Alternative Airwaves

Alternative Airwaves

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  • #75 - Quarter Quell Podcast ft. Kellee Maize

    I made it to episode 75!  Joining me on today's podcast is special guest Mike Mersereau, who hosts the CKCU program Audio Sensory Resuscitation (currently on hiatus...will be back soon!).  Mike secured an interview with the one and only Kellee Maize!  Hopefully that doesn't ruin the surprise of the show for you.  Also in this podcast, the latest track from Kellee's new album, an awesome cover, and some funky technical issues in the first half.  Enjoy!

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    Track Listing

    1. The Color and Sound - Gregory
    2. MoOt - Closer to You
    3. Staggered Crossing - Don't Get Me Started
    4. Kellee Maize - In Tune
    5. Interview with Kellee Maize!
    6. Kellee Maize - The 5th Element
      • Available from Jamendo, Kellee's website, or Amazon
      • Ark Analog - Make Me A Mirror
      • Brad Sucks - Waste of TV
      • T Bird & the Breaks - No Diggity
      • Sean Fournier - All I Ever Need
        • Head to his website to throw some money in Sean's general direction to help him produce a new album!

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          1 hr 6 min
        • #74 - A Look Back at 2013

          Technically it's still January, so it's not TOO late for a look back at last year in music.  I specifically took music from Jamendo's Best of 2013 playlist, and FrostWire's Creative Commons Mixtape Vol. 4.  Some great music on both, plus a quick look ahead at the year to come.  Enjoy!

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          Playlist

          1. Circa Vitae - Wage War (June 2013, Lovers EP)
          2. Joe Farren - American Dream (August 2013, Open Skies)
          3. Quietly Concerned - All You Know (April 2013, Homeless)
          4. Great White Buffalo - Likely Story (May 2013, Great White Buffalo)
          5. Fall Walk Run - Do Or Die (February 2013, Piece by Piece)
          6. Floppy Dee - Swept Clean (May 2013, Single)
          7. The Color and Sound - Graves (March 2013, The Spring Tour EP)
          8. The Grammar Club - Four Fine Walls (March 2013, Biovailable)
          9. Ménage Quad - Off The Wall (October 2013, Swing Soirée)
          10. BJ Block & Dawn Pemberton - What Comes Naturally (February 2013, II)
            • Proceeds from "We Cry" go towards Nations Cry
            • Kings of the City - Make Me Worse (August 2012, FrostWire Special)
            • Joe Marson and the Satisfied Mind - Someday Soon (April 2013, Someday Soon)
            • Fresh Body Shop - Stainless Steel Machine (January 2014, Turn the Lights On EP)

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              57 min
            • #73 - Between Fall and Winter

              Welcome to an another Autumn edition of Alternative Airwaves!  In today's episode, hear from artists such as Singleton, Sunwill, and La Nueva Guardia.  A good mix between folk, pop, and rock this time around - it should go well with your next workout at the gym.  Enjoy!

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              1. Pianochocolate - First Sense
              2. LM - The Better Way
              3. The Gray Havens - Silver
              4. Keith Morris & The Crooked Numbers - Snowday (Live)
              5. MOPI - Don't Stop
              6. Mindflow - Breakthrough
              7. Vanda - Gravity
              8. Sunwill - Queen For A Day
              9. Dan Bryk - Normal
              10. LiQuid Metamorphosis - Shoot the Moon
              11. Singleton - Breathe In Breathe Out
              12. Andre Rodriguez - Look Away
              13. LNG - Dame Tiempo

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                57 min
              14. #72 - Music To Go Back in Time With

                Don't forget to set your clocks back an hour this weekend!  That is, if you're currently in Daylight Savings Time. Some new tracks from Jamendo.com and Blocsonic this time around - lots of different tracks to enjoy.  Download via iTunes, Stitcher, or from archive.org!  Learn about some crab logos here: http://abduzeedo.com/logo-design-crabs

                1. The Easton Ellises - Ersatz
                2. Anny Sky - All Rights Reserved
                3. Zoe Leela - Come On
                4. Paul Klason - I Want Your Body
                5. Backnbloom - Heed the Flashes
                6. Tamara Laurel - I Want You
                7. Yury - DeLorean
                8. The Gray Havens - Let's Get Married
                9. Wake Owl - Wild Country
                10. Julandrew - Don't Wanna Wake Up
                11. Mr & Mrs. Smith - Shootin' Blanks
                12. Awake! Awake! - We Were Home
                13. Josh Woodward - Memory Replaced
                14. Capital Grass and the No Men - Black Aces (hear their track at CBC Music and vote starting November 23rd!)

