Author: Megan

Spring has sprung (we say, looking out at the snow), and with it comes a whole whack of new releases.  We’ve delved into the latest from [wikipop search=”Destroyer (band)”]Destroyer[/wikipop], [wikipop]Young Galaxy[/wikipop] and [wikipop]Smith Westerns[/wikipop] recently, but this week you can hear brand new tracks from [wikipop]Deerhoof[/wikipop], and [wikipop]The Mountain Goats[/wikipop], who are releasing a new album next week.

We’re also welcoming in Spring with some standouts from SXSW in Austin last week: some tracks from [wikipop search =”Braids (band)”]Braids[/wikipop], [wikipop]The Vaccines[/wikipop] and No Joy are on tap, along with some older favourites.

So turn up your speakers, plant your seedlings, and get ready for more sun–even if it’s reflecting off a fresh blanket of snow…

1. Noah and the Whale – The First Days of Spring (The First Days of Spring)
2. Smith Westerns – Weekend (Dye It Blonde)
3. Atlas Sound – Walkabout (w/Noah Lennox) (Logos)
4. Braids – Lemonade (Native Speaker)
5. The Vaccines – Wreckin’ Bar (Ra Ra Ra) (The Vaccines – EP)
6. No Joy – Heedless (Ghost Blonde)
7. Architecture in Helsinki – Spring 2008 (Fingers Crossed)
8. Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins – You Are What You Love (Rabbit Fur Coat)
9. Destroyer – Chinatown (Kaputt)
10. Handsome Furs – Dead + Rural (Plague Park)
11. Deerhoof – Super Duper Rescue Heads! (Deerhoof vs. Evil)
12. Young Galaxy – The Angels Are Surely Weeping (feat. Hanna) (Shapeshifting)
13. My Dad Vs. Yours – … The Behinder We Get (After Winter Must Come Spring)
14. Sarah Harmer – Weakened State (You Were Here)
15. The Mountain Goats – Age of Kings (All Eternals Deck)

First off, thank to all our generous donors for contributing to community radio in Hamilton–you rule! It’s never too late to help, and the donate button lives forever in the sidebar—–>

Lots of new Canadiana this week, including recently released tracks by [wikipop]Junior Boys[/wikipop], [wikipop]Jill Barber[/wikipop], [wikipop]Timber Timbre[/wikipop], [wikipop]Tim Hecker[/wikipop] and [wikipop]Mother Mother[/wikipop]. Also, the lead track from Swedish songstress [wikipop]Lykke Li[/wikipop]’s latest album, Wounded Rhymes; and in honour of SXSW, new material from Austin’s [wikipop]…And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead[/wikipop].

Best of all, to begin a new series of album features, we’ll be hearing the first few tracks off of [wikipop]Electrelane[/wikipop]’s awe-inspiring 2004 release,[wikipop]The Power Out[/wikipop]. It’s still hard for us to believe these three songs all come from the same group, let alone come off the same album. And good news for fans: Electrelane announced last month that they’ll be reforming to hit the festival circuit this summer.

1. Lykke Li – Youth Knows No Pain (Wounded Rhymes)
2. Mother Mother – Far In Time (Eureka)
3. …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – Pure Radio Cosplay (Tao Of The Dead)
4. Mogwai – Mexican Grand Prix (Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will)
5. PJ Harvey – The Glorious Land (Let England Shake)
6. Santogold – I’m A Lady (feat. Trouble Andrew) (Santogold)
7. Jill Barber – Tell Me (Tell Me – Single)
8. Junior Boys – ep (It’s All True)
9. Tim Hecker – Analog Paralysis, 1978 (Ravedeath, 1972)
10. Timber Timbre – Black Water (Creep On Creepin’ On)
11. Electrelane – Gone Under Sea (The Power Out)
12. Electrelane – On Parade (The Power Out)
13. Electrelane – The Valleys (The Power Out)

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The 2011 Fundraising episode goes on-air tonight at 2am and 6am! Featuring new tracks by Tennis, [wikipop search=”The Rural Alberta Advantage”]RAA[/wikipop], and [wikipop search=”Destroyer (band)”]Destroyer[/wikipop], along with some favourites from [wikipop search=”Portishead (band)”]Portishead[/wikipop], [wikipop search=”Veal_(band)”]Veal[/wikipop], and [wikipop search=”St. Vincent (musician)”]St. Vincent[/wikipop].  Also happened to find a cool cover of the [wikipop]Bjork[/wikipop]/[wikipop]Thom Yorke[/wikipop] duet “I’ve Seen It All”, re-worked by [wikipop search=”Will Oldham”]Bonnie “Prince” Billy[/wikipop] (aka Will Oldham).

