The Return (hopefully)

Returning to this blog.
I guess everyone wants to know what i play!!!

Anyways have been busy with shows, putting on a fest, being awesome in general, etc

So here I am back at this wheel.

So you ask what did i play tonight? this Thursday Nov 13th, 2008.
Well!!!

Artist - Album - Track

Balacade - Balacade - Piano Fire
Balacade - Sundown Morning - North Western
Chad Van Gaalen - Soft Airplane - Molten Light

Shook Ones - Shook Ones/Easel - Order Form
Killing the Dream - Fractures - Fractures
Keep It Alive - Demo 2008 - Alone

Narrows - Narrows - Touch Test
Carrier - No Love Can Save Me - Epilogue:Forgiveness

Young Widows - Settle Down City - Glad He Ate Her
Young Widows - Old Wounds - Swamped and Agitated
Skin Like Iron - Skin Like Iron - Exaltation (Transit II)

Hotel Hotel - The Sad Sea - The Captain Goes Down with the Ship (Drowning)
Envy - Thursday/Envy - Pure Birth and Loneliness
Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life - Looking for God

Have Heart - Songs to Scream at Sun - No Roses, No Skies
Verse - Aggression - The New Fury
Railcars - Cities VS Submarines - Bohemia is Without a Sea

Grave Maker - Bury Me At Sea - Time Heals Nothing
Lion of Judah - Universal Peace - UNI'VS ALL = Peace
Black Ships - Omens - Liars are a Dying Breed

Lay Off! - Vancrewver Locals Only - Rumble Street/Rumble Ave
Lords - Fuck All Y'all Motherfuckers - Fucking with Fire
AIDS Wolf - Cities of Glass - CH-CH-CH-Chatter

Wow did an update

Was in windsor Ontario for the NCRA's 2008 Conference.

Totally stoked on Campus and Community radio right now.

will update more sometime this week.


Thanks to Ryan of Carload of Whatever for filling in for me

3 Hour Edition

3 Hours today.

Filling in for Nathan of Music of My Mind as well as my normal slot!

sorry about forgetting to do a entry last week!



Sonic Youth - The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities - The Diamond Sea
Greenbelt Collective - Our Home - Nanook



A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons - 1 000 000 Died to Make this Sound
Almonds, Cohen - Ontario (on Stereo!) - Cleveland Family Feud



Gospel - The Moon Is a Dead World - Golden Dawn
Sea Wolf - Leaves in the River - Leaves in the River

Trash Talk - Plagues - Scatter
Trash Talk - Plagues - Babylon CA
Trash Talk - Plagues - Flood
Trash Talk - Plagues - Manifest Destination
Trash Talk - Plagues - Lepers to Feed the Lepers
Trash Talk - Plagues - Kill the Snakes
Trash Talk - Walking Disease - F.Y.R.A.
Trash Talk - Walking Disease -Worthless Nights
Trash Talk - Walking Disease - Walking Disease
Trash Talk - Walking Disease - Pushed Aside
Trash Talk - Walking Disease - Luck
Trash Talk - Walking Disease - Destroy
Trash Talk - Walking Disease - Run, Don't Walk
Trash Talk - Walking Disease - Dead End Road
Trash Talk - Walking Disease - Sacramento is Dead
Trash Talk - Walking Disease - Just Die
Trash Talk - Walking Disease - Pain in Vain

Balacade - Old Life Records Comp Vol 2- Piano Fire

THE ACTION INDEX 6:30pm

The Pharmacy - Choose Yr Own Adventure - Warm and Untorn
Dreamboat - Old Life Records Comp Vol 2 - Pretty Boys
Man Man - Rabbit Habits - Hurly/Burly

Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams - Foam Hands
Run Chico Run - Rocket Surgery - Invisible
Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian - Caravan Breakers, They Prey on the Weak and Old

Joan of Arc - Boo Human -Just Pack or Unpack
Murder By Death - Red of Tooth & Claw - A Second Opinion
Wolf Eyes - Human Animal - A Million Years

Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours - Visions
Why? - Alopecia - Brook & Waxing
Subtle - Exiting Arm - Take to Take

Blacklisted - Heavier than Heaven, Lonelier than God - Self Explosive
Cursed - III - Into the Hive
Hierophant - Hierophant - Varathane Up Your Fists

This Is Hill - Misfortunes - Disciples
Verse - Aggression - Signals
Usurp Synapse - Disinformation Fix - Mexidudes

Trash Talk - Walking Disease - Dead End Road
Wow, Owls - Pick Your Patterns - Destination: Pizza
North of America - Brothers, Sisters - Keep It On the Download

Go It Alone - Histories - Rapture
ON - Vital Times - Take a Stand
Blue Monday - Rewritten - It's Your Life

Boris - Smile - My Neighbour Satan

Thursday May 22nd!

Show before Rain Fest

WAS LATE. Thanks Nathan for filling in for 20 mins

here is what i played so far.

Comadre - Burn Your Bones - The Southern Smile
In Stride - 3 song demo (2005) - Backside Disaster

Trash Talk - Plagues ... Walking Disease - Manifest Destination
Trash Talk - Plagues ... Walking Disease - Lepers to feed the lepers
Life Long Tragedy - Runaways - Runaways

Vanguard - The Calm - 1 in 5
Verse - Aggression - Suffering to Live, Scared to Love
Circles - Circles - Find My Breath

Paint It Black - Nex Lexicon - The Beekeeper
Reign Supreme - American Violence - To a Dead God
Hierophant - Hierophant - Voids

Indian Summer - Live in the Blue Universe - Angry Son

We All Inherit the Moon - We All Inherit the Moon - Part I
We All Inherit the Moon - We All Inherit the Moon - Part II
We All Inherit the Moon - We All Inherit the Moon - Part III
We All Inherit the Moon - We All Inherit the Moon - Part IV



See my post over at Shaved Orange about We All Inherit the Moon!
ALSO WHOO i am a writer now for that blog

Radio Show. May 15th 2008

2nd week of my new slot, 6:30-8:00pm, hopefully this turns out to be a great slot.

