SHOWFILL CITY

This eve I did a showfill for Hannah, who usually runs Twilight Banter. Things started off great, perhaps it was the cool night air or the coffee I snagged as the coffeeshop drew its curtains, but I made it through two middle of the night hours on air without a hitch. Barely.

You heard:

Basketball // Suspiros de Chile
Foonyap + the Roar // Introduction
Wise Blood // Fantasize (Intro); Darlin' You're Sweet
Dirty Projectors + Bjork // No Embrace
Gospel Music // Apartment
Devendra Banhart // Michigan State
Hedvig Mollestad Trio // Ashes
Adebisi Shank // Jump Cut
La Dispute // St Paul Missionary Baptist Church
Quantic // Absence Heard, Presence Felt
Pikachunes // Tonight
Dntel // Your Hill
Aaron Martin // Making Rope Out of Eyelashes
Cass McCombs // Robin Egg Blue
Laura Veirs // Riptide
Bleeding Knees Club // Truth or Dare
Olof Arnalds // With Tomorrow/I'm on Fire
Korallreven // Honey Mine
Spencer Jo & Joseph Barley // Pavement
The Constantines // Our Age
Bitter Fictions // Secret Ticket to Silence
Tune Yards // Gangsta
The Lijadu Sisters // Amebo
yMusic // Beautiful Mechanical

Thanks for listening.

Dana

Greg Chernoff with Auntie Annie's toque and blueberry jam. I MADE THAT JAM! It's up for grabs: 403-220-5000.

Good morning! Today we heard a lot of jazz and folksy blues music in the first hour and then we moved on.

Mike Cottone // Sloppin'
Turtleboy // Inner Space
Joel Forrester & Philip Johnston //Second Nature
Danny Fox Trio // Easily Distracted
Jerry Granelli Trio // Letter to Bjork
Kirk Macdonald Jazz Orchestra // Greenwich Time
Ry Cooder // John Lee Hooker for President
Laura Repo // Sleepy Baby
The Sweet Lowdown // Circle Song
Sarah Macdougall // Mmm
Beirut // Vagabond
Jens Lekman // So This Guy at My Office
The Records // Rodolfo
Cornershop // Topknot
Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps // Strong Shoulders; Strong Shoulders Reprise
Blackbird Blackbird // Left to Hurt

There was some more stuff but I lost it... we're trying out these new electronic log sheets and it's kinda weird.

Dana

Here's what Kat played two weeks ago when she covered my show at potentially the last minute I could have notified her!

Thank you Kat!!!

Steve Lacy - Forest
Drumhand - The Chase
Henry Grimes Trio - Walk On
The Blue Notes - Izithunywa
Orchestre-Poly-Rhythmo - Ou C'est Lui Ou C'est Moi
Lynn Olagundoye - Sunkissed
Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 - African Soldier
Anita O'Day - Sing, Sing, Sing (RSL Remix)
The Mercury Dance Band - Kai Wawa
Mahmoud Ahmed - Mar Teb Yelal Kafesh
Ursula 1000 - The Fly
Data.Disk0 - Live 2001 Jazzfest
Roisin Murphy - Night Of The Dancing Flame
Lamb - B-Line
Goldfrapp - Utopia
The Beekeepers - Queen Bee
Brazilian Girls - Dance Till The Morning Sun
St. Vincent - Year Of The Tiger
Mamani Keita - Douba
Tinariwen - Tenere Taqhim Tossam
Mighty Popo - Uw'lbuhoro
Super Eagles - Love's A Real Thing
The Magnetic Fields - Sweet Lovin' Man
Cuff The Duke* - Time Is Right
The Deep Dark Woods* - Westside Street
Ship Shape** - Gravediggers
Charlotte Cornfield* - Construction On The Streets
Louise Burns* - Sea Song
Widowspeak - Half Awake
One Hundred Dollars - Work
Ryan Bourne - Plastic On My Pillow
Grampall Jookabox - Take Me From Diamond Head

Heart to Heart with Chris Tenz

What yis heard:

