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 :)

Honourable Mentions of 2013!

1 Basia Bulat - Tall Tall Shadow – Secret City (Toronto)

2 Groenland - The Chase – Bonsound (Montreal)

3 Field Assembly - Narco – IND (Edmonton)

4 Royal Canoe - Today We're Believers– Nevado (Winnipeg)

5 The Mark Inside – Dark Hearts Can Radiate White Light – Vampire Dance (Toronto)

6 Andria Simone - Good Lovin – Artist Tree (Toronto)

7 U.S. Girls – Free Advice Column – Last Gang (Toronto)

8 CFCF – Music For Objects – Paper Bag (Montreal)

9 James OL - For the World is Hollow & I Have Touched the Sky – IND (Windsor)

10 Monomyth - King, Does This Not Please You? - IND (Halifax)

11 So Young - Secrets – IND (London)

12 Lightning Dust – Fantasy – Jagjaguwar (Vancouver)

Happy Thanksgiving!

I was feeling festive, so yesterday's playlist included all tracks that made me think of Thanksgiving! Thanking, food, pilgrims, family, home, fall... it was a nice show :)

October 14, 2013

The Bicycles - Thanks For Calling Me Baby - Stop Thinking So Much – Aporia (Toronto)

Arn Rhys - Don't Ask a Pilgrim - Chapel of the Fool - IND (Vancouver)

A Tribe Called Red - Bread & Cheese - Nation II Nation – PTB (Ottawa)

Lou Cannon - In Fall - Lou Cannon – Hardwood (Toronto)

Born Ruffians - At Home Now - Birthmarks – Paper Bag (Toronto)

Mike Tod & the Buffalo Lake Kid - Take This Bread - LIVE – IND (Fernie, BC)

Mac Demarco - Cooking Up Something Good - Mac Demarco 2- Captured Tracks (Montreal)

The Pink Mountaintops - And I Thank You - Outside Love - Jagjaguwar (Vancouver)

The Darcys - Home At Last - Warring – Arts & Crafts (Toronto)

The Wilderness of Manitoba - In the Family - When You Left The Fire - Tiny Ogre (Toronto)

Julie Doiron - Beneath the Leaves - So Many Days – Aporia (Sackville)

Acres & Acres - Let's Go Home - Truth & Sky – IND (Halifax)

Alex Pangman - Thanks - Have a Little Fun – Justin Time (Toronto)

Fraser - Going Home - House on the Hill - IND (Ontario)

Shout Out Out Out - Coming Home (feat Cadence Weapon) - Reintegration Time - Nrmls Wlcm (Edmonton)

April 2013 Playlists

April 1, 2013

100 Mile House – Rosalita - Wait With Me – Chronograph (Edmonton)

Express & Company – Carry Me Along - Ontario – Seventh Fire (Peterborough)

Mike Tod – The Ballad of the Miner - The California Recordings – Cabin Songs (Calgary)

Woodpigeon – Red Rover Red Rover - Thumbtacks & Glue – Boompa (Calgary)

Suuns – Minor Work - Images Du Futur – Secret City (Montreal)

The Grapes of Wrath – Good to See You - High Road – Aporia (Kelowna, BC)

Ghostkeeper – Gospel Slinger - Horse Thief! War Chief! - Saved By Vinyl (Calgary)

The Fight – Electric Avenue - New Young Electric – Open Circles Collective (Edmonton)

Fake Shark Real Zombie – Champion - Liar – Light Organ (Vancouver)

Pigeon Hole – Champion - Chimp Blood – Urbnet (Vancouver)

The Flaps – Smells Like Awesome - Again – Kelp (Ottawa)

Boogat – Eres Hecha Para Mi - El Dorado Sunset – Maisonette (Montreal)

Alex Pangman – The Panic is On - Have a Little Fun – Justin Time (Toronto)

Favourite Artist of the Night:

April 8, 2013

Renee Yokon & Mark Ferguson – Sao Paulo - Here We Go Again – IND (Ottawa)

Tyler Butler – Workhorse - Violence – Cabin Songs (Edmonton)

StillNative – Cold N Thin - StillNative – Cattle Rock (Ottawa)

The Highest Order – Rainbow of Blues - If It's Real – Idee Fixe (Toronto)

The Hoa Hoas – Falling in Love is for Young People - Psych Pop from Toronto – Optical Sounds (Toronto)

Run Chico Run – Vampyre Dinosaur - EP – IND (Victoria)

Lee Harvey Osmond – The Big Chief - The Folk Sinner – Latent (Hamilton)

Elephant Stone – A Silent Moment - S/T – Hidden Pony (Montreal)

Acres & Acres – You Never Know - Truth & Sky – IND (Halifax)

Hayden – Rainy Sunday - Us Alone – Arts & Crafts (Toronto)

Suuns – Mirror Mirror - Images Du Futur – Secret City (Montreal)

Favourite Track of the Night: Suuns!

