Homemade Jams 2018-06-18

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Track Listing: 

1.) Sheik – Alone in the Dark (Clinic 554 Fundraiser Info HERE)

2.) Green Lung Grinders – Pizza Lovers

3.) The Motorleague – Everyone Is Digital

4.) Kilmore – Void

5.) The Regal Beagle Band – Lost & Found (Album Release Show Info HERE)

6.) The Dave Whitty Trio – Talkin’ Back Fool

7.) Kill Chicago – Count To Ten

8.) Janowskii – Genocide

9.) Hard Charger – Dead End Road

10.) Bernice – Glue (Toronto, ON)

11.) Tampa – Wait

12.) Tampa – Bad Hangover

13.) Joyful Noise – Quantum Fish Sticks

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CHSR’S Top Ten for week ending June 9th

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What a great top 10 this week!  Lots of local and almost all Canadian.  #10.  Art the Band  #9.  Joyful Noise (Fredericton)  #8.  Sue Foley  #7.  Free To Grow (Fredericton)  #6.  Tampa  #5.  Myles Goodwyn  #4.  David Vest  #3.  David R. Elliot (Fredericton)  #2.  Conor Gains  #1.  Mitch Rayner (Fredericton)

Overtime! (06-15-18)

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It’s mostly bad sports news on Overtime this week:

  1. We talked about the issues plaguing the Ottawa Senators, particularly in regards to the Peace Bond and Harassment claims surround the Karlsson and Hoffman families.  Note:  All charges are alleged in this case, nothing has been confirmed yet and details are coming out all the time, we will provide whatever updates we can in the intervening time between shows… just in case it wasn’t clear on the radio.
  2. We talk briefly about the Golden State Warriors and how we feel about Kevin Durant’s comments from March compared to Alex Ovechkin’s “Immature” handling of the Stanley Cup.
  3. We talk about Daniel Carcillo’s Players Tribune video about his struggle to return to normalcy as a result of the various brain injuries he’s suffered.  Video is here: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/videos/daniel-carcillo-head-trauma
    (Trigger Warning: Anatomy, Flashing Lights, Difficult Subject Matter)
  4. We talk about the gong show that was UFC 225, mainly because of the behavior of the people involved.  Though we take a moment to congratulate Ronda Rousey on a well deserved nomination to the UFC Hall of Fame.
  5. Running out of time we talk briefly about the ramnifications of the Unity Bid for the 2026 World Cup and what that means for Canada.  K also makes an appeal for us to all cheer for Morocco since they’re the only team with a Canadian born player on it.

Like we said on the show, nothing but good vibes to Daniel Carcillo.  Hope your recovery continues, as well as those of Nick Boynton and Andrew Alberts.

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RFYL Episode – DeafestMuteEP23

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Run For Your Life! – the psychobilly rock show of zombie sharks

 

So, a winning streak was finally brought down low by a case of onset Mute-ism, which is way less awesome than you can possibly imagine. I was forced to watch idly as bands I loved release new music and I couldn’t promote them at all other than to click “Like”. I’m back, somehow, for a new episode and I BARELY rasped anything out this time. Many good tracks, many fun things, and the titles of each track spell out a secret message if you read them backwards while on pain medication*!

*They do not do this.

PS: Go see my good friends Shades of Sorrow perform at the Capital Complex June 16th at 10 PM with METALLIFAX (which is an awesome name). Tell them I said Hi.

Playlist:
While I Was Sleeping – Starbenders
No More Stars – Die So Fluid
Dawn To Dusk / The Wire – Kilmore
Skyblazer – Shades of Sorrow
Daughters of the Sun – The Dreadnoughts
Astral Plane – Greystone Canyon
Ghost of a Storm – Crossing Eternity
Diesel Breath – Sergeant Thunderhoof
Sovereign Plea – SAATE
Silently Screaming – RAYNE
DNA – The Kills

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The Little Station That Could – CHSR 97.9FM Successfully Hosts the 37th Annual NCRC

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The Little Station That Could – CHSR 97.9FM Successfully Hosts the 37th Annual NCRC

For over 57 years CHSR 97.9FM has been a staple in Fredericton’s local alternative scene. A founding member of the National Campus/Community Radio Association (NCRA), CHSR 97.9FM won their bid to host the 37th annual National Campus/Community Radio Conference (NCRC), which is hosted in a different city or community each year. The last time hosted in Fredericton was 1994.

