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Every year, CFMU 93.3FM turns to the Hamilton community to help support the station’s operating expenses through donations. Whether it’s $5, $30, or $200, it’s all greatly appreciated, and it all goes to keeping independent, community programming on our local air-waves.

We here at myboytheriotgirl think that an investment in community radio is a no-brainer: for the price of a couple of lattes, you can keep a slice of the airwaves safe for unique local programming like CFMU’s Sunday, a smorgasbord of cultural programming, from Lithuanian to Latin American.

This year, a $30 donation gets you a Friends of CFMU card, good at a variety of Hamilton venues, businesses and attractions like This Ain’t Hollywood, Dr. Disc and the Art Gallery of Hamilton.

And of course, you’ll also keep shows like ours, or Indie-licious, on-air, playing independent music from around the block and around the world. No top-40 or corporate playlists, just a mix of music you won’t hear anywhere else on the dial.

So without further ado, we present this year’s fundraising show, featuring a preview of the new Andrew Bird album, Break It Yourself. As always, we also have a sampling of new and upcoming releases (Band of Skulls, Dirty Ghosts, Sun Kil Moon), and old favourites (Hayden, Doves).

As always, thanks for listening, and for raising your voice by supporting CFMU!

1. Chairlift – Met Before (Something)
2. PS I Love You – Sentimental Dishes (Death Dreams)
3. Wild Flag – Electric Band (Wild Flag)
4. Hayden – Dynamite Walls (Skyscraper National Park)
5. Band of Skulls – Sweet Sour (Sweet Sour)
6. Whitehorse – Passenger 24 (Whitehorse)
7. Dirty Ghosts – Ropes That Way (Metal Moon)
8. Forest City Lovers – Keep the Kids Inside (Rainy Day Version) (Exclaim! TV)
9. Breathe Owl Breathe – Own Stunts (Magic Central)
10. Sun Kil Moon – Sunshine in Chicago (Among the Leaves)
11. Sharon Van Etten – We Are Fine (Tramp)
12. Andrew Bird – Desperation Breeds… (Break It Yourself)
13. Andrew Bird – Polynation (Break It Yourself)
14. Andrew Bird – Danse Carribe (Break It Yourself)
15. Andrew Bird – Give It Away (Break It Yourself)
16. Zoey Van Goey – We Don’t Have That Kind of Bread (The Cage Was Unlocked All Along)
17. Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You (Partie Traumatic)
18. Mike O’Neill – This is Who I Am (Wild Lines)
19. Elliott BROOD – Lindsay (Days Into Years)
20. Erin Passmore – Downtown (Downtown EP)
21. The Pack A.D. – Positronic (Unpersons)
22. Shearwater – Pushing The River (Animal Joy)
23. Doves – Kingdom Of Rust (Kingdom Of Rust)
24. School Of Seven Bells – The Night (Ghostory)
25. Kodacrome – Modern Man (Perla)
26. Zelium Quang – Madness in the Air (Madness in the Air/Radio Eye)
27. Handsome Furs – Serve The People (Young Galaxy Remix) (Young Galaxy Versus)
28. Gorillaz – DoYaThing

This might be the only Leap Day episode we’ll ever get, so it’s go big or go home, one week before the CFMU Fundraiser.

Megan did a blog-scour this week and happened across a bunch of rare-enough’s for a rare-enough February 29th, including Royal Wood injecting some slight winter light into a classic Sam Roberts summer song, and a new track from the upcoming Santigold album. It’s her first LP since her self-titled debut, released last leap year.

We also hear a one-off track Real Estate has done for a Record Store Day release, and brand new music from Great Lake Swimmers, Of Montreal, and Spiritualized.  Here’s a leap day rarity: deciding to lead the new album, Sweet Heart Sweet Light, with a cover light that one (above), and a raucous two-part song like this one.

Like we said, the fundraiser is upon us, so please support community radio by donating to 93.3 CFMU’s Raise Your Voice campaign. We’re trying to raise $21,000 to fund independent, community programming in Hamilton. A toonie, a twenty–any contribution counts and can donate through our webpage (the “Donate” button is over on the right —>), or by visiting CFMU’s website.

As always, thanks for listening to myboytheriotgirl, and thanks for supporting community radio in Hamilton!

1. Royal Wood – Don’t Walk Away Eileen (Covers EP)
2. Rhye – Open (Open EP)
3. Andrew Sisk – Pause (Treelines)
4. Regina Spektor – all the rowboats (What We Saw)
5. Santigold – Disparate Youth (Master of My Own Make-Believe)
6. Great Lake Swimmers – Easy-Come-Easy-Go (New Wild Everywhere)
7. Bahamas – Caught Me Thinking (Barchords)
8. Tennis – My Better Self (Young And Old)
9. Sharon Van Etten – Warsaw (Tramp)
10. Real Estate – In My Car (Smuggler’s Way)
11. Women – Eyesore (Public Strain)
12. Chains of Love – In-Between (Breaking My Heart / In Between 7″)
13. Of Montreal – Dour Percentage (Paralytic Stalks)
14. Spiritualized – Hey Jane (Sweet Heart Sweet Light)

We spent last week collecting new releases,  so here’s an hour jam-packed with (bakery fresh!) indie-pop of all varieties.

