Monday, December 27, 2010

Playlist December 27 2010

Doing an early morning radio show during the holidays is a double edged sword.  Is anyone actually listening on a Monday morning when you deservedly should be sleeping in?  On the plus side, we got to go for breakfast afterwards instead of rushing off to work, so this was officially our breakfast show.  We only played one breakfast-themed song, but we sure talked about bacon and eggs more than usual while the songs were playing.  This wasn't a best of 2010 list - we'll leave that to the people at Pitchfork and Exclaim.  However, we managed to fit in a lot of stuff released in the last year because we liked it, and we hope you do too.  See you in 2011!

Angus and Julia Stone - The Devil's Tears
*Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
*Olenka and the Autumn Lovers - Motel Blues
*Tim Gilbertson - Sinners
Solomon Burke - The Other Side of the Coin
Carl Broemel - Heaven Knows
Michael Franti and Spearhead - The Sound of Sunshine
*Rebekah Higgs - Little Voice
*Stars - Changes
*Hawskley Workman - The Ground We Stand On
Bon Iver - For Emma
*Siskiyou - Everything I Have
*The Acorn - I Made The Law
Beach House - Zebra
*Black Mountain - The Way To Gone
Band of Horses - Evening Kitchen
*Hooded Fang - Promise Land
*Broken Social Scene - Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl
*Metric - Combat Baby
Sufjan Stevens - I Walked
The Tallest Man on Earth - Love is All
The National - Runaway
*Jeremy Fisher - Umbrella
*Lightning Dust - History
*Old Man Luedecke - Big Group Breakfast

Monday, December 13, 2010

Playlist December 13 2010

*Patrick Watson and the Cinematic Orchestra - To Build a Home
Emiliana Torrini - Hold Heart
Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone With You
*The Mountains and the Trees - Goodbye Little Town
*Dead Child Star - No One is Born to Be Lonely
*Maylee Todd - A Lullaby for My Ficticious Children
*Hannah Georgas - Your Ghost
*Wilderness of Manitoba - Hardship Acres
*Miss Emily Brown - Sum of All Parts
*Brasstronaut - Slow Knots
*Rebekah Higgs - Little Voice
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Hysteric (Acoustic)
*Maybe Smith - You Would Never Survive the Winters in this Province
*Small Sins feat. K-OS - Deja Vu
*Chilly Gonzales - Never Stop
*Boxer the Horse - Mary Meets the Pilot
*Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew - Safety Bricks
Black Keys - I'm Not the One
Carl Broemel - Enough
*Deep Dark Woods - All the Money I Had is Gone
*Jeremy Fisher - All We Want is Love
Cave Singers - Swim Club
*Black Mountain - Buried by the Blues
Sean Flinn and The Royal We - Patient Heart

Monday, November 29, 2010

Playlist November 29, 2010

El Perro del Mar - Change of Heart
Fink - Nothing Is Ever Finished
Zero 7 - Futures
*Frazey Ford - Firecracker
Fistful of Mercy - Father's Son
*Tanya Davis - Sad Secret
*Hooded Fang - Laughing
Foals - This Orient
Clinic - I'm Aware
*Chic Gamine - Comme un Gateau
Belle and Sebastien - Write About Love
*Olenka and the Autumn Lovers - Motel Blues
*Mother Mother - Try to Change
*Patrick Watson - Big Bird in a Small Change
Elliott Smith - Waltz #2
*Dan Mangan - Basket
The Tallest Man on Earth - Love is All
*Diamond Rings - Something Else
*Boxer the Horse - Mary Meets the Pilot
*Black Mountain - The Hair Song
Sufjan Stevens - I Walked
Regina Spektor - No Surprises (Radiohead cover)
*High Dials - I'm Over You (I Hope It's True)
Warpaint - Baby
*Arcade Fire - We Used to Wait

Monday, November 15, 2010

Playlist November 15 2010

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Monday, November 1, 2010

Playlist November 1, 2010

Today's show was aided by the fact that we were both fully awake.  The first of November brought with it sunshine and lots of good tunes.  We're both pretty excited about Maximum Balloon's debut album (spearheaded by guitarist Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio) and the new supergroup Fistful of Mercy featuring Joseph Arthur, Dhani Harrison, and Ben Harper.  Be sure to check out a great night of music in Saskatoon on November 20, starting with Dan Mangan at the Broadway, and concluding with Small Sins at Amigos.  Happy November!

Devendra Banhart - Now That I Know
Eddie Vedder - Society
*Stars - Wasted Daylight
*Bedouin Soundclash feat. Coeur de Pirate - Brutal Hearts
*The Wilderness of Manitoba - Evening
*Serena Ryder - I Guess It Doesn't Matter Anymore
*Bravestation - White Wolves
*Amelia Curran - You Won't Find Me
*The Weatherthans - One Great City
*Hawskley Workman - When These Mountains Were
*Land of Talk - Swift Coin
Warpaint - Undertow
*Suuns - PVC
Maximum Balloon - Absence of Light
The Tallest Man on Earth - The Drying of the Lawn
The National - Start a War
*The Arcade Fire - We Used to Wait
The Weepies - Be My Thrill
*The Telepathic Butterflies - Between the Lines
Elliott Smith - Waltz #2
*Small Sins feat. K-OS - Deja-Vu
*Rachelle Van Zanten - Got to Let Go
*Danny Michel - Maybe You Can Find it In Your Heart
Fistful of Mercy - Father's Son
Angus and Julia Stone - And the Boys
White Hinterland - Icarus

