Alternative Airwaves

Alternative Airwaves

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  • #45 - The United93, Barreracudas

    A short podcast to follow-up the ridiculously long 'cast from two weeks ago.  I had some issues with Jamendo when it came time to put the podcast together, so a couple of artists had repeat songs.  If you want to check out the artists I would have played, links will follow the playlist.

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    1. The United93 - Plastic Heart (EP of The United93, March 2010) | Bandcamp | Facebook | Twitter
    2. Barreracudas - Diet Coke (Live at WFMU on Terre T's Cherry Blossom Clinic, Nov 12, 2011) | Douchemaster Records
    3. Shark? - Down Low (Live on Beastin' the Airwaves with Keili on WFMU, Oct 23 2011) | Bandcamp
    4. The United93 - Kung-Fu Fighters (See above)
    5. Jackie & the Cedrics - Red River (Live at WFMU on Three Chord Monte with Joe Black, Nov 10 2011)
    6. Stray Dogg - Break (Almost, May 30 2011) | Last.fm
    7. Peter Case - House Rent Party (Live on the Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T on WFMU, Oct 8 2011) | Website
    8. Barreracudas - Promises, Promises (See above)
    9. The United93 - Over the Rainbow (See above)

      10. To buy a copy of the Barreracudas' new album, Nocturnal Missions, head to their record label Douchemaster Records (link above).

      To purchase The United93's latest album, Yellow Fever, you can do so from their Bandcamp webpage (link also above).

      Check out these bands on Jamendo: Cinemon; 57jackbraves.

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      33 min
    10. #44 - Cleaning Out the Inbox

      Warning! This podcast is an hour in length - in other words, double the usual length.  You may want to set aside some time to listen to the podcast.  But don't worry, the music is excellent.  It's full of stuff I've neglected to listen to over the last little while, and I've put together a pretty sweet mix.  Enjoy!

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      • Made mention of the Netblocs at Blocsonic

      • Don't forget to check out CKCU for Audio Sensory Resuscitation with Mike, Tuesdays at 1pm EST!

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        1. Professor Kliq - Plastic and Flashing Lights | 366 Days of Music | Website*
        2. The Transisters - Confuse-A-Cat (Join the Darkside, We Have The Music!, 2012) | Bandcamp
        3. We Came From Waters - Android (Unfamous Quotes, 2012) | Soundcloud | Website
        4. (((S))) - Hole in My Heart (Join the Darkside, We Have The Music!, 2012)
        5. Republic of Lights - Go Rococo (Go Rococo, 2010) | Twitter | Bandcamp
        6. Republic of Letters - Lost Chord (Stories,2011) | Website | Bandcamp
        7. Kursed - Perfect Mean (Like a Coffee, 2012) | Website | Jamendo
        8. California Condors - All Night Drive (Calm Carnivore, 2011) | Bandcamp | Facebook
        9. Trick Seventeen - We Own the Night (We Own the Night, 2012) | Myspace | Jamendo
        10. The Willow and The Builder - What's Next (The Willow and The Builder, 2011) | Facebook | Bandcamp
        11. The Dimes - Ballad of Winslow Homer (The King Can Drink the Harbour Dry, 2011) | Bandcamp
        12. The Juliets - Fashion (Perfect Season, 2011) | Bandcamp
        13. I the Mighty - Modern Medicine (Hearts and Spades, 2010) | Bandcamp | Twitter
        14. Born Without Bones - Say Hello (Say Hello, 2010) | Bandcamp | Twitter
        15. The Miracals - California Girls (Hermosa, 2010) | Bandcamp | Twitter
        16. Dolphins - Wasted (Galaxy Train, 2011) | Bandcamp | Facebook
        17. Billy the Kid - Perfect Situation (Weezer Cover, 2012) | 31 Covers in 31 Days (YouTube)

            • Be sure to check out his awesome arrangement of Street Spirit!

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              1 hr 4 min
            • #43 - Valentine's Day / Hockey Day in Canada

              Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, so I picked out a few tracks that had that loving sort of feeling.  Also some disco songs.  PLUS I have some things to say about Hockey Day in Canada, which is today (February 11, 2012), starting at 2PM EST.  And finally, a return to the “cover song at the end of the podcast”.

