How It Went Down - August 3rd and 10th

Busy times in TGIFR land. So busy that I'm just now catching up on playlists. August 3rd featured an interview by phone with Katie Cooper of Australian band An Horse (who came to town with Cursive and Brand New) where we talked coffee and baseball caps. Former Winnipegger Linda Holeman was back in town to launch her lastest historical novel, The Lost Souls Of Angelkov and we sat down for a lengthy interview, and Bobby Desjarlais of The Bokononists came in for an awesome live session that saw him playing a whole bunch of brand new songs (written within days of his performance!).

Here's what was played:

Set One: 6:30 PM - 7 PM

Lyrical Militant - "Humanity's Tragedy (feat. Flo & Silly Willy)" [Independent]
Aesop Rock - "Fryerstarter" [Def Jux / World's Fair]
Interview with Katie Cooper of An Horse
An Horse - "Leave Me" [Mom + Pop]
Leah Hunter - "Lilac" [Independent]


Set Two: 7 PM - 7:30 PM

Interview with Linda Holeman

Set Three: 7:30 PM - 8 PM

Elk - "Before The Sun" [Indoor Shoes]
Pop Crimes - "City Head" [Independent]
Bobby Desjarlais - "I'm In" [Live at UMFM]
Bobby Desjarlais - "Mile Away" [Live at UMFM]
Bobby Desjarlais - "Failed To Paint A Door" [Live at UMFM]
Bobby Desjarlais - "Simply Not Good Enough" [Live at UMFM]
Bobby Desjarlais - "Pretending" [Live at UMFM]
Ondatropica - "Gaita Tropica" [Soundway]

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Last Friday the focus was on festivals as I spoke to the organizers of the resurrected Rainbow Trout Music Festival and the Lockport Dam Family Festival. RTMF runs this weekend so there's still time to get your tickets but you missed the boat at Lockport if you didn't catch the show when it aired on Friday.

Here's what was played:

Set One: 6:30 PM - 7 PM

Prince Rama - "So Destroyed" [Paw Tracks]
Dum Dum Girls - "Lord Knows" [Sub Pop]
Interview with Ben Jones of Rainbow Trout Music Festival
The Bokononists - "How Come Your Eyes Are So Big?" [Live at UMFM]
Tame Impala - "Apocalypse Dream" [Modular]

Set Two: 7 PM - 7:30 PM

Alexander Tucker - "The Glass Axe" [Thrill Jockey]
David Daniell and Douglas McCombs - "Rialto" [Thrill Jockey]
Balmorhea - "Pyrakantha" [Western Vinyl]
d'eon - "#109" [Arbutus]
Icebreaker with BJ Cole - "Always Returning" [Cantaloupe Music]

Set Three: 7:30 PM - 8 PM

New Hands - "Tulips" [Independent]
The Luyas - "Fifty Fifty" [Paper Bag Records]
Interview with Lockport Dam Family Festival organizers
Sol James - "What You're Gonna Do" [Live at UMFM]
The Wilderness of Manitoba - "Morning Sun" [Killbeat]
Alice Russell - "Heartbreaker (Live)" [Unreleased]

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This coming Friday (August 17th), I'll be talking to the organizers of another summer festival, and celebrating my birthday the next day with some of my favourite new tunes.