Saturday, 27 December 2014

2014 Choice Picks -- by Julie

1. 11:11 - The Arkells
2. Archie, Marry Me - Alvvays
3. Treat Her Better - Mac DeMarco
4. Outside - TOPS
5. Hot Dreams - Timber Timbre
6. I Am Not Afraid - Owen Pallett
7. Lost on the Way Home - Chromeo ft. Solange
8. WhitePunkOnDope (Skinny) - Bones **by request
9. The Heat - Jungle
10. Silver - Caribou
11. Johnny and Mary - Todd Terje ft. Bryan Ferry
12. Digital Witness - St. Vincent
13. An Ocean in Between the Waves - The War On Drugs
14. Transgender Dysphoria Blues - Against Me!
15. Snake Jaw - White Lung
16. Queen - Perfume Genius
17. A Dream of You and Me - Future Islands
18. Continental Shelf - Viet Cong

Saturday, 13 December 2014

Hard-to-pronounce band names -- by Julie

1. Next of Kin - Alvvays
2. Heart of My Own - Basia Bulat
3. Lose It - Austra
4. Curtains?! - Timber Timbre
5. Olsen Olsen - Sigur Rós
6. Jail-House-Frog - Amon Düül II
7. I Apologize - Hüsker Dü
8. The One - Melissa Auf der Maur
9. Come Alive - Chromeo ft. Toro Y Moi
10. Into the Night - Azari & III
11. Luxury - Tiga
12. Intensify - !!! (chk chk chk)
13. By The Throat - CHVRCHES
14. Paddling Out - Miike Snow
15. Gunshot - Lykke Li
16. In The Musicals - Björk

Saturday, 29 November 2014

Fashionable People Doing Questionable Things -- by Julie

1. Leather Jacket - The Arkells
2. Wait Up (Boots of Danger) - Tokyo Police Club
3. Pretty Hair - Human Hair
4. Baby's Wearing Blue Jeans - Mac Demarco
5. The Dress - Blonde Redhead
6. Jeans Jeans Jeans - Plants and Animals
7. Burial Suit - Still Life Still
8. Fashionable People - Joel Plaskett Emergency
9. The Latest Fashion - Prince ft. The Time
10. Orange Shirt - Discovery
11. Fashion Zombies! - The Aquabats
12. Kennedy Killed The Hat - Buck 65
13. Shoes - Tiga
14. Dressed for Space - Trust
15. Watching The Clothes - The Pretenders
16. Goody Two Shoes - Adam And The Ants
17. Lipstick - The Buzzcocks
18. The Blues Are Still Blue - Belle & Sebastian
19. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat - Bob Dylan
20. Devil With The Blue Dress On - Shorty Long
21. Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen

Saturday, 15 November 2014

Under the Covers -- by Julie

1. XTC's The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead - Crash Test Dummies
2. Leonard Cohen's One of Us Cannot Be Wrong - Father John Misty
3. Robyn's None of Dem - Austra
4. Fleetwood Mac's You Make Loving Fun - The Besnard Lakes
5. Louis Armstrong's Basin Street Blues - Kid Koala
6. Feist's Limit To Your Love - BADBADNOTGOOD
7. Joni Mitchell's A Case of You - James Blake
8. Mott The Hoople's (David Bowie's) All The Young Dudes - David Bowie
9. Neil Young's Cinnamon Girl - Radiohead
10. Gary U.S. Bonds' I Wanna Holler (But The Town's Too Small) - The Detroit Cobras
11. Marvin Gaye's I Heard It Through The Grapevine - The Slits
12. Daniel Johnston's True Love Will Find You In The End - Beck
13. M83's Midnight City - The Last Bison
14. Drake's Hold On We're Going Home - Blood Orange
15. Soulja Boy's Grammy - Purity Ring
16. Michael Jackson's Dirty Diana - The Weeknd
17. Tom Petty's Won't Back Down - Booka Shade vs. Plastic Operator
18. The Smith's Batyar (Bigmouth Strikes Again) - The Ukrainians

