fences

November 27, 2012 - Live shows trump albums?

This morning I was thinking about artists whose live shows are better than their albums. This isn't a slight at any artist and their albums, but a preference of me (and maybe others?). Here is part of my life (updated as people post and as I think of more):
The Sadies - their live performance is one of the best ever, but cannot be captured on album (not even their live album)
Hawksley Workman - he is such a performer and has a very dynamic personality that would be impossible to show on an album without all the other elements
Rose Cousins - her albums often include other instruments and voices, which I feel takes away from the power and beauty of her voice
Little Miss Higgins  - Her live performance marginally beats out her albums and is mostly because of her amazing ability to play guitar, her awesome outfits, her stories, and her playing slide guitar with a shot or pint glass!
The Weber Brothers+
Sunparlour Players - Nothing can compare to the amount of sweat that these guys leave on stage... two drum kits and a whole lot of heart and soul are shown in their live show. It's impossible to put that on a an album.


If you have a band to add - comment below!

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

6:00-7:00am
 Romi Mayes* - How I Roll - Sweet Somethin' Steady
Serena Ryder* - Little Bit of Red - Is it ok
Romi Mayes* - Easy on you - Lucky Tonight
Serena Ryder* - Blown like a wind at night - Is it ok
Wilco - You and I - Wilco (the album)
Hawksley Workman* - A moth is not a butterfly - Treeful of Starling
Blitzen Trapper - The Tree (featuring Alela Diane) - Destroyer of the Void
The Elected - Greetings in Braille - Me First
Peter Elkas* - Sweet Nancy - Wall of Fire
Cuff the Duke* - Where did we go wrong - Union

7:00-8:00
Beachwood Sparks - Sparks fly again - The Tarnished Gold
Travis - Why does it always rain on me - The Man Who
Amelia Curran* - You won't find me - War brides
Paper Moon* - turning colours into greys - Broken hearts break faster everyday
Little Miss Higgins* - Give your mama one smile - Cobbler Shop Sessions
Hannah Georgas* - Chit chat - This is Good
Mother Mother* - Arms tonight - O my heart
Jon and Roy* - Little bit of love - Another noon
Andy Shauf* - Hometown hero - The Bearer of Bad news (2012)
Elliott Brood* - Write it all down for you - Mountain Meadows
Band of Horses - Knock Knock - Mirage Rock
Immaculate Machine* - Broken Ship - Ones and zeros

+ This was the comment from a friend of mine:
"I adore the The Weber Brothers live, but don't enjoy their albums. Too much editing, too clean a sound. I like their raunchy dirty sound, it's real, it's natural, it's what the blues are supposed to be. If they ever do a live album that might be something I'd be interested in, but as far as I'm concerned their albums don't even sound like them. Live they are too fabulous to be missed."

November 14th Playlist "say it in your mind until you know that the words are right"

This morning I woke up with a serious excitement about the show today. There isn't any particular reason, but I was excited to play music. Maybe it was because I promised Ishmael* that I would play some Shotgun Jimmie for his birthday or maybe it's because I was planning to play some Edith Piaf. It's probably for lots of these reasons. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the show this morning!

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

6:00-7:00am
 Rose Cousins* - If you were for me - If you were for me
Van Morrison - Sweet thing - Astral weeks
Po' Girl* - Poor girl - Vegabond Lullabies
The Deep Dark Woods* - Hang me, oh, hang me - Hang me,  oh hang me
Liz Phair - Whipsmart - Whipsmart
Mirah - Sweepstakes Prize - You think it's like this, but really it's like this
Edith Piaf - La Vie en Rose - Greatest Hits
Robert Plan & Alison Krauss - Gone gone gone (done moved on) - Raising sand
Cuff the Duke* - It's all a blur - Way down here
Barley Wik* - Tumbleweed - Dusty lullaby

7:00-8:00am
Shotgyn Jimmie* - Bedhead - The Onlys
The Dears* - You and I are a gang of losers - Gang of Losers
The Pack A.D.* - Don't have to - Funeral Mixtape
Regina Spektor - One more time with feeling - Far
Sarah Slean* - Waiting for someone - The baroness
Radiohead - The Bends - The Bends
Jeff Buckley* - Hallelujah - Grace
Whitehorse* - Out like a lion - The fate of the world depends on this kiss
The Weakerthans* - This is a fire door never leave open - Left and leaving
Dragonette - Fixin to thrill - Fixin to thrill

November 7th Playlist "But for now we are young, let us lay in the sun and count all of the beautiful things we can see"

Whitehorse is coming to Saskatoon!

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

6:00-7:00am
Rose Cousins* - Edmonton - If you were for me
James Keelaghan* - Harvest Train - A few simple verses
Josh Ritter - Kathleen - Hello Starling
Whitehorse* - I'm on fire - self-titled
Basia Bulat* - Heart of my own - Heart of my own

Po' Girl* - Under the chestnut tree - Unreleased
Cuff the Duke* - Where did we go wrong - Union
Julie Doiron* - I woke myself up - Woke myself up
The Details* - The Original Mark - Original Mark EP
Mother Mother* - Let's fall in love - Sticks
Metric* - Handshakes - Live it out
Novillero* - A little Tradition - A little tradition
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the airplane over the sea - In the airplane over the sea

7:00-8:00am
Rose Cousins* - Celebrate - The Send Off
Ruthie Foster* - Another Rain Song - Stages
Oh Susanna* - See what promises can bring - Soon the birds
The Waifs - Without You - sundirtwater
Amelia Curran* - Ah me - Hunter, hunter
Great Lake Swimmers* - River's edge - Lost channels
Frazey Ford* - Birds of Paradise  - Obadiah
Rose Cousins* - The send off - The send off
Travis - Sing - The Invisible Band
The Hidden Cameras* - In the na - Origin:Orphan
Sloan* - Penpals - Twice Removed

Oh, It's Halloween? October 31 Playlist!

I awoke this morning realizing that it's Halloween and I didn't have a scary show planned! I don't do a lot of planning for my Wednesday morning shows, but I do have a pretty good idea of what I'm going to play. I put my "game plan" away and tried to intermingle some scary-ish songs today. I hope you enjoyed it!

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

6:00-7:00am
Blitzen Trapper - Sadie - Destroyer of the Void
Wolf Parade* - Sons & Daughters of Hungry Ghosts - Apologies to the Queen Mary
The New Pornographers* -  Mutiny, I Promise You - Challengers
Metric* - Monster Hospital - Live it out
Jack Johnson - Angel - Sleep through the static
Ingrid Gatin* - Tin Heart - Broken Tambourine
Basia Bulat* - In the night - Oh my darling
Violent Kin* - Bitter blood - bitter blood
Josh Ritter - Lantern - So runs the world away
The Weakerthans* - Wellington's Wednesdays - Fallow
Maybe Smith* - Treehouse Enthusiasts - Another Murder in the Morning

7:00-8:00am
The Deep Dark Woods* - The Place I left behind - The Place I left behind
The Wooden Sky* - Take me out - Every child a daughter, every moon a sun
The Waifs - When I die - Sink or swim
Cuff the Duke* - Live my life - Union
Noveillero* - Daydreams and Distractions - A little tradition
Elliott Brood* - Second Son - Ambassador
The Pack A.D.* - Snow - Tintype
The Black Keys - Dead and gone - El Camino
Mother Mother* - Ghosting - Oh my heart
The Decemberists - The Shankill Butchers - The Crane Wife
Spiral Beach* - Voodoo - self-titled

October 24, 2012 Playlist!

