On this week's show, I dive into a listener suggestion: Music that came out of the AIDS epidemic. (There may be a second part, as this really only covers a portion of it.)

Sylvester - You Are My Friend (Live)

Cyndi Lauper - Boy Blue

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Is Anybody Out There?

The Communards - For A Friend

Prince - Sign ‘O’ The Times

Coil - Tainted Love

Lou Reed - Halloween Parade

Gwen Guthrie - Can’t Love You Tonight (The Surgeon General’s Funky 4/4 Mix)

Elton John - The Last Song

Pet Shop Boys - Dreaming Of The Queen

Madonna - In This Life

Paula Cole & Peter Gabriel - Hush Hush Hush

Michael Callen with Cris Williamson & Holly Near - They Are Falling All Around Me

Boy George - Il Adore

George Michael - Jesus To A Child

Janet Jackson - Together Again

Queen - The Show Must Go On

Jimmy Somerville - Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)

Welp, The FNPS got pulled from Spotify, and your indomitable host is deeply annoyed about it. While I look for a way to get broader distribution again, please enjoy a bookend to last week's mixtape from the past with a mixtape from the present.

Shakespear’s Sister - Hello (Turn Your Radio On)

Tove Lo - Sadder Badder Cooler (Y2K Mix)

The Kills - Black Balloon

Muna - Around U

Rush - Time Stand Still

The Grapes of Wrath - ...But I Guess We’ll Never Know

The Bravery - Unconditional

Frightened Rabbit - Still Want To Be Here

Robyn Hitchcock - The Ghost In You

TSUKI ft. First Person - Boy

Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand

King Creosote - My Favourite Girl

Matthew Sweet - I’ve Been Waiting

Mike Oldfield - Only Time Will Tell

CHVRCHES - Afterglow

HEALTH - LIFE

Death Cab For Cutie - Some Boys

INXS - Don’t Change

Catherine Wheel - Heal 2

The Sundays - A Certain Someone

Lush - Tiny Smiles

LIGHTS - Skydiving (Cliff Recording)

Porcupine Tree - Lazarus

Manchester Orchestra - The Maze

Leon Bridges - River

Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees (Acoustic)

White Lies - What I Need

The week got away from me and I didn't have time to do a properly researched episode, but rather than cancel, I pulled out a mixtape I made a while ago featuring tracks I loved as a teenager.

James - Born of Frustration

Rush - Presto

Jesus Jones - Song 13

Ned’s Atomic Dustbin - Suave And Suffocated

Guns N’ Roses - Estranged

Howard Jones - Human’s Lib

Crowded House - Into Temptation

The Watchmen - Must To Be Free

Pet Shop Boys - It Couldn’t Happen Here

The Grapes Of Wrath - All The Things I Wasn’t

Alice In Chains - Down In A Hole

Brad - Screen

Jane’s Addiction - Jane Says

The Cure - Homesick

Peter Gabriel - We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)

Depeche Mode - Waiting For The Night

Nine Inch Nails - A Warm Place

Marillion - Brave

Last week, we were looking at how Public Enemy's collaboration with Anthrax set the stage for nu-metal, and I touched on the soundtrack for Judgment Night in 1993 (*kept saying 1994 in the recording, apologies) being something that furthered the potential for that genre to happen. Judgement Night also set the stage for further crossovers with metal. This week, we take a look at how the rise of electronic music to popular culture in soundtracks allowed the soundtrack for Spawn to happen, which was full of metal and electronic collaborations, a crossover style that's still alive and kicking.

