New Boss

New Bruce Springsteen record is coming... seriously. New track too... really. Fuck John Cougar Melloncamp.

Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere

Goodnight,
Jon

IOU

The new school year calendar of events:

September 10 - Blonde Redhead @ Majestic
September 24 - Metric w/ Crystal Castles @ Saint Andrews Hall
September 29 - Caribou (formerly Dan Snaith's Manitoba) live in Waterloo
October 17 - Wilco @ Fox Theatre
October 21 - Do Make Say Think @ Magic Stick
October 24 - The Weakerthans @ Magic Stick
November 5 - Malajube @ Magic Stick

These are just a few of the many great projected shows in Detroit.

Losing California

I love this song. I remember being in grade school and waiting for this song to be played on the radio just so I can put it on my famous mixtape, which included such 90's classics as Gin Blossoms, Bush and Blur's "Song #2".

Woo Hoo indeed!

Thom played it this morning which reminded me why I love this song. Also it reminded me that if Thom goes to another University like he plans I may have to kill him.

Sloan - Losing California (CBC Radio 3 Sessions)

Five

Out of respect for the little guy, working hard to live the artists live in NYC. The attempted modern convention. Consulting post-war novelties, idealistic pessimism. Perfect match for few. Living on greens.

Les Savy Fav put on a show; just search Youtube. My first encounter with the crazy-rock-giants was during the Brendan Leonard Show back in 2004, where Big-B would choose one of his many favourite college-indie-rock bands for the soundtrack to each show. Thankfully he hooked me up to favourites like The Promise Ring, VHS or BETA and Les Savy Fav back in the eighth grade.

Les Savy Fav - What Would Wolves Do

Remember this tune, kids.

Confessions of a Hip-Hop Fan

"I think we are all in the closet about something"

One of the most definitive comments that anyone has ever uttered into my often inattentive ears. This statement although often reserved for those of us that chose to lead an alternative lifestyle, I will be using for another lifestyle choice. The Hip-Hop lifestyle. I know what your mind must be conjuring up at this point and no doubt the main thoughts are ones of confusion, mainly why would a Middle-Class suburban male who does not have a single ounce of oppression or alienation in him be listening to the very music that came to symbolize the release valve for the youth suffering from these things in the inner-cities of the world. Well my friends it is time for us to leave our respected closets and come out to the world.

It is our time to say, "World, I am here and I am a hip-hop fan!"

No longer should we fear the condescending stares of others for our love of an art form that has evolved over years and still has not garnered the respect it deserves. Well my friends I am here to tell you....

I really have no idea where I am going with this post. Seriously, comparing hip-hop to homosexuality?

Hey

I'd like to thank everyone who frequents this blog. I also love it when you comment on the content too, and not on spelling "fly-bys".

Michael brought me to a good point tonight: It seems that people (musicians) who purposefully create music to try and establish an aesthetic for that geographic landmark fail more often than not. Thankfully, bands like Hey Rosetta! who are from the obscure Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador don't try to do that. I say this reluctantly, but it's almost agreeable to the relationship indie label Saddle Creek shares with America both geographically and aesthetically. Artists on the label who are located in central America (Beep Beep, Maria Taylor, Azure Ray to name a few) vary uniquely. Contrastingly, one would say Saddle Creek musicians croon like my deaf Sheltie Wishbone, but think of the other "croon-tune-lovin" beasts anchored geographically. Polyvinyl in Illinois, Deep Elm in North Carolina anyone?!?! Regardless, this spark of musical inquiry (social theory of indie music) is interesting.

Here's the track listing to the Thom show.

Hey Rosetta! - Another Pilot
Pinback - Fortress
Spoon - Don't You Evah
Rhume - Snack of Choice
Death From Above 1979 - Black History Month
Rogue Wave - Lake Michigan
Daniel Johnson - Casper
Voxtrot - Loan Shark
Patrick Watson - Man Under The Sea
Caribou - Sundialing
Emily Haines - Succexxy
Final Fantasy - Peach, Plum, Pear
Major Maker - Wonderful
Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything
Land of Talk - Street Wheels
Miracle Fortress - Next Train
Think About Life - The Blue Sun
Ohbijou - Anabacus
The National - Minor Star of Rome
The Russian Futurists - Your Big Brown Eyes and My Big Broke Heart
Small Sins - Stay
Sea Snakes - Conception Bay South
The Weakerthans - Utilities
Jim Guthrie - Nighttime/Anytime
The Blankket - Hey Ya!
The Phonemes - Municipalities
Matias Rozenberg - Small Fires Burn Bright
The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Spy Machine Sixteen - Autobiography: Some notes on what's been called "Internalized" racism

Slow down and breathe

Sometimes I feel as if CJAM is actually much much larger than one can conceive of in the on-air studio in the middle of the CJAM building, which sits idle in the basement of the CAW Student Centre at the University of Windsor. Sometimes it's almost as if the stars align perfectly, and there are synchronous values within Canadian independent music sources.

Take for example, todays generous feature on CBC Radio 3's blog: The Mohawk Lodge. The Mohawk Lodge are a band, of course, from the west coast on Vancouver's White Whale Records (alongside Castle Project and others). They've got a brand new CD out that's been playing like mad all over Canada and CJAM alike, but their debut features one of my favourite off-day songs. By off-day, I'm referring to the times when one can tap their feet without worrying of the coming evenings events, or when you just want to match the vocal harmony and the end of Making Music when he croons "Slow down and breathe", and you do so.

Well, it was those off-day qualities that prompted me to bring in a couple Mohawk Lodge tracks the very first day Jon and I did the Breakthrough on CJAM. If I'm not mistaken (which I might be, but still it's equally congratulatory that my memory is still somewhat accurate) The Mohawk Lodge's track "Making Music" was the first song I played. Regardless of if it was, or if Jon requested Cadence beforehand, it was a damn long time ago. Coincidence it must be, that we ran across their debut LP Rare Birds yesterday before our show and decided to spin "Making Music" one more time. But what an even greater coincidence is the fact CBC3 posted their song of the day today as THE MOHAWK LODGE - MAKING MUSIC!@!!

