'Pulp Friction' playlist

Today's show on 94.9 CHRW was my final show of 2006, and once again featured songs from my favourite albums of the past year. I'll be back on the air on January 5th. Have a great Christmas and New Years, and thanks for listening. Here's the playlist...

3:30-4:30

Editors - All Sparks
The Futureheads - News & Tributes
The Walkmen - All Hands And The Cook
Tapes 'n Tapes - Insistor
Born Ruffians - Piecing It Together
The Stance - Kiss Me Kiss Me
Dirty Pretty Things - Wondering
The Kooks - Eddie’s Gun
Tin Bangs - He’s So Pretty
Beck - Dark Star
Thom Yorke - Analyse
Pink Mountaintops - New Drug Queens
Kasabian - Shoot The Runner
We Are Scientists - This Scene Is Dead
Tokyo Police Club - Shoulders & Arms
The Strokes - Vision Of Division

4:40-5:30

Put The Rifle Down - My Industrial Park
Duchess Says - Black Flag
The Lovely Feathers - Frantic
Albert Hammond, Jr. - In Transit
The Dears - Find Our Way To Freedom
Destroyer - European Oils
Arctic Monkeys - Dancing Shoes
The Sunshine Underground - Commercial Breakdown
MSTRKRFT - Easy Love
The Rapture - Whoo! Alright Yeah... Uh Huh
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Way Out
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
Sunset Rubdown - They Took A Vote And Said No

5:30-6:00

Eagles Of Death Metal - I Like To Move In The Night
The Rakes - Strasbourg
Surplus Sons - Step Stones
Uncut - Breaking Glass
Hot Chip - Boy From School (Hot Chip Re-Work)

If you missed it, here are the links to download and/or listen to the show...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1530.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1630.mp3
Hour 3: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1730.mp3

Favourite Albums of 2006

So, since you've seen my playlist from last Friday's radio show, you already know what my favourite albums of the year are. Now, here's the actual numbered list. Some of my friends gave me a hard time about posting a Top 20 and not just a Top 10, but I'm thinking that if NME and Pitchfork both do Top 50 lists, then a list of 20 should be alright. Actually, figuring out the order was the toughest part of doing this, as they're all great albums.

You'll notice that Hard-Fi and Mew aren't on the list. That's because their latest albums were released in 2005 overseas, and since I'm a firm believer that if possible, music should be released worldwide at the same time, let's just say that those are indeed albums from 2005. By the way, both would have been in the top 10.

Ok, here they are - DJ Rob Gordon's 20 Favourite Albums of 2006...

1. Beck - The Information
2. Tapes ‘n Tapes - The Loon
3. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
4. Dirty Pretty Things - Waterloo To Anywhere
5. The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out
6. Thom Yorke - The Eraser
7. The Rapture - Pieces Of The People We Love
8. Tokyo Police Club - A Lesson In Crime
9. Editors - The Back Room
10. Albert Hammond, Jr. - Yours To Keep
11. We Are Scientists - With Love & Squalor
12. The Sunshine Underground - Raise The Alarm
13. Kasabian - Empire
14. The Walkmen - A Hundred Miles Off
15. The Futureheads - News & Tributes
16. The Rakes - Capture/Release
17. The Strokes - First Impressions Of Earth
18. TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
19. Eagles Of Death Metal - Death By Sexy
20. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones

If you have any questions or comments about the list, feel free to send me an e-mail. And, of course, let me know if I overlooked your favourite album of the year.

This Friday's Pulp Friction show on CHRW will feature the second installment of my 'best of the year' programs - some of my favourite songs from the above albums and more. So, be sure to tune in for that.

'Pulp Friction' playlist

Today's show on 94.9 CHRW featured songs from my favourite albums of 2006. Here's the playlist...

3:30-4:30

The Strokes - You Only Live Once
Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You’re Dead
The Stance - Impossible Baby
Arctic Monkeys - From The Ritz To The Rubble
The Kooks - See The World
Surplus Sons - City Nights
Tokyo Police Club - Nature Of The Experiment
Editors - Munich
Beck - We Dance Alone
Tapes ‘n Tapes - Just Drums
The Dears - Ticket To Immortality
Destroyer - 3000 Flowers
Albert Hammond, Jr. - Everyone Gets A Star
The Sunshine Underground - Dead Scene
MSTRKRFT - The Looks
The Rapture - The Sound

4:40-5:30

Kasabian - Empire
Put The Rifle Down - Dragged Across The Gulf
Duchess Says - Ccut Up
Born Ruffians - This Sentence Will Ruin/Save Your Life
Tin Bangs - Shake
Eagles Of Death Metal - Cherry Cola
The Walkmen - Don’t Get Me Down
We Are Scientists - It’s A Hit
The Rakes - We Are All Animals
The Lovely Feathers - In The Valley
The Futureheads - Fallout
Pink Mountaintops - Cold Criminals
Sunset Rubdown - Stadiums And Shrines

5:30-6:00

Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill
TV On The Radio - Hours
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fancy
Beck - Cellphone's Dead
Rock Plaza Central - When We Go, How We Go (part II)
Dirty Pretty Things - Wondering (Tavern Version)

If you missed it, here are the links to download and/or listen to the show...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1530.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1630.mp3
Hour 3: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1730.mp3

Next two Friday's

For the next two Friday's (Dec. 15 & 22), the Pulp Friction show will feature songs from my favourite albums of 2006. I'm not going to call them the "best" albums, as that's subjective; but I can say that they were indeed my favorites this year.