More important than the music this week is CFMU’s ongoing Raise Your Voice campaign.  We’re looking for listener and supporter donations to help keep McMaster’s community radio station going strong. Donate $30 or more at cfmu.mcmaster.ca and you’ll get a Friends of CFMU card, good for deals and discounts at a variety of businesses in the Hamilton community, including restaurants, cafes, and shops.

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So please donate, and support CFMU in redefining, independent radio in our Hamilton community!

1. Junior Boys – Work (Begone Dull Care)
2. Portishead – Strangers (Dummy)
3. Foals – Total Life Forever (Total Life Forever)
4. Tennis – Long Boat Pass (Cape Dory)
5. Veal – Skid (Tilt O’ Whirl)
6. No Joy – Still (Ghost Blonde)
7. The Rural Alberta Advantage – The Breakup (Departing)
8. Real Estate – Snow Days (Real Estate)
9. Bonnie “Prince” Billy – I’ve Seen It All (Ask Forgiveness)
10. Destroyer – Poor In Love (Kaputt)
11. St. Vincent – Marrow (Actor)
12. Junip – Far Away (Rope & Summit)
13. Jenn Grant – Stars To Waves (Honeymoon Punch)

myboytheriotgirl Podcast #223 is live now! Lots of new albums released last week to get to, including great new tracks from [wikipop]The Rural Alberta Advantage[/wikipop], [wikipop]Cut Copy[/wikipop], [wikipop]Radiohead[/wikipop], [wikipop]Mogwai[/wikipop], and two tracks from the inimitable [wikipop]PJ Harvey[/wikipop]. Her latest (Let England Shake) is a must-listen, and the lead single, ‘The Words That Maketh Murder’, is a dark yet peppy take on the never-ending “war” in Afghanistan.

We’ve also included some tracks by [wikipop]Modest Mouse[/wikipop], [wikipop]jj[/wikipop], and an acoustic version of ‘Bitter Beauty’ by [wikipop]Jason Collett[/wikipop], so there’s something for every taste.

And a heads up: [wikipop]CFMU[/wikipop]’s Fundraising campaign has already started and MBTRG is matching all donations to McMaster’s Community Radio station made through our website ->

Please also check out cfmu.mcmaster.ca for more information on how you can help keep community radio on-air in Hamilton!

1. Cut Copy – Need You Now (Zonoscope)
2. jj – Kill You (Kills)
3. Young Galaxy – Peripheral Visionaries (Shapeshifting)
4. The Rural Alberta Advantage – North Star (Departing)
5. Modest Mouse – The Good Times Are Killing Me (Good News For People Who Love Bad News
6. Family of the Year – Feel Good Track of Rosemead (Songbook)
7. Arkells – I’m Not the Sun (Jackson Square)
8. Jason Collett – Bitter Beauty (Pony Tricks)
9. PJ Harvey – The Words That Maketh Murder (Let England Shake)
10. The Good, The Bad & The Queen – Herculean (The Good, The Bad & The Queen)
11. Radiohead – Give Up the Ghost (King of Limbs)
12. Mogwai – White Noise (Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will)
13. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake (Let England Shake)

Post-V-Day episode, For Lovers and Fighters.

Classic tracks for the ongoing world revolution, incl. [wikipop]The Clash[/wikipop], [wikipop]Billy Bragg[/wikipop] and [wikipop]Le Tigre[/wikipop]; more tracks for lovers feeling the post-V-Day seratonin drop, incl. [wikipop]Weakerthans[/wikipop], [wikipop]Royal Wood[/wikipop] and [wikipop]The Magnetic Fields[/wikipop]; AND, brand new [wikipop]Cut Copy[/wikipop] (!), and the [wikipop]Smith Westerns[/wikipop].

All in one, breezy 31-track episode? How dare they.