This is the second time CBC3 has copied Thom and Jon in the morning, with the first time escaping me at the moment. Here's a cool band.

Hey Rosetta! - Another Pilot

Slow down and breathe.

Where have all the rhubarb boys gone?

Where have they hidden? I've been away, but Jon has just not updated! I've yet to indulge in certain books, yet to redeem coupons that expired today and yet to reach equilibrium. Here's all I got tonight, as it's been a long week.

Ron Sexsmith will be in Amherstburg this upcoming September 6th for the Erie Shores Wine Festival. Tickets are 20,00$ in advanced. This song is from Blue Boy, released back in 2001.

Ron Sexsmith - Cheap Hotel

Hey you in the car, stay out of my bedroom! You weren't invited and you wouldn't know what to do anyways.

Take down

God awful is the PEI university campus. Here is a sample of some of the tracks you'll be hearing in just 5 hours on CJAM 91.5 fm.

1. Eulogies - One Man
2. Sunset Rubdown - Up on your Leopard, Upon the End of your Feral Days
3. The Most Serene Republic - Sherry and Her Butterfly Net
4. The Weakerthans - Night Windows
5. The Constantines - Draw Us Lines
6. Tay Zonday - Chocolate Rain
7. Good Shoes - It's Imposible
8. Kyp Malone - Playhouse
9. Destroyer - Streets of Fire
10. Dntel - I'd Like To Know (Ft. Lali Puna)
11. Boards of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy
12. Ten Year Drought - Kill This Month
13. Regina Spektor - That Time
14. Ohbijou - St Francis
15. Final Fantasy - The CN Tower Belongs To The Dead
16. Great Lake Swimmers - Motion Picture Silent Film

The whole "mp3thisface" is going offline tomorrow (today) so Print Screen to your wildest fantasies boys and girls and children and mothers and sisters and daughters and wives!

Two Hours Traffic

You know when you find that one thing in your life and it just works like a great song, and you never want to let it go. Well this song is very much like that good thing, although "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea" reminds me of the good (some may even say great) thing this song is slowly becoming a close second. Two Hours Traffic hail from the hideous campus of Prince Edward Island University** yet somehow manage to make beautiful music.

Two Hours Traffic - Jezebel

Love,
Jon

**I can say this because the campus is in fact much uglier than my own University of Windsor.

Strongerthan

I'm leaving the new layout, maybe for another week or so. A few days won't hurt, would be nice if archive.org could save it like this (huddle laughing).

The new few days will feature some new and anticipated Canadian indie from a variety of genres. First and foremost are The Weakerthans, who are going to put out their 4th album (in over 10 years of existence) this fall. It's titled Reunion Tour, on-par with the short stump album names they go for (Fallow, Left and Leaving and Reconstruction Site) and an arm lengths behind tracks like Psalms for the Elks Lodge's Last Call and Confessions Of a Futon Revolutionist. This new one is called Night Windows.

The Weakerthans - Night Windows

If only they toured Detroit. Oh wait, Wednesday, October 24th - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick AA/18+. Although not listed on the Majestic's website, it's on Ticketmaster-which makes it official. This will make up for missing them on December 18th, 2004 in Detroit-the last time they got over here, 3 years ago.

Planning to Conspire

Mad props right away goes out to Jonathon Nehmetallah. While I was sick, alone in my sweaty bed, Jon and compadre Norman (which I have a stuffed duck-fake duck-of the same name) did an excellent job taking over The Breakthrough. My cold held me like a crystal in my bed and then on the couch while hours stacked to nearly 3pm. Jon ultimately never got his phone call, which I apologize for, but it doesn't matter--not because I'm a rude friend--but because I'll make it up by taking him to a ballgame. His eyes better not slip past that last sentence, which appears to be against him if it were not for the second half.

Nevertheless, this is a music blog and not Livejournal. I would officially proclaim this digital flag-in-the-ground a living organism of music journalism, but I'm afraid the definition of journalism in America includes the necessity of getting paid. Thus we are not journalists, but isolated bloggers. Fair enough, I say, thanks again Jon.

This is the new license plate for Oklahoma. Funny, isn't she? The music portion of this post goes to my main man, the fist of action against institutionalized racism, Mr Tay Zonday. I didn't hotlink, also.

Tay Zonday - Chocolate Rain

But next Thursday marks a tremendous landmark in the Northern, Indie Blog Hemisphere. The flag-in-the-ground I spoke of earlier returns here: next week is the official reunification of Thom and Jon, the forces of good and evil, respectively. Our show will revamp ourselves totally, revamp up the ramp to purity. Starting when school does, in the all-but-too-soon future: the return of your favourite Canadian indie program a la CJAM 91.5 fm, redefining radio in Windsor and Detroit.

For there have been too many crying mothers, crying babies, crying fathers--whose distress, at the cause of the dissolution of segments such as The Royal Canadian Solute, City vs. City and Rock, Paper, Scissors--can only be reversed with the reinstitution of segments such as The Royal Canadian Solute, City vs. City and Rock, Paper, Scissors. I thank you, reader, listener, and more importantly friend, for getting through all of this, and understanding the sentiments in this post, and in every post we get to share with you.

This is not a letter of resignation,

With Love,
Thom (1/2)

P.S You didn't think I'd really post "Chocolate Rain" did you? But then you actually downloaded it and realized it's a good song.
P.P.S Equally qualified Jon? You think Norm is equally qualified? What the fuck is this nonsense?

Caugh

The worst formatted post we've ever done.

http://www.myspace.com/basquiatstrings

Basquiat Strings, from England.

RIP Ingmar Bergman

Today my favourite director died and I can't help but feel a little bit sad. He was retired so I didn't expect to get any new films from him but now knowing that even the possibility of new material is gone turns my gut.

Full Story Here

On a more pleasant note thanks to mp3this reader Gbenga, I have moved my ass and decided to post the Cat Power Show today. Hopefully the host for the file works out. Due to the constraints of my schedule for the last month I was unable to divide and edit the mp3 but hopefully everyone can enjoy the raw unedited file.

Cat Power Live at The Majestic in Detroit

Love,
Jon

*8Hopefully the file download should work now.

