Episode 026: Grow Up and Blow Away
Episode Notes:
Metric - Grow Up and Blow Away
Stars new record from last year, which I’m still very much on board with
Scott Pilgrim, featuring a soundtrack by Metric
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, a real movie
Gimmie Sympathy, the song that soured Sarah on Metric
The Black Eyed Peas, NOT in 2008
The Pet Shop Boys, doing a Village People cover shortly after Nevermind came out
Women in a Ghostbusters movie, and now we’re all gonna die
Episode 025: Hounds of Love
Episode Notes:
Tori Amos, sounding a bit like Kate Bush
Wuthering Heights, a super weird way to start a career
Kate Bush live, which is an AMAZING soundtrack
Are Tegan & Sarah the biggest band from Calgary?
The Smalls, who are punk as fuck
Corb Lund, who is punk as fuck in a different way
Futureheads, playing Hounds of Love
Placebo, playing Running Up That Hill
Don't Give Up, with Peter Gabriel
The Imperial Phase theory of pop
The OTHER Elton John/Kiki Dee duet
Sarah on Twitter, if you want to hear her talk about politics
Episode 021: Split
Episode Notes:
I don't know where it comes from, by Ride, which I will still defend
blur, trying to sound like Pavement
Harvey Danger, to whom I paid $16 because I liked one song
Flo Rida, to whom I paid $1.29 because I liked one song
Slowdive's record from last year
Ke$ha, making good pop music that puts me in a good mood, because that is her job
Episode 020: I Think You Think too Much of Me
Episode Notes:
Eden - I Think You Think Too Much of Me
Black Tea Anarchy - Afternoon Tea Party
Petra Haden - The Who Sell Out
Eden is playing Vancouver in October!
Dadeo’s, who make a very good sandwich
A girl with brown hair, playing a Lil Jon song on a Ukulele
A second girl with brown hair, playing a Lil Jon song on a Ukulele
A THIRD girl with brown hair, playing a Lil Jon song on a Ukulele
A fourth girl with brown hair and glasses, playing a Lil Jon song on a Ukulele
Episode 16: Chinese Fountain
Episode Notes:
The Growlers - Chinese Fountain
Sweater Weather - A Great Song Who's Authors' Name I Can Never Recall
Electric Six, who you can now see at a bar
The Killers - My favourite synth band from 1984
Smashmouth, who briefly were mandatory
Buddy Holly, the original indie hipster
Fred Armisen's Stand-up for Drummers
Broken City, where most things can exist
Shut Up and Dance With Me, featuring just the best dancer
That sketch was Collage Humor, not Comedy or Die, and I am a monster for not remembering so
Episode 015: I am Not Afraid of You, and I Will Beat Your Ass
Episode Notes:
Yo La Tengo - I am Not Afraid of You, and I Will Beat Your Ass
An acapella Modest Mouse cover, because of course that exists
What's fun to do in Cincinnati?
Prince's House, which is also a museum of Prince
A book in which I murder everyone at West Edmonton Mall
Rampage, the dumbest movie this year that I'll absolutely see twice
Canadian Rail: Take the train!
Sled Island, who Yo La Tengo once headlined
The current Yo La Tengo album, There's a Riot Going On
Bedrock, which is pretty unjustifyable
God damn, Pavement were good...
Stephen Malkmus, who's still out there working
That thing where a soldier gets home from a tour of duty and sees his dog again for the first time
Episode 013: The Holy Bible
Episode Notes:
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers on Wikipedia
Richie Edwards carving "4-Real" into his arm. Please don't do this
If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next, the best title a song has ever been given
Blondie - Parallel Lines, a punk band produced like a pop band
Episode 011 - Witching Hour
Episode Notes:
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
Depeche Mode, playing guitar music
Lush, during the hot minute where shoegaze was a thing
I will always link to Terminus
Jubilations, with whom I did a lot of Dinner Theatre
Some Moby, for when you can't handle your life right now
Rage Against the Machine, who are not responsible for the sorts of bands that they influenced
