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On the day of recording this episode it’s the 45th anniversary of Heatwave Festival in Bowmanville Ontario.
There will be more on that later. There's a few Heatwave references. I was there. I can speak to it. :)
And great music! Check these out!
Episode Song List
Talking Heads – I Zimbra
Miss Krystal – Say To Me
YES – Long Distance Runaround
Tyler Ellis – Down By The Don
Envy of None – Never Said I Love You
Gentle Hen – Sit on Roofs
SAGA – Scratching the Surface
Avralize – Close to You
King Crimson - Lament
RUSH - Subdivisions
Polyphia – Ego Death
Teenage Head – Picture My Face
.Tim
"The World of Music, One Song at a Time"
welcome to the second episode of the fox den - where i bring you tonal inconsistency, consistently!
in this episode you'll hear ...
panic! at the disco - do you know what i'm seeing? (alternate version) (live in chicago; 2008)
arcade fire - old flame (arcade fire ep; 2003)
nirvana - territorial pissings (nevermind; 1991)
single mothers - feel shame (negative qualities; 2014)
art brut - formed a band (bang bang rock & roll; 2005)
broken social scene - windsurfing nation (broken social scene; 2005)
talking heads - cities (live) (stop making sense; 1984)
broken social scene - pitter patter goes my heart (you forgot it in people; 2002)
lana del rey - the next best american record (norman fucking rockwell!; 2019)
arcade fire - reflektor (reflektor; 2013)
duster - sleepyhead (together; 2022)
amy millan - low sail (masters of the burial; 2009)
the mountain goats - hast thou considered the tetrapod (jordan lake sessions) (the jordan lake sessions volumes 3 and 4; 2021)
grimes - oblivion (visions; 2012)
even as we speak - this is my dream (goodier session) (yellow food: the peel sessions; 2014)
k.c. accidental - silverfish eyelashes (anthems for the could've bin pills; 2000)
blur - coffee & tv (13; 1998)
gaze - noticed me (shake the pounce; 1999)
the smashing pumpkins - obscured (pisces iscariot; 1994)
barenaked ladies - shoe box (born on a pirate ship; 1996)
pulp - disco 2000 (different class; 1995)
capricorn - i need love (i need love single; 1982)
thievery corporation - claridad (saudade; 2014)
at the drive-in - pattern against user (relationship of command; 2000)
they might be giants - space suit (apollo 18; 1992)
radiohead - like spinning plates (amnesiac; 2001)
tv girl - she smokes in bed (lonely women; 2013)
mitski - love me more (laurel hell; 2022)
hiya! on this episode of indie whimsy you'll hear ...
the mountain goats - pure heat (protein source of the future ... now!; 1998)
arcade fire - sprawl ii (mountains beyond mountains) (the suburbs; 2010)
gumption - stop not red (ultramaroon; 2000)
amy millan - day to day (masters of the burial; 2009)
my bloody valentine - you made me realise (you made me realise; 1988)
broken social scene - romance to the grave (forgiveness rock record; 2010)
the rondelles - drag strip race (fiction romance fast machines; 1998)
arcade fire - here comes the night time (reflektor; 2013)
belle and sebastian - act of the apostle ii (the life pursuit; 2006)
amy millan - come home loaded roadie (honey from the tombs; 2006)
mage tears - fairy seeds (cats in the cold; 2022)
belle and sebastian - a space boy dream (the boy with the arab strap; 1998)
language of flowers - you're the one (the kids at the club: an indiepop compilation; 2006)
the laughing chimes - country eidolism (whispers in the speech machine; 2025)
My guest today was Peter Hicks, well-known front-man for Fredericton bands Sleepy Driver and My Black Ram.
Episode 13. A belated National Day for Truth and Reconciliation show, with a number of songs from on native Canadian artists.