The Rest Will Follow

Help me not be sick.

Shotgun and Jaybird - Secret

Help me enjoy summer.

Our Love is all of God's Money

This Post goes out to two people.

1. Steve Injic. He is the sexist pudgy man I have ever known, and my legacy who along with my little brother are my gift to this world.

2. Chris "Chonkey" White. The best music director on the planet. period. That's all there is to it.

Chonkey is so fucking cool that he supplied the CJAM studios with an audio cd of Jess Tweedy's new DVD. Without further rambling on my part so I can get some sleep here are two songs one for each respected individual.

Jeff Tweedy - The Thanks I Get (Live) For Sir. Chonkey
Jeff Tweedy - Acuff-Rose (Live) For Sir. Steve.

Love,
Jon

I skipped my last party

From England, a dedication to a friend. It's still just a demo, but good.

Cajun Dance Party - Colourful life

Listen in some 12 or so hours, at 6am EST, to Mornings with Thom and Jon on CJAM 91.5fm. Bringing to you the fanciest ear food in the Windsor-Detroit market.

Doer

Toronto band Major Maker is famed online and in the living rooms of many for appearing in a commercial for Maynards Candy. The band has only recently put out an official full length (an early release has been in my hands shortly but is a bit different) and their unreleased track "Rollercoaster"--which appears in the commercial--will be available on iTunes in Canada July 31st.

Major Maker - Window

Who's hungry?

O B jzhou

Mission Memoirs, Series I, Part I, Take III

As I'm perusing through the selection of Ohbijou videos that Youtube has to offer, I run across a promotional video; the type record labels will often use. It was very interesting to watch because of the unorthodox style of promotion. Need not exercise memory of offshoot antics, need not apply here. The video was more concerned with their current story, practising in their basement as friends--7 of them together--telling stories of moments in time. But at 2:08 into the video, I notice a bright red shirt with capitalized, bolded Times font reading "Bolohan Constr." Mr Bolohan, of Bolohan Construction, was my fathers good friend from University. The company was started both by his brother and himself, in Tilbury. Me being observant? Yes, as always. Me being surprised by the condensed nature of this world? Not at all.

Although not close to being a Phiten titanium necklace, this song sure makes me croon for love.

Ohbijou - The Woods (Demo, recorded live)

The Ontario band is gaining some incredibly deserved recognition for their debut album Swift Feet For Troubling Times. Thankfully, wherever I go to school next year will be within a couple hours tour distance from the band. Henceforth, a chance to see them live. I hope they like the young fans...

Tokyo Police Club + Saddle Creek

Tokyo Police Club has signed to Saddle Creek Records of Nebraska.

Full Story Here:

The Great Canadian Thunder Stealing Incident

Oh me, oh my. The White Stripes in Canada. I never would've thought, after being turned on to White Blood Cells when I was still just a young kid, that their grandeur would afford them the most enthusiastic tour I can recall inside the The Great White North. Nevertheless, their secret shows all across Canada (one of which my cousin in London was able to witness, before they played the John Labatt Center) were on par with the ever praised holy grail of Canadian indie, when Montrealers The Arcade Fire completely wowed the audience of a 200-seat Polish church (in which stood a former principal of mine who scored tickets online.)

At the core of all of this is good, honest fun. The White Stripes need not showcase their talent, extravagant ways or wardrobe to us citizens. We understand them. And when the premise for their Saint John show involves playing a single chord/single drum beat, you know they understand it's all just fun too.

____LINK++++ (To the video of the entire show)

The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba (Live at the Hotel Yorba)

It's rumoured when Jack and Meg were married, they spent their honeymoon at the Hotel Yorba.

3265

Tales, Tape I, Take VI

Snailhouse - Birds and Bees

Michael Feurstack means something. Remember his name.

Cat Power

The audio from the show will be put up as soon as I can find an hour or so to fix it up. Until then these pictures will have to hold you over.

Kids

Tales, Tape I, Take V

I don't like spoiled children as much as much as Sebadoh doesn't. But I also don't really think that fact has much to do with the intent of their song, "Spoiled Children" which by the way, was on the soundtrack to NYC-based film Kids. Alongside the score were the likes of Daniel Johnston, The Folk Implosion and did I say Sebadoh?

Sebadoh - Spoiled Children

Go buy the film!

Animals

Tales, Tape I, Take IV

FROG eyes
WOLF parade
DESTROYER

Swan Lake - A Venue Called Rubella

Off of Beast Moans, from Jagjaguwar.

Andorra Tomorrow

Tales, Tape I, Take III:

The new Caribou (formerly Dan Snaith's Manitoba) album is out very soon. Because this is a music site and not a personal blog, here's the song.

Caribou - Eli

Love,
Fag

Itchy Thumb

Tales, Tape I, Take II:

Chris Bathgate is a solo musician from Anne Arbour (spelt correctly) on Quite Scientific Records. Quite Scientific is based in the same city and puts out friends records, etc but most importantly have a solid line-up of artists like Chris himself, CANADA, and I Am A Bolt Of Lightning. This song is great, and he is touring Michigan! Michigan! Michigan!

Chris Bathgate - A Flash of Light Followed By

I have post content for the next straight week.

Tales, Tape I, Take I:

The Cinematic Orchestra is a musical project that changes vocalists to suitable artists deemed appropriate. The upside to this is a diverse catalogue of songs, but the overpowering downside would be the completely unconceivable idea of touring. An artist would simply sing one song for 3-4 minutes, and spend the next 23 hours 56/57 minutes waiting. However, Patrick Watson (who was recently added to the shortlist for the Polaris Prize, see post below) has a beautiful voice. This song is grand.

The Cinematic Orchestra - To Build A Home (Featuring Patrick Watson)

You'll notice the theme is overridden joy.

Polaris Prize

The Polaris Prize Short list was announced about an hour ago and it goes as follows:

The Arcade Fire "Neon Bible"
The Besnard Lakes "...Are The Dark Horse"
The Dears "Gang Of Losers"
Julie Doiron "Woke Myself Up"
Feist "The Reminder"
Junior Boys "So This Is Goodbye"
Miracle Fortress "Five Roses"
Joel Plaskett Emergency "Ashtray Rock"
Chad Van Gaalen "Skelliconnection"
Patrick Watson "Close To Paradise"

You may or may not have noticed that both hip-hop and the West Coast were almost completely snubbed this year. Chad Van Gaalen is the lone westerner. Oh Well, maybe their hard-on for Montreal will subside before next year.