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              Playlist & Artist Info

              1. The Classic Cluster - Again (Unkown album, from Mindblasting “Pop is Dead” mixtape) | Reverbnation
              2. Soporifics - April (Love, 2004)
              3. Crazy Quilt Bouquet - She Says (Love Letters & Medication by And My Imaginary Friends, 2012) | Website
              4. Drop Zone - My First Love by Passion (Be My Valentine The E.P., 2012) | Jamendo
              5. KeroDean - Your Smile (Day By Day,2010)
              6. The DJs - Nano Flowers (Nano Flowers, 2008)
              7. FOXAPET - Never Stop the Beat (PFM v2, 2007)
              8. Disco Inferno - Boogie Oogie Oogie (Unkown album, 2010)
              9. Alphabot! - Rabbit Ears (Eep!, 2012) | Website | Bandcamp | CD Release party Feb 16 at The Drake Hotel’s Underground in Toronto

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                36 min
              10. #42 - NHL All-Star Weekend

                It's the NHL All-Star weekend here in Ottawa, and I am excited!  I don't normally worry very much about things like making sure I record the skills competition if I'm going to be out for the night (like tonight), or getting HD for this very occasion, but it's in my home town and I have been waiting for this for a long time.  Too long.  Lots of great music today, plus some All-Star trivia!  (Trivia courtesy Liam McGuire/Slam Sports)

                1. Brad Sucks - Making Me Nervous (I Don't Know What I'm Doing, 2003) - Website
                2. Emerald Park - Things (Single, 2012) - Bandcamp
                3. Terrace - Love Dub (Pollen, 2011) - Bandcamp
                4. Frostwire Feature: The Please & Thank-Yous - Dear Allie (Mind Yr P's & Q's, 2010) - Bandcamp
                5. Emily Baker - House of Cards (House of Cards, 2011) - Bandcamp
                6. Phoenix Imago - Someone I Can Be Alone With (Respect, 2012) - Website
                7. Martina Matwiejczuk - Give Me A Reason (Extended Play, 2011) - Bandcamp
                8. Marvin Gaye - Got to Give It Up, Part 1 (Gigamesh Edit) [2011] - Bandcamp
                9. MUTE - Cry (10 A.M., 2012) - Blocsonic | Facebook | Tha Silent Partner | Formula

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                  40 min
                10. #41 - Big Wilson River, We Used to Exist, MUTE

                  The first podcast of 2012! I switched things up a bit from the last regular podcast, and I think things will continue this way for a while. I mention in the podcast that I'm going to try to throw a few more features from time to time; but more on that another time.  Enjoy for now!

                  1. Big Wilson River - Dandelion - Bandcamp | Facebook page
                  2. Keep Tidy - Goochie Main - Website | Facebook | Twitter
                  3. Keep Tidy - Simpsons Quotes
                  4. City of Glass - Sticks and Stones - Website | Bandcamp | Twitter | Facebook | iTunes
                  5. We Used to Exist - Someone is Calling Me - Website | Bandcamp | Facebook
                  6. MUTE - When the Chips Are Down - Blocsonic | Facebook | Tha Silent Partner | Formula
                  7. Brad Sucks & The HipCola - SOS - Brad Sucks | The HipCola

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                    29 min
                  8. #40 - New Year's Eve

                    Unfortunately, no special podcast planned - just a list of songs I haven't played in a long time. It's also a short podcast, clocking in at under 25 minutes!

                    Rock Creek Ramblers - Anchortown

                    The Dead Rocks - Sonic Stars
                    Singleton - Before the Rain
                    Ward Bones - Island of Bones
                    Catfish Haven - Please Come Back
                    Studebaker's Blacksmith Shop - Wings
                    The Destroyed Room - It's All Happening Now
                    Brad Sucks - Bad Attraction

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                    24 min
                  9. #39 - The Penultimate Edition

                    Penultimate in the sense that this is the second-last podcast for 2011!  I have some new tracks from 2011 (plus one FROM THE FUTURE aka January 2012 release from AF Music), and some more favourites from 2011 podcasts.  I'm still undecided re: what to do for the December 31st podcast, but I have a couple of weeks to figure that out.  Here's the playlist!

