Canadian Campus Radio Charts For February 27

Here are the Canadian campus radio charts for the week ending February 27 from Earshot, the official publication of the NCRA.

1 Julie Doiron Woke Myself Up Endearing
2 Do Make Say Think You, You're A History In Rust Constellation
3 Apostle Of Hustle National Anthem Of Nowhere Arts & Crafts
4 Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? Polyvinyl
5 Deerhoof Friend Opportunity Kill Rock Stars
6 The Good, The Bad And The Queen The Good, The Bad And The Queen Virgin
7 Great Lake Swimmers Ongiara Nettwerk
8 Explosions In The Sky All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone Temporary Residence
9 Mother Mother Touch Up Last Gang
10 Bloc Party A Weekend In The City Vice

For the whole national chart go here.

Now for my home station CJAM's charts.

1 Julie Doiron Woke Myself Up Endearing
2 Do Make Say Think You, You're A History In Rust Constellation
3 Great Lake Swimmers Ongiara Nettwerk
4 Various Friends In Bellwoods Out Of This Spark
5 Postage Stamps This Ugly Arrangement Independent
6 Explosions In The Sky All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone Temporary Residence
7 Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? Polyvinyl
8 RZA Afro Samurai Soundtrack Koch
9 M. Ward To Go Home Merge
10 Comeback Kid Broadcasting Smallman/Victory

For the whole CJAM chart go here.

New Zunior Free Compilation Now Online

Every two weeks Zunior provides a free compilation of new music on their site and also some older stuff. Well it's been two weeks and here we go with another compilation. Lots of great stuff here including Bob Wiseman, Ron Sexsmith & Don Kerr, Young Galaxy and Great Lake Swimmers.

Here's the whole track listing

1 Your Rocky Spine - Great Lake Swimmers Ongiara Nettwerk
2 Sexsmith&Kerr - Love Henry (previously unreleased)- Our Power Solar Music Compilation Our Power Solar Music Compilation Zunior Label
3 Swing Your Heartache - Young Galaxy Swing Your Heartache EP Arts & Crafts
4 All Farewells - The Coast The Coast EP Aporia Records
5 Search The World - Bob Wiseman Theme And Variations Blocks
6 Rattled Little Clam - Lullaby Baxter Garden Cities Of To-Morrow Boompa Records
7 Migratory Birds - The Buttless Chaps Where Night Holds Light Mint
8 Astronaut - Abernethy College Grove Scratch Music
9 Climbing Up The Walls - Kate Rogers Seconds Kate Rogers
10 Moment By Moment - Wayne Petti Untitled Outside

For complete details on how to get this click here.

New Run With The Kittens Album

Last year I had the pleasure of seeing Run With The Kittens live here in Windsor. Didnt' know anything about them but after checking out their website I thought they looked like a lot of fun and after seeing them they definitely did not disappoint.

Well this week I was happy to see word of a new album coming out in March called Condos & Lofts. Even better was this promo video they made.



For more fun here's a song you should check out

Run With The Kittens-"Live Forever"

Around The Web

Just some stuff from the last few days that has caught my eye and thought I'd point out.

-i (heart) music has a CBC session with The Barmitzvah Brothers up here.
-Counting Stars on the Ceiling has the NPR show of The Arcade Fire up. Really great show and definitely recommended.
-My Old Kentucky Blog has a mess of "Crazy" covers up. Most of them have been around for a while but always good to have them again since I lost some of them.
-You Ain't No Picasso has a live Stephen Malkmus show up. Haven't listened to it yet (downloading it now) but it has a bunch of new songs in the set list.

Julie Doiron In Windsor This Sunday

Ugh, hate when I fall behind on my posts. Meant to do this Julie Doiron post a couple of days ago but stupid real life kept interfering.

Anyways this Sunday night the great Julie Doiron will be playing at Phog Lounge here in Windsor with Baby Eagle aka Steve Lambke of The Constantines.

