Canadian Campus Radio Charts For October 24

Here are the Canadian campus radio charts for the week ending October 24. As always there are from Earshot, the official publication of the NCRA.

1 The Decemberists The Crane Wife Capitol
2 Beck The Information Interscope
3 Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton Knives Don't Have Your Back Last Gang
4 Les Georges Leningrad Sangue Puro Dare To Care
5 Lullabye Arkestra Ampgrave Constellation
6 Various CBC Radio 3 Sessions Mint
7 The Dears Gang Of Losers Maple Music
8 B.A. Johnston Call Me When Old And Fat Is The New Young And Sexy Just Friends
9 The Hidden Cameras Awoo Evil Evil
10 Magnolia Electric Co. Fading Trails Secretly Canadian

To view the entire chart go here.

Now as usual, the charts from CJAM.

1 The Decemberists The Crane Wife Capitol
2 Beck The Information Interscope
3 Califone [Roots And Crowns] Thrill Jockey
4 Ox American Lo Fi Weewerk
5 Thunderbirds Are Now! Make History Frenchkiss
6 Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton Knives Don't Have Your Back Last Gang
7 The Lemonheads The Lemonheads Vagrant
8 The Awkward Stage Heaven Is For Easy Girls Mint
9 Xiu Xiu The Air Force 5RC
10 Brazilian Girls Talk To La Bomb Verve Forecast

To see the whole CJAM chart go here.

Sweet Static Playlist For 10/13

For the show on the 13th of October I was training some new volunteers so things were crazy during the show. I had plans after the show and forgot to post the playlist and just realized it in the last couple of days. Of course I had also deleted the usual well informed version of my playlist, assuming I had posted it already. So today I copied and pasted from the computer at the station the playlist but it is missing the usual info such as album, label, year as well the canadian content, in rotation and request.

But for information sakes I'm posting it now.

rheostatics-saskatchewan
nathan coles outfit-wheeled
magnolia electric co-memphis moon
badly drawn boy-nothing's going to change your mind
pernice brothers-automaton
the guthries-better part of an hour
the be good tanyas-when doves cry
chad vangaalen-rolling thunder
sunparlour players-talk it to death
sean lennon-on again, off again
jeff buckley-lilac wine
the dears-hate then love
beck-soldier jane
the barmitzvah brothers-a city box
the awkward stage-the morons are winning
robert pollard-boxing about
furnaceface-if you love her (would you buy her a gun?)
replacements-can't hardly wait
the inbreds-matterhorn
kevin hearn & thinbuckle-map of the human genome
sufjan stevens-the avalanche
sun parlour players-john had a bell and a whistle
barmitzvah brothers-barclay
ox-martas song

Sweet Static Playlist For 10/27

This week was the annual all covers edition of my radio show. Lots of crazy, interesting and sometimes bad covers.

Next week is the annual CJAM pledge drive. Details can be found on the CJAM website. Any support would definitely be appreciated.

You can listen to Sweet Static, every Friday from 10:30am to noon on 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit. Or you can tune in on the internet at
-http://cjam.ca, under listen or
-opening a url on whatever player you use and put in http://137.207.3.11:8050/

New and improved broadband stream from the station, as well as the original lo-fi stream.

The show is archived for a month at http://web2.uwindsor.ca/cjam/nvd_mp3.php with a new, easier to navigate layout.

as always...

cc-canadian content
*-in rotation
r-request
mp3-from an mp3 blog

the shins-we will become silhouette (the postal service) from the such great heights ep (sub pop-2003)
the old soul-vegetables (brian wilson) from self-titled album (hand of god-2005) cc
ron sexsmith-this is where I belong (the kinks) from this is where I belong: the songs of ray davies & the kinks (ryko-2002) cc
gnarls barclay-gone daddy gone (violent femmes) from st. elsewhere (downtown-2006)
the flaming lips-bohemian rhapsody-live (queen)
skydiggers-mr. soul (neil young) from borrowed tunes: a tribute to neil young (sony-1994) cc
neil young-imagine (john lennon)
ike and tina turner-come together (the beatles) from instant karma: a tribute to john lennon (uncut magazine-2002)
aretha franklin-the weight (the band)
jerry garcia band-the night they drove old dixie down (the band)
badly drawn boy-thunder road (bruce springsteen) from born to run volume one: the best of the boss (uncut magazine-2003)
bruce springsteen, elvis costello, dave grohl and steven van zandt-london calling (the clash)
toad the wet sprocket-rock and roll all nite (kiss) from kiss my ass: classic kiss regrooved (polygram-1994)
ray lamontagne-crazy (gnarls barclay)
evan dando-frying pan (victoria williams) from sweet relief: a benefit for victoria williams (sony-1993)
nancy sinatra-like a rolling stone (bob dylan)
rufus wainwright-across the universe (the beatles) from i am sam soundtrack (v2-2001)
magnolia electric co.-werewolves of london (warren zevon)
the polyphonic spree-lithium (nirvana) from wait ep (good-2006)
black cabbage-pat's decline (change of heart) from city of music: a guelph compilation (barking swan-2002) cc
borat-born to be wild (steppenwolf)

