Dec 13th - The Holiday Edition feat. The Patience Product and the Autumn Portait LIVE!

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T'is the season to hang out with friends, drink beverages and sing songs, and that's what we did. I was joined by the Patience Product, who let me into their studio at the famous Garage, to record an entire live-ish set (if you consider a 3-hour delay to be live), and then it was back to the CiTR world headquarters for a live acoustic set with the Autumn Portrait. In addition to this, we were also joined by local emcee T Train, a representative of the Canadian Talent Farm, and the ever festive Bodhi Jones!

Playlist:

Apollo Ghosts, Run Run Rudolph
Fucked Up!, Do They Know It's Christmas?
Bruce Springsteen, Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town
Adjective, Black Xmas
The Autumn Portrait, LHave I Waited
The Autumn Portrait, Grace
The Autumn Portrait, Wonder
The Autumn Portrait, 60 Days
The Autumn Portrait, The Light
The Autumn Portrait, Goodbye Apathy
The Pateince Product, Intro
The Pateince Product, Amers
The Pateince Product, Heineken Song
The Pateince Product, 10 Days of Messenger Notes
The Pateince Product, Black Like Me
T-Train (feat. Bodhi Jones), Are We There Yet?
7's 9's & 10's, Transmission 3: Escape from Terminus
The Pateince Product, Soundscapes of Pandora's Box
The Pateince Product, Change of Heart / Change of Tune
The Pateince Product, For Every End, There's Always a Start
The Pateince Product, Dead End on Impatience Street

Patience Product on myspace
The Autumn Portrait on myspace
The Garage on myspace
T-Train's website
Canadian Talent Farm - Vancouver Chapter
Bodhi Jones' website

November 29th, Elective meets Cairo.

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If there's one thing I love, it's a reunion (provided you're not reuniting with someone you owe money to, in which case, I don't owe these people anything). I was joined by CJ Wallis, director and composer turned rock star with a new musical outfit entitled "Elective", and JP Lancaster, lead singer and vox of local band Cairo!

Now despite the familiarity of the cast, this show was special for several reasons, for one, there was a thumb wrestle (and I don't need to tell you how special a thumb wrestle can make any gathering), secondly, JP brought along a fully mastered track from Cairo's upcoming debut album, along with some demo tracks that differ from anything else out there. Not to be outdone, CJ also brought along a mastered Elective track, to add to the fun, he phoned up and interviewed his musical colleague from NY - Kayleigh Goldsworthy, whom he has never met - dare I say, it was the first time in radio history a band has actually met on the air? Dare I say anything at all? I also indulged my curiosity of energy beverages and downed a Mario Bros. themed "Power Up" can o' juice. I ended up talking really fast by the end of it. Don't do drugs, kids.

Playlist:

Muneshine -“Today's Special”
Those Darlin's - “Whole Damn Thing”
Elective -“The Stitch Up of Bloody Mary”
Sleigh Bells -“Infinity Guitars”
The Scarlet Ending - “Such a Shame”
Lovvers -“Society Jam”
The XX - “VCR”
Kurt Vile - “Dead Alive”
Montage Populaire -“Sorrows Well Rehearsed”
Elliot Smith - “See You Later”
A.C. Newman - “The Palace at 4 A.M.”
Volcanoeless in Canada - “Mexican Circus”
Vile Vile Creature - “Faux+Feminism”
Cairo - “Hot Minute at the Tech Noir”
Tiga - “Shoes”
Cairo - “Harbourlights”
Lady Gaga -“Moneyhoney”
The Plan -“Lit up Like a Monument”
Cairo -“Sink or Swim”
Death Cab For Cutie -“Sound of Settling”
King Khan & BBQ Show - “Animal Party”
Cairo - “Cogs”
R. Kelly - “Whoile Lotta Kisses”
Elton John - “Goodbye Yellowbrick Road”

Elective on Myspace.

Cairo on Myspace.

Nov. 15th - Fundrive Special with Shomberg Fair and Whitey PLAYING FOR DOLLARS.

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Ever year, CiTR takes a couple weeks out of its schedule to raise some funds to keep the station a-rockin' as well as it ever does. This year, I along with a couple trusty sound engineers - Evan and Irene, brought you a local ska band who go by the moniker "Whitey", and a jams there were! Also, I thought it'd be appropriate to throw out some tracks by musical talents as previously seen on this show. With the exception of the Shomberg Fair, of which, we speak with Nathan on the road before he gets in to town to blow the roof of one lucky joint!

Playlist:

Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers -“We Need Some Money”
Adjective - “Crystal Compass”
The Luna Riot - “If It Turns You On”
Hannah Georgas - “The Deep End”
Dylan Thomas - “When You Call”
Schomberg Fair- “Angel Wings”
Jakartah - “There's You on a Bike Ride”
Hey Ocean! - “Rainy Day Song”
The Pack A.D. - “Blackout”
Bodhi Jones - “Goodbye, Goodnight”
Whitey - “T&E”
Wasabi Collective - “One Day”
Parlour Steps - “As the World Turned Out”
Adeline - “Whiter/Straighter”
Whitey - “Live Set in the CiTR Studio”


Whitey on myspace.

Schomberg Fair on myspace.

November 1st - Sevens, Nines and Tens DO IT LIVE. Also, Animal E.R. Episode #2!

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It's like a summer concert series in the dead of autumn! What better time to party is there? None better come to mind at this time, I can tell you!

The ensemble of the Sevens, Nines, and Tens come to the studio, gear in hand, to not only talk smack about whatever's on their mind, but play an intensely loud set for all to enjoy, in honour of their gig at the 2009 battle-of-the-bands that is Shindig!