I've been playing her new record, Woke Myself Up, a lot on the radio edition of Sweet Static and really like it. It's got the pseudo reunion of Eric's Trip on some songs. I assume live it's just going to be her but damn a few of the songs on the record really rock out.

Anyways tickets are going fast so hopefully you've gotten them or made arrangements. If not I'd contact Phog ASAP and see what they say.

Some goodies though. Her Canadian label Endearing has made an mp3 available.

Julie Doiron-"No More"

Plus here are a couple of videos from her new record, first "No More"



Also one for "Me And My Friend"



Lastly radio free canuckistan has a couple of print interviews with both bands up.

For the Julie Doiron one go here.

Here is the way to the Baby Eagle interview.

Oh I lied. One more link to the post I did on the audio interview with Doiron on CFRU a couple of weeks ago.

Sweet Static Playlist 2/23

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 (link on the mp3)

Ben Kweller-How It Should Be (sha sha) from Sha Sha (ATO-2002)
Dean & Britta-Teen Angel from Back Numbers (Zoe-2007) *
Golden Bear-Galaxy Queen from You Ain't No Picasso mp3
Knock Knock Ginger-The Makeout Song from Based On A True Story ep (Dadmobile-2006) cc *
John Critchley-EZ2B from Crooked Mile (Sound King-2000) cc
Young Galaxy title track from Swing Your Heartache ep (Arts & Crafts-2007) cc *

The Sweet Static Menage A Trois (cover songs)
Rogue Wave-All You Need Is Love (The Beatles) from I Guess I'm Floating mp3
Rhume-Five Minutes from Kelp Records website (Kleenex Girl Wonder) mp3
CSS-Pretend We're Dead from Gorilla vs. Bear mp3

Apostle of Hustle-Jimmy Scott Is The Answer from National Anthem Of Nowhere (Arts & Crafts-2007) cc *
M. Ward-Human Punching Bag from To Go Home ep (Merge-2007) *
Jason Collett with Paso Mino and Feist-Hangover Days from I Am Fuel, You Are Friends mp3 cc
The Two-Minute Miracles-Song For The Weekend Girls from Volume II (Teenage USA-2001) cc
Baby Eagle-Redpath Sugar Factory from self-titled album (Outside-2006) cc *
Beirut-Scenic World from Lon Gisland ep (Ba Da Bing-2007) *
Geoff Berner-Traitor Bride from The Wedding Dance Of The Widow Bride (Jericho Beach-2007) cc *
The Arcade Fire-Keep The Car Running (live) from Counting Stars On The Ceiling mp3 cc
Julie Doiron from Woke Myself Up (Endearing-2007) cc *
-You Look So Alive
-No More
-Don't Wannabe/Liked By You
Thomas Lennon (as Jim Dangle)-Proud of Reno mp3
Nerf Herder-Van Halen from self-titled record (My-1996)
The Apples In Stereo-Radiation from New Magnetic Wonder (Yep Roc-2007)

More Reno 911

A couple of weeks ago I did a post on the Reno 911 movie that is coming out this week.

Well one of my favorite things was the song that is up on the Jim Dangle Myspace page, called "Proud of Reno". Well thanks to the people of the Reno 911 Livejournal group I was pointed over to a fan site for Thomas Lennon aka Jim Dangle.

Lots of cool stuff there but more importantly is the song. So head to the sounds here to grab it for yourself.

Sweet Static Update

Hey there. Just thought I'd post a bit on what's going on with the site.

Been a few days from my last post but had a bit of a flooding problem in my place so kept me distracted the last couple of days. Thankfully no major damage. Biggest lose was my box that held together the cd and book for my Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs set. Also my Johnny Cash Personal File case got damaged but the cds are alright and that's the main thing.

Anyways the biggest news is thanks to my friend Paul, Sweet Static now has it's own domain name. I'm pretty stupid computer wise so not sure of all the magic that made this possible or what it means for the future but you can access the site at the brand new location http://sweetstatic.com/ old url http://sweetstatic.blogspot.com/.