Both shows will include the same artists and albums, but each show will have unique tracks from those albums. Plus, I'll also be giving away lots of cool prizes, so be sure to tune in for what I'd say are going to be two of the best Pulp Friction shows this year. Following that I'll be off on the 29th, and back on the air on January 5, 2007.

'Pulp Friction' playlist

So, due to the big snowstorm none of the DJ's made it into the station yesterday, until I got there at 2:30pm. I played an extra hour of stuff before my regular show, including some tracks from the Flaming Lips 4-disc album 'Zaireeka', which was pretty cool 'cause that's something I've wanted to do for quite a while now. If you'd like to check out that pre-Pulp Friction hour, here are the links...

http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1400.mp3
http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1500.mp3

And here's the playlist from my actual show yesterday on 94.9 CHRW...

3:30-4:30

Graham Coxon - Don't Let Your Man Know
The Fratellis - Henrietta
The Canons - Down From Above
The Shins - Phantom Limb
Elbow - Picky Bugger
Lipstick Machine - Song Fifteen
Guillemots - Trains To Brazil
Fields - Brittlesticks
Rock Plaza Central - When We Go How We Go (Part II)
Die Mannequin - Autumn Cannibalist
Uncut - Breaking Glass
Secret Machines - Lightning Blue Eyes
The Beatles - I Am The Walrus
John Lennon - Instant Karma

4:40-5:30

Dirty Pretty Things - Wondering
Babyshambles - The 32nd Of December
The Meligrove Band - Everyone's A Winner
Mew - The Zookeepers Boy
The Sunshine Underground - Dead Scene
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control
The Stance - Somebody Call The Law
Albert Hammond, Jr. - 101
Destroyer - 3000 Flowers
Small Sins - Stay
TV On The Radio - Hours
Thom Yorke - Analyse

5:30-6:00

Born Ruffians - This Sentence Will Ruin/Save Your Life
Ox - El Camino (Pt. 1)
Jon-Rae & The River - Ghostsong
Baby Eagle - Redpath Sugar Factory
The Yoko Casionos - No Regrets
The Stolen Minks - Rip It Up
The Ride Theory - Genghis Con Artist
The Hidden Cameras - She's Gone

If you missed it, you can download and/or listen to the show here...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1530.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1630.mp3
Hour 3: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1730.mp3

'Pulp Friction' playlist

Today's 'Indie Music Express' segment (5:30-6:00) featured an interview with Ricky from the TV show and band Sons Of Butcher. They're playing at Call The Office tomorrow night (December 2nd). Here's the entire playlist from today's show on 94.9 CHRW...

3:30-4:30

The Strokes - You Only Live Once
The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
The Cribs - Mirror Kissers
The Wooden Stars - Orphans
Kasabian - Shoot The Runner
The Constantines - Shine A Light
The Dears - Ticket To Immortality
Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
Broken Social Scene - Fire Eye’d Boy
Born Ruffians - This Sentence Will Ruin/Save Your Life
The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Herculean
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
Eagles Of Death Metal - I Like To Move In The Night
The Black Keys - Your Touch
The Blue Van - Independence

4:40-5:30

Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down
Albert Hammond, Jr. - Everyone Gets A Star
Two Hours Traffic - Heatseeker
The Sunshine Underground - Wake Up
New Order - Fine Time
The Rapture - Get Myself Into It
Die Mannequin - Autumn Cannibalist
The Long Blondes - Lust In The Movies
Rock Plaza Central - When We Go How We Go (Part II)
Test Icicles - Circle.Square.Triangle.
Tom Vek - Things Are Here To Stay
Beck - Dark Star
Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty

5:30-6:00

The Matadors - Let's Ride
Our Mercury - Spirits Up
Sons Of Butcher - Action Reaction
Sons Of Butcher - Here To Rock

If you missed it, here are the links to download and/or listen to the show...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1530.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1630.mp3
Hour 3: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1730.mp3

Giveaway tonight

I almost forgot to post this...

Tonight at GT's, we're giving away a pair of tickets to see Motley Crue at the John Labatt Centre next Monday (December 4th). Get there early to fill out a ballot, and I'll be making the draw shortly after Midnight.

'Pulp Friction' playlist

Here's the playlist from yesterday's show on 94.9 CHRW...

