Bondo’s Top 10 Favourite Releases of 2017!

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ARTIST: TORA

ALBUM: Take A Rest

LABEL: Lustre/Indica

RELEASE DATE: June 9, 2017

TORA makes it onto my Top 10 list solely on the strength of the track Amsterdam. This is a song I had on repeat for hours/days/weeks and I’m still just as much in love with it, if not even more. The entire record is full of ambient layers, it’s very dancy in a lazy way. Take A Rest was my soundtrack to summer, and where it’s TORA’s debut LP I’m super excited to see what else they release in the future.

TRY TRACKS: Amsterdam, Mercury

ARTIST: Spoon 

ALBUM: Hot Thoughts

LABEL: Matador Records

RELEASE DATE: March 17, 2017

I have a confession. I have never listened to Spoon before previous to this album, which happens to be their 9th!! It’s a band that I was well aware of but never got around to checking out. Apparently, I’ve been missing out. Hot Thoughts is loaded with big sounds without it actually going over the top. It’s a good mix electronic indie rock woven with piano hooks and just the right amount of funk.

TRY TRACKS: Hot Thoughts, Can I Sit Next To You

ARTIST: Matt Mays

ALBUM: Once Upon A Hell Of A Time

LABEL: Sonic

RELEASE DATE: October 20, 2017

This album was a grower. Upon my first listen I wasn’t that into it, mainly for the fact that I was hoping for a Coyote 2.0. But the more I listened to it, the more I fell in love with it. It’s an introspective album of heartbreak, falling out of love and letting go, and being broken, then getting on with your life. It’s a bit dark, but above all it’s a great rock n’ roll record