May 29, 2012
So I was sitting around watching the History Channel every night last week and thats why I sound tired and lazy and my mic is too loud on this episode. Duly noted.
I still think I’m cool and hip or whatever despite the fact that I watch Storage Wars on beautiful spring evenings instead of doing romantic shit like cycling in the city, making out in Vancouver at the seawall, or taking instagram pictures of sunsets. I did build two birdhouses last week, I still have that going for me.
This week: less Pawn Stars, more sleep. That is the plan.
Cheers.
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Coke Bottle Candy - Noble Oak
Highlights Of Owls - Amy Seeley
Rudy’s Call - Bolivia (Bolivia)
My Heart - Opera Club (Almost Home)
What I Don’t Want To - Jamison Troy (Searching For The Quiet)
1997 - Saint Motel (Voyeur)
Good Girl - Merival (Easy)
Pale As Pearl - Reeves (These Things Take Time)
Rest Your Bones - Paper Beat Scissors (Paper Beat Scissors)
Pamelos - Mechanical River (Astral Castle)
Queen Of Hearts Blues - Kirsten Holine ft. Caleb Groh (Candescent)
The Tower - Redbird
Traveling - Madeline (Black Velvet)
The dude with the touque in the beginning of this video is me.
Also The Parish has a new single out today! Have a listen here.
Never gets old.
May 22, 2012
My hearing has been somewhat off lately, muffled as if I’m holding a pillow to my head trying to block the sound of traffic from the intersection outside my house. Not that this has hindered my ability to come across decent music. Just my ability to hear my own voice very well and in turn figure out if I’m talking clearly enough for people to understand a single thing I say (never mind my ability to make transitions between songs sound smooth enough). It would be perfect if I was one of those guys who with dreamy voices who can turn a sentence with stunning ease, but I do what I can. I guess.
Nevertheless, hope you like this episode, I made it specially for yooooou. I’m cute that way.
Cheers.
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Young Luff - Chocolate Robots (Pizzaface)
Echoists - Young Liars (Homesick Futures)
Dead Oaks - Now, Now (Threads)
In The Yard - Bowerbirds (The Clearing)
When You Give Your Heart - Laura Veirs (July Flame)
Before The Sun Sets - Tough Lovers (Good Morning)
Water Falls - Kalle Mattson (Lives In Between)
The Grotto - Manitoulin (Cultus Vibes: Together)
Depature - Germany Germany (Departure/Disconnect)
All My Cities - Ruffled Feathers (Oracles)
Fox’s Dream of the Log Flume - mewithoutyou (Ten Stories)
Lie Cheat Steal - Andrew Judah (Albino Black Bear)
Holland - Cold Specks (I Predict A Graceful Expulsion)
Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips - Moonface (Heartbreaking Bravery)
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Birds Of Canada Radio is officially posted! Listen to it above or download the podcast.
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Cheers.
Oceans - Topanga (Oceans)
Brave Women - Baby Eagle and the Proud Mothers (Bone Soldiers)
Dirty Paws - Monsters and Men (My Head is an Animal)
I Lost Myself - Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk (Over Land and Sea)
Do Not Let Me Go - Joshua Hyslop (Where The Mountain Meets The Valley)
My Heart Is In A Basket In The Front Of Your Bicycle - Fevers (Passion Is Dead)
Scissors - Eight and a Half (Eight And A Half)
Child Of The Valley - The Wooden Sky (Every Child A Daughter, Every Moon A Sun)
Return To Form - Daniel Rossen (Silent Hour/Golden Mile)
Warm Night Home - Hands (Massive Context)
Drop Names Not Bombs - Louise Burns (Mellow Drama)
When People Go - Craig Cardiff (Goodnight Go Home)
Willow Tree - Little Mountaintops (Stuck At Sea/Willow Tree)
Make Up Your Mind - Here We Go Magic (A Different Ship)
A sunny day in the garden, c/o Chad Doerksen Photography.
This week you should check out Kiersten Holine, originally from Minnesota I believe. Caleb Groh and Jeff Pianki, two other great discoveries from last year, make appearances on her debut record.
Have listen at her bandcamp here, and follow her on le’ facebook here.
Snoqualmie’s debut record is posted, have a listen at this fine location.
(via wearethecity)
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Joshua Hyslop’s “Do Not Let Me Go” from the forthcoming “Where the Mountain Meets the Valley” (releasing May 15) is out today. Have a listen here.
Record Store Day Spoils
The Dave Brubeck Octet (Distinctive Rhythm Instrumentals Reissue)
St. Vincent (Krododil/Grot 7”)
M. Ward (Primitive Girl 7”)
Getting my radio show together is taking a bit longer than expected, but I’m hoping to start hosting episodes some time in May.
In the meantime check out Tough Lovers, another great new music discovery from Vancouver. Their latest EP is posted here.
A new record from Edmonton sample-based artist Ghibli is set for release on April 20th. A few new tracks are posted on his bandcamp here.