Monday, October 18, 2010

Playlist October 18 2010

*Wilderness of Manitoba - Sea Song
Bon Iver - Re: Stacks
Mavis Staples - Losing You
The National - Terrible Love
*Siskiyou - Everything I Have
*City and Colour - Against the Grain
*Bedouin Sounclash feat. Couer de Pirate - Brutal Hearts
*Jill Barber - Hard Line
Devendra Banhart - Baby
Elliott Smith - All Cleaned Out
Horse Feathers - Belly of June
Ray Lamontagne - Devil's In the Jukebox
*The Acorn - On the Line
*Chilly Gonzales - Never Stop
Tallest Man on Earth - Honey Won't You Let Me In
Sean Flinn and the Royal We - Patient Heart
*Chic Gamine - Butterfly Woman
*The Mountains and the Trees - Goodbye Little Town
*Diamond Rings - Something Else
*Wintersleep - Weighty Ghost
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
*Great Lake Swimmers - Your Rocky Spine
Maximum Balloon feat. Tunde Adebimpe - Absence of Light
*Siskiyou - Never Ever Ever Ever Again
*Broken Social Scene - Sweetest Kill
Deerhunter - Strange Lights

Monday, October 4, 2010

Playlist October 4 2010

So many great concerts since our last show - including Arcade Fire and Blitzen Trapper!!  This week looks just as promising with Broken Social scene popping by Saskatoon on Thursday night.  Just a few more things that make Saskatoon such a great place to live in.  In honour of our extraodinary fall weather, here are some songs to walk through the leaves to!  Also, thanks to Kim, Rachel, Charlene, Derrick, Chad, and everyone else who made FM-Phasis pledges since our last show.  We appreciate your support!

Xavier Rudd - Choices
TV on the Radio - Love Dog
Gregory Alan Isakov - The Stable Song
*The Acorn - On the Line
*Arcade Fire - We Used to Wait
Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
Fiona Apple - I Know
*Jon & Roy - Any Day Now
*Tricot Machine - L'ours
*Pinecones - Sage
*Final Fantasy - Scandal at the Parkade
*Yukon Blonde - Wind Blows
*Mother Mother - Wrecking Ball
*Deep Dark Woods - Charlie's (Is Coming Down)
Black Keys - I'm Not the One
*Black Mountain - The Hair Song
*K-OS feat. Sebastian Grainger - Blackwater
Modest Mouse - Dashboard
*Islands - No You Don't
*Junior Boys - In The Morning
*Metric - Twilight Galaxy
Sufjan Stevens - Futile Devices
Blitzen Trapper - Evening Star
*Arcade Fire - City With No Children
*K-Naan - Take a Minute

Monday, September 20, 2010

Playlist September 20 2010

Thanks to Erin, Dave, and Tara for phoning in to pledge some cold hard cash to our show.  Our goal is to raise $480 this year, so we still have a ways to go.  If you are interested in donating, check out the post below this one for details on some of the great prizes that are available, as well as instructions on how to pledge.  We appreciate your support - thanks for your help making this great community radio station possible in Saskatoon! 

Emiliana Torrini - Birds
Band of Horses - Neighbour
Beirut - Un Dernier Verre (Pour la Route)
*Ohbijou - Thunderlove
*Land of Talk - Swift Coin
*Patrick Watson - Sit Down Beside Me
The Black Angels - Haunting at 1300 McKinley
*Feist - I Feel It All
*The Arkells - Pullin' Punches
*Lyzanne Foth - Secrets (Local)
*The Wooden Sky - Oslo
*Arcade Fire - Suburban Warfare
Blitzen Trapper - Sleepytime in the Western World (Daytrotter Session)
Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant (Daytrotter Session)
Jeff Buckley - Vancouver
*Black Mountain - The Hair Song
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Soft Shock
*Tokyo Police Club - Wait Up (Boots of Danger)
Mumford and Sons - Winter Winds
*Amy Millan - Skinny Boy
*Broken Social Scene - Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl
*Buck 65 feat. Jenn Grant - Paper Airplane
The Tallest Man on Earth - The Gardener
Avi Buffalo - Truth Sets In
*Dan Mangan - Tina's Glorious Comeback

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Support community radio by making a pledge to CFCR's FM-Phasis 2010!

Hello everyone!! We are depending on you, our fabulous listeners, to make pledges to this year's FM-Phasis campaign in the name of our show (Monday Green Eggs and Ham 6-8 Edition with Camille and Janelle). Below you will find some background information on FM-Phasis, a list of prizes you will be eligible for, and instructions on how to make your pledge.

What is FM-Phasis and why should you make a pledge?
FM-Phasis is the Community Radio Society of Saskatoon's annual two-week on-air fundraising campaign. This year it commences Saturday September 18th and runs until Friday Octoberst. We (Camille and Janelle) will be hosting one show during this time (Monday September 20th).  Our show's goal is to raise at least $4 per minute of on-air time during FM-Phasis, which totals $480! There is no donation too big or small - every donation is appreciated!

