That is a picture of Russ doing some work on the Zone @ 91-3 studio. Neat.
Coral is off to the Sasquatch festival in about week… and we’re both struggling with trying to fit fitness into our lives. One idea has Coral walking to work. I reckon it’ll be a 45-60 minute walk… through parks, by the water, over a trestle bridge and cut into a gorge, before crossing an industrial park and a mall. She wanted a playlist… and get her excited for some bands I made her a list of Sasquatch songs (and Passion Pit). Maybe you’ll dig it too? Maybe you’ll share with friends?
Coral wanted me to make her a playlist to walk to work with. She said it had to be good and contain NO My Chemical Romance…SWA? Is that even possible?
I thought about maybe playing her a set of top 40 hits because she likes that kind of music… but seeing as she can jam that out any time in Honda…I’d play some songs that might be new to her, or a re-acquantance. She is off to Sasquatch, so its all Sasquatch bands, except the first song, which is Passion Pit “Take a Walk.” Get it?
Diving through the lineup for Sasquatch this year… lots of gems to chose from. One of the artists is electronic dance music-olgist? Pretty Lights. I punched up his 2006 hit “Finally Moving.”
Etta James – “Something’s Got A Hold On Me”
“Don’t need a glock, but I bought one just in case. Sucker trying to stop me from pursuing my paper chase.” Rappin 4 Tay, you got it figured out.
One of my favourite, favourite bands, The Dudes, stopped by my radio show to talk and play a few songs. They jammed out a hockey song called “Saturday Night” then laid down an unrecorded song called “Red River Rebel” that has a maximum Victoria reference.
I feel like an idiot for missing the show on Thursday…but I was down to my last few $20 spots and I was of the mindset that if I could not rage to at least a minor Nova, let alone super…I’d just stay home and hoard my meagre treasure. Lame. BUT, the news is they are returning to Victoria for Rifflandia and if the kind and good rock & roll Jesus smiles kind waves of rainbow sunshine on me, they will play on a day in-and-around the weddings and MC gigs that I have booked.
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Talking of hoarding my treasure…. I need to try to rally enough cash to make sure I can rent a car in Las Vegas in June. The more I think about it, the more a desert trek sounds like it needs to happen.
Silversun Pickups new album “Neck of The Woods” is out now… reviews I’ve read are mostly positive. I have only heard a couple songs outside of the single “Bloody Mary.” So today, let’s have a listen to those… the quality sounds a little weirdo to me… but they were bounced around the emails, and saved and ripped and zipped so… yeah I’ll put them up for download but your mileage may vary.
I don’t have a lot of time to write… but I do have a couple songs I am jazzed to share with you.
BUT first…I want to make a playlist of 2000s post-hardcore/screamo but my Mac is starting to chug and needs a tune-up. Garageband (the program I use for my podcasts) was being glitchy and slow… I don’t imagine I’ll have the money to upgrade the Mac till June at the earliest, so no podcasts for a bit unless I make it at work.
Regular friends of the blog know how much I LOVE Four Tet… new music is always welcome and will be immediately will go into rotation during my sets at the Veneto (Friday nights… and select Saturdays until they find a guy/girl).
This song has a huge intro before locking into a traditional Four Tet beat. Good times.
and now this…
Wow, has it been three years since the last Passion Pit record? New album is called Gossamer is due on July 24th. Mr. Pit will be busy this summer playing all kinds of festivals including Seattle’s Bumbershoot in September. First single is called “Take a Walk.”
Passion Pit – “Take a Walk”
Its hard to say if this will be a mainstream radio song. It is pleasant enough, but does the s9und cut through? if you have thoughts on Passion Pit leave a comment.
The other day I heard My Chemical Romance‘s “Famous Last Worlds” on the AltNation. Got me thinking of making a playlist of 2000s post-hardcore…. or screamo. I ended up diving through some of my favourite bands of the early 2000s and made a pretty good set. If I can make some time, I’ll get that up on Mixcloud.
One of the songs I remembered was a group called No Motiv. They never had any radio hits…but I used to have this old Vagrant records music video DVD. It had a collection of Vagrant bands on it… and No Motiv had a video for “Brand New Day.”
The band broke up more-or-less after the 2003 album Daylight Breaking.
