Tuesday, July 21, 2009

#39 - Calgary!

HOUR ONE
"Synthesized Society" - Nuclear Ramjet
***
"Melina's Bath" - Rembetika Hipsters
"Worth the Drive" - Ayla Brook
"People (We're Only Gonna Live So Long)" - Alejandro Escovedo
"Last Year" - Akron/Family
"Naked City" - Imani Coppola
*
"Fool's Gold Rope" - Violet Archers
"Olympic Airwaves" - Foals
"Life in the City" - Michael Franti

HOUR TWO 
"Hurtin' Albertan" - Corb Lund Band
"All We Want, Baby, Is Everything" - Handsome Furs
"99 and a half" - Mavis Staples
"Pollution of the Mind" - Miss Kitten
*
"Little Boxes" - The Shins
"Not a Doll" - Carolyn Mark
"Scattered & Small" - Amelia Curran
***
"Time Running" - Tegan & Sara
"Pretty Lies" - The Dudes
"Give Me Wine or Money" - Mekons
*
"God Made the Automobile" - Iron & Wine
"The Bicycle Song" - The Consonant C
"The Gaze" - Bell Orchestre

HOUR THREE
"Bare Feet on Wet Grip Tape" - Chad VanGaalen
"Sweet Loving Man" - Jolie Holland
"Day Job" - Dragon Fli Empire
*
"Symphony #1: In the Barrel of a Gun" - Emily Wells
"Queen Bee" - Lee Harvey Osmond
"Racing Rats" - The Editors
"Sleep Today" - Hot Little Rocket
***
"Virtual Life" - Paul Brandt
"Fender Bender" - Kid Koala
"Ships Bound to Sink" - Jane Vain & The Dark Matter
*
"How to Defeat a More Powerful Enemy" - Apostle of Hustle
"Sunny Boy" - Beija Flor
"Blue Ridge Mountains" - Fleet Foxes
"I'm a Mountain" - Sarah Harmer

Sunday, July 12, 2009

#38 - Kids!

HOUR ONE
"Jizzfrock" - Kids are Sexy
"Diddle Daddle Day" - Nathaniel the Grublet
*
"Chicken Train" - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
"Grandma's Bicycle" - Kinnie Starr
"Old World" - Burning Hell
"Children Play with Earth" - Arrested Development
***
"Kneecaps" - D-Sisive
"The Cat Came Back" - Fred Penner
"I'm Not There" - Sonic Youth
"Popcorn" - Barenaked Ladies
"Take You Ridin' in My Car" - Bruce Springsteen
***
"The Chocolate King" - Don Kerr
"Kindergarden" - Bill Cosby
"Don't Be So Mean, Jellybean" - Justin Rutledge

HOUR TWO
"See You on the Moon" - Great Lake Swimmers
"Pinball Number Count" - Pointer Sisters
"My Children, Be Joyful" - Rock Plaza Central
"The Thirsty Camel" - Snailhouse
*
"Blustery Day" - Winnie the Pooh
"You'd Better Sit Down, Kids" - The Union Gap
"Digital Monkey" - Balkan Beat Box
***
"Free Guitar Lessons for Animals, pt.1" - Flossie & the Unicorns
"Dear God" - XTC
"ABC, 123" - Jackson 5
*
"Ouch! (Hurts, Don't It?)" - Swift K.I.D.
"Little Hands" - Mother Mother
"Free Guitar Lessons for Animals, pt.2" - Flossie & the Unicorns
"Jellybean Man" - Vitamins for You

HOUR THREE
"I Don't Wanna Grow Up" - Tom Waits
"The Green Giraffe" - Mandarin Movie
"Free Guitar Lessons for Animals, pt.3" - Flossie & the Unicorns
"Paper Route Days" - Kid Koala
*
"Peter & the Wolf" - Leonard Bernstein
"Fake-Believe" - They Might Be Giants
"Goodbye, Sweet Youth, Goodbye" - Greycoats
"Spirit of Youth" - Last Gang
***
"Bellybutton" - Heather Bishop
"Like a Child" - Junior Boys
"For Halloween" - No Kids
"Ballad of a Teenage Queen" - Johnny Cash
*
"In Search of the Youth Crew" - Cadence Weapon
"We're Not Going to Take It" - Bif Naked
"& Down" - Siriusmo vs. Boys Noize


Tuesday, July 7, 2009

#37 - Festivals!

