Sunday, March 27, 2011

Show tracks for Sat. Mar. 26/11

Good thing the music was great because I was talking a load of rubbish last night. I couldn't string 2 sentences together to save my life. Well, I never claimed to be a professional...lol
Hope you enjoyed last weeks Rewind! show. With the special guest we could have renamed it Marks & Sparks....haha...get it? I know it was stretch because I don't even spell my name with a k.
We took a look at 3 albums tonight as well as a handful of new tracks. And of course ran out of time. There's always next week.

the joy formidable - buoy
the primitives - need all the help i can get
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the birthday kiss - choking at the wheel
lonely tourist - watch for the sharks
standard fare - suitcase
the school - hoping and praying
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gomez - options
erland & the carnival - i wish, i wish
erland & the carnival - east & west
the bees - island lover letter
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friendly fires - live those days tonight
wild palms - delight in temptation
wild palms - swirling shards
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arctic monkeys - brick by brick
art brut - unprofessional wrestling
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lp session - the view "bread and circuses"
the view - tragic magic
the view - friend
the view - the best lasts forever
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beau & the arrows - fix
the vaccines - wetsuit
summer camp - i want you
glasvegas - the world is yours
yuck - georgia
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cat's eyes - love you anyways
elbow - jesus is a rochdale girl
noah & the whale - give it all back
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young galaxy - peripheral visionaries (cc)
martha & the muffins - what ever happened to radio valve road? (cc)

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Rewind! Show track list for Sat. Mar. 19/11

Just a quick reminder, that voting for the 2011 CJAM Jammy Awards is almost over. To those who have already voted for their favourite shows, thank you. If you would still like to vote or vote again follow this link to the ballot;
http://jammies.cjam.ca/index.php?sid=31468
Hopefully, you'll choose Cowboys & Indies as fave Alternative show.

It's been a while since we did a Rewind! show. We had a special guest in the studio for this one. Sparky a tour manager, radio dj, and music enthusiast sat in and picked some of his fave tracks. He had a lot of great tracks for you. Some of which I would have picked as well. Proves that great minds think alike. Hope you enjoyed it.

the beat - hands off she's mine
smiley culture - police officer
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nick heyward - kite
crazyhead - rags
the music - the people
the fall - hit the north
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the beloved - the sun rising
the wedding present - nobody's twisting your arm
world of twist - the storm
orange juice - rip it up
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wobble u - petal
omd - electricity
future sound of london - papau new guinea
primal scream - higher than sun
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ooberman - blossoms falling
mansun - take it easy chicken
the farm - groovy train
bromhead's jacket - lesley parlafit
half man half biscuit - joy division oven gloves
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pop will eat itself - can u dig it?
the undertones - my cousin kevin
the stars - this charming man (cc)
house of love - shine on
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gloria jones - tainted love
cub - nicolas bragg (cc)
sloan - something's wrong (cc)
stone roses - fools gold
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the waterboys - whole of the moon
teardrop explodes - reward

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Show tracks for Sat. Mar. 12/11

I love being blown away at a concert. OMD were absolutely brilliant last night at The Crofoot Ballroom. They looked great (I want to say for their age but I realize that I'm not that far behind them...lol)and more importantly sounded even better. Played most of my faves, they strayed from the more experimental early sound and stuck with the hits primarily. That's the third amazing show this year Tears For Fears, UB40 and now OMD. Let's hope the shows continue through the summer!
Tonight we feature the last tribute for Int'l Women's Day, this time the Brit girls groups. The set included 6 of my faves.