Artist
Song
Album
Year
Chanal & Villuis
October (Radio edit)
(Single)
2007
Shpongle
Brain in a Fish Tank
Museum of Consciousness
2013
Riit
Kina
Riit (EP)
2017
Holly McNarland
Beautiful Blue
Home Is Where My Feet Are
2002
Morgan Toney
Ko'jua
First Flight
2021
Aysanabee w/ Raye Zaragoza
Come Out
(Single)
2024
Genevieve Jaide
Begging You
Why Am I Like This
2024
Chapterhouse
We Are The Beautiful
Blood Music
1993
Ribbon Skirt
Wrong Planet
Bite Down
2025
Rubber Rodeo
Before I Go Away
Scenic Views
1984
Quantum Tangle w/ Lydia Képinski
Signal
(Single)
2019
Dave Gahan
Kingdom
Hourglass
2007
Sunnsetter
Try Again
Heaven Hang Over Me
2024
Tamikrest
Itous
Chatma
2013
Mike Bern has just released a new single called, Into The River, which reflecting on the dynamic and ever-flowing nature of love. Tonya chats with Mike about his new music, potential visits to Fredericton and artistic influences on Tobique First Nation.
www.mikebern.ca
Playlist
Mike Bern - Reverberations ::
Mike Bern - Into The River ::
Mike Bern - Ancestors ::
Mike Bern - no words for goodbye ::
The Barr Brothers, LaForce - Naturally ::
Qwinn - Congratulations ::
Burry - Pillow Princess ::
Whitehorse - Sweet Disaster ::
William Prince - Damn ::
The East Pointers - Landing Day ::
Bahamas - The Bridge
My guests today are all involved in the next upcoming Theatre UNB production, Stag and Doe: Maham Raza (Director); Brianna Hawkes (Technical Director); Kabilan Shanmugaraja (Stage Manager).
New music this week from Wednesday, Sloan and Absolute Losers and I also take a look back at a couple of albums released on Oct 6th in previous years. Check it out!
Absolute Losers - Kiss Of Death
The Luvmenauts - Brothers of Metal
Local H - Lucky Time
Lammping, Bloodshot Bill - Never Never
Stephen Malkmus - Jenny and the Ess-Dog
Soul Asylum - Black Gold
Sloan - No Damn Fears
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
Cake - Sheep Go To Heaven
Shockwire - Name Three Songs
The Ramones - Chinese Rock
MJ Lenderman - SUV
Wednesday - Phish Pepsi
Songs:Ohia - Farewell Transmission
Neil Young - See The Sky About To Rain
My guest today is Jared Carney, local filmmaker and organizer of the Demonic Brilliant Film Festival, the local festival of horror. We discuss some of the standout movies for each of the three theme nights.
My guests today are Natasha MacLellan (TNB Artistic Director) and Dean Fleming (Director) who are behind the staging of The Greatest Play in the History of the World by Ian Kershaw, a curious new production coming to the Open Space stage.
welcome to the fox den, where i bring you tonal inconsistency, consistently!
in this episode you'll hear ...
mogwai - kappa (come on die young; 1999)
stars - international rock star (nightsongs; 2001)
belle and sebastian - another sunny day (the life pursuit; 2006)
barenaked ladies - call and answer (stunt; 1998)
her's - carry the doubt (invitation to her's; 2017)
barenaked ladies - what a good boy (gordon; 1992)
best coast - the only place (the only place; 2012)
alvvays - pecking order (antisocialites b-sides; 2018)
fax gang & parannoul - ascension (scattersun; 2024)
broken social scene - ungrateful little father (forgiveness rock record; 2010)
nirvana - where did you sleep last night (live) (mtv unplugged in new york; 1994)
peach kelli pop - tough stuff (peach kelli pop ii; 2012)
they might be giants - the end of the tour (john henry; 1994)
broken social scene - sol luna (hug of thunder; 2017)
belle and sebastian - sister buddha (intro) (days of the bagnold summer; 2019)
alvvays - saved by a waif (antisocialites; 2017)
darkthrone - paragon belial (a blaze in the northern sky; 1992)
barenaked ladies - break your heart (born on a pirate ship; 1996)
belle and sebastian - late developers (late developers; 2023)
mac demarco - this old dog (this old dog; 2017)
fall out boy - fame < infamy (infinity on high, 2007)
daughter - home (wild youth ep; 2011)
yo la tengo - madeline (and then nothing turned itself inside-out; 2000)
bjork - i remember you (venus as a boy; 1992)
even as we speak - swimming song (feral pop frenzy; 1993)
modest mouse - the world at large (good news for people who love bad news; 2004)
cocteau twins - amelia (treasure; 1984)
fiona apple - pale september (tidal; 1996)
mono puff - extra krispy (it's fun to steal; 1998)
hiya! in this episode of indie whimsy you'll hear ...
