How It Went Down: June 8th and June 15th

Busy few weeks at UMFM with the 2012 TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival kicking off last Thursday and a slew of other acts rolling through town (except for Russian Circles; thanks to you Emerson border-crossing). Several live sessions have been recorded with acts playing the opening weekend kickoff at Old Market Square, and just yesterday Toronto act the Heavyweights Brass Band stopped by for a blazing session that will get its debut on Sounds of Science tomorrow between 3:30-5:30pm. TGIFR has been particularly chock-full of guests as a result of this and so the past two episodes have featured interviews aplenty and some fantastic new music.

Here's the scoop:

June 8, 2012

Set One: 6:30 PM - 7 PM

Abdominal - "Pedal Pusher" [Do Right!]
Interview with MEC BikeFest organizers
Brasstronaut - "Falklands" [Unfamiliar Records]
Norrin Radd - "Will To Survive" [Lotus Audio]
School of Seven Bells - "The Night" [Ghostly/Vagrant]
Wintersleep - "Resuscitate" [EMI]

Set Two: 7 PM - 7:30 PM

Interview with Jeff Rubin about his latest book, The End of Growth


Set Three: 7:30 PM - 8 PM

Moonwood - "Invite Me To Stare Into The Darkness" [Arachnadiscs]
White Lung - "St. Dad" [Independent]
Interview with Flo
Flo - "Tell Me Why" [Independent]
Sonnymoon - "Flit, Fleet, Float" [Plug Research]

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June 15, 2012

Set One: 6:30 PM - 7 PM

Poolside - "Slow Down" [Echo Park]
Bry Webb - "Rivers Of Gold" [Idee Fixe]
Elizabeth Shepherd - "Lonely House" [Pinwheel Music]
Cassandra Wilson - "Almost Twelve" [E One]
Interview with Anna MacDonald, director of the documentary Fight For Freedom
Michael Rault - "The Things You Said" [Pirates Blend]

Set Two: 7 PM - 7:30 PM

Interview with Jon McKiel
Jon McKiel - "Iceman" [Youth Club Records]
Conveyor - "Short Hair" [Paper Garden Records]
Interview with Goose Hut
Goose Hut - "Bad Time" [Independent]

Set Three: 7:30 PM - 8 PM

Way Yes - "Singing" [Lefse Records]
Interview with Parlovr
Parlovr - "4000" [Dine Alone Records]
Teen Daze - "Late" [Lefse Records]
Conn-Shawnery - "Ain't No Way (feat. Wayne Tennant & blurum13)" [Independent]

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This week, I'll be talking to Paul Keery, educator and author of a graphic novel history of Canada's role in World War II called Canada At War (with illustrations by Michael Wyatt). It's a fantastic book that brings a piece of the country's past into the present.

How It Went Down - October 22 2010

No interview with Andrew Collier about the American Association move for the Goldeyes, but hopefully in the near future we can catch up with him about what that entails. We did talk to Jen McDonald, one of the Red River College Cre.Comm. students behind MyTweet5 and the interview with Jeff Rubin about his scarily interesting book was equally interesting.

Here's what was played:

Set One: 6:30 - 7 PM

Dirty Projectors - I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine [Unreleased]
The Winks - Bookface [Oh!]
Interview with Jen McDonald
Amanita Bloom - Something You Said [Machette Records]
Open Fields - Son, You Better Wake Up [Independent]
The Mohawk Lodge - Let Go [White Whale Records]

Set Two: 7 - 7:30 PM

Women - Heat Distraction [Flemish Eye]
Avey Tare - Ghost Of Books [Paw Tracks]
Interview with Jeff Rubin

Set Three: 7:30 - 8 PM

Violent Kin - Wolf [Independent]
The Hundred In The Hands - Young Aren't Young [Warp]
Diamond Rings - You & Me [Secret City Records]
Cloud Nothings - Can't Stay Awake [Carpark]
Construction & Destruction - Nightshade [The Quarantine]
Ebo Taylor - Mizin [Strut]
El Guincho - Bombay [Young Turks]

Confirmed for next week is Amanada Yusishen talking about TELL - Tales From The 204, and my interview with John Ralston Saul has been recorded and is ready for air (sadly, Joseph Boyden couldn't join us) and I'm looking at also having Violent Kin on the phone prior to their show in Winnipeg on November 3rd.