Saturday, 4 October 2014

Songs for Sickies -- by a very raspy Julie

1. Sick Muse - Metric
2. Sleeping Sickness - City & Colour
3. Hospital Beds - Hey Rosetta!
4. World Sick - Broken Social Scene
5. Goodbye Doctor - Joel Plaskett
6. Not Sick - Tokyo Police Club
7. Sick of You - The Killjoys
8. Sickening Song - The Rheostatics
9. Cold Brains - Beck
10. Hymn of the Medical Oddity - The Weakerthans
11. Cold Sweats - Pink Wine
12. Fever - The Cramps
13. Bop Pills - Macy Skipper
14. Touch Me I'm Sick - Mudhoney
15. Cough/Cool - The Misfits
16. Better Off Dead - Death From Above 1979
17. Still Ill - The Smiths
18. Incubation - Joy Division
19. Fever Dreaming - No Age
20. Sick Sick Sick - Queens of the Stone Age
21. Let Me Clear My Throat - DJ Kool

Saturday, 27 September 2014

FM-Phasis 2014! -- by Julie

1. Only You - Mac DeMarco
2. Listen To The Radio - Sloan
3. All We Want, Baby, Is Everything - The Handsome Furs
4. Medley: Suddenly / Baby, I Won't Do You No Harm / We'll Get There / I Should Know - The Sheepdogs
5. Gimme Some More - Barton Fink
6. Hipsville 29 B.C. (I Need Help) - The Sparkles
7. We Are Your Friends - Justice vs. Simian
8. Hi Friend! - Deadmau5
9. Need You Now - Cut Copy
10. Radio Ladio - Metronomy
11. Give Life Back To Music - Daft Punk
12. We Can Work It Out - Stevie Wonder
13. The Light Is You - Said The Whale
14. Baby It's You - Smith
15. Cash In - Solange
16. You Make Me Like Charity - The Knife
17. Transmission - Joy Division
18. Chicken Payback - The Bees

Saturday, 13 September 2014

Sad Bastard Music - by Julie

1. She Made a Wreck Outta Me - Joel Plaskett
2. Stay Free - Black Mountain
3. Permanent Sigh - Wintersleep
4. Dilapidated Heart - Hayden
5. Sun In An Empty Room - The Weakerthans
6. Just Between You and Me - Daniel Romano
7. Blue - First Aid Kit
8. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams
9. Sad Songs & Waltzes - Cake
10. The Ballad of the RAA - The Rural Alberta Advantage
11. Crown of Love - Arcade Fire
12. The North (Breakglass Version) - Stars
13. Everything Reminds Me Of Her - Elliott Smith
14. The Engine Driver - The Decemberists
15. I Am Hated For Loving - Morrissey
16. How To Fight Loneliness - Wilco
17. Waste of Paint - Bright Eyes (by request, and dedicated to all of the former emo teens out there)
18. No One Will Ever Love You - The Magnetic Fields
19. Petals - Hole (by request)

Saturday, 30 August 2014

Gonna Make You Sweat: Workout Jams by Julie

1. Tunnel Vision - Azari & III
2. Come Alive - Chromeo ft. Toro Y Moi
3. Keep Shining - Shad
4. Breakaway - MSTRKRFT ft. Jahmal of the Carps
5. Hearts of Fire - Cut Copy
6. You Gonna Want Me - Tiga
7. Jerk Ribs - Kelis
8. Run On - Moby
9. Capitol - Trust
10. Sexy Results (MSTRKRFT Edition) - Death From Above 1979
11. Violent Youth - Crystal Castles
12. Out The Gate Backwards - Young Galaxy
13. Move Your Feet - Junior Senior
14. Twerk - Basement Jaxx ft. Yo Majesty
15. DVNO - Justice
16. Inspector Norse - Todd Terje
17. Brian Williams - Lindsay Lowend
18. Panther Dash - The Go! Team

FUNKY TUNES '93 by Julie

This playlist inspired by a mixed cassette tape I found at Market Mall.