3:30-4:30

The Shins - Phantom Limb
Ambulance Ltd - Heavy Lifting
Bloc Party - Two More Years
The Rapture - Whoo! Alright Yeah... Uh Huh
The Sunshine Underground - Put You In Your Place
The Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
Beck - The Information
Lipstick Machine - Song Fifteen
Of Montreal - Forecast Fascist Future
Oasis - The Masterplan
Jets Overhead - Seems So Far
The Dears - Ticket To Immortality
Rock Plaza Central - When We Go How We Go (Part II)
The Grass - Gator

4:40-5:30

Pavement - Father To A Sister Of Thought
The Flaming Lips - Vein Of Stars
Tenacious D - Master Exploder
Fields - Brittlesticks
The Bicycles - Australia
Immaculate Machine - No Such Thing As The Future
Pulp - Disco 2000
Albert Hammond, Jr. - 101
Born Ruffians - This Sentence Will Ruin/Save Your Life
The Kooks - Sofa Song
The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
PJ Harvey & Thom Yorke - This Mess We're In

5:30-6:00

Two-Hours Traffic - Stuck For The Summer
Two-Hours Traffic - Heatseeker
The Joel Plaskett Emergency - All The Pretty Faces
Joel Plaskett - Truth Be Told
The Constantines - Young Offenders

If you missed it, here are the links to download and/or listen to the show...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1530.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1630.mp3
Hour 3: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1730.mp3

U218

Tonight at GT's we'll be giving away copies of the new U2 singles CD, titled 'U218'. The album contains 16 of the band's biggest hits from 1980 to now, as well as 2 new brand new songs. Pretty cool, though deciding on just 16 songs from all of their hits must have been tough.

Anyway, it should be another busy Thursday night so get there early to avoid the line.

'Pulp Friction' playlist

Here's the playlist from today's show on 94.9 CHRW...

3:30-4:30

The Black Keys - 10 A.M. Automatic
The Black Keys - Your Touch
Graham Coxon - You & I
The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Herculean
Tokyo Police Club - La Ferrassie
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Rifles
The Shins - Phantom Limb
Wolf Parade - Shine A Light
Thrush Hermit - Songs For The Gang
The Kooks - Eddie’s Gun
Eagles Of Death Metal - Cherry Cola
Surplus Sons - City Nights
Queens Of The Stone Age - The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret
Death From Above 1979 - Blood On Our Hands
Uncut - Hideaway

4:40-5:30

Albert Hammond, Jr. - In Transit
The Strokes - You Only Live Once
Pavement - Rattled By The Rush
The Cribs - Hey Scenesters!
The Long Blondes - Lust In The Movies
The Canons - Down From Above
Sonic Youth - Incinerate
Be Your Own Pet - Girls On TV
Duchess Says - Ccut Up
Fields - Song For The Fields
Guillemots - Trains To Brazil
Les George Leningrad - Mammal Beats
The Rakes - We Are All Animals

5:30-6:00

The Parkas - Darling, The Wolves
Ox - Miss Idaho
Joel Plaskett - Happen Now
The Tender Box - Mister Sister
Two Hours Traffic - Stuck For The Summer
Ox - El Camino Pt. 1

If you missed it, here are the links to download and/or listen to the show...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1530.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1630.mp3
Hour 3: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1730.mp3

Thursday night guest list

So, Thursday nights have been pretty busy at GT's lately - which is really good. But a few people have been asking me about getting on the club's guest list, so I thought I'd post some more info on here.

If you click here you can sign up for a free GT's Membership. You'll then be able to get on the list for the night's that you'll be coming to the club, and you won't have to wait in line. You'll also get advance notice of when I'm giving away free CD's, concert tickets, and stuff like that, which is pretty sweet as well.

'Pulp Friction' playlist

Here's the playlist from today's show on 94.9 CHRW...

3:30-4:30

R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
Hot Hot Heat - Talk To Me Dance With Me
Beck - Think I’m In Love
The Rapture - The Sound
Pulp - Party Hard
Hard Fi - Tied Up Too Tight
The Long Blondes -Lust In The Movies
The Subways - Young For Eternity
The Fratellis - Henrietta
Kasabian - Me Plus One
The Shins - Caring Is Creepy
Pink Mountaintops - New Drug Queens
Tin Bangs - Shake
Cities In Dust - Save The Last Dance
From Fiction - Patterns In Similar Static
Meligrove Band - Our Love Will Make The World Go Round

4:40-5:30

Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
New Pornographers - The Laws Have Changed
Albert Hammond, Jr. - In Transit
The Kills - Love Is A Deserter
Les Georges Leningrad - Mammal Beats
The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Herculean
The Beta Band - Squares
Tapes n' Tapes - In Houston
Joel Plaskett - Truth Be Told
The Blue Van - The Time Is Right
Kings Of Leon - The Bucket

5:30-6:00

Uncut - Breaking Glass
The Diableros - Olympic Island
C'Mon - Desperate Hearts
Surplus Sons - Step Stones
Blood Meridian - I Don't Believe
Raised By Swans - Capable Of Cruelty

If you missed it, here are the links to download and/or listen to the show...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1530.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1630.mp3
Hour 3: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1730.mp3

'Pulp Friction' playlist

So, we're in the middle of this years 94.9 CHRW fundraising drive. Sorry if you listened to the show today and found it annoying that I was asking for donations every 10 minutes (they've asked us to mention it that much). The station does need donations from listeners though, and if you'd like to help out you can do so here. They'll definitely appreciate your support, whether it's $10 or $100.

Anyway, here's the playlist from today's show...

