Another EatKS show for you, if you missed the show I did a couple of weeks ago, do check it out as I had some great guest on my show and it was so much fun to talk about their fundraiser for Community Music Schools of Toronto and play some tunes that might end up on their playlist as well as music from the musicians themselves. Check out the playlist and show notes on my substack page or my website page, and yes as always I give you ALL the hyperlinks. This episode of EatKS, I have 15 tracks mostly inspired by putting my music library on shuffle. I listen to my music mostly when I'm traveling, writing, cleaning the house etc,

As much as people love their record collections, are you really going to walk over to the record player and switch records when cleaning your place? Don’t lie to me and say you do!

The best part of having your music digitally is that you can be surprised, take a trip down memory lane, and be amused with what nonsense will happen when you put you music library on shuffle.

When I say music library, I mean your CD’s you ripped, the digital download codes from the records you bought, the digital tracks you bought from Bandcamp or maybe you did the dropbox thingy with your music pals and swapped music.

Track List:

Fall From Grace - Babyshambles

So Far Away - Social Distortion

Twenty Four Hours - Joy Division

Lagartija - Bauhaus

Radio Silence - Bastard Child Death Cult

Blew - Nirvana

Janice Graham Band - No Money Honey

Bankrupt - Naked Aggression

Upon Yesterday - Ian Blurton

Clouds of Saint Marie - Ride

Dreams of Children - The Jam

Out of Sight - James Brown

Platico Chino - Afrosound

Swing Baby! - Big Rude Jake

Out of Many - Audioweb

Armagideon Time - The Clash

A start of a new series perhaps? I do love Bandcamp and Bandcamp has done so much for artists during these trying times with COVID. Each month this year they waived their fees on a Friday so that the artists and labels get 100% of the money. They plan to continue this through 2021.

With my grassroots word of mouth #NoPantsRecordStoreShopping hashtag a very tiny community of music junkies post their favourite bands that they have found and it is a great rabbit hole of music genres. Hashtags aren’t just about trends, they are also search engines.

A lot of these picks are from 2020 so despite 2020 being a crappy year for everything else, some killer music was still put out. You might say that is a glass half full, I see a glass that can always be filled. Thanks for listening and once again thanks to Bombshell Radio for their continuing support in airing my shows no matter how infrequent they are.

You can stream the show via Mixcloud here. The show is also available where you can get your podcasts except Spotify. Sorry music nerds, Nikki don’t do Spotify.

This is an EatKS show that solely focuses on bands that have a bandcamp page for music fans to get their music from whether it be in a digital or physical form is not the point. Its that music fans have access to a better way to support a band/artist/record label.

Sure it's been a while but good music come to those that wait! Or something like that. This episode features tracks from two fantastic compilations as well as a TON of music from bands all over the world and lots of genres.

The show is called Everything and the Kitchen Sink for a reason ;)

You can stream the show via Mixcloud here. The show is also available where you can get your podcasts except Spotify. Sorry music nerds, Nikki don’t do Spotify.

EatKS (Everything and the Kitchen Sink) shows are a mix of old, new, global, and Bandcamp music all across the genres, sub-genres, and weird fusions. Do You Even Bandcamp Bro is a series where I solely focus on Bandcamp artists. I have dabbled with the idea of other themed shows, such as deeper cuts, which focus on less well-known songs from an album. (that is still a possibility)

I am so excited to finally take a moment, reflect, regroup and realize that this show, EatKS (the short form for Everything and the Kitchen Sink), needed to see the light of day again. For new listeners, this show started back in 2011, and it’s been a roller coaster of a ride. Even in the DIY scene, gatekeeping has always been a reality. I am a person who believes that you don’t stay quiet when there is xenophobia in the DIY circles. I will call out microaggressions and misogyny, sometimes publicly and sometimes behind closed doors, but when you do that, it means you also have to burn those bridges/connections.

I do realize that in 2020, I burned many bridges with other radio hosts, music bloggers, music sites and musicians because their allyship with certain marginalized groups or causes was just mere social bandwagoning only when it didn’t affect them, their friends, their networks were comfortable to speak out.