Off to the store to grab some things but coming up later today posts on Reno 911 and Julie Doiron.

Canadian Campus Radio Charts For February 20

Here are the Canadian campus radio charts for the week ending February 20 from Earshot, the official publication of the NCRA.

1 Julie Doiron Woke Myself Up Endearing
2 Do Make Say Think You, You're A History In Rust Constellation
3 Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? Polyvinyl
4 Deerhoof Friend Opportunity Kill Rock Stars
5 Apostle Of Hustle National Anthem Of Nowhere Arts & Crafts
6 The Good, The Bad And The Queen The Good, The Bad And The Queen Virgin
7 The Shins Wincing The Night Away Sub Pop
8 Mother Mother Touch Up Last Gang
9 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Some Loud Thunder Independent
10 Great Lake Swimmers Ongiara Nettwerk

To see the whole national chart go here.

Now, as always, the CJAM charts.

1 Julie Doiron Woke Myself Up Endearing
2 Bloc Party A Weekend In The City Vice
3 Mogwai Zidane Pias
4 Eleni Mandell Miracle Of Five Zedtone
5 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Some Loud Thunder Independent
6 The Apples In Stereo New Magnetic Wonder Yep Roc
7 Youth Group Casino Twilight Dogs Anti
8 Beirut Lon Gisland Ba Da Bing!
9 Do Make Say Think You, You're A History In Rust Constellation
10 Desiderata We Are Not Convinced There Has Been Any Improvement Champion City

For the entire CJAM chart go here.

New Kevin Smith/Scott Mosier Smodcast Online

The newest podcast of Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier, called their Smodcast, is now online at Quick Stop Entertainment.

The second edition of the show is called A Dubious Super-Power and the webpage for the Smodcast had this description of the show

"In which our heroes ponder about C U Next Tuesdays, discuss the death of a human train wreck, compare amateur porn to Elmo, create a platform for Walt Flanagan's mayoral candidacy, contemplate dalliances with the famous, do bad Salma Hayek impressions, and discern exactly how spineless the fat one is as they relate tales of criminal victimization in major metropolitan areas."

For full details you can go here and to download it you can use the link below.


Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier Smodcast

Sweet Static Playlist For February 16

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 (link on the mp3)

Pure-Anna from Generation Six-Pack (Attic/Mammoth-1996) cc
Ben Folds Five-Song For The Dumped (Japanese version) from Whatever And Ever Amen rerelease (Sony-2005)
Lily Allen-Friday Night from Alright, Still... (EMI-2006) *
Sondre Lerche And The Faces Down-She's Fantastic from Phantom Punch (Astralwerks-2007) *
Bran Van 3000-Love Cliche from Discosis (Grand Royal-2001) cc
Norfolk & Western-Barrels On Fire from The Unsung Colony (Hush-2006) *
Eleni Mandell-My Twin from Miracle Of Five (Zedtone-2007) *

The Sweet Static Menage A Trois (covers)-all Davie Bowie

From Starman (Uncut Magazine-2003)
-The Gourds-Ziggy Stardust
-The Langley Schools Music Project-Space Oddity cc
The Last Town Chorus-Modern Love (live) mp3

The Last Town Chorus-Caroline from Wire Waltz (Hacktone-2006) *
The Apples In Stereo-Same Old Drag from New Magnetic Wonder (Yep Roc-2007) *
Knock Knock ginger-Love Renee from Based On A True Story (Dadmobile-2006) cc *
B.A. Johnson-Mr. Belvedere Reach For Your Dreams from Call Me When Old And Fat Is The New Young And Sexy (Just Friends-2006) cc
Feist-My Moon, My Man from Fluxblog mp3
Dean & Britta-Me & My Horses from Back Numbers (Zoe-2007) *
Bare Jr.-You Blew Me Off from Boo-Tay (Sony-1998)
Alejandro Escovedo-Castanets from A Man Under The Influence (Bloodshot-2001)
Spinal Tap-Hell Hole from self-titled album reissue (Columbia-2000)
Jim Bryson-Clear The Crowds mp3
Lonely, Dear-Hard Days, 1. 2. 3. 4. from Lonely, Noir (Sub Pop-2007) *
Geoff Berner-Can't Stay Dry from The Wedding Dance Of The Widow Bride (Jericho Beach-2007) cc *
Julie Doiron-You Look So Alive from Woke Myself Up (Endearing-2007) cc *
Patrick Watson-Giver from Close To Paradise (Secret City-2006) cc mp3