3:30-4:30

Kasabian - Me Plus One
Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance
Louis XIV - Louis XIV
Spoon - Believing Is Art
Band Of Horses - Wicked Gil
The Wooden Stars - Orphans
The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Herculean
TV On The Radio - Hours
The Arcade Fire - Haiti
The Black Keys - Your Touch
The Decemberists - O Valencia!
The Dears - Bandwagoneers
Uncut - Breaking Glass
Debaser - Setbacks
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - How Near How Far

4:40-5:30

The Dandy Warhols - Boys Better
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Not If You Were The Last Dandy On Earth
Beck - Dark Star
Interpol - Leif Erikson
Thom Yorke - Black Swan
The Stills - Animals & Insects
The Marble Index - Same Schools
The Libertines - Up The Bracket
The Long Blondes - Lust In The Movies
Bloc Party - Helicopter
The Kooks - Eddie's Gun
The Fratellis - Henrietta
The Stance - Kiss Me Kiss Me

5:30-6:00

Raising The Fawn - Carbon Paper
In-Flight Safety - Out Of Sight
Barzin - Just More Drugs
Shout Out Out Out Out - Your Shitty Record Won't Mix Itself
C'Mon - Call My Name
Surplus Sons - City Nights

If you missed it, here are the links to download and/or listen to the show...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1530.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1630.mp3
Hour 3: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1730.mp3

Public Warning

Well it's been a while since I've posted anything on here, but I can assure you that I am still alive. Someone filled in for my radio show last week, so I hope you liked it.

Anyway, just wanted to let you know that we're giving away lots of cool stuff at GT's this Thursday night. Straight outta England, we'll have copies of 'Public Warning', the brand new album from Lady Sovereign.

We'll also have CD's and t-shirts from Edmonton's Shout Out Out Out Out to give away. They'll be playing at Call The Office on November 9th, and we'll have some tickets for the show as well.

Sweet. See you at da club! djrg out.

'Pulp Friction' playlist

The final half-hour of today's show on 94.9 CHRW featured bands that are performing at next Saturday's LOLA Festival in downtown London. Here's the full playlist...

3:30-4:30

The Kooks - Eddie’s Gun
The Stance - Impossible, Baby!
Surplus Sons - City Nights
Beck - We Dance Alone
The Rapture - Whoo! Alright Yeah... Uh Huh
The Rakes - We Are All Animals
The Constantines - Love In Fear
Team Sleep - Our Ride To The Rectory
The Dears - Find Our Way To Freedom
Radiohead - Cuttooth
Radiohead - Kinetic
Radiohead - Fog
The Walkmen - Don’t Get Me Down (Come On Over Here)
Dirty Pretty Things - Last Of The Small Town Playboys
The Vines - Take Me Back

4:40-5:30

The Decemberists - O Valencia!
M. Ward - To Go Home
Grant-Lee Phillips - The Killing Moon
Amy Millan - Losin You
Broken Social Scene - Swimmers
Mew - Why Are You Looking Grave?
My Morning Jacket - Off The Record (live)
Kasabian - The Doberman
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
The Futureheads - Fallout
Graham Coxon - Standing On My Own Again
Art Brut - Good Weekend

5:30-6:00

The Wooden Stars - Orphans
Tokyo Police Club - Shoulders & Arms
Born Ruffians - This Sentence Will Ruin/Save Your Life
Cuff The Duke - Anti-Social
Elliott Brood - Johnny Rooke
A Northern Chorus - Winterize
Hylozoists - Strait Is The Gate

If you missed it, you can download and/or listen to the show here...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1530.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1630.mp3
Hour 3: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1730.mp3

Guest DJ

Tomorrow night at the club, my good friend Jesse will be spinning a guest DJ set. He played some great stuff during a guest set back in April. This time around you can expect to hear lots more cutting edge rock n' roll out of the UK, as well as some classic stuff. I'll also be spinning my usual stuff, so it should be another great Thursday night. See you there!

'Pulp Friction' playlist

Here's the playlist from today's show on 94.9 CHRW. News now only runs at 4:30, rather than at 4:00 and 5:00.

3:30-4:30

The Kooks - See The World
Art Brut - Formed A Band
The Golden Dogs - Dynamo
The Dears - Hate Then Love
Wolf Parade - You Are A Runner And I Am My Fathers Son
The White Stripes - The Air Near My Fingers
Kings Of Leon - Genius
The Von Bondies - Lack Of Communication
The Stance - Kiss Me Kiss Me
Jeff Buckley - Vancouver
Jeff Buckley - Witches Rave
Grant-Lee Phillips - Age Of Consent
Sun Kil Moon - Salvador Sanchez
Destroyer - New Ways Of Living
The Rapture - Whoo! Alright Yeah... Uh Huh

4:40-5:30

R.E.M. - Finest Worksong
Spiritualized - Come Together
Clinic - The Bridge
Uncut - Understanding The New Violence
Cities In Dust - Some Of My Best Friends Are Cheaters
Debaser - Born In
Fields - Song For The Fields
Stars - Ageless Beauty
The Bicycles - Gotta Get Out
Gomez - We Don’t Know Where We’re Going
My Morning Jacket - It Beats 4 U (live)

5:30-6:00

The Flints - Empire Hotel
Sparta - Erase It Again
Dead Letter Dept. - I'll Never Get To Go To Space... So Fuck The World
Matthew Barber - The Latest Thing
Peter Mansbridge And The CBC’s - Catch Up Song
Tokyo Police Club - Citizens Of Tomorrow
Elliott Brood - Bowling Green
Rogue Wave - Publish My Love

If you missed it, you can download and/or listen to the show here...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1530.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1630.mp3
Hour 3: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1730.mp3

Get yourself into it

This Thursday at the club, we'll be giving away copies of The Rapture's great new album, 'Pieces Of The People We Love'. You can listen to the album's first single (Get Myself Into It), as well as 2 other new tracks here: www.myspace.com/therapture. I'll also be playing a bunch of songs from it on Thursday.