Sweet Static Playlist 10/20

You can listen to Sweet Static, every Friday from 10:30am to noon on 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit. Or you can tune in on the internet at
-http://cjam.ca, under listen or
-opening a url on whatever player you use and put in http://137.207.3.11:8050/

New and improved broadband stream from the station, as well as the original lo-fi stream.

The show is archived for a month at http://web2.uwindsor.ca/cjam/nvd_mp3.php with a new, easier to navigate layout.

as always...

cc-canadian content
*-in rotation
r-request
mp3-from an mp3 blog

the lemonheads-pittsburgh from their self-titled album (vagrant-2006) *
grizzly bear-easier from yellow house (warp-2006) *
wilco-kamera from yankee hotel foxtrot (nonesuch-2002)
the polyphonic spree-sonic bloom from wait ep (good-2006)
sloan-listen to the radio from never hear the end of it (murder-2006) cc *
the decemberists-when the war came from the crane wife (capitol-2006) *
the dears-whites only party from gang of losers (maple-2006) cc *
antibalas-war is a crim from talkatif (ninja tune-2001)
drive-by truckers-18 wheels of love from gangstabilly reissue (new west-2005)
drive-by truckers-ronnie and neil from southern rock opera (lost highway-2002)
drive-by truckers-aftermath usa from a blessing and a curse (new west-2006)
chuck berry from the great twenty-eight (mca-1984)
-brown-eyed handsome man
-johnnie b. goode
bob dylan-someday baby from modern times (sony-2006) *
baby eagle-your wounded jaw, our dead remains from self-titled ep (outside-2006) cc *
the hold steady-party pit from boys and girls in america (vagrant-2006) *
dan bern-tongue-tied from breathe (messenger-2006) *
ray lamontagne-lesson learned from till the sun turns black (rca-2006) *
the folksmen-start me up from a mighty wind soundtrack (sony-2003)
ox-1913 from american lo fi (killbeat-2006) cc *
justin rutledge-does it make you rain? from the devil ona bench in stanley park (six shooter-2006) cc *
kevin hearn and thin buckle-high and low from the miracle mile (celery-2006) cc *

Canadian Campus Radio Charts For October 17

Here are this week's national chart results from Earshot, the official publication of the NCRA.

1 Chad VanGaalen Skelliconnection Flemish Eye/Sub Pop
2 TV On The Radio Return To Cookie Mountain Interscope
3 Les Georges Leningrad Sangue Puro Dare To Care
4 The Dears Gang Of Losers Maple Music
5 Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton Knives Don't Have Your Back Last Gang
6 Various CBC Radio 3 Sessions Mint
7 The Hidden Cameras Awoo Evil Evil
8 The Decemberists The Crane Wife Capitol
9 Beck The Information Interscope
10 Yo La Tengo I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass Matador

To see the whole chart go here.

Now of course are the results from CJAM, my home station.

1 Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton Knives Don't Have Your Back Last Gang
2 Golden Dogs Big Eye Little Eye True North
3 Various Studio One Scorcher Vol. 2: Instrumentals Soul Jazz
4 Bob Dylan Modern Times Columbia
5 Junior Boys So This Is Goodbye Domino
6 The Black Keys Magic Potion Nonesuch
7 Thunderbirds Are Now! Make History Frenchkiss
8 Robert Pollard Normal Happiness Merge
9 Bonnie Prince Billy The Letting Go Drag City
10 Grizzly Bear Yellow House Warp

To see the entire CJAM chart go here.

More Dave Bidini (Rheostatics) New Stuff

Last week I posted how Dave Bidini had a new song up on his new website. Well this week comes more new stuff.

In January, current Rheostatics Martin Tielli and Dave Bidini as well as former Rheo Dave Clark and friend Ford Pier will be heading out to Calgary to play the music for a performance troop that will do a show based on hockey erotica. The show is called "The Five Hole" and a book will be released in October as a companion piece.