The Sweet Static Menage A Trois (Cover Songs) For February 16

Every week on the radio editon of Sweet Static on CJAM 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit, I have the Sweet Static Menage A Trois. Three cover songs that I play and then also put them up here on the blog for download. This week I'm posting it before the show and they're all David Bowie songs.

As always the songs are in a zip file together on Rapidshare.

From Starman (Uncut Magazine-2003)
-The Gourds-Ziggy Stardust
-The Langley Schools Music Project-Space Oddity
The Last Town Chorus-Modern Love mp3

To get the Sweet Static Menage A Trois for February 16 go here.

The Menage A Trois can be heard on the Sweet Static radio editon every Friday around 11am on CJAM 91.5 FM.

Around The Web

Just a few things I found that I'd recommend checking out

-An Aquarium Drunkard has a new url and always has lots of great stuff, including two songs from the forthcoming Great Lake Swimmers record.
-Berkeley Place is another site that's moved. Lots of great stuff up on there the last couple of weeks.
-Fluxblog has a new Feist song, "My Moon, My Man" up. Check it out here.
-Speaking of Feist, way back I did a post with a few tracks from her first album Monarch. Some time later I shared the album with Heather over at I Am Fuel, You Are Friends and last week she made the whole album available. You can check out individual tracks or the whole thing here.
-radio free canuckistan has a couple of interviews with Geoff Berner up. One from last year and then a recent one.

As always I fully endorse any of the mp3 blogs listed on the side of the page. Enjoy.

Interview With Geoff Berner Online

This week's guest on CFRU's Mich Vish Interracial Morning Show was personal favorite Geoff Berner talking about his excellent new record, The Wedding Dance of the Widow Bride.

The interview is on after the news

Interview with Geoff Berner

It will be online for thirty days.

Canadian Campus Radio Charts For February 13

Here are the Canadaian campus radio charts for the week ending February 13, from Earshot, the official publication of the NCRA.

1 Julie Doiron Woke Myself Up Endearing
2 Deerhoof Friend Opportunity Kill Rock Stars
3 Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? Polyvinyl
4 Apostle Of Hustle National Anthem Of Nowhere Arts & Crafts
5 The Good, The Bad And The Queen The Good, The Bad And The Queen Virgin
6 The Shins Wincing The Night Away Sub Pop
7 Do Make Say Think You, You're A History In Rust Constellation
8 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Some Loud Thunder Independent
9 Mother Mother Touch Up Last Gang
10 Menomena Friend And Foe Barsuk

For the whole chart go here.

Here now are my home station, CJAM's charts.

1 Apostle Of Hustle National Anthem Of Nowhere Arts & Crafts
2 The Shins Wincing The Night Away Sub Pop
3 Julie Doiron Woke Myself Up Endearing
4 Various Friends In Bellwoods Out Of This Spark
5 Midlake The Trials Of Van Occupanther Bellaire
6 Deerhoof Friend Opportunity Kill Rock Stars
7 Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? Polyvinyl
8 Deerhunter Cryptograms Kranky
9 Yoko Ono Yes I'm A Witch Astralwerks
10 The Good, The Bad And The Queen The Good, The Bad And The Queen Virgin

For the entire CJAM chart go here.

New Antibalas

A few years ago I had the pleasure of seeing Antibalas up in Toronto at the Exclaim birthday party (an amazing bill with the Hidden Cameras) Anyways I've enjoyed the bands albums almost as much as their live show (which does mean a lot since they are killer live)

They have a new album coming out on Anti on March 6, called Security. There's a preview track up on the Anti website which you can check out here.