If you'd like to see them live, they're playing at The Guvernment in Toronto on October 27th, and at St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit on the 28th. You can buy tickets here (Toronto) or here (Detroit).

'Pulp Friction' playlist

Here's the playlist from today's show on 94.9 CHRW...

3:30-4:00

Fields - Song For The Fields
The Dears - Find Our Way To Freedom
Placebo - Infra-Red
Muse - Starlight
Sonic Youth - Rats
The Stance - Impossible, Baby!
The Golden Dogs - Construction Worker

4:00-5:00

Beck - Nausea
Beck - Cell Phone’s Dead
Beck - Soldier Jane
Beck - Dark Star
Kasabian - Sun Rise Light Flies
The Rapture - The Devil
Tom Vek - Things Are Here To Stay
The Walkmen - Lost In Boston
Spoon - Loss Leaders
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fancy
Art Brut - Modern Art
We Are Scientists - It’s A Hit

5:00-6:00

Tapes N’ Tapes - Just Drums
Islands - Where There’s A Will (There’s A Whalebone)
Duchess Says - Ccut Up
Put The Rifle Down - Dragged Across The Gulf
Surplus Sons - City Nights
The Lovely Feathers - In The Valley
Pop Levi - Blue Honey
Staylefish - Rebel Rider
The Local Rabbits - Never Had To Fight
Beekeepers Society - Douglas Coupland
Knock Knock Ginger - You Could've Been My Johnny Marr
The Illuminati - Run And Hide
Sparta - Mye

If you missed it, you can download and/or listen to the show here...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1530.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1600.mp3
Hour 3: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1700.mp3

The Information

Tonight at GT's, we'll be giving away copies of Beck's great new album, 'The Information'. I'll also be playing a bunch of songs from it. Thursday's have been really busy lately, so get there early to avoid the lineup. See you tonight!

Last night's concert

Last night I saw Kasabian and Mew perform live at St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit. I was really looking forward to seeing both bands for the first time, and it turned out to be a great show.

Downtown Detroit was a flurry of activity, as there was also a Tigers game at 7:00 (they've clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 1987). After checking out the opening band's material online (they're called One Thousand Pictures) and being less than impressed, we decided to head over to one of our favourite downtown restaurants, Loco's for dinner instead. They have great Tex-Mex food that's really inexpensive. If you're ever in Greektown, you should definitely check it out.

Enough about the food though, and back to the music. We arrived back at the venue just as Mew was taking the stage. The hall was starting to fill up, and we made our way the front of the stage. Mew's set was an epic one, complete with backdrop videos, and their trademark brand of Danish "dream-rock". It was cut short however because, as guitarist Bo Madsen put it (in his Danish accent), "there's a big hip-hop fest here later tonight". So, they didn't have a chance to play the hits 'Why Are You Looking Grave?' or 'Special', but Kasabian was still to come, so we weren't entirely disappointed.

We decided to head up to the balcony to get a better view of Kasabian's set, which also turned out to be a great rock n' roll show. Frontman Tom Meighan was as charismatic on stage as any I've seen, and the band tore through an hour-long set of songs from both their debut album and their latest release, 'Empire'. He really got the crowd into it, and told us that "this is a real rock city, right". One of the funniest moments was when, near the end of the set, he dedicated a song to 'Robocop', which of course was set in Detroit.

The show ended fairly early to make room for the "big hip-hop fest", and we headed home by way of Port Huron. One final stop before crossing back into Canada though - for a 12-pack of Rolling Rock beer (of course). You can't get this great beer in Canada, and the border guards have always been cool about me bringing back 12 of them. It's probably too much paperwork for them to bother with.

As an aside to this blog entry, the last issue of Rolling Stone gave the new Kasabian album just 1 star (out of 5). Either they didn't actually listen to it, or they just didn't get it. I'll say it was probably the latter. The thing that takes away any credibility that the RS reviewers may have had left, is that right beside the Kasabian review, was a 2-star review of Everclear's new album. Ha!

This Friday

As I'll be away this Friday, and because it's homecoming weekend at UWO; the Pulp Friction show this week will be preempted by a special show, hosted by CHRW's Promotions Director.

I'll have lots of great rock n' roll for you when I return for next week's show (Friday, October 6th).

'Pulp Friction' playlist

Here's the playlist from today's show on 94.9 CHRW...