This morning I learned something cool about Led Zeppelin's D'yer Mak'er - according to Wikipedia the title of this song is actually pronounced Jamaica! I seriously learn something every day. I also learned that the name I would like to use for a music twitter page is already taken! Ack! So do I register another name or do I wait for this person to be inactive for soooo long that it comes up? This is a decision that has to be made, albeit a very small decision. Happy winter everyone!

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

6:00-7:00am
Martha Wainwright* - Far Away - self-titled
Rufus Wainwright* - Hallelujah
Kate & Anna McGarrigle* - Heart like a wheel
Little Miss Higgins* - You turn me on, I"m a radio - Cobbler Shop Sessions
Regina Spektor - On the radio - Begin to hope
Immaculate Machine* - C'mon Sealegs - Fables
Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er - House of the Holy
The Bicycles* - B-b-bicycles - The good, the bad and the cuddly
Maybe Smith* - Hearts like bears - Animals & Architects
Sloan* - If it feels good, do it - Pretty together

7:00-8:00am
The Wooden Sky* - Take me out - Every child a daughter, every moon a sun
Rose Cousins* - Edmonton - If you were for me
Jon & Roy* - Let it go - Let it go
Cuff the Duke* - Where did we go wrong - Union
Chad Vangaalen* - Peace is on the rise - Diaper Islands
Wilco - Misunderstood - being there (1996)
The Pack A.D.* - Snow - Tintype
The Black Keys - Dead and Gone - El Camino
Eekwol* - That's just me - Apprentice to the mystery
Arcade Fire* - Ready to Start - The Suburbs
The Deep Dark Woods* - Sugar Mama - The Place I Left Behind
Dan Mangan* - not what you're think it is - postcards & daydreaming
Luke Doucet* -  keep her away from me - Broken (and other rogue states)

October 17th Playlist! "I just want to live my own life in my time"

Last night I had the best night's sleep I've had in a loooong time! It made today's show that much more enjoyable for me. And hopefully for you too!

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

6:00-7:00am
Jack Johnson - Taylor - On and on
Jenn Grant* - Where are you now - Echoes
Blitzen Trapper - The Tree (with Alela Diane) - Destroyer of the void
Po' Girl* - Under the chestnut tree - Unreleased
Dan Mangan* - Sold - Nice, nice, very nice
Ladyhawk* - Dugout - self-titled
Wolf Parade* - I'll believe in anything - Apologies to the queen mary
Dinosaur Jr. - Watch the corners - I bet on sky
Modest Mouse -  The world at large - Good news for people who love bad news
Sloan* - Cheap Champagne - Parallel Play

7:00-8:00am
Cat Power - Cherokee - Sun
Hannah Georgas* - Bang Bang You're dead - This is good
Mother Mother* - Let's fall in love - Sticks
Feist* - Past in Present - The Reminder
Cuff the Duke* - Live my life - Union
Jenn Grant* - Getcha Good - Honeymoon Punch
Royal Wood* - Not Giving up - We were born to glory
Royal Wood* - When the sun comes up - We were born to glory
Royal Wood* - A mirror without - A good enough day
Del Barber* - Everything is not enough - Headwater
Sunparlour Players* - If the creeks don't rise - Hymns for the happy

October 10th Playlist! "I must admit, I can't explain, these thoughts racing through my brain"

Last week I was away for a family emergency situation. I hope the fill-in host treated you all well!

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

6:00-7:00am
The Decemberists - The Island - The Crane Wife
Shotgun Jimmie* - Bedhead - The Onlys
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Colleen - Living with the living
Corb Lund* - Hard on Equipment (tool for the job) - Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!
Corin Raymond* - Days go by - Record Lonesome Night
The Cracker Cats* - Hey Love - Empty Bottles n Broken Hearts

7:00-8:00am
Jason Collett* - You're not the only & only lonely one - Reckon
Ladyhawk* - I'm a witch - No can do
Neil Young* - Alabama - Harvest
Kacy & Clayton* - Ain't no tellin' - self-titled
Jon & Roy* - Vibrant Scene - Let it go
Del Barber* - Everything is not enough - Headwaters
Carolyn Mark* - The 1 that got away (with it) - Nothing is free
Whitehorse* - I'm on fire - self-titled
The Black Keys - Howlin' for you - Brothers
Elliott Brood* - The Bridge - Ambassador
Little Miss Higgins* - The Tornado Song - Across the Plains
Heartstrings* - Big Black Boots - self-titled

September 26 Playlist for FM-Phasis!

There's still time to donate to CFCR FM-Phasis www.cfcr.ca. So go on!

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

6:00-7:00am
Barrett Strong - Money (that's what I want)
Sue Foley* - Hardworkin' Woman - Change
Jason Collett* - Roll on Oblivion - Here's to being here
Po' Girl* - Under the chestnut tree - Unreleased
Dan Mangan* - Sold - Nice, nice, very nice
Corin Raymond* - Days go by - Record Lonesome Night
Little Miss Higgins* - Bargain! Shop Panties - Across the Plains

7:00-8:00am
Feist* - Past in Present - The Reminder
Jenn Grant* - You'll go far - Echoes
Rae Spoon* - Death by elektro -  Love is a hunter
Samantha Savage-Smith* - Tough Cookie - Tough Cookie
Elliott Brood* - Write it all down for you - Mountain Meadows
Wintersleep* - Weighty Ghost - self-titled
Mother Mother* - Burning Pile - O my heart
Hannah Georgas* - This is Good - This is good
Royal Wood* - The thick of it - We were born to Glory
Josh Ritter - Change of Time - So runs the world away
Ladyhawk* - The Dugout - self-titled

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September 5, 2012 Playlist!

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

6:00-7:00am
Shotgun Jimmie* - Bedhead - The Onlys
Carolyn Mark* - Happy 2B Flying Away - Nothing is Free
Whitehorse* - I'm on fire - self-titled
Jon & Roy* - Another noon - Another noon
The Cracker Cats* - Workin' - Empty bottles n broken hearts
Loretta Lynn - High on a mountain top - Van lear rose
Elliott Brood* - Oh Alberta! - Tin Type
The Black Keys - Howin' - Brothers
Sharon Jones & the dap kings - Nobody's baby - 100 days, 100 nights
Otis Redding - I've been loving you too long
Regina Spektor - On the radio - Begin to hop

7:00-8:00am
The Shins - Sealegs - Wincing the night away
Wintersleep* - Weighty ghost
Ted Leo & the pharmacists - Who do you love? - Living with the living
Joni Mitchell* - River - Blue
Sarah Harmer* - One Match - Oh little fire
Jason Collett* - Roll on oblivion - Here's to being here
Paper Moon* - Turning colours into greys - broken hearts break faster everyday
Tegan and Sara* - I know I know I know - So Jealous
The Details* - Always, always, always, never - Draw a distance. Draw a border
Bloc Party - Banquet - Silent Alarm
Novillero* - The hypothesis - Aim right for the holes in their lives
Cake - Comfort Eagle - Comfort Eagle

August 29th Playlist!