Antibalas-"I.C.E."

Patrick Watson Live This Thursday In Windsor

Some really big shows coming to the Windsor area in the next month. The first one is this Thursday as recent Juno nominee (for best newcomer) Patrick Watson headlines a show at Phog.

I played a song on my radio show this week and really liked it. Some pretty sweet pop music. Really wish I could check out his show but unfortunately I'll be working but if you're in the area you should definitely check it out.

Thanks to his publicity people here are a couple of songs to check out and sample for yourself

Patrick Watson-Luscious Life
Patrick Watson-Giver

Also his video for "Drifter" is up on YouTube



For more info on him you can check out an article from the latest Exclaim here.

New Free Zunior Compilation Now Available

The next free Zunior compilation is out. Some really great stuff including new Apostle of Hustle and Geoff Berner and older stuff from Chad VanGaalen and Jerk With A Bomb. Here's the whole song list

1 "My Sword Hand's Anger" - Apostle Of Hustle National Anthem Of Nowhere Arts & Crafts
2 Red Hot Drops - Chad VanGaalen Skelliconnection Flemish Eye Music
3 "Hers" - The Remains of Brian Borcherdt The Remains of Brian Borcherdt Dependent
4 Good Luck Now - Geoff Berner The Wedding Dance of the Widow Bride Geoff Berner
5 Prison Highways - Jerk With A Bomb The Old Noise Scratch
6 I am a Rich Man - Old Man Luedecke Hinterland Black Hen Music
7 Rise and Fall - Sylvie An Electric Trace Smallman Music
8 Hearts At The Door - Castle Project Diaries of a Broken Heart White Whale Music
9 See Clearly - Mike O'Neill What Happens Now? Zunior Label
10 Street Fighter - Egger Force Majeure Zunior Label

For details on how to get this free compilation go here.

New Jim Bryson Music

Back when I did my old radio show, the focus was alt-country. During the show one artist I really got into was Jim Bryson. I really loved his first record, The Occasionals. So I've kept my eye on him since as he's released another album, The North Side Benches, and also been playing with Kathleen Edwards and Howe Gelb.

So I was quite excited to get an email finding out that his new record will be out on Kelp Records in March, called Bungalows. The Kelp site has a preview track up for download

Jim Bryson-"Clear The Crowds"

Also his website has a great selection of music to download including this song from above mentioned record, The Occasionals

Jim Bryson-"Satellite"

Canadian Campus Radio Charts For February 6

Here are the national Canadian campus radio charts from Earshot, the official publication/website of the NCRA.

1 Julie Doiron Woke Myself Up Endearing
2 Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? Polyvinyl
3 Deerhoof Friend Opportunity Kill Rock Stars
4 The Shins Wincing The Night Away Sub Pop
5 Swan Lake Beast Moans Scratch
6 Clinic Visitations Domino
7 Knock Knock Ginger Based On A True Story Dadmobile
8 Beirut Lon Gisland Ba Da Bing!
9 Menomena Friend And Foe Barsuk
10 Neko Case Live From Austin TX New West

For the complete national chart go here.

Now my home station, CJAM's chart

1 Various Friends In Bellwoods Out Of This Spark
2 Julie Doiron Woke Myself Up Endearing
3 Orphan Choir Orphan Choir Independent
4 Hotshotrobot Eat My Heart Independent
5 Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? Polyvinyl
6 Beirut Lon Gisland Ba Da Bing!
7 Camera Obscura If Looks Could Kill Merge
8 Hella There's No 666 In Outerspace Ipecac
9 Deerhoof Friend Opportunity Kill Rock Stars
10 The Shins Wincing The Night Away Sub Pop

To see the entire CJAM chart go here.

The Sweet Static Menage A Trois (Cover Songs) For February 9

Every week on the radio editon of Sweet Static on CJAM 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit, I have the Sweet Static Menage A Trois. Three cover songs that I play and then also put them up here on the blog for download.