FM-Phasis is essential to CFCR's existence, as it accounts for approximately a quarter of CFCR's annual operating budget, raising approximately $50,000 per year. The funds raised during past FM-Phasis campaigns have been directed toward continued improvements and upgrades for the station, including: moving to a new and improved location, new studio equipment, production studio renovations, a 1480-watt transmitter, and webcasting.

This year's campaign theme is "Community Radio - Living Stereo," and the goal is $60,000. If you love music and appreciate the work of the volunteer hosts at CFCR (Voted Saskatoon’s Best Radio Station by Readers of Planet S EVERY YEAR the survey has been done), please support us by donating to this campaign! All donations are sincerely appreciated!!

Prizes
  • If you donate $10 or more you receive a limited edition Community Radio "Living Stereo" magnet.
  • If you donate $25 or more, you are entered into Grand Prize Draw #1 and can choose a CD or a gift certificate from CFCR's prize list.
  • If you donate $75 or more, you are entered into Grand Prize Draw #1 and Grand Prize Draw #2. You also receive a limited edition CFCR FM-Phasis T-Shirt and you get to choose more prizes from CFCR's fabulous prize lists.
  • If you donate $150 or more, you are entered into all three Grand Prize Draws. You will receive a limited edition Community Radio Canvas Bag, a T-Shirt, and more CDs and gift certificates.
  • If you donate $250 or more, you will be entered into all four Grand Prize Draws, in addition to all of the items in the previous level.
Grand Prizes (Drawn at the end of October)
  • Grand Prize #1 ($25 Donation Level) is a clothing package from Doug's Spoke and Sport valued at $800.
  • Grand Prize #2 ($75 Donation Level) is an American Fender Highway One Stratocaster from St. John's music valued at $1050.
  • Grand Prize #3 ($150 Donation Level) is a Gourmet Dining for a Year from Planet S Magazine valued at $1500-$2000.
  • Grand Prize #4 ($250 Donation Level) is a piece of original artwork by local artist Hugo Alvarado.
Early Bird Prizes
(pledges of $25 or more must be paid by Monday, October 4th at 5:00 PM to be enetered into Early Bird Draws.  The Early Bird Draws will be made on Wednesday, October 6th during the Afternoon Buzz.)
  • Early Bird Prize #1 Original artwork by local artist Paul Pybus
  • Early Bird Prize #2 A Swiss Army Luggage Set from the Awl Shoppe valued at $880. 

How to Make a Pledge
If you want to make a pledge from 6-8 AM, please phone us in the studio at 242-5002. If it is after 8 AM you can phone the CFCR offices at 664-6678. When you phone in, please make sure you dedicate your pledge to our show (Monday Green Eggs and Ham 6-8 edition with Camille and Janelle) because we track pledges per show as part of a friendly competition between hosts! We also have pledge sheets with us when we’re not at the studio, so you can submit pledges directly to us at any time! You can pay through cash, cheque, or credit card. If you have any questions, please feel free to send us an email at mondaygreeneggsandham@gmail.com.

Thanks for supporting community radio!

Monday, September 6, 2010

Playlist for September 6, 2010

My brother-in-law Brad seems to have developed a mysterious migratory pattern that finds him in Saskatoon on a bi-weekly basis, so he co-hosted the show once again.  Janelle was elsewhere in Saskatchewan getting rained on in a tent, so we preferred being in the comfort of the studio (once Franny arrived to turn on the heat, it was even more cosy).  This rainy, grey Labour Day brought out the mellow in us, as evidenced in our playlist.  We highly recommend listening to these songs accompanied by some warm tea and a fire place.

*Martha Wainwright - This Life
*Hannah Georgas - Deep End
*Wilderness of Manitoba - St. Petersberg
*Caribou - Hello Hammerheads
*Deep Dark Woods - Charlie's (Is Coming Down)
*Hey Rosetta! - We Made a Pact
*Rupa and the April Fishes - Trouble
*Reverie Sound Revue- An Anniversary Away
*Arcade Fire - Wasted Hours
Sean Hayes - No No Guantanamo
Avi Buffalo - One Last
*Apollo Ghosts - Coka-Cola Admen
*The Provincial Archive - Guided by Sundogs
*Old Man Luedecke - Mountain Plain
The Tallest Man on Earth - The Blizzard's Never Seen the Desert Sands
*The Acorn - Almanac
*Forest City Lovers- Sea to Land
*The Weakerthans - Sun in an Empty Room
*Zachary Lucky - Small Town Streets
*Blitzen Trapper - Furr
Ray Lamontagne - Beg Steal or Borrow
*Sarah Harmer - New Loneliness
Band of Horses - Evening Kitchen
*Rose Cousins and Rose Polenzani - The Book of Love (Magnetic Fields cover)
Earl Brothers - Won't Be Around Anymore
Punch Brothers- This is the Song (Good Luck)

Monday, August 23, 2010

Playlist August 23 2010

It was nice to actually do a show together after a summer of solo efforts, and Brad shared co-hosting duties once again.  The sadness of summer's departure is softened by the promise of an abundance of fall concerts.  Today's show included just a sampling of some of the acts coming to town in the next few months.  CFCR has brought in a lot of great bands for our annual FM-Phasis fundraiser, so be sure to check out some of these shows at Amigos - Blitzen Trapper, Cuff the Duke, Yukon Blonde, and The Wooden Sky just to name a few.  There is no shortage of good music to make the return to school/university/shorter days/cooler weather more enjoyable!