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

6:00-7:00am
The Be Good Tanyas* - When doves cry - hello love
The Weakerthans* - Sun in an empty room - reunion tour
Rose Cousins* - Celebrate - The send off
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife 3 - The Crane Wife
The Fjords* - Breezy Day - self-titled EP (local)
Veruca Salt - Forsythia - American Thighs
Blitzen Trapper - Furr - Furr
Jon & Roy* - Mountain Town - Let it go
Elliott Brood* - The Bridge - Ambassador
Sarah Slean* - Sweet Ones - Night Bugs
Dan Mangan* - The Indie Queens are Waiting - Nice, nice, very nice

7:00-8:00am
Bahamas* - Caught me thinking - Barchords
Beachwood Sparks* - Sparks fly again - The tarnished Gold
Hey Ocean!* - If I were a ship - Is
The Be Good Tanyas* - Little Black Bear - A Collection (2000-2012)
The Seahags* - 1984 - good 'n' greasy (local)
Little Miss Higgins* - In the middle of nowhere - Junction City
Luke Doucet* - Broken One - Broken (and other rogue states)
Sloan* - If it feels good do it - pretty together
Said the whale* - This city's a mess - Howe sounds/Taking Abalonia
Maybe Smith* - Open War - Animals & Architects (local)
The Shins - Australian - Wincing the night away
Arcade Fire* - Modern Man - The Suburbs
Violent Kin* - blue eyes - bitter blood

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

6:00-7:00am
Scott Nolan* - Open Spaces - Receiver/Reflector
Sunparlour Players* - Hymn for the happy - Hymns for the happy
The New Pornographers* - Myriad Harbour - Challengers
The New Pornographers* - Twin Cinema - Twin Cinema
The New Pornographers* - Moves - Together
A.C. Newman* - Like a hitman, like a dancer - Get guilty
Sue Foley* - Here comes the sun - Changes
Romi Mayes*  - How I roll - Sweet somethin' steady
Romi Mayes* - Achin in yer bones - Achin in yer bones
The Tragically Hip* - Long time runnin - Road apples
Amelia Curran* - Ah, me - For the night
Jen Lane* - Grey Skies - For the night (local)

7:00-8:00am
Ladyhawk* - The Dugout - self-titled
Ladyhawk* - I don't always know what you're saying -Shots
Hawksley Workman* - French girl in L.A. - Meat
Little Miss Higgins* - Beautiful Sun - Across the Plains
The Wooden Sky* - Take me out - City of Light EP
Yukon Blonde* - Wind blows - self
Mother Mother* - Arms Tonight - O my heart
Sloan* - Coax Me - Twice Removed
Cuff the Duke* - Take my money and run - self
The Sadies* - Loved on look - Tremendous efforts
Luke Doucet* - Vladivostok - Broken (and other rogue states)

August 1, 2012 Playlist!

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

6:00-7:00am
Shotgun Jimmie* - Bedhead - The Onlys
Rae Spoon* - You can dance - Love is a hunter
The Tragically Hip* - Wheat Kings - Fully Completely
Sunparlour Players* - If the creeks don't rise - Hymns for the happy
Michael Rault* - He don't care about you - Whirlpool (2012)
Josh Ritter - Change of time - So runs the world away
Jenn Grant* - You'll go far - Echoes
Rosie & The Riveters* - Keys to the kingdom - Live (local)
Eleni Mandell - Magic Summertime - I can see the future (2012)
Eleni Mandell - Afternoon - Afternoon
Samantha Savage Smith* - Tough Cookie - Tough Cookie

7:00-8:00am
Royal Wood* - The Fire did Go - We were born to glory (2012)
The Waifs - When I die - Sink or swim
Cowboy Junkies* - Blue Moon (song for Elvis)
Feist* - 1234 - The Reminder
Loretta Lynn (with Jack White) - Portland Oregon - Van Lear Rose
Jack Johnson - Hope - Sleep through the static
Library Voices* - Generation Handclap - Summer of Lust
Hey Ocean!* - Make a new dance up - Is
Maybe Smith* - Treehouse Enthusiasts - Another Murder in the morning
Jets Overhead - Boredom and Joy - Boredom and Joy (2012)
Dragonette - Fixn to Thrill - Fixn to Thrill

July 11th Playlist!

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

6:00-7:00am
Serena Ryder* - Good morning starshine - If your memory serves you well
Hey Rosetta!* - I've been asleep for a long long time - Into your lungs
The Hidden Cameras* - Death of a tune - Awoo
The Fjords* - Get it Right - Get it Right
Metric* - Handshakes - Live it out
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the aeroplane over the sea
Amelia Curran* - The Mistress - Hunter Hunter
The Wooden Sky* - Take me out
Regina Spektor - Real Love - Instant Karma
Farideh* - She - Symphony of Chemistry
Cuff the Duke* - By winter's end - Sidelines of the city
The Cracker Cats* - Yer Sure Purdy - Livin on the run

7:00-8:00am
Little Miss Higgins* - You turn me on I'm a radio - Cobbler Shop Sessions
Jack Johnson - Bubble Toes - Brushfire Fairytales
Whitehorse* - I'm on fire - self-titled
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
Sarah Harmer* - One match - O little fire
Crooked Creek* - Happy Song - Crooked Ness
Zachary Lucky* - Coming back home - Come and gone
Modest Mouse - One chance - good news for people who love bad news
Mother mother* - Ghosting - Oh my heart
The Tragically Hip* - Long time running - Road apples
Metric* - Don't think twice, it's all right
Foster the people - Pumped up kicks (acoustic)
Kacy and Clayton* - Ain't no tellin - self-titled

July 4th Playlist! Sometimes it's like someone took a knife to the middle of

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


The New Pornographers* - Myriad Harbour - Challengers
Regina Spektor - Folding Chair - Far
Henri Faberge and the adorables - Favourite kisses - self-titled
Scott Nolan* - Open Spaces - Receiver/Reflector
Elliott Brood* - Oh Alberta! - Tin Type
Romi Mayes* - How I Roll - Sweet Somethin' Steady
The Weakerthans* - Wellington's Wednesdays - Fallow
Cake - The Distance - Fashion Nugget
Spiral Beach* - Voodoo - self-titled
Hannah Georgas* - Bang Bang you're dead - This is good
The Breeders - We're gonna rise - Mountain Battles
Imaginary Cities* - Calm before the storm - Temporary Resident
Calexico - Alone again or - Convict pool
Peter Elkas* - Sweet Nancy - Wall of Fire


7:00-8:00am
Metric* - Youth without Youth - Synthetica
Mother Mother* - Burning Pile - O my heart
The Pixies - Here comes your man
Foster the people - Pumped up kicks (acoustic)
Jill Barber* - Chances - Chances
Little Miss Higgins* - Bargain! Shop Panties - Across the Plains
Malika Sellami* - My space - Barefoot, smiling (local)
Whitehorse* - I'm on fire - self-titled
The Be Good Tanyas* - Scattered Leaves - A Collection (2000-2012)
Sam Roberts* - Them Kids - Love at the end of the world
Weezer - Holiday - blue album

