'Pulp Friction' playlist

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

Hour 1

Sonic Youth - Incinerate
Jets Overhead - Seems So Far
Broken Social Scene - Fire Eye’d Boy
Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
The Futureheads - Fallout
Square Root Of Margaret - Time Machine
Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You’re Dead
Cities In Dust - Chop Chop You’re Dead
Morrissey - You have Killed Me
Tin Bangs - Shake
The Marble Index - Everyone Else
The Raconteurs - Hands
VHS Or Beta - You Got Me
Radiohead - Idoteque

Hour 2

The Blue Van - Revelation Of Love
Gogol Bordello - Immigrant Punk
Meligrove Band - Our Love Will Make The World Go Round
The Walkmen - Louisiana
Destroyer - European Oils
Wilco - War On War
The Rakes - We Are All Animals
Arctic Monkeys - Who The Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?
New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Elliott Brood - President (35)
Wolf Parade - You Are A Runner And I Am My Father’s Son
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control

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

Bright Eyes - Gold Mine Gutted
Bright Eyes - Old Soul Song (For The New World Order)
Bright Eyes - Light Pollution
Arctic Monkeys - Cigarette Smoker Fiona
We Are Scientists - It’s A Hit
Cities In Dust - Some Of My Best Friends Are Cheaters
Tapes 'n Tapes - Cowbell
The Lovely Feathers - Frantic
The Futureheads - Skip To The End
Put The Rifle Down - Dragged Across The Gulf
Test Icicles - Circle.Square.Triangle.
LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations

Hour 2

Safe Home - They Say It
Coralie Clement - Indecise
Pink Mountaintops - New Drug Queens
Tin Bangs - Shake
Kings Of Leon - Wasted Time
The White Stripes - The Air Near My Fingers
The Flaming Lips - The W.A.N.D.
Raising The Fawn - Carbon Paper
In Flight Safety - Time & Place
Tokyo Police Club - Citizens Of Tomorrow
The Strokes - Electricityscape
Clothes Make The Man - Tuz
The Flints - Empire Hotel
The Cardigans - Godspell
Bright Eyes - First Day Of My Life

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

Without Feathers

I'll get straight to the point. The new Stills album is by far the biggest musical disappointment of the year. I'm really glad I had a chance to hear it before spending any money on it.

Anyway, here's the supposed background story... A great band from Montreal releases a really good first album. It gets alot of critical acclaim, makes them moderately popular, and predictably, has it's share of detractors that label them as things like "unoriginal" or "new-new wave". They probably took those criticisms (or themselves) too seriously, so they decide to make some changes. First they kick out their guitarist. Then their drummer, who co-wrote material for the first album says "if you don't let me sing and play guitar, I'll quit"; and they actually agree to this! (thanks Dave Grohl - now every drummer has a huge ego and wants to sing). Then they proceed to make an album full of boring mid-tempo crap. I know, I've played stuff from it on my radio show, but that was just because I needed to fill my Canadian content quota.

The album is called 'Without Feathers'. I guess this an attempt to further distance themselves from the first album, which has feathers all over the cover. As if the music doesn't do that enough! In trying to be different, they went too far away from their original sound, while also ignoring everything that worked for them in the past. It sounds like a completely different band; and that's not a good thing in this case.

'Pulp Friction' playlist

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

Hour 1

Radiohead - Electioneering
Grandaddy - Jeez Louise
Destroyer - 3000 Flowers
Editors - Someone Says
Metric - Dead Disco
The Futureheads - Fallout
Bright Eyes - We Are Nowhere And It’s Now
Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Let It Ride
The Meligrove Band - Planets Conspire
Islands - Rough Jem
Hard Fi - Feltham Is Singing Out
Cities In Dust - Chop Chop You’re Dead
Put The Rifle Down - Random Selector
New Order - Krafty

Hour 2

The Raconteurs - Intimate Secretary
Soledad Brothers - Downtown Paranoia Blues
Tin Bangs - Shake
Priestess - Lay Down
The Illuminati - Run And Hide
Wolfmother - Dimension
The Walkmen - Lost In Boston
Pink Mountaintops - Cold Criminals
The Dandy Warhols - Nietzche
Secret Machines - All At Once
M1 - Supersymmetric
Nada Surf - Do It Again