                    1. The Ugly Club - Visions Part II (Visions of a Tall Girl EP)
                    2. Fine Young Firecrackers - Landslide (From the Ground Up)
                    3. Tin Armor - Just So I Know It (Life of Abundance)
                    4. The Julys - Springsteen (The Julys)
                    5. The White Soots - If I Go (The White Soots)
                    6. Hot Fiction - Start it Off (Dark Room)
                    7. Sick of Sarah - Overexposure (2205)
                    8. When I Was 12 - Vanilla Vodka
                    9. Swear and Shake - The Promise (Extended Play)
                    10. Silver Rocket - That's Life (Frank Sinatra Cover - Old Fashioned, 2012 Release)

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                      33 min
                    11. #38 - Looking Forward, Looking Back

                      Welcome to the first of the last two podcasts for 2011!  Lots of great stuff this week, with new releases in the first segment and the last segment filled with some of my old favourites from 2011.  Plus, a special timely cover to end off the podcast.  On with the show!

                      Segment 1 - New Releases

                      Winter Severity Index - "The Wiser" (Winter Severity Index EP, Dec 9 2011)

                      Rozwell Kid - "Rocket" (The Rozwell Kid LP, Sept 5 2011)
                      CABAU Philippe - "Thsoe Reporters" (Just For You, Nov 30 2011)
                      Boy Things - "Dirty Dancing" (Boy Things EP, Oct 14 2011)

                      Segment 2 - Looking Back

                      The Easton Ellises - "Endorphin" (EP One)

                      Mouth's Cradle - "Front Porch, Back Porch"
                      Ellus Bellus - "Sticks, Stones and My Bones"
                      Sliimy - "Womanizer" (Britney Spears cover)

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                      32 min
                    12. #37 - Battling Back a Cold

                      Welcome to another podcast!  I was afraid I might not be able to talk as much for this episode because of a cold, but luckily it subsided long enough so that I wasn't interrupted every few seconds by coughing.  The new release section is a bit light on music, but overall there's some great stuff this week.

                      Section 1 - New Releases

                      Praverb the Wyse - Blue Collar (feat. Don Streat) from Professional Hobbyist (Oct 15/2011)

                      Painted on Silent Blue - Jealosy from This Could be Just One of Those Silly Dreams (Nov 11/2011)

                      Amanda Palmer - Ukulele Anthem single (Oct 31/2011)

                      Malones - Bandera from Capitulo #1 (Oct 11/2011)

                      Section 2

                      Bloody Lovely Audry - See Me from Animal EP (Jul 16/2010)

                      Captain Stu - Siamese Twin from Free Music EP (Jun 6/2010)

                      Five Minutes On: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (2008, Tor Books)

                      Awards won: 2009 White Pine Award, 2009 Prometheus Award, 2009 John W. Campbell Memorial Award; nominated for Hugo Award for Best Novel (Neil Gaiman won for The Graveyard Book in 2009).  For instructions on how to make things from Little Brother, see http://www.instructables.com/member/w1n5t0n/

                      frontRegen - Dead Corner from That Dance EP (Aug 28/2011)

                      Busby Marou - Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper cover)

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                      38 min
                    13. #36 - New Hip Hop and New Features

                      Podcast 36 features lots of new hip hop, plus a new feature debuting!  It's called "Five Minutes On" and this week is reviewing His Girl Friday (1940).  Plus there's a new theme (based on TenPenny Joke's song "Sense"), and a few new elements thrown in that may or may not have come across properly.  At any rate, I fixed the microphone problem from #35.  Here's the playlist!

                      Kellee Maize - Mad Humans (Integration)
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                      Garmisch - Rent (The EPs XE) [4:04]
                      BADLUCK - Got Hits (Renaissance 2011) [7:15]
                      Praverb the Wyse - Everlasting Struggle (The Professional Hobbyist) [9:43]
                      Go to Praverb's website to pick your favourite song from Professional Hobbyist!
                      The Bear Season - Trainwreck (If We Sink Together EP) [14:41]
                      Bearstronaut - Sensual Sanctuary (Satisfied Violence)[18:15]
                      Five Minutes On: His Girl Friday (1940) [23:58]
                      Lorenzo's Music - Intro (Solamentes Tres Polabras) [29:02]
                      Lorenzo's Music - I'm Doin' Fine (Solamentes Tres Polabras) [29:23]
                      The Bear Season - Just Dance [34:03]
                      • Notes: Check out http://freealbums.blogsome.com/ to take a look at older Free Albums Galore posts

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                        38 min

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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.