1. The Clash – Revolution Rock (London Calling)
2. Arcade Fire – Suburban War (The Suburbs)
3. TV On The Radio – Heroes (War Child – Heroes, Vol. 1)
4. Cut Copy – Pharaohs & Pyramids (Zonoscope)
5. Japandroids – Sovereignty (Post-Nothing)
6. Los Campesinos! – This Is How You Spell. “HAHAHA, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics” (Hold On Now, Youngster…)
7. The Smiths – Panic (The Best Of The Smiths)
8. Smith Westerns – All Die Young (Dye It Blonde)
9. Nedelle – World Warrior (From The Lion’s Mouth)
10. Akron/Family – love, love, love (reprise) (Love Is Simple)
11. Billy Bragg – Lovers Town Revisited (Back to Basics)
12. Sarah Slean – Out in the Park (Day One)
13. Jens Lekman – Do You Remember The Riots? (When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog)
14. The Radio Dept. – We Climb the Wired Fences (Pulling Our Weight EP)
15. The Magnetic Fields – Absolutely Cuckoo (69 Love Songs)
16. Beirut – My Family’s Role In The World Revolution (Lon Gisland EP)
17. Joy Division – Transmission (Peel Sessions)
18. Cities In Dust – TV (Night Creatures)
19. Le Tigre – Get Off The Internet (From the Desk of…Mr. Lady)
20. Suede – Trash (The Best Of)
21. Royal Wood – I’m So Glad (A Good Enough Day)
22. The Blow – True Affection (Paper Television)
23. The Brunettes – You Beautiful Militant (Mars Loves Venus)
24. The Weakerthans – Pamphleteer (Left & Leaving)
25. Bahamas – Whole, Wide, World (Pink Strat)
26. Handsome Furs – All We Want, Baby, Is Everything (Face Control)
27. Kele – Walk Tall (The Boxer)
28. Pretty Girls Make Graves – Parade (Elan Vital)
29. Hawksley Workman – And the Government Will Protect the Mighty (Meat)
30. Tokyo Police Club – Citizens Of Tomorrow (A Lesson In Crime)
31. Plants and Animals – Let It Be Love (La La Land)

Jackie-boy’s birthday episode (I can’t believe it’s already been a year)! Brand new tracks from Mother Mother and Iron & Wine, Beach House and No Joy, with classic tracks from Andrew Bird, Radiohead and Belle & Sebastian.

1. Great Lake Swimmers – See You On The Moon! (See You On The Moon! Songs For Kids Of All Ages)
2. Hooded Fang – Green River (Hooded Fang – Album)
3. Mother Mother – The Stand (The Stand – Single)
4. Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk – Lady in the Yellow Dress (Stories From Home)
5. Bran Van 3000 – Rock Star (Discosis)
6. Beach House – I Do Not Care For The Winter Sun (I Do Not Care For The Winter Sun)
7. Belle & Sebastian – 05 The Fox in the Snow (If You’re Feeling Sinister)
8. Andrew Bird – Measuring Cups (Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production Of Eggs)
9. Lykke Li – My (Youth Novel)
10. No Joy – Mediumship (Ghost Blonde)
11. Jenn Grant – Baby’s Been Away (Honeymoon Punch)
12. Radiohead – Weird Fishes/Arpeggi (In Rainbows)
13. Laura Barrett – S.G.Y.C.S.T (Joshua Van Tassel Remix) (Earth Sciences)
14. Iron & Wine – Your Fake Name Is Good Enough For Me (Kiss Each Other Clean)

We’re back! After a January break, myboytheriotgirl returns this snowy week with a load of new music (and some favourites), including tracks by Junip, jj, Girls, and Diamond Rings, and new releases from Jenn Grant and an album preview of The Decemberists’ latest, “The King is Dead.” Also tracks by Family of the Year, the Mountain Goats and the Ramones.

So if you’re like us and hunkering down for a snow day, put on the coffee, exercise those shovelling arms, and crank up the MBTRG!

1. Junip – In Every Direction (Fields)
2. Sleater-Kinney – Oh! (One Beat)
3. Fol Chen – The Holograms (Part II: The New December)
4. Basia Bulat – Before I Knew (Oh, My Darling)
5. Jenn Grant – Oh My Heart (Honeymoon Punch)
6. Family Of The Year – Chugjug (Through The Trees EP)
7. The Decemberists – June Hymn (The King Is Dead)
8. The Rural Alberta Advantage – The Ballad of the RAA (Hometowns)
9. Diamond Rings – 08 – You Oughta Know (Special Affections)
10. Matthew Dear – Honey (Black City)
11. The Mountain Goats – Lovecraft in Brooklyn (Heretic Pride)
12. The Ramones – I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (Hey! Ho! Let’s Go: The Anthology [Disc 1])
13. Girls – Thee Oh So Protective One (Broken Dreams Club)
14. The Decemberists – Don’t Carry It All (The King Is Dead)
15. The Decemberists – Calamity Song (The King Is Dead)

