September 15th Playlist!

Every fall music takes over my life. There was a time when fall meant the new school year, but now it means music concerts, new albums, and being generally immersed in amazing musical talent from this country and beyond. I was asked yesterday by the powers at CFCR if I would interview Sarah Harmer. I said, "OMG. CAN I??" It was a win-win situation and I'm super excited to interview one of my musical idols. I'm also excited to see her on Friday. Alas, this week's playlist is infused with Sarah in all her glory. I hope you enjoyed this week's show!

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

6:00-7:00am
Sloan* - I Can Feel It - Twice Removed (1994)
The Weakerthans* - Sun in an Empty Room - Reunion Tour (2007)
Paper Moon* - Turning Colours into Greys - Broken Hearts Break Faster Everyday (2006)
Scott Nolan* - Open Spaces - Receiver/Reflector (2007)
Romi Mayes* - How I Roll - Sweet Somethin' Steady (2006)
Sarah Harmer* - Almost - All of our names (2004)
Laura Cantrell - 14th Street - Humming by the Flowered Vine (2005)
Jenn Grant* - Dreamer - Orchestra for the moon (2007)
Mother Mother* - Ghosting - Oh my heart (2008)
Luke Doucet* - Thinking People - Steel City Trawler (2010)
Novillero* - The Hypothesist - Aim Right for the holes in their lives (2005)
Cuff the Duke* - Surviving Revival - Sidelines of the City (2007)

7:00-8:00am
The White Stripes - My Doorbell - Get Behind Me Satan (2005)
Wolf Parade* - I'll believe in anything - Apologies to the queen Mary (2005)
Sarah Harmer* - The Thief - Oh Little Fire (2010)
Amelia Curran* - The Mistress - Hunter Hunter (2009)
The Karpinka Brothers* - Every Time you Slam the Door - One Brick at a Time (2007, local)
Calexico - Convict Pool - Convict Pool (2004)
Arcade Fire* - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) - The Suburbs (2010)
Blitzen Trapper - The Tree (featuring Alela Diane) - Destroyer of the Void (2010)
Wintersleep* - Jaws of Life - Untitled
Metric* - Help I'm Alive - Fantasies (2009)
The Pack A.D.* - Crazy - We Kill Computers (2010)

September 8th Playlist!

Last week I was on the west coast so the lovely Tina hosted in my place. I'm confident that she did an amazing job at playing music for all you listeners! I picked up some albums when I was in Vancouver at Zulu Records, a great record shop full of new and used CDs. I also got to see Rae Spoon play at a small venue that is a great place to see shows with sit-down space and dancing space. It was an amazing trip... perhaps I'll put some photos on here for you all to enjoy. Stay tuned for that Phupdate coming up! Anyway, here is this week's playlist...

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

6:00-7:00am
Peter Elkas* - Sweet Nancy - Wall of Fire (2007)
Carolyn Mark* - Happy 2B Flying Away - Nothing is Free (2007)
Jill Barber* - Never Quit Loving You - Chances (2008)
Liz Phair - Whip-smart - Whip-smart (1994)
The Details* - Reunion Souvenirs - Draw a Distance. Draw a border (2007)
Sloan* - Penpals - Twice Removed (1994)
Radiohead - The Bends - The Bends (1994)
Oasis - D'you know what I mean? - Be Here Now (1997)
The Gruff* - Commerical Drive - self EP (2010)
Nathan* - Gasoline - Jimson Weed (2004)
The Heartstrings* - Used to Fly - In a land far away that is fair (2009, local)

7:00-8:00am
The Pack A.D.* - Don't have to - Funeral Mixtape (2008)
The Black Keys - Your Touch - Magic Potion (2007)
Cuff the Duke* - Remember the Good Times - Sidelines of the City (2007)
Sarah Harmer* - Careless - Oh little Fire (2010)
Rae Spoon* - Death by Elektro - Love is a Hunter (2010)
Daneil, Fred, Julie* - Hallelujah I'm a bum - Self-titled (2009)
The White Stripes - Take, Take, Take - Be Behind me Salad (2005) ~stay tuned for a story about this album~
Jenny Omnichord* - Pain of Maybes - All our Little Bones (2010)
Hot Panda* - Cold Hands/Chapped Lips - Volcano... Bloody Volcano
Calexico - Two Silver Trees - Carried to dust (2008)
Arcade Fire* - Modern Man - The suburbs (2010)
The Decemberists - A Bower Scene - Hazards of Love (2009)

This week I have a lovely co-host, Tina, to help me out. She's going to host the show next week and I completely trust her taste in music. All of the shows that are coming up have us both a little emotional. It's Christmas in September for us music lovers in Saskatoon! I can hardly wait. I'll be back in a couple of weeks to host the show.