As always the songs are in a zip file together on Rapidshare.

My Morning Jacket-All Night Long (Lionel Richie) from Berkeley Place
Geoff Berner-Queen Victoria (Leonard Cohen) from The Wedding Dance Of The Widow Bride (Jericho Beach-2007) cc
Prince-All Along The Watchtower/Best Of You (Bob Dylan/Foo Fighters) from Timedoor

To get the Sweet Static Menage A Trois for February 9 go here.

The Menage A Trois can be heard on the Sweet Static radio editon every Friday around 11am on CJAM 91.5 FM.

Sweet Static Playlist For February 9

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 (link on the mp3)

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah-Satan Said Dance from Some Loud Thunder (indie-2007) *
Woodpigeon-Death By Ninja (a love song) from Songbook (Rectangle-2006) cc
Apostle Of Hustle-Haul Away from National Anthem Of Nowhere (Arts & Crafts-2007) cc *
Levee-No Hesitation from self-titled album (indie-2006) cc *
White Cowbell Oklahoma-San Antone from Cencerro Blanco (Slick Monkey-2004) cc
Buck 65 title track from Dirty Work EP from www.buck65.com cc mp3

The Sweet Static Menage A Trois

My Morning Jacket-All Night Long (Lionel Richie) from Berkeley Place mp3
Geoff Berner-Queen Victoria (Leonard Cohen) from The Wedding Dance Of The Widow Bride (Jericho Beach-2007) cc
Prince-All Along The Watchtower/Best Of You (Bob Dylan/Foo Fighters) from Timedoor mp3

Peter Bjorn And John-Chills from Writer's Block (Sony-2007) *
Henri Faberge & The Adorables-Lonely Postcards from self-titled album (indie-2006) cc
They Might Be Giants-Experimental Film from The Spine (Idewild-2004)
Patrick Watson-The Great Escape from Close To Paradise (Secret-2006) cc *
Dean & Britta-Singer Sing from Back Numbers (Zoe-2007) *
Royal City-Burning Torch from i (heart) music mp3
Rock Plaza Central-We've Got A Lot To Be Glad For from Are We Not Horses? (indie-2006) cc *
Julie Doiron-Me And My Friend from Woke Myself Up (Endearing-2007) cc *
Baby Eagle-Sweet Baby By The Lamplight from self-title album (Outside-2006) cc *
Bonnie Prince Billy with Harem Scarem-I See A Darkness from BigO mp3
Kristin Hersh-Nerve Endings from Learn To Sing Like A Star (Yep Roc-2007) *
Beirut-Scenic World from Lon Gisland ep (Ba Da Bing-2007) *
Great Lake Swimmers-I Am A Part Of A Large Family from You Ain't No Picasso mp3
Nich Worby-All Blind Mice from Friends In Bellwoods (Out Of This Spark-2006) cc *

The Sweet Static Menage A Trois (Cover Songs) For February 2

Every week on the radio editon of Sweet Static on CJAM 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit, I have the Sweet Static Menage A Trois. Three cover songs that I play and then also put them up here on the blog for download.

As always the songs are in a zip file together on Rapidshare.

The Sweet Static Menage A Trois (cover songs)
Rock Plaza Centra-Sexy Back (Justin Timberlake) from Pitchfork
Paul Weller-Instant Karma (John Lennon) from Instant Karma: A tribute to John Lennon (Uncut-2002)
Nick Cave-Helpless (Neil Young) from The Bridge: A tribute to (Caroline-1989)

To get the Sweet Static Menage A Trois for February 2 go here.

The Menage A Trois can be heard on the Sweet Static radio editon every Friday around 11am on CJAM 91.5 FM.

Interview With Julie Doiron Online

This week's interview on the Mich Vish Interracial Morning Show from CFRU in Guelph was Julie Doiron.

I've only heard a couple of songs from her new album, Woke Myself Up, but I've really liked everything I've heard. She's playing a show in Windsor at the end of the month and I hope to hit it.