3:30-4:00

Spoon - Mountain To Sound
The Shins - Caring Is Creepy
M. Ward - To Go Home
Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
Boy Kill Boy - Civil Sin
Editors - Lights
Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill
Ratatat - Kennedy

4:00-5:00

Kasabian - Shoot The Runner
Mew - The Zookeepers Boy
The Flaming Lips - Haven’t Got A Clue
The Vertical Struts - Stab Stab Stab
The Vertical Struts - Girlfriend Boyfriend
Eagles Of Death Metal - I Like To Move In The Night
The Rapture - The Sound
LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations
Data Rock - Fa Fa Fa (Shake Remix)
Surplus Sons - City Nights
Evil Doers - Master This
Cities In Dust - Chop Chop You’re Dead
Graham Coxon - Don't Let Your Man Know

5:00-6:00

Sloan - Marcus Said
Sloan - People Of The Sky
Sloan - G Turns To D
Sloan - Sinking Ships
Sloan - Snowsuit Sound (live)
Controller.Controller - Poison Safe
You Say Party! We Say Die! - Stockholm Syndrome (Parts 1 & 2)
The Electrocult - Disappearing Act
Priestess - Lay Down
Nashville Pussy - Hate & Whiskey
Two-Minute Miracles - I'm Getting A Feel

If you missed it, you can download and/or listen to the show here...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1530.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1600.mp3
Hour 3: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1700.mp3

Audio archives

A few people have e-mailed me with regard to the audio archives from my show, so I thought I would just post a bit of information here...

The audio from past shows on CHRW are for the most recent show only. When the next show airs, it automatically records over the audio that was previously there. However, if you do see something on my playlists that you'd like me to play again on a future show, just e-mail me and let me know and I'll try to fit it in for you.

'Pulp Friction' playlist

Here's the playlist from today's show on 94.9 CHRW...

3:30-4:00

The Kooks - See The World
The Strokes - Vision Of Division
The Stance - Kiss Me Kiss Me
The Stills - Killer Bees
Constantines - Shine A Light
The Walkmen - All Hands And The Cook
The Dears - Whites Only Party
Destroyer - 3000 Flowers

4:00-5:00

Spoon - Get Out The State
The Decemberists - We Both Go Down Together
Sunny Day Sets Fire - Wilderness
The Rapture - Get Myself Into It
Hard Fi - Hard To Beat
Mew - Special
Tokyo Police Club - Citizens Of Tomorrow
Bloc Party - Positive Tension
Small Sins - Stay
Surplus Sons - City Nights
The Vertical Struts - The Chief Fox
Kings Of Leon - California Waiting
M. Ward - Poison Cup

5:00-6:00

R.E.M. - Begin The Begin
R.E.M. - Feeling Gravity's Pull
R.E.M. - Welcome To The Occupation
R.E.M. - Pretty Persuasion
Pavement - Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence
Holy Fuck - Tone Bank Jungle
Shout Out Out Out Out - Your Shitty Record Won't Mix Itself
Ron Leary - Turn
The Locusts Have No King - New Years Eve
Teitur - Louis, Louis
The Flints - Empire Hotel

If you missed it, you can download and/or listen to the show here...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1530.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1600.mp3
Hour 3: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1700.mp3

'Pulp Friction' playlist from last Friday

My September 8th show on CHRW featured an interview with a band from Dartmouth, NS, called 'The Grass'. I spoke to them prior to their show at The Last Drop and played a few songs from their latest album. Here's the full playlist from last Friday...

3:30-4:00

Tokyo Police Club - Cheer It On
Tokyo Police Club - Nature Of The Experiment
The Bicycles - Australia
The Airfields - Lonely Halls
Square Root Of Margaret - Circuitry Knee
Tin Bangs - Shake
The Marble Index - Same Schools
Duchess Says - Ccut Up
Debaser - Born In

4:00-5:00

Kasabian - Empire
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
Mew - Why Are You Looking Grave?
Arctic Monkeys - Cigarette Smoker Fiona
The Kooks - See The World
French Kicks - Knee High
Sonic Youth - Incinerate
Be Your Own Pet - Bicycle Bicycle You Are My Bicycle
The Lovely Feathers - Frantic
The Dears - Bandwagoneers
Sunset Rubdown - Stadiums And Shrines
Small Sins - Threw It All Away
Grant-Lee Phillips - Age Of Consent

5:00-6:00

Tapes 'n Tapes - Cowbell
Grandaddy - Geez Louise
Oneida - Happy New Year
Thom Yorke - Black Swan
Four Tet - She Moves She
Ratatat - Lex
The Grass - Gator
The Grass - Phantom Operator
The Grass - In Tahoma
Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You're Dead

If you missed it, you can download and/or listen to the show here...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1530.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1600.mp3
Hour 3: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWFri1700.mp3

Last night

Well, you can tell that the college and university students are back in town, 'cause last night at the club was packed! By 10:30 there was a line to get in, and inside it was as busy as it normally is by 11:30.

There also seemed to be a lot of people there that were new to the night, as I received a bunch of ridiculous/hilarious requests. People were asking for everything from Metallica to Spirit Of The West to Aerosmith - even Ace Of Base! Fortunately I didn't have any of it (as I'm not a jukebox for kitchy songs).

Anyway, it was a really fun night, and it was nice to see the place even more packed than it was all summer. See you next week for more great rock n' roll (and economically priced alcoholic beverages). Just make sure you get there early.

Kasabian and Mew

Last Friday, I bought tickets to see Kasabian and Mew at St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit. The show is on September 29th, and it's going to be great!

The latest Mew album has been out in Europe for almost a year, but it was just released here. I've played them on my radio show a bunch of times, but if you haven't heard them, you can check them out here: www.mewsite.com or here: www.myspace.com/mew.