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                  1 hr 5 min
                15. #71 - Celebrating blocSonic's netBlocs

                  I've finally recorded another podcast!  It took me a while to put together, because I was trying to cherry pick the best music from blocSonic's netBloc series, while at the same time making it all flow together.  Plus I've been quite busy (it's summer time!).  What you'll find in this podcast are songs selected from 44 different releases from blocsonic.com.  See you next episode!

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                  Track Listing:

                  1. BJ Block + Dawn Pemberton - Without a Doubt (netBloc 43)
                  2. Shad + Skratch Bastid - Outta My Head (netBloc 44)
                  3. Georgia - I Don't Want to Live on the Moon (netBloc 12)
                  4. Men In Route - Born to Shine (netBloc 15)
                  5. Bilk - Allies (netBloc 19)
                  6. The Harvey Girls - Good Morning Bubblegum (netBloc 16)
                  7. The Dots - Simple Thing (netBloc 21)
                  8. Just Plain Ant ft. Bad Oblivion - In The Air (netBloc 18)
                  9. Gates - I Remember When (netBloc 25)
                  10. ETHX ft. Sedrick the MC - The Opening (netBloc 26)
                  11. Jonathan Coulton - Re: Your Brain (netBloc 27)
                  12. Rare & Cheese - Jazz Police (netBloc 29)
                  13. Public Enemy ft. Brother Ali - Get Up Stand Up (netBloc 44)

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                    56 min
                  14. #70 - Summer's Here?

                    Summer seems to have suddenly switched on!  At least, that's the case in Ottawa.  In today's slightly shorter episode, I've picked some "classic" songs and some newer songs, and also was completely unaware of the technical glitches at the start of the podcast.  No solid topics of conversation in the show, just lots of great music.  If you're an App developer, you have until June 9th to submit something to the Jamendo App Contest.

                    To listen, download from Archive.org, iTunes, or Stitcher.  Please note I am aware of the technical issues downloading the podcast from iTunes; if you have an iOS device, you should be able to download from the Podcasts app without problem.  Or just get Stitcher - it's pretty great.

                    1. Kris Roche - 30 Day Trial
                    2. .audiosport - The One
                    3. I Am Not Lefthanded - Brace Brace
                    4. Great White Buffalo - Likely Story
                    5. The National Orchestra of the United Kingdom of Goats - The Unyielding Summons
                    6. Rouzy Rouzy ft. Phil Kahan & Tino Cochino - All Night Long
                    7. Reno Project - Little Cookie
                    8. The Womb - Mrs. Mulaney
                    9. MC Frontalot - Spoiler Alert
                    10. Talk Less Say More - The Something Sonata
                    11. Who Ha - Khaki
                    12. Mr. Wilfred - Addicted to Speed

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                      47 min
                    13. #69 - First Podcast of Spring

                      Welcome to the first podcast of Spring!  I'm talking about the real Spring weather, none of this snow storm business.  In today's podcast I talk about the newest contest over at Jamendo (closes June 9th), congratulate Rathole Radio on 100 episodes, and talk about some "Glee" connections I never knew about.  All that PLUS new Uniform Motion!  Well, stop reading and listen!

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                      Track Listing

                      1. Yacht - Utopia
                      2. Twinmachine - 88MPH
                      3. Juice Big City - One Two Three
                      4. The Medics - Great Is My Fear
                      5. Jelixa - What You Need to Know
                      6. Heifervescent - Bionic
                      7. Kris Roche - Astronaut
                      8. Elk Bell - Holiday Island
                      9. Emily Baker - Warm Hands, Cold Heart
                      10. Toussaint Morrison - Hulk
                      11. Petra Haden - Don't Stop Believing
                      12. Uniform Motion - The Telephone Box
                      13. Emerald Park - Modular Home
                      14. Dead Cinderella - The Will to Death

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                        1 hr 1 min
                      15. #68 - 60 Minutes

                        I'm back after a month-long absence with a new 60-minute format!  Plenty of new music this week, as well as a couple of older tracks.  No unifying theme, just some great music and (hopefully) great conversation.  Topics covered include Ottawa's Home & Garden Show (check out the Sweepa!), Earth Hour, and changes to Aaahhh Records.  Playlist follows!