June 13, 2012 Playlist "You asked if I miss you, and I said for sure, you're the only one solid and pure"

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

6:00-7:00am
Luke Doucet* - Brother - Broken (and other rogue states)
Whitehorse* - Broken - self-titled
Janis Joplin - Piece of my heart - 18 essential songs
The Sadies* - Loved on Look - Tremendous Efforts
Otis Redding - Sittn' on the dock of the bay
Modest Mouse - One Chance - Good news for people who love bad news
Henri Faberge and the adorables* - Favourite Kisses - self-titled
Neutral Milk Hotel - In an aeroplane over the sea - In an aeroplane over the sea
The Wooden Sky* - Take me out - Every child a daughter, every moon a sun
The Be Good Tanyas* - Ruben - Chinatown
Malika Sellami* - Little Daisy - Barefoot, Smiling (local)
Malika Sellami* - My Space - Barefoot, Smiling (local)

7:00-8:00
Kate Maki* - Strangest Dream - Confusion Unlimited
Peter Elkas* - Sweet Nancy - Wall of Fire
Josh Ritter - Mind's eye - The Historical conquests of JR
Ingrid Gatin* - How did I get so - Broken Tambourine
Basia Bulat* - Snakes and Ladders - Oh, my darling
Sarah Harmer* - One Match - Oh, little Fire
Jill Barber* - For all Time - For all Time
The Weakerthans* - Wellington's Wednesdays. - Fallow
Elliott Smith - Somebody that I used to know - Figure 8
Scott Nolan* - Open Spaces - Receiver/Reflector
Sam Roberts* - Them Kids - Love at the end of the world
Cake - Love you Madly - Comfort Eagle
Wolf Parade* - Shine a light - Apologies to the queen mary

June 6th Playlist "Hold on, trying to hold on; hold on hold on"

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

6:00-7:00am
Hannah Georgas* Chit Chat - This is good
Jenn Grant* - Oh my heart - Honeymoon punch
Samantha Savage Smith* - Tough cookie - Tough cookie
Jason Collett* - We all lose one another - Idols of Exile
Regina Spektor - On the radio - Begin to hope
Buck 65* - Wicked and weird - Talkin' honkey blues
Wintersleep* - Weighty ghost - Wintersleep
Jon & Roy* - Another noon - Another noon
Amelia Curran* - Bye bye Montreal - Hunter hunter
Great Lake Swimmers* - New wild everywhere - New wild everywhere
Rae Spoon* - I can't keep all of our secrets - I can't keep all of our secrets
Bella* - Didn't mean to break our love - Bella/Columbus EP
The Shins - Mine's not a high horse - Chutes too Narrow

7:00-8:00am
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing - The Ultimate Experience
Otis Redding - I've been loving you too - The very best of Otis Redding
Sam Cooke - I'll come running back to you - The Legend of Sam Cooke
Sharon Jones & the Dap kings - Nobody's baby - 100 days, 100 nights
Lee fields & the expressions* - Faithful man - Faithful man
Wintersleep* - Nothing is anything without you - Hello Hum
The Details* - Reunion Souvenirs - Draw a distance. Draw a border
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Hey hey hey - The sound of sunshine
Julie Doiron* - Dark horse - woke myself up
Whitehorse* - I'm on fire - self
Imaginary Cities* - Ride this out - Temporary Resident
Malika Sellami* - Little Daisy - Barefoot, smiling  (local)
She & Him - You really got a hold on me - Volume 1

May 30th Playlist! "I'm really not perfect, and that's just me. Sometimes I feel worthless and that's just me. Concerned about a purpose and that's just me."

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

6:00-7:00am
Smokekiller* - California - 13 (local)
Sarah Slean* - Get Home - The Baroness
Jack Johnson - Bubble Toes - Brushfire Fairytales
Julie Doiron* - I woke myself up - Woke myself up
Basia Bulat* - In the night - Oh, my darling
Immaculate Machine* - Dear Confessor - Fables
Regina Spektor - Us - Soviet Kisch
Feist* - My moon my man - The Reminder
Hannah Georgas* - Bang Bang You're Dead - This is Good
Ani Difranco - Life Boat - ?Which side are you on?
Frazey Ford* - One more cup of coffee - Obadiah
Blitzen Trapper - The Tree (featuring Alela Diane) - Destroyer of the void

7:00-8:00am
Michael Franti & Spearhead - The Sound of Sunshine - The sound of sunshine
Maybe Smith* - Treehouse Enthusiasts - Another Murder in the Morning
Hawksley Workman* - French girl in L.A. - Meat
Eekwol* - That's just me - Apprentice to the mystery
Cowboy Junkies* - Renmin Park - Renmin Park -The Nomad Series Vol. 1
Jenn Grant* - You'll go far - Echoes
The New Pornographers* - My Rights versus Yours - Challengers
Castle River* - Ghosts - Father Figures EP (local)
The Black Keys - Everlasting Light - Brothers
The Liptonians* - Hey! Hey! Help is on the way - Let's all march back into the sea
Nathan* - Scarecrow - Key Principles
Sarah Harmer* - Almost - All of our names

May 23rd Playlist! "Maybe I should have mentioned that I was not built for this kind of loving."

There are times in mys life where I need music to get through the day. I am currently living in one of those times. However, through the drama and chaos I find solace in the words of so many amazing independent musicians. I am so grateful for good music and all that it brings. It also makes these rainy days brighter.

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

6:00-7:00am
Shotgun Jimmie* - Bedhead - The Onlys
Rose Cousins* - Celebrate - The Send Off
Cat Power - Lived in Bars - The Greatest
The Weakerthans* - Tournament of Hearts - Reunion Tour
Greg MacPherson* - First Class - Mr. Invitation
The Details* - The Original Mark
Basia Bulat* - Heart of my Own - Heart of my own
Ndidi Onukwulu* - Horn Blower - No, I Never
Sarah Slean* - Everybody's on TV - Land & Sea
Blitzen Trapper - Love the way you walk away - American Goldwing
Bob Marley - Redemption Song
Otis Redding - Try a little tenderness

7:00-8:00am
Feist* - The Circle married the line - Metals
Amelia Curran* - The Mistress - Hunter Hunter
Jon & Roy* - Another Noon - Another Noon
Yukon Blonde* - Stairway - Tiger Talk
Mother Mother* - Baby don't dance - Eureka
Tegan & Sara* - Hop a plane - The Con
Julie Doiron* - Spill yer lungs - I can wonder what you did with your day
Metric* - Combat Baby - Old world underground where are you now
Cuff the Duke* - You were right - Way down here
The Wooden Sky* - Take me out - every child a daughter. every moon a sun
Little Miss Higgins* - Wash these blues away - Across the plains
Rosie and the Riveters* - Grandma's hands - self
The Gruff* - Handsome Molly - The Gruff
Laura Cantrell - Not the tremblin' kind - Not the tremblin' kind

May 16 Playlist "There ain't no use calling out my name, gal, I can't hear it anymore"

May 16, 2012 Playlist!