Years // Don't Let the Blind Go Deaf
Gypsophilia // Valse Povero
Samson Schmitt // Entre Nous
Cory Weeds // Just Like That
Brad Turner // The Peacocks
Hangedup // Klang Klang
Tindersticks // Le Rallye Vendredi Soir
Siskiyou // This Land
Ocote Soul Sounds // Primavera
Nick Kuepfer // Tierra Santa con Montana Rusa
Ken Aldcroft & Dave Clark // 52nd Street Theme
Billie Holiday // My Man
Rh Positive: Jim Heineman's Dream Band // La Reine Africaine
Muskox // Buff Stop
Yaocave // Hymn Piece
Sandro Perri // Love & Light
James Blake // Lindesfarne II, Lindesfarne I
Deerhunter // Desire Lines
Cymbals Eat Guitars // Wind Phoenix
Ponytail // Celebrate the Body Electric
Greg MacPherson // River.Lake
Chris tenz // Frozen Arms
Georgia Anne Muldrow // Summer Love
Blackalicious // You Didn't Know That Though
Ikebe Shakedown // Asa Sa
Siskiyou // Twigs & Stones

Usually I try not to play the same artist twice in one show even if I separate them by an artificial wall of an hour and a half but today I did because that Siskiyou song is so damn good. We spoke to Chris Tenz about FRAGMENTS, which is a multi-disc. arts gala at the Plaza Theatre on Oct 6th that you can check out and should check out and will check out here:

fragmentscalgary.com

Talk to you next time.

Dana

Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto // Girl from Ipanema
Herbie Hancock // Watermelon Man
Artie Shaw // Begin the Beguine
Bessie Smith & James P Johnson // Back Water Blues
Roy Haynes // Quiet Fire
Art Blakey // Anthenagin
Nicos Jaritz // Otao E Eu
Los Dinamicos Exciters ft Ralph Weeks // Let Me Do My Thing
Confusional Quartet // Flash
Kituxi // Ilha do Cabo
The Exciters // Exciters Theme
Airto // Samba de Flora
Heavyweights Brass Band // Speaking My Language
Alaniaris // Alaniaris
Hat & Beard // 52nd Street Theme
Ken Aldercroft // Hands
Mitchmatic // One Word
Shabazz Palaces // Swerve... The Reeping of All That is Worthwhile (Noir Not Withstanding)
Philip Dickau // Glass Eye
Zdenek Liska // Mala Morska Vila
Library Voices // If Raymond Carver Was Born in the 90s
St. Vincent // Surgeon
Jeremy Jay // Love Everlasting
Woods // The Dark
Kris Ellestad // Shame
Kurt Vie // Peeping Tomboy
Bodies of Water // One Hand Loves the Other
Dog Day // Part Girl
White Denim // Drug
Fruit Bats // Tony the Tripper
Phonophani // Kreken
Dojo Workhorse // Prize of Distance
Falklands // Drunks & Thieves

Highs & lows, but mostly highs. That's it for today.

Dana

Chris Andrew // Wait For It
Rebirth Brass Band // I Like It Like That
Irvin Mayfield // Mo' Brass Blues
Jane Bunnett & Hilario Duran // La Tedezco
McCoy Tyner // Effendi
Allen Toussaint // Blue Drag
Elvis Bossa Nova // Viva Las Vegas
Brandi Disterheft // He's Walkin
Portland Cello Project // Geography
Jacky Terrasson // La Javanaise
The Bees // I Love You
The Budos Band // Raja Haje
Billie Holiday // Why Was I Born?
Ruddy Guy // Calgary Blue Sky
Weather Station // All of it Was Mine
The Books // There is No There
Bert Jansch / Courting Blues
Doug Hoyer // Oh, The Wind Will Blow
Joe Nolan // Hold Me Up
Gold Leaves // Ornament
Forest Tate // The Fall
Exact Index // Home
Malajube // La Caverne
Bones of Ghosts // Often I Get Lifted
The Funk Ark // Diaspora
Shafiq Husayn // Lil Girl (Ft. Fatima)
Nightmares on Wax // Mission Venice
Onra // Vallee of Love
Extra Happy Ghost!! // Mercy, Mercy
Black Drink Crier // The Jets
Chris Mills // You Are My Favourite Song
Frederick Squires // There's A Place That I Can Go
Auld Beak // God's Back Heart
Silver Jews // I Remember Me

I think I liked the country music and the rock and roll the best. Thank you for listening.