Well up on the page is one of the pieces that's part of the project. It's not a song really but more of a spoken word piece with a bit of music behind it. It won't be for everyone but it's definitely an insight to what hockey erotica is.

Dave Bidini-"Five Hole"

The New Free Zunior Compilation

Once again Zunior is back with another free compilation. Some really great stuff on this compilation including new stuff from Jill Barber and Wayne Petti (Cuff The Duke), older stuff from Jim Guthrie, Ford Pier and The Violet Archers and stuff I talked about recently (The Golden Seal in the Dave Bidini post)

1 Hard Line - Jill Barber For All Time Dependent
2 Wetsuit - The Golden Seals Wetsuit EP Zunior
3 I Wait - Wayne Petti Untitled Hardwood Records
4 Some Things We Lose - Baby Eagle Baby Eagle Outside Music
5 Audio Pepsi - Jim Guthrie A Thousand Songs Three Gut Music
6 Why On Earth - Ford Pier Ic Victory Six Shooter Music
7 Swimming - Sunset Rubdown Shut Up I Am Dreaming Global Symphonic
8 Girls Fight! - Vailhalen Pop Violence Saved By Radio
9 Co-ordinates - The Violet Archers The End of Part One Northern Electric
10 Spring Flight to the Land of Fire - The Cape May Glass Mountain Roads Flemish Eye Music

To get the entire compilation for free you can go here.

Canadian Campus Radio Charts For October 10

A little late but Earshot was having website issues whenever I went over there last week, but here are the charts for the week ending October 10 from, as mentioned, Earshot, the official publication of the NCRA.

1 Chad VanGaalen Skelliconnection Flemish Eye/Sub Pop
2 Junior Boys So This Is Goodbye Domino
3 TV On The Radio Return To Cookie Mountain Interscope
4 Les Georges Leningrad Sangue Puro Dare To Care
5 Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton Knives Don't Have Your Back Last Gang
6 The Dears Gang Of Losers Maple Music
7 The Black Keys Magic Potion Nonesuch
8 Magnolia Electric Co. Fading Trails Secretly Canadian
9 Sandro Perri Plays Polmo Polpo Constellation
10 The Hidden Cameras Awoo Evil Evil

To view the entire national chart go here.

Now of course the top ten from CJAM, my home station.

1 My Morning Jacket Okonokos ATO/RCA
2 The Black Keys Magic Potion Nonesuch
3 Golden Dogs Big Eye Little Eye True North
4 SubHumans New Dark Age Parade G7 Welcoming Committee
5 Junior Boys So This Is Goodbye Domino
6 Magnolia Electric Co. Fading Trails Secretly Canadian
7 Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton Knives Don't Have Your Back Last Gang
8 Sunparlour Players Hymns For The Happy Independent
9 TV On The Radio Return To Cookie Mountain Interscope
10 French Toast Ingleside Terrace Dischord

To see the whole CJAM chart go here.

Beck Stuff Around The Blogs

Been wanting to put up the Canadian campus radio charts but the Earshot website has been down the last couple of days. So instead I'll point the way to a couple of sweet Beck posts I found in the last couple of days.

First off Cable and Tweed has a KCRW session from 1993. Here's the set list...

1. Loser
2. Mexico
3. Death is Coming to Get You
4. Whimsical Actress
5. Pay No Mind
6. MTV Makes Me Wanna Smoke Crack

To check it out you can go here.

rbally also has a Beck show up but this is from his tour with The Flaming Lips as his backing band from 2002. Here is the set list.

The Golden Age
Get Real Paid
Loser
Lonesome Tears
Lost Cause
Nobody's Fault But My Own
Devil's Haircut (false start)
Devil's Haircut
Where It's At

To get to the post go here.

Dave Bidini (Rheostatics) News

Well things have been pretty quiet in Rheostatics land since the public disclosure of their imminent break up (for full details of that see this previous post)

Well Rheostatic/author Dave Bidini has a new website up. It has details of the book he's writing now, Around The World In 80 Gigs, his previously released books, shows he doing now, as well as his travels.

There is also a new song up done with Dave Merritt of The Golden Seals. It's nothing earth shattering but it's still fun and if you're a fan of the band, pure Dave.

Dave Bidini & Dave Merritt-"Song ain't good"

The Anti-Hit List For September 30

Not a lot in this edition of John Sakamoto's Anti-Hit List that caught my attention.