HOUR ONE
"Mr. Turner" - Corey Harris
"girl of mine" - Michael Bernard Fitzgerald
"I Thought You Knew" - The Ebony Hillbillies
*
"What Sad Old Song?" - Po' Girl
"Gotta Get Right With God" - Lucinda Williams
***
"It's Time" - Arrested Development
"Get Up" - Shad
"Until We Burn In the Sun (The Kids Just Want a Love Song" - Bedouin Soundclash
*
"Stay for an Hour" - Serena Ryder 
"Sun It Rises" - Fleet Foxes
"The Party's Crashing Us" - Of Montreal

HOUR TWO
"Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car" - Iron and Wine
"Til the Morning" - Mark Berube and the Patriotic Few
"Good Man" - Josh Ritter
*
"New Goodbye" - Hey Rosetta!
"Oyeme" - Pacifika
"Beauty Boy" - Oh Susanna
***
"B-Boy Stance" - K-OS
"Music for Morning People" - Kid Koala
"In the Night" - Basia Bulat
*
"Energy of Death" - Apostle of Hustle
"Tip Toes (Insane Agendas)" - Volcanoeless in Canada
"Your English is Good" - Tokyo Police Club

HOUR THREE
"Juliet" - Royal Wood
"You Can't Get it Back" - Gentleman Reg
"Catcher Son" - Great Lake Swimmers
*
"Second Ring" - Moses Mayes
"New Kind of Love" - Plants and Animals
***
"In the End it's Your Friends (San Serac Remix)" - Shout Out Out Out Out
"I Play My Kazoo" - Grand Analog
"Get on the Bus" - Delhi 2 Dublin
"I Love You" - Intergalactic Virgin
"Mexico City" - Balkan Beat Box
"Flowers on the Stones" - Mark Berube and The Patriotic Few




Tuesday, June 30, 2009

#36 - Nation!

HOUR ONE
"1st Mment, 5th Symphony (Shostakovich)" - New York Philharmonic
*
"True Patriot Love" - Joel Plaskett Emergency
"Soul Station" - Animal Nation
"My Body is a Cage" - Arcade Fire
***
"Loving Country" - The Supremes
"Oh...Canada" - Classified
"Parables" - Rebekah Higgs
*
"Hello Bonjour" - Michael Franti
"Moi et Toi" - Abdel Ali Slimani
"Stripes" - Heads, Hands & Feet

HOUR TWO
"Tis of Thee" - Ani Difranco
"My Country Tis of Thy People" - Buffy Sainte Marie
*
"Entitlement" - Computer Nation 
"Border Crossings" - Greentara
"Cannot Get, Started"  - Handsome Furs
"Simmer Down" - Chris T
***
"Young Americans" - David Bowie
"America (feat. Mos Def & Chali 2na) - K'naan
"Leiley (Transglobal Underground Remix)" - Dania
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" - U2
"It's a Small World" - Sugar Minott

HOUR THREE
"Fake Empire" - The National
"Happy Nation" - Ace of Base
"Degenerations" - Mes Aieux
"Coyote Dance" - Robbie Robertson
*
"Seven Nation Army" - White Stripes
"En Berne" - Les Cowboys Fringats
***
"La Paix Des Braves" - Samian
"Canadian Bush Party" - Kinnie Starr
"Dynamite Walls" - Hayden
*
"Oh, Alberta" - Elliot Brood
"The Mothership & The Fatherland" - Coil
"Wilkommen" - Cabaret

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

#35 - Vic Park!

HOUR ONE
"Arts of Worship" - Storm
*
"Sordid" - Amon Tobin
"Waitin' for a Superman" - Iron & Wine
***
"Meanwhile in the Park" - Ed Laurie
"Welcome to our Country" - Mihirangi
"Love/Confidence" - Provincial Parks
*
"The Rain, the Park and Other Things" - Cowsills
"Red Field" - Akinori
"Devils" - Amelia Curran

HOUR TWO
"Witch Park" - Tarwater
"Downtown" - Holly Cole Trio
"Death of a Tune" - Hidden Cameras
"Mushaboom (Postal Service Remix)" - Feist
*
"Maps" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"Walk the Walk" - National Parcs
"Ten Dolla" - M.I.A.
***
"Downtown" - Peaches
"Afoot" - Gang Gang Dance
"Akliman Od" - Sagopa Kajmer ft. Kolera
"With a Little Help from My Friends" - Puerto Muerto
"You Set the Scene" - Love
"A Small Reminder" - Rob Lutes

HOUR THREE
"Walkin' Thru the Park" - Gary Moore
"Ghazal" - Niyaz
"Me Cal" - Pacifika
*
"This Ain't the Summer of Love" - Blue Oyster Cult
"Natural Disaster" - Andrew Bird
"Istanbul (not Constantinople)" - They Might Be Giants
***
"Disco Infiltrator" - LCD Soundsystem
"A L'oree Des Bois" - Plant & Animals
"Suppose They Give A War and No One Comes" - West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
"Yodelady" - Old Man Luedecke
***
"Trenchtown Rock" - Bob Marley
"Darkness" - Cracker Cats
"Small Town Saturday Night" - Connie Kaldor


Tuesday, June 16, 2009

#34 - Solstice Picnic!

HOUR ONE
"Let there be light" - Thomas Barnett
"Fine as F*" - Scream Club & Peaches
*
"Fallin'" - Alicia Keys
"The Sun Standing Before You" - Koleko
"Sun Song" - Tonka & Puma
***
"Touch me in the Morning" - Diana Ross
"It Falls to Often" - Under the Seaward Sun
"Call me a Witness" - The Sun Harmonic
"Soft Word Sunday Morning" - Head, Hands & Feet
*
"Time & Space" - Greentara
"Sun Shower" - Busdriver (Cadence Weapon remix)

HOUR TWO
"Dreamy Days" - Roots Manuva
"People Eating Fruit" - Manitoba
"Sun Again" - Kinnie Starr
*
"Another Park, Another Sunday" - Doobie Brothers
"If the Creeks Don't Rise" - Sunparlour Players
"Sandwiches" - Fred Penner
***
"Sun it Rises" - Fleet Foxes
"The Electricity in Your House Wants to Sing" - I Am Robot And Proud
*
"Will You Come On A Picnic?" - Gypsophilia
"Honey Pie" - Wil
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band" - Simple Kid

HOUR THREE
"Oslo in the Summertime" - Of Montreal
"Son of a Preacher Man" - Dusty Springfield
"Uptown Girl" - K-OS
"Up all Night" - Classified
*
"Light of Day" - LAL
"Rise Up" - Consecos (Classified Remix)
"It Don't Mean a Thing" - Nina Simone
***
"Pride" - Ray Price
"Butterscotch" - CocoRosie
"Summer Song" - James Yorkston
*
"Prairie Moon" - Connie Kaldor
"Now I'm Your Mom" - David Byrne
"I Will Be Grateful for this Day" - Bright Eyes

Friday, June 12, 2009

#33 - Fishy Friday!!

HOUR ONE
"Brahms' Piano Concerto No.1 (Rondo)" - London Philharmonic Orchestra
"I Love a Rainy Night" - Eddie Rabbit
*
"Sun Song" - Nick Castro
"Sailboats are White" - Cadence Weapon
"Sonntag" - Alexander Hacke
***
"Rainy Day" - Josh Martinez
"Mr. Bojangles" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
"Ripplin' Waters" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
*
"Summer in the City" - Regina Spektor
"Water Music" - Handel
"Close" - Brilliantfish

HOUR TWO
"Good Morning, Good Morning" - The M's
"Aqua" - Eurythmics
"Fish" - Hey Ocean!
*
"Danse en France" - Fisherspooner
"Fish and Bird" - Tom Waits
***
"Fishheads" - Barnes & Barnes
"Sailboats" - Woodhands
"Polynesia" - Mother Mother
*
"My Cousin has a Grey Cup Ring" - Donovan Woods
"Tete de Poisson" - Konflit Dramatik
"Jellyfish Ghosts" - Fish & Bird

HOUR THREE
"Fish" - Mr. Scruff
"Sharkey's Day" - Laurie Anderson
*
"Dirty Water" - Rachelle Van Zanten
"Deep Water" - Portishead
"Tracy's Waters" - Patrick Watson
***
"Wade in the Water" - Mavis Staples
"Gone Fishin'" - Chadio
"Gone Fishin'" - Louis Armstrong & Bing Crosby
"You Ran Into Me, Honey Pie" - Lunar Fish Debris
"Fishing Blues" - Taj Mahal
"Waist Deep in the Water" - Shotgun Jimmie