Saturday, March 26, 2011

How It Went Down: March 25, 2011

Well my scheduled interview with The City Streets didn't happen (it was supposed to be with the band calling in from the road, so there may have been some cellphone reception issues...), but I did talk to UK electronic artist Adham Fisher (aka AFS) and Daniel Lee of Hooded Fang (who are opening for Rural Alberta Advantage this week). The missed interview did allow me more time to play some great new music though!

Here's what was played:

Set One: 6:30 PM - 7 PM

Sun Wizard - "Too Much On Your Mind" [Light Organ]
Interview with Adham Fisher
AFS - "Mother's Day Pt. 1" [Atomicduster]
AFS - "Mother's Day Pt. 2" [Atomicduster]
WoodShed Havoc - "Take It Easy" [Dollartone Records]

Set Two: 7 PM - 7:30 PM

Wye Oak - "Holy Holy" [Merge]
The Head and the Heart - "Couer d'Alene" [Sub Pop]
Flying Fox & The Hunter Gatherers - "Spring" [Independent]
The Blowholes - "March of the Crabs" [Transistor 66]
PS I Love You - "Breadends" [Paper Bag Records]
The City Streets with Myrol - "This World Was Meant For Us" [Independent]
The Dodos - "Black Night" [Frenchkiss]

Set Three: 7:30 PM - 8 PM

Boy Genius - "Pay For None" [Little Whore Records]
Boy Genius - "Enter the Manchild" [Little Whore Records]
Bibio - "Anything New" [Domino]
Timber Timbre - "Swamp Magic" [Arts & Crafts]
Hooded Fang - "Highway Steam" [Independent]

Next week on the show I've got an interview with Braids, and I'll be joined in the studio by The Happy Unfortunate and WoodShed Havoc.

Friday, March 25, 2011

How It Went Down: March 18, 2011

Totally forgot to recap last week's episode, but I had a busy night. I was joined by the folks behind I'm Trying Records, the organizers of Cluster Festival and an interview with jazz trumpeter Brownman Ali (Guru's Jazzmatazz).

Here's what was played:

Set One: 6:30 PM - 7 PM

Dennis Coffey - "All Your Goodies Are Gone" feat. Mayer Hawthorne [Strut]
Zoppa - "Lester" [I'm Trying Records]
The Hoots - "Smoke Rings" [I'm Trying Records]
Little House - "It Wasn't A Binge (She Said, She Said) [I'm Trying Records]

Set Two: 7 PM - 7:30 PM

A Waste Odyssey - "Burgundy" [I'm Trying Records]
The Riderless - "Pacific" [Independent]
Jonny Greenwood - "Iiko Dakare Damatette" [Nonesuch]

Set Three: 7:30 PM - 8 PM

Brownman Electryc Trio - "Yesteryear" [Browntasaurus Records]
Acid House Kings - "Would You Say Stop?" [Labrador]
Elizabeth Shepherd - "Seven Bucks" [Do Right!]

Friday, March 11, 2011

How It Went Down: March 11, 2011

Joined in the studio by local songstress Katie Murphy who discusses her latest record, Exes and Uh Ohs, and a recorded interview with Roberto Gyemant (Beto) - one of the three people responsible for the latest compilation from Soundway Records, Cartagena!

Here's what was played:

Set One: 6:30 PM - 7 PM

Warm Ghost - "Claws Overhead" [Partisan Records]
Ensemble - "Things I Forget" [FatCat Records]
Katie Murphy - "Oooo! (She's Got A Lot Going On!)" [Independent]
Katie Murphy - "I Can't Wait Much More" [Live on TGIFR]

Set Two: 7 PM - 7:30 PM

Katie Murphy - "Feels So Good" [Independent]
Young The Giant - "Apartment" [Roadrunner Records]
Woodland Telegraph - "Little Seed Rising (for Percy Schmeiser)" [Northern Folklore]
Slow Down, Molasses - "Light The Coast" [Little Pictures Recording Concern]

Set Three: 7:30 PM - 8 PM

Lucho Bermudez y su Orquesta - "Fiesta De Negritos" [Soundway]
Those Dancing Days - "Help Me Close My Eyes" [Wichita]
The Baseball Project - "Ichiro Goes To The Moon" [Yep Roc]
Junior Boys - "EP" [Domino]

Next week I'll be joined by the folks behind I'm Trying Records, a new label here in Winnipeg that is preparing for an upcoming showcase. They'll give us a preview of their roster and talk about what it means to be a label these days.

Friday, March 4, 2011

How It Went Down - March 4, 2010

Sadly, my scheduled interview with Beto, one of the three minds behind Soundway Records new comp, Cartagena! (chronicling some really sweet Columbian music circa 1962-72) didn't happen as scheduled. We're hoping to make it happen next week, but for tonight it was all music. Lots and lots.

Here's what was played:

Set One: 6:30 PM - 7 PM

Los Hermanos Latinos - "Baria Cumbia" (Cosas remix) [Unreleased]
Lykke Li - "Youth Knows No Pain" [
The Carps - "New York Lights" [Urbnet]
Austra - "Beat and the Pulse (Steffi Bass Break Dub)" [Domino]
Two Bicycles - "Alone At Sea" [Bandcamp]
Blackbird Blackbird - "Hawaii (Bear Mountain remix)" [Unreleased]

Set Two: 7 PM - 7:30 PM

Junior Boys and Young Rival - "The Ocean" [Unreleased]
Watermelon Slim and the Workers - "You're The One I Need" [Northern Blues]
A Hawk and a Hacksaw - "Espanola Kolo" [LM Dupli-Cation]
Rembetika Hipsters - "Oi Glaroi (The Seagulls)" [Socrates Pizza Recordings]
Shugo Tokumaru - "Tracking Elevator" [Polyvinyl]
Papercuts - "I'll See You Later I Guess" [Sub Pop]
The Luyas - "Tiny Head" [Idee Fixe/Dead Oceans]

Set Three: 7:30 PM - 8 PM

Christine Fellows - "Traversee" [Six Shooter Records]
Sister Crayon - Still The Same Person" [Manimal]
Miles Jones - "Never Wrong (remix)" [Urbnet]
Acrylics - "Sparrow Song (feat. Caroline Polachek)" [Terrible Records]
Betty Burke - "Brink of Extinction" [Blocks Recording Co.]
The Liptonians - "You Know I Did" [Head In The Sand]
D-Sisive - "No More Words" [Urbnet]
Los Calenas Son Como Las Flores - "Las Calenas (Los Hermanos Latinos remix)" [Unreleased]