1) the smiths - sweet and tender hooligan (louder than bombs; 1987)
2) arcade fire - sprawl i (flatland) (the suburbs; 2010)
3) the smiths - last night i dreamt that somebody loved me (strangeways, here we come; 1987)
4) amy millan - towers (masters of the burial; 2009)
5) 10,000 maniacs - trouble me (blind man's zoo; 1989)
6) broken social scene - art house director (forgiveness rock record; 2009)
7) velvet crush - my blank pages (teenage symphonies to god; 1994)
8) arcade fire - flashbulb eyes (reflektor; 2012)
9) belle and sebastian - when we were very young (late developers; 2023)
10) amy millan - blue in yr eye (honey from the tombs; 2006)
11) they might be giants - we want a rock (flood; 1990)
12) saturday looks good to me - empty beach (one kiss ends it all; 2013)
13) belle and sebastian - shoot the sexual athlete (the bbc sessions; 2008)
14) death cab for cutie - before the bombs (the blue ep; 2019)
15) the aislers set - the way to market station (the last match; 2000)
16) the shins - simple song (port of morrow; 2012)
Hello again everyone. I hope that you’re in the mood for some amazing music as I am.
It’s a pretty full show so let’s boogie.
This is Testing For Echo Episode 86 on CHSR FM 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world and I am always pleased to be your host Tim Scammell.
To start off let’s have a shot of solo Geddy Lee From his 2000 album My Favourite Headache this is The Angels Share.
Episode Song List
Geddy Lee – The Angels Share
Bryan Ferry – Tokyo Joe
Inside The Sound – No Exit
Haken - Invasion
Social Queues - Gum
Gary Numan - Savage
Nightwinds – We Were The Young
RUSH – Prime Mover
Saga – The Writing
ELP – The Hut of Baba Yaga
Peter Gabriel – Growing Up
Episode 12. Music from various genres going back to the 80's. Sarah Slean is the focus of this week’s [x] Years Later segment, with a song from her 1998 debut album Blue Parade and 2017’s Metaphysics.
ArtistSongAlbumYearPagalveRubber DogShades & Echoes - Finest Dub Techno, Vol. 22014IAMXI Am TerrifiedKingdom Of Welcome Addiction2009James HillWhat Would You Have Me Do?Man With A Love Song2011Caravan PalaceQueensPanic2012Thomas DolbyThe Ability to SwingAliens Ate My Buick1988Sarah SleanHabitBlue Parade1998Sarah SleanPerfect SkyMetaphysics2017Annie LennoxSeptember in the RainNostalgia2014Baaba MaalOne DayThe Traveller2016Pukka OrchestraMight As Well Be On MarsPukka Orchestra1984Crash Test DummiesAll You Pretty GirlsA Testimonial Dinner : The Songs Of XTC1995Alison GoldfrappGatto Gelato (Niina Remix)The Love Invention2023
The Hello Crows will release their debut album on September 30, 2025, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Orange Shirt Day), at The Playhouse.
Tonya chatted with band member, Judie Acquin, about creating the album, reclaiming language and the importance of supporting community.