Kasabian's new album, 'Empire' will be released here next week, and I'm pretty excited about that too. You can stream the entire album here: www.kasabian.co.uk/Kleber_Empire_Player/k_player.php

Day and time change

As of next week, the Pulp Friction show will be moving to Friday afternoons, from 3:30 to 6pm. The format will be staying the same, and you'll still be able to listen to the show online at chrwradio.com.

Thanks for listening on Tuesday mornings, and I hope you'll have a chance to tune in on Friday afternoons.

'Pulp Friction' playlist

Here's the playlist from today's show on 94.9 CHRW...

Hour 1

Tapes ‘n Tapes - Cowbell
Elbow - Forgot Myself
New Pornographers - Sing Me Spanish Techno
Interpol - C’mere
The Futureheads - News & Tributes
The Rakes - Violent
Belle & Sebastian - We Are The Sleepyheads
The Bicycles - Australia
Hot Hot Heat - Naked In The City Again
Graham Coxon- Standing On My Own Again
Grandaddy - Geez Louise
Hot Chip - A Glue Too Thick
The Dears - Find Our Way To Freedom
Destroyer - European Oils
The Inbreds - Any Sense Of Time

Hour 2

Babyshambles - Fuck Forever
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldier
The Parkas - Darling, The Wolves
Hexes And Oh’s - Alive Until Saturday Night
Thom Yorke - Analyse
Sianspheric - Nothing Stands
The Kooks - See The World
Vigilantes - Keep It Movin’
Supergrass - Road To Rouen
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
Debaser - Born In

If you missed it, you can download and/or listen to the show here...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWTue0900.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWTue1000.mp3

'Pulp Friction' playlist

Here's the playlist from today's show on 94.9 CHRW...

Hour 1

The Rapture - Get Myself Into It
Hard Fi - Living For The Weekend
Joy Division - Transmission
Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill
Bright Eyes - Down In A Rabbit Hole
Broken Social Scene - Market Fresh
Mew - Apocalypso
Mew - Special
Put The Rifle Down - My Industrial Park
Dirty Pretty Things - You Fucking Love It
The Marble Index - Same Schools
Eagles Of Death Metal - Cherry Cola
The Dears - There Goes My Outfit
Stars - Reunion

Hour 2

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Spread Your Love
Kasabian - Empire
Sunset Rubdown - Stadiums And Shrines
Sloan - 500 Up
The Posies - Daily Mutilation
The Kooks - See The World
Frank Black - Fast Man
Raised By Swans - Violet Light
The Stills - Animals & Insects
Bloc Party - Luno
Tokyo Police Club - Shoulders And Arms
Muse - Starlight
Small Sins - Stay

If you missed it, you can download and/or listen to the show here...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWTue0900.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWTue1000.mp3

'Pulp Friction' playlist

Here's the playlist from today's show on 94.9 CHRW...

Hour 1

Tapes ‘N Tapes - Insistor
Elliott Brood - President (35)
The Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
Mew - Why Are You Looking Grave?
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Another Morning Stoner
Sonic Youth - Lights Out
The Flaming Lips - One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21
Sunny Day Sets Fire - Wilderness
The Stills - Fevered
Debaser - Idaho
Uncut - Understanding The New Violence
Cities In Dust - Some Of My Best Friends Are Cheaters
My Morning Jacket - Easy Morning Rebel
Band Of Horses - Wicked Gil

Hour 2

Dirty Pretty Things - Wondering
Franz Ferdinand - Outsiders
The Vertical Struts - Stab, Stab, Stab
Elliott Smith - Bled White
Elliott Smith - Cupid’s Trick
Asobi Seksu - Strawberries
The Walkmen - Don’t Get Me Down (Come On Over)
Raising The Fawn - Carbon Paper
The Bicycles - Australia
The Lovely Feathers - Frantic
The Dears - Find Our Way To Freedom
Stephen Malkmus - Black Book
Graham Coxon - I Can't Look At Your Skin

If you missed it, you can download and/or listen to the show here...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWTue0900.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWTue1000.mp3

'Pulp Friction' playlist

Here's the playlist from today's show on 94.9 CHRW...

Hour 1

The Dears - Bandwagoneers
The New Pornographers - Three Or Four
The Cardigans - I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer
Eagles Of Death Metal - I Like To Move In The Night
Ryan Adams - Note To Self: Don’t Die
Arctic Monkeys - Cigarette Smoker Fiona
The Futureheads - Fallout
Maximo Park - Graffiti
Kaiser Chiefs - Modern Way
The Marble Index - Same Schools
Tin Bangs - Shake
Constantines - Nighttime/Anytime (It’s Alright)
Graham Coxon - Don’t Let Your Man Know
Graham Coxon - I Can't Look At Your Skin
The Bicycles - Gotta Get Out
Ambulance Ltd. - New English

Hour 2

Yo La Tengo - Moby Octopad
Beck - Missing
Tokyo Police Club - La Ferrassie
The Rapture - Get Myself Into It
VHS Or Beta - No Cabaret
Duchess Says - Black Flag
Thrush Hermit - Darling Don't Worry
Number One Cup - High Diver
Placebo - Post Blue
Death From Above 1979 - Little Girl
Death From Above 1979 - Blood On Our Hands
Kasabian - Empire

If you missed it, you can download and/or listen to the show here...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWTue0900.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWTue1000.mp3

Giveaways this month

We've got lots of CD's to give away at GT's this month. So come on out on a Thursday night for some great tunes and cheap drinks, and maybe some free CD's too! Here's how the schedule looks for the month...

