Break-up Sex (aka the After-Party Crash)

When you just can't resist one more roll in the HEY!

The Men - Open Your Heart - Country Song
Patrick Watson - Adventures In Your Own Backyard - The Things We Do (cc)
The Pixies - Doolittle - Hey
Lee Ranaldo - Between the Times and the Tides - Waiting on a Dream
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light - Keep Your Heart
Jack White - Blunderbuss - On and On and On
Chromatics - Kill for Love - Into The Black
Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation - The Hunt
Patrick Watson - Adventures In Your Own Backyard - Adventures in your own Backyard (cc)
Bahamas - Barchords - Snow Plow (cc)
Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It - Normal Song
Mark Lanegan - I'll Take Care of You - I'll Take Care of You
Booker T & the MGs - Green Onion
Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread - Fine
Metronomy - The English Riviera - Everything Goes My Way
LCD Soundsystem - London Sessions - I Can Change
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory - Excursions
Willis Earl Beal - Acousmatic Sorcery - Take Me Away
Sharon Van Etten - Tramp - Magic Chords
Lambchop - Mr.M - Mr.Met
Patrick Watson - Adventures In Your Own Backyard -Lighthouse (cc)
Elbow & The BBC Orchestra - The Seldom Seen Kid - The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver
Timber Timbre - Timber Timbre - Demon Host (cc)
Siskiyou - Take Away The Dead - Twigs and Stones (cc)
Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light - Too Late
Lou Reed - Transformer - Perfect Day
WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain - Heavy Pop
Harry Belafonte - Very Best Of - Cucurrucucu Paloma
Django Django - Django Django - Default
Cornershop - Urban Turban - What Did The Hippie Have In His Bag?
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust.... - Moonage Daydream
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life - Sixteen
Real Estate - Days - Easy
Ambulance LTD - Ambulance LTD - Heavy Lifting
THE FUCKING BEATLES!!!!!! BITCH!

CKUT 90.3 FM Brings You:

New Orleans Bounce • Psychotic Felines • Dim Sum with the Dim Stars on this Week's Edition of the Bsides - Wee Hour Classics

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Psychotic Felines and Carburetor Dung
When watching the Orbital video for "Wonky" I imagined that this might be the effect cat nip might have on cats through the perspective of a human. A paranoia freakout of the worse kind: a s**t load of cats invading your living room demanding to be fed. Pictures of talking cats on your favorite cat t-shirt (doesn't everyone have one?)  Argh! A horror movie of epic proportions! (Of course, all I need to do is walk down Beaudoin Street in Saint Henri, Montreal to experience this cat version of Planet of the Apes.) Good song, disturbingly great video invoking the Twilight Zone at its creepiest. Thanks for that Orbital! 

On New Orleans Bounce
There seems to be a non-exhaustive flow of emerging mini-docs on the Bounce scene, some student projects, some outsider projects (Check out DJ Diplo's mini-doc), and some homegrown. Check out this one featuring Big Freedia called Almost Famous. Queer bounce or what I rather more inclusively refer to as simply bounce is here to stay. It's hard to imagine a more eclectic mix assembled at a typical show feat. artists like Big Freedia, Sissy Nobby or Katey Red. It would seem that that the borders that previously isolated groups along the all-to-familiar binaries of black/white, gay/straight, queer/mainstream get stripped down to the raw essence: music. 

"When Freedia's on the mic respect is given from the drug dealers, to the ballers, to the punks…it's not judgment down here, because we've been judged enough…"(Big Freedia Bounce Teaser), 

Unless you're completely sedated or physically tethered to the floor, there's just no way that you'll be able to resist getting up and shaking your ass to these electric beats.
More bounce titles:
Punks Under Pressure
Ya Heard Me

Dim Summmmmm
And to round out this edition a brief mention of the Dim Stars…I gotta say it's a treat kids. Go put this one in your time capsule. Richard Hell, Thurston Moore Steve Shelley, Rob Quine, Don Flemming. Special Mention: Stray Cat Generation; tribute to Hell's anthemic Blank Generation and his legacy. Hell put the punk in Punk rock. When Malcolm McLaren came to NYC to ruin the New York Dolls, before going back to the UK with his tail between his legs, he did manage to do a couple of things right. He copped the soon-to-become widespread "punk look" of ripped clothes and clothespins as well the provocative "Please Kill Me" style slogans and mixed-symbolism of Day-Glo swastikas from Mr. Richard Hell. You're the man Rich!