1. Ride on Time - Blackbox
2. I'm in Love With You - BKS
3. Cult of Snap - Snap
4. My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style - Dream Warriors
5. Let Your Backbone Slide - Maestro Fresh Wes
6. In Your Arms - Emjay
7. Get Up (Before The Night Is Over) - Technotronic
8. The World Just Keeps on Turning - Candi & The Backbeat
9. Happiness - Pizzamen
10. Sadness - Enigma
11. Hands of Time - Temperance ft. Lorraine Reid
12. Nightmare - Brainbug
13. Broken Bones - Love Inc.
14. Take Control - BKS
15. Color Me Badd - Color Me Badd
16. 1nce Again - A Tribe Called Quest
17. Everybody Everybody - Blackbox

 (aired July 19th)

Saturday, 31 May 2014

The Eyes Have It by Julie

1. Tired Eyes - Hey Rosetta!
2. And Her Eyes Were Painted Gold - The Besnard Lakes
3. Eyesore - Women
4. 1000 Pound Eyelids - Chad VanGaalen
5. Tired Eyes - Neil Young
6. It's In Your Eyes - Sloan
7. Keep Your Eyes Ahead - The Helio Sequence
8. Fire Eye'd Boy - Broken Social Scene
9. Devil's Eyes - Buck 65
10. Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips - Moonface
11. Sad Eyes - Crystal Castles
12. Star Eyes - Flume
13. Obstacle Eyes - Morgan Delt
14. Honey Tiger Eyes - Ducktails
15. In Your Eyes - Kate Boy
16. Eyes to the Wind - The War On Drugs
17. Dark Eyes - Crystal Stilts
18. Fresh Eyes - Nautic
19. Sexy Eyes - Dr. Hook

From May 17th -- Brain Bugs by Julie w/ Trainee Bibs

1. Babies Don't Like Blue Anymore - Yukon Blonde
2. Rose Garden - Shad
3. You're Not Good Enough - Blood Orange
4. Okay - Holy Ghost!
5. Disparate Youth - Santigold
6. Forever - Haim
7. House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
8. Oblivion - Grimes
9. Ramblin' Mind - The Deep Dark Woods
10. The Love You Love - The Walkmen
11. Needle - Born Ruffians
12. My Friend - Paper Lions
13. Fall In Love With Every Girl I See - Michael Rault
14. Dusty Boy - The Peelies
15. Time to Reiterate - Duchess Says
16. Losing You - Solange
17. We Dance Alone - Beck
18. Call It Off - Washed Out

From May 10th -- Songs for the Working Stiff by Julie w/ trainee Bibian

1. Step Into My Office, Baby - Belle & Sebastian
2. Karen Silkwood - Boxer The Horse
3. Business Man - Mother Mother
4. Brother Down - Sam Roberts
5. Wasting Time - Arcade Fire
6. Handshakes - Metric
7. Dirty Work - Buck 65
8. Me Loving Your Money - Royal Canoe
9. Maggie's Farm - Rage Against The Machine
10. Working For The Music Man - Daniel Romano
11. Ballad of a Lonely Construction Worker - Cuff The Duke
12. Roughest Neck Around - Corb Lund
13. I Hate My Job - Cam'ron
14. Let's Work - Prince
15. Working in a Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey
16. Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
17. White Collar Holler - Stan Rogers
18. Take This Job and Shove It - Johnny Paycheck
19. Found a Job - Talking Heads

Saturday, 19 April 2014

Space Jams - by Julie

1. Astronaut - Wintersleep
2. Math, The Stars - The Pack A.D.
3. Satellite Mind - Metric
4. The Space Race - Destroyer
5. The Stars Keep On Calling My Name - Mac Demarco
6. In The Direction of The Moon - Wolf Parade
7. My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Remix) - Feist
8. Spaceman - Bif Naked
9. Dressed For Space - Trust
10. Jupiter - Tourist
11. We Are All Made of Stars - Moby
12. My Boyfriend From Outer Space - The 5.6.7.8's
13. (They Found Me In the Back of) The Galaxy - The Intelligence
14. Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - Klaatu
15. Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls
16. Books About UFOs - Hüsker Dü
17. Spaced Out - The Ketamines
18. Watching The Planets - The Flaming Lips
19. Life On Mars? - David Bowie
20. Major Tom (German version) - Peter Schilling