Anyways the interview is right after the news.

Interview with Julie Doiron

Canadian Campus Radio Charts For January

Since it's a new month then it's time for another monthly chart of Canadian campus radio from Earshot, the official publication of the NCRA.

1 Swan Lake * Beast Moans Scratch
2 Tom Waits Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards Anti
3 Sonic Youth Destroyed Room: B-Sides And Rarities Geffen
4 Shotgun And Jaybird * Trying To Get Somewhere Sappy
5 The Winks * Birthday Party Ache
6 Joanna Newsom Ys Drag City
7 The Blow Paper Television K
8 The Acorn * Tin Fist Independent
9 The Decemberists The Crane Wife Capitol
10 Woodpigeon * Songbook Rectangle

Arcade Fire Mania Continues

As every mp3 blog in the known world prepares for the upcoming release of The Arcade Fire's Neon Bible, I thought I'd post a couple of things I've found that were cool, to me.

Pitchfork posted a YouTube of an incredible version of "Wake Up" in the lobby after a show in London last week. I've been looking for an mp3 of it but nothing so far. They described it as spine tingling and I agree. Check it out for yourself.



For more fun, The Torture Garden has the band covering The Clash's "Guns Of Brixton" which is their new live staple. To download it out go here.

New Kevin Smith/Scott Mosier Podcast Online

On occasion I swerve away from music to discuss other things in the pop culture world that I like. Mostly it has dealt with Kevin Smith but other things will pop up when the mood strikes (like the Reno 911 post) that I want to try and pimp out.

Anyways besides Smith's excellent movies, I've also been a fan of how down to earth he seems. Whether it's in his Evening With... series or on his funny commentaries on the DVD's, I just really like listening to the guy, especially when teamed with his producer and friend Scott Mosier.

So needless to say that I was quite excited when I found out about the new podcast of the two, called the SModcast. Based from Smith's website devoted to all things pop culture, Quick Stop Entertainment, the podcast is described as, "SModcast is the meandering palaver of a pair of dudes whose voices are so dull, they don't deserve to be on the radio (and, hence, aren't).

You can get full details on Smodcast and episode one here.

Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier's SModcast episode one

Interview With Jeff Peers Online

The Mich Vish Interracial Morning Show had two interviews last week and the second was with Jeff Peers, formerly of Cuff The Duke, now of Anagram and also playing some solo shows.

I missed this interview but I've heard him on the show before and it was good. Also just found out Anagram is coming to Windsor so that's good to know.

Interview with Jeff Peers

The interview will be up for thirty days from January 31.

Interview With B.A. Johnston Online

Last week's interview on CFRU's Mich Vish Interracial Morning Show was B.A. Johnston.

They did two interviews this week so it's not first thing after the news like normal. You have to go about a half hour in if I remember correctly, although listening to the whole show is always recommended.

Interview with B.A. Johnston

The interview will be up for thirty days from January 31.

Sweet Static Playlist For February 2

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 (link on the mp3)

The Drams-Holy Moses from Jubilee Dive (New West-2006) *
Odds-Wendy Under The Stars from Neopolitan (Zoo-1991) cc
Camera Obscura-Alaska from If Looks Could Kill single (Merge-2007) *
The Awkward Stage title track from Heaven Is For Easy Girls (Mint-2006) cc
Weezer-El Scorcho from Pinkerton (Geffen-1996)
The Shins-A Comet Appears from Wincing The Night Away (Sub Pop-2007) *
Rheostatics-Claire from Introducing Happiness (Sire-1994) cc
Ben Folds-Bruised from Supersunnyspeedgraphic, The LP (Sony-2006) *

The Sweet Static Menage A Trois (cover songs)
Rock Plaza Centra-Sexy Back (Justin Timberlake) mp3
Paul Weller-Instant Karma (John Lennon) from Instant Karma: A tribute to John Lennon (Uncut-2002)
Nick Cave-Helpless (Neil Young) from The Bridge: A tribute to (Caroline-1989)