Things begin with an addictive track from husband-and-wife duo Tennis, then the title track from the new Plants and Animals disc that has these Canadian indie-rock fans salivating. Plus, Andrew Bird is set to release Break It Yourself on March 6, so we hear a track, despite his omission of Hamilton or Toronto on the list of his spring tour dates.

Pronouncing Xiu Xiu (sounds something like shoe-shoe) is probably easier than classifying their sound, which is reason enough for us to play a song off Always, due out next week. And Okkervil River side-project Shearwater have the power-pop sound down so pat, we fit them right next to Noel Gallagher, who still knows that game well.

New music from Sleigh Bells takes a razor blade to electro-pop, and we continue with that vibe with Montreal’s Grimes, then soften it a bit with some music new material from Air, and Silver Swans (shout out to Music Between Friends for that excellent recommendation!).

And lastly, after seeing a bootleg video of Sandro Perri & Co. playing the mind-blowing “Wolfman” from their recent visit to Hamilton, we make up for airing an edited version last year by playing the song in its full 10-minute glory. Seriously, it’s the best song you’ll hear all day, so stay tuned!!!

1. Tennis – Origins (Young And Old)
2. Plants and Animals – The End of That (The End of That)
3. OP8 – If I Think of Love (Slush)
4. Andrew Bird – Eyeoneye (Break It Yourself)
5. Sleigh Bells – Crush (Reign Of Terror)
6. Xiu Xiu – Beauty Towne (Always)
7. Grimes – Circumambient (Visions)
8. Silver Swans – Let It Happen (Forever)
9. Frankie Rose – Know Me (Interstellar)
10. Shearwater – Breaking The Yearlings (Animal Joy)
11. Noel Gallagher – AKA What a Life (Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds)
12. Suede – Beautiful Ones (Coming Up)
13. Air – Cosmic Trip (Le Voyage Dans La Lune)
14. Sandro Perri – Wolfman (Impossible Spaces)

We’re back with a new show next week, but in the meantime, here are a few links to some newly-released, unreleased, and new-ish music from south of the border. They’ve been keeping our heads boppin’ all week long:

(1) Heartless Bastards started off their nine-year career in Cincinnati, and are a band built around the distinctive vocals of Erika Wennerstrom. Just yesterday, the band released their fourth full length album, Arrow, and good news: it is streaming in its entirety on the NPR website for the next little while. Since a listener sent a link the other day, it hasn’t left Mike’s playlist. It is most definitely worth a listen.

(2) Brooklyn noise-pop duo Sleigh Bells are releasing their second album, Reign of Terror, next week, and the New York Times is streaming that whole album in advance of its release. The stream is attached to a pretty good profile of the band, too. You might have had your ears perked up by their first single, “Comeback Kid,” but in giving the whole LP a listen, unfortunately that was the only track that really stood out. We’re intrigued by their sound, though,  so we’ll give it a few more listens, and sample on next week’s show.

(3) Atlanta’s Bradford Cox is a busy guy. You might know him from Deerhunter, but we have to say, his work as Atlas Sound is impressing us more and more with each listen. Since his latest album, Parallax, came out in November, it has slowly dominated our listening hours, and if it had come out earlier in the year, might have even worked it’s way up to the top of our Best of 2011 list.  For now, though, enjoy this final track from the album–here’s an artist at his prime!

Love or hate the Hallmark holiday named after martyrs, it’s awfully hard to avoid the big V-day if you plan on leaving your cave on the 14th.

In a mean-spirited (or well-intentioned) effort to draw out the pain (or pleasure) of the day, we’re getting to our two-hour collection of love(?) songs a week early this year.

C’mon. You know you love it.

We begin by dedicating a memorable Great Lake Swimmers love song to Hamilton and its rocky spine, and also sample some new tracks from Chairlift & Toronto’s Bahamas, who’s newly released album, Barchords is streaming at the Exclaim! website for your listening pleasure.

Some classic tracks from Spiritualized and Massive Attack close out a couple of six-song sets, we also get to listener request for Adam Cohen (yup, Leonard’s son), and the now-defunct California band, Grandaddy.

Before we close out with a fantastic Mountain Goats tune, we duly report on the well-known Hazards of Love, including a heartbreaking song by Brooklyn’s The Antlers.