June 6th to June 10th saw 74 delegates from across Canada converge on the UNB Campus for workshops, caucuses, and presentations related to the campus/community radio sector. Keynote speakers included CRTC radio analyst John Fernandez, Bob Mersereau speaking on why the album still matters in a download day, Grid City‘s Matt Carter on how campus radio changed his life, and Peter Rowan delivered his race to the middle speech at the National Community Radio Awards held at the Charlotte Street Arts Center.

Photo Cred: NCRA

Organized by the smallest planning committee in many years, CHSR 97.9FM’s staff are proud of what they achieved. The consensus is this edition of NCRC has been the delegate’s favourite in recent history. The addition of a small music festival, Hometown Heroes, to coincide with the conference was a first for NCRC and featured 24 New Brunswick bands and artists to play in front of a national audience. “The idea was to try to level the playing field for New Brunswick musicians.” adds CHSR Station Manager Erin Bond, “With radio programmers and music directors coming from all across Canada, I wanted to show them what we’ve got. New Brunswick talent is just as strong, if not more, than in other provinces. We just need the opportunities to show it off.”

NCRC concluded June 10, 2018, the morning after a performance from Julie Doiron and The Olympic Symphonium at the Charlotte Street Arts Center and the final night of the Hometown Heroes festival at The Capital Complex.

CHSR 97.9FM would like to acknowledge sponsorship from the Province of New Brunswick, Music NB, Bellwether, Alert Ready, ERP Engineering, and !earshot; and thank The Capital Complex for their generous partnership.

Program Directors at the National Community Radio Awards Gala; Photo Cred: NCRA

Anything Goes 2018-06-16

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Track Listing: 

1.) CHANCES– Unlock the Rhythm

2.) Anemone – Baby Only You & I

3.) Carlo – Ride

4.) The Brooks – Live Free

5.) The Nightowls – Don’t It Feel Weird (Falling In Love)

6.) Adrian Underhill – Cruel

7.) Peach Kelli Pop – Black Cat 13

8.) Towanda – Opinion

9.) Delta Blip – Speak Listen Decay

10.) Yes We Mystic – Felsenmeer

11.) Courtney Barnett – Hopefulessness

12.) The Marwills – Try To Stand

13.) The Marwills – Runin’ Out Of Time

14.) Janowskii – Genocide

15.) Grimskunk – Les Insoumis

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Homemade Jams 2018-06-14 // Diamonds + Gold’s 5th Anniversary!

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Today on Homemade Jams we celebrate the 5th anniversary of Motherhood‘s Diamonds + Gold!

Catch them playing it LIVE front to back during The Capital Complex’s 20th Anniversary show during Harvest Jazz & Blues!

Track Listing:

1.) Motherhood – Youngest Fool

2.) Motherhood – Dead Water/ABE

3.) Motherhood – Water/The News/River

4.) Motherhood – Hocus Pocus

5.) Motherhood – Shoe Suede Blues

6.) Motherhood – The Oracle (Construction & Destruction cover)

7.) Motherhood – Sayin’

8.) Motherhood – Dosey Doe // Dosey Dos

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Homemade Jams 2018-06-12 w/ guest host Johnny James Dio!

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Track Listing: 

1.) The Town Heroes – Poets

2.) Matt Steele & The Corvette Sunset – It Won’t Happen Again

3.) Hillsburn – Everywhere

4.) Janowskii – Treat Everybody The Same

5.) The Hypochondriacs – In The Mountains

6.) Like A Motorcycle – Into The Night

7.) Kilmore – Void

8.) Jessie Brown – Stepped Out

9.) Fortunate Ones – Don’t Let It Be Us

10.) The Stanfields – Let It Run

11.) Dumpster Mummy – Gibbet ft. Marc Bourgon

12.) Orchid’s Curse – Born of the Same Sun

13.) Wordburglar – Rhyme O’Clock

 

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Homemade Jams 2018-06-13

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Track Listing: 

1.) POSTDATA – Gravity

2.) Dance Movie – Nosebleed

3.) Rich Aucoin – The Fear

4.) Joyful Noise – Gimmie D’art

5.) MOROHUBU – Might Be Wrong

6.) Carlo – Ride (Toronto, ON)

7.) Math Class – Banana Green Gables

8.) The Crossroad Devils – The Jackpot

9.) Kill Chicago – The Grey

10.) Tyler Hache – I Hope You Stay

11.) Tin Pan Darlings – Inside A Melody

12.) Shades of Sorrow – On A Hot Summer Night

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TEM Ep. 37: Listen Up, Listen Close!

