Playlists
There were periods of time when I gave up on this website, and so I did not record my playlists on here.
A note on format: the playlists are written as artist/ album/ song. Your dedications and requests are marked with a *star.
For previous years' shows, please browse the archives.
December 23, 07
- Port City Allstars/ A Christmas Gift to You From Phil Spector/ Christmas Time Is Here
- Port City Allstars/ A Christmas Gift to You From Phil Spector/ 25th of December (Everything But The Girl cover)
- The Desks/ Christmasness/ Christmas Song
- The Desks/ Christmasness/ It's a Box (of Love)
- Chris Mastheim/ I Come On All Ye/ Midnight Mass Ass
- Chris Mastheim/ I Come On All Ye/ (Then You'll Be) Sugarlips
- Erik de Vahl/ Risky Dazzle Service Comp./ Former Christmas Carol
- Brighter/ Laurel/ Christmas
- Math and Physics Club/ Marshmallow World
- Parenthetical Girls/ A Parenthetical Girls Family Christmas/ Festive Friends Forever
- Parenthetical Girls/ Christmas With Swastika Girls/ Over and Over Again, Forever
- Port City Allstars/ A Christmas Gift to You From Phil Spector/ These Chocolates Are Delicious
- Jens Lekman/ October 2005: USA Tour EP/ Run Away With Me
December 16, 07
"Best of"? What does that mean? Why didn't I even play my top pick!?
- ring snuten/ unreleased/ dumsnäll säl
- cats on fire/ the province complains/ the smell of an artist
- jens lekman/ friday night at the drive-in bingo/ friday night at the drive-in bingo
- the crabs/ jackpot/ maxamillion
- tullycraft/ every scene needs a center/ georgette plays a goth
- chris bathgate/ a cork tale wake/ serpentine
- matt + kim/ s/t/ yea yeah
- the superfantastics/ pop-up book/ as the lights go down
- sea wolf/ leaves in the river/ winter windows*
- butcher boy/ profit in your poetry/ fun
- phil elverum & nick krgovich/ david shrigley's worried noodles/ whatcha doin'
*Troy
October 7, 07
I sounded really spacey today. I played chart releases only. Some were better than others. Malcolm Middleton! At CFUV! Yessss!
September 30, 07
- The Smittens/ A Little Revolution/ Jeans and Mittens
- Mirah & Spectratone International/ Share This Place/ Love Song of the Fly
- Little Wings/ Soft Pow'r/ Scuby
- Better Friends Than Lovers/ Great Lovers/ Teeter
- Jenni Omnichord/ Cities of Gifts & Ghosts/ Nintendo City
- Tullycraft/ Every Scene Needs a Center/ The Punks Are Writing Love Songs
- Cute Kids Don't Sell Records/ Summer Comes But Once a Year/ Confidence is for the Boy Who Lacks Sleep
- Containe/ Teenbeat 1997 Comp./ Shy Song
- The Desks/ Calendars/ When We're Through
- Math and Physics Club/ Baby I'm Yours/ Do You Keep a Diary?
- The Lucksmiths/ Spring a Leak/ Smokers in Love
- Jens Lekman/ Night Falls Over Kortedala/ Sipping on the Sweet Nectar
September 16, 07
Nathan shared a Magnetic Fields song with us and I promised him some darker, more brooding music for next week... aka when next I feel like listening to that stuff. This typed playlist is dedicated to Seth, who came into the basement to visit us.
- The Baskervilles/ s/t/ Free Show in Battery Park
- BMX Bandits/ Down at the Hop/ Little Kitty
- Aerospace/ The Bright Idea Called Soul/ Summer Still Reigns Supreme
- Milky Wimpshake/ Bus Route to Your Heart/ Bedroom Love Song
- Milky Wimpshake/ Popshaped/ (I'm Saving Myself For) You
- Blue Clocks Green/ Hemingway/ Hemingway
- Camera Obscura/ Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi/ Eighties Fan
- Magnetic Fields/ i/ i don't really love you
- Scarboro Aquarium Club/ Black Swan Days/ The Queen of the Beach
- Nick Krgovich/ One Woman Show/ I Can't Bring Myself to Smile
- Jon-Rae and the River/ Knows What You Need/ F**k Me
- Jens Lekman/ Kalenderrägen 113.D/ The Rain Has Got to Fall
- Jens Lekman/ Kalenderrägen 113.D/ Our Last Swim in the Ocean
September 16, 07
I've got the song order muddled up. And I'm missing a few songs. A longtime listener called in. I felt suitably welcomed back to my old timeslot.