August 3rd - New York Dolls (One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This), The Bronx (S/T)

August 10th - Be Your Own Pet (S/T), The Marble Index (Watch Your Candles Watch Your Knives)

August 17th - Dirty Pretty Things (Waterloo To Anywhere), Towers Of London (Blood, Sweat & Towers)

August 24th - MSTRKRFT (The Looks)

'Pulp Friction' playlist

Today's show on 94.9 CHRW featured a couple of tracks from the forthcoming Dears album, 'Gang Of Losers', as well as the new single from Kasabian. Here's the full playlist...

Hour 1

Kasabian - Empire
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
The Shins - So Says I
Band Of Horses - The Funeral
Wolf Parade - Fancy Claps
Sunset Rubdown - Stadiums And Shrines
The Dears - Bandwagoneers
The Dears - Find Our Way To Freedom
The Vines - Take Me Back
Thom Yorke - Analyse
Travis - Walking Down The Hill
Tom Vek - C-C (You Set The Fire In Me)
The Parkas - Recipe For Sick
The Flints - Empire Hotel
Rogue Wave - Bird On A Wire

Hour 2

Tapes 'n Tapes - In Houston
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Is This Love?
Sunny Day Sets Fire - Wilderness
Sloan - Worried Now
Meligrove Band - Ages & Stages
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - No No No
Grandaddy - Elevate Myself
Raised By Swans - Relentless
Square Root Of Margaret - Cellophane Heart
Silversun Pickups - Checkered Floor
My Dad vs. Yours - Habla Paisano
Spiritualized - Electricity

If you missed it, you can download and/or listen to the show here...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWTue0900.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWTue1000.mp3

New Tracks tonight!

Tonight at the club, I'll be spinning brand new tracks from The Rapture and Kasabian (both will have new albums out on Sept. 12th), as well as The Dears (they'll have a new album out on Aug. 29th). Sweet!!!

'Pulp Friction' playlist

Here's the playlist from today's show on 94.9 CHRW...

Hour 1

Kings Of Leon - Slow Night, So Long
Eagles Of Death Metal - I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)
The Libertines - The Man Who Would Be King
Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill
Muse - Starlight
Jets Overhead - Seems So Far
The Dears - Don’t Lose The Faith
Kent - Bianca
Broken Social Scene - Market Fresh
The Pixies - Alec Eiffel
The Lovely Feathers - In The Valley
Cities In Dust - Chop Chop You’re Dead
Editors - French Disko
Raised By Swans - Capable Of Cruelty
Sonic Youth - Lights Out

Hour 2

The Rapture - Get Myself Into It
The Rapture - Sister Saviour
The Rakes - Retreat
Keane - Crystal Ball
Elliott Smith - Pretty (Ugly Before)
Belle & Sebastian - White Collar Boy
Pink Mountaintops - New Drug Queens
Duchess Says - Ccut Up
Be Your Own Pet - Girls On TV
The Ride Theory - Parking Ticket
Sloan - I Hate My Generation
Square Root Of Margaret - Circuitry Knee
The Dandy Warhols - Love Is The New Feel Awful

If you missed it, you can download and/or listen to the show here...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWTue0900.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWTue1000.mp3

'Pulp Friction' playlist

Today's show on 94.9 CHRW featured tracks from some of my favourite albums so far this year. The album titles are included in brackets on this week's list. Here it is...

Hour 1

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Way Out (Show Your Bones)
Arctic Monkeys - From The Ritz To The Rubble (Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not)
Hard Fi - Middle Eastern Holiday (Stars Of CCTV)
Editors - Blood (The Back Room)
Tokyo Police Club - Cheer It On (A Lesson In Crime)
Tokyo Police Club - Nature Of The Experiment (A Lesson In Crime)
The Strokes - Vision of Division (First Impressions Of Earth)
Tin Bangs - Shake (Heavy Handed Darling)
We Are Scientists - This Scene Is Dead (With Love And Squalor)
Tapes ‘N Tapes - Insistor (The Loon)
Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You’re Dead (Waterloo To Anywhere)
Sunset Rubdown - They Took A Vote And Said No (Shutup I Am Dreaming)

Hour 2

The Walkmen - Lost In Boston (A Hundred Miles Off)
Destroyer - 3000 Flowers (Rubies)
Eagles Of Death Metal - Cherry Cola (Death By Sexy)
The Flaming Lips - The W.A.N.D. (At War With The Mystics)
Sonic Youth - Incinerate (Rather Ripped)
Thom Yorke - The Clock (The Eraser)
Jonny Greenwood - 24 Hour Charleston
Four Tet - She Moves She
Death From Above 1979 - Little Girl (MSTRKRFT Edition)
MSTRKRFT - Easy Love
Electronic - Reality
The Ride Theory - I'm On Board

If you missed it, you can download and/or listen to the show here...

Hour 1: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWTue0900.mp3
Hour 2: http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/94-9CHRWTue1000.mp3