You may or may not have also noticed that The Breakthrough has played EVERY band listed above, and was without a doubt the first show on CJAM 91.5fm to play Miracle Fortress (in specific, Thom's favourite track "Next Train")

Monsters Under My Bed

There have been monsters under my bed for as long as I can remember and I refuse to believe otherwise.
That is all.



Yes I know he was stereogum's artist of the week last week, but I don't care because I have something they don't and according to my half-ass google, hype machine, and elbo.ws search nobody does.

The fun-fucking-tabulous Mp3

Eugene McGuinness - Monsters Under the Bed

BOO-YAH
Love,
Jon

PS Thom needs to stop his ego masturbation ASAP. And so help me if he edits this.

Skip [to] my lu[v] Detroit

Time for some trivia! Our online Royal Canadian Solute this week goes to Philly's own First Unitarian Church, who host not only church services but some pretty cool concerts as well. Pretty funny considering the Fresh Prince rap a-la-previous-post.

Girl Talk Live:
07/04 Morrison, CO Red Rock Pavillion
07/14 Chicago, IL Pitchfork Music Festival
07/18 Boston, MA Bank Of America Pavilion
07/27 Seattle, WA Capitol Hill Block Party
07/28 Louisville, KY Forecastle Festival
08/04 Baltimore, MD Pimlico Race Park
08/09 Indianapolis, IN Talbott Street
08/10 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
08/24 Tulsa, OK Cains Ballroom
09/08 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
09/12 Toronto, ON Phoenix*
09/15 New York, NY Webster Hall*
09/17 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church*
09/20 Charlottesville, VA Satellite Ballroom*
09/21 Asheville, NC Orange Peel*
09/22 Atlanta, GA MJQ Concourse*
09/27 San Diego, CA Epicentre*
09/28 Los Angeles, CA Echoplex*
09/29 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore*
10/04 Lawrence, KS The Granada Theatre
10/05 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
10/06 Iowa City, IA The Picador
10/11 Calgary, AB The Warehouse
10/12 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room
11/01 Houston, TX Engine Room
11/02 Dallas, TX Palladium Loft
* w/ Dan Deacon

Hey, did anyone else notice GT isn't coming to Detroit?

Love,
Thomas

The Wizard of...

A short post from Thomas now commences:

Hey, sorry for the delay. This past week has been my freedom week before another 4 weeks of school comes this way. I also have been keeping busy by riding my bicycle for 5 hours a day.

Black Moth Super Rainbow are from West Pennsylvania, born and raised; on the playground is where they spent most of their days. Chilling out, acid-ing, relaxing all cool and producing some tripped out music outside after school. Until a couple of guys, who were acting all mean, started playing drums into a tape machine. They got in one little fight and their moms got scared, but they grew up and got better making music more fair.

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Forever Heavy

* (Stars)

Stars are coming out with their fourth full-length album, the follow up to 2004's stellar "Set Yourself on Fire". The album will be called "In Our Bedroom After The War" and will be out September 25th on Arts and Crafts Records.

The lead off single will be "The Night Starts Here"

August and September are shaping up to be some rough months for my credit card.

Love,
Jon

Oh No! Oh My!

Who's in the mood for fun airy pop? You? Me? All of us? The boys from Austin are back with a new EP, a new tour, a new label, and a new lease on my heart. Between the Devil and the Sea will be released on Dim Mak Records on August 7th, 2007. And Keeping with the tradition of bands that I enjoy they will be missing Detroit... :(

US Tour Dates:
July 5 – Austin, TX @ The Parish
July 12 – Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s Backroom
July 14 – Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar *
July 17 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Velvet Jones *
July 18 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent *
July 19 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour *
July 20 – San Diego, CA @ Beauty Bar @
August 10 – Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone Café
August 13 – Boston, MA @ TT the Bear’s %
August 14 – Montreal, QC @ Main Hall %
August 15 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace %
August 16 - Cleveland , OH @ Beachland Ballroom %
August 17 – Chicago, IL @ Abbey Pub %
August 18 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry %
August 21 – Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey %
August 22 – Vancouver, BC @ TBA %
August 23 - Portland , OR @ TBA %
August 27 - Tucson , AZ @ TBA %
August 29 – Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves %
September 1 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon %
September 2 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottle Tree %
September 3 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn %
September 4 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 %
September 5 – Washington, DC @ The Rock and Roll Hotel %
September 6 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar %
September 7 – Philadelphia, PA @ TBA %
September 8 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge %
with The Deadly Syndrome + Let’s Go Sailing!
@ with The Deadly Syndrome
% with Au Revoir Simone

Oh My! More Info!
http://www.myspace.com/ohnoohmyband
http://www.ohnoohmy.com/
Oh No! Oh My! - The Party Punch

Love,
Jon

Donovan Woods

My new favourite singer-songwriter. Not much to say about him other than that I have fallen in love with his album, "The Hold Up". The songs are simple and the lyrics aren't terribly complex, which reminds me of Bright Eyes, but I can bear him for more than five minutes at a time. Actually he doesn't remind me of Bright Eyes I just needed a quick comparison. So if you hate Bright Eyes (amen) don't worry I promise you will like this chap.

The Myspace
Two Times Music.
Donovan Woods- He Drinks Gas
Donovan Woods - Virginia Firm

Love,
Jon

New Kevin Drew, Presented by BSS

"On September 18, Arts & Crafts will release the first in a series of "Broken Social Scene Presents" albums. Spirit If... by Kevin Drew, unfolds like an emotional comic book. Drew's songwriting addresses all his favourite topics: fucking, fighting, fearing and hope.

BSS co-founder Brendan Canning will also release a solo album, due in early 2008. Drew and Canning decided to make records as solo projects, drawing in the social scene community to play key supporting roles, in a return to the creative process that was the initial spark for BSS."