Ice Cream Socialists-Zagnut's Revenge mp3
Big Fish Eat Little Fish-(Conversations With) Bob McBomble from the onion album (indie-1997) cc
Low Tones-It's Easy from We Three EP (Modern Soul-2001) cc
Whale-Kickin' from We Care (Virgin-1995)
From Friends In Bellwoods (Out Of This Spark-2006) cc *
-The D'Ubervilles-We Are The Hunters
-Snailhouse-Salvation Army (In Four)
-The Meligrove Band-Feversleep
Jill Cuniff-Lazy Girls mp3
Bender-Cherry Bomb from Funny Kar (Ringing Ear-1994) cc
Neil Young And Crazy Horse-Piece Of Crap from Sleeps With Angels (Reprise-1994) cc
Beirut-My Family's Role In The World Revolution from Lon Gisland ep (Ba Da Bing-2007) *
Alun Piggins w/Oh Susannah-Let's Get It On from Awaken The Snakes (AML-2003) cc
Baby Eagle-Some Things We Lose from self-title album (Outside-2006) cc *

The Sweet Static Menage A Trois (Cover Songs) For January 26

Every week on the radio editon of Sweet Static on CJAM 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit, I have the Sweet Static Menage A Trois. Three cover songs that I play and then also put them up here on the blog for download.

As always the songs are in a zip file together on Rapidshare.

The Sweet Static Menage A Trois (covers)
Leslie Spit Treeo-Ancient Eyes (Bob Snider) from Poetreason: The Songs Of Bob Snider (EMI-1996) cc
Ben Folds-Such Great Heights (The Postal Service) from Under The Rotunda mp3
Of Montreal-Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) from Cable and Tweed mp3

To get the whole Sweet Static Menage A Trois for January 26 go here.

The Menage A Trois can be heard on the Sweet Static radio editon every Friday around 11am on CJAM 91.5 FM.

The Sweet Static Menage A Trois (Cover Songs) For January 19

Every week on the radio editon of Sweet Static on CJAM 91.5 FM in Windsor/Detroit, I have the Sweet Static Menage A Trois. Three cover songs that I play and then also put them up here on the blog for download.

As always the songs are in a zip file together on Rapidshare.

The Sweet Static Menage A Trois
The White Stripes-One More Cup Of Coffee (Bob Dylan) from self-titled album (Third Man-2002)
Ryan Adams-Wonderwall (Oasis) from Love Is Hell: pt. 1 (Lost Highway-2003)
The Black Crowes-Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles) from I Am Sam soundtrack (V2-2001)

To get the whole Sweet Static Menage A Trois for January 19 go here.

The Menage A Trois can be heard on the Sweet Static radio editon every Friday around 11am on CJAM 91.5 FM.

Canadian Campus Radio Charts For January 30

Here are the national Canadian campus radio charts from Earshot, the official publication/website of the NCRA.

1 Julie Doiron Woke Myself Up Endearing
2 Deerhoof Friend Opportunity Kill Rock Stars
3 Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? Polyvinyl
4 Neko Case Live From Austin TX New West
5 Clinic Visitations Domino
6 Swan Lake Beast Moans Scratch
7 Camera Obscura If Looks Could Kill Merge
8 The Shins Wincing The Night Away Sub Pop
9 Tom Waits Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards Anti
10 No Luck Club Prosperity Igloo Cartel

For the whole national chart go here.

Now, as always, the charts from my home station CJAM.

1 Montreal Sound Matter Monteal Sound Matter Pogus
2 SSM SSM Alive
3 Dean And Britta Back Numbers Rounder
4 Julie Doiron Woke Myself Up Endearing
5 Matmos The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of The Beast Matador
6 Ceremonial Snips Check Your Audio Independent
7 Various Burnt Oak Records: You And Yours Burnt Oak
8 Locksley Don't Make Me Wait Feature
9 Hammell On Trial Songs For Parents... Righteous Babe
10 Eccodek More Africa In Us Independent

For the entire CJAM chart go here.