April 15, 2013

Masia One – Alright Ok! - Bootleg Culture – Merdeka (Toronto)

Freak Motif – The Heist - La Casa Blanca – IND (Calgary)

Greg Arcade – She's My Baby - In... Ready to Go – IND (Winnipeg)

Born Ruffians – Permanent Hesitation - Birthmarks – Paper Bag (Toronto)

Grounders – Along the Line - Wreck of a Smile – Nevado (Toronto)

Jake Chisholm – Don't Take it So Hard - Diamond in a Coalmine – IND (Toronto)

Folly & the Hunter – Ghost - Tragic Care – Outside (Montreal)

A Volatile Mixture – Eat of the Apple – S/T – IND (Windsor)

Emilie Mover – Fishes - Mighty Time – Nevado (Toronto)

Corinna Rose – Fresher Fruit - Northeast Southwest – IND (Montreal)

Pat Maloney – Move Along - Root Rot – IND (Toronto)

Gianna Lauren – Trouble - On Personhood – Forward Music (Halifax)

Lauren Mann & the Fairly Odd Folk – I Lost Myself - Over Land & Sea – Wanderer (Calgary)

Born Ruffians – Rage Flows - Birthmarks – Paper Bag (Toronto)

Picking a favourite track tonight is a toughie! 

Masia One... Born Ruffians... I can't pick!

April 22, 2013

Pick a Piper – Cinders & Dust - S/T – Mint (Toronto)

AA Wallace – Feels Too Real - Disambiguation - Acadian Embassy (Halifax)

Young Galaxy – Fall For You - Ultramarine – Paper Bag (Montreal)

Windigo – Sundials - Retrospectrum – Esper (Calgary)

Ruby Drake – Small - Hold Fast – IND (Toronto)

Delbert & the Commotions – I'm Over You - Let Me See Ya Dance – IND (Nepean, Ontario)

Zeus – Who Is It? - Cover Me – Arts & Crafts (Toronto)

The Besnard Lakes – The Specter - Until In Excess Imperceptible UFO – Jagjaguwar (Montreal)

Her Harbour – This Age - Winter's Ghost – IND (Ottawa)

Union Duke – Dry as a Bone - Bandits & Bridges – IND (Toronto)

Cam Penner – To Build a Fire - To Build a Fire – Rawlco (West Kootenays, BC)

The Crackling – The Harm - Mary Magdalene – F:UM (Vancouver)

Favourite Tracks of the Night:

Delbert & the Commotions.....Zeus... AA Wallace? Tough one again!

April 29, 2013

Colin Stetson – High Above a Grey Green Sea - New History Warfare Vol.3 – Constellation (Montreal)

The Belle Game – River - Ritual Tradition Habit – Boompa (Vancouver)

Michael Feuerstack – Leave Me Alone - Tambourine Death Bed – Forward Music (Montreal)

Nick Faye & the Deputies – Pincher Creek - Harvest – IND (Regina)

Jay Sad – Home - Disappears – IND (Toronto)

Hooded Fang – Genes - Gravez – Daps (Toronto)

Ponctuation – Je Ne Lis Pas - 27 Club – Bonsound (Quebec City)

This is Harold – All My Freedom - Then & Now – IND (London)

The Wilderness of Manitoba – Yellow Yard - The Leslieville sessions – Pop Guru Sound (Toronto)

Groenland – Our Last Shot - The Chase – Bonsound (Montreal)

The Wilderness of Manitoba – A Year in Passing - The Leslieville sessions – Pop Guru Sound (Toronto)

Timber Timbre & Tasseomancy – The Darkness of Things - Arts & Crafts: 2003-2013 – Arts & Crafts (Toronto)

Favourite Track of the Night: This is Harold