2020 Polaris Music Prize Long List
Here is the best of 2019 Canadian albums. This list is a mix of garage rock, pop, alternative, instrumental, folk, hip-hop and two Ottawa acts. #23 will see this album get re-release worldwide in 2020. #24 was an album from an artist who I haven’t heard in awhile and surprisingly dropped an beautiful and haunting …
Have a listen to No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM for October 7, 2019. Hour One: Hour Two: PLAYLIST: Vanden Dool – Astronaut Teenage Fiction – Victoria Park Grün Wasser – Tried Spitting at the Sun Frank Turner – Sister Rosetta Kero Kero Bonito – Battle Lines Angel Olsen – Summer Laura Reznek – You …
Have a listen to No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM for September 23, 2019. Don’t forget to check out Necking, Woolworm and Stoby this Friday at Cinqhole. Also the long awaited LP release for Warp Lines (#1 this week on the Top 5) at House of Targ this Saturday! Hour One: Hour Two: Playlist: Haviah …
Forgot to post the Top 10 EPs that came out in 2018! Here it is! 1. Sudan Archive – Sink Sink by Sudan Archives 2. Rich Aucoin – Hold – EP 3. Nêhiyawak – starlight – EP 4. MorMor – Heaven’s Only Wishful – EP 5. Jaunt – Cue Cue by Jaunt 6. Boygenius – …
Have a listen to the October 15, 2018 edition of No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM. Lots of show picks for this weekend in Ottawa. HOUR ONE: HOUR TWO: Playlist: Rich Aucoin – The Middle Hey Ocean! – The Hurt of Happiness / Vagabond feat. Shad Shad – The Stone Throwers (Gone in a Blink) …
Have a listen to the September 10, 2018 edition of No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM. Played my picks for CityFolk Festival which is happening on September 12 – 16. Also my 5 picks on Polaris Music Prize shortlisted albums Hour One: Hour Two: PLAYLIST: David Byrne – I Dance Like This Andy Shauf – …
Have a listen to the July 16, 2018 edition of No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM. Made picks for who to see at Capitol Hill Block Party this weekend in Seattle [July 20 – 22] (Since I am heading there this weekend). HOUR ONE: HOUR TWO: PLAYLIST: Good Shade – Styrofoam The Dant Danners – …
There was a band that I really wanted to see perform at Bar Robo on September 19th. It was the amiskwacîwâskahikan (In the Edmonton area) band nêhiyawak The band had their debut recording on The Line of Best Fit‘s Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada VIII compilation last year. There was no way of missing out this …
MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS on No Filter! On the show I played 17 tracks from The Line of Best Fit‘s Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada 8 (Free to download the compilation). I couldn’t play Doomsquad because it was 30 minutes long! Afterwards, played some Christmas classic tunes! So have a listen to the show! HOUR …