Yesterday’s show

Wanted to show Tom Scharpling’s great video for Real Estate’s “Easy,” but couldn’t get it to embed. You can see it here.

• Lower Dens, Brains
• Francis, Traktor
• Real Estate, Easy
• La Sera, Please Be My Third Eye
• Terry Malts, Tumble Down
• Juvenile Hall, Doctor Says
• Yamantaka//Sonic Titan, Queens
• John Maus, Keep Pushing On
• Trust, Candy Walls
• Black Bananas, Rad Times
• Grand Trine, Euthanize Me
• Todd Terje, Raagysh

Podcast here!

The It-Snowed-and-It’s-Cold Episode!

• Silly Kissers, Snowflake
• The Maxines, White Out
• Aislers Set, Hit The Snow
• Nick Krgovich & Rose Melberg, Coldest Night of the Year
• P:ano, The Snow
• Glass Candy & the Shattered Theatre, Cold Party
• The White Stripes, In the Cold, Cold Night
• The Halo Benders, Snowfall
• The Hive Dwellers, Dub the Swan
• Hospitality, Friends of Friends
• Slim Twig, Pastiche
• Quaker Parents, Get In
• Jay Arner, Broken Glass in the Shattered Hall of Mirrors
• Aaron Read, BledHead
• Apollo Ghosts, Why Can’t They All Be Like You?
• Korean Gut, Gin Gold
• Wounded Lion, Black Ops

Podcast here!

The Pre-recorded with Anna Show! So much great new stuff!

Look at me, posting this a full 12 hours before it goes to air. How smug. Pre-recorded with Anna due to a work commitment.

• Johnny Payne, Green & Gold
• July 4th Toilet, Hello Rock ‘n’ Roll Star
• Blouse, Into Black
• Grimes, Genesis
• Sean Nicholas Savage, Chin Chin
• The Magnetic Fields, Andrew In Drag
• Hospitality, Eighth Avenue
• Sleigh Bells, Born to Lose
• Teen Daze, Let’s Groove
• Mac DeMarco, Baby’s Wearin’ Blue Jeans
• Sex Church, Dull Light
• Himalayan Bear, Hard Times
• Tennis, Origins
• Jay-Z, Glory (feat B.I.C.)

Podcast here!

My Complete 2011 Faves

An hour wasn’t big enough for all of the great stuff that came out in 2011. Here are my favourites…

20 favourite releases (in alphabetical order)
• Apollo Ghosts, “Money Has No Heart” 7”
• Babysitter, “TAPE V”
• Bill Callahan, “Apocalypse”
• Black Lips, “Arabia Mountain”
• Crystal Stilts, “In Love With Oblivion”
• Destroyer, “Kaputt”
• Eleanor Friedberger, “Last Summer”
• Friends, “I’m His Girl” 7”
• John Maus, “We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves”
• Kellarissa, “Moon Of Neptune”
• Korean Gut, “Your Misery, Our Benefit”
• No Gold, s/t
• Peace, “My Face”
• Sean Nicholas Savage, “Trippple Midnight Karma”
• Silver Shampoo, “Higher and Higher”
• Slim Twig, Palmist Split 12”
• Sonny and the Sunsets, “Hit After Hit”
• Tennis, “Cape Dory”
• Weed, “With Drug/Eighty” EP
• Yacht, “Shangri-La”

Five favourite shows
• Duffy & the Doubters, To Bad Catholics & Sex Church / Interurban Gallery / January 17th
• Thee Oh Sees, Bare Wires & Chains of Love / The Biltmore / September 5th
• Hunx & his Punx, Sonny & the Sunsets, Shannon & the Clams & The Sandwitches / The Waldorf / June 27th
• Apollo Ghosts, No Band & My Friend Wallis / The Planetarium / June 21st
• Black Lips / The Rickshaw / June 15th

Four favourite movies
• ”Bill Cunningham New York”
• ”Tree of Life”
• ”Midnight In Paris”
• ”Tabloid”

Three favourite baseball players
• Jacoby Ellsbury
• Dustin Pedroia
• Jonathan Papelbon

Two favourite TV shows
• ”The Heart, She Holler”
• ”Portlandia”

Favourite Twitterer
• Dave Shumka @daveshumka

The 2011 faves show!

• John Maus, Quantum Leap
• Babysitter, Gotta Be Me, Gotta Be Free
• Korean Gut, Your Misery, Our Benefit
• Weed, With Drug
• Sean Nicholas Savage, Can’t Get My Mind Off You
• No Gold Weird Week
• Kellarissa, Moon of Neptune
• Apollo Ghosts, Lightweight
• PEACE, The Dark
• Silver Shampoo, Jethro Skull
• Black Lips, Raw Meat
• Slim Twig, Priscilla
• Yacht, I Walked Alone
• Tennis, Pigeon Cape Dory
• Eleanor Friedberger, I Won’t Fall Apart On You Tonight

Thanks again to CJ for the three week fill-in! Podcast here!