- Fantastic Something/ Songs in a Small Room/ Different Sounds
- Hello Saferide/ Introducing.../ Get Sick Soon
- Malcolm Middleton/ A Brighter Beat/ Up Late At Night Again
- The Lucksmiths/ A Good Kind of Nervous/ Under the Rotunda
- Pipas/ Sorry Love/ Basements
- Milky Wimpshake/ Bus Route to Your Heart/ I Wanna Be Seen in Public With You
- Math and Physics Club/ Weekends Away/ When We Get Famous
- Hormones in Abundance/ Bad Songs, Bad People
- West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band/ Roger the Rocketship
September 11, 07
I was stressed out and tired, and still had 3 pages of a paper to write. I didn't record the playlist. I think I got a request for Duplex after playing some Nick Krgovich. That was pretty neat, that someone got the P:ano connection. Stupidly I didn't ask this person for their name. Sorry. I really do appreciate you listening. Oh, I for sure played:
- Belle and Sebastian/ If You're Feeling Sinister/ Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying
- The Metric Mile/ How to Beat the SAT/ Classic Chess Problems
September 4, 07
Liz was my guest on this show. She shared some new Broken Social Scene with us. She also showed me her new bike, but you didn't get to see it.
- My Teenage Stride/ Major Major/ High School
- Bishop Allen/ Charm School/ Charm School
- Tilly and the Wall/ Bottoms of Barrels/ Bad Education
- The Lucksmiths/ What Bird is That?/ Off With His Cardigan
- The Left Banke/ There's Gonna Be a Storm/ I've Got Something On My Mind
- Vit Päls/ Yay 4 Cuteness/ Vi Haller Ihop
- Almonds, Cohen/ Old Life Comp./ Cat Bird Girl
- Balacade/ Old Life Comp./ Space Dog*
- Broken Social Scene/ Spirit If.../ Big Love
- Hello Saferide/ Introducing.../ High School Stalker
- Hormones in Abundance/ 2 Demo/ Rate Your Friends
- The Superfantastics/ Pop-Up Book/ The Only One I C++ is U++
- some song by the Old Soul
- Boycrazy/ Foreign Words/ Apartments
- Brighter/ Out to Sea/ Wallflower
- Fosca/ Diary of an Antibody
- Handsome Train/ Hit Music Only: A Heavenly Hits Compilation/ September
- Nick Krgovich/ One Woman Show/ The Puddle
- Math and Physics Club/ s/t/ Holidays and Saturdays
- Jens Lekman/ Rocky Dennis in Heaven/ Jens Lekman's Farewell Song to Rocky Dennis
- The Tough Alliance/ New Waves/ Mine Was Real
- Tullycraft/ Disenchanted Hearts Unite/ Leaders of the New School
*Thanks for calling, Andrew. I hope your cat enjoyed the song.
August 28, 07
- Language of Flowers/ Songs About You/ Summer's Been and Gone
- Say Hi to Your Mom/ Numbers and Mumbles/ A Kiss to Make it Better
- Starlet/ I'm Home/ I'm Home
- H åkan Hellström/ Ett Kolikbarns Bekännelser/ En midsommarnattsdrom
- The Superfantastics/ Pop-Up Book/ Oh! How You Used to Know Me Well Back Then
- Jay-Jay Johanson/ THe Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known/ She Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Girl Nobody/ Balaclava Casino Heist/ I'll Shake It
- Lonely Hunters/ The Chaste Are Chased/ For True
- New Buffalo/ Somewhere, Anywhere/ Emotional Champ
- Chris Bathgate/ A Cork Tale Wake/ Serpentine
- Magnetic Fields/ Holiday/ Sad Little Moon
- Hello Saferide/ Introducing.../ I Can't Believe it's Not Love!
- Malcolm Middleton/ A Brighter Beat/ FUck It, I Love You
- Brighter/ Out to Sea/ Is There Nothing We Can Do?