Dana

PCP DAY AT CJSW!!!

What a morning!

Hampton Hawes // Blues Enough
Bobby Hutcherson // Nocturnal
Gypsophilia // Chased
Freddie Hubbard // Caravan
Esperanza Spalding // Inutil Paisagem
Efa Etoroma Jr. Trio // You Don't Know What Love Is
Dragon Turtle // Causality
Dave Brubeck // Three to Get Ready
Sheila Jordan // Baltimore Orioles
e.s.p. // Post Bop Republic
Ikebe Shakedown // In Circles
Gene Harris // Losalamitoslatinfunklovesong
Helado Negro // Regresa
Martin Abbuehus Swing Express // Porto Cabello
Kieran Hebden + Steve Reich // Departure
Coleman Hawkins // Begin in the Beguine
Gentleman Reg // The Three Most Important Girls
Oh Mercy // Met A Wizard
Charles Bradley // Golden Rule
Doug Paisley // No One But You
Burrows // Personal Ads
Constantines // Sub Domestic
Charms // Anywhere You Go
One Hundred Dollars // Work
In Medias Res // The Final Flight of the Bees
Doug Hoyer // Little Things
Silver Jews // Tennessee
Portland Cello Project // Take 5; Denmark

What a show! See you next time.

Dane

"Denmark" - Portland Cello Project by danielfickle

Electric Company showfill

Rob Faust couldn't be here today so I sat indoors while it poured buckets and played the following tunes for you:

The Glimmers // Music for Dreams
Architecture in Helsinki // Yr Go To
John Maus // My Whole World's Coming Apart
Herajika Tracks // Celebration
Mansions on the Moon // Love Is Going to Destroy Me
Exact Index // Home
Steve Reich // Drumming (fourtet Remix)
Lee Fields // Ladies
Dump // 1999
Com Truise // Cathode Girls
Elizabeth // Empire
Low Spin // Give Chase
Digitalism // Stratosphere
Doug Hoyer // Oh, the Wind Will Blow
Le Tigre // Deceptacon // (DFA Remix)
13 & God // Old Age
Heavy Times // Secret Beach; Future City; Night Hives
Lust // Twenty One
You Say Party! We Say Die! // Downtown Mayors Goodnight, Alley Kids Rule!
Jefferson Airplane // She Has Funny Cars
Scientists of Sound // Wealth & Hellness
Hotel Mexico // The Beneath
Battles // Futura
Shabazz Palaces // The King's New Clothes Were Made by His Own Hand

That's it.

Dane

Twilight Banter showfill

Yeah you heard right:

Tarentel // Golden State Overnight
The Pop Group // She Is Beyond Good and Evil
T. Rex // Solid Gold Easy Action
The Dreams // Aloha Miami
Dump // Why Don't U Call Me Anymore?
Bodies of Water // Triplets
Chad Valley // Reach Lines
Chain Gang of 1974 // Heartbreakin Scream
Kafka // Kafka Anthem
Shabazz Palaces // An Echo From the Hosts that Profess Infinitum
Sons & Daughters // The Beach
Pantha du Prince // Stick to My Side (Fourtet version)
No Gold // Council Jam
Ticonderoga // Centipede
Sholi // All That We Can See
Palace Brothers // (I Was Drunk at the) Pulpit
Billy Bragg & Wilco // Remember the Mountain Bed
Asa Chang & Junray // Kutsu & Kutsu 2
Todos Caeran // Dance Dance Dance
Fucked Up // Serve Me Right
Brazilian Money // Give Up that Dog
Stalwart Sons // Flags & Bells

That's it. Sleep tight.

Dana

WHAT THE DEVIL??