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

6:00-7:00am
Neko Case - Favorite - CBC Radio 3 Sessions
Basia Bulat* - Heart of my Own - Heart of my Own
Josh Ritter - Idaho - The Animal Years
Dan Mangan* - The Indie Queens are Waiting - Nice, nice, very nice
Hannah Georgias* - Your Ghost - This is Good
Jenn Grant* - Heartbreaker - Echoes
Andy Shauf* - I don't really - Waiting for the sun to leave
Years - Don't let the blind go deaf - Years
Be Good Tanyas* - Littlest Birds - Blue Horse
Plants and Animals* - The mama papa - La La Land
Wolf Parade* - Cloud Shadow on the Mountain - Expo 86
Metric* - Twilight Galaxy - Fantasies

7:00-8:00am
Despistado* - A stirstick's Prediction - The Emergency Response
Immaculate Machine* - Dear Confessor - Fables
The Zolas* - The Great Collapse - Tic Toc Tic
Arcade Fire* - Modern Man - The Suburbs
Despistado* - Lipstick - The Emergency Response (2004)
Arcade Fire - Ready to Start - The Suburbs
Library Voices - Party like it's 2012 - Denim on Denim
Feist* - Brandy Alexander - The Reminder
Royal Wood* - I'm so Glad - A good enough day
The Cat Empire - Falling - Cinema
Blitzen Trapper - Laughing Love - Destroyer of the Void

August 18th playlist!

I am still shocked by all of the concert announcements over the past couple of weeks. ARCADE FIRE! CALEXICO! BLITZEN TRAPPER! CUFF THE DUKE! THE PACK A.D.! YOUNG RIVAL! WOMEN! DESPISTADO!

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

6:00-7:00am
The Gruff* - Lights of Saskatoon - EP
The Weakerthans* - Sun in an Empty Room - Reunion Tour
The Deep Dark Woods* - The Birds on the bridge - Winter Hours (local)
Jack Johnson - Bubble Toes - Brushfire Fairytale
Feist* - One Evening - Let it Die
Jen Lane* - Grey Skies - for the night (local)
Regina Spektor - Us - Soviet Kitsch
Farideh* - Heart of a Man - Symphony of Chemistry (local)
Mother Mother* - Burning Pile - O my heart
Stars* - Set Yourself on Fire - set yourself on fire
Cat Empire - Waiting - Cinema

7:00-8:00am
Calexico - Along again or - Convict Pool EP
Aracade Fire* - The Suburbs - The Suburbs
Blitzen Trapper - The Tree (featuring Alela Diane) - Destroyer of the Void
Fish and Bird* - Burst into Flower - Left Brain Blues
Laura Cantrell - Roll truck roll - The hello recordings
Rose Cousins* - Celebrate - The send off
Despistado* - A stirsticks prediction - The Emergency Response
The Pack A.D.* - Everyone looks like everyone - We kill computers
Dragonette* - Fixin to thrill - Fixin to thrill
Hilotrons* - lost in yichang - happymatic

August 11th Playlist - The Birthday Show!

Another year, another Wednesday, another birthday, another birthday radio show! I remember doing my first birthday show when I turned 26, almost a year after I started playing music in this time slot. People loved it! They called in to the show throughout the year saying that it was their favourite show. Since it is my guilty pleasure show, it was my favourite too! Since then every year I play my favourite songs and artists on my birthday show. It's not really that different than any other Wednesday, other than my guilty pleasure songs that I don't often play. Yesterday I had such an amazing birthday day... this is the icing on the cupcake! Here is my birthday show playlist:

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

6:00-7:00am
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah - Grace (1994)
Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee (alternate version) - 18 essential songs
Heather Aitken* - Dust on my shows - NessEssentials (2005, local)
Serena Ryder* - Weak in the Knees - If your memory serves you well
Sarah Slean* - Sweet Ones - Night Bugs
Jewel - I'm Sensitive - Pieces of You
Po' Girl* - Under the Chestnut Tree - Unreleased
Jenn Grant* - Dreamer - Orchestra for the Moon
Smashing Pumpkins - Today - Siamese Dream
Greg MacPherson Band* - The day the water dried up from the taps - Good Times coming back again
Sloan* - G turns to D - One chord to Another
Sloan* - You know what it's about - Never hear the end of it

7:00-8:00am
Farideh* - She - Symphony of Chemistry (2008, local)
Royal Wood* - Lady in White - The Waiting (2010)
Billie Holiday - I'll be seeing you
Neil Young* - Harvest Moon - Harvest Moon
NQ Arbuckle* - Huntsville Affair - XOK
Blitzen Trapper - Furr - Furr (2008)
The Karpinka Brothers* - Roll down the windows - One brick at a time (2008, local)
Ingrid Gatin* - Tin heart - Broken Tambourine
Nathan* - Gasoline - Jimson Weed (2004)
Van Morrison - Sweet Thing - Astral Weeks (1968)
Veruca Salt - Awesome - Eight Arms to Hold You (1997)
The Pack AD* - Blackout - Funeral Mixtape (2010)

Feist vs. Ron Sexsmith

Recently, I became interested in finding out what other people think about the two different versions of the same song, Brandy Alexander. The story of the song is almost as good as the song itself, where Leslie Feist and Ron Sexsmith came together in Ottawa. Ron was drinking a "Brandy Alexander," which he had ordered because "it was the famous drink that got John Lennon and Harry Nilsson kicked out of the LA Troubadour back in the 70's." (The story is here) Later Feist sent him a lyric by email and they wrote the song that way, finishing up the touches in LA. Feist recorded it and put it on her 2007 hit album "The Reminder" and Sexsmith recorded it later and put it on his album "Exit Strategy of the Soul." Here are some videos of the two songs. Please vote in the poll on the side!

Feist's version is here

Ron Sexsmith's version is here

August 4th Playlist!

This week's show is dedicated to Blitzen Trapper & The Fringe. Firstly, THANK YOU to Blitzen Trapper who will, once again, bless this city with their music. I am flabbergasted that they are coming and so glad that they will be part of FM-Phasis. This will be the best FM-Phasis YET! Secondly, The Fringe is one of my favourite times of the year in Saskatoon. It highlights so much great talent through live plays, street performers, musicians, and general shenanigans... as well as the beautiful Saskatoon summers! Anyway, here is this week's playlist:

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

6:00-7:00am
Hey Rosetta!* - I've been asleep for a long, long time - Into your Lungs (2008)
The Weakerthans* - This is a fire door never leave open - Left & Leaving (2000)
Immaculate Machine* - C'mon Sealegs - Fables (2007)
Stars* - Your ex-lover is dead - Set Yourself on Fire (2004)
Wild Strawberries* - Heroine - Heroine (1995)
The Hidden Cameras* - Awoo - Awoo (2006)
Feist* - Brandy Alexander - The Reminder (2007)
Ron Sexsmith* - Brandy Alexander - Exit Strategy of the Soul (2008)
Amelia Curran* - Wrecking Ball - Hunter Hunter (2009)
Laura Cantrell - When the Roses Bloom Again - When the Roses Bloom Again
Ingrid Gatin* - Wish I were the One - Broken Tambourine (2009)
Julie Doiron* - Tailor - I can wonder what you did with your day (2008)

7:00-8:00am
Blitzen Trapper - Furr - Furr (2008)
Xavier Rudd* - Better people - White Moth (2007)
Wolf Parade* - This Heart's on Fire - Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
The Deep Dark Woods* - River in the Pines - Hang me, oh, Hang me (2007, local)
Cuff the Duke* - The Difference Between Us - Life Stories for Minimum Wage
Brasstronaut* - Slow Knots - Mt. Chimaera (2010)
The Decemberists* - The Crane Wife - The Crane Wife (2006)
Scott Nolan* - Open Spaces - Receiver/Reflector (2007)
The Karpinka Brothers* - Tether Ball - One Brick at a Time (2008, local)
Travis - Flowers in the Window - The Invisible Band (2001)
Regina Spektor - Folding Chair - Far (2009)
Royal Wood* - Juliet - A Good Enough Day (2007)