Aerosmith & Run DMC - Walk This Way

Jesus Jones - International Bright Young Thing

Ministry - Thieves

Helmet & House Of Pain - Just Another Victim

Biohazard & Onyx - Judgment Night

Stabbing Westward - Lost

Orbital - Sad But True

The Prodigy - Voodoo People

Leftfield ft. John Lydon - Open Up

Brian Eno & U2 - Always Forever Now

Moby - God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters

New Order - Temptation (1987 version)

Underworld - Born Slippy [NUXX]

Orbital - The Saint

David Bowie - Dead Man Walking

Filter & Crystal Method - (Can't You) Trip Like I Do

DJ Spooky & Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls (The Irony Of It All)

The Prodigy & Tom Morello - One Man Army

Goldie & Henry Rollins - T-4 Strain

Atari Teenage Riot & Slayer - No Remorse (I Wanna Die)

Korn & Skrillex - Get Up

Tom Morello & Knife Party - Battle Sirens

REZZ & Underoath - Falling

Last week's show got me wondering about the roots of nu metal, so this week, we're doing a brief overview of the history and some of the biggest names in the genre. 

Ministry - Burning Inside

Anthrax & Public Enemy - Bring The Noise

Faith No More - A Small Victory 

Helmet - In The Meantime 

Korn - Blind

Mushroomhead - Too Much Nothing 

Deftones - My Own Summer (Shove It) 

Incubus - A Certain Shade Of Green

Machine Head - Take My Scars

Taproot - Again & Again

Slipknot - Eyeless

Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff

Static-X - I’m With Stupid

Coal Chamber - Shock The Monkey

Disturbed - Land of Confusion

Linkin Park - One Step Closer

Papa Roach - Last Resort 

Kittie - Spit

(Hed)P.E. - Bartender

Mudvayne - Severed

Chimaira - Dead Inside

Drowning Pool - Reminded

System Of A Down - Chop Suey

Chevelle - The Red

Spineshank - Violent Mood Swings

Discrepancies - Art of War

This week is the final installment of our miniseries looking at the impact of the Amen break on music over the last 30+ years. Lots of genres in this last one: pop, house, big beat, breaks, dubstep, industrial, EDM, indie, metal, and 90s alternative.

Alex Clare - War Rages On

Olly Murs - Right Place Right Time

Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - One Kiss (Oliver Heldens Remix)

Amtrac - Those Days

Zedd ft. Foxes - Clarity (Brillz Remix)

Zeds Dead & Dirtyphonics ft. Bright Lights - Where Are You Now

Future Sound of London - We Have Explosive (Oil Dub)

Cirrus - Break In

Makoto - Bubbles

Primal Scream - Slip Inside This House

London Grammar - Nightcall

Mono - Life In Mono

Delerium ft. The Mediaeval Baebes - Aria

Baz Luhrmann - Everybody’s Free To Wear Sunscreen

Naughty Boy ft. Emeli Sande - Lifted

Orbital ft. Kirk Hammett - Satan (Spawn Version)

Skunk Anansie - Charlie Big Potato

Celldweller - Switchback

Pitchshifter - Genius

Lords of Acid - Voodoo-U

Garbage - Push It

JG Thirlwell - Assclamp!

KMFDM - Son Of A Gun

Babymetal - Catch Me If You Can

This week, we're continuing our look at the Amen break, and in particular its impact on jungle and its subgenres.

DJ Rap - Divine Rhythm

Ellis Dee - Don’t Stop Rocking

Metalheads - Sinister

Ed Rush - I Wanna Stay In The Jungle

Apollo Two - Atlantis (I Need You) LTJ Bukem Mix

Foul Play - Music Is The Key

Omni Trio - Rollin’ Heights (More Strings Attached Mix)

System X - Got To Believe

DJ SS - Lighter

DJ Zinc - Super Sharp Shooter

Cutty Ranks - Limb By Limb (DJ SS Mix)

Squarepusher - Come On My Selector

Venetian Snares - Crackest

The Flashbulb - Sensual Data

Klute - Hell Hath No Fury

Keeno - Nocturne

The Nativist - I Love Us And What We Are Becoming

King Yosef - Instinct

High Contrast - Going Up

Sewerslvt - Blacklight

Tusken Raiders - Dystopic

This week, we begin a deep dive on the Amen break, which is likely the most sampled sound in history. This is the first of several parts, covering its history, and its use in hip hop and hardcore. (Note: NSFW language in some of the songs.)

