'Pulp Friction' playlist

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

3:30-4:30

Of Montreal - Suffer For Fashion
Clinic - Family
The Arcade Fire - Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Kingdom Of Doom
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Yankee Go Home
Born Ruffians - This Sentence Will Ruin/Save Your Life
The Stance - Impossible, Baby!
The Machines - Snatching Defeat (From The Jaws Of Victory)
The Wooden Stars - Orphans
Television - Elevation
Wire - Reuters
Babyshambles & Friends - Janie Jones
Bloc Party - The Prayer
The Outfit - Interrupted
Oh! The Pretty Things - Broke, Bored & Sober
The Guys - Off Limits

4:30-5:30

Modest Mouse - Dashboard
Johnny Marr & The Healers - Caught Up
Electronic - Getting Away With It
The Smiths - Handsome Devil
Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kill
Guillemots - Who Left The Lights Off, Baby?
Stars - He Lied About Death
Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage
!!! - Heart Of Hearts
CSS - Off The Hook
Uncut - Hideaway
The Early Morning - I Won’t Forget This
Interpol - Public Pervert (Carlos D Remix)

5:30-6:00

The Miniatures - Any Day Now
The Miniatures - Dragonfly (live)
The Miniatures - Actors & Soldiers
Turn Off The Stars - Falling Into Me
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
Data Rock - Fa Fa Fa (New York Dirty Disco Rabbit Pearl Remix)

As always; 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

Yesterday's show on 94.9 CHRW featured an interview with comedian Aaron Berg, as well as a lot of great music. Here's the playlist...

3:30-4:30

Clinic - If You Could Read Your Mind
Clinic - Welcome
Kasabian - Last Trip (In Flight)
The Shins - Australia
Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks
The Hold Steady - Hot Soft Light
The Blue Van - Don’t Leave Me Blue
Ryan Adams - Beautiful Sorta
The Novaks - Noone Quite Like You
The Machines - What Have I Done
The Canons - Down From Above
Hard-Fi - Gotta Reason
The Arcade Fire - Black Mirror
My Morning Jacket - It Beats 4 U
The Kills - I Hate The Way You Love

4:30-5:30

Bloc Party - I Still Remember
Kaiser Chiefs - Saturday Night
Jarvis Cocker - From A To I
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - When Jokers Attack
Louis XIV - Louis XIV
Franz Ferdinand - You’re The Reason I’m Leaving
The New Pornographers - Use It
The Rapture - Pieces Of The People We Love
Art Brut - Nag Nag Nag Nag
The Long Blondes - Lust In The Movies
The Vertical Struts - Stab, Stab, Stab
Sloan - Blackout

5:30-6:00

Hot Chip - No Fit State
Of Montreal - Cato As A Pun
The Golden Dogs - 1985
The Golden Dogs - Run Outta Luck
The Yoko Casionos - Cameras On
The Yoko Casionos - Loose Cannon
Oh! The Pretty Things - Bored, Broke And Sober

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

This Friday!

This Friday (Jan. 19th), someone will be filling in for my show on CHRW.

Later that night however, my new band, The Knaves will be playing our first live show at The Last Drop (on Talbot Street in London). Also on the bill are locals The Canons and a band from Kitchener called The Machines. Doors open at 9pm. The show starts at 10pm. We take the stage at around 11pm.

The Knaves will be recording some demos in early February, and as soon as they're finished we'll post them on our MySpace page for your listening pleasure. Also, our website - bandofknaves.com - should be up and running by the summer. Stay tuned for more info.

Saturday nights

Tonight at GT's, my friend Jesse makes his debut as one of the regular Saturday night DJ's. You may have been at the club for one of his guest sets on a Thursday. Anyway, he'll be spinning music in the basement from 10pm to 2am, and he plays the same sort of stuff as me. So, it's going to be a great time. If you're looking for somewhere to go out dancing to awesome tunes on a Saturday night, check it out.

'Pulp Friction' playlist

Today's show on 94.9 CHRW started with an encore of songs from my Top 10 albums of 2006 (as was the case with all of this week's shows). Here's the playlist...