*Colleen Brown - I Can't Make You Love Me
Calexico with Iron and Wine - He Lays in the Reins
*Jenn Grant - (I've Got) The Two of You
Devendra Banhart - Baby
The Gaslight Anthem - Queen of Lower Chelsea
*The Golden Dogs - Cheap Umbrellas
Ra Ra Riot - Can You Tell
*Daniel Romano - Workin' For the Music Man
*Patrick Watson & The Cinematic Orchestra - To Build a Home
The Magnetic Fields - From a Sinking Boat
*Bend Sinister - Fool to Love
The Black Keys - Everlasting Light
*Tim Gilbertson - Sinners
*City and Colour - Against the Grain
*Two Hours Traffic - Better Sorry Than Safe
*Yukon Blonde - Tapes Forever Be Tapes
Natalie Merchant - Motherland
Pink Mountaintops - Plastic Man, You're the Devil
Josh Ritter - Change of Time
The Avett Brothers - Incomplete and Insecure
Emily Wells - Take it Easy San Francisco
*The Acorn - Restoration
*Buck 65 and Jenn Grant - Who By Fire
The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt
*Arcade Fire - Ready To Start
Blitzen Trapper - The Tailor
Avi Buffalo - One Last

Monday, August 9, 2010

Playlist for August 9, 2010

I love summer shows, when waking up at 5 am and hopping on your bike doesn't seem like such a chore.  My bro-in-law, Brad, willingly joined in this morning routine, and provided excellent company and music choices in Janelle's absence.  This might be our folkiest show to date, as both Brad and I were filled with ideas from this past weekend's Regina Folk Festival.  We also fit in some favourites from past folk festivals.  Brad suggested that an outdoor rooftop studio would be quite suited to days like this; CFCR, is this in the budget?


Alela Diane - White As Diamonds
*Jon and Roy - Another Noon
*The Violet Archers - Sunshine at Night
*Forest City Lovers - Oh the Wolves!
Peter Wolf Crier - Hard as Nails
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home
Fleetwood Mac - Never Going Back Again
*Malajube - Luna
Monsters of Folk - Man Named Truth
Tallest Man on Earth - King of Spain
*The Acorn - Misplaced
*National Frost - The Death of Print
The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You
*Sarah Harmer - One Match
Blitzen Trapper - Below the Hurricane
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
*Sam Roberts - A Stone Would Cry Out
Emily Wells - Symphony 1 in the Barrel of a Gun
*Ohbijou- The Woods
Arrested Development - The World is Changing
*Old Man Luedecke - Carney Fork River
*Ghostkeeper- By Morning
*The Mountains and the Trees - More and More and More
*Justin Rutledge - Be a Man
Broken Bells - Citizen
*Wilderness of Manitoba- Summer Fires
*Cuff the Duke - Follow Me

Monday, July 26, 2010

Playlist July 26 2010

Summer!  There's nothing quite like a 5:30 AM bike ride to the station to wake you up!  Once again it was a solo show as Camille was out of town on a 100km bike tour (or something crazy like that....kind of puts my commuter rides to shame).  Today's playlist is a list of new and old.  It also included a sweet 3-song set dedicated to all \you fabulous people who garden.  I am jealous of your talents and patience.  Keep up the good work and thanks for listening!
-Janelle

*Daniel Romano - Workin' For the Music Man
*Broken Social Scene - Sentimental Xs
*The Wooden Sky - Something Hiding For Us in the Night
*Chad VanGaalen - Willow Tree
Groove Armada - Fall Silent
Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy
*Olenka and the Autumn Lovers - The Decline
*Owl - Airport
*The Mountains and the Trees - More & More & More
*Metric - Help I'm Alive (Daytrotter Session)
The Morning Benders - Promises
*Wolf Parade - Yulia
Band of Horses - Evening Kitchen
*Stars - Changes
*Forest City Lovers - Constellation
Kendal Johansson - Blue Moon (Big Star cover)
Karen Elson - Garden
*Shad - Rose Garden
The Tallest Man on Earth - The Gardener
The White Stripes - Walking With a Ghost (*Tegan and Sara Cover)
*Five Alarm Funk - Pay Day
Bonnie Prince Billy - Lay and Love
Foals - This Orient

Monday, July 5, 2010

Playlist for July 5, 2010

Back to the gool ol' solo show - when I can get away with playing bluegrass and Swedish bands because Janelle's not in town.  Summer is the time for festivals, and Saskatoon just wrapped up a great 10 day Jazz Festival.  Last night's bluegrass performance by Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder was a festival highlight for me, and inspired me to dust off the banjo that's been sitting in my house and give it a go.  Be sure to hit up more of the local(ish) music festivals this summer, including the Regina Folk Festival in early August and the Ness Creek Folk and Bluegrass Festivals.

