January 28, 2010

Cantor Records has released (a while ago and I didn’t notice it) some Chandra material. Chandra’s been sort of an outsider music legend for a while; recording her post-punk/disco/whatever Transportation EP when she was just 12 years old (like a younger, les hookery Christiane F!). I’m really keen to see the 32 page book that goes along with Cantor’s rerelease… I hope they still have copies.

Talk’s Cheap

I’ll likely be djing for a little while at Logan’s Wednesday night during episode three of Talk’s Cheap. Talk’s Cheap is a monthly punk night a friend of mine does. My record collection isn’t too large, so don’t expect any classic requests to be played unless it’s something off “Young, Loud and Snotty”.

January 21, 2009

No tracklisting this week because I had no paper for the photocopier (I usually photocopy my show logs and then type them up later). Also I was too lazy to stay late and type stuff up right after my show.

January 14, 2009

Above is the cornea self-mutilation inducing cover for the profoundly horrendous Surf Punks album “Oh No, Not Them Again” that I alluded to in this week’s show. I can’t make any sense of it, and I’m not even going to try. The back cover of the album is almost equally as bad.

January 7, 2009

Nasstasia Yard is the first interesting Victoria musical artist I have come across in ages. Beautiful, personal—wish I had discovered her ages ago. Listen and download here.

December 31, 2009

Back in the day, Leeroy Stagger was one of THEE sex symbols in Victoria. I was never quite sure why, but I swear he was. He was sort of pudgy, wore aviators a lot, and had a sort of mall-punk haircut. He hung out with the dudes from Hot Hot Heat a lot and has a musical history in Vic that includes playing in a punk band called “The Staggers”. Anyway if he was THEE sex symbol of the past, I think Aidan Knight might be the modern-day Victoria sex symbol for all the hip young things. I’m not really basing this on anything, but I’m pretty sure it’s true.

December 17 and 24, 2009

I didn’t save my playlist from the 17th, so you won’t find it here. I don’t know if it actually ran, but if it did, I did a best Victoria bands of the decade show on Christmas Eve. Maybe I’ll blog about that a bit later if I have the energy. Myelin Sheaths are playing at Logan’s on January 21st (a Thursday). They have new singles out on Bachelor and Hozac. That’s all the news that’s fit to ignore for now.

December 10, 2009

That Spencey Dude and the Doodles single is one of the best of the year. Out on Rob’s House. Nothing else I played this week, except maybe Yid Kids, comes even close to being as fun.

December 3, 2009

Wowwwwwwwwwww this is late. Who cares, only one person reads this anyway. Thanks for stickin’ in there reader. I’ll be bringing Cosmetics to town sometime near the end of February, or maybe in March. More details later. Roommates will soon be the best Canadian rock band since the Constantines. Possible Canadian act of the ’10s if they stick with it. Maybe I’m speaking too soon though.

Eric Leblanc Dropping Mad Blues Research Bombs

Congrats to fellow CFUV programmer Eric Leblanc of Let the Good Times Roll for winning a Keeping the Blues Alive Award for historical preservation. Leblanc is receiving the award, doled out by The Blues Foundation, for his research into the death of Blind Lemon Jefferson. Good on ya Eric!