The Get Up today:

State of Monc ft Jesse Van Ruller // Yu
Eric Hofbauer & the Infrared Band // Surely Some Revelation
The Pulse // Check Your Pulse
La Bete // Walk the Block
Harris Eisenstadt // Now Longer
Sonny Rollins // Street Runner with Child
Aline Morales // Como Polen
Max Roach, His Chorus and Orchestra // Lonesome Lover
Cedric Brooks & the Light of Saba
Erik Friedlander // Low Country Cupola
Bones of Ghosts // This One's For You, Sunshine
Jam da Silva // Dia Santo
Oumou Sangare // Iyo Djeli
Shabazz Palaces // Toooonmight
Kris Ellestad // Hour of the Rat
Jukes // Something Important
Brazilian Money // Then You'll Know
Buttercream Gang // Made it Through the Day
Ocote Soul Sounds // Primavera
The Misled Children & Odean Pope // Dadadun
National Parks Project // Long Time Before This
Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside // Danger
Cousins // Speech
Okkervil River // Piratess
Psychobuildings // No Man's Land
Dark Dark Dark // Say the Word
Norma McDonald // Bright as You Dare
Palace Brothers // O Paul
The Pining // Call it Quits
Smog // Hit the Ground Running
Constantines // Soon Enough

Here's what was on my mind all morning as I was playing these tunes: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/jul/14/dark-knight-rises-trailer-batman

That's all for today. Thank you for listening as always, see you soon.

Dana

Electric Danaland

Got to fill in for Alexis today. Here's what you heard, or missed:

And So I Watched You From Afar // 7 Billion People Alive All At Once
Bones of Ghosts // 22:22
Fleet Foxes // Montezuma
Co-La // Egyptian Peaches
Girls Names // When You Cry
The Books // That Right Ain't Shit
My Morning Jacket // You Wanna Freak Out
Women // Bullfight
Gang Gang Dance // Glass Jar
Balkans // Edita V
Algebro // Playground of Hard Knocks
Cool Kids // Gold and a Pager
Tune Yards // Hatari
Deer Tick // Mange
Pat Jordache // Phantom Limb
Chad van Gaalen // Replace Me
Fucked Up // Let Her Rest
Fist City // Debbie Get Yr Boa
Book of Caverns // Tuxedo Mask
Little Scream // Cannons
Miracle Fortress // Tracers
Lab Coast // Really Realize

HAPPY CANADA DAZE

Here are some answers to questions I posed about Helado Negro, which have gone unanswered til now.



Q. Where is he from?
A. http://asthmatickitty.com/helado-negro

Q. What is a "lechuguilla"?
A. Not a little lettuce. A.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lechuguilla_Cave or B.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave_lechuguilla

Today was a whole lot of fun! I don't know why, but maybe it had to do with getting a bunch of calls. The number is 403-220-3991 and it's always pretty great to hear from listeners. We heard:

Gil Evans Orchestra // La Nevada
Efa Etoroma Jr. Trio // You Don't Know What Love Is
Harris Eisenstadt // Cobble Hook
Elvis Bossa Nova // Viva Las Vegas
Ebo Taylor // Aba Yaa
We're Not Popstars // En Tu Cara
Smadj // Geriye
Olof Arnalds // Surrender (Radio Edit)
French Films // Dropout Jr.
Helado Negro // Lechuguilla
Clea Roddick // Revolving Doors
Maria in the Shower // Don't Build a Wall Round the Graveyard
Fine Canadian Forces // Breaking It Away
Paleo // Lighthouse
The Luyas // Too Beautiful to Work
Woods // White Out
Build // Swelter 3 (http://buildbuildbuild.com)
Eric Hofbauer & the Infrared Band // These Two Things
Junior Boys // ep
The National // Green Gloves
The Antlers // Every Night my Teeth Are Falling Out
No Gold // Puluti
Arcade Fire // Sprawl II
Colour Haze // Moon
WU LYF // Summas Bliss
Al Tuck & No Action // Buddah
Banana Clipz // Coupe Cumbia

If you wanna check out the teaser for Spike Jonze's thing with the Arcade fire, you can do so here: http://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/news/watch-spike-jonzes-arcade-fire-film-in-full/46662.htm

But why just watch the trailer when you can check out the whole damn thing here?: http://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/news/watch-spike-jonzes-arcade-fire-film-in-full/46662.htm