Who hasn't wanted to read an emotional comic book that included fucking, fighting and fearing?

So I'm just going to pretend in my mind that all of these Broken Social Scene Presents albums, are just new Broken Social Scene albums and judge them as such.

Kevin Drew - Tbtf

Love,
Jon

Nordique Music

Fresh from Québec is a new music scene; the growing trend is well produced and composed electronica music (De l'influence de Stereolab, probelement.) The artists are prominently Millimetric, Montag, Tiga and Akida, today's feature.

Nordique music is the label that Kim Gaboury (Akido) runs. The music has a lot less to do with MSTRKRFT but rather the Dan Snaith (Manitoba/Caribou) subtleties. My favourite song from his 2005 album Playtime is the Oriental "China Babies." A live __VIDEO__ for the song can bee seen there, a set opening for Malajube. An mp3 is available on his __WEBSITE__. His brother Martin also has __HIS__ music project.

Immaculate Machine

Immaculate Machine is Brooke Gallupe on guitar, Kathryn Calder on keyboards, and Luke Kozlowski on drums. The band I suppose is most famous for there relation to The New Pornographers through Kathryn. I have become obsessed with the incredibly epic song "C'mon Sealegs" and the cd has even infiltrated into my older Michael Buble lovin' sister's itunes playlist.
The Myspace
A live set from Winnipeg

Immaculate Machine - C'mon Sealegs*

Love,
Jon

Just a Note this is hosted on Xdrive so hopefully it downloads properly.

What the Folk Pt. 2

We love Flight of the Conchords, we do its true. The new show on HBO will feature these two scruffy kiwi's. Here is the first episode.



Love,
Jon

Sam Bean =! Jim Bean

Well, trolling My Old Kentucky Blog has finally paid off! Apparently the new Iron and Wine album has leaked! WOOT! WOOT! (I believe that term is trademarked by Cassandra Caverhill)

Iron and WIne - Boy with a Coin



The Shepherd's Dog is due Sept. 25th on Sub Pop.

Love,
Jon

Nearing 200

Last Wednesday, The National played a packed Magic Stick in Detroit. Along with openers Talkdemonic and Shapes and Sizes, all 3 bands performing have been MP3this! "featurettes".

For whatever reason, the place didn't open up until a good 45 minutes after the advertised time; the guys from The National could be seen 10 feet in front of the door, waiting until a nondescript black Audi came and scooped them all up. Rather than give a show review, Talkdemonic performed well (although more on stage members are encouraged) and Shapes and Sizes might have had an "off night." More importantly, what the fuck was Caila Thompson-Hannant wearing? The National were smooth.

The National - Fashion Coat (the most requested song that evening, for good reason)
CSS - Meeting Paris Hilton (because I really do laugh at the fact CNN covers this shit for over 3 hours a night, ignoring every problem on the Earth that deserves and needs national broadcasting)

Acoustic Live

I'm now going to redirect you to a Blogger counterpart who posted a really wicked post.

Featured are: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Futureheads and Sebadoh.

Stewie goes to Harvard

The Stage Names

The New Okkervil River album is due out August 5th on Jagjaguwar records and the Lead-off track has been out for a couple weeks and it is truly a beautiful thing. I am now officially pumped for it because of the "Deluxe Edition" that will be released. WOOT WOOT! Time to clear some room on the VISA to purchase that bad boy...is it bad that I need to make room on my VISA for a 15 purchase?

Okkervil River - Or Life is not a Movie or Maybe

And if there are any techies out there that can answer a question regarding the Hype Machine and why not all of our post get updated on it I would be extremely thankful.
\

Love,
Jon

White Rabbits

The White Rabbits debut album has been out for a little over a week now and I it is quickly becoming one of my favourite albums of '07 (Boxer beats it out ever so slightly, but that had to grow on me).

White Rabbits

The Gushing review from Pitchfork.

And the fucking fantastic opening track from the album.

White Rabbits - Kid on my Shoulders

I know let it all sink in.

Love,
Jon

Casting

I am a mad spinner, DJ extraordinaire. You can hear some of my remixes on CJAM, especially in the archives. The standout track for my current 2007 vitae was a remix of The Pogues.

Kid Koala is an equally mastered spinner. Here is one of his singles, Fender Bender, off of 2000's Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Arthur and Yu

The first CD to be released by Hardly Art is going to be Arthur and Yu's "In Camera" on June 19, 2007.

The song is called "Come to View (A Song for Neil Young)"

On a unrelated note You Say Party! We Say Die! will be in town tomorrow night at the Avalon Front for a show which can be seen for the cheap cheap price of 5 dolla's. Me thinks this is the closest they will get to the US for quite awhile.

love,
Jon

Tegan and Sara

Well it's no secret that we here at MP3THIS love Tegan and Sara, and that I love Tegan (She will be mine). So when new Tegan and Sara comes out you know we will be all over it like, well, me all over Tegan in my dreams.

First Posted Here: Neiles Life

Tegan and Sara - The Con
Tegan and Sara - Back in Your Hand


Love,
Jon

Zuender

I can't understand a word of it, but publicity is publicity even if it is in a foreign language.

DieZuender!

Love,
Jon

From the Basement

Here comes Yukon Cigar. I doubt they make cigars in the Yukon but I know their gold is nice, and these guys sound like gold. The band assembled in early 2007 to record at a Toronto studio. The songs are more like stories; take "Hello Soul" for example, where centre man Craig Konyu pleads to "sip New Orleans of its soul" through his soup. I hope it's potato soup, because that's what I had last night. The EP, titled Spooning Noises is out now, and maybe upon reading this, CJAM 91.5 fm will get a copy in it's mailbox for us to play!

Songs are here.

Mountain Goats Covers

Yay for covers.

Sorry for the notable absence, I have come down with a bad case of the clap*. Anyway I have a couple covers from John Darnielle

The Mountain Goats - Cut Your Hair (Pavement Cover)
The Mountain Goats - Two Headed Boy (Neutral Milk Hotel Cover)

Love,
Jon

*actually just lazy

Why is the bedroom so warm?

Jon lied, he said he would update. So now I must update you.