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

6:00-7:00am
Paper Moon* - Turning Colours into Greys - Broken hearts break faster every day
Peter Elkas* - Sweet Nancy - Wall of Fire
The Weakerthans* - Sun in an empty room - Reunion Tour
Sarah Harmer* - Almost - All of our names
Serena Ryder* - Stay for an hour - Unlikely Emergency
Dumb Angel* - Stay for an hour - Eight moments of spring
Be Good Tanyas* - Human Thing - Hello love
Po' Girl* - Drive all night - Home to you
Zeus* - Love/Pain - Busting Visions
Metric* - Handshakes - Live it out
The Strokes - Is this it - Is this it

7:00-8:00am
Michael Rault* - Pretty Thing - Crash! Boom! Bang!
Laura Cantrell - Roll truck roll - The Hello Recordings
Elliott Brood* - Write it all down for you - Mountain Meadows
John Lennon - Imagine
Regina Spektor - Real Love - Instant Karma
Jill Barber* - Chances - Chances
Ruthie Foster - Just another rain song - Stages (live)
Metric* - Don't think twice - Acoustic session
Greg MacPherson* - Bank Robber - Maintenance EP
Sunparlour Players* - If the creeks don't rise - Hymns for the happy
Great Lake Swimmers* - New Wild everywhere - New wild everywhere (2012)
Del Barber* - Everything is not enough - Headwaters (2012)
Little Miss Higgins* - You ain't done nothing to me - Junction City
Rose Cousins* - Edmonton - If you were for me

May 9, 2012 Playlist!

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

6:00-7:00am
Eleni Mandell* - Afternoon - Afternoon (2004)
Samantha Savage Smith* - Tough Cookie - Tough Cookie (2011)
Liz Phair - Polyester Bride - whitechocolatepsaceegg (1998)
Malika Sellami* - Little Daisy - Barefoot, Smiling (2012, local)
Corin Raymond* - Three thousand miles - Record Lonesome Night (2004)
The Gruff* - The General Store - self-titled (2006)
Wilco (with Feist) - You and I (with Feist) - Wilco (the album)
My Architects - Airborne - Grand Designs
Melissa Ferrick - Burn this Guitar - Grand Designs
Whitehorse* - I'm on Fire - self-titled (2011)
The Deep Dark Woods* - Redwood Forest - Hang me, oh, hang me (2007, local)
The Waifs - Feeling Sentimental - sundirtwater (2008)

7:00-8:00am
Buck 65* - Wicked and Weird - Talkin' Honky Blues (2003)
Beck - Devil's Haircut - Odelay (1996)
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - How long do I have to wait for you? - Naturally (2005)
Basia Bulat* - Heart of my own - Heart of my own (2010)
Mother Mother* - Hayloft - O my heart
Feist* - Mushaboom - Let it die
Spiral Beach* - Voodoo - self-titled (2006)
The Details* - Reunion Souvenirs - Draw a distance. Draw a border. (2007)
The Cat Empire - In my pocket - Two shoes (2007)
The Hidden Cameras* - Awoo - Awoo
The Shins - Mine's not a high horse - Chutes too narrow
Sloan* - Cheap Champagne - Parallel Play
Arcade Fire* - Old Flame - self-titled EP (2003)

May 2, 2012 "I need my space where I can let go one big fart"

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

6:00-7:00am
Oh my darling* - Love me, love me not - Sweet Nostalgia
Kirby Criddle* - Death of you - Vena Cava (local)
Keren Ann* - Not going anywhere - not going anywhere
The Details* - The original mark - the original mark EP
The MAmas and the papas - California Dreamin' - California dreamin'
The Hidden Cameras* - Awwo - The historical conquests of JR
Mettric* - Stadium Love - Fantasies
Maybe smith* - Treehouse enthusiasts - Another murder in the morning
Frazey Ford* - Birds of Paradise - Obadiah

7:00-8:00am
Elliott Smith - Somebody that I used to Know - figure 8
Heartstrings - Orchard Morning - self
The Black Keys - Your touch - Magic Potion
Wolf Parade* - Shine a light - Apologies to the queen mary
Sloan* - Pen Pals - Twice Removed
Sarah Slean* - Lucky Me - Day One
Liz Phair - Whip Smart - Whip-smart
The Decemberists - O Valencia! - The Crane Wife
Whitehorse - Passenger 24 - self
Romi Mayes* - How I roll - Sweet somethin' steady
Jason Collett* - Hangover days - Idols of exile
Malika Sellami* - My space - Barefoot, Smiling
The Shins - New Slang - Oh, Inverted World

April 25th Playlist

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

6:00-7:00am
Christine Fellows* - A spinter's Almanac - Nevertheless
Immaculate Machine* - No such thing as the future - Ones and Zeros
Immaculate Machine* - C'mon sealegs - Fables
James Keelagahn* - Harvest Train - A few simple verses
Jon & Roy* - Another noon - Another noon
Basia Bulat* - In the night - Oh my darling
Eekwol* - That's just me - Apprentice to the myetery
Buck 65* - 1957 - Situation
The New pornographers* - Mutiny, I promise you - Challengers

7:00-8:00am
Jack Johnson - Bubble Toes - Brushfire Fairytales
Metric* - Don't think twice - acoustic
The Wooden Sky* - Take me out Every child a daughter, every moon a sun
Hannah Georgas* - Chit Chat - This is good
REgina Spektor - Us - SOviet Kich
Joel Plaskett Emergency* - You're mine - Scrappy Happiness
Whitehorse* - Broken - self
Blitzen Trapper* - The Tree - Destroyer of the void
Feist* - So sorry - The Reminder
The Liptonians* - Hey! Hey! Help is on its way - Let's all march back into the sea
Arcade Fire* - Modern Man - The Suburbs
The Black Keys - Dead and Gone - El Camino

April 18, 2012 - Trying to block out the sadness

Sometimes this world can be so ugly. On Monday night homophobia was shown in Halifax in a very violent way by killing Raymond Taavel. My heart goes out to his friends, family, and community members.

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

6:00-7:00am
Paper Moon* - Turning Colours into Greys - Broken Hearts break faster everyday
Bella* - Go - self-titled
Novillero* - Daydreams & Distractions - A little tradition (features Keri McTighe)
Controller.Controller* - History - History
Rose Cousins* - Edmonton - If you were for me
The Waifs - Take it in - self-titled
Smokekiller* - California - 13
Little Miss Higgins* - Beautiful Sun - Across the plains
Elizabeth Shepherd* - Shining tear of the sun - Parkdale
Ember Swift* - Include my food - Stiltwalking
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once soundtrack

7:00-8:00am
Elliott Brood* - Miss you now - Mountain Meadows
BLitzen Trapper - Your Crying Eyes - American Goldwing
Sunparlour Players* - If the creeks done rise - Hymns for the happy
Amelia Curran* - The Mistress - Hunter Hunter
Jill Barber* - Chances - Chances
The Be Good Tanyas* - When doves cry - Hello love
Sloan* - Underwhelmed - Smeared
Buck 65* - Superstars don't love - 20 odd years
The Pack A.D.* - Gold rush - Tin Type
Feist* - Graveyard - Metals
Jenn Grant* - You'll go far - Echoes
Sarah Slean* - Get home - The Baroness

April 11, 2012 "Falling over this city and the best of my worst ideas"

For the past couple of days I have had Chantal Kreviazuk's song "Before you" in my head. It was a favourite of mine when I was in my early 20s. Sometimes I am appalled at my taste in music from my early 20s (Britney Spears' first 2 albums can still be found in my music collection), but sometimes I'm surprised at some of the good stuff that was considered "pop." I mean, just because it's popular doesn't necessarily mean that it's crappy right? Well, that was reinforced to me today as I played Chantal's popular song. That song is pretty awesome! At the bottom of the playlist is a Grooveshark playlist of some of the songs I played this morning, including Chantal's song.