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I am AD Springer (AKA Corbinion), your musical tour guide to the music of a future we were promised but never got; music of a city dreamt by artists for years and a year and never formed; music that you cannot, will not, and should not miss out on! That city? The Electric Metropolis! On the music tour we have some new albums, some artists from near and far, and -overall- a nice night to take a tour of this great city of sound. As always, listen up, listen close, and enjoy the tour while you can!

Tour Itinerary:

First Stop:

“Phasing Inferno” by Themnotyou off the album Tropical Rainforests [DOSWORKS/1995-2000]

Future Funk District:

“B GRL” by LemKuuja off the album CHEESECAKE+
“Shine On!” by sparkly night
“Southern Tropics” by Aloe Island Posse  off the album Midnight Selects

VGM District:

“Cold Droplets of Water” by Ryan Fogleman off the album Ceress and Orea (Original Game Soundtrack)
“Lifebeat of Lilim” by Garoad off the album VA-11 HALL-A EX – Bonus Tracks Collection
“Tangledeep ‘Dreams of the Deep’ OC ReMix” by DrumUltimA, PRYZM off the website ocremix.org

Synth District:

“Baby Sounds” by Vandal Moon off the album Wild Insane
“High Score High” by Mirrorvoid off the album Neon Tattoo
“Protovertigo” by Venator off the album Victor’s Descent

Chiptune District:

“Leaves” by Bubblegum Octopus off the album Goodbye, 2013
“Toadstool Pipeline” by Lazy Nerd 204 off the album Soul Searching
“The St. Helens Lobotomy Incident” by chibi-tech off the album Psycho Somatic Generation

Final Stop:

“Cocoloco” by Joyful Noise off the album Cocoloco

Got any suggestions for future tours?

Tweet me @ElectricMetCHSR
or
Email me electricmetropolis@gmail.com

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TEM Ep.36: Smiling Neon

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Tour Itinerary:

First Stop:

“Aozora No Rhapsody” by Kommisar (A Kobayashi san Chi no Dragon Maid OP 8-bit Cover)

Synth District:

“All I Ever Wanted” by To The Trees off the album To The Trees
“Ordinary Love” by Lilyer off the album Maybe This Is All You Can Be
“Neon Sprites” by Dana Jean Phoenix off the album Synth City

Chiptune District:

“Return To Bounds” by chibi-tech off the album Psycho Somatic Generation
“Nintenesis” by Lazy Nerd 204 off the album Soul Searching
“Spectres in the Mist” by Cody Carpenter & Mark Day off the album Shadow Spirits Vol.1

Future Funk District:

“Magic Love~” by Mito
“Himeji (feat. Joao Miguel)” by Tokyo Wanderer
“Days” by Maid Cafe

Dance Hall:

“Rolling Start! (Daytona USA) by Ben Briggs & PrototypeRaptor off the album VROOM: Sega Racing
“Moonlight feat Zefire” by Clement Bazin off the album Everything Matters
“Big Bang” by FWLR/Twistex off the album Without Borders

Final Stop:

“Mehcinut” by Jeremy Dutcher off the album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa

Got any suggestions for future tours?

Tweet me @ElectricMetCHSR
or
Email me electricmetropolis@gmail.com

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Overtime with K and Crox (06-01-18)

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The first official Overtime of the Summer!  On the Docket:

  • We keeps tabs on Denis Shapovalov’s 2nd Round French Open Game
  • We talk about Gareth Bale, the 100 Million Dollar “Man”.  (Man here meaning Substitute)
  • We take some time to break down how insane Gareth Bale’s contract is.  (It’s… a number)
  • We chat about the World Cup a bit too.  (Correction:  Longest drought since last World Cup win is England 1966)
  • If you were an NBA Team President, would you attack people on Twitter anonymously?… Someone did.
  • We talk about the NBA Finals and how outmatched it seems like Cleveland is.  Also the Dwayne Casey firing is still duuuuumb.
  • The Vegas pregame shows have been nuts.
  • Correct that, this Stanley Cup Playoffs has been bananas.
  • The Stanley Cup Playoffs are fun to talk about.