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                        1. Fall Walk Run - What is Love [Piece by Piece]
                          • 2/2013 - http://www.jamendo.com/list/a118643/piece-by-piece
                          • Circa Vitae - Awake [Lovers EP]
                            • 3/2013 - http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a119336/lovers-ep
                            • Daedalus' Right Eye - Dream Catcher [Daedalus' Right Eye EP]
                              • 2009 - http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a105963/daedalus-right-eye-ep
                              • frontregen - master plan [frontregen EP]
                                • 2010 - http://frontregen.bandcamp.com/
                                • Check out the latest from Painted on Silent Blue!
                                • Josh Woodward - Shot Down [Single]
                                  • 2/2013 - http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a118684/shot-down-single
                                  • Jens Wennberg - No Regrets [Single]
                                    • 3/2013 - http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a119311/no-regrets
                                    • mabafu - Changes [Little Boy]
                                      • 3/2013, blocSonic - http://www.blocsonic.com/releases/show/little-boy
                                      • Grace Kelly - Ready Set Stay [Live at Scullers]
                                        • 1/2013 - http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/1017514/ready-set-stay
                                        • Sundayers - The Carousel [Impulsos]
                                          • 3/2013 - http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a119528/impulsos
                                          • Leslie Hunt - First Date [Your Hair is on Fire]
                                            • 2009 - http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a55594/your-hair-is-on-fire
                                            • Akashic Records - These Precious Moments
                                              • 2013 - http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/375935/akashic-records
                                              • The Sovereigns - No One Can Win This Fight [Pick it Up!]
                                                • 2010 - http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a59703/pick-it-up

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                                                  59 min
                                                • #67 - Brad Sucks Remix Show

                                                  I didn't have anything prepared, so I went and downloaded a bunch of remixes from ccmixter.org.  Actually, I used the new "dig.ccmixter" tool that they just launched.  Check it out here.

                                                  I couldn't find exact links to the tracks that I found, but view the search results here - I've copied the titles of all of the songs I used, so it should be fairly easy to find them!  I only went a few pages in.

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                                                  1. Making Me Nervous - The Furious Remix - wellman
                                                  2. Ain't Fixin' My Brain - copperhead
                                                  3. Sick As A Dog - Straight Out The Hood Mix - J. Lang
                                                  4. Plastic Surgery (ft. Brad Sucks, Robert Siekawitch) - copperhead
                                                  5. Look And Feel Years Younger Remix - Wired_Ant
                                                  6. Fake It Remix - RunningMan
                                                  7. Change In Me - scottaltham
                                                  8. Dropping Out of School - TheDICE

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                                                    31 min
                                                  10. #66 - 2013 New Releases

                                                    Back with a new show this week!  I scoured the Internet for new releases, and had to stretch a bit for what I considered to be "2013" new releases.  What I found were some pretty great tracks, and if it wasn't technically a new release, it's a bit of a preview of what is to come this year.  Going by the tracks I picked, it looks like we're going to have another great year of Creative Commons-licensed music!

                                                    Celebrate 10 Years of Creative Commons!
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                                                    Playlist

                                                    1. Brad Sucks - Come Back (Guess Who's A Mess, Nov 2012)
                                                    2. Seattle Rain - Daze in Dawn (Storm Outbreak & The Desert Diaries, Jan 2013)
                                                    3. Sweet Danger - I Need to Know (City Nights EP, Dec 2012)
                                                    4. Wintermitts-  SHARKS (Remix by Shawn Penner of "Sharks", from Oceans, Feb 2012)
                                                    5. Emerald Park - Ume (For Tomorrow, 2010)
                                                    6. Jens-Ulrik Kleemeyer - Land (EP, Nov 2012)
                                                    7. Silence is Sexy - Summer (Modern Antiques Vol 2, Dec 2012)
                                                    8. Josh Woodward - Faded War (Single, Jan 2013)
                                                    9. Andrew Brethour - Dear Mystery (From the Morning, Jan 2013)

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                                                      39 min

                                                    About Alternative Airwaves

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                                                    There are a lot of really great artists that go unnoticed, and their music is freely and legally available online. Alternative Airwaves discovers those artists.