Land of Talk - Magnetic Hill
Nathan Lawr - Bury Me Blues

Two great songs that have already exploded.

Monday

Montag is Monday in German. If any of you appreciate a good novel (or film) perhaps you will recall the name of the protagonist from Fahrenheit 451 was in deed Montag. But Montag is less familiarly known as Antoine Bédard's electronic musical project.

We may have posted a previous entry about his collaboration with Stars lead singer Amy Millan, producing the dreamy single Perfect Vision, but nonetheless I (and maybe Jon) have been a Montag fan for some time now. He is featured on The Blue House dot org, the new Stars remix album (that is officially out now, and recieved a 1.8 on Pitchfork) as well as a compilation I've spoken about before entitled See You On The Moon (which also features Great Lake Swimmers, Sufjan Stevens, The Fembots, etc).

Well, Montag's got a new single. Best Boy Electric, it is called. Listen to it __here__, and buy it after. Other great tracks off of the new CD (titled Going Places) include Mechanical Kids, Alice, and 322 Water.

I'm so glad that you exist

Also, just reported:

The Weakerthans and Sarah Harmer live on CBC Radio 3. Click on "Concerts and Sessions."

Aussi, si vous habitez en Windsor, allez au Milk pour un présentation de la film "Escarpment Blues" le documentaire de Sarah Harmer.

Soda pétillant

I am officially supposed to be bilingual tomorrow. Here is a Portland band with a sort-of french name. Au, the preposition which combines "a" and the singular "le." Add an "x" it it's plural. Think Animal Collective, or perhaps Sigur Ros.

Au - Boute

I'm looking into the University of Illinois, any comments?

Choke

Only because they broke up, they're from Edmonton, and this song is sweet.

Choke - Breathing Won't Come Easy

Les bots-au-femmes

Fembots put on the best show I've seen so far this year. Please support them, and everyone mentioned in the previous post.

Fembots - Small Town Murder Scene

Closing Again

There is a circle of musicians in the Toronto area that have reinvented what the phrase "circle of musicians" means. What I'm talking about are circles that turn into other, partially finished circles. So imagine 3 or 4 circles connected, but then around the edges of those circles you have half circles sticking out.

In this case, it's the combination of Three Gut Records, Paper Bag Records, Die!Venom, The Blue House.org, and Blocks Blocks Blocks. Jim Guthrie (who runs Three Gut, get the joke yet?) has an established solo career, but plays currently with Islands and historically as a member of Royal City. Nathan Lawr was in Royal City, plays drums for the Fembots (Paper Bag Records) and Sea Snakes (Die!Venom)and has an established solo career. Shaw-Han Liem is I Am Robot And Proud, a member of Sea Snakes and the man who made Jim Guthrie's website. He is playing a show in Montreal this August with Nathan Lawr. Owen Pallett (Blocks..) fits into the group because he played strings on Mr. Guthrie's albums. Lawr also played drums for The Constantines. The Blue House is a musical catalogue collective that distributes records and other things, prominently these artists. Grizzly Bear, everyones favourite New York Capella group, put out demos on Audraglint records that were mastered by the owner of Autumn Records, Greg Davis. Greg Davis' solo stuff is found on Car Park, whom caries Montag and Dan Deacon.

Nathan Lawr is busy, but thankfully making a stop here in Windsor tomorrow, May 18th at The Phog Lounge.

Music is here. Or here.

Aye Aye Watson

Montreal is big and famous. Sam Roberts no more. Salut Patrick Watson!

After releasing his 3rd CD, Close To Paradise, Pat has been featured on late night CBC programs as well as Grey's Anatomy. It's beautiful music, and the more I post on mp3this the less poetic I want to be.

Patrick Watson - Man Under The Sea

Universal Soul

Universal Soul (yes, that's their real website) is from Halifax, a growing centre for great Canadian music. They produce good hip hop together that functions. Also check out Classified, for your Canadian white MC needs.

Now, from Chi-town (Chicago, where I had the opportunity to go this weekend) comes the band The Changes. I don't know much about them, really at all. They played Lollapalooza unsigned (the only band to do so) and garnered Stephen Malkmus' likening. This next song is sweet.

The Changes - Modern Love

New Two Gallants

Well the new Two Gallants single is out and well it's slow...but good don't get me wrong I like it a lot I was just stating the fact that it is slow. And sad, really sad.

But it sill makes me feel like Clint Eastwood so I love it.

Two Gallants - Seems like Home to Me

Cheers,
Jon

Society In Song

I should be happily doing homework but I love you all more. Good Shoes is my new favourite band. Notice I spell favourite correctly, as would Good Shoes because they're from the United Kingdom.

The group is straight indie-pop but definitely in the more traditional sense of the term. Read 1980's male sitting in a pub. It may be hard to escape the Futureheads comparison, but they bring an honest reinvention of the style. I'm familiar with the structure, yet it's new to my ears.

Morden, a city in the UK is also the title of their newest single, being released in June on Brille Records.

Good Shoes (website) | Good Shoes (myspace)

HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

Well readers, today is 2 days past exactly a year after we first started posting together. I've no cheesecake or presents at my doorstep, so I shall be awaiting things like such to be present after school. Does anyone even like gelatin anymore?

Sir Salvatore is a young band from San Fran (not too many bands from there) playing fine rock n' roll. In fact, one of the members (Dave) is Canadian! This means they fall under CANCON for fulfilling the MAPL requirements--therefore they will be played on CJAM 91.5 fm! Czeck them out.

Sir Salvatore - Projector
Sir Salvatore - Public Key

Turn on the Bright lights to see our Antics

Well it has been a few days since the new interpol songs have leaked online but I decided that "The Ghost is Dancing" and gardening were more important. But that is neither here nor there.

Interpol - "The Heimrich Manuever"

And Pioneer Live in Ottawa



So the Heimrich song sounds a lot like slow hands...a lot, but hey what ever works for yeah.