Mike and I are taking next week off, but will be back in two with a whack of new releases, old favourites, and (as always), no commercials and loooooots of independent music. Thanks for listening!

1. Great Lake Swimmers – Your Rocky Spine (Ongiara)
2. Wilco – 11 – Whole Love (The Whole Love)
3. Feist – The Bad In Each Other (Metals)
4. Chairlift – I Belong in your arms (Something )
5. New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle (Brotherhood)
6. Spiritualized – I Think I’m In Love (Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space)
7. Mother Mother – O My Heart (O My Heart)
8. Modern Superstitions – Love That Beats My Heart (All the Things We’ve Been Told)
9. Jim Ward – Take It Back (The End Begins)
10. Lou Canon – The Dancing (Lou Canon)
11. Adam Cohen – What Other Guy (Like A Man)
12. Massive Attack – Protection (Protection)
13. Darren Hayman – Short Skirt On (Table For One – Dessert Menu)
14. jj – my love (jj n° 2)
15. Girls – Heartbreaker (Broken Dreams Club)
16. Bahamas – Your Sweet Touch (Barchords)
17. Grandaddy – Protected From The Rain (Signal to Snow Ratio – EP)
18. The Shins – Turn On Me (Wincing The Night Away)
19. The Decemberists – The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned) (The Hazards Of Love)
20. Kathleen Edwards – Empty Threat (Voyageur)
21. Hannah Georgas – Lovesick (This Is Good)
22. Bon Iver – Skinny Love (For Emma, Forever Ago)
23. The Antlers – Two (Hospice)
24. The National – Ada (Boxer)
25. The Vaccines – Family Friend (What Did You Expect From the Vaccines)
26. The Mountain Goats – Love Love Love (The Sunset Tree)

A special moon-themed birthday episode for Jack, starting with Jill Barber singing us to sleep with a lullaby. Then, the inimitable John Maus welcomes the guest of honour by singing along to Molly Nillson.

We sample alt/indie history with some Echo & the Bunnymen, Cat Power, and Radiohead. And we hear Sandro Perri and Mark Kozelek from, See You on the Moon!, the great Canadian indie kids’ album.

Air can never get enough of the moon, it seems, so we wrap it all up with a post-Moon Safari visit to a an intergallactic lounge, because the future should be rad like that.  Send us your favourite anit-/bittersweet/angsty/lovey love songs for next week’s show, and thanks for listening!

1. Jill Barber – Lullaby (Mischievous Moon)
2. John Maus – Hey Moon (We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves)
3. Joel Plaskett – In The Blue Moonlight (Three – Two)
4. Belle & Sebastian – Waiting For The Moon To Rise (Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant)
5. Cat Power – You May Know Him (Moon Pix)
6. You Say Party! We Say Die! – Moon (Lose All Time)
7. Echo & the Bunnymen – The Killing Moon (Ocean Rain)
8. Sunset Rubdown – Silver Moons (Dragonslayer)
9. Kelley Polar – My Beauty In The Moon (Love Songs Of The Hanging Gardens)
10. Feist – My Moon My Man (The Reminder)
11. Glissandro 70 – Voices are Your Best Friend (See You On The Moon! Songs For Kids Of All Ages)
12. Mark Kozelek – Leo and Luna (See You On The Moon! Songs For Kids Of All Ages)
13. Iron & Wine – Half Moon (Kiss Each Other Clean)
14. Radiohead – Sail to the Moon (Acoustic Recording)
15. Air – Le Voyage De Penelope (Moon Safari)

As our loyal listeners/readers may know, we’re big fans of another show here at 93.3 CFMU that caters to the independent rock lover: Music Between Friends.

And though we all might think dangerous thoughts from time to time, it just so happens that MBF took those unspoken words right out of Mike’s considerably large mouth with this excellent post entitled:

3 Female Buzzbands I Don’t “Get”

Click the link and check it out.

Super high-fives to Katie for telling it like it is, and daring to speak the unspeakable: that some “artists” are mere products of  buzz. Unfortunately for us, the industry thrives on products like Lana Del Rey, and Dum Dum Girls (pictured above), because they need them to actually make money.

Of course, mah-ney is of little concern to the true music lover and critic, so Katie rightly asks,

Why aren’t there more music CRITICS out there?

It’s like the entire music industry is asking bloggers to give them one big hand job.

Sadly, in an era where buzz-bands are a dime a dozen and advertising budgets are tight or non-existent, the industry turns to the fan and ‘critic’-driven hype-machine to do the promotion for them. And I guess we do it happily, as long as the music is decent and the “artist” has some talent and isn’t a shameless product.

But thankfully Katie put her critic specs on and did her job in expressing an opinion that goes beyond “[Artist X] is awesome! Check them out!”  Thanks for saying what some of us are thinking, but are too timid (mea culpa!) to point out. And I can’t stop laughing at the “Poor man’s Best Coast” comment!