Saturday, 5 April 2014

Sleepy Tunes - by Julie

1. Sleep Tonight - Stars
2. Death Dreams I/II - PS I Love You
3. Sleep - Austra
4. Sleepwalk With Me - Young Galaxy
5. Raft Nap - Caves
6. Dreaming - Mac Demarco
7. Tired Eyes - Neil Young
8. Sleep Talking - Human Highway
9. Two Pillow Sleeper - Daniel Romano
10. The Bed's Too Big Without You - The Police
11. Bed Space - Darwin Deez
12. Your New Twin Sized Bed - Death Cab For Cutie
13. Hyper-Ballad - Bjork
14. Drifting Deeper - TOY
15. Dreambender - Com Truise
16. Sleepytime In The Western World - Blitzen Trapper
17. Sleep The Clock Around - Belle & Sebastian
18. Black Coffee In Bed - Squeeze

Saturday, 22 March 2014

It's Springtime Dammit - by julie

1. I've Been Asleep For A Long Long Time - Hey Rosetta!
2. Resuscitate - Wintersleep
3. When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below) - Johnny Cash w/ June Carter-Cash
4. Nova Heart - Spoons
5. Born Again - Diane
6. Clappin' - Shad + Skratch Bastid
7. Seasons (Waiting On You) - Future Islands
8. New Summer - Young Galaxy
9. Sun - Caribou
10. Little Golden Age - Wolf Parade
11. Florentine - Cinderpop
12. Hard Sun - Indio
13. Go Outside - Cults
14. Walk In The Park - Beach House
15. New You - My Bloody Valentine
16. Bloom - Radiohead
17. It Must Be The Weather - Holy Ghost!
18. Start To Melt - Peter Bjorn and John

Saturday, 1 March 2014

Female Names - by Julie

1. Diana - Paul Anka
2. Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly
3. Maybelline - Chuck Barry
4. Ro Ro Rosey - Van Morrison
5. Anala - King Khan & BBQ Show
6. Sherrill - Mac Demarco
7. Darlene - Hush Pup
8. Oh Ana - Mother Mother
9. Julietta - James Deen
10. Susan & Linda - Paula
11. Desiree - Caribou
12. Catalina - The Besnard Lakes
13. Luciana - The Rural Alberta Advantage
14. Marilyn - Bat For Lashes
15. Chrissy E - Trust
16. Velouria - Pixies
17. O Katrina! - Black Lips
18. Jeannie - Good Riddance
19. Debra - Beck
20. Anne - Santogold
21. Laura - Scissor Sisters
22. Yulia - Wolf Parade

Saturday, 22 February 2014

Sports! / Winter Olympics Songs - by Julie

1. Tournament of Hearts - The Weakerthans
2. Young Hearts Spark Fire - Japandroids
3. One Shot - Bend Sinister
4. Stadium Love - Metric
5. National Anthem of Nowhere - Apostle of Hustle
6. You'll Never Walk Alone - Gerry & The Pacemakers
7. Ankle Injuries - Fujiya & Miyagi
8. Alpine Skiing - Pansy Division
9. Artificial Snow - Atlas Sounds
10. The Hockey Song - Hanson Brothers
11. Dear Coach's Corner - Propagandhi
12. Hockey Song - Jughead
13. Zambony - k-os
14. Ski Bum - The Moguls
15. Flaming Red Bobsled - CUB
16. Skeleton Boy - Friendly Fires
17. Speed Skating - Flunk
18. Tour de France - Kraftwerk
19. Ride On Time - Black Box
20. Putin Has Pissed Himself - Pussy Riot

Saturday, 1 February 2014

Groundhog Day -- by Julie w/ Trainee Josie

1. Caught in a Loop - Royal Canoe
2. Infinite, Without Fulfillment / Oblivion - Grimes
3. Nothing But Time - Metric
4. One More Night - Stars
5. Paranormal Mechanism - Barton Fink
6. Mind Time - Castle River
7. Time To Kill - Gold & Youth
8. Try Again - Deadmau5
9. Bowls - Caribou
10. Bill Murray - Sweatshop Union
11. Yet Again - Grizzly Bear
12. I Like Repetitive Music - Regurgitator
13. Over and Over - Hot Chip
14. Do It Again - Holy Ghost!
15. Repetition - TV On The Radio
16. Only Tomorrow - My Bloody Valentine
17. Life Round Here - Chance The Rapper ft. James Blake