EatKS has been 100% DIY with a few kind supporters to help offset some of the costs to keep the lights on this nonsense. I am forever grateful to those supporters and also the supporters that share the show on their social media platforms. I can’t quit this because I love music and I love sharing my love of music with you. It’s like me creating a mixtape of bands for you.

I finally got to chat with the organizer of Ceol Kids (a music crowd-funding event) for Community Music Schools of Toronto.

Check out EatKS.com or EatKS on Substack for the show notes and groovy hyper links.

Track List

The Cranberries - Dreams

The Tragically Hip - Fireworks

Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills

Joan and The Jane Does - Drown A Goat

Christian and The Sinners - Monday Feels Like A Week

Track Listing:

En Passent - Dub Trio

Birds of Prey - Hether Fortune

Grab Your Cloak We Are Going Haunting - Fatal Obelisk

Slithering Friends - Heart Attack Kids

Mrs. Piss - Mrs. Piss

Nostalgia Road - Christian and The Sinners

End of the World - JAWS

Love Song - The Peacocks

The Call - SPECTRES

Not On Loop- KILL BELL

She Breathes - Dead Leaf Echo

Let Me Have Some - GLOO

Kuin Öinen Meri - Havukruunu

Cause Unknown - HIMKO

Between The Badges - Now You Are Smiling But We Have All Turned Into Demons

Everything and the Kitchen Sink, FROM THE VAULT: April 30th, 2013

Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros – Get Down Moses

Battle Born – Forget About Tomorrow

The Class Assassins – The Solution

The Mants – The Mants! The Mants!

The Population Drops – Enough

Rough Francis – Not A Nice Guy

Maximum RNR – Cutthroat

Saint Alvia – Roll With It

Needles/Pins – Hale Bop

Michael Rault – She’ll Cut You Down

The Ballantynes –Velvet

Bored Housewife - Suicide Fears (for Britney Spears)

Whiskey Hearts - So Cold

Louise Distras – This Is Your Life

Carbon Silicon – Big Surprise

The Dum Dum Girls – I Got Nothing

Thee Oh Sees – I Come From The Mountain

The Black Keys – Money Maker

How I Became Invisible – Jupiter (Let’s Go)

Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros – Redemption Song

Husker Du – Makes No Sense At All

The Clash – London Calling

The Hold Steady – Constructive Summer

Dubmatix – Kingdom Dub

Goyte – Puzzle With A Piece Missing

Pama International – Highrise Mungos Hi Fi Dubstep

The Dirtbombs – Sarivari

Bad Religion – Fuck Armageddon... This Is Hell

The Bronx – Ribcage

The Cola Heads – Don’t Know Shit

Teenage Bottlerocket – Headbanger

Toys That Kill – V-Chip

Koffin Kats – Graveyard Tree

The Brains – Six Rounds

Thirteen Shots UK - Nekro Sexual

Desmond Dekker – Music Like Dirt

Toots and the Maytals – Broadway Jungle (2000 Version)

The Clash – Bankrobber

Here Come the Fire Horses – Sometimes You Break Your Heart for Nothing, Sometimes You Break Your Heart for Good

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away

Playlist

1. REVENGE - Joe Gibbs and the Professionals
2. JE DIS CE QUE JE PENSE, JE VIS COMME JE VEUX- The Bristols
3. RUDE - Dubmatix
4. SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT -Sleater-Kinney
5. 59 TIMES THE PAIN- Husker Du
6. DISPOSSESSION - The Algiers
7. IT ALL FEELS THE SAME - Tennis
8. I’M NOT DOWN - The Clash
9. KNOW YOU BETTER - Black Pumas
10. BUMMED OUT CITY - Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros
11. FIVE FEET TALL - Lady Blackbird
12. FEVER - Junior Byles
13. KUNG FU - The Dirtbombs
14. INSIGHT - Fort Knox Five
15. BOY CRIED WOLF (LIVE IN PARIS) - Patti Smith
16. KEEP BELIEVING - Bob Mould

EatKS (Everything and the Kitchen Sink) is finally back this time!

This episode is a mix of world beats, fusions, a bunch of bands that I cannot pronounce to save my life. Remember if you like the show share it on your social media places because discovering music should be shared with your friends, frenemies, and strangers!

Thank you to all of you that continue to support my love of doing this show. It means the world to me.