Up first is The Beauty Room. Sakamoto called the song "Soul Horizon", "...is like hearing Crosby, Stills & Nash harmonizing over a track from the last Air album" and he's right. A really beautiful song that you can stream on their Myspace page.

Then we have Two Hours Traffic from the East Coast of Canada. With a new EP out, produced by Joel Plaskett the song, "New Love" is a nice bit of power pop. You can stream it on their Myspace page or download it if you'd like from their.

Two Hours Traffic-"New Love"

Honestly not much else caught my interest but that's just me. Other bands hilited include Cale Parks, 2 Bit Pie and Cold War Kids. To see the entire list for this week go here.

Canadian Campus Radio Charts For October 3

Here are the Canadian campus radio charts for the week ending October 3, from Earshot, the official publication of the NCRA.

1 The Hidden Cameras Awoo Evil Evil
2 Junior Boys So This Is Goodbye Domino
3 Les Georges Leningrad Sangue Puro Dare To Care
4 Yo La Tengo I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass Matador
5 The Dears Gang Of Losers Maple Music
6 Shout Out Out Out Out! Not Saying Just Saying Nrmls Wlcm
7 Chad VanGaalen Skelliconnection Flemish Eye/Sub Pop
8 TV On The Radio Return To Cookie Mountain Interscope
9 Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton Knives Don't Have Your Back Last Gang
10 The Cape May Glass Mountain Roads Flemish Eye

To view the whole chart go here.

Now, of course, the charts from my home station, CJAM.

1 Golden Dogs Big Eye Little Eye True North
2 Yo La Tengo I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass Matador
3 Junior Boys So This Is Goodbye Domino
4 Bonnie Prince Billy The Letting Go Drag City
5 Bob Willis Legends Of Country Music Columbia Legacy
6 Shout Out Out Out Out! Not Saying Just Saying Nrmls Wlcm
7 Various Sampler Chemikal Underground
8 The Cape May Glass Mountain Roads Flemish Eye
9 Brazilian Girls Talk To La Bomb Universal
10 Andre Ethier Secondathallum Paper Bag

To view the whole CJAM chart go here.

The Anti-Hit List For September 23

As the catching up continues here's a recap of John Sakamoto's Anti-Hit List for September 23.

Up for is a band from New York called The Isles. Sakamoto points out how hardly anyone has "...been as shameless about its Smiths/Morrissey obsession than this charmingly derivative outfit is." But it's no complaint. Really good song from their new cd, Perfumed Lands.

The Isles-"Major Arcana"

Next up is The New Lou Reeds. Don't know much about them but I really like this song. Some nice blues-rock stuff going on. Definitely worth checking out.

The New Lou Reeds-"You Don't Have To Die"

Up next is Rickie Lee Jones and a song she's done with two ex-Squirrel Nut Zippers members, Tom Maxwell and Ken Mosher. They've taken the Zippers song, "Put A Lid On It" and changed it to some critical of the Bush White House, titled "Have You Had Enough?" A fun song (although not for those who like Bush)

Rickie Lee Jones w/Tom Maxwell and Ken Mosher-"Have You Had Enough?"

Up next is a local band, The London Apartments, who are starting to have a big reach. A one man project by Windsor's Justin Langlois, that Sakamoto says, "...specializes in music so exquisitely atmospheric, it makes Sigur Ros sound like death-metal." He points out the song, "Summer Takes All My Time" which you can stream on the now mandatory Myspace page.

Lastly is British Columbia's Great Aunt Ida. I had the pleasure of listening to this album a few times as I borrowed from the radio station and loved it. They have three songs up on their homepage but I'll just link to the one on the list and save the other two for later.

Great Aunt Ida-"We Say No"

To check out the rest of this Anti-Hit List you can go here. Others reviewed include The Clash, The Waterboys and Good Shoes.

Sweet Static Playlist 10/6

You can listen to Sweet Static, every Friday from 10:30am to noon on 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit. Or you can tune in on the internet at
-http://cjam.ca, under listen or
-opening a url on whatever player you use and put in http://137.207.3.11:8050/

New and improved broadband stream from the station, as well as the original lo-fi stream.