Playlist:

Japandroids - “Rockers East Vancouver”
Zeus - “How Does It Feel?”
Volcanoless in Canada - “Mexican Circus”
Luna Riot - “Davy Jones' Locker”
Sevens, Nines and Tens - “Transmission 3”
Danny Elfman - “Graditude”
Seahorses - “Love is the Law”
Taste of Chaos Ensemble - “Mastadon's Ensemble”
Drive Like Jehu - “Hand Over Fist”
NASA feat. John Frusciante & Barbie Hatch - “Way Down”
Wu Tang Clan feat. Tom Morello & Chad Smith- “Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nothin' to Fuck Wit”
Sevens, Nines, and Tens - “Day of the Living”
I Mother Earth - “Lost My America”
Pateince Product - “From Every End, There's Always a Start”
Said the Whale - “Camillo”
Little Girls- “Tambourine”
We are Wolves - “Walking Commotion”
Fake Shark - Real Zombie! - “Designer Drugs”
Katastroyka- “Unknown”
Alberta's Hunter - “Celebrating 85 Years”
Jakarta - “A Dire and Ever-Circling Ghost”
Finishing Infinity - “Unittled”
Sevens, Nines, and Tens - "Live in the CiTR Studio"
Sub-City - “Too Loud for this City”

Sevens, Nines, and Tens on myspace.

What the hell, here's Shindig.com.

Oct 18th, 2009 - Cairo, NxEW, & Animal E.R. Episode #1

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This is a show full of new acquaintances - first guest up is JP Lancaster of Vancouver band Cairo, who guest-hosts the show and gives us some stories from shows he’s done around this town (and the town of Nanaimo), along with some of his choice tracks for the show. Also among the consulted is one Justin Beach of the Canadian music blog North by East West which is a portal unlike any other to all things Canadian music.

Then there’s also the debut of the newest hospital drama on CiTR starring yours truly - “Animal E.R.”! In this episode, the dashing and talented master surgeon attempts to save the life of a trusty canine. Will he succeed? You’ll have to download this two-hour tangent to find out!

Playlist:

Soulsavers feat. Mike Patton - “Unbalanced Pieces”
Arkells - “Heart of the City”
Parlour Steps - “As the World Turned Out”
Apollo Ghosts - “Shanghai Alley”
Dinosaur Jr. - “Tarpit”
Dinosaur Jr. - “Plans”
Treelines - “Carry On”
Islands - “Vapours”
The Metic - “It Happens That I'm Tired”
Antipop Consortiom - “New Jack Exterminator”
Animal Collective - “Fireworks”
Octoberman - “Trapped in the New Scene”
Zeus - “That's All”
Cairo, - “A Hot Minute in the Tech-Noir”
You Say Party! We Say Die! - “Glory”
The Raveonettes - “Breaking into Cars”
Flight of the Conchords - “Carol Brown”
Girls - “Lust for Life”

Cairo on myspace.

North By East West.ca

Oct 4th - Jakartah

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Richie and Kyle from Vancouver’s Jakartah stop by to talk about all sorts of things - touring, recording their album “In the Nervous Lights of Coincidence”, the Vancouver scene, their upcoming show at Pat’s Pub, and all the while playing little bit of dance, and a little bit of HARDCORE! These guys have a good taste in music.

Playlist:

Creature - “Kandahar”
The Raccoons - “Tangiers”
Jakartah -“Liasons at the Woodward Building”
The Stone Roses - “Driving South”
Chad Van Gaalen - “Inside the Molecules”
These Arms are Snakes - “Prince Squid”
Jakartah - “A Thousand Miles Connects You to Me”
Kid Sister - “Control”
Chromeo - “I Can't Tell You Why”
LMFAO - “I'm In Miami, Bitch”
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - “Let's Make Out”
Jakartah - “Hawaii Burns at Sunrise”
Butthole Surfers - “The Lord is a Monkey”
Jesus Lizard - “Mouth Breather”
Converge - “Concubine / Fault and Fracture”
Daughters - “Providence By Gaslight”
Jakartah - “They Aren't All Beautiful”
Crown the Wolf - “Bells and Whistles”
Mother Love Bone - “Captain Hi-Top”
Anvil - “Flying Blind”

Jakartah on Myspace.

Jakartah's Blog.

Sept 20th, Adjective & Twin Crystals

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It's like a sequel, only none of us are drastically haggered. We're not to old for this shit!

Playlist:

Mr. Scruff feat Roots Manuva - “Nice Up the Function”
Freestyle Fellowship - “Boundaries”
N.A.S.A. feat. Ol Dirty Bastard, Karen O. & Fatlip - “Strange Enough”
Adjective - “Integer”
Final Fantasy - “I Saved a Junkie Once”
D.O.A. - “Dead Men Tell No Tales”
Adjective - “Profession”
Holy Fuck - “Jungles”
Islands - “Kids Don't Know Shit”
Cuff the Duke - “Promises”
Arkells - “John Lennon”
Katastroyka, - “Unknown”
Tranzmittors - “Dancing in the Front Row”
Trollband - “Warhellride”
Early man -“Amber Alert”
Adjective - “Dirty Birds”
The Slew - “Shackled Soul”
Big Black - “Carsine”
Adjective - “Crystal Compass”
Shearing Pinx - “The Kiss”
Stamina Mantis - “Pink Eye”
Slow - “Have Not Been the Same”
Slow - “Out from the Cold”
B-Lines - “Social Retard”
La Blondie - “I Wanna Be Your Lover”
YAZ - “Situation”
The Invisibles - “Liebe Shokolade”

Twin Crystals on Myspace.

Adjective on Myspace.