This Week's Playlist:

Big Freedia — Gin in My System
Diplo & Nicky da B — Express Yourself 
Sissy Nobby — Yippy
Orbital & Lady Leshurr — Wonky
The Cramps — Here We Go Magic
Pangea — River
Ice Age — White Rune
The Men — Open Your Heart
U2 — I Will Follow
Denim — Jane Suck Died in '77
Here We Go Magic — How do I Know
Dim Stars — All my Witches Come True
The Cramps — Zombie Dance
The Stranglers — Sverige
Hunx  — Let Me In 
The Magnetic Fields — Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
Taxi Girl — Chercher le garçon
Can — Oh Yeah
Liars — No. 1 Against the Rush
Wedding Present — You're Dead
Lee Ranaldo — Waiting in a Dream 
David Bowie — Warszawa 
Jah Wobble — What the Problem Is
Conrad Schnitzler — Ballet statique
School of Seven Bells — The Night
M83 - Midnight City
Lescop — La forêt
M. Ward — Primitive Girl
Nina Simone — Go Limp
Harry Belafonte — Will His Love Be Like His Rum?
Alabama Shakes — Hold On
The Platters — Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Dina Washington — What a Difference a Day Makes
Sara Vaughan — Broken-Hearted Melody
Jack Scott — Goodbye Baby

One Last Song For The Road.....

Here you go, World

The Men - Open Your Heart - Country Song
Django Django - Django Django - Firewater
Bahamas - Barchords - I Got You Babe (cc)
Timber Timbre - Creep On Creepin' On - Lonesome Hunter (cc)
Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix - Your Eyes
Metronomy - The English Riviera - The Fix
Sika - Sika - You Are (cc)
Lambchop - Mr. M - Gone Tomorrow
Coeur de Pirate - Blonde - Place de la Replublique (cc)
Siskiyou - Keep Away The Dead - Where Does That Leave Me (cc)
Sharon Van Etten - Tramp - We are Fine
The Barr Brothers - The Barr Brothers - The Devil's Harp (cc)
Guided By Voices - Let's Go Eat The Factory - God Love's Us
The Wedding Present - Valentina - You're Dead
G'nee and Her Kings - Believe - Be My Daddy (cc)
Katie Moore - Montebello - When You Disappear (cc)
Bowerbirds - The Clearing - Tuck The Darkness In
Julia Holter - Ekstasis - Marienbad
The Sheepdogs - Five Easy Pieces EP - The Middle Road (cc)
The Men - Open Your Heart - Presence
Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It - Sister Song
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar - Emmylou
Patrick Watson - Adventures in Your Own Backyard - Into Giants (cc)
Bahamas - Barchords - Never Again (cc)
Mike Wexler - Dispossession - Pariah
Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral - Bleeding Muddy Water
Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation - July
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas - Lullaby (cc)
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light - Killer Crane
Paul McCartney - Ram - Ram On
Elvis Perkins - Elvis Perkins in Dreamland - Send My Fond Regards to Loneleyville
Eddie Vedder - Ukulele - Goodbye
Lambchop - Mr. M - 2B2

And Here's The Show:

http://archives.ckut.ca/128/20120402.04.00-07.00.mp3

That's all, Folks!

I'll miss you, Justin James Ford

Artist - Album - Song (cc= Canadian content)

Best of 2011 on BSides (aka The Besties!)

Here's The Best Tracks of 2011 as chosen by BSides (bng & Justin James Ford):

B-Sides Radio on CKUT.ca Best of 2011 Show Right Here! http://archives.ckut.ca/128/20120109.04.00-07.00.mp3

Artist - Album - Song (cc = canadian content)

Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix - How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep

M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming - Midnight City

King Krule - King Krule EP - The Noose of Jah City

James Blake - James Blake - To Care (Like You)

Feist - Metals - Undiscovered First (cc)

The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient - Baby Missiles

The Barr Brothers - The Barr Brothers - Beggar in the Morning (cc)

Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest - The Way It Goes

Jonathan Wilson - Gentle Spirit - Can W Really Party Today

Wye Oak - Civilian - Civilian

Girls - Father, Son & Holy Ghost - My Ma

Real Estate - Days - It's Real

Kurt Vile - Smoke Rings For My Halo - Baby's Arms

Cass McCombs - Wit's End - The Lonely Doll

Siskiyou - Keep Away The Dead - Twigs & Stones (cc)

Radiohead - King of Limbs - Codex

Timber Timbre - Creep On Creepin' On - Creep On Creepin' On (cc)

PJ Harvey - Let England Shake - The Words That Maketh Murder

WU LYF - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain - We Bros

Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation - Montana

The Antlers - Burst Apart - Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out

Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys! - Lippy Kids

Chad VanGaalen - Diaper Island - Burning Photographs (cc)

The Weeknd - Echoes of Silence - Montreal (cc)

The Roots - undun - The Other Side

tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l - Powa

TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light - You

Tinariwen - Tassili - Ya Messinagh

Washed Out - Within and Without - Amor Fati

Cults - Cults - Most Wanted

The Black Keys - El Camino - Little Black Submarines

Okkervil River - I Am Very Far - Rider

That's the Year boiled down to Three Hours..... not an easy task, but we love what we do!

Justin James Ford & bng

Is Letterman Trying to Steal the 'Best Late Night TV Music' Crown?

Ever since the show first aired in 2009, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon has ruled the music department of late night television. Not only has Fallon regularly had a constant stream of great acts grace his stage (it could be considered a cream of the crop of Pitchfork.com indie elite), but he is also fortunate enough to have hip hop's greatest band, The Roots, be his in-house band. As if this is not enough, The Roots also regularly play with the guest musical acts!


Yet, since returning to the airwaves Jan. 2, the Late Show with David Letterman has been giving Fallon's show a run for their money. This week has seen Letterman host a who's-who of hipster darlings. Tuesday's show started the year off with a bang! Guided By Voices (Robert Pollard reunited with the classic mid-90's GBV line-up) performed 'The Unsinkable Fats Domino', the lead single off their new album 'Let's Go Eat The Factory' (released Jan.1, 2012 n their label, GBV inc.). While known for their chain-smoking, beer-guzzling and always raucous shows, Pollard and co. did not disappoint their fans by taming down their act. There might not have been any beer, and they did abide by New York's no smoking laws, but the band did give a enthusiastic performance, culminating in bassist Greg Demo falling flat on his ass in a spirited display of rock n roll acrobatics.


The following night, Jan. 3, WU LYF (which stands for World Unite! Lucifer Youth Foundation) a new band from Manchester, and my personal favorite new band of 2011, made their Late Show debut with 'Heavy Pop' from the album 'Go Tell Fire To The Mountain' (self-released, 2011). And 'Heavy Pop' it was! With their combination of beautiful, reverb-washed guitars, heavy drums that mix military-march beats with good ol' fashion pop sensibility and indistinguishably-barked vocals, this band is geared to set the world on fire! They were the epitome of indie-chic, barely acknowledging Letterman's (surprisingly) enthusiastic post-song greetings, and then walking off stage before the show was able to cut to a commercial break.


On Jan. 4, Montreal's own Barr Brothers made their first appearance on American television. Andy and Brad Barr (along with Sarah Page and Andres Vial) have spent the year getting lots of attention for their self-titled debut record (released on Secret City Records, 2011). They have played with many of Montreal's biggest names and also had a headlining spot on the Trees Stage during Montreal's Osheaga Festival. They played the lead single off their album, 'Beggar in the Morning'. This is just another nod to Montreal's ever-burgeoning music scene, highlighting the city's love for dark indie-folk.


So what will 2012 hold for late night television music? In a day and age when music videos are no longer the staple of the MTVs and MuchMusics of the world, late night television is one of the last ways for new bands to get exposure to the "larger buying market" of North America. People in the know search Vimeo and YouTube for their favorite bands' videos, and for those who still pride themselves on knowing the up-and-comers of indie fame, i.e. those who only like bands before the late night tv audience knows their names, there will always be the Pitchforks (that is, until everyone else knows about the site).

And please don't get me wrong, in no way has Jimmy Fallon waned in his choice of musical guests (this week features Sharon Von Etten and Wild Flag). But it looks like Letterman gets that it might be the music that has helped Jimmy Fallon (and The Roots) garner so much attention so quickly. So I say, "Kudos to you, Dave!". Kudos for trying to stay current with the hip kids of today! The more great music that goes out to the masses the better! Music should not be about status ... all you kids with ironic mustaches and Buddy Holly glasses must accept that you own no music, that music is universal and one of the great unifiers left. So, it's about time Dave starts flexing his indie muscles (he has been a New York institution much longer than the trust-fund children of Brooklyn!).

My only suggestion to Dave... see if LCD Soundsystem will reform and become your house band (sorry, Paul Shaffer!).

Here's the links to watch the performances:

Guided By Voices (via the Audio Perv):

http://theaudioperv.com/2012/01/04/guided-by-voices-the-unsinkable-fats-domino-13-letterman/

WU LYF (via Pitchfork.com):

http://pitchfork.com/news/44990-watch-wu-lyf-on-letterman/

Barr Brothers (via YouTube):

http://youtu.be/boHhpY4_SEs

Justin James Ford

Ready, Set, Pogo!: ICEAGE Revive Punk on this Week's Bsides Wee Hour Classics, CKUT 90.3 FM

White Noise/White Runes: Danish Punks Explore the Ancient Runes of Punk & Post Punk on their Debut Youth Brigade

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With songs averaging between 1:50 and 2:00, these Danish punks come crashing in at glacial magnitudes with their debut album, Youth Brigade. These 17 year olds have really done their homework. There's a palpable innocence about this band and they've done a convincing job of making us believe that sweet spot in the punk and post-punk periods lives on.

Iceage channels Joy Division (via more than just the bandname), the early Clash, the Damned, the rowdy sing along brotherhood style of Sham 69 (Wu Lyf make good use of this too) with hardcore's speed and passion à la Bad Brains. Mix that with the pop-goth sounds of the Cure and the noisy nostalgic pop sounds of the Jesus and Mary Chain, add some Nirvana and you've got an allstar list of Iceage's secret ingredients.

These sprites bring 1979 - 1989 back with a fierce vengeance with their own brand of vim and vigour. Take everything that was great in this period, ball it up into a wak of 12 songs and well, Iceage, half of your fans pogoing at your shows will be in their 30s and 40s. (that is, if they can find a babysitter!)

This Week's Playlist:

No Fun — The Stooges
Trucker's Atlas — Modest Mouse
Hits of Sunshine (For Allen Ginsberg) — Sonic Youth
Ruckzuck — Kraftwerk
Negativland — Neu!
In the Futrure — Brian Eno & Rick Holland
Out of My Mind on Dope & Speed — Julien Cope
Library Pictures — Arctic Monkeys
Time to Reiterate — Duchess Says
Riding Tigers — Slapp Happy
Kiss Me On the Bus — Younger Lovers
Powerlines — Delta 5
Cave Song — Wu Lyf
House Clouds — Liars
Rumble — Link Wray
Big Belly Giant — Tandori Nights
Mafe Karo — Kazi Aniruddha
The Jezebel Spirit — Brian Eno/David Byrne
The Sound Of Sinners — The Clash
Johnny Appleseed — Joe Strummer
Get Lost — Tom Waits
Theory of the Crows — The National
Precarious Stair — Crystal Stilts
Sad Eyed Lady — The Clean
Broken Bone — Iceage
Panda Panda Panda — Deerhoof
Singing In My Sleep — The Chills
Young Urban — Ambulance Ltd.
I Found Love — The Falcons
Diana — Tasseomancy
Scampering the Frontier — Expwy (pronounced Expwee)
VCR(The XX) — The Antlers
Fade Into You — Mazzy Star

Falling Leaves Swirl Around My Mind

October 17, 2011

Henry Roland - After All

The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient - Baby Missiles

PJ Harvey - Let England Shake - The Words That Maketh Murder

The Museum Pieces - Philadelphia - Torn (cc)

WU LYF - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain - 14 Crowns for Me & Your Friends

Beirut - The Rip Tide - Payne's Bay

St. Vincent - Strange Mercy - Cruel

Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost - Myma

Dan Mangan - Oh Fortune - Jeopardy (cc)

Feist - Metals - Undiscovered First (cc)

Jonathan Wilson - Gentle Spirit - Can We Really Party Today

Robert Brown and the Sons of the South - Fire in my Bones - Nobody Knows

Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo - Runner Ups

Patti Smith - Outside Society - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys - The River

Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation - 17

Siskiyou - Keep Away The Dead - Twigs and Stones (cc)

Wilco - The Whole Love - One Sunday Morning (Song for Jane Smiley's Boyfriend)

Krista Muir - - Between Atoms (cc)

Washed Out - Within and Without - Amor Fati

Department of Eagles - Blue Valentine (OST) - In Ear Park

Gillian Welch - The Harrow and the Harvest - The Way the Whole Thing Ends

Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Wolfroy Goes To Town - Quail and Dumplings

Precious Bryant - Fire in My Bones - When the Saints Go Marching In

Tinariwen - Tassili - Ya Messinagh

Bon Iver - Bon Iver - Holocene

Active Child - You Are All I See - Hanging On

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored

Ohbijou - Metal Meets - Niagara (cc)

Conn-Shawnery - CS01 - Shoulder Roll (ft. N'FA & BluRum13) (cc)

BlackStar - Single - Definition

M83 - Single - Midnight City

(cc) = Canadian Content