Jon

The Ghost is Dancing

Super awesome Toronto indie pop conglomeration The Ghost is Dancing has just released a new song from there forthcoming debut album which is going to be released on June 19th. If you remember there EP was on our top 50 of 06 so we are very excited for this. The track listing is:

The Darkest Spark

1. September '01
2. The Darkest Spark
3. We'll Make It
4. Shuttles and Planes**Available on the Myspace.
5. Organ
6. Greatlakescape
7. Wall of Snow
8. The Dark and the Bright
9. Wait Another Day
10. Arrivals (Are Never Enough)

The track is available on there myspace and here:

The Ghost is Dancing - Shuttles and Planes

I love it but I think it needs more horns... Great song and this is getting me very excited for the album.


EDIT: Harassment works!


Jon.

Berries and Cream

After a full week of making everyone around me suicidal by repeating the Berries and Cream song, I have decided to share it with the instructional video.





Now go forth young one and beat this internet fad to death.

Jon

Good Riddance

Full Story Here

Jack Valenti, the urbane Washington lobbyist who served as Hollywood's public face for nearly four decades and was best known for creating the film rating system, died this afternoon, according to Warren Cowan, his longtime friend and publicist for the MPAA. He was 85.

It's not often that I get excited when someone dies but I'm probably not going to shed a tear over this.

New White Stripes

Whats this, new White Stripes. Thats right...

I'm going to reserve judgment on this due to it being a radio rip.

The White Stripes - Icky Thump

Oh and to anger Pat Craven, photos from Fountains of Wayne show at Webster Hall available at stereogum.

Looks like thom

Only because the little guy looks like thom and thats the kind of asshole thing he would do.






Prank War Continued: Streeter Bombs on Vimeo

An Open Letter to Oprah

Learned about this from StereoGum.

In response to this.

Not Work Safe

This is why I love YouTube and Atlanta.

What a pathetic day to live through

Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez and nothing really happened either that should make me this angered. I hate photoshop.

Apparat is a cool German workforce in the electronica department, definitely with a harder influence (bigger beats and little jingles) but also a glitch kind of person, using lots of sounds to add to his catalogue. Komponant was my favourite track (just behind "Silizium"--German for silicon) off of his last effort. The following is a new single leaked from his upcoming 2007 release.

Apparat - Arcadia

2007 Jammies

Pictures available here!

Make that 3 loses in a row for me.

Jon

Nature

I thought this video was an indie-rock themed UFC fight night!

link

The Church is Full

Good Weekend!

Art Brut!

http://www.myspace.com/artbrut

Thom is a Jerk...

First order of business, Thom Provost is an impatient jerk.
Second order of business, I fell asleep today so I could not update.
That is all.

Innes Wilson
Innes Wilson - With Archangels
June 23 he will be at Phog Lounge!

Entire Cities <--Best looking myspace I have ever seen.
Entire Cities - Marshall's 5 lost years

Will not be at the Phog lounge on June 23rd.
And for the record Guelph =! Toronto.

Also buy Brother Ali's album "The Undisputed Truth" on April 10th. I can see this being one of my top 10 hip hop cds of the year, if not on my overall top 10.

Cheers,
Jon (losing is my motif evidently)

Don't trust Jon to update

Podcast #1
Podcast #2

Research:
-Entire Cities
-Innes Wilson

Colour of the Knight

I've been going to bed at record times all this week, and it seems like a trend I'm hearing throughout school. Everyone listen to "Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out" and I think you'll just get a headache/want to shake your head slowly and throw paper at people.

This is Junior Boys, remixing Stars' "Sleep Tonight."

jez cris

Why am I the only one who looks after this place?

Windsorites: April 14th is the date of the annual Jammie awards, for CJAM 91.5fm. Head here to vote for "The Breakthrough" under best new show. The Mark Inside and The Locust Kings will be playing live, at about 9-10pm. After 10, the public is welcome.

The Mark Inside played the CJAM fest this September along with Magneta Lane, some crappy punk ripoff pos, and Bigg's Philosophies. My old teacher once told me of the last groups mysterious existence, and unfortunately school made me miss them live.

For everyone who is held up behind a filter, use Stealth-Ip

I Am Sick, II

DJ.
Jets To Brazil homage at bottom.
Anyone into Jean Jaurès?

ANNA SCALLY SHOULD REALLY BE NAMED ANNA SCALLYWAG! (Horrible mandatory presentation this morning)

Sick

So I've been.

The Cool Kids. They're really cool. They're on the show tomorrow.

Night

Nylander

Michael Nylander is a player for the New York Rangers. He should be playing for the NYIslanders.

Schedule Two

HELP ME DO MY HOMEWORK

I Just Have To

This song is excellent. Barr Barr are from LA and I still don't know everything about them except they sound like Steven Malkmus with a hint of Suicidal Tendencies "Institutionalized." Consisting of four minutes of heavy talking you laugh at quirks like "It's more vague with no hints as to intention/Wait, except maybe the intention was to seem vague or not to have a cover/Maybe just there is no cover" satisfaisant avec "What about the voice of Geddy Lee?/How did it get so high?/I wonder if he speaks like an ordinary guy/'I know him, and he does'"

Please, it's my honour.

Barr Barr - This is The Single

P.s. Shortbus cameo on CBC3

SXSW

Because be we are both lazy and bastards we are effectively lazy bastards. Unlike all the other blogs we ignored SXSW this year, but I have decided to end this assumed rule between Thom and myself. Here are the NPR Live sessions from SXSW 2007 with KEXP. Beware apparently the NPR can't afford fast hosting.

Okkervill River Live at SXSW

Beirut Live at SXSW

Alexi Murdoch Live at SXSW

MEW live at SXSW

Those are my favourites you can check the rest out here. Others include Andrew Bird, Peter, Bjorn and John, and The Apples in Stereo.

Cheers,
Jon

P.s. I'll be back on the air Thursday considering I successfully lost my election bid.

Sore

Well I was supposed to update yesterday but yesterday is now today because of the time which is although confusing vital to our contributions.

Wintersleep - Sore

Great song for me; "You've been awake all morning" and "Conciously endure every ache and sore"

Jesus Loves Tom Waits

I often think to myself, "Self, who doesn't like Tom Waits?"

Now I can cross The Catholic Church off of that list.

Jesus Loves Tom Waits

TAKE THAT PROTESTANT REFORMATION!