The show is archived for a month at http://web2.uwindsor.ca/cjam/nvd_mp3.php with a new, easier to navigate layout.

as always...

cc-canadian content
*-in rotation
r-request
mp3-from an mp3 blog

squirrel nut zippers-the ghost of stephen foster from perennial favorites (mammoth-1998)
sunparlour players-hymn for the happy from hymns for the happy (indie-2006) cc *
the avett brothers-find my love from the gleam (ramseur-2006) *
bob dylan-workingman's blues #2 from modern times (sony-2006) *
john southworth-it's not the end of the world from mars pennsylvania (water street-1996) cc
sparklehorse-shade and honey from dreamt for light years in the belly of a mountain (capitol-2006) *
the mountain goats-new monster avenue from get lonely (4ad-2006) *
radiohead-just from the bends (emi-1994)
drive-by truckers-goodbye from a blessing and a curse (new west-2006) r
my morning jacket-I think I'm going to hell from okonokos (ato-2006) *
magnolia electric co-steady now from fading trails (secretly canadian-2006) *
furnaceface-the ballad of richard iommi from this will make you happy (cargo-1994) cc
the presidents of the united states of america-video killed the radio star from pure frosting (columbia-1998)
the old soul-bacteria is the only culture you have from she's got party davis eyes (hand of god-2006) cc *
dave bidini & dave merritt-song ain't good from http://davebidini.ca mp3
the hidden camera-for fun from awoo (evil evil/outside-2006) cc
land of talk-breaxxbaxx from applause cheer boo hiss (dependent-2006) cc r
yo la tengo-watch out for me ronnie from I am not afraid of you and I will beat your ass (matador-2006) *
ox-weaving from dust bowl revival (profile-2003) cc
the barmitzvah brothers-today is sunday from the night of the party (indie-2002) cc
ben kweller-I don't know why from self-titled album (ato-2006) *

For Your Consideration Trailer

Nothing more to say then watch this, enjoy and I can't wait for the movie.



Apparently the embed isn't working so here's the direct link to the trailer (and I'm leaving the space in case it does work later)

Interview With Ben Gunning (ex-Local Rabbits) Online

This week's interview on the Mich Vish Interracial Morning Show was Ben Gunning, formerly of the Local Rabbits. The interview is archived online for four weeks on the CFRU website.

Ben Gunning interview

Sweet Static Update

As I alluded to in the Anti-Hit List review from three weeks ago that I just got around to today, I've been getting behind on the posting but going to make move to stop that in it's tracks.

So upcoming will be the next two Anti-Hit List reviews, a post of a couple of bands that have caught my attention lately, cool stuff I've found on other mp3 blogs and the first ever Sweet Static mix cd.

So there you go. I've made this public so that now I have pressure to come through on what I've promised. But that'll start tomorrow since I'm off to bed now (the joys of working midnights)

The Next Free Zunior Compilation

Once again Zunior is bringing some great music to the masses for free. Here is what you get...

1 Blackheart - Cuff The Duke Life Stories For Minimum Wage Hardwood Records
2 Wolfgang - Elliott Brood Ambassador Six Shooter Records
3 Walk With Light - Woolly Leaves Quiet Waters Outside Music
4 If I Were a Carp - Final Fantasy He Poos Clouds Blocks Music
5 Mayday - King Cobb Steelie Mayday King Cobb Steelie
6 Yes and No - Venus Hum The Colours in the Wheel Nettwerk
7 Kohoutek - The Feminists She Could Be The Feminists
8 Resplendance - Dave Clark Sketchbook Dave Clark
9 Timmy's Lei - The Kelele Brothers Escape From Bover County The Kelele Brothers
10 jaques... - Plants and Animals Plants and Animals Ships At Night Records

Polaris award winning Final Fantasy, Elliott Brood, Cuff The Duke, former Rheostatic Dave Clark, King Cobb Steelie, Wolly (Will from the Constantine). What's not to like here.

To get the whole compilation for free go here.

The Anti-Hit List For September 16

Yeah I know I'm really far behind but I'm in catch-up mode right now. So let's get to starting to recap John Sakamoto's Anti-Hit List from September 16.

Going to start with The Midway State out of Collingwood, Ont. They have four songs up on their Myspace page and Sakamoto recommends "Met A Man At The Top Of The Hill", where he mentions a Ben Fold similarity lyrically and musically. I definitely hear it and am curious to hear some more.

Up next is The Immediate. I guess they are the next big European band and I like it. "A Ghost In This House" has a lot going on but I was liking it right away. You can check it out at their Myspace page.

Lastly we'll check out The Fratellis. Both Sides Of The Mouth has three songs for download, with "Chelsea Dagger" the song that Sakamoto recommends. Real catchy stuff. To check out the songs from Both Sides go here and you can also check out the band's Myspace page here.

That's all for me but the others in this week's list include Skye, Wool and Lloyd Cole.

To check out the whole Anti-Hit List go here.