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

Arctic Monkeys - Space Invaders
Broken Social Scene - Ibi Dreams Of Pavement
The Diableros - Olympic Island
Interpol - Stella Was A Diver And She Was Always Down
Mew - Why Are You Looking Grave
The Early Morning - I Won’t Forget This
Tapes ‘N Tapes - Insistor
Elliott Brood - Second Son
Ambulance Ltd. - New English
The Vertical Struts - The Chief Fox
The Raveonettes - Love In A Trashcan
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mysteries
From Fiction - Patterns In Similar Static
Cities In Dust - Some Of My Best Friends Are Cheaters
Placebo - Drag

Hour 2

The Walkmen - All Hands And The Cook
Jets Overhead - Seems So Far
The Stills - Helicopters
Grandaddy - Elevate Myself
The The Flaming Lips - It Overtakes Me
Pink Mountaintops - New Drug Queens
Television - Friction
Morrissey - In The Future When All's Well
Belle & Sebastian - Another Sunny Day
Doves - Almost Forgot Myself
Tokyo Police Club - Be Good
The Raconteurs - Store Bought Bones
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Ain't No Easy Way

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

Tokyo Police Club

I just found out that following the CHRW Top 30 Countdown tomorrow, I'll be interviewing a great new band from Toronto called Tokyo Police Club. The countdown starts at 11am, and the interview will likely start shortly after 1:00pm. Later on tomorrow evening, they'll be playing a show at the Alex P. Keaton. Sweet!

Upcoming giveaways!

Over the next few weeks, we're going to be giving away a lot of free CD's at the club...

This Thursday, we're giving away copies of the new Angels & Airwaves album, 'We Don't Need To Whisper'. Bright Eyes will be in town in June for a show at Centennial Hall, so on June 1st and 8th, we'll have a bunch of copies of his last two albums to give away. On June 15th, we'll have copies of the new Sonic Youth album, 'Rather Ripped' and the new AFI album, 'Decemberunderground'. And, on June 22nd, we'll give away copies of the new albums from Keane, and a great band from Toronto called Cities In Dust.

So, there's somthing for everyone's musical tastes there. Personally, I'm most excited about the new Sonic Youth and Cities In Dust albums. All you have to do for a chance to win is come see me at the DJ booth, and fill out a ballot.

Oh, and the Vines giveaway that we were going to do this week has been postponed until sometime in late June. I'll post the exact date here when I know.

Top 30 countdown

This Saturday, May 28th, I'll be hosting the CHRW Top 30 Countdown. Listen in for a chance to win this week's top 5 albums courtesy of Grooves Records. The show airs from 11am-1:30pm on 94.9FM and online at chrwradio.com.

'Pulp Friction' playlist

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

Hour 1

The New Pornographers ­- Use It
Bright Eyes - Light Pollution
Constantines - Sub-Domestic
Nine Black Alps - Cosmopolitan
The Futureheads - A To B
Franz Ferdinand - 40 Feet
The Rakes - Binary Love
Tokyo Police Club - Shoulders And Arms
Debaser - So Long
My Morning Jacket - Master Plan
Supergrass - Tales Of Endurance
The Subways - I Want To Hear What You Have Got To Say
Tegan And Sara - Walking With A Ghost
The Arcade Fire - Haiti
Clothes Make The Man - Tuz

Hour 2

The Raconteurs - Hands
The Meligrove Band - Everyone's A Winner
Islands - Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby
Secret Machines - Lightning Blue Eyes
Rogue Wave - Publish My Love
Raising The Fawn - The Matador
The Ark - Let Me Down Gently
The Concretes - Fiction
The Cardigans - I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer
Elliott Brood - President (35)
Morrissey - You Have Killed Me
Stars - Set Yourself On Fire

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 Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldier
The Vertical Struts - Stab, Stab, Stab
Soledad Brothers - Good Feeling
The Flaming Lips - The W.A.N.D.
Tapes 'N Tapes - Crazy Eighty
Tapes 'N Tapes - In Houston
Sun Kil Moon - Carry Me Ohio
Sufjan Stevens - They Are Night Zombies...
Destroyer - 3000 Flowers
The Stills - The Mountain
Raising The Fawn - Carbon Paper
The Organ - Brother
Bloc Party - Price Of Gasoline
Death From Above 1979 - Luno