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

6:00-7:00am
Bloc Party - Banquet - Silent Alarm (2005)
Violent Kin* - Blue Eyes - Bitter Blood (2009, local)
Chantal Kreviazuk* - Before you - Colour Moving and Still (1999)
Mirah - Sweepstakes Prize - You think it's like this but really it's like this
Feist* - Mushaboom - Let it die
Heather Aitken* - Dust on my shoes - NessEssentials 2005
Van Morrison - Sweet Thing - Astral Weeks (1977)
Hawksley Workman* - All the trees are hers - Between the Beautifuls (2007)
Whitehorse* - I'm on Fire - self-titled
Cat Stevens - The Wind
John Lennon - Oh Yoko

7:00-8:00am
The Cracker Cats* - Tumbleweed - 100 year and still rocking
Loretta Lynn (with Jack White) - Portland, Oregon - Van Lear Rose
Elliott Brood* - Oh Alberta! - Tin Type
Buck 65* - Wicked & Weird
Said the Whale* - Loveless - Little Mountain (2012)
Stars* - What I'm trying to say - Set yourself on fire
Otis Redding - Try a little tenderness
Ron Sexsmith* - Late Bloomer - Long player, late bloomer (2011)
Sarah Harmer* - Late bloomer - Oh little fire (2009)
The Fjords* - Get it Right - Get it Right (2010, local)
Joel Plaskett Emergency* - Tough Love - Scrappy Happiness (2012)
Sloan* - If it feels good do it - Pretty Together (2001)

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

6:00-7:00am
Carolyn Mark* - Happy 2B Flying Away - Nothing is Free
The Sadies* - Anna Leigh - New Seasons (2009)
Neko Case - Favorite - The Tigers have Spoken (2004)
Marissa Nadler - Rosary - Little Hells (2009)
Scout Niblett - Let thine heart be warmed - This fool can die now (2007)
Laura Cantrell - Early Years - When the roses bloom again
Basia Bulat* - Heart of my own - Heart of my own (see below)
The Gruff* - Lights of Saskatoon - self-titled EP
Neil Young* - Harvest Moon - Harvest Moon (1992)
Maxwell's Big Four* - I Know - self-titled (local)
Sloan* - If it feels good do it - Pretty Together (2001)

7:00-8:00am
Whitehorse* - Emerald Isle - self-titled (2012)
The Cracker Cats* - Hey Love - Empty Bottles 'n' Broken Hearts (local)
Nathan* - Measure Me - Stranger (2001)
Zeus* - Anything you want dear - Busting Visions (2012)
Mother Mother* - Oh my heart - Oh my heart
Michael Rault* - Pretty Thing - Crash! Boom! Bang!
Po' Girl* - Under the chestnut tree - Unreleased
The Waifs - - Sink or Swim
Colleen Brown* - Happy Love Song - Dirt (2012)
Rosie and the Riveters* - Well, Well, Well - Demo (2011)
Jill Barber* - Never Quit Loving You - Chances


The Subaru commercial featuring Basia Bulat's "Before I knew"

March 28th Playlist! "Cmon sea legs, pull yourself together"

Hello spring! I hope you're all enjoying the extra sunshine and all the energy that is abound in our world right now.

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

6:00-7:00am
Jon & Roy* - Another noon - Another noon
James Keelaghan* - Harvest train - A few simple verses
Basia Bulat* - In the night - Oh my darling
Romi Mayes* - How I Roll - sweet somethin steady
Oh my darling* - cage Bird - Sweet Nostalgia
Juanita Brandt* - Prettiest eyes - Prairie girl
Michael Rault* - Let me go out - Ma-Me-O
Blitzen Trapper - Love the way you walk away - American Goldwing
Rose Cousins* - Edmonton - If you were for me
Royal Wood* - Juliet - A good enough day
Little Miss Higgins* - Beautiful sun - Across the plains
Jenn Grant* - You'll go far - Echoes
Andy Shauf* - I don't really - Waiting for the sun to leave

7:00-8:00am
The Black Keys* - Dead and Gone - El Camino
Wolf Parade* - Shine a light - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Hanni El Khatin - Dead Wrong
The Wooden Sky* - Take me out
Ani Difranco - Lost woman song - self
Joel Plaskett* - Fashionable People - Astray Rock
U Say Party! We Say Die!* - Downtown mayors goodnight, Alley kids rule - Lose all time
Metric* - Handshakes - Let it out
Whitehorse* - Killing time is murder - self-titled
Immaculate Machine* - C'mon sea legs - Fables
Arcade Fire* - Haiti - Funeral

March 21, 2012 Playlist

Every once in a while SOCAN lets us know that they are doing a survey, which means that they give money to the artist that is played. So of course I played mostly local and Canadian artists this morning. It's not just because they are local, but because they are all awesome! Saskatoon and surrounding area has amazing artists. I absolutely love showcasing this on the radio. Here is the playlist!

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

6:00-7:00am
Shotgun Jimmie* - Bedhead - The Onlys
Po' Girl* - Under the Chestnut Tree - Unreleased
Farideh* - Heart of a Man - Symphony of Chemistry
The Deep Dark Woods* - Charlie's (is coming down) - Single
Crooked Creek* - Money - Lucky Stone
The Weakerthans* - Sun in an empty room - Reunion Tour
Rober Plant & Alison Krauss - Gone gone gone (done moved on) - Raising Sand
Kirby Criddle* - Death of You - Vena Cava
Jen Lane* - Grey Skies - For the Night
Rufus Wainwright* - Cigarettes & Chocolate Milk - Poses
Library Voices* - Haunt this House - Denim on Denim
Jeans Boots* - Dark Forces - _txt msgs

7:00-8:00am
Buck 65* - 1957 - Situation
Kay the Aquanaut* - 1869 - Nickelodeon Ethics.
Ultimate Power Duo* - Ultimate Power Duo - We're in control now
Malika Sellami* - Little Daisy - Barefoot, Smiling
The Wooden Sky* - Take me out - City of Light EP
The Karpinka Brothers* - Roll down the windows - One brick at a time
Luke Ryalls* - Swing low - The City
Rose Cousins* - What I see - We have made a spark
Kacy & Clayton* - Ain't no tellin - self-titled
Feral Children* - Dance Machine - Currents
Maybe Smith* - Underground lost & found - Root Hug
Violent Ken* - Blue Eyes - Bitter Blood
White Horse* - I'm on fire - self-titled

March 14th Playlist!

