Playlist - Feb. 25, 2011 - Jose Gonzalez, Dr. Ew

This week: Chris interviews Swedish singer Jose Gonzalez about his new band Junip; and Simon Borer speaks with Toronto's Drew Smith, aka Dr. Ew. Plus, new music from the RAA, Panda Bear, and Iron & Wine. Show produced with help from Dan Berube.

Playlist
Jose Gonzalez - Crosses (from Veneer)
Ducktails feat. Panda Bear - Killin the Vibe (from Ducktails III Arcade Dynamics)
Panda Bear - Late Night at the Jetty (from Tomboy)
Grimes - Devon (from Halfaxa)
Sweet Lights - One Day (Sharon Van Etten cover)
Slow Down, Molasses - Feathers (Single)
The Bicycles - Walk Away (From a Good Thing) (from Oh No, It's Love)
Dr. Ew - The House of Many Mansions (from Gadzooks)
Dr. Ew - Be a Dreamer (from Gadzooks)
The Poppy Family - A Good Thing Lost (from Which Way You Goin' Billy)
The Zombies - Tell Her No (from Single)
Rural Alberta Advantage - Stamp (from Departing)
David Vertesi - Mountainside (from Cardiography)
No Gold - Weird Week (from No Gold)
PS I Love You - Little Spoon (from Meet Me at the Muster Station)
Iron & Wine - Godless Brother in Love (from Kiss Each Other Clean)
Katie Moore - Wake Up Like This (from Montebello)
Giant Sand - Graveyard (from Ballad of a Thin Line Man)
O'Death - Bugs (from Outside)
The Wailin' Jennys - Storm Comin' (from Bright Mountain Stars)
Bridget St. John - Song for the Laird of Connaught Hill Pt. 2 (from Songs for the Gentle Man)
Linda Perhacs - Hey, Who Really Cares (from Parallelograms)
Scout Niblett - River of no Return (from This Fool Can Die Now)
Junip - Rope and Summit (from Fields)
Jose Gonzalez - Far Away (single)
Arthur Verocai - Sylvia (from Arthur Verocai Live)
Junip - Always (from Fields)
Elyse Weinberg - What You Call it (from Elyse)
The Sheepdogs - I Don't Know (from Learn and Burn)
The Daredevil Christopher Wright - We're Not Friends (from In Deference to a Broken Back)
Shotgun Jimmie - Mind Crumb (from Still Jimmie)

Next week: Snowblink guest DJ, and Chris interviews guitar shredder Marnie Stern!

Playlist - Feb 18, 2011 - Laurie Brown, Buck 65

This week: interviews with two hosts from CBC Radio 2. Chris talks to renowned Canadian broadcaster Laurie Brown, host of The Signal; and we replay Kristian Pedersen's chat with racounteur extraordinaire Buck 65. Special thanks this week to Andy Sheppard at the CBC.

Playlist
Tune-Yards - Bizness (from whokill)
Austra - Beat and the Pulse (from Feel it Break)
The Luyas - I Need Mirrors (from The Luyas)
The Radio Dept. - We Made the Team (from We Made the Team)
Braids - Little Hand (from Native Speaker)
Bardo Pond - Don't Know About You (from Bardo Pond)
Owen Pallett - Keep the Dog Quiet (from Heartland)
Christine Bougie - Aloha Supreme (Josh Van Tassel Remix)
Brasstronaut - Hearts Trompet (from Mt. Chimarea)
Buck 65 - Shutterbuggin' (from The Situation)
Buck 65 - Wicked and Weird (from Porch)
Buck 65 - Craftsmanship (from Kidvector's Fruit of the Loon)
Buck 65 - Cries a Girl (from This Right Here is Buck 65)
Ghettosocks - A Song About Breakdancing (from Got Some Friends)
Buck 65 - Square Dance (from Dirt Bike)

Next week: Swedish singer Jose Gonzalez + Toronto's Dr. Ew.