Thomas Dybdahl - From Grace
*Final Fantasy - This is the Dream of Wine and Regine
Ray Lamontagne - Hold You In My Arms
*Forest City Lovers - Oh the Wolves!
*Wildnerness of Manitoba - Hardship Acres
*Leif Vollebekk - Québec
*Cuff the Duke - You Were Right
*Joel Plaskett Emergency - Fashionable People
*Reid Jamieson - Rail
*Black Mountain - Angels
of Montreal - Coquet Coquette
Tori Amos feat. Damien Rice - The Power of Orange Knickers
*Idlers - Love Moves
Fever Ray - When I Grow Up
*Tegan and Sara - Turnpike Ghost (Steel Train cover)
Blitzen Trapper-  The Tailor
Avi Buffalo - Truth Sets In
*Miss Emily Brown - Sleeping Lions
*K'Naan - Take a Minute
*Hey Rosetta - Red Song
The Black Keys - She's Long Gone
Karen Elson - The Truth is in the Dirt
*Buck 65 feat. Jenn Grant - Who By Fire (Leonard Coehn cover)
*The Acorn - Misplaced
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder - Black Eyed Suzy
*Rose Cousins & Rose Polenzani - Book of Love (Magnetic Fields cover)\
Band of Horses - On My Way Back Home
The Tallest Man On Earth - Pistol Dreams

Monday, June 28, 2010

Playlist for June 28, 2010

It must be summer, because the studio is hot hot hot these mornings!  Thanks for tuning in for today's "renunion show."  It was nice to finally get a chance to be back in the studio together after a couple of months of solo shows.  With so many great new albums out, we had to make some tough cuts near the end.  There are so many great shows coming up - make sure you work them into your summer plans!

Asa - 360°
Pinback - How We Breathe
Junip - Rope and Summit
Peter Wolf Crier - Crutch and Cane
*Hot Hot Heat - Goddess on the Prairie
*Greg Macpherson - First Class
*Mother Mother - Legs Away
*Lightning Dust - History
*Patrick Watson - Big Bird in a Small Cage
Xavier Rudd - Messages
Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
The Strokes - Someday
The Black Keys - Tighten Up
*Wolf Parade - Cave-O-Sapien
*Bend Sinister - Spring Romance
Sean Hayes - Sufidrop
Band of Horses - On My Way Back Home
*Royal Canoe - Saw An Arrow
*Broken Social Scene - Sentimental Xs
*Bedouin Soundclash - 12:59 Lullaby
Karen Elson - The Truth is in the Dirt
*Great Lake Swimmers - Your Rocky Spine
*The Acorn - Restoration
*Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Monday, June 14, 2010

Playlist June 14 2010

Sun!  What a treat to come into the studio this morning, where the sun was beaming in through every window!  Camille and I missed each other yet again as she was out of town so I was set loose in the studio on my own.  Luckily I remembered how to work the equipment after being away for six weeks.  There was so much great music to choose from after being away for so long.  Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed this week's selections!
-Janelle

*The Sadies - Another Year Again
*Born Ruffians - Sole Brother
*Royal Wood- I'm So Glad
*Caribou - Odessa
Bon Iver - Blood Bank
Goldfrappe - Rocket
*Hannah Georgas - Lovers Breakdown
*The Telepathic Butterflies - Between the Lines
Animal Collective - My Girls
*Tegan and Sara - Night Watch
*Wintersleep - New Inheritors
TV On the Radio - Staring at the Sun
*Shad - Rose Garden
*The Zolas - You're Too Cool (request...although I already had it out to play it....freaky!)
*Owl - Airport
The Morning Benders - Excuses
Everlasting Light - The Black Keys
*Black Mountain - Old Fangs
*The Mountains and the Trees - More & More & More
*Broken Social Scene - Sentimental Xs
The National - Terrible Love
*The New Pornographers - My Shepherd
Regina Spektor - No Surprises (Radiohead Cover)
*The Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Monday, May 31, 2010

Playlist for May 31, 2010

The most difficult thing about today's show was ascending and descending the three flights of stairs that lead to the CFCR studio; my post half-marathon thigh muscles protested slightly, but in the name of music I made it!  Picking the music was the easy part; there are lots of recent and upcoming new releases - I recommend starting with the new Blitzen Trapper and The Black Keys albums.  Because Janelle was not in attendance, I got away with sticking in an entirely French set...that's what you get when you desert me in favour of a canoe trip.  I hope everyone enjoys the impending sun promised to us this week!

*Islands - Shining
*Metric - Collect Call
*Hannah Georgas - Thick Skin
*Corey Isener - Riverwoman
*Royal Wood - Do You Recall
*Reid Jamieson - Rail
Keane feat. *K'naan - Looking Back
*The Pinecones - Sage
Sean Hayes - Time
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - The Give
*Tricot Machine - L'ours
*Caracol - L'amour est un tricheur
*Marie-Pierre Arthur - Droit Devant
*The Sadies - Postcards
*Matthew Barber - Comeback Baby
Peter Wolf Crier - Crutch and Cane
mattpond PA - Starting
Morning Benders - Cold War
*K-OS - Born To Run
*Chic Gamine - Days and Days
The Shins - Young Pilgrims
Avi Buffalo - Truth Sets In
*The Acorn - Restoration
The National - Conversation 16
Regina Spektor - No Surprises (Radiohead cover)
Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside
The Black Keys - Tighten Up
Little Dragon - Twice
Blitzen Trapper - Below the Hurricane

Monday, May 17, 2010

May 17 Playlist

Since Janelle was M.I.A. this morning (I suspect she took off floating down the river in a canoe due to extreme beautiful weather conditions), my friend Erin joined me on this sunny Monday morning.  We loosely followed a sunshine and rivers theme, as that's what was on our minds after a weekend spent canoeing on the South Saskatchewan.  Happy early summer!

