ESB PLAYLIST 2/24/06

THE HAWKETTES - Mardi Gras Mambo
DEJAN'S OLYMPIA BRASS BAND - It Ain't My Fault
AL JOHNSON - Carival Time
ALLEN TOUSSAINT - From a Whisper to a Scream
THE METERS - Chicken Strut
THE METERS - They All Ask for You
DR. JOHN - Let the Good Times Roll
100% WOOL - About Time
CRYSTAL CASTLES - No Skin
CRYSTAL CASTLES - Air War
A DAY FOR KITES - King of Bora Bora
A DAY FOR KITES - Longitudinal Blast
A DAY FOR KITES - The Cave
A DAY FOR KITES - Communist Cowboy
PINSTRIPE MYSTERY - The Sunrises
LIARS - A Visit from Drum
SIX FINGER SATELLITE - Dark Companion
PETRA HADEN - God Only Knows

A Day for Kites are a new band based out of Kingston. You'll recognize the singer's voice, as she's Kerri Carisse, who we've played quite frequently on the show. She's teamed up with Adam Bell from The Radical Dudez and they produced the debut album together. It's called Born at Sea and you can check out some more info here.



Thanks to Home of the Groove and Are You Familiar? for providing much of Friday's set.

START BUYING TICKETS

Sadly I missed the Gogol Bordello / Lenin I Shumov show at The Drake this past Wednesday. It sold out before I even found out about the show, which is a common problem for me in this city. My friend Hillary was one of the lucky few to get tickets, and her description of the show made it a very regrettably missed opportunity. She seemed a bit bewildered that a good deal of the crowd were young skateboarders, but if you think about it, it's not that strange. Gogol have gained a lot of attention from "the kids" by appearing on the Warped Tour and various Epitaph-ish compilations. It's no surprise to me that a Youtube search for Gogol Bordello turned up two webcam videos of 17 year old girls dancing to "Start Wearing Purple".

Here's a picture of my good friend Seez with Eugene last night at the Gogol show in Montreal...



...and another of him and Mr. Lahey from Trailer Park Boys.



He gets to meet everyone!

Two downloads this week of some new local stuff.



THE RIDE THEORY - I'm On Board

A fantastic live band of young dudes from Hamilton that have two energetic albums under their belt. I always loved this track live, and now it's finallly on record. Their latest album is called In This City. Apparently they're releasing a 7" soon, which I will keep my eyes open for and try to hook up a copy for airplay.



FRIENDLY RICH + THE LOLLIPOP PEOPLE - The Ballad of Geroge Chuvalo

An astoundingly talented lineup of renowned local players from the GTA and Guelph, including Mike Olsen on cello and Sly Juhas on drums. They just released their new album last night at the Lula Lounge. They've titled it We Need a New F-Word and it's garnered a provocative review with some comments about the song above. Produced by Bob Wiseman.

ESB PLAYLIST 2/17/06

THE FALL - Strychnine (Peel Sessions, '93)
THE VERTICAL STRUTS - Stab Stab Stab
THE VERTICAL STRUTS - Sh!
THE RIDE THEORY - I'm On Board
THE RIDE THEORY - Motel Woman
THE LOLLIPOP PEOPLE - Where the Baker Sleeps
THE LOLLIPOP PEOPLE - The Ballad of George Chuvalo
THE PAPER CRANES - Deus Ex Machine Gun (Run Roc Remix)
THE SNUGGLEUPS - Fold Me Up
THE KNIFE - Pass This On (Live)
THE SCREAMERS - I Wanna Hurt
GENE DEFCON - The King of France
GENE DEFCON - La La La La Gene Defcon
THE MAE SHI - The Meat of Inquiry
THE MAE SHI - Remarkably Dirty Animals
THE STICK MEN - Level Head
THE STICK MEN - Legend of the Stick Men
THE DELTA 5 - Circuit

Thanks to Postpunkjunk for most of today's playlist.

I missed all the Wavelength Anniversary events this past weekend, I'm not sure why I chose not to go, but it's quite the contrast from last year, when I was almost overeager to attend as much as I could. This year's festivites had its share of great bills, and I'm sorry to have missed Anagram and LAND (the No Dynamics / Lullabye Arkestra fusion). There were also some panel discussions this year, which I believe is new to the Wavelength anniversary fold of events, but to be honest, I wasn't terrbly interested in those. Don't get me wrong: I think it's a great idea for communities to have public discussions about the direction in which they are headed. At the same time, I'm a bit afraid we're in the territory of collegial over-analysis. I guess I long for a simpler time when all people had to do was throw a party or put on a show, and that was that, no discussions needed.

Then again, these kinds of seminars and discussions are indicative of a healthy, concerned community. Now we're at a time when we're throwing more parties and shows than ever before, and more and more people are growing interested and getting involved in musical-cultural movements, so it does make sense ot have some kind of debate about where we're headed. I guess it's too easy to write it off and say "Look at the scenesters talking about themselves!" But the truth is, the world is changing and someone has to make order of the happy chaos, and it might as well be those who make it happen. Forty years ago, the garage scenes across North America crashed and burned because the bands were unable to stay independent and build their own scenes. They lost out to the record companies and the hippies. In Toronto and elsewhere in 2006, we rely more on the communities that surround us rather than the business model of the music industry. We build those communities, because we can and want to. I'm sure every band that showed up on the Nuggets compilation would have loved to operate in the kind of environs we have in this day and age.

ESB PLAYLIST 2/10/06

SAILBOATS ARE WHITE - Led Eye
ANAGRAM - After Dark
ANAGRAM - The Right Set (Keep it to Yourself)
ANAGRAM - Around Again
SHIMMY RIVERS AND THE CANAL - Workitout
COBRA KILLER / KAPAJKOS - Mund Auf Augen Zu
COBRA KILLER / KAPAJKOS - Heavy Rotation
SAILOR WHITE - Mortimer Pass
SAILOR WHITE - In the Country
MAGIC WEAPON - Fireflies
0=0 - Lotus 2 (Demo)
DISGUISES - Dwayne's Chair (Over the Top Version)
FREE BLOOD - Never Hear Surf Music
PSYCHICH ILLS - 4am
PSYCHICH ILLS - Another Day Another Night
MALAJUBE - Montreal -40c

NURSES NURSES WE LOVE NURSES

THE WORST - Emergency Room

I'm nursing a flu, and I have to head out the door in an hour to do the weekly show, so I'll leave you a couple of links to whet your appetite for wild and wacky fun. I should have a more thorough write-up this weekend.

Nationalist hip-hop conjures up Nazi imagery in present-day Germany.

Canadian Combato poised to take on the world of martial arts self-defense.

Cannibalism in India and the American who fell in love with it.

ESB PLAYLIST 2/3/06

THE RACONTEURS - Store Bought Bones
JOHN CALE - Outta the Bag
THE HUMMERS - Au Feu
THE HUMMERS - Rhythm Nation
VARO - Amelie
VARO - Buffalo 66
SIKTRANSIT - Got to Get Down
CARSICK- High Over Sand
CARSICK - Arrival
PINK MOUNTAINTOPS - New Drug Queens
PINK MOUNTAINTOPS - Plastic Man, You're the Devil
THE FALLING TREES - A Place Beside the Ocean
THE FALLING TREES - The Girl With the Long Red Hair
THE RACONTEURS - Steady as She Goes