Playlist
The Hello Crows - Red Flag ::
The Hello Crows - Warbler ::
The Hello Crows - Come Back To Me ::
Jeremy Dutcher - Qonute ::
Mike Bern - Ancestors ::
Aysanabee - Edge of the Earth ::
Wolf Castle - I Won’t Stop ::
Beatrice Deer - Immutaa ::
Beatrice Deer - Sapannga Sujunukua
hey hey! in this episode of indie whimsy you'll hear:
straight as an arrow (peel session) - even as we speak (yellow food: the peel sessions)
we used to wait - arcade fire (the suburbs)
angel gone - beat happening (music to climb the apple tree by)
old perfume - amy millan (masters of the burial)
paul revere - kincaid (we can still be friends)
texico bitches - broken social scene (forgiveness rock record)
all time what - they might be giants (i like fun)
we exist - arcade fire (reflektor)
pulling our weight - the radio dept. (pulling our weight ep)
hard hearted (ode to thoreau) - amy millan (honey from the tombs)
i wouldn't want that - the haywains (a37 revisited)
perfection as a hipster - god help the girl (god help the girl)
chess piece face - they might be giants (they might be giants)
happiness digest - the maybellines (the maybellines)
i like giants - kimya dawson (remember that i love you)
bronze me - franklin bruno (we can still be friends)
hiya! in this episode of indie whimsy you'll hear:
lord anthony - belle and sebastian (dear catastrophe waitress)
deep blue - arcade fire (the suburbs)
cape cod kwassa kwassa - vampire weekend (vampire weekend)
low sail - amy millan (masters of the burial)
y.y.u.b. - marine research (sounds from the gulf stream)
7/4 (shoreline) - broken social scene (broken social scene)
marx & engels - belle and sebastian (i'm waking up to us single)
reflektor - arcade fire (reflektor)
headstrong - 10,000 maniacs (blind man's zoo)
wayward and parliament - amy millan (honey from the tombs)
morel compass - kylie v (short songs, vol 1)
peeps - sissy bar (songs for peeps)
landslide - the popguns (eugenie)
codes and keys - death cab for cutie (codes and keys)
20 years ago Pearl Jam announced a cross Canada tour and my excitement was off the charts. I had been to a few concerts before but never one that was my favorite band. A band that I listened to every day and dreamed of seeing live. September of 2005, I finally got that opportunity as my closest friends and I hopped in a van and drove to Quebec City and Halifax to see Pearl Jam for back to back shows.
On this week's episode I look at back at that tour and some of the great shows I attended as well as some other highlights from across the country!
Pearl Jam - Hard To Imagine (Live in Halifax)
Pearl Jam - Animal (Live in Halifax)
Pearl Jam - State of Love and Trust (Live in Quebec City)
Pearl Jam - In Hiding (Live in Ottawa)
Pearl Jam - Harvest Moon (Live in Toronto)
Pearl Jam - Running Back to Saskatoon (Live in Saskatoon)
Pearl Jam - Sad (Live in Edmonton)
Pearl Jam - Betterman (Live in Halifax)
Pearl Jam - Fortunate Son (Live In Halifax)
Pearl Jam - Rockin' In the Free World (Live in Halifax)
Pearl Jam - Bee Girl (Live in St. John's)
Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter (Live In Quebec City)
Episode 11. As usual, songs of various genres spanning the last 5 decades. Cyberaktif will be the artist in this week’s [x] Years Later segment, featuring songs from 1991's Tenebrae Vision and 2024's eNdgame.
Artist
Song
Album
Year
Brixx
Double Axe
Conversion Therapy
2021
Apoptygma Berzerk w/ Claudia Brücken
Unicorn (Duet Version)
Harmonizer
2002
Yello
Planet Dada
The Eye
2003
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4 + 20
Déjà Vu
1969
Foy Vance
Into the Fire
Melrose EP
2012
Mike Oldfield feat. Maggie Reilly
Crystal Gazing
Discovery
1984
Sully
Otherd
I Have Much To Report
1998
Cyberaktif
Nothing Stays
Tenebrae Vision
1991
Cyberaktif
Bitter End
eNdgame
2024
The Cure
One Hundred Years
Pornography
1982
Econoline Crush
Devil You Know
Devil You Know
1997
Dolores O'Riordan
Stay With Me
Are You Listening?
2007
Agnes Obel
September Song
Aventine
2014
Thanks for stopping by, I hope everyone had a great week down at Harvest!
This week I've got new music from Neil Young, Pitrun and The Burning Hell.
Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts - Big Crime
Mj Lenderman - Toontown
Pitrun - Whole Foods
Dad Patrol - Honey Bunny
Gizmo - Prisoner Functionary
Nirvana - On A Plain (live)
Pearl Jam - Dissident
The Burning Hell - You'll Know When It's Over
The Meat Puppets - Maiden's Milk
Phish - My Sweet One
Billy Strings - Stratosphere Blues/I Believe In You
Fairport Convention - Matty Groves
Marilyn Manson - Great Big White World