Band of Horses - Part One
*Yukon Blonde - Trivial Fires
*Daniel Ledwell - I Have Made You A Mixed Tape
*Jon and Roy - Another Noon
*Brasstronaut - Slow Knots
Monsters of Folk - Map of the World
Avi Buffalo - What's In It For?
The Cave Singers - Summer Light
Taken By Trees - Watch the Waves
*Colleen Brown - Man, Woman, & Child
*Olympic Symphonium - Hail Me King
*Sarah Harmer - Captive
*Hollerado - Riverside
*Matthew Barber - Comeback Baby
*Corey Isenor - Riverwoman
*Said the Whale - Camillo
The Morning Benders - All Day Day Light
*Olenka and The Autumn Lovers - Flash in the Pan
*Ben Gunning - Take the Hook
*Wintersleep - Black Camera
*Burn Ruffians - What To Say
The Tings Tings - Be The One
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant - Gone, Gone, Gone
The National - Runaway

Monday, May 3, 2010

Playlist May 3 2010

Since Camille couldn't make it this morning, I was on my own and could finally play all of the songs she won't normally let me.   Okay, okay, maybe that's not entirely true!   I did have fun picking out music this morning - the sun was even shining after this whole week of rain.  A good way to start the week, indeed.  Enjoy!
-Janelle
P.S.  We do take requests too!  If you call the studio line (242-5002) while music is playing we can answer your call.  And don't forget to but your CFCR membership - you can even buy it online now at cfcr.ca.

Yeasayer - Sunrise
*Malajube - Etienne D'aout
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Plants and Animals - The Mama Papa
*The Wooden Sky - Something Hiding For Us In the Night
The Shins - Sleeping Lessons
The Bird and the Bee - Heard It On the Radio
*Jon and Roy - Another Noon
*The Pack A.D. - B.C. Is on Fire
*Library Voices - Insider Trading (On Outsider Art)
*Hollerado - Got To Lose
*Gigi feat. Mirah - Won't Someone Tell Me?
*The New Pornographers - My Rights Versus Yours
*Lightning Dust - I Knew
*The Besnard Lakes - Albatross
She and Him - In the Sun
*Zeus - Marching Through Your Head
*The Fugitives - All This Trouble
Brendan Benson - Cold Hands (Warm Heart)
The XX - Crystalized
M. Ward - Fuel for Fire
The Raveonettes - Last Dance
Beach House - Zebra
The Morning Benders - Promises
School of Seven Bells - Half Asleep
*Fanshaw - Dark Eyes
The White Stripes - White Moon

Monday, April 19, 2010

Playlist April 19 2010

Today's show marks the first time in awhile that we were actually blinded by the sun streaming through the windows; we could complain, but instead we'll enjoy the extra daylight and use the sun-blindness as a scapegoat for any technical glitches we may or may not have had.  Check out our CanCon this week; there are lots of recent releases, including Plants and Animals, New Pornographers, and Broken Social Scene.  And, Arcade Fire, if you could share with us this place you know where "No Cars Go", we'd be interested.

Midlake - Acts of Man
*Plants and Animals - Trials & Tribulations
Iron & Wine - God Made the Automobile
*Think About Life - Johanna
*Boys Who Say No - No I Don't
*Jon McKiel - War on You
*Jon & Roy - Around Noon
*Apollo Ghost - Things  You Go Through
*Hannah Georgas - The Deep End
*Drum and Bell Tower - Ghost in the Machine
*Broken Social Scene - Forced to Love
*New Pornographers - Your Hands (Together)
*Ben Gunning - Take The Hook
*Brasstronaut - Slow Knots
*Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
Spoon - I Saw the Light
*Metric - Waves (B-Side)
*The Pinecones - Sage
*Amelia Curran - You Won't Find Me
*Gigi - Alone at the Pier
Okkervil River - Unless It's Kicks
*You Say Party! We Say Die! - Heart of Gold
*We Are Wolves - Paloma
Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside
The Morning Benders - Promises

Monday, April 5, 2010

Playlist April 5 2010

Since Camille the slacker was unable to host this week, I asked Greg to join me for some early morning music appreciation.  We watched the sun rise from the studio windows and had a chance to relax and listen to some great new music, including previews of new Blitzen Trapper and Band of Horses songs.  I was also excited to see the new (localish) Drum & Bell Tower disc in the music library.  Thanks for listening - especially those of you from out of town that tuned in for the first time!