- Darren Hanlon/ Little Chills/ The Unmade Bed
- Milky Wimpshake/ Popshaped/ True Love/Youth
- Jens Lekman/ Oh You're So Silent/ Sky Phenomenon
August 21, 07
- all girl summer fun band/ 2/ dear mr. and mrs. troublemaker
- immaculate machine/ fables/ nothing ever happens
- the old soul/ silver summer ep/ you are gold
- the doers/ gaiety/ quality products at affordable prices
- almonds, cohen/ old life compilation/ cat bird girl
- dislocation dance/ the sound of leamington spa volume 4/ he's the man
- brighter/ out to sea/ next summer
- the diskettes/ weeknights at island view beach/ close friends go
- joni and tim/ all roads lead to the library/ all roads lead to the library
- the just barelys/ top/ (s)kills
- fantastic something/ s/t/ melancholy bay
- dealership/ action/adventure/ forest
- boycrazy/ foreign words/ bad things
- the shangri-las/ leader of the pack/ give him a great big kiss
- helen love/ love and glitter, hot days and music/ bigbig kiss
- math and physics club/ s/t/ la la la lisa
- most valuable players/ you in honey/ you're all I can think of
- peace in our time/ tiger/ some nice and decent thoughts
August 14, 07
- Justice/ †/ D.A.N.C.E.*
- The Clash/ London Calling/ Lost in the Supermarket
- The Fairways/ Is Everything Alright/ Postcard Picture Perfect
- Architecture in Helsinki/ Places Like This/ Hold Music
- The Doers/ Gaiety/ Art for $
- Stereo Total/ Paris Berlin/ Miss Rebéllion Des Hormones
- The Raveonettes/ Chain Gang of Love/ Little Animal*
- Sachiko Kanenobu/ Misora/ Ashita Kara Toku He
- The Shapiros/ s/t/ Hundred Times
- Ronderlin/ Labrador Summer Sampler 2007/ Reflected
- Guy Blackman/ Guy Blackman in Japan/ There Without Love
- Kalle J/ Some Old Friends and a Glimpse of the Future CD-r/ Summer Holiday Holocaust-sång
- ♥Julian Nation♥/ We Are All Writers/ All the Capital Cities' Names
- The Ladybug Transistor/ Can't Wait Another Day/ Always on the Telephone
- Chris Bathgate/ A Cork Tale Wake/ Smiles Like a Fist
- Pelle Carlberg/ In a Nutshell/ Clever Girls Like Clever Boys Mucher More Than Clever Boys Like Clever Girls
- The Cinematic Orchestra/ Ma Fleur/ Ma Fleur
- Jens Lekman/ At the Department of Forgotten Songs/ Pretty Shoes
- Paddington DC/ unreleased/ Build a Fire
- Miracle Fortress/ Five Roses/ Little Trees
- Math and Physics Club/ s/t/ Darling, Please Come Home
August 7, 07
- Malcolm Middleton/ A Brighter Beat/ We're All Going to Die
- Dorotea/ s/t/ Let's Give it a Shot
- Action Biker/ s/t/ Farrah
- The Tough Alliance/ New Waves/ Mine Was Real
- Irene/ Apple Bay/ Baby I Love Your Way
- John Vanderslice/ Emerald City/ The Parade
- Bears/ Shortest Day of the Year/ My Pain
- Elephant Island/ Monument/ Greater Appetite
- Dreamboat/ Old Life Compilation/ Molly Ringwald
- Almonds, cohen/ Old Life Compilation/ Cat Bird Girl
- The Manhattan Love Suicides/ s/t/ (The Guy on the) 14th Floor
- My Teenage Stride/ Ears Like Golden Bats/ To Live and Die in the Airport Lounge
- Jens Lekman/ Friday Night at the Drive-in Bingo/ Friday Night at the Drive-in Bingo
- Jens Lekman/ Friday Night at the Drive-in Bingo/ Radio NRJ
- The Lucksmiths/ Happy Secrets/ The Art of Cooking for Two*
- The Lucksmiths/ What Bird is That?/ Housewarming*
- Leonard Cohen/ Songs of Leonard Cohen/ Suzanne
Tks for phone callz.