New computer here in studio so that is cool too!

here is my set list for this week!

Barcelona Chair - ... - Destroy This Night
Murder By Death - Red Of Tooth & Claw - A Second Opinion
Animal Collective - Water Curses - Water Curses

CaP'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothogy - Tokyo
Joan of Arc - A Portable Model Of... - The Hands
Ghosts & Vodka - Addicts and Drunks - It's All About Right Then

Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours - Midnight Runner
Nail Salon - Radcity (7 Eleven) EP - Sick Dayz
Woodhands - Heart Attack - I Wasn't Made For Fighting

Almonds, Cohen - Ontario (on Stereo!) - Cat Bird Girl
The Blankket - Be Your Own Boss - Badlands
Man Man - Rabbit Habits - Rabbit Habits

These Are Powers - Taro Tarot - all night services
Boris - Smile - Statement
Orchid - Dance Tonight, Revolution Tomorrow! - I am Nietzche

Verse - Aggression - Story of a Man: Chapter One: The End of Innocence
Verse - Aggression - Story of a Man: Chapter Two: The Cold Return
Verse - Aggression - Story of a Man: Chapter Three: Serenity

Paint It Black - New Lexicon - Check Yr Math
Life Long Tragedy - Runaways - Hey Death
Reign Supreme - American Violence - I Stand Defiant

Blacklisted - Heavier than Heaven, Lonelier than God - I Am Weighing Me down
Trash Talk- Plagues - Flood
Hierophant - Hierophant - Varathane Up Your Fists
Iron Lung - Sexless // no sex - White Flag
Dangers - Anger - The Tiki House

Cursed - III - Friends in the Music Business

This Ship has Sunk

Sinking Ships announced they were breaking up a few weeks ago. They will be playing 2 last shows, both at Fests. The first is at Rain Fest here in the NW on the first day May 23rd in Tacoma, Washington. The 2nd and final Sinking Ships show will take place at Sound & Fury in California this summer. Not really the best way to go out in my opinion at that fest as there are so many bands that play that.


Here is what the band had to say about breaking up:






Just a quick note on breaking up. Sinking Ships has been a band now for four years. It has been great and I don't think anyone would trade it for anything in the world. But of course, life keeps happening, and there have been a lot of serious things happening in people's lives that has made it pretty much impossible for us to keep going as a band. I'm not gonna go into details, but it reached a point where playing shows local or abroad just couldn't come together anymore. Breaking up always sucks, but it has to happen to everyone sooner or later.

As for the final shows, we're playing Rain Fest and Sound & Fury because our long time drummer Andy Rice will be at those shows, and with Andy currently residing on the other side of the country, it makes these the easiest shows for us to play. Plus we wanted to play a local show and also to play Sound & Fury, which is partially booked by Bob Shedd who has done more for our band than anyone on the planet, so ending Sinking Ships at his fest feels like a good natural way to end things.

thanks.

This Seattle melodic hardcore band I think has always been viewed during their span as a mediocre band that flirted with being something great. I personally still do think they are merely mediocre. For the first few years it was viewed as Champion Jr. as it featured the younger brother of Champion's vocalist Jim, Danny, on vocals in Sinking Ships. After Champion's breakup and with signing to Revelation they were their own monster. Yet many NW fans feel they never were able to capture the same I am going to say awesomeness that was the first demo. Even the band says that in some blog of theirs at one point of how the new songs are closer to the demo then any others they wrote with the exception of the vocals being better.



This band has as stated been around for 4 years. I have been lucky enough to see them after each one of their releases. After their demo was out on Excursion, after Meridian came out on Run for Cover records, after Disconnecting came out on Revelation and the last time I saw them was shortly after Ten and S/T 7" came out on Revelation and Sinking Ships Records respectively. Odd that I don't see them till after a new release each time and when i see them at Rain Fest it will be for when i see them after their 3 -way split with Sinking Ships /My Love/ As We Let Go which came out as a CD on Alliance Trax in Japan.



You can hear some tunes up on their myspace.
This band only played in Victoria once sadly and it was shortly before "Ten" was released. They loved playing here it seemed and a member stated "Playing here is like playing europe" or something to that degree. It was interesting.

Despite my saying that i felt they were mediocre at times this band will be missed and well be remembered here in the NW and perhaps by the fans they got on their tours around the world.

Once again here on a Monday.

What will the focus be this time?

I feel I didn't give enough focus to Sinaloa's new album Oceans of Islands a few posts ago.
It was kind of just tacked on at the bottom of another post.
Since that post i have received copies in some form or another of 2 of the 3 albums i talked about in that post. (Verse and Sinaloa)

The Sinaloa record i ordered came with a sweet tshirt as well (which you will see my sporting occasionally around town)

Here is the album artwork again!!
WHOO!
On their myspace you can hear 2 of the new songs from this album as well this band posts the meanings to lyrics on their myspace!
What else can I say, probably one of the more accessible bands that in this scene i may post about. Indie Kids could so get into them.
They have had numerous releases since Fathers and Sons in 2003. Including splits with scene stalwarts Ampere and Daniel Stripped Tiger and Catena Collapse and on labels like Ebullition, Clean Plate and most recently Level Plane.


ORDER this album, or purchase it in some way.

or even download it.