Album Review: Adrian Underhill – CU AGAIN

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Toronto’s Adrian Underhill‘s new album  CU Again blends together pop and R&B sounds to create some chill, smooth, baby-making jams. Working with famed producer Kindness, who has worked with both Solange and pop Goddess Robyn, added a subtle electronic element to the record which gives some tracks a little funk undertone, even disco-esque at times.

It’s also nice to hear a record that’s sweet and about love rather than the trials of failed relationships and how awful the world can be to live in. And what’s most impressive is that this is Underhill’s debut album! With such a strong project launching his solo career I’m really excited to see what comes next.

Recommended Tracks: Cruel; Weather; As I Think Of Something Different

CU AGAIN is out February 9, 2018 via Indica Records.

Anything Goes 2018-02-10

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Track Listing: Anything Goes with Bondo – there is so much great new music out there

1.) King Diamond Tut – DACOU

2.) Matthew Chaim – Passion Soda

3.) CHVRCHES – Get Out

4.) Ascot Royals – Evil I Know

5.) Stimulator Jones – Choosey Lover

6.) *Repeat Repeat* – Mostly

7.) Akeem Ouellet//Dreams & Schemes – Winter Crush

8.) Low Cut Connie – Beverly

9.) Mary and The Ram – The Cross

10.) Monk Tamony – The Good Side

11.) We Were Sharks – Hotel Beds

12.) Colour Tongues – Temper

13.) Twisted Wheel – Oh What have You Done

14.) Preoccupations – Espionage

15.) Starbenders – Zero

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RFYL Episode – TheChallengeEP06

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

 

Same logo, same time, same host, new music!

Here we go, into the month of February once again to scale past the challenge and provide all you zombie lovers some solid tunes to listen to. We revisited a few older albums this week (is 2016 old?) while also running with some new singles released from bands that are show favourites. I’m still eagerly awaiting a few releases from bands I only found out about a few months into the show back when it all started.

Anyway, keep up the requests! I’ve been SUPER busy this week so I haven’t been able to get to them, but I have time set aside before next week’s episode. We may even get an all-request episode in at this rate. Craziness!

RunForYourLifeCHSR@gmail.com !

Playlist:

Oh My God – JPNSGRLS
Hard To Move – Ruby Bones
Bad Moon – Kat Meoz
Who Do You Love – Dorothy
Tik Tok – Secondhand Habit
The Impact – Rockyard
After The Fire – Magick Touch
They Tell me – Powder for Pigeons
Gemini / Planetary Space Child – Ruby the Hatchet
Undefeated – Sumo Cyco
Who’s Your Maker – A Primitive Evolution
Run – Dr. Rage & The Uppercuts

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Bondo chats with Andrew Laite // Rube & Rake

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St. John’s NFLD’s folk duo Rube & Rake are ambitiously touring Eastern Canada this February with New Brunswick dates in Perth-Andover, St. Andrew’s, Sackville, and Fredericton.

Listen in while Rube & Rake‘s Andrew chats with Bondo about their tour so far, some valley love, and where you can find them over the next few days.

Rube & Rake play Grimross Brewing Monday, February 12, 2018. Show. 8pm//tickets available here.

 

 

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Episode 7 – 1 in 7 with Joanne Gabriel, Part 2

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Episode 7 is the second of a two part interview. Once again our guest, Joanne, who has struggled with poverty through part of her adult life, will give you her First Voice experience with poverty, homelessness and working through the maze that is government bureaucracy.

Joanne does not sugarcoat her experiences but with her educational background (she has a BA and Masters in Sociology and began her PhD at McMaster University) she is uniquely equipped to observe, study and understand the system first hand.

Host: K Brookland, Technician: Colm Lee-MacPhee

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Episode 6 – 1 in 7 with Joanne Gabriel, Part 1

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Episode 6 is the first of a two part interview.

Today our guest is Joanne, who has struggled with poverty through part of her adult life. This interview is a perfect example of First Voice experience with poverty, homelessness and working through the maze that is government bureaucracy.

Joanne does not sugarcoat her experiences but with her educational background (she has a BA and Masters in Sociology and began her PhD at McMaster University) she is uniquely equipped to observe, study and understand the system first hand.