Thanks for listening,

Dana

Brahja Waldman Quartet // Tappau Zee
Cory Weeds // Juicy Lucy
Art Tatum // Tea for Two
Bill Ware & Marc Ribot // It Don't Mean a Thing
Angus & Julia Stone // Paper Aeroplane
Klima Kalima // Chasing Yellow
Iggy Pop & Francoise Hardy // I'll Be Seeing You
Don Pullen // Andre's Ups and Downs
Ella Fitzgerald // Imagine My Frustration
Buddy McNeil and the Magic Mirrors // Home Sweet Home
Cigarettes // Ramblin Rose
The Pining // Blood & Rain
Doug Paisley // I Stand Alone
100 Mile House // Hollow Ponds
Fine Canadian Forces // Jessie's Girl
Man Man // Piranhas Club
Gang Gang Dance // Romance Layers
Louis Armstrong // Let's Do It
Duke Jordan // Night in Tunisia (DJ Jazzy Jeff Remix)
Chain & the Gang // Why Not?
Shuyler Jansen // Inseparable
The Kestrels // Throw Aggi Off the Bridge
Etherea // Marry Me (Remix of St. Vincent)
The Battles // Ice Cream ft. Matias Aguayo
Vetiver // Ride, Ride, Ride
Diplo // Big Lost
Booker T. Jones ft. Lou Reed // The Bronx

That's it for today. What a show! More information on Matias Aguayo here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jun/11/matias-aguayo-bumbumbox-newcastle

Til next time-

Dana

Showfill, Soapbox Derby

Greg's away on a cross-Canada adventure, starting w/ the world's biggest teepee and moving on to other monuments to local tourism. SO I filled in for him this morning on Soapbox Derby. It was pretty fun: we talked bees with Chloe Bennett of the Landscape Architecture program at UBC and with Eliese Watson of ABC: Apiaries and Bees for Communities in Calgary.

State of Monc ft Jesse Van Rullen // Yu
Mose Allison // Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Graveola o Lixo Polifonico // Outro Modo
Joel Plaskett // Make a Little Noise
Bombino // Ahoubaguine Akaline
Diego & the Dissidents // Southern Lights
The Jolly Boys // Golden Brown
Dennis Coffey // Somebody's Been Sleepin'
Al Green // My Problem Is You
George Benson // Water Brother
The McCrary // Emerge
Ron Forella // Crystals
Corduroi // Everglade Leaf House
My Morning Jacket // Circuital
Little Scream // People is Place
Chris Thile & Michael Davis // 20/20 Vision
Balkans // I Can't Compete
Andre Ethier // Honey Bee
The Bees // Wash in the Rain
Sand Circles // Stellar Waves
Dntel // Roll On
Lauren Mann & the Fairly Odd Folk // Stow Me Away; Lady in the Yellow Dress
Painted Palms // I Will Truck
Carol Bui // Geisha Means Open-Minded
Lab Coast // Waiting

That's it for today. See you on Tuesday - I'll be covering the AM Mixtape for Marc and Hayley.

Dana

BATTLES at the Hotel du Ville in Paris

http://www.blogotheque.net/2011/05/23/battles-en/

Today we heard:

Sila and the Afrofunk Experience // Chrome
Yesterday's New Quintet // Send One Your Love
We're Not Popstars // Palo de Rosa
Rachel's // Air Conditioning/A Closed Feeling
Vieux Farka Toure // Sokosondou
Booker T. Jones // Progress (Ft. Yim Yames)
Brian Blain // Don't Blame the Bass Player
Laura Vane + the Vipertones // Time Ain't Waitin
Art Tatum // Night & Day
Vandaveer // Beat, Beat, My Heart
Samantha Savage Smith // Nobody Loves Me But My Own Kind
Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside // Write Me a Letter
Legendary Rhythm & Blues Band // Voodoo Spell
Amadou & Mariam // Je Te Kiffe
Dustin Wong // Infinite Love Pt 2
Co La // Hit Me (Cat Call Version)
Ponytail // Easy Peasy
Bob & Gene // These Lonely Nights
Aurelio // Yange
Ratatat // Gipsy Threat
Amor de Dias // Bunhill Fields
Toki Monsta // Bright Shadows
Flaming Lips & Stardeath White Dwarfs // Borderline
Olenka & the Autumn Lovers // Sparrow
Ana Robik // My company Venus de Mars (flocked up remix)
Gardens and Villa // Star Fire Power
The Blackbyrds // Rock Creek Park
The Silvertones // Uptight
Blueprint // Automatic
Beastie Boys // Nonstop Disco Powerpack
Boogieman // Our Song
Blue Seeds // Might as Well Dream
Des Ark // My Saddle Is Waiting
Man Man // Steak Knives

That's it for today. Thanks for tuning in! Until next time.

