January 13, 2014

Only a few new tracks tonight...
Like A Motorcycle – Where's the Dough? - #motorpool – Four Was to Rock (Halifax)
Neil Young – Tell Me Why - Live at the Cellar Door – Reprise (Toronto)
Joe Lapinski – Rock/Mountain - The Beauty Beyond – Yummy (St Catherines)
Jung Pople – Awoken in Shambles - Gold Bristle – IND (Calgary)
Coeur De Pirate – Slow Show (The National Cover) - Trauma – Dare to Care (Montreal)
Rebekah Higgs – Nighthawk Lady - Sha La La – IND (Halifax)

Then we looked back at some of my favourite albums over the years!

Bahamas – Lost in the Light – Barchords – Brushfire (Toronto)

Grimes – Oblivion – Visions – Arbutus (Montreal)

Chad Vangaalen – Sara – Diaper Island – Sub Pop (Calgary)

Junior Boys – A Truly Happy Ending – It's All True – Domino (Hamilton)

Born Ruffians – Sole Brother – Say It – Warp (Toronto)

AC Newman – Like A Hitman, Like a Dancer – Get Guilty - Last Gang (Vancouver)

Black Mountain – Stay Free – In the Future - Pop Frenzy (Vancouver) 

We are looking back, and remembering all the great moments of Far North Sound/We Surrender's history.... because the show is coming to an end! After 10 years of programming on CJAM... my final show will be on January 27. 10 great years....

Top 12 Canadian Releases of 2013!!

The year is coming to an end... and that means we countdown the best albums of the year! 2013 was an interesting year for music. I have to admit that it wasn't a stellar year, but a solid year. Here are my favourite Canadian albums of 2013.

1 Elephant Stone - S/T – Hidden Pony (Montreal)

2 Arcade Fire – Reflektor – Merge (Montreal)
3 Suuns –Images Du Futur – Secret City (Montreal)
4 By Divine Right - Organized Accidents – Hand Drawn Dracula (Toronto)
5 The Besnard Lakes - Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO - Jagjaguwar (Montreal)
6 Young Galaxy – Ultramarine – Paper Bag (Montreal)
7 Born Ruffians – Birthmarks – Paper Bag (Toronto)
8 Braids – Flourish//Perish – Flemish Eye (Montreal)
9 Ron Sexsmith – Forever Endeavour – Warner (Toronto)
10 Emilie Mover - Mighty Time – Nevado (Toronto)
11 King Khan & the Shrines - Idle No More – Merge (Montreal)
12 Zeus - Cover Me – Arts & Crafts (Toronto)

Looking forward to 2014 and thank you to all my listeners! You make all the time and effort worth it :)

Best Canadian Releases of 2012!

The Best Canadian Releases of 2012.
This is always my favourite show of the year. There were so many great Canadian albums this year, it was a tough one! So I actually went through and gave each album a rating, took into account how many times I told someone else about the album, how many times I passed on the CD... and here is what I came up with! Enjoy! Happy 2013!!

TOP 12!

1. Bahamas - Barchords - Brushfire (Toronto)

2. Grimes - Visions - Arbutus (Montreal)

3. Dusted - Total Dust - Hand Drawn Dracula (Toronto)

4. Hannah Georgas - S/T – Dine Alone (Vancouver)

5. Purity Ring - Shrines – Last Gang (Montreal)

6. Wintersleep - Hello Hum - EMI (Halifax)

7. Stars – The North - Arts & Crafts (Montreal)

8. Luke Lalonde - Rhythymnals - Paper Bag (Toronto) 

9. Ivy Mairi - No Talker - Latent (Toronto)

10. Young Rival - Stay Young - Sonic Unyon (Hamilton)

11. Wild Domestic - - S/T - Out of Sound (London)

12. Patrick Watson - Adventures In Your Own Backyard - Secret City (Montreal)

Best Canadian Albums of 2012: Honourable Mentions

Next week, December 24, The Far North Sounds of Christmas! Then the week after, on New Years Eve, I will count down the Best Canadian Releases of 2012! Love this time of year!

And here were my Honourable Mentions... 

Lou Canon – Here As A Ghost - S/T - Hardwood (Toronto)

AC Newman – I’m Not Talking - Shut Down the Streets – Last Gang (Vancouver)

Jennah Barry – Slow Dance - Young Men - IND (South Shore, NS)

Dustin Benthall & the Smokes – Emmy-Lou - Orion – Aporia (Vancouver)

Morgan MacDonald – The Fences - Back to the Wilderness - IND (Halifax)

CFCF - Exercise 2 (School) - Exercises – Paper Bag (Montreal)

Mike Tod – Ghost Song - The Northern Country - IND (Calgary)

Kandle – Knew You’d Never - S/T - Mercy (Montreal)

Rose Cousins – All The Stars - We Have Made a Spark - Outside Music (Halifax)

Babette Hayward – Break Line - You Might Be Somebody - IND (St John)

Mac DeMarco – Sherill - 2 - Captured Tracks (Montreal)