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

6:00-7:00am
Jenn Grant* - Unique New York - Orchestra for the moon
Hawksley Workman* - French Girl in LA - Meat
Unicorns* - Jellybones - Who will cut our hair when we're gone
Islands* - Pieces of you - Arm's way
Hot Hot Heat* - 5 times out of 100 - Knock knock knock
The Breeders - We're gonna rise - Mountain battles
Ladyhawk* - Dugout - self-titled
Ween - Your Party - La Cucaracha
The Deep Dark Woods* - Bakersfield - self-titled
The Sadies* - Why be so curious? (Part 3) - Favourite Colours
The Wooden Sky* - Take me out - City of Light EP

7:00-8:00am
Amelia Curran* - You won't find me - War Brides
Ingrid Gatin* - Tin Heart - Broken Tambourine
Sarah Harmer* - Uniform Grey - You were here
Josh Ritter - Idaho - The Animal Years
The Weakerthans* - My favourite chords - Fallow
Elliott Brood* - President (36) - Ambassador
Plants and animals* - Swinging Bells - La la land
The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love - The Hazards of Love
Toby Slater - Consumption - Consumption
Whitehorse - Passenger 24 - self-titled
Romi Mayes* - Lucky Tonight - Lucky Tonight
Sue Foley* - New Used Car - New Used Car
Memphis Minnie - Killer Diller Blues

March 7 Playlsit!

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

6:00-7:00am
Sarah Slean* - Day One - Day One
Regina Spektor - The Calculation - Far
Serena Ryder* - Weak in the Knees - If your memory serves you well
Old man - Neil Young - Harvest
The Wooden Sky* - Angels - If I don't come home you'll know I'm gone
Jason Collett* - Hangover Days - Idols of Exile
Samantha Savage Smith* - Tough Cookie - Tough Cookie
The Shins - New Slang - Oh, Inverted World
The Once* - Cradle Hill - Row upon row of the people they know
The Cracker Cats* - Yer sure purdy - Livin' on the run
The Details* - The Original Mark - The Original Mark EP
Arcade Fire* - Keep the Car running - Neon Bible

7:00-8:00am
Elliott Brood* - Write it all down for you - Mountain Meadows
Plants & Animals* - Bye bye bye - Parc Avenue
The Fjords* - Breezy Day - self-titled EP
Frazey Ford* - Bird of Paradise - Obadiah
Whitehorse* - Emerald Isle - self-titled
Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm - Bringing it all back home
The Mamas and the Papas - Go where you wanna go - California Dreamin'
Amelia Curran* - The Mistress - Hunter, hunter
Take me out - The Wooden Sky - City of Light EP
The Sunparlour Players* - If the creeks don't rise - Hymns for the happy
Ladyhawk* - I don't always know what you're saying - Shots

February 29th - Brutal Break-up Songs

When I posed the question on my Facebook page "What is the most brutal break-up song?" people thought that I was going through a break-up. I'm not. I have been thinking of break-up songs lately and about the people the songs are ABOUT. It is a private situation that gets made public. Luke Doucet's Broken One is one of the most brutal break-up songs in this regard. That's really how this whole thing got going. So today was all about brutal break-up songs. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the discussion on Facebook and beyond!

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

6:00-7:00am
Farideh* - Prison of our love - SYmphony of Chemistry (local)
Lucinda Williams - Joy - Car wheels on a gravel road
Tom Waits - Walk Away - Dead man walking
Xavier Rudd - No woman no cry - Solace
Parachute - Mess I made - Losing Sleep
Mother Mother* - Ghosting - O my heart
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams - Rumours
Serena Ryder* - Blown like the wind at night - Is it ok
Elliott Smith - Somebody I used to know - Figure 8
Cat Power - Good Woman - You are free
Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye - Vanilla Sky
Royal Wood* - Acting Crazy (It's a breakdown) - A good enough day

7:00-8:00am
Heartstrings* - Songs about me belle - self-titled (local)
The Sadies* - Loved on look - Tremendous Efforts
Luke Doucet* - Broken One - Broken (and other rogue states)
Ben Sinister* - I'm the one leaving you - On my mind
Janis Joplin - Piece of my heart
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - You want that picture - Lie down in the light
The White Stripes - I'm lonely (but I ain't that lonely yet) - Get behind me Satan
The Barenaked Ladies - Break your heart - Rock Spectacle
The Mountain Goats - No children - Tallahassee
Jill Barber* - In perfect time - A note to follow so

February 15, 2012

It's the day after Vday. The day of sale candy, flowers, cards, and red everything. I hope that you all felt loved on this day and that you feel loved every day.

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

6:00-7:00am
Jack Johnson - Dreamks be dream - On and on
Royal Wood* - I'm so glad - A good enough day
Jen Lane* - The ral thing - self-titled
Jon & Roy* - Another noon - Another noon
Sixty STories* - Countdown - Anthem Red
Novillero* - The Hypothesis - Aim right for the holes in their lives
The Weakerthans* - Tournament of Hearts - Reunion Tour
Little Miss Higgins* - You turn me on, I'm a radio - Clobber Shop Sessions
Little Miss Higgins* - The Dirty Ol' Tractor SOng - Junction City
Little Miss Higgins* - Bargain! Shop Panties - Across the Plains

7:00-8:00am
Jill Barber* - Never Quit loving you - Chances
Amelia Curran* - Wrecking Ball - Hunter Hunter
The Be Good Tanyas* - When Doves Cry - Hello love
The Waifs - London Still - Up all night
Jason Collett* - Tiny ocean of tears - Motor Motel love songs
Tegan and Sara* - Relief next to me - The Con
Ndidi Onukwula* - Water - No, I never
Sarah SLean* - Get Home - The Baroness
Hawksley WOrkman* - When these mountains were the sea short - Treeful of Staling
The Sadies* - Loved on Look - Tremendous Efforts
Luke DOucet* - Vladivostok - Boken (and other rogue states)
Blitzen Trapper - Love u - Furr
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Who do you love? - Living with the living

February 8, 2012 Playlist! "I can tell we'll never be safe until the walls fall down..."

And every morning chipping away
til the walls fall down

It's February! The month of love. The month of nauseating amounts of hearts and pink and red. I'm not so much a Valentine's day person, except I love love. I love music. I love my family. I love my friends. I love my bonus kids. I love my fitness pal. So love the love, don't love the consumerism that goes along with it.

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

6:00-7:00am
Bright Eyes - I woke up this morning with this song in my head - Lua
Joel Plaskett Emergency* - Fashionable People - Ashtray Rock
The New Pornographers* - Letter from an Occupant - Mass Romantic
The Decemberists - Down by the Water - The King is Dead
Metric* - Help! I'm Alive - Remixes
Penny & the Quartete - You and me - Blue Valentine Soundtrack
Gordon Lightfoot* - Songs for a winter night - Gord's Gold
The Wooden Sky* - Take me out - City of Light EP
Neutral Milk Hotel - In an Aeroplane over the sea - In an Aeroplane over the sea
Josh Ritter - Kathleen (acoustic) - Hello Starling

7:00-8:00am
Wintersleep* - Weighty Ghost - self
Sarah Harmer* - The Ring - I'm a Mountain
Danny Michel* - Midnight Train - Valhalla
Yukon Blonde* - Wind Blows - self-titled
The Zolas* - You're too Cool - Tic Toc Tic
Sloan* - Coax Me - Twice Removed
John K Samson* - Heart of the Continent - City Route 85
The Weakerthans* - One Great City - Reconstruction Site
Marketa Irglova - Your Company - Anar
Plants and Animals* - Bye Bye Bye - Parc Avenue
Okervill River - Our Life is not a Movie or Maybe - The Stage Names
The Sadies* - What's Left Behind - New Seasons

February 1, 2012 Playlist! "When the sun goes down on Cradle Hill and darkness then fills up the sky..."

