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

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

December 28, 2009 Playlist

Since Janelle was stranded elsewhere in Canada, it was up to me to anchor this week's show.  Luckily my cousin Robin flew in from Vancouver in time to cohost.  We played a sampling of tunes we enjoyed in 2009.  Thank you, Robin, for braving the early morning wake-up and contributing some fine music to this week's show!

*Great Lake Swimmers - Everything is Moving So Fast
*Timber Timbre - Demon Host
*Cuff the Duke - Follow Me
*Amy Millan - I Will Follow You Into The Dark
*Deep Dark Woods - All The Money I Had Is Gone
Grizzly Bear - About Face
St. Vincent - Laughing With a Mouth of Blood
*Gentleman Reg - How We Exit
*Hidden Cameras - Walk On
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - When We Swam
*Apostle of Hustle - Eazy Speaks
Phoenix - 1901
*Metric - Gold Gun Girls
*King Kahn and BBQ Show - Crystal Ball
Yacht - I'm In Love With a Ripper
*Tonstartssbandht - Black Country
*Islands - No You Don't
*Lightning Dust - Antonia Jane
Monsters of Folk - Map of the World
*Bruce Peninsula - Steamroller
Wild Beasts - We've Still Got the Taste Dancing on our Tongues
Yeasayer - Tightrope
Bat for Lashes - Pearl's Dream
*Tegan and Sara - Alligator
Dirty Projectors - Remade Horizon
*K-OS - I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman

Playlist December 14 2009

If you enjoy commercials with the bonus feature of Priestess playing in the background (not once, but TWICE!) this was the show for you.  Yes, we are skilled.


*Caledonia - Scott's House
Emiliana Torrini - Me & Armini
*Coeur de Pirate - Printemps
*John K. Sampson - Heart of the Continent
*Amelia Curran - Bye Bye Montreal
*Hannah Georgas - The Beat Stuff
*Lightning Dust - History
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
*Crystal Castles - Untrust Us
Cake - End of the Movie
*Cuff the Duke - Follow Me
*Hawksley Workman - All the Trees are Hers
*Modest Mouse - Bukowski
Monsters of Folk - Map of the World
*Metric - Twilight Galaxy
*K-OS - I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
*Apostle of Hustle - My Sword Hand's Anger
Bright Eyes - Road to Joy
Architecture in Helsinki - Do the Whirlwind
Elbow - Grounds for Divorce
Kasabian - L.S.F. Lost Souls Forever
Beirut - Nantes
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - Fixed It
*Factor - Home Again
*Maybe Smith - You Would Never Survive the Winters in this Province

Playlist November 30, 2009

If Janelle would stop looking up Perez Hilton's blog instead of the weather and I would stop breaking the controls, we'd probably have a more serious show.  But that would just be no fun.  


Band of Horses - Is There a Ghost
Beirut - The Penalty
Cat Power - Shaking Paper
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize
St. Vincent - Actor Out of Work
*Young Galaxy - Destroyer
*Amy Millan - Towers
Frank Turner - You Are My Sunshine
*Lightning Dust - History
*Said the Whale - Out on the Shield
*Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle - Itchy Feet
*The Jing Bang Show - Wired
*The Rural Alberta Advantage - Don't Haunt This Place
*Magneta Lane - Lady Bones
*Islands - No You Don't
*The Parkas - The Gang's All Gone
Those Darlins - Wild One
*Bruce Peninsula - Steamroller
*John Southworth - I Get It Now
*The Mountains and the Trees - Up & Down
*Tegan & Sara - Don't Rush
Devendra Banhart - Can't Help But Smiling
*King Khan & BBQ Show - Crystal Ball
*Dragonette - Gone Too Far
*Olenka and the Autumn Lovers - Flash in the Pan
Why - Close to Me

Playlist November 16

Thanks to our guest host Greg for picking some great tunes this morning, and biking to the station at 5:30 AM!!  This allowed Camille to slack off even more than usual!! - Janelle


*Coeur de Pirate - Comme des Enfants
David Gray - Kathleen
*Fine Frenzy - What I Wouldn't Do
*Attack in Black - Come What May
Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You
*Black Mountain - Drugonaut
The Raveonettes - Last Dance
*The Trews - Ishmael & Maggie
*Bedouin Soundclash - Walls Fall Down
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Walt Whitman's Niece
Criteria - Prevent the World
*New Pornographers - Use It
*No Means No - Stocktaking
*Pink Mountaintops - Vampire
Devendra Banhart - Can't Help But Smiling
Brand New - Bed
Frank Turner - The Road
*The Constantines - Nighttime/Anytime (It's Alright)
*Tegan & Sara - Don't Rush
*Slow Down Molasses - Leaves and Lay
*Ohbijou - Intro to Season
Lazarus Clamp - New Hat
Gaslight Anthem - Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?
Thrice - In Exile
*Ladyhawk - STHD
Spoon - I Turn My Camera On
Built to Spill - The Plan
*City & Colour - Happiness by the Kilowatt

Playlist November 2

Once again, Tia joined me for my early morning hosting duties as Janelle was away.  Thank you, Tia, for keeping me company and helping pick tunes!
Camille

Fleet Foxes - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
*Wintersleep - Weighty Ghost
Emiliana Torrini - Big Jumps
*Cracker Cats - Storm Clouds
*The Pinch - By The Way
*Strike Force - Autumn
*Amelia Curran - Hands on a Grain
Blitzen Trapper - Preacher Sister's Boy
*Bahamas - Till the Morning
*Wooden Sky - Oh My God (It Still Means A Lot To Me)
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Michael Franti and Spearhead - Hey World (Don't Give Up)
Sinead O'Connor - Door Peep
Orenda Fink - High Ground
*Chic Gamine - Butterfly Woman
*Deep Dark Woods - All the Money I Had Is Gone
*Zeus - I Know
Neko Case - Hold On Hold On
*Hayden - Don't Get Down
Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer
Ween - Happy Coloured Marbles
*Metric - IOU
*A Fine Frenzy - What I Wouldn't Do
*Final Fantasy - This Lamb Sells Condos
*Elephant Stone - How Long
*Lightning Dust - Antonia Jane
*Tegan and Sara - Alligator
Blue King Brown - Water