Dana

Inaugural Get Up

Today was the first day of the rest of your life and the Get Up.

Jacques Loussier // Concerto Pour Clavecin No 1 en Re Mineur
Creaking Tree String Quartet // Jazz Hands
Quadron // Jeans
Ballake Sissoko and Patrick Segal // Wo Ye N'Gnougobine
Brahja Waldman's Quartet // Nothin' But a Good Woman on Yr Mind Blues
Charles Bradley // Heart of Gold
9th Wonder // Righteous Way to Go
Alex Pangman // I Found a New Baby
Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson // Hallelujah I Love Her So
Alela Diane Diane and Wild Divine // Long Way Down
Deer Tick // Twenty Miles
Robin Holcomb & Talking Pictures with Wayne Horvitz // Interlude
Klang // Stompin' at the Savoy
Amadou & Miriam // Je Te Kiffe
Eldar Djangitov // I Should Care
Hauschka // Tanzbein
Fourtet // Sing
The Books // Enjoy Your Worries, You May Never Have Them Again
Miracle Fortress // Awe
Charanga '76 // No Nos Pararan
Amon Tobin // Get Your Snack On
Roxanne Potvin // Donnes-Moi Ton Amour
Systema Solar // Bienvenidos
Jeremy Steig // Howlin' for Judy
Jazz Liberatorz // Outro
Romi Mayes // Heavy Heart
Joel Plaskett // Through & Through & Through
Gonjasufi // Duet
James Pants // Clouds Over the Pacific

My show is followed by Mike's: Mindfolked. The guy loves folk music and you can really hear it when you listen - check it out sometime.

Dana

Showfill #2

Here's what we heard from the witching hour to the wee hours of the morning:

Book of Caverns // Ocean Rites
Stalwart Sons // Flags & Bells
Damages // Saving Face
Fist City // Crime Spree
Miracle Fortress // Tracers
Shabazz Palaces // Free Press & Curl
Petrels // Winchester Croydon Winchester
Xander Harris // BloodremixXHVocoder
Little Scream // Cannons
James Pants // 1988
Bonnie Prince Billy and the Cairo Gang // New Wonder
Lab Coast // Waiting
Vivian Girls // Death
Fast Romantics // Cool Kids
Sharp Ends // Goodbye to Berlin
The Errors // Bridge or Cloud?
Holy Fuck // The Pulse
Fol Chen // In Ruins (Baths Remix)
The Dodos // Black Night
Reading Rainbow // I See Light
Radiohead // Codex

Goodnight all. Andrew is here, singing along to the tracks, ready to guide you on to the light of morning.

Dana

Triumphant return to radio:

Gold Panda // Marriage (Baths Remix)
Wavves // Linus Spacehead
The Head and the Heart // Cats & Dogs
Alexander // Truth
Chancha via Circuito // Deportes
Petch Phin Thong Band// Soul Lam Phearn
Calexico and Iron + Wine // He Lays in the Reins
Tommy Guerrero // In the West
Mount Kimbie // Before I Move Off
Anna Calvi // Rider to the Sea
Lab Coast // All Right
The Kills // DNA
Hunx & His Punx // Tonite, Tonite
Hauschka // Radar
Timber Timbre // Obelisk
Nomo + Shawn Lee // Upside Down
TuneYards // Killa
Vivian Girls // Dance (If You Wanna)
Samantha Savage Smith // What I've Tasted
Jennifer Castle // Way of the Crow
Grey Kingdom // She Came from Spencer
Women // Heat Distraction
The Burning Hell // My name is Mathias
Shabazz Palaces // Find Out
Kraak n Smaak (ft Lee Fields) // Forget About You
Micachu & the London Sinfonietta // Everything

All done. Time to get some sleep.

Love,
Dana

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