How It Went Down: Friday, October 23, 2009

Tonight's show was chock-a-block with talk. Interviews with Simone Schmidt from the band $100 who are playing the Pyramid on October 29th. Simone spoke from Washington DC and shared the backstory behind Forest Of Tears, the band's debut record, produced by Rick White!
The second segment was all Ultra Mega - a local group that first came to my attention last summer with a video for their version of the Wu-Tang Clan's "Shimmy Shimmy Ya." They recorded three songs live here at the station and debuted three more demo tracks from a forth-coming album.
Finally I spoke to Dan Mangan, who recently won the XM Verge Award for his record Nice, Nice, Very Nice. He'll be playing October 28th at the LO Pub with Katie Murphy and performing an in-store earlier that day at Into The Music.

Here's what I played:

Set One: 6:30 - 7 PM

Mulatu Astatke w/ Ethiopian Quintet - I Faram Gami I Faram [Strut]
Zrada - While I'm Alive [Independent]
Little Girls - Youth Tunes [Paper Bag Records]
Interview with $100
$100 - No Great Leap [Blue Fog Records]

Set Two: 7 - 7:30 PM

Bon Iver & St. Vincent - Roslyn (fr. The Twilight Saga: New Moon OST) [Atlantic]
Ultra Mega - Shimmy Shimmy Ya [Live at UMFM]
Ultra Mega - Native Alicia [Live at UMFM]
Ultra Mega - Big Poppa [Live at UMFM]
Interview with Ultra Mega

Set Three: 7:30 - 8 PM

Ultra Mega - The Rise And The Fall [Demo]
Ultra Mega - Rubble Of A Love [Demo]
Ultra Mega - Call Her [Demo]
Interview with Dan Mangan
Dan Mangan - Tina's Glorious Comeback [File Under: Music]

I'm In Fargo, But I'm On The Air.

Yeah, I'm out of town this weekend, but have pre-recorded a show that includes a nice chat with local artist Ingrid Gatin, whose CD release for Broken Tambourine is Friday, October 16th at the Gas Station Theatre. Her former band, the Magnificent 7's will be one of the openers. Speaking of openers, I'm replaying my interview with Afie Jurvanen who performs under the name Bahamas and will be opening for Amy Millan at the West End on Sunday the 18th.

Here's what I played:

Set One: 6:30 - 7 PM

Oromocto Diamond - Black Feelings [P572]
Construction & Destruction - Nine Houses [The Quarantine]
Built To Spill - Nowhere Lullaby [Reprise]
Ingrid Gatin Interview
Ingrid Gatin - Tin Heart [Independent]
Little Girls - Tambourine [Paper Bag Records]

Set Two: 7 - 7:30 PM

Karen O and the Kids - All Is Love (fr. Where The Wild Things Are OST) [DGC / Interscope]
Dead Man's Bones - My Body's A Zombie For You [Anti-]
James Husband - While The Boys Went Down Under [Polyvinyl]
Language-Arts - Cough Drop [Independent]
The Tony Wilson Sextet - Lachrymae Movement #1 [Drip Audio]
The Flaming Lips - Gemini Syringes [Warner]
Smoky Tiger & The Seven Doors - Tree Planter's Waltz [Lit Fuse Records]

Set Three: 7:30 - 8 PM

We Are Wolves - Reaching For The Sky [Dare To Care Records]
Bahamas Interview
Bahamas - Sunshine Blues [Nevado Records]
Black Feelings - Aum Shinrikyo [Alien 8]

Ontario, Saskatchewan, Ontario

Tonight I'm joined by Regina band Library Voices who'll perform an acoustic number or two and answer several more questions...
I've also got interviews with Jennifer Castle (aka Castlemusic) who's in town to open for Chad Vangaalen, and Dan Kurtz of Toronto/UK act Dragonette. He's married to his bandmate and former solo singer Martina Sorbara and they'll be in town on the holiday Monday to play the West End with Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees.

Here's what I played tonight:

Set One: 6:30 - 7 PM

Parlour Steps - As The World Turned Out [Nine Mile Records]
The Mary Onettes - Dare [Labrador]
Library Voices - Kundera On The Dancefloor [Live at UMFM]
Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - Oh No! [Kill Rock Stars]

Set Two: 7 - 7:30 PM

Castlemusic - For My Friends [Blue Fog]
Castlemusic - Your Hand Is A Wing [Blue Fog]
Holopaw - Oh, Glory [Bakery Outlet Records]
Satomi Saeki - Matsuri No Taiko [Oliver Sudden]

Set Three: 7:30 - 8 PM

Crooked Brothers - Sweet Lemons [Transistor 66]
The Avett Brothers - January Wedding [American]
Devil Eyes - Rip My Heart Out [Signed By Force]
Rain Machine - New Last Name [Anti-]
Dragonette - Fixin To Thrill [Universal]

Bermuda, Bahamas, come on pretty mama...

Tonight's show featured an interview with Afie Jurvanen from Bahamas (or maybe I should sake "aka Bahamas" rather than "from Bahamas" as it's his project plus guests). Anyway, he's on the road to Ottawa after playing Pop Montreal the other night and he'll be rolling into Winnipeg on October 18th to open for Amy Millan at the West End Cultural Centre. Since his new album on Nevado is called Pink Strat, we talked gear for a bit.

I also interviewed Mat Brooke from Seattle's Grand Archives. That band is headed to Winnipeg via the Yellowhead, having just played Edmonton yesterday and Saskatoon tonight. They're playing a killer triple bill alongside the Most Serene Republic and locals Royal Canoe at the Pyramid tomorrow night. We talked about the ghost stories behind their new album Keep In Mind Frankenstein and about the origins of "Louis Riel" off their self-titled debut.

Here's what I played tonight:

Set One: 6:30 - 7 PM

A Fine Frenzy - What I Wouldn't Do [Virgin/EMI]
Minto - Tonight I Lay My Head [Independent]
Whale Tooth - Six Billion [Independent]
Said The Whale - Out On The Shield [Hidden Pony]
Zrada - Give Me Liquor [Independent]
The Lytics - Stay Humble [Pipe and Hat]
Ghostface Killah - Guest House (feat. Fabolous) [Def Jam]

Set Two: 7 - 7:30 PM

vitaminsforyou - He Closed His Eyes So He Could Dance With You [Sfeericle]
Junior Boys - Bits & Pieces (fr. Everybody Dance Now v.4) [93.3 CFMU]
Bahamas Interview
Bahamas - Sunshine Blues [Nevado Records]

Set Three: 7:30 - 8 PM

Russian Circles - Melee [Suicide Squeeze]
Grand Archives Interview
Grand Archives - Willoughby [Sub Pop]
Zrada - While I'm Still Alive [Independent]
Quiet Nights Orchestra - Chapter One [Do Right!]