Host: K Brookland, Technician: Colm Lee-MacPhee

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Episode 5 -1 in 7 with Natalie Hicks

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Interview with Ms. Natalia Hicks who works at The Human Development Council in Saint John, New Brunswick. The HDC identifies and addresses social issues in Greater Saint John through research, information, coordination and networking. Ms. Hicks’s primary focus with the HDC is the maintenance and development of their Community Services Database; actively advocates for the adoption of a 211 information and referral service in New Brunswick and also researches local social conditions for the HDC.

Ms. Hicks has a BA in Politics from UNB-SJ and an MA in Socio-Legal Studies from York University and is the co-author of the 2017 New Brunswick Child Poverty Report Card.

Host: K Brookland, Technician: Colm Lee-MacPhee

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The Lunchbox Interview: Ryan, Caroline, Emma (The February Bruns)

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Temptations, inhibitions, relaxations and celebrations: the fundamental sways of human existence have changed forms over the years, but what’s the contemporary experience like?

My guests today are three of the editors from UNB’s own monthly magazine, The Brunswickan: Ryan Gaio (Arts Editor), Caroline Mercier (Sports Editor) and Emma Macdonald (News Editor). The next issue is on the presses and soon to appear, and carries the theme of the classic trio of modern indulgences: Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Roll! We chat about some of the experiences and research that went into finding an angle in each department’s mandate.

The Brunswickan‘s February 2018 is due to drop on February 8 — barring snow storms and other seasonal delights.

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TEM Ep.19: Night Rises, Night Falls

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Tour Itinerary:

First Stop:

“Concept” by tech noir off the album Tide

Future Funk District:

“Deep Down In Your Soul” by R E M L A R R off the  album soon…
“Breezy Day” by Ayaka
“You Look So Good” by Moe Shop off the album Pure Pure

Synth District:

“The Lights” by Doot Dedoot off the album Syncromesh
“Shadow Run” by Dimi Kaye 
“More Time” by Dana Jean Phoenix off the album Synth City

Chiptune District:

“Young Crescent” by chibi-tech off the album Psycho-Somatic Generation
“Joy Ride (Norrin Radd)” by virt, Freaky DNA and Norrin Radd off the Retro City Rampage Soundtrack
“Static Hearts” by Rock Candy (a DBOYD x Kommisar project) off the album Rock Candy

Final Stop:

“Pumpkin” by DELTANOYZ off the album SOIL
“Cream Cheese Crepe” by Scythe off the album Chipscape

Got any suggestions for future tours?

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

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Homemade Jams 2018-02-06

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Track Listing: Homemade Jams CHSR

1.) Paper Beat Scissors – All We Know

2.) Motherhood – Hocus Pocus

3.) The Olympic Symphonium – Comedy

4.) Oh No, Theodore – You Can Do Better Than Me

5.) Ariel Sharatt & Mathias Kom – I Love You

6.) Mauno – Hands

7.) Gabrielle Papillon – Overture for the Fire Keeper/Three Years

8.) CHIPS – Something That Tells Me

9.) Beard Springsteen – Bored at the ECMAS

10.) Deep Fryer – Jeremy

11.) Kill Chicago – Heartache to Heartache

12.) Clouds Become Oceans – Distances

13.) The Hypochondriacs – Just Like Before

The Lunchbox Interview: Erin Bond (Readful Things)

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The greatest achievement that humanity has ever achieved is the ability to transmit what is in one mind to other minds through simple scribbles and ink on paper…

My guest today is the host and producer of Readful Things, Erin Bond. (You may also know her as our Station Manager, and the host of numerous other programs here.) Readful Things is CHSR’s own monthly book club, where eager readers gather to discuss a different book (and possibly an entirely different genre) every month. She joins me to talk about her love of books and stories, and to talk about how the book club works.

If you are interested in joining the bookclub, just send an email to recruiting@chsrfm.ca and let her know! We’re always looking for folks to join us for the discussions.

Readful Things cohabits its timeslot with the audio drama program The Sonic Society, once a month on Sunday evening at 7pm. The next episode will be airing on February 11. Previous episodes can also be found on the Readful Things page, where you can subscribe to never miss an episode.

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General Distortion – Episode 19 – Tactus

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On this episode, Adrian Barnes and Steve Parish from Fredericton’s favourite prog-metalers Tactus join me to talk about being nominated for an ECMA, their new single Glass Atlas and their thoughts on the late Chester Bennington.