And memories fill your mind
I hope you do not cry
Look at the stars above
Letting these constant joys of love

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

6:00-7:00am
Shotgun Jimmie* - Bedhead - The Onlys
Christine Fellos* - Saturday Night on Utopia Parkway - Nevertheless
Cat Power - Lived in Bars - The Greatest
Rose Melbert* - Cast away the clouds - Cast away the clouds
Scott Nolan* - Open Spaces - Receiver/Reflector
Whitehorse* - Killing Time is Murder - self-titled
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings (featuring Rosanne Cash) - Got you Covered - Kings & Queens
The Black Keys - Everlasting Light - Brothers
Sunparlour Players* - Runner - Us Little Devils
Bob Marley - Redemption Song
Blitzen Trapper - Love the way you walk away - American Goldwing

7:00-8:00am
The Weakerthans* - Tournament of Hearts - Reunion Tour
Hannah Georgas* - This is Good - This is Good
Mother Mother* - Arms Tonight - Oh my heart
The Wooden Sky* - Take me Out
The Once* - Cradle Hill - Row upon row of the people we Know
The Seahags* - Bare Feet - Gospel (local)
Beirut - A Candle's Fire - The Rip Tide
The Darcys - Black Cow - Aja Interpreted by The Darcys
Eekwol* - Too Sick - Apprentice to the Mystery (local)
Buck 65* - Wicked and Weird - Talkin' Honkey Blues
Liz Phair - Johnny Feelgood - whitechocolatespaceegg
Laura Cantrell - 14th Street - Humming by the Flowered Vine

January 25th Playlist! "So this is the new year and I have no resolutions"

So it's now into Week 3 of the new year. How are your resolutions going? Mine are going pretty good I guess. They had to do with being better with money, going to more concerts, and being on time for my radio show. The last two are the ones that I have the biggest trouble with. Anyway, here's the playlist for this week:

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

6:00-7:00am
Jon & Roy* - Little bit of love - Another Moon (2008)
Jill Barber* - Chances - Chances (2008)
Feist* - Secret Heart - Let it Die
The White Stripes - I'm lonely (but I ain't that lonely yet) - Get behind me Satan (2005)
Janis Joplin - Mercedez Benz
Kate Maki* - Strangest Dream - Confusion Unlimited (2003)
Amelia Curran* - Bye Bye Montreal - Hunter Hunter
Maybe Smith* - Treehouse Enthusiasts - Another Murder in the Morning
Josh Ritter - Right Moves - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter (2007)
Death Cab for Cutie - The New Year - Transatlanticism

7:00-8:00am
Little Miss Higgins* - Bargain! SHop Panties - Across the Plains (2010, local)
The Be Good Tanyas* - Ootischemia - Hello Love
The New Pornographers* - Little Daisy - Challengers (2007)
Malika Sellami* - Little Daisy - Barefoot Smiling (2011, local)
Arcade Fire* - Modern Man - The Suburbs (2010)
Wolf Parade* - Shine a Light - Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings - Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness (1995)
Sloan* - If it feels good do it - Pretty Together (2001)
Cat Empire - Protons, Neutrons, Electrons - Two Shoes (2005)
The Dears* - You and I are a gang of Losers - Gang of Losers (2006)
The Black Keys - Just got to be - Magic Potion (2006)

January 18, 2012 Playlist! "The season rubs me wrong, the summer swells anon"

The season rubs me wrong
The summer swells anon
So knock me down, tear me up
But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup
Down by the water and down by the old main drag

Today's theme is cold... or rather staying out of the cold and trying to keep warm. By theme, I don't really mean that I'm playing cold songs or even songs about cold. This morning I played songs that can keep you warm! Mostly they are fast-tempo songs that can get you going this morning. I hope that I was successful in that endeavour! Stay warm, Saskatoon.

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

6:00-7:00am
Metric* - Succexy - Old world underground, where are you now (2003)
The New Pornographers* - Together (2010)
Immaculate Machine* - Dear Confessor - Fables
Wild Strawberries* - Heroine - Heroine (1995)
Peter Elkas* - Sweet Nancy - Wall of Fire (2007)
Julie Doiron* - Spill yer lungs - i can wonder what you did with your day (2009)
Jack Johnson - Bubble Toes - Brushfire Fairytales (2000)
Greg MacPherson* - Bank Robber - Maintenance
Sunparlour Players* - If the creeks don't rise - Hymns for the Happy (2007)
Royal Wood* - A mirror without - A good enough day (2007)

7:00-8:00am
Rose Cousins* - Celebrate - The Send Off (2009)
Henri Faberge and the Adorables* - Favourite Kisses - self titled
Jenn Grant* - Getcha Good - Honeymoon Punch (2011)
The Decemberists - Down by the Water - The King is Dead (2011)
Weezer - Buddy Holly - Blue Album
Buddy Holly - Everyday
Modest Mouse - Float On - Good news for people who love bad news (2004)
The Weakerthans* - Diagnosis - Fallow (1997)
Arcade Fire* - Rebellion (Lies) - Funeral (2004)
Controller.Controller* - History - History (2004, Paper Bag Records)
Jason Collett* - Sorry Lori - Here's to being here (2008)
Blitzen Trapper - Laughing Lover - Destroyer of the Void (2010)
Neil Young* - Old King - Harvest Moon (1992)

January 11, 2012 Playlist!

Some people only listen to the first half of an album. I'm not one of those people. So today I played deep tracks from some of my favourite albums. Songs that don't get a lot of "play" anywhere. Songs that get forgotten. Songs that are buried gems. Sometimes the best things in life aren't right at the front, you have to be patient, dig deeper, and listen.

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

6:00-7:00am
Novillero* - Far from too far - A Little Tradition
The Hidden Cameras* - Silence can be a Headline - Origin*Orphan
Cuff the Duke* - Need You - way down here
Cuff the Duke* - Another day in Purgatory - way down here
The Weakerthans* - Utilities - Reunion Tour (2007)
Ani Difranco - I know this bar - to the teeth (1999)
Liz Phair - Whipsmart - Whipsmart (1994)
Immaculate Machine* - C'mon Sealegs - Fables

7:00-8:00am
Carolyn Mark* - Poisoned with Hope - Nothing is Free
Little Miss Higgins* - Velvet Barley Bed - Junction City
Laura Cantrell - Bees - Humming by the flowered vine
Whitehorse* - Broken - self-titled (Luke Doucet & Melissa McClelland)
The Gruff* - Five Star - A trail of missing thoughts
Heartstrings* - Finland Woods - In a land far away that is fair (local)
Ember Swift* - Out of Air - 11:11 (2011)
Oh my Darling* - Anna K - Sweet Nostalgia
The Once* - A Round Again - Row upon row of the people they know (2011)
Jolie Holland & The Grand Chandeliers - All those girls - Pint of blood
Little Miss Higgins* - Glad your whiskey fits inside my purse (2010, local)