Hour 2

Tom Vek - If You Want
Editors - All Sparks
Tokyo Police Club - Citizens Of Tomorrow
Islands - Where There's A Will (There's A Whalebone)
Secret Machines - Alone, Jealous And Stoned
Sam Roberts - An American Draft Dodger In Thunder Bay
Wilco - I'm Always In Love
The Vines - Nothin's Comin'
Death Cab For Cutie - We Looked Like Giants
Grandaddy - Jeez Louise
The Most Serene Republic - Content Was Always My Favourite Colour
Feist - Mushaboom (k-os remix)

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

Cheap drinks

You probably know by now that the club at which I DJ has some pretty good drink deals on the night that I'm there ($2 domestic bottles and bar shots all night). Well, wouldn't it be nice to know where in London you can drink inexpensively on any given night of the week?

I think so. So, I've created the London Guide To Cheap Drinks. You can check it out here: http://www.stillepost.ca/boards/index.php?topic=50008.0. If you know of any deals that should be added to it, just e-mail me and I'll post it for everyone's benefit.

Last night, she said...

The Strokes concert last night was amazing. We were on the floor, about 4 rows of people back from the stage. It wasn't sold out, but it was pretty packed in the JLC. The band was really tight, the sound and lights were amazing, and they picked some great songs to play for us.

Even cooler was the fact that we got to meet Julian and Fab after the show and talk to them for a while. Fab said to my friend Jesse "hey dude, I saw you rocking out during the show". That was pretty sweet. Then they all got in mini-vans and sped off. Next stop: Winnipeg; and that one is sold out.

Anyway, here's a review of the show from the local newspaper... http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/ThursdayTicket/2006/05/11/1574170-sun.html

'Pulp Friction' playlist

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

Hour 1

Spoon - My Mathematical Mind
The Rakes - Retreat
Death From Above 1979 - Blood On Our Hands
Kings Of Leon - Taper Jean Girl
Dirty Pretty Things - Deadwood
The Strokes - Hard To Explain
The Most Serene Republic - Where Cedar Nouns And Adverbs Walk
Mogwai - Travel Is Dangerous
Sianspheric - To Myself
Tapes 'n Tapes - Just Drums
Feist - Mushaboom (Postal Service remix)
Placebo - Song To Say Goodbye
Put The Rifle Down - Random Selector
Hot Hot Heat - In Cairo
Raising The Fawn - Carbon Paper

Hour 2

Kasabian - Test Transmission
Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
Hard Fi - Hard To Beat
The Novaks - No One Quite Like You
Arctic Monkeys - From The Ritz To The Rubble
Wolf Parade - Fancy Claps
Jets Overhead - Seems So Far
The Dears - Lost In The Plot
My Morning Jacket - It Beats 4 U
Interpol - Narc
Destroyer - European Oils
Bright Eyes - Old Soul Song (For The New World Order)

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 Strokes - On The Other Side
The Stills - Changes Are No Good
Tokyo Police Club - Nature Of The Experiment
The Flaming Lips - The Sound Of Failure
Mogwai - Travel Is Dangerous
The Diableros - Push It To Monday
Broken Social Scene - Cause = Time
Radiohead - Backdrifts
Mew - Special
Test Icicles - Circle.Square.Triangle.
The Meligrove Band - Our Love Will Make The World Go Round
The Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
Bright Eyes - Gold Mine Gutted
The Vines - Don't Listen To The Radio
The Illuminati - Run And Hide

Hour 2

Wilco - Heavy Metal Drummer
Wilco - Muzzle Of Bees (live)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Dudley
Raised By Swans - Capable Of Cruelty
Uncut - Understanding The New Violence
M1 - Supersymmetric
Ambulance Ltd. - New English
The Dandy Warhols - Everyone Is Totally Insane
The Ark - Rock City Wankers
The New Pornographers - Sing Me Spanish Techno
The Raconteurs - Store Bought Bones
The Cardigans - Godspell
Evil Doers - Movie Star

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

Another one

Another big concert announcement for June was made this morning. Radiohead will be playing two shows at Toronto's Hummingbird Centre on June 7th and 8th. Tickets are $71.65 each + SC, and will be available from Ticketmaster on Saturday May 6th at 10am.

The band is currently finishing up their 7th album, which should be released later this year. I've read conflicting reports as to whether or not they'll be playing any of the new material on this tour, but let's hope that they do.