See you guys next week!

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RFYL Episode – DespendingEP22

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Run For Your Life! – the psychobilly rock show of zombie sharks

 

With plenty of word flubs and fantastic showmanship, we have yet another episode of RFYL for your listening pleasure. Slap on your earphones and sing slightly out of tune to annoy your neighbours because we’re going to launch you on a wild ride that’ll earn every speeding ticket you needed for the beginning of June!

It’s June already? Six more months and we’ve got another year down pat! Also, breaking news, I know how time works!

Playlist:
For What It’s Worth – Come The Spring
Zero In – Rockyard
From The Ashes – Secondhand Habit
In My Shoes – Greystone Canyon
Catch Me When I Fall – Stitched Up Heart
Ten Thousand Against One – Unleash The Archers
The Fool – Ruby the Hatchet
Snash – Parasol Caravan
Acceleration – Hot Wires
Ain’t Got A Dollar – The Holy Snappers
Release The Hounds – Powder for Pigeons
Stellar Gate Drive – Sergeant Thunderhoof
Run For Your Life – The Creepshow

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Understated and Compelling: Vic Horvath Performs at Living Roots Festival

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By: Colin Fowlie

Back in October of 2017, I grabbed a handful of CDs to review and process before being aired here on CHSR, as is custom, and I happened upon an album entitled “West Coast Reign” from an unknown-to-me artist named Vic Horvath. I was sufficiently captivated by the songwriting and the presentation that I felt compelled to write a more detailed review for the CHSR website, which you can read here.

The cool thing is that there is a lot more to this story that transpired after I posted the review. One of my other recent pursuits involved volunteering my time to help find new talent and program the Living Roots Music Festival for 2018. I should include the caveat that Eddie Young, the founder and festival organizer, did roughly 99.26% of this work himself, but I was hoping to make a small contribution.

Upon discovering Vic’s music, I reached out to them just to show appreciation and thank them for the excellent music. I asked if there were plans to visit the east coast, gave details on the Living Roots Festival, and interest was piqued. Plans were made. Letters were written. Funding was secured, and Vic’s trip to the east was on. A small tour was booked around the Living Roots festival, and I had the pleasure of catching Vic’s set on Thursday, May 24th, at The Capital.

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And it was worth the effort. The letter-writing, the planning, and everything in between. Well, at least for me, and also hopefully for Vic, who is a captivating artist with a charming, understated, but compelling stage presence. The strength of the songwriting that was immediately evident on the album is highlighted very well, even with arrangements that are stripped-down from the studio recordings. To be fair, the album production is also understated, but the occasional drum kit was replaced with a stomp pad, and the rest of the sonic space was filled with Vic’s honest vocals and guitar playing. Sneaky good guitar playing.

Moving between tunings and time signatures, Vic fit a couple of influential cover songs into a set of otherwise original material, paying tribute to Timber Timbre (Mountain Top) and the pride of Perth Andover, Matt Andersen (Tell Me). Great as those tunes were, they weren’t my favourites in the set. Those were, in some particular order: Shiny Shotguns, Hold Ground, and what indeed stood up as one of my favourite tracks of 2017 – Don’t Go Lightly.

I don’t have much more to say. It was a fantastic live show and I got to meet a great human from the other side of the country, all because of music found off the beaten path and the connections made as a result. If you see Vic Horvath in your local live music listings, just go check it out. It’s folky-bluesy-rocky (you know what I mean) with a few other sensibilities thrown in there for good measure.

In the meantime, be sure to check out Vic’s music from the comfort of wherever you like to listen to music.

Bandcamp // Spotify

If you have a different opinion and wanna fight about it, please be sure to get at me on social media:

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ColinFowlieNB

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ColinFowlieNB

Slide into my Instagram DMs: http://www.instagram.com/ColinFowlieNB

TEM Ep.35: Keep Reaching

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This is AD Springer, your musical tour guide, reaching once more into the great expanse of the electronica sphere and beyond to bring you the sound of The Electric Metropolis. With artists close to my home and across the globe, we can keep reaching into the music that dwells all around us and pull in the dreams and fantasies of artists want to share that space with you. Districts of sound carve out our fair metropolis and bring us the shiniest and comfiest places in all the soundscape anywhere and for everyone. So, catch the tour, listen up, and have a nice drink with me.

