Playlist - Jan. 28, 2010 - Maria Bamford, Picnicface, Nick Flanagan

This week: we take another trip into the world of comedy, as Chris interviews two of the funniest people going: comedian Maria Bamford, and Andrew Bush, member of Halifax sketch comedy troupe Picnicface, and director of their upcoming movie Rollertown. Plus, Laura-Louise Tobin quickly chats with Toronto's Nick Flanagan, and some very funny and off-putting (see: Ween) music. Production help this week from Dan Berube.

Playlist
Das Racist - Rainbow in the Dark (from Shut Up, Dude)
Buck 65 - Centaur (acoustic version) (from This Right Here is Buck 65)
Rich Aucoin - Push (from Public Publication)
Rich Aucoin - Undead Pt. 2 (from Public Publication)
B.A. Johnston - Taste the Shame (from Thank You for Being a Friend)
The Lovely Feathers - Pope John Paul (from Hind Hind Legs)
Brutal Knights - Support Me (from Living By Yourself)
Brutal Knights - We Have a Website (from Feast of Shame)
Carrie Brownstein - Portlandia Theme (from Portlandia OST)
Hot Panda - Masculinity (from How Come I'm Dead?)
Os Mutantes - Hey Boy (from A Divina Comedia Ou Ando Meio Desligado)
Jenny Omnichord - Kings of London (from Cities of Gifts and Ghosts)
The Doers - Doin' Your Taxes (from Gaiety)
Doctor Ew - I'm Getting Fat (from Gadzooks)
Bob Wiseman - Fluke of the World (from It's True)
Ween - Mr. Would You Please Help my Pony? (from Chocolate and Cheese)
The Modern Lovers - Government Center (from The Modern Lovers)
P:ano - Dark Hills (from Brigadoon)
Sparklehorse - Heart of Darkness (from
They Might be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul (from Flood)
Jonathan Coulton - I Feel Fantastic (from JoCo Looks Back)
Loudon Wainwright III - Unrequited to the Nth Degree (from Unrequited)

Next week: interviews with Andy Gill from Gang of Four, and Vikram Jiyanti, director of the new film The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector.

Playlist - Jan. 21, 2011 - The Books, Buke + Gass

This week: we play some music that's a bit to the left of what we usually have on the show, like Sam Amidon, Nut Brown and Silver Apples. Simon Borer speaks to The Books, and Chris has a conversation with Buke and Gass. This week's show produced with help from Dan Berube, Tamara Lindeman and Sean MacKay.

Playlist
The Books - Take Time (from The Lemon of Pink)
Sam Amidon - How Come That Blood (from I See The Sign)
Emeralds - The Cycle of Abuse (from Does it Look Like I'm Here?)
Mark McGuire - Clear the Cobwebs (from Living With Yourself)
Dirty Projectors - My Offwhite Flag (from The Glad Fact)
Azeda Booth - Big Fists (from In Flesh Tones)
Pietro Sammarco - Act II, Scene I (from Pollination is an Opera)
Loose Fur - Liquidation Totale (from Loose Fur)
Buke & Gass - Medulla Oblongata (from Riposte)
Buke & Gass - Naked Cities (from Riposte)
Construction & Destruction - The Oracle (from Mutatis Mutandis)
Quaker Parents - Evil Deeds (from Huge Mask)
Nut Brown - I Need a Love Like That (from I Really Do)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - Emptyhead (from Boo Hoo Boo Hoo)
Bobb Trimble - Glass Menagerie Fantasies (from Iron Curtain Innocence)
The Creeping Nobodies - Cow Ruff (from Fragments 2005-2008)
Arab on Radar - God is Dad (from Yahweh or the Highway)
The Howling Hex - Rocklyn Fortunes (from The Return of the Third Tower)
Captain Beefheart - Autumn's Child (from Safe as Milk)
Black Mold - Fuck Ebay (from Snow Blinding is Crystal Antz)
Simon Frank - B2 Aiman is on Radio (from Unheated Neighbours)
Caroliner - Follow the Mint Brute (from The Cooking Stove Beast)
Cajun Gems - Homeboy (from Richard Byrd at Little America)
Silver Apples - Confusion (from Contact)
Blackout Beach - Three Men Drown in the River (from Skin of Evil)
The Books - It Never Changes to Stop (from Lost and Safe)
The Books - Free Translator (from The Way Out)
Braids - Plath Heart (from Native Speaker)
Destroyer - Kaputt (from Kaputt)