1. The National – Terrible Love
2. The National – Sorrow
3. The National – Anyone’s Ghost
4. Sufjan Stevens – Futile Devices
5. Sufjan Stevens – Too Much
6. Four Tet – Angel Echoes
7. Caribou – Found Out
8. Casiokids – Gomurmamma
9. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Bright Lit Blue Skies
10. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Round and Round
11. Siskiyou – Everything I Have
12. The Besnard Lakes – Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent Pt. 2: The Innocent
13. Black Mountain – The Hair Song
14. Luke Doucet and the White Falcon – Sundown
15. Sarah Harmer – The City
16. Deerhunter – Earthquake
17. Deerhunter – Don’t Cry
18. Blitzen Trapper – The Man Who Would Speak True
19. LCD Soundsystem – I Can Change
20. Spoon – Got Nuffin
21. The Morning Benders – Excuses
22. The Morning Benders – Promises
23. The Morning Benders – Cold War (Nice Clean Fight)
24. Beach House – Zebra
25. Beach House – Silver Soul
26. The Tallest Man On Earth – The Wild Hunt
27. The Tallest Man On Earth – Burden Of Tomorrow
28. The Tallest Man On Earth – Troubles Will Be Gone
29. The Radio Dept. – Domestic Scene
30. The Radio Dept. – Heaven’s On Fire
31. The Radio Dept. – This Time Around
32. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
33. Arcade Fire – Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
34. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs (Continued)
35. Hooded Fang – Younger Days
36. Hooded Fang – Straight Up The Dial
37. Hooded Fang – Laughing
38. Hooded Fang – Mutant Bear
39. Best Coast – Boyfriend
40. Best Coast – Crazy For You
41. Best Coast – The End
42. Best Coast – Goodbye
43. Best Coast – When I’m With You

1. Perry Como – It’s Beginning To Look Like Christmas
2. The Format – Holly Jolly Christmas
3. The Puppini Sisters – Last Christmas
4. June Christy – Ring A Merry Bell
5. Camera Obscura – The Blizzard
6. Jenny O. – Get Down for the Holidays
7. Ingrid Michaelson – Snowfall
8. Tift Merritt – I’ll Be Home for Christmas
9. Matt Pond PA – Holiday Road (Lindsay Buckingham cover)
10. Nancy Wilson – The Christmas Waltz
11. Daryl Hall & John Oates – Jingle Bell Rock
12. Rilo Kiley – Xmas Cake
13. The Hives & Cyndi Lauper – A Christmas Duel
14. The Raveonettes – Christmas In Cleveland
15. My Morning Jacket – O’ Holy Night
16. The Pretenders – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
17. The Killers – A Great Big Sled
18. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – All I Want For Christmas
19. Best Coast, Wavves – Got Something for You
20. Half-Handed Cloud – Plant a Little Fir Tree
21. Bob Dylan – Winter Wonderland
22. Aretha Franklin – Kissin’ By The Mistletoe
23. Emilie-Claire Barlow – Little Jack Frost
24. Hawksley Workman – Common Cold
25. Bing Crosby – Do You Hear What I Hear
26. Regina Spektor – My Dear Acquaintance (A Happy New Year)
27. Bishop Allen – You’ll Never Find My Christmas
28. Bruce Cockburn – Mary Had A Baby
29. Low – Just Like Christmas
30. Jack Johnson – Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
31. Martha Wainwright – Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
32. The Boy Least Likely To – Christmas Isn’t Christmas
33. The Flaming Lips – A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn’t So)
34. Martina Sorbara – It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
35. Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
36. The Hush Now – On Holiday
37. Sufjan Stevens Hey Guys! It’s Christmas Time!
38. Blitzen Trapper – Christmas is Coming Soon
39. Norah Jones – December
40. Burl Ives – A Holly Jolly Christmas
41. Belle & Sebastian – Christmas Time is Here
42. Tegan and Sara – The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)
43. John Denver & The Muppets – The Peace Carol
44. Grandaddy – Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland
45. Bette Midler – Merry Christmas
46. Johnny Cash – The Little Drummer Boy
47. Julian Casablancas – I Wish It Was Christmas Today
48. Gladys Knight/The Pips – That Special Time of Year
49. Dave Matthews Band – Christmas Song
50. The Ames Brothers – Good King Wenceslas
51. Belasana – Bittersweet Eve
52. Stars – A New Year (Live)