*Shotgun Jimmie - Bedhead
Fiona Apple - Across the Universe (Beatles Cover)
Taken By Trees - My Boys
Built to Spill - Carry the Zero
The Constantines - Million Star Zero
*Owen Pallett - Keep The Dog Quiet
*Huron - Bloodfire
*Things That We Do - Rose Melberg
*Drum & Bell Tower - The World A'Right
Robert Plant & Alison Kraus - Gone Gone Gone
*We Are The City - You're a Good Man
Frank Turner - To Take You Home
Muse - Uprising
*Wooden Sky - North Dakota
William Elliot Whitmore - Old Devils
*Yukon Blonde - Loyal Man
*Neil Young - Heart of Gold
*Attack in Black - Young Leaves
*New Pornographers - Myriad Harbour
*Metric - Waves (B-Side)
*Maybe Smith - Bloody Nose
*Wolf Parade - This Heart's On Fire
Blitzen Trapper - Heaven & Earth
Waxwing - All of My Prophets
Band of Horses - Compliments
Iron & Wine - No Moon

Monday, March 22, 2010

Playlist March 22 2010

Today's show marks our one year anniversary of being on the air.  That's right, we have been rocking Saskatoon's airwaves every second monday morning for a whole year!  Between the two of us, that's about 150 hours of Monday morning sleep that we have missed out on...all for you!  Anyhow, thanks to all who tune in regularly - we are looking forward to another great year ahead!

*Plants & Animals - Lola Who?
Blitzen Trapper - Lady on the Water
*Leif Vollebekk - A Dozen Mares
*One Hundred Dollars - 14th Floor
*Feist - I Feel It All
*Nineteen Seventy-Seven - Free
*Electroluminescent - Atala and Rene
Devendra Banhart - Goin' Back
Iron and Wine - God Made the Automobile
Eddie Vedder - Rise
The National - Green Gloves
*Stars - Heart
Kings of Convenience - Toxic Girl
Unattainable - Little Joy
*Yukon Blonde - Bride's Song
*Ghostkeeper - Tea & Cree Talking
*Jay Malinowski - How it Comes is How it Goes
Monsters of Folk - Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)
*We Are The City - Feel is a Word
*Aidan Knight - Jasper
School of Seven Bells - Half Asleep
*Fanshaw - Dark Eyes
Drive By Truckers - Space City
Neon Indian - Deadbeat Summer
*Zeus - Fever of the Time
*Besnard Lakes - Albatross
*Hollerado - Riverside

Monday, March 8, 2010

Playlist March 8 2010

Sufjan Stevens - Size too Small
Band of Horses - General Specific
*Timber Timbre - Demon Host
*Clothes Make the Man - Whatever it Takes
*Jenny Whiteley - I Never Knew (That You Loved Me)
*Ghostkeeper - Tea and Cree TAlking
*Matthew Barber - Got That Lonesome Feeling on My Mind
*Fan Death - Cannibal
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes
*Aidan Knight - Jasper
*Jason Collett - Love is  Dirty Word
*Sleepless Nights - Everybody's Dancing
*Zeus - Marching Through Your Head (Janelle's Change of Heart Pick)
Devendra Banhart - Can't Help But Smiling (Camille's Change of Heart Pick)
*Hannah Georgas - The Deep End
Beach House - Zebra
Broken Bells - Vaporize
*Hot Hot Heat- Jingle Jangle
*Lyzanne Foth- The Bird Song (local)
*Yukon Blonde- Wind Blows
*The Besnard Lakes - Albratross
*Woodhands - Dancer
*Islands - No You Don't
White Stripes - You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)
Monsters of Folk - Temazcal
*Leif Vollebekk - You Couldn't Lie To Me In Paris
Magnetic Fields - You Must Be Out Of Your Mind
OK Go - I Want You So Bad I Can't Breathe

Monday, February 22, 2010

Playlist for February 22, 2010

Brrrrr!  This was definitely our coldest show as we couldn't quite figure out how to get the heat running in the on-air studio.  On the upside, people called in to make some great requests!  The highlight of the show was probably us raving about how we were both obsessed with Beach House's Zebra, and then playing the wrong song.  And then the wrong song again....whoops!!  Stay tuned for two weeks from now when we actually fulfill our on-air promise to play it.  In the meantime, here's this weeks playlist...

*A Fine Frenzy - What I Wouldn't Do
Midlake - Acts of Man
Iron and Wine - Swans and the Swimming
*Chris Page - Keep Me On Your Radar
*Tanya Davis - Art
*Woodpigeon - A Moment's Peace for Mary Christa O'Keefe
*Sonic Avenues - Out Of My Head
*Jenn Grant - Where Are You Now
Raveonettes - Breaking Into Cars
Broken Bells - Citizen
Wilco - Hummingbird
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
*Olenka and The Autumn Lovers - Flash in the Pan (Camille's Change of Heart pick)
Vampire Weekend - Horchata (Janelle's Change of Heart pick)
Beach House - Norway
*The Zolas - You're Too Cool
*Yukon Blonde - Rather Be With You
*Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Action
*Hannah Georgas - The Deep End
*Leif Vollebekk - In The Midst of Blue and Green
*The Wooden Sky - Something Hiding for Us In The Night
*Johnny Don't - I Know, I Know
Yeasayer - Madder Red
*Fanshaw - Dark Eyes
The Cave Singers - Leap
Gregory Alan Isakov - The Stable Song

Monday, February 8, 2010

Playlist for February 8, 2010

Today's show was difficult.  CDs were strewn all over the place, and some tough cuts had to be made.  Janelle and I both agree an abundance of music is a great problem to have - so far 2010 has offered up some stellar new releases, and there is no shortage of amazing bands passing through Saskatoon in the next couple of months.  We might just set up camp at Amigos.  Here is our final playlist...stay tuned to hear the songs that didn't make the first draft but will surely make an appearance two weeks from now.