Next week will be a special version of Rewind! as we have a special guest in the studio. Tune in to hear his stories of the bands he's promoted, the clubs he's djed and the radio show he co-hosted in the UK. Plus all the great music you've come to expect from a Rewind! show.

omd - sister marie says
mirrors - ways to an end
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the guillemots - walk the river
nat johnson & the figurehead - margot
seerauber jenny - avalanche
erland & the carnival - map of an englishman
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the primitives - rattle my cage
the kill van kulls - fools wish
box codax - hellabuster
dum dum girls - there is a light that never goes out
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the slits - so tough
bananarama - no feelings
belle stars - sign of the times
we've got a fuzzbox and we're gonna use it - xx sex
elastica - blue
lush - hypocrite
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lp session - the chapman family "burn your town"
the chapman family - 1000 lies
the chapman family - she didn't know
the chapman family - something i can't get out
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elbow - neat little rows
letters - grand national
the vaccines - norgaard
the vaccines - all in white
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the pigeon detectives - done in secret
lcomotives - carnival
brother - still here
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dead child star - natural kind of joy (cc)
young galaxy - blown minded (cc)

Monday, March 7, 2011

Show tracks for Sat. Mar. 5/11

Well, that was an eye-opening show...lol Man some people swear like sailors, myself included. Sorry for the late post, but I was in the middle of a cd reorganization last night...and that requires all my attention!
It was the first of two tributes to International Women's Day. The first tribute featured the British solo ladies. We scoured 4 decades of music to bring you these choices. Next week will be the British girl groups (and no I don't mean Spice Girls and Sugababes).
In 2 weeks time there will be a special Rewind! with a couple guests hosts joining me. It's secret for now. I'll let you in next week.

boxer rebellion - organ song
british sea power - mongk II
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cat's eyes - cat's eyes
bat for lashes - strangelove
omd - vcr
wild beasts - albatross
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arctic monkeys - brick by brick
art brut - unprofessional wrestling
little comets - one night in october
dananananakroyd - e numbers
does it offend you, yeah? - the monkeys are coming
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dusty springfield - you don't have to say you love me
petula clark - don't sleep in the subway
sandie shaw - hand in glove
pj harvey - the last living rose
lily allen - smile (mark ronson version revisited)
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lp session - noah & the whale "last night on earth"
noah & the whale - tonight's the kind of night
noah & the whale - just me before we met
noah & the whale - waiting for my chance to come
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the polysonic - come down
armistice - mission bells (cc)
jenn grant - parliament of owls (cc)
elbow - with love
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elbow - the night will always win
erland & the carnival - nightingale
tribes - we were children
locomotives - lights out (best night of it)
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gil scott-heron & jamie xx - piano player
adele - set fire to the rain

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Monthly Indiessential chart for February 2011

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. YUCK (LP) ... Yuck (Fat Possum/Mercury)
2. PALACE (LP) ... Chapel Club (Polydor/Interscope)
3. THE COLD STILL (LP) ... Boxer Rebellion (Absentee Recordings)
4. COMPUTERS AND BLUES (LP) ... The Streets (Atlantic)
5. JUMP INTO THE FOG ... The Wombats (14th Floor Records)
6. CONTENT (LP) ... Gang Of Four (Yep Roc/Groenland)
7. HARDCORE WILL NEVER DIE, BUT YOU WILL (LP) ... Mogwai (Rock Action/Sub Pop)
8. SOMETIMES IT KILLS ... Visions Of Trees (Republic of Music)
9. LIGHTS AND OFFERINGS (LP) ... Mirrors (Skint)
10. HUNGER (LP) ... Frankie & The Heartstrings (Pop Sex Ltd)
11. POST BREAK-UP SEX ... The Vaccines (Columbia)
12. SIR, I AM A GOOD MAN (LP) ... Lonely Tourist (Lonely Tourist)
13. ROLLING BLACKOUTS (LP) ... The Go! Team (Memphis Industries)
14. LET ENGLAND SHAKE (LP) ... PJ Harvey (Universal/Island)
15. SHAPESHIFTING (LP) ... Young Galaxy (Paper Bag)
16. LIFELINE (LP) ... The Answering Machine (Republic Of Music)
17. IN SEARCH OF ELUSIVE LITTLE COMETS (LP) ... Little Comets (Dirty Hit)
18. YOUNG SILENCE EP ... Echo Lake (No Pain In Pop)
19. THE GUAPA EP ... The Twang (Jump The Cut Records)
20. LOSING COLOUR (LP) ... Stricken City (Stricken City)

Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for February 2011