Tour Itinerary:

 

Synth District:

“Made Right Here” by Black Market Hard-Tack
“The night chaser” by Salvation off the album Waves of Synth Volume 2
“Spacetime Thoughtcrime” by Mirrorvoid off the album Neon Tattoo

Chiptune District:

“Gateways and Interstates” by Lute and Key off the album Demo
“Waiting for Something New” by Lazy Nerd 204 off the album Soul Searching
“Rejection” by Norrin Radd off the album Noisechan & Nugget: Adventures in Chiptunes

Singer Square:

“Everybody Wants To Be Famous” by Superorganism off the album Superorganism
“Chantal” by Dylarama off the album Certified Cutie
“Mirror Power” by True Blue off the album Edge Of

VGM District:

“Uproar” by Jeff Ball off the Tiny Barbarian DX: Threat from Beyond Original Soundtrack
“Harmonic Mayhem” by elmobo off the Double Kick Heroes, Vol. 1  (Original Game Soundtrack)
“Dune II” by MASTER BOOT RECORD off the album WAREZ

Final Stop:

“Umami” by cmyk! (Hiro Tadomasu x Crystal Cola x Seika-Tan collaboration) off the Umami (Single)

Got any suggestions for future tours?

Tweet me @ElectricMetCHSR
or
Email me electricmetropolis@gmail.com

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Homemade Jams 2018-05-30

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Track Listing: 

1.) David R. Elliott – Wish In one Hand

2.) David R. Elliott – Goin Steady

3.) Julie Doiron – The Life of Dreams

4.) Julie Doiron – Spill Yer Lungs

5.) Jerry-Faye – Summers End

6.) Jerry-Faye – I Know

7.) The Olympic Symphonium – Glory of Love

8.) The Olympic Symphonium – Thanks A lot

9.) Wangled Teb – Anger Management Issues

10.) Wangled Teb – Awkward Mating Ritual

11.) Wangled Teb – Weird Groove

12.) Spoutnique – The Hive Is Alive

13.) Spoutnique – Babylon Eyes

Homemade Jams 2018-05-29

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Track Listing:

**Chat with Brendan MaGee about The Lottery II!

1.) Brookside Mall – Natural Light

2.) Colin Fowlie – For The Money

3.) Tampa – Fold Yourself

4.) The Hypochondriacs – Two Bottles Of Whiskey

5.) Janowskii – Treat Everybody The Same

6.) Motherhood – Dead Water/ABE

7.) Little You Little – Racket In My Brain

8.) Penny Blacks – Pretty and Domestic

9.) Kill Chicago – Sharing Space

10.) Simon Daniel – Voyageur

11.) Ladd & Lasses – The Sea

Try Yer Luck… The Lottery is BACK!

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Brookside Mall‘s Brendan MaGee stops in to CHSR to talk about The Lottery II! Picking up where Shifty Bits Cult (RIP) left off, beginning May 31st you can try your luck at The Capital and potentially perform or win a prize.

Listen in while Brendan explains The Lottery and why it’s worth your while to go. Want to register? Look here.

#McCainCake4Life

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RFYL Episode – CalloutFalloutEP21

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Run For Your Life! – the psychobilly rock show of zombie sharks

We return with yet another week of insanity because OF COURSE WE DO. I’ve only missed like four episodes over the past eight years, are you kidding me? ANYWAY, send me requests, or don’t because you like my music, I get it.

We have a lot of solid releases to get to and so many of my beloved bands from the show’s origins have announced new releases coming “soon” – I can’t wait. Do you have a band you love that gets little to no airplay? Tell me these things, people.

Playlist:
Philadelphia – Dorothy
Rocket – The Pack AD
Ghosts – Rockyard
Stains and Burns – Like A Motorcycle
54321 – Hot Wires
Wild – The Standstills
Keepers – Miracle of Sound
We Were Born To Kill Each Other – Die So Fluid
The Tree And The Serpent / Diesel Breath – Sergeant Thunderhoof
Make Me Sick – Worst Part
Save Us All – Sandveiss

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