Tom Waits - You Can Never Hold Back Spring

Cheers,

Jon

USSR relived

I forgot to update yesterday, my apologies. I was busy but I didn't do any of the things I needed to do. Bad day, I reckon. Today wasn't even that great; it just went by.

To make up for the loss, I've got a little Russian Futurists for you all. They appear on the Stars remix album "Can You Trust Your Friends?" coming out soon and are also uber Canadian. This is sweet pop music that is reminiscent of the man that is named in the tracks' title,Paul Simon. The second track, "Our Pen's Out of Ink" is like the subtle chord progression in a Steely Dan song that you love, just before it switches over to the damned Bbminor7 chord to ruin everything. Don't let the name fool you into thinking it alludes to their style either.

The Russian Futurists - Paul Simon
The Russian Futurists - Our Pen's Out of Ink

CAN vs USA

So I was thinking among other things, the despite what they say, Canada is pretty equal to USA if not greater. Take a look at this:

Andrew Bird----------------------Final Fantasy
Mountain Goats-----------------Destroyer
Marissa Nadler-----------------Julie Doiron
WSLY Boris Yeltin--------------Tokyo Police Club
Of Montreal-----------------------Hidden Cameras/The Unicorns
Explosions In The Sky---------Do Make Say Think
Ted Leo & Pharmacists------Joel Plaskett

That seems fair to me. Take into account Canada notoriously gave birth to the concept of Supergroup (See Broken Social Scene) as well as Wintersleep, The Organ, Tiga, Stars, and The Arcade Fire and you'll realize we (Canadians) have it pretty much covered. Any ideas for Canadian counterparts to Wilco, Deerhoof or Blonde Redhead? Similarly, what about parallels to Cadence Weapon, Holy Fuck or Andrew Langille?

Final Fantasy - Peach Plum Pear (Joanna Newsom cover)
Deerhoof - +81

Enjoy!

Reference

Hello! The man above, the singer for "Mew" (I recall hearing them once on the radio) is playing my Telecaster! Unimportant!

I'm into remixes--I've got tonnes. Remix albums, B-Side remixes, live remixes and even mashups count. Mostly because if a Canadian artist has remixed it, it counts as CANCON for CJAM. But here are some non-Canadian remixes that suffice.

Biggie - Party and Bullshit (Ratatat rmx)
Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow (Van She rmx)

COMING TOMORROW:
An Indie comparison list, between Canadian and American bands.

Voxtrot Self-Titled

Wow so on May 22nd the Voxtrot LP is coming out.
A whole 2 years after Raised by Wolves.
It's already leaked, for you criminals...

Voxtrot - Kid Gloves (From the new self-titled LP)
Voxtrot - Firecracker (From the new self-titled LP)

It is being released on Play Loud Recordings.
They are also coming to Detroit..

Cheers,
Jon (& Thom)

Stealing band names

Give me a break.

The Theatre Fire

Make most of what you're paid

I wish I lived by those words, but it's hard to.

Here's a great track by Mice Parade. No more.

Ted Leo Interviews for a job.

Love this Guy!

The whole post is here

I should have posted this when I saw it posted 3 days ago...I know, I know.

Im pumped for the day Living with the Living comes in the mail.

Cheers,

Jon

Heat Winner Live in the Studio

Here is an Mp3 of today's Live in studio session with Heat Winner.

Heat Winner Live with The Breakthrough**

**The file name says "heat Winter", but the ID3 tag has the proper name so no worries.

CHEERS,

Jon

Bum Rush the Charts

Bum Rush the Charts is a grassroots effort to stick it to the Man (the Man being the RIAA and Major Labels in this case). In their own words it is:

Podcasting gets little respect from traditional media. To them we're little more than a joke, than amateurs. What they don't understand is that podcasting is more than just a delivery mechanism - it's a social movement. People are growing sick of the watered-down, cookie-cutter content that networks and record companies expect us to enjoy. We want and deserve more. Big corporate media derives its power by having the
resources to mass market their product in a unified effort, which is why they think they're better than us. On March 22, 2007, we're going to give you a chance to change that.

Pretty noble idea, eh?

So on March 22nd go to the Itunes Music store, and Purchase the song "Mine Again" by "Black Lab". The important thing about this song is that the band was drop by not one but two major labels.

See you on the 22nd,

Jon

Waiting

I hate waiting for CD's in the mail...This "Deluxe" Edition of Neon Bible better damn well be worth it...

Arcade Fire - No Cars Go

This off my copy of Us Kids Know, but it will be on Neon Bible...this is to hold you and me over till tomorrow, but I probably won't get the cd for a little while because Canada Post sucks.

God Speed young album, God Speed...

Jon

NEW STARS!

Do you trust your friends? I do. So does Amy Millan & co.

There is this sweet new album coming it in a bit, which are a bunch of Stars remixes. Bands like Young Galaxy, The Most Serene Republic, Montag, The Dears are remixing the classics. It's going to awe full! I was all sad that I'd have to wait to hear it, but without further adieu I give you:

The Most Serene Republic's take on "Ageless Beauty"

Special Summer (Important Dates)

After an excellent Friday, I am winding down toward the inevitable (or is it?) homework section of the weekend. Be forewarned, Spring Break is in but only 6 more days.

Here are some important Canadian Dates, album wise:

March 6 - The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
March 13 - Cadence Weapon - Breaking Kayfabe (Epitaph Records release)
April 17 - The Joel Plaskett Emergency - Ashtray Rock
May 1 - Feist - The Reminder
May 15 - Rufus Wainwright Release The Stars
May 15 - Hot Hot Heat (tentative)
June 12 - Immaculate Machine "Immaculate Machine's Fables"
July - Tegan and Sara
August - New Pornographers
September - Islands (tentative)
October - The Weakerthans (tentative)

Fever Pitch

I recently borrowed a copy of Fever Pitch (new imdb interface sucks) and loved it, but more importantly the movie is resposible for getting The La's "There She Goes" stuck in my head...Damn you Mr. Hornby!

The La's - There She Goes

As well check out Stereogum for some tracks from a unrealesed Frog Eyes side band.