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)