3:30-4:30

Albert Hammond, Jr. - In Transit
Editors - Someone Says
The Rapture - Whoo! Alright Yeah... Uh Huh
Tokyo Police Club - Cheer It On
Tokyo Police Club - Nature Of The Experiment
Thom Yorke - And It Rained All Night
The Kooks - Ooh La
Dirty Pretty Things - Gin & Milk
Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down
Tapes 'n Tapes - The Loon
Tapes 'n Tapes - In Houston
Beck - Cellphone’s Dead
The Arcade Fire - Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
The Arcade Fire - Black Mirror
Air feat. Jarvis Cocker - One Hell Of A Party

4:30-5:30

Jarvis Cocker - Don’t Let Him Waste Your Time
The Fratellis - Flathead
Art Brut - Nag Nag Nag Nag
Peter, Bjorn & John - Let’s Call It Off
Belle & Sebastian - Funny Little Frog
The Diableros - Olympic Island
Modest Mouse - Dashboard
Silversun Pickups - Melatonin
R.E.M. - Pretty Persuasion
VHS Or Beta - You Got Me
!!! - Heart Of Hearts
The Hidden Cameras - Awoo
Destroyer - Streets Of Fire
The Guys - Off Limits
Ultimate Power Duo - Heil Taxi! Mein Kab!

5:30-6:00

Staylefish - Rebel Rider
Staylefish - Southside
The Canons - Down From Above
The Machines - Time
Sleep The Season - Wish For You

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

Top 10 Countdown

The Program Director at CHRW has asked everyone to count down their top 10 albums of last year on our shows this week. I played songs from my 20 favourite albums of '06 for a couple of shows back in December, but it wasn't really a countdown. So tomorrow's show will start with that, plus I've got lots of brand new rock n' roll lined up for you during the rest of the program.

CHRW on Rogers

I found out about this last week when I was channel surfing, and thought I'd pass the information on. You can now listen to 94.9 CHRW on Rogers Digital Cable (Channel 943). Remember we're the only radio station in London that has live announcers 24/7. The station's format changes with each show, but if you're wondering what's on you can check out the CHRW program guide here. And don't forget to tune in Friday's from 3:30 to 6pm.

'Pulp Friction' playlist

The first hour of today's show on 94.9 CHRW featured songs by some of the great artists that will be releasing albums in the coming year. Here's the playlist...

3:30-4:30

The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Herculean
Of Montreal - I Was Never Young
The Shins - Phantom Limb
Doves - Almost Forgot Myself
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth
Kings Of Leon - The Bucket
The Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Air - Cherry Blossom Girl
Bright Eyes - Gold Mine Gutted
Bloc Party - Like Eating Glass
The Rakes - Retreat
The Cribs - I’m Alright Me
Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty

4:40-5:30

Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
Radiohead - Palo Alto
The Raveonettes - Attack Of The Ghost Riders
Babyshambles - The Blinding
The Long Blondes - Separated By Motorways
Duchess Says - Black Flag
The Sunshine Underground - Wake Up
Mew - Special
Hot Chip - (Just Like We) Breakdown
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldier
Evil Doers - Master This
The Canons - I'm The One (That Made You)
Uncut - Hideaway
Debaser - Idaho
Wolf Parade - We Built Another World

5:30-6:00

Rock Plaza Central - When We Go, How We Go (part II)
Baby Eagle - Redpath Sugar Factory
Woolly Leaves - San Luis Rey
The Yoko Casionos - No Regrets
The Stolen Minks - Rip It Up
Die Mannequin - Autumn Cannibalist
The Flaming Lips - Unmade Bed/No Quarter

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

This is short notice, but tonight at GT's my friend Jesse will be spinning another of his killer guest DJ sets. He'll probably take over at around 11:30 for a least an hour or so. Be there!

This Friday's show

This Friday, for my first radio show of the new year, I'm going to start off by playing songs by some of my favourite artists that will be releasing albums in 2007. I'll also include release dates (for the ones that are confirmed), plus more info on what are some of my most anticipated albums for the coming year.

'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