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  • Indie Whimsy Episode 47 (September 9th 2025)

    hey hey! in this episode of indie whimsy you’ll hear:

    1. new moon – sambassadeur (sambassadeur)
    2. wasted hours – arcade fire (the suburbs)
    3. reel around the fountain (john peel session) – the smiths (hatful of hollow)
    4. bruised ghosts – amy millan (masters of the burial)
    5. who named the days? – arab strap (monday at the hug & pint)
    6. swimmers – broken social scene (broken social scene)
    7. this place is a prison – the postal service (give up)
    8. my body is a cage – arcade fire (neon bible)
    9. cop & friend – sissy bar (songs for peeps)
    10. headsfull – amy millan (honey from the tombs)
    11. when we drive (acoustic version) – death cab for cutie (when we drive single)
    12. come get me – 14 iced bears (come get me single)
    13. brighten up – cherry twister (at home with cherry twister)
    14. desperation made a fool of me – belle and sebastian (the third eye centre)
    15. ’til i die – she & him (melt away: a tribute to brian wilson)
      16. 57 min
    16. Testing For Echo – Episode 85 – Requests? Heck Yes! – Orig. Air Date Sept. 13, 2025

      Hi there everyone. I trust that all is well with you and you’re ready to roll.

      This is Testing For Echo Episode 85 on CHSR FM 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world and I am your host Tim Scammell.

      I have a nice stack of musical mayhem to entertain you for the next hour

      So let’s get cooking.

      Before we start I’d like to thank the recent message sender and yes I will be playing your request of I Mother Earth a few songs ahead.

      Episode Song List

      1. Tears For Fears – Say Goodbye to Mum and Dad
      2. Trevor Rabin – Fragile
      3. YES – Tempus Fugit
      4. RUSH – Red Sector A – Live
      5. King Crimson – Neal and Jack and Me
      6. Kate Bush – Love and Anger
      7. RUSH – War Paint
      8. Melo – Don’t Feel a Thing
      9. I Mother Earth – Like a Girl
      10. Not Now – Tired Eyes
      11. FM – Up To You
      12. SAGA – The Way of The World

        13. So let’s get cooking.

        Tim

        “The World of Music, One Song at a Time”

        1 hr
      13. Nothing in Particular: 2025-Sep-09

        Episode 10. For this week’s [x] Years Later segment, x = 39 and the artist is the godfather of goth, Peter Murphy, with news highlights from 1986.

        Artist
        Song
        Album
        Year
        Boy Harsher
        Fate
        Careful
        2019
        Men 2nd
        White Clouds Ahead
        The Antibody Songs
        1988
        Midival Punditz
        Har Ek Baat
        Hello Hello
        2009
        Delhi 2 Dublin
        Dil Nachde (Radio Edit)
        Delhi 2 Dublin
        2007
        David Francey
        Pandora’s Box
        So Say We All
        2013
        Nada Surf
        What Is Your Secret?
        The Weight Is a Gift
        2005
        R.E.M.
        Wolves, Lower
        Dead Letter Office
        1987
        Peter Murphy
        The Light Pours Out Of Me
        Should The World Fail To Fall Apart
        1986
        Peter Murphy
        Time Waits
        Silver Shade
        2025
        Northcore
        Oxygen
        Desatero
        2012
        David Sylvian
        September
        Secrets of the Beehive
        1987
        Ché Aimee Dorval
        Afraid
        Between the Walls & the Window
        2018
        Chloé Breault
        C’est Fini
        Plage Des Morons
        2020
        Rose Chronicles
        Nothing’s Real
        Shiver
        1993
        59 min
      14. Away From the Mire Episode 90 – Harvest!

        Welcome back to the 3rd annual Away From the Mire Harvest preview show.

        Another great lineup this year and hope to see you all downtown whether on the streets or in the tents.

         

        Connor Fox – Don’t Ruin A Good Thing

        Capital 6 – In The Weird
        Eddie 9V – Saratoga
        Goose – Arcadia
        Nate and the Busy Boys – In The Mood
        Gob – No Regrets
        Scientists Of Sound – Train REC
        Lotus – Stranger Danger
        Karina Rykman – Plants
        Portgual, The Man – Got It All
        Indigo Girls – Galileo (live)
        Melissa Etheridge I’m The Only One (live)

        58 min
      15. People Need Music: September 4, 2025

        This week, enjoy a mix of tunes perfect for students coming to UNB and STU, and those of us who Go To Work everyday. Lots of fun and rocking tracks for you, because People Need Music!

        Playlist:

        The Avett Brothers – Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise ::

        Aquakultre, Gary Beals, Haliey Smith – Scotia Born ::

        Zach Pelletier – Go To Work ::

        The Darcys – Miracle ::

        Kathleen Edwards – Billionaire ::

        Lake Street Dive – You Go Down Smooth ::

        Classified – Wonder ::

        Kylie Fox – Flush ::

        Lou-Adriane Cassidy – Dis-moi, dis-moi, dis-moi ::

        Allison Russell – Persephone ::

        The Black Keys – Man on a Mission ::

        Marcus Mumford, Oscar Issac, Punch Brothers – Fare Thee Well

         

        58 min
      16. Indie Whimsy Episode 46 (April 8th 2025)

        heya! in this episode of indie whimsy you’ll hear:

        1. hangman – beat happening (jamboree)
        2. month of may – arcade fire (the suburbs)
        3. such great heights – iron & wine (give up 10th anniversary edition)
        4. the theory of relativity – stars (the north)
        5. why i cry – all-time quarterback (all-time quarterback)
        6. trap door – stars (no one is lost)
        7. will i see you – all girl summer fun band (summer of ’98)
        8. no cars go – arcade fire (neon bible)
        9. home – edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros (up from below)
        10. baby i – amy millan (honey from the tombs)
        11. chemistry – kimya dawson (my cute fiend sweet princess)
        12. i don’t know how i survive – death cab for cutie (asphalt meadows)
        13. end of the affair – the field mice (snowball)
        14. boyfriend – best coast (crazy for you)
        15. sparkle – cherry twister (at home with cherry twister)
          16. 58 min
        16. Harmony Whimsy (Indie Whimsy) Episode 45 (April 1st 2025)

          hiya! in this totally normal and nothing suspicious episode of indie whimsy you’ll hear:

          1. give a little time – belle and sebastian (late developers)
          2. suburban war – arcade fire (the suburbs)
          3. times square go-go boy – east river pipe (shining hours in a can)
          4. we don’t want your body – stars (the five ghosts)
          5. spy – they might be giants (john henry)
          6. hold on when you get love and let go when you give it – stars (the north)
          7. he never finished the thought – the laughing chimes (whispers in the speech machine)
          8. windowsill – arcade fire (neon bible)
          9. sudden organ – yo la tengo (painful)
          10. ruby ii – amy millan (honey from the tombs)
          11. driftwood collection – sissy bar (statutory grape)
          12. more loves than stupids – bunnygrunt (karen hater’s club)
          13. art student (sarah version) – action painting! (trial cuts)
          14. mustard gas (edie mullen radio session 1994) – action painting! (trial cuts)
          15. 1 2 3! – pitcher56 (her abiding memory)
          16. l.i.f.e.g.o.e.s.o.n. – noah & the whale (last night on earth)
            17. 58 min
          17. Testing For Echo – Episode 84 – RUSH HOUR – Orig. Air Date August 30, 2025

            Hello there everyone. This is Tim Scammell, host of the weekly show Testing For Echo on CHSR on Saturday afternoons at 3:00 pm and Tuesday mornings at 7:00.

            This week I’m sort of cheating.

            As most of you know, our show is an homage to the best band to ever have existed, RUSH.

            Back in April 2025 we had a station fundraiser and played many special live shows all day.

            I offered to do a live show of all RUSH music, with the station manager Mark Kilfoil and I conversing between songs.

            I felt it would be cool to replay the show today, for those that missed it.

            So here we go, this is Testing For Echo, RUSH Hour.

            • Fly By Night
            • A Passage to Bangkok
            • A Farewell to Kings
            • The Spirit of Radio
            • Vital Signs
            • The Weapon
            • Time Stand Still
            • Alien Shore
            • Roll the Bones
            • Test For Echo
            • Far Cry
            • Seven Cities of Gold
            • The Garden
              • 59 min
            • Nothing in Particular: 2025-Aug-26

              Episode 8. For this episode’s [x] Years Later segment, x = 29 and the artist is the Legendary Pink Dots, with news highlights from the years 1990 and 2019.

              Artist
              Song
              Album
              Year
              Simple Minds
              Someone Somewhere In Summertime
              New Gold Dream
              1982
              Peter Gabriel
              The Tower That Ate People
              Red Planet (Soundtrack)
              2001
              Margaret Glaspy
              You and I
              Emotions and Math
              2016
              Mother Mother
              Latter Days
              The Sticks
              2012
              The Jam
              That’s Entertainment
              Sound Affects
              1980
              The Jerry Cans
              On The Rocks
              Echoes
              2020
              Legendary Pink Dots
              I Love You In Your Tragic Beauty
              The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse
              1990
              Legendary Pink Dots
              Junkyard
              Angel In The Detail
              2019
              Ayub Ogada
              Dala
              En Mana Kuoyo
              1993
              Jaian
              Mohamour (Alexis Le Tan Edit)
              RePhrase Collection: Hard Fist Edit Series
              2018
              Rotersand
              Beneath The Stars
              Random Is Resistance
              2009
              Angelique Kidjo
              Born Under Punches
              Remain in Light
              2018
              John Mann
              Ill Placed Monuments
              Acoustic Kitty
              2002
              Jill Barber
              Hold On
              Metaphora
              2018
              59 min
            • Nothing in Particular: 2025-Aug-19

              Episode 7. For this week’s [x] Years Later segment, x = 43 and the artist is Wire, with news highlights from the years 1977 and 2020.

              Artist
              Song
              Album
              Year
              Alan Parsons
              Chomolungma
              A Valid Path
              2004
              Darles Flow
              Lost Tribes
              Deep House Essentials: Blue Edition
              2020
              Anne Clark
              Homecoming
              Hopeless Cases
              1987
              Stars
              The Night Starts Here
              In Our Bedroom After the War
              2007
              The Beatles
              Julia
              White Album
              1968
              k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang
              The Waters Edge
              Sing It Loud
              2011
              Mackinaw
              To the Salt
              Key Anacon Road
              1999
              Wire
              Mannequin
              Pink Flag
              1977
              Wire
              Eardrum Buzz (12″ Version)
              It’s Beginning to and Back Again
              1989
              Wire
              Primed and Ready
              Mind Hive
              2020
              Nguyên Lê & Ngo Hong Quang feat. Paolo Fresuu
              Cloud Chamber
              Ha Noi Duo
              2017
              Contrived
              The Void
              Addicted to Saddness
              2024
              Conjure One w/ Jeff Martin
              Premonition
              Addicted to Saddness
              2002
              1 hr

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