Next week: interviews with comedians Maria Bamford, Nick Flanagan, and Picnicface!

Playlist - Jan. 7, 2011 - Preview 2011

This week: Chris, Navi, Simon + Kristian talk about the music we are most looking forward to in 2011.

Playlist
The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist (from Since I Left You)
Aphex Twin - Flim (from Come to Daddy)
Mogwai - Rano Pano (from Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will)
M83 - Run into Flowers (from Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts)
Frederick Squire - We Are All the Middle Child (from March 12)
Wool on Wolves - Ports of Glass Harbour (from Wool on Wolves)
The Decemberists - Down by the Water (from The King is Dead)
Matthew Friedberger - Shirley (from Napoleonette)
Panda Bear - Alsatian Darn (from You Can Count on Me 7")
Parlovr - Big Love (from Hell / Heaven / Big / Love)
Bloodhouse - Magic Tipi (from Bad Vibrations / Bloodhouse split cassette)
Bad Vibrations - Aurora (from Bad Vibrations / Bloodhouse split cassette)
Danielson - Grow Up (from Best of Gloucester County)
Women - Shaking Hand (from Women)
Chad VanGaalen - Bare Feet on Wet Grip Tape (from Soft Airplane)
Destroyer - Chinatown (from Kaputt)
Rebekah Higgs - Little Voice (from Little Voice EP)
Deerhoof - Panda (from Apple O')
Deerhoof - Behold a Marvel in the Darkness (from Deerhoof vs. Evil)
Beth Orton - Shopping Trolley (from Comfort of Strangers)
The Streets - Going Through Hell (Diplo Remix)
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing (from Ritual de lo Habitual)
Suuns - PVC (from Zeroes)
Low - Rope (from I Could Live in Hope)
Battles - Atlas (from Mirrored)
Do Make Say Think - Do (from The Other Truths)

Next week: Chris is off, so we're replaying our favourite interviews from 2010, including Liz Powell's guest DJ set, and our chats with YACHT and The Blow.

Playlist - Dec. 31, 2010 - New Year's Rockin' Eve

This week: to celebrate the end of another year, Sean MacKay + Navi Lamba from The Varsity stop in to pick their favourite dance and electronic music of the year.

Playlist
Glasser - Tremel (Jamie XX Remix)
Dakota - Double Party
Po Po - Let's Get Away
El Guincho - FM Tan Sexy
Theophilous London - No Answers
Twin Sister - All the Way Around
Breakbot - I'm Yours Baby
Diamond Rings - Somewhere Else
Chromeo w/ Ezra Keonig - I Could Be Wrong
CEO - Come With Me
Out Hud - It's For You
Caribou - Odessa
Vampire Weekend - White Sky (Bassment Jaxx Rmx)
Robyn - Indestructible (A Trak Rmx)
Chromeo feat. Ezra Koenig - Hot Mess
Cut Copy - Faraway (Bag Raiders Rmx)
The Morning Benders - Excuses (Golden Filter Rmx)
The Drums - Let’s Go Surfing (The Raveonettes Rmx)
Delorean - Warmer Places
Miracles Club - A New Love
Korallreven - The Truest Faith
Crystal Castles feat. Robert Smith - Not In Love
Hooray For Earth vs. Twin Shadow - A Place We Like

Next week: a preview of the music of 2011 we're most looking forward to!