Twenty-twelve’s already got some new releases, and we play a couple: one by synth-pop duo Chairlift, and another by Calgary’s Rae Spoon. Plus, we peer into a frightening future through an oppressive track from Sleigh Bells’ upcoming Reign of Terror. They’re a duo, too, but apparently of the noise-pop variety (that’s a thing!).

We unapologetically err on the side of the female voice this week, but maybe its because we can’t get enough of Simone Schmidt’s shimmering vocals over-top her raucous band-mates, One Hundred Dollars. Dare I say they maybe give fellow Torontonians The Sadies a run for their money?

A brief tour of Europe yields snow in Sweden, and unfortunately no satisfying stop in Paris. But across the channel, Los Campesinos!, Frank Turner, 2:54 cheer us up in different, moody ways, before the Chemical Brothers promote their new concert-film, Don’t Think. The movie screens in T.O. for just one night on Thursday before a wider release in February, but it will apparently blow your mind if you’re lucky enough to see it.

Nighty night!

1. Chairlift – Sidewalk Safari (Something )
2. Rich Aucoin – Brian Wilson Is A.L.I.V.E. (We’re All Dying to Live)
3. Lou Canon – Heart Of (Lou Canon)
4. Taken By Trees – Julia (Open Field)
5. Rae Spoon – Promises (I Can’t Keep All of Our Secrets)
6. Sleigh Bells – Comeback Kid (Reign of Terror)
7. Los Campesinos! – Songs About Your Girlfriend (Hello Sadness)
8. 2:54 – Got A Hold (Scarlet EP)
9. Frank Turner – If Ever I Stray (England Keep My Bones)
10. Atlas Sound – Lightsworks (Parallax)
11. One Hundred Dollars – Ties That Bind (Songs of Man)
12. Jennifer Castle – Way of the Crow (Castlemusic)
13. The Elected – Sun, Sun, Sun (Sun, Sun, Sun)
14. Midlake – We Gathered In Spring (The Trials Of Van Occupanther)
15. The Chemical Brothers – Lost In The K-Hole (Dig Your Own Hole)

Kathleen Edwards is everywhere, and we’re no exception (gotta love that cover art too), plus Rich Aucoin, the Decemberists, and Agnes Obel, on the first show of the new year.

We wish the real one would end, but the War on Drugs is pretty good, but I guess Kurt Vile’s like that.

Megan hunts down a new-ish disc by The Rapture (‘member them?), and Mike revisits an under-appreciated Explosions in the Sky release from last year, and send us off: Take Care, Take Care, Take Care.

1. Elliott BROOD – Northern Air (Days Into Years)
2. The War on Drugs – Brothers (Slave Ambient)
3. Rich Aucoin – Living to Die (We’re All Dying to Live)
4. Agnes Obel – Philharmonics (Philharmonics)
5. Twin Sister – Space Babe (In Heaven)
6. The Decemberists – Sonnet (Long Live The King)
7. Gillian Welch – The Way It Goes (The Harrow & The Harvest)
8. The Rural Alberta Advantage – Coldest Days (Departing)
9. Kathleen Edwards – Mint (Voyageur)
10. The Rapture – Roller Coaster (In The Grace of Your Love)
11. Pedro The Lion – Priests And Paramedics (Control)
12. The Silt – Cat’s Peak (Cat’s Peak)
13. The Weather Station – Came So Easy (All Of It Was Mine)
14. Explosions in the Sky – Trembling Hands (Take Care, Take Care, Take Care)

Megan and I are back next week with a new show, but this week we’re re-broadcasting one from five years back.  This one features a number of artists from across the pond, including  The Stone Roses, The Smiths, The Clash, and Portishead.  And with an all-star cast of favourites like The Delgados and The Decemberists, here’s an hour of music you can count on to be good, in  a 2012 that seems less certain by the instant (speaking of, has anyone seen winter?  It’s missing.).

January 17, 2007

1. The Stone Roses – Elephant Stone (The Very Best of the Stone Roses)
2. Caribou – Hello Hammerheads (Milk of Human Kindness)
3. Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire – 11:11 (The Swimming Hour)
4. The Smiths – I Know it’s Over (The Queen is Dead)
5. Chad VanGaalen – Dead Ends (Skelliconnection)
6. Joseph Arthur – Black Lexus (Nuclear Daydream)
7. Beck – Movie Theme (The Information)
8. The Clash – Police and Thieves (The Clash)
9. Stereolab – Margerine Melodie (Margerine Eclipse)
10. The Reindeer Section – Sting (Y’All Get Scared Now, Ya Hear!)
11. The Delgados – Coming in from the Cold (Hate)
12. The Decemberists – Sons and Daughters (The Crane Wife)
13. Portishead – Glory Box (Dummy)