 

Listen to Glass Atlas here: https://tactusband.bandcamp.com/album/glass-atlas

 

Tune in every Monday from 10-11:30pm from new episodes on CHSR-FM.

 

Cheers!

 

Johnny

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Her Turn 2018-02-06

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Track Listing: 

1.) Milk & Bone – TMRW.

2.) Christine Campbell – Take Me Back

3.) Holly Miranda – Exquisite

4.) LIGHTS – We Were Here

5.) Saint Yves – Praying for the Pain

6.) Eden Samara – Upside Down

7.) Shred Kelly – Jupiter (Any Other Way)

8.) Rxchelle – Light Me Up

9.) Sheila & The Kit – Good Love Stories

10.) Anna Burch – Tea Soaked Letter

11.) Kaylah Truth – Like Truth

12.) TYGAPUSS – Queen of the Western Jungle

13.) Vulvets – La Garconne

14.) The Avulsions – The End

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Album Review: Shred Kelly – Archipelago

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Once referred to as stoke folk, Fernie BC’s Shred Kelly are set to release their 4th album February 16, 2018 via Germany’s Devil Duck Records. And while Shred Kelly‘s sound is definitely rooted in folk music with banjos and ukuleles at the core, their new album Archipelago is immersed with electric guitar, synth, and even what sounds like thrash drumming on tracks like Stay Gold and Nova. What really stands out about Shred Kelly though is the dual lead vocals that seem to compliment one another perfectly, making their harmonies almost ethereal.

Collaborative songwriting between all band members potentially can lead to many different artistic ideas, numerous individual influences can often make an album just sound off. But working with producers Howard Redekopp (The New Pornographers, Tegan and Sara), and Josh Rob Gwilliam (Cowpuncher, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald) I’m sure helped keep the coherent flow of the album.

With the running themes of relationships and living in the current world, it’s a very relatable album that you will have on repeat for weeks.

Suggested tracks: Jupiter (Any Other Way), Stay Gold, and Way Down.

You can pre-order/purchase a copy of Archipelago here.

Homemade Jams 2018-02-05

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Track Listing:Homemade Jams CHSR

1.) Burgundy Drive – Another Day

2.) Floodland – Tangled

3.) Christine Campbell – Rollercoaster

4.) The Brood – Chicken, Cheese, & Beer

5.) Liam Corcoran – Never Ever

6.) Dormitories – Play Doh

7.) Anne Janelle – Will You

8.) Mike Bravener – The Black and White Song

9.) Braden Lam – Into The Light

10.) Cameron Nickerson – Jeremiah

11.) The East Pointers – Two Weeks

12.) The Montgomery Street Band – Bluegrass on the Blue Sea

13.) The Follow Ups – The Half Of It

14.) Spoutnique – Flight of the Hobo

General Distortion – Episode 18 – Marc Bourgon

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On this episode myself and casual co-host Sean Carroll are joined by Marc Bourgon (pictured on the left). Marc is fomerly of Fuck The Facts and one half of sludge/grind duo GREBER. We talk to him about GREBER’s new album Cemetery Preston, old/side projects, pedal, amps, bands and craft beer.

 

Listen to/buy Cemetery Preston here: https://greber.bandcamp.com/album/cemetery-preston

 

TOUR DATES:

February 1, 2018 – Ottawa, ON @ Pressed
February 2, 2018 – Montreal, QC @ Atomic Cafe
February 3, 2018 – Quebec City, QC @ Scanner
February 6, 2018 – Fredericton, NB @ Manic Mansion 
February 7, 2018 – Saint John, NB @ Second Spin
February 8, 2018 – Moncton, NB @ Plan B
February 9, 2018 – Halifax, NS @ Gus’s Pub
February 10, 2018 – Sherbrooke, QC @ Le Murdoch
February 23, 2018 – Toronto, ON @ Coalition
February 24, 2018 – Cambridge, ON @ The Hut

 

Tune in every Monday from 10-11:30pm for new episodes on CHSR-FM!

 

Johnny

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General Distortion – Episode 16 – Phoning It In

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We here at General Distortion have a mission for 2018 to bring our listeners consistent episodes! So in order to do that sometimes its necessary to phone it in! My casual co-host Sean Carroll joins me via phone to discuss some of the latest metal news, upcoming shows/tours and guitar pedals.

 

Thanks for listening and make sure you tune in every Monday at 10-11:30pm.

 

Johnny

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