Sunday, 26 January 2014

The Botanical Show - by julie

1. Flower Gardens - Chad VanGaalen
2. Spanish Moss - Shout Out Out Out Out
3. The Garden - July Talk
4. Last Tree Standing - Said The Whale
5. Fall Leaves - Hooded Fang
6. Bowling Green - Elliott Brood
7. Oleander - Mother Mother
8. Red, Red Rose - Deep Dark Woods
9. Dead Flowers - Townes van Zandt
10. Lilies - Bat For Lashes
11. Grazing in the Grass - The Friends of Distinction
12. Fruitman - Kool and the Gang
13. Les Fleur - Minnie Ripperton
14. Rose Garden - Shad
15. Black Roses - Barrington Levy
16. Mango Woman - Ween
17. Kyoto Gardens - VEGA
18. Day of the Sunflowers (We March On) - Basement Jaxx ft. Yoko Ono
19. Cherry Blossom Girl - Air
20. Blue Orchid - The White Stripes

Saturday, 18 January 2014

Sav's Farewell Mixtape

1. The Pack A.D. - Oh Be Joyful
2. Vancouger - Vanity
3. The Unicorns - Tuff Ghost
4. The Wolfnote - Three Bells
5. Women - Bells
6. Two Hours Traffic - Wicked Side
7. Sloan - I Hate My Generation
8. Soundgarden - Entering
9. Bob & Doug McKenzie - Take Off
10. Bruce Springsteen - Because the Night
11. Patti Smith - Gloria
12. The Stolen Minks - Stop Talking
13. Japandroids - Wet Hair
14. Miesha and the Spanks - Wrecking Ball
15. The Faps - NO Girl on Girl
16. The Ketamines - You Can't Serve Two Masters
17. Voivod - Buried Alive
18. Death - Misanthrope
19. Cathedral - Soul Sacrifice
20. Shooting Guns - Predator II
21. White Lung - Two Seen
22. Propagandhi - Fuck the Border



Saturday, 11 January 2014

I Still Love Technology -- by julie

1. Robotic - Hannah Georgas
2. Laser Beams - Wintersleep
3. We Are 1980 - Said The Whale
4. Remote Control - The Age of Electric
5. Deep Blue - Arcade Fire
6. Artificial Nocturne - Metric
7. Computer Age - Neil Young
8. Wayward Satellite - Shout Out Out Out Out
9. Mindphaser - Front Line Assembly
10. Touch It / Technologic (live) - Daft Punk
11. Telecommunication - A Flock Of Seagulls
12. Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai
13. Internet Connection (Flux Pavillion Remix) - M.I.A.
14. Computer Camp Love (Villains Remix) - Datarock
15. Metal - Gary Numan
16. Computer Love - Kraftwerk

Saturday, 4 January 2014

2013 In Review - What a Cliche!

1. Close Talker - Creature (Slow Weather EP)
2. Caves - Old Baby (Idle Worship)
3. Shooting Guns - Predator II (Brotherhood of the Ram)
4. Powder Blue - All of His Love (Dream In Black)
5. Devonian Gardens - Swallow the Sun (Solar Shifting)
6. Dinosaur Bones - Pacifist in Camoflage (Shaky Dream)
7. Arctic Monkeys - Knee Socks (AM)
8. Eamon McGrath - Enduring Love (Exile Part 1)
9. Ron Sexsmith - Me Myself and Wine (Forever Endeavour)
10. Shotgun Jimmie - Adventure in the Heart (Everything Everything)
11. My Bloody Valentine - New You (m b v)
12. Austra - Reconcile (Olympia)
13. Dodos - Substance (Carrier)
14. Bicycles - Nap Trap (Stop Thinking So Much)
15. Magneta Lane - Good For (Witchrock)
16. The Cliks - Savanna (Black Tie Elevator)
17. Zeus - Vasoline (Cover Me) (Stone Temple Pilots Cover)
18. Sloan - We're Only Gonna Die (Single - Bad Religion Cover)
19. Chvrches - Killing in the Name Of (Single - Rage Against the Machine Cover)
20. Public Animal - Careful (S/T Demo)
21. Public Animal - Vault Doors (S/T Demo)
22. King Khan & the Shrines - I Got Made (Idle No More)
23. Thee Oh Sees - Toe Cutter - Thumb Buster (Floating Coffin)