The Impressions - Theme From Lilies Of The Field (Amen)

The Impressions - We're A Winner

The Winstons - Amen, Brother

Salt-n-Pepa - I Desire

2 Live Crew - Feel Alright Y'all

NWA - Straight Outta Compton

Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - Keep It Going Now

Neneh Cherry - The Next Generation

Kid n' Play - Bill's At The Door

Eric B. & Rakim - Casualties of War

The Game ft. will.i.am - Compton

Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Letter From God To Man

Tyler, The Creator - Pigs

clipping. ft. Cakes da Killa & Maxi Wild - Hot F*ck No Love

Acen - Close Your Eyes (XXX Mix)

Moby - Unloved Symphony

Ramos, Supreme & Sunset Regime - Got To Believe

Brothers In Crime - How Deep Is Your Love

Predator - Mind Of A Lunatic

Frankie Bones - Point Of No Return

M. Jay & Dan Vee - The Sun Always Shines

Dune - Can't Stop Raving

Atari Teenage Riot - Raverbashing

Ecchi-chan - This Whole Album Is Way Too Happy

Little Big - Hateful Love

Happy birthday to us! On this week's episode, I reach out to some fellow local DJs to find out what are some key tracks for them. Guest DJs include: Mistress McCutchan, DJ Darq, The Wasteland, DJ Jacqueline, and Ryan of Toronto.

Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It

Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours

Bedless Bones - Drifting

Orbital - Halcyon & On & On

Utah Saints - Something Good

Alpha Portal - Acid Rain

Prince - Purple Rain

Paul Van Dyk - Another Way

ESA - The Scorn

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

New Order - Blue Monday

Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar

Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noize

Lesbian Bed Death - I Use My Powers For Evil

Black Dresses - Bulldozer

Duran Duran - The Wild Boys

(unknown Rotterdam track - if you know it, HMU!)

Zola Jesus - Soak

On this week's show, we're getting into the spirit of St. Paddy's Day with some raucous Celtic Punk and raising a glass to lost loved ones on the local first anniversary of the initial lockdown for Covid. Also, Chatty G lives up to his name. Repeatedly.

The Cloverhearts - Drinking Songs

Kilmaine Saints - Go On Home British Soldiers

Auld Corn Brigade - Come Out Ye Black And Tans

The Bleeding Irish - Hunger Strike

The Killigans - Martyrs Of The Lower Middle Class

The ShamRogues - An Irish Soldier Laddie

Street Dogs - Up The Union

The Young Dubliners - Foggy Dew

The Roughneck Riot - This Is Our Day

The Real McKenzies - Chip

The Tossers - Siobhan

The Bastard Bearded Irishmen - Switchblade Molly

Fiddler’s Green - Life Full Of Pain

Pipers And Pints - Never Let You Down

Flatfoot 56 - The Long Road

The Rumjacks - Uncle Tommy

Mr. Irish Bastard - Galway Bay

The Go Set - Sing Me A Song

Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster

Cutthroat Shamrock - Happier Living

Celkilt - Hey, What’s Under Your Kilt?

Hoist The Colours - Dance Through The Days

Social Distortion - Live Before You Die

The Mahones - A Great Night On The Lash

The Fighting Jamesons - Tell Me Ma

Sir Reg - Drink Up Ya Sinners

The Pubcrawlers ft. Chris Skel - Where Oh Where

The Porters - Too Many Pints of Guinness

Seven Nations - Last Call

The Vandon Arms - Brothers In Arms

Hey! Hey! Hooligan - Forever Loyal

Flogging Molly - What’s Left Of The Flag

The Dropkick Murphys - Your Spirit’s Alive

The Feelgood McLouds - Drink To All My Friends

The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God