July 31, 07
- Johan Hedberg/ nygubbe4
- Helen Love/ Love and Glitter, Hot Days and Music/ Does Your Heart Go Boom
- The Tough Alliance/ New Waves/ Silly Crimes
- The Gore Gore Girls/ Get the Gore/ All Grown Up
- The Crabs/ Jackpot/ Maxamillion
- The Ladybug Transistor/ Can't Wait Another Day/ I'm Not Mad Enough
- Pelle Carlberg/ In a Nutshell/ I Love You, Imbecile
- The Clouds/ The Sound of Leamington Spa v. 4/ Get Out of My Dream
- 35 summers/ The Sound of Leamington Spa v. 4/ Really Down
- The Clientele/ God Save the Clientele/ Carnival on 7th Street
- The Lucksmiths/ Hiccup in Your Happiness/ Rue Something
- Boat/ Let's Drag Our Feet/ Period, Backslash, Colon
- Knock Knock Ginger/ Hurry!/ Looks and Books
- Chris Bathgate/ A Cork Tale Wake/ Serpentine
- The Rubinoos/ Son, You Can Call Me Pop/ I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
- Free Loan Investments/ Ever Been to Mexico?/ I Don't Love You
- Kocky ft. Jens Lekman/ Kingdom Came/ Be Part of It All
- Charles Aznavour/ Entre deux rêves/ Emmenez-moi
July 24, 07
And now for something a little different... a photo of my playlist this week! Have fun deciphering my scrawl.
June 6, 07
FILL-IN for Spark's Hydrogen Jukebox
- The Icicles/ Arrivals & Departures/ Chasing Fireflies
- Collapsing Opposites/ Inside Chance/ Will
- Said the Whale/ Taking Abalonia/ Live Off Lamb
- Quadra/ Based on a True Story/ desperado
- Montag/ Going Places/ Best Boy Electric
- LCD Soundsystem/ Sound of Silver/ Someone Great
- Kids on TV/ Mixing Business With Pleasure/ We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off
- Jarvis Cocker/ Jarvis/ I Will Kill Again
- The Choir Practice/ s/t / White Hat
- Miracle Fortress/ Five Roses/ Maybe Lately
May 27, 07
This episode was a chart release show (mostly). I also notably played Matt & Kim's Silver Tiles 7" single and a song by the Superfantastics. I saw both these bands while I was away, and thought they were excellent.
April 15, 07
- The Pooh Sticks/ Multiple Orgasm/ Goody Goody Gumdrops
- Hello Saferide/ Introducing.../ San Francisco
- The Lucksmiths/ Warmer Corners/ A Chapter In Your Life Entitled San Francisco
- Camera Obscura/ San Francisco Song/ Old Enough 2 Know Better (Merge 15 Years Sampler)
- Johan Hedberg/ (unreleased)/ nygubbe4
- Peter Paul and Mary/ In the Wind/ Long Chain On [Jimmy Driftwood]
- The Cat's Miaow/ Songs for Girls to Sing/ Third Floor Fire Escape View*
- Young and Sexy/ Life Through One Speaker/ Herculean Bellboy
- My Teenage Stride/ Ears Like Golden Bands/ Reversal
- Arthur Russell/ Another Thought/ A Little Lost
- Jens Lekman/ (unreleased)/ When My Dreams
- Denim/ Denim on Ice/ Synthesizers in the Rain
April 8, 07
- Men in Fur/ s/t / The Birds and the Bees
- Cats on Fire/ The Province Complains/ Draw in the Reins
- Jale/ So Wound/ Ali
- Benni Hemm Hemm/ Kajak/ Hól á Hey Hóla
- The Rubinoos/ s/t / Wouldn't It Be Nice?
- Hormones in Abundance/ Hit Music Only: A Heavenly Pop Hits Compilation/ Rubinoos T-shirt
-Cold War Set-
- Soviet Army Chorus and Band/ s/t / Old Bachelor
- The Vapors/ New Clear Days/ Cold War
- Bing Crosby & the Andrew Sisters/ Their Complete Recordings Together/ (There'll Be A) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go Marching In)* (Ohmygosh, TWO sets of brackets! That's insane!)
