A Good Day For Airplay | Episode 114

Posted on | May 3, 2010 | No Comments

80 Mins : 30 Secs

Cursed Arrows “Superspecies” ( noyes records )
Telepathic High Five [ amazon ]
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Renegades “Home” ( independent release )
Renegades 2 EP [ amazon ]
website | myspace | facebook

The Futureheads “Bricks And Stones” ( dovecote records )
The Chaos [ amazon ]
website | myspace | facebook

The Joy Formidable “Popinjay” ( draca records )
Popinjay (Single) [ amazon ]
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James “Ten Below” ( mercury records )
The Night Before EP [ amazon ]
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Caribou “Kaili” ( merge records )
Swim [ amazon ]
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Body Language “New Day” ( moodgadget records )
Speaks EP [ amazon ]
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Small Black “Despicable Dogs” ( jagjaguwar )
Small Black EP [ amazon ]
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Crystal Castles “Year Of Silence” ( fiction records )
Crystal Castles ( II ) [ amazon ]
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Shad “Yaa I Get It” ( black box recordings )
TSOL [ amazon ]
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Arrested Development “La La La” ( vagabond records )
Strong [ amazon ]
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Donwill “Championship Vinyl” ( interdependent media )
Don Cusack In High Fidelity [ amazon ]
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Freelance Whales “Generator ^ First Floor” ( frenchkiss records )
Weathervanes [ amazon ]
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Mumford & Sons “I Gave You All” ( glassnote records )
Sigh No More [ amazon ]
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The Morning Benders “Stiches” ( rough trade )
Big Echo [ amazon ]
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Timber Timbre “I Get Low” ( arts & crafts )
Timber Timbre [ amazon ]
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The Amazing Broken Man “New Year Son” ( independent release )
Lullabies For Western Babies EP [ free download ]
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Aqualung “Magnetic North” ( verve forecast )
Magnetic North [ amazon ]
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Contest: The Joy Formidable @ Green Room ( May 5, 2010 )

Posted on | April 28, 2010 | No Comments

Well …

Haven’t had one of those in awhile.

Thanks to the kind folks @ Greenland, I have a pair of tickets to give away.

How:

Email me AT [email protected]

Subject line:  “I Want Some Joy That’s Formidable”

With your full name in the body of the message by midnight, May 3rd.

To win said tickets, you must answer this simple question:

Name another band with the word “Joy” in it’s name.

Hint: I blogged about one of them 9 posts ago.

This couldn’t be easier.

The winner will be notified Tuesday, May 4th.

Good luck.

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The Joy Formidable / Green Room / May 5th

Posted on | April 26, 2010 | No Comments

Official Website
MySpace
Facebook
Twitter

Welshians by birth but now London-based, rock threesome The Joy Formidable
will hit our shores this coming May to promote their self-produced first EP
(or is it mini-album?) “A Balloon Called Moaning”, set to be released
through Passion Pit’s Ayad Al Adhamy new label Black Bell on May 4th.

I discovered them thanks to their very catchy debut single “Austere”.

Then, they did something very smart in that they offered their entire album
for free on NME back in early 2009 which gave them lots of attention in the
UK press and from that gesture, soon a fan base started to grow.

For me, the fact that they were a throwback to mid-90’s female fronted bands
like Belly, Throwing Muses or Lush with their crunchy/fuzzy guitars and great
melodious hooks, sealed the deal.

( MP3 ) The Joy Formidable – “Cradle”

Going on their first headlining tour of North America, Montreal was lucky enough
to make the cut.

May 5th @ the Green Room (w/ NYC band The Dig opening) 12$ at the door
or purchase your tickets through Admission.

Apr. 30 – Full Moon Resort ( Big Indian, NY )
May. 01 – Mercury Lounge ( New York, NY )
May. 02 – Bamboozle Festival ( E. Rutherford, NJ )
May. 04 – Horseshoe Tavern ( Toronto, ON )
May. 05 – Green Room ( Montreal, QC )
May. 06 – Harper’s Ferry ( Boston, MA )
May. 07 – Kung Fu Necktie ( Philadelphia, PA )
May. 08 – Jillian’s ( Albany, NY )

New single “Popinjay” came out earlier this month. A preview of their upcoming
debut album which should see the light of day later this year.

The Joy Formidable – “Popinjay”

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Autolux Announces “Transit Transit” Album Release Date

Posted on | April 21, 2010 | No Comments

Color me speechless.

It was just announced through a MySpace bulletin.

Will they actually stick to this release date?

Who the hell knows but may I say …

FREAKIN’ FINALLY!

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SHAD Drops New Hip Hop Opus “TSOL” May 25th

Posted on | April 21, 2010 | No Comments

Shad
TSOL
May 25, 2010
Black Box Recordings

Tracklist:

01. Intro
02. Rose Garden
03. Keep Shining
04. Lucky 1’s
05. A Good Name
06. We Are The Ones (Reservoir Poetry)
07. Telephone
08. Call Waiting (Interlude)
09. Yaa I Get It
10. Listen
11. At The Same Time
12. We, Myself, and I
13. Outro

Official Website
MySpace
Facebook
Twitter

We may have lost an hip hop legend to the Grim Reaper on Monday but
there’s still some talented MC’s outthere keeping that true, old school Hip Hop
flame alive.

Shad (née Shadrach Kabango) is one of these cats.

Hailing from London, ON, I do believe he’s one if not the dopest MC
Canada has ever produced. (Suck it Snow!)

If you don’t believe me, check out his 2007 Polaris Music Prize and Juno
nominated sophomore album “The Old Prince” and you’ll hear the greatness
I speak of. Tight rhyming skills and a sick flow to match.

His new album TSOL (3 years in the making) shall drop on us May 25th.

A video for the first single “Yaa I Get It” was just unleashed:

Shad – “Yaa I Get It”

( MP3 ) Shad – “Yaa I Get It”

The man wants us to spread the word and I’ve happily obliged.

He’ll also be spreading the gospel through a just scheduled
Canadian tour this coming May.

What’s missing here?

A Montreal date.

But I’m sure Shad’s got his top men on the case to rectify
that situation.

May. 27 – Pyramid ( Winnipeg, MB )
May. 28 – Amigo’s ( Saskatoon, SK )
May. 29 – Starlite ( Edmonton, AB )
Jun. 03 – Biltmore ( Vancouver, BC )
Jun. 04 – Sugar ( Victoria, BC )
Jun. 05 – Habitat ( Kelowna, BC )
Jun. 06 – Republik ( Calgary, AB )
Jun. 08 – Exchange ( Regina, SK )
Jun. 12 – Opera House ( Toronto, ON )
Jun. 15 – Casbah ( Hamilton, ON )
Jun. 16 – Red Dog ( Peterborough, ON )
Jun. 17 – Call The Office ( London, ON )
Jun. 18 – Call The Office ( London, ON )

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