Peter Gabriel  - My Body is A Cage (Arcade Fire Cover)
She and Him - Lotta Love
Illinois - Kid Catastrophe
*Rose Melberg - Things That We Do
*Hawksley Workman - We'll Make Time
*Snowblink - Ambergris
*The Wooden Sky - Oslo
*Brasstronaut - Requiem for a Scene
*Jason Collett - Love is a Dirty Word
*Octoberman - 30 Reasons (Janelle's Change of Heart pick)
La Roux - Tigerlily (Camille's Change of Heart pick)
*Yukon Blonde - Brides Song
*Kris Ellestad - The Secret
*Woodhands - CP24
*The Zolas - The Great Collapse
*We Are The City - There Are Very Tiny Beasts in the Ground
Vampire Weekend - White Sky
*Hollerado - Riverside (our pick for the next Canadian band to look out for)
*Jay Malinowski - There is a Light
Xavier Rudd - Come Let Go
Yeasayer - Strange Reunions
Beach House - Silver Soul
Broken Bells - The High Ground (check this out if you are a Shins fan)
*Said the Whale - Black Day in December

Monday, January 25, 2010

Playlist for January 25, 2010 - SNOW!!!!

I love snow!  We certainly got our share of it this weekend, and I should have predicted this would make getting to the station difficult.  Janelle was stranded in Calgary once again (I'm starting to think this is intentional...), so I knew I had to make it to the station or there would be many disappointed listeners (hahaha).  After half a block, half an hour, and many spinouts, I finally gave up, left my car at home, and headed to the station by foot.  It was an almost unreal atmosphere as I marched on bravely down the roads (sidewalks were out of the question...too many drifts!).  Abandoned cars, people madly shoveling, vehicles spinning out, and others soldiering on by foot dotted the streets as I ran/walked to the station...the atmosphere was brilliantly eerie and exciting.  I did make it to the station only 10 minutes late, and managed to fit in most of the playlist I had painstakingly planned (for once!).  Thanks to my friend Erin, who heard of my predicament as she listened to my show and braved the streets in her vehicle to escort me to work afterwards.  The day got off to an unusual but exhilerating start, and I can't wait to go play in the snow!!!

Emiliana Torrini - Easy
Grizzly Bear - Boy From School (Hot Chip cover)
*Hayden - Home By Saturday
Taken by Trees - Watch the Waves
*Cuff the Duke - You were Right
*Chic Gamine - Days and Days
Girls - Oh Boy
Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
*Tegan and Sara - Soil, Soil
Jose Gonzalez - Crosses
*Hawksley Workman - The Ground We Stand On
*k-os - CatDiesel
Beck - Walls (acoustic version)
Raveonettes - Lust
The Dirty Projectors - Ascending Melody
Liam Frost featuring *Martha Wainwright - Your Hand In Mine
*Mother Mother - Wrecking Ball
*Yukon Blonde - Wind Blows
*Dragonette - I Get Around
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
*Elliott Brood - Valley Town
Gregory Alan Isakov - The Stable Story
Vampire Weekend - White Sky
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - When We Swam
Spoon - Written in Reverse
Bon Iver and St. Vincent - Roslyn

Monday, January 11, 2010

January 11, 2010 Playlist

Today's show was simply groundbreaking with the introduction of a theme song (Yeasayer's Sunrise) and a new segment just before 7:00 called the "change of heart" (when Camille and I try to convince each other of the merits of a particular song).  Oh, and did I mention it was our first show of the decade?  Pretty impressive stuff.  Camille even taught me a new term for the 2000s (the "aughts")...who knew?  Okay, well apparently Wikipedia agrees with her...but she probably just added the entry herself!!  We dotted the playlist with some favourites from the past year and decade, too.  Enjoy!

Yeasayer - Sunrise
Phosphorescent - A Picture of Our Torn Up Praise
Laura Gibson - Spirited
*The Mountains and The Trees - Up and Down
*Ox - Miss Idaho
*John K. Samson - Heart of the Continent
TV on the Radio - Love Dog
*Rural Alberta Advantage - Don't Haunt This Place
*Tegan and Sara - Call It Off
*Patrick Watson - Traveling Salesman
*Immaculate Machine - You Destroyer (Janelle's "change of heart" pick)
*The Wooden Sky - Oh My God (It Still Means A Lot To Me) (Camille's "change of heart" pick)
*Tegan and Sara - The Cure
Wild Beasts - We've Still Got The Taste Dancing On Our Tongues
*The Arcade Fire - Wake Up
*Yukon Blonde - Wind Blows
*The Arcade Fire - Wake Up
*Dan Mangan - The Indie Queens are Waiting
*Dragonette - Gone Too Far
*The Danks - What We're Doing
*Mother Mother - Hayloft
Iron and Wine - The Trapeze Swinger
The xx - Crystalised
Laura Veirs - July Flame
*The Got To Get Got - Getting Dirty in the After Life
Stephanie's Id - Cold Cold