- Horst Kudritzki/ Berlin Bei Nacht/ (I played a bit of a medley, and they kind of flowed into each other)
- Dietmar Schönherr & Vivi Bach/ The In-Kraut/ Molotow Cocktail Party
March 25, 07
- The Bicycles/ The Good, the Bad, & the Cuddly
- Piggy/ Don't Stop the Calypso/ My Pink Bike
- Darren Hanlon/ Hello Stranger/ Kickstand Song
- The Lucksmiths/ Where Were We?/ T-Shirt Weather
- The Blankket/ Be Your Own Boss/ Badlands
- Ring Snuten/ (unreleased)/ Mellanstadiediskot
- The Smittens/ A Little Revolution/ Flowers, Kisses, You
- Club 8/ Spring Came, Rain Fell/ Spring Came, Rain Fell*
- Tales of Jenny/ The Ferg Sessions/ Prague Spring
- All Girl Summer Fun Band/ 2/ Dear Mr. & Mrs. Troublemaker
- Suburban Kids with Biblical Names/ #3/ Trees & Squirrels
- Jens Lekman/ Julie rmx/ Oh You're So Silent Jens
March 18, 07
- Helen Love/ Radio Hits 2/ Ahead of the Race
- Lucky Soul/ Lips Are Unhappy/ Give Me Love
- Pale Sunday/ Summertime/ My Punk Girl
- The Killermeters/ 100% British Mod/ Why Should it Happen to Me?
- Sekiden/ Junior Fiction/ bne
- Knock Knock Ginger/ Hurry!/ You Could've Been My Johnny Marr
- Knock Knock Ginger/ Based On A True Story/ Upsala
- The Blankket/ Be Your Own Boss/ Thunder Road
- Peaches/ Impeach my Bush/ Two Guys (For Every Girl)
- Henri Fabergé & the Adorables/ s/t / Rub&Suck&Tug (Til My Vacation's Over)
- Nixon/ Snow Day/ Snow Day*
- Razorcuts/ Patterns on the Water/ Snowbirds Don't Fly*
March 11, 07
- Combined show with Carload of Whatever
- This is when Ryan and I begged you for money in exchange for tax receipts or prizes. Yes, it was for the station's annual Fundrive. Thanks to everyone who supported us!
March 4, 07
- Combined show with Carload of Whatever
- Ryan and I hosted Woodhands and the Screaming Eagles for two live, in-studio performances. Thanks Rachelle, Halli, and Randy for production help. See photos of the studio session and the concert the night before here.
February 4, 07
- Boy Crazy/ Foreign Words/ Stark Street
- The Bird & the Bee/ s/t / Lalala
- Math and Physics Club/ Weekends Away/ Sixteen and Pretty
- Darren Hanlon/ Little Chills/ I Wish That I Was Beautiful for You
- Eleni Mandell/ Miracle of Five/ Girls
- She's Spanish, I'm American/ s/t / Jon Jon
- Le Coupe/ I am Jack's Miserable Life (Disc 1)/ Milky Tea
- Laura Peek & the Winning Hearts/ Class of 2004/ A Name
- Belle & Sebastien/ Tigermilk/ I Don't Love Anyone
- Language of Flowers/ Songs About You/ Tara Mascara
January 14, 07
- Salteens/ Let Go of Your Bad Days/ Let Go of Your Bad Days
- The Awkward Stage/ Heaven is for Easy Girls/ The Morons Are Winning
- Maplewood Lane/ The Golden Skies/ Canadian Winters
- Young and Sexy/ Stand Up for Your Mother/ Last Year's Hopes
- The Diskettes/ Weeknights at Island View Beach/ Museum
- The Diskettes/ Weeknights at Island View Beach/ 1 2 3 4 5
- Math and Physics Club/ Movie Ending Romance/ White and Grey
- Tullycraft/ Old Traditions, New Standards/ Sweet
- Boat/ Songs That You Might Not Like/ Free the Birds in the Stall
- The Postmarks/ Weather the Weather
- Scarboro Aquarium Club/ Black Swan Days/ Black Swan Days
- Casiotone for the Painfully Alone/ Etiquette/ New Year's Kiss