Playlist - Feb 11, 2011 - Mantler, Hannah Georgas

This week: to celebrate Valentine's weekend, we play some of your picks for the best love/anti-love songs! Plus, Toronto's own crooner Mantler stops by to play guest DJ + love doctor, and we talk with Hannah Georgas about writing emotionally revealing music. Check out this week's show here.

Playlist
Bob Wiseman - Born to Love You (from It's True)
Roxy Music - Love is a Drug (from Siren)
The Mountain Goats - No Children (from Tallahassee)
Rebekah Higgs - Miserably Together (from Little Voice)
Bonjay - Jamelia (from Broughtupsy)
The Bicycles - Can I Keep Calling You Baby? (from The Good, The Bad and The Weird)
Born Ruffians - Foxes Mate for Life (from Red, Yellow, and Blue)
The Morern Lovers - Hospital (from The Modern Lovers)
Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken (from Let's Get Out of This Country)
Belle and Sebastian - Don't Leave the Lights on Baby (from Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant)
Hannah Georgas - Lovesick (from This is Good)
Hannah Georgas - Chitchat (from This is Good)
Bahamas - Already Yours (from Pink Strat)
Mantler - Cryin' at the Movies (live at CIUT)
Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Keep on Walking (Gino Vanelli cover; from Everybody Loves Sunshine)
Keith Hampshire - Big Time Operator (from Canada Gold - 22 Karat Hits)
Grant Green - Down Here on the Ground (from Alive!)
The Guess Who - Sour Suite (from So Long, Bannatyne)
Esther Philips - And I Love Him (from Burnin')
Emile Normand Sextet - Morning (from Ready or Not: Deep Jazz Grooves from the CBC Radio Canada Archive)
Donny Hathaway - A Song For You (from In Performance)
Kate and Anna McGarrigle - Love Over and Over (from Love Over and Over)
Mantler - Lately I'm Sad (Live at CIUT)

Next week: we talk with CBC Radio 2's Laurie Brown + Buck 65!

Playlist - Feb. 4, 2011 - Gang of Four, Vikram Jayanti

This week: an interview with Andy Gill, guitarist and songwriter of British post-punk group Gang of Four. Plus, an in-depth talk with Vikram Jayanti, director of the new film The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector. Produced with help from Dan Berube.

Playlist
Gang of Four - Damaged Goods (from Entertainment!)
Laura Peek - Stay Sharp (from Key)
Jenn Grant - Getcha Good (from Honeymoon Punch)
Apples in Stereo - Tidal Wave (from Fun Trick Noisemaker)
The Ronettes - Be my Baby (from Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes)
Phil Spector - Silent Night (from A Christmas Gift from Phil Spector)
Leonard Cohen - I Left a Woman Waiting (from Death of a Ladies' Man)
The Crystals - He Hit me and it Felt Like a Kiss (Single)
Leonard Cohen - Paper-Thin Hotel (from Death of a Ladies' Man)
John Vanderslice - The Piano Lesson (from White Wilderness)
Les Jupes - Myth #3 (the Moutain) (from Modery Myths)
Young Galaxy - We Have Everything (from Shapeshifting)
Suuns - Up Past the Nursery (from Zeroes QC)
Jon McKiel - Motion Pictures (from Confidence Lodge)
Witchies - The Littlest Death Trip (from Witchies)
Wolf Parade - Secret Knives (from Wolf Parade EP)
ESG - You Make No Sense (from Come Away With ESG)
Gang of Four - Ether (from Entertainment!)
Gang of Four - I Love a Man in Uniform (from Songs of the Free)
Dionne Warwick - I Say a Little Prayer (from The Windows of the World)
Gang of Four - Who am I? (from Content)
Wire - I am the Fly (from Chairs Missing)

Next week: our Valentine's special, with Toronto crooner Mantler answering listeners' romantic questions, and BC singer Hannah Georgas talking about the perfect love song.