Monday, January 25, 2010

Playlist for January 25, 2010 - SNOW!!!!

I love snow!  We certainly got our share of it this weekend, and I should have predicted this would make getting to the station difficult.  Janelle was stranded in Calgary once again (I'm starting to think this is intentional...), so I knew I had to make it to the station or there would be many disappointed listeners (hahaha).  After half a block, half an hour, and many spinouts, I finally gave up, left my car at home, and headed to the station by foot.  It was an almost unreal atmosphere as I marched on bravely down the roads (sidewalks were out of the question...too many drifts!).  Abandoned cars, people madly shoveling, vehicles spinning out, and others soldiering on by foot dotted the streets as I ran/walked to the station...the atmosphere was brilliantly eerie and exciting.  I did make it to the station only 10 minutes late, and managed to fit in most of the playlist I had painstakingly planned (for once!).  Thanks to my friend Erin, who heard of my predicament as she listened to my show and braved the streets in her vehicle to escort me to work afterwards.  The day got off to an unusual but exhilerating start, and I can't wait to go play in the snow!!!

Emiliana Torrini - Easy
Grizzly Bear - Boy From School (Hot Chip cover)
*Hayden - Home By Saturday
Taken by Trees - Watch the Waves
*Cuff the Duke - You were Right
*Chic Gamine - Days and Days
Girls - Oh Boy
Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
*Tegan and Sara - Soil, Soil
Jose Gonzalez - Crosses
*Hawksley Workman - The Ground We Stand On
*k-os - CatDiesel
Beck - Walls (acoustic version)
Raveonettes - Lust
The Dirty Projectors - Ascending Melody
Liam Frost featuring *Martha Wainwright - Your Hand In Mine
*Mother Mother - Wrecking Ball
*Yukon Blonde - Wind Blows
*Dragonette - I Get Around
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
*Elliott Brood - Valley Town
Gregory Alan Isakov - The Stable Story
Vampire Weekend - White Sky
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - When We Swam
Spoon - Written in Reverse
Bon Iver and St. Vincent - Roslyn

Monday, January 11, 2010

January 11, 2010 Playlist

Today's show was simply groundbreaking with the introduction of a theme song (Yeasayer's Sunrise) and a new segment just before 7:00 called the "change of heart" (when Camille and I try to convince each other of the merits of a particular song).  Oh, and did I mention it was our first show of the decade?  Pretty impressive stuff.  Camille even taught me a new term for the 2000s (the "aughts")...who knew?  Okay, well apparently Wikipedia agrees with her...but she probably just added the entry herself!!  We dotted the playlist with some favourites from the past year and decade, too.  Enjoy!

Yeasayer - Sunrise
Phosphorescent - A Picture of Our Torn Up Praise
Laura Gibson - Spirited
*The Mountains and The Trees - Up and Down
*Ox - Miss Idaho
*John K. Samson - Heart of the Continent
TV on the Radio - Love Dog
*Rural Alberta Advantage - Don't Haunt This Place
*Tegan and Sara - Call It Off
*Patrick Watson - Traveling Salesman
*Immaculate Machine - You Destroyer (Janelle's "change of heart" pick)
*The Wooden Sky - Oh My God (It Still Means A Lot To Me) (Camille's "change of heart" pick)
*Tegan and Sara - The Cure
Wild Beasts - We've Still Got The Taste Dancing On Our Tongues
*The Arcade Fire - Wake Up
*Yukon Blonde - Wind Blows
*The Arcade Fire - Wake Up
*Dan Mangan - The Indie Queens are Waiting
*Dragonette - Gone Too Far
*The Danks - What We're Doing
*Mother Mother - Hayloft
Iron and Wine - The Trapeze Swinger
The xx - Crystalised
Laura Veirs - July Flame
*The Got To Get Got - Getting Dirty in the After Life
Stephanie's Id - Cold Cold