Five Alarm Funk - Wash Your Face - Rock the Sky - IND (Vancouver)

Kathleen Edwards - Change the Sheets - Voyageur - MapleMusic (Ottawa)

Listen here: 
Far North Sound - Dec 17 2012

Best Canadian Releases of 2011

Honorable Mentions
-Northamorica - Bike - Feelin' So City - IND (Toronto)
-Coeur De Pirate - Adieu - Blonde - Grosse Boite (Montreal)
-Indian Wars - That's The Way it Goes - Walk Around The Park LP - IND (Vancouver)
-Timber Timbre - Too Old To Die Young - Creep On Creepin On - Arts & Crafts (Toronto)

Top 10!
10. Austra - Beat and the Pulse - Feel It Break - Paper Bag (Toronto)
9. The Hoa Hoa's - Modern Men - S/T - Outside Music (Toronto)
8. Code Pie - Low Devotion - Love Meets Rage - Flagless (Montreal)
7. Aline Morales - Tem Do De Mim - Flores Tambores e Amores - IND (Toronto)
6. Feist - Comfort Me - Metals - Arts & Crafts (Toronto)
5. Dan Mangan - Oh Fortune - Oh Fortune - Arts & Crafts (Vancouver)
4. The Pack A.D. - Sirens - Unpersons - Mint (Vancouver)
3. Whitehorse - Killing Time is Murder - S/T - Six Shooter (Toronto)
2. Junior Boys - You'll Improve Me - It's All True - Domino (Hamilton)
1. Chad Vangaalen - Sara - Diaper Island - Sub Pop (Calgary)

Best Canadian Releases of 2010

BEST OF 2010!!!

BEST CANADIAN ALBUMS OF 2010!!!

Honorable Mentions:
From the Tank Compilation - Shark Tank Productions (Windsor)
Ron Leary - For the Woman - Dependent Arising - Independent(Windsor/Toronto)
Wolf Parade - Expo 86 - Sub Pop (Montreal)
Caribou – Swim – Merge (London)

10. Besnard Lakes - Are the Roaring Night - Jagjaguwar/Outside Music (Montreal)
9. Sarah Harmer - Oh Little Fire - Universal (Kingston)
8. Plants & Animals - La La Land - Secret City Records (Montreal)
7. Forest City Lovers - Carriage - Arts & Crafts (Toronto)
6. Ghostkeeper - S/T - Flemish Eye (Calgary)
5. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record - Arts & Crafts (Toronto)
4. Holy Fuck - Latin America - Young Turks (N. America)/XL Recordings (UK)(Toronto)
3. Young Rival - S/T - Sonic Unyon (Hamilton)
2. Bocce - Disambiguation - Dadmobile (Waterloo)
1. Born Ruffians - Say It - Warp Records (Toronto)

Best Canadian Releases of 2009

Honorable Mention: The Done-fors - How to Have Sex With Canadians (Toronto)

10. Field Assembly - Broadsides & Ephemera- June 09 (Windsor)
9. Ohbijou - Beacons - Apr 09(Toronto)
8. Islands - Vapours - Sept 09 (Montreal)
7. Black Mold - Snow Blindness is Crystal Antz - Aug 09 (Calgary)
6. Immaculate Machine - High on Jackson Hill - Apr 09 (Victoria)
5. Jenocide - Machines to Make Us Wet - Sept 09 (Halifax)
4. Handsome Furs - Face Control - Mar 09 (Montreal)
3. AC Newman - Get Guilty - Jan 09 (Vancouver)
2. Thunderheist - S/T - Mar 09 (Toronto/Montreal)
1. Young Rival - S/T - Jan 09 (Hamilton)

Best Canadian Releases of 2008

Honorable Mentions:
Women - S/T (Calgary)
Crystal Castles - S/T (Toronto)

10. Born Ruffians - Red Yellow & Blue (Toronto)
9. Lake of Stew - Ain't Tired of Lovin (Montreal)
8. Land of Talk - Some are Lakes (Montreal)
7. Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue (Montreal)
6. King Khan & The Shrines - The Supreme Genius of King Khan & The Shrines (Montreal)
5. Wet Secrets - Rock Fantasy (Edmonton)
4. Islands - Arm's Way (Montreal)
3. Mother Mother - O My Heart (Vancouver)
2. Black Mountain - In the Future (BC)
1. Hayden - In Field & Town (Toronto)

Best Canadian Releases of 2007

10. Buck 65 - Situation (Nova Scotia)
9. Deep Dark Woods - Hang Me, Oh Hang Me (Saskatoon)
8. Sleepless Nights - Hang Up EP(Halifax)
7. K-OS - Collected (Toronto)
6. You Say Party! We Say Die!! - Lose All Time (Vancouver)
5. Caribou - Andorra/Pink Room Sessions/Tour Cd (Dundas Ont)
4. Locust Have No King - S/T (Windsor)
3. Holy Fuck - Tour Only CD (Toronto)
2. Bend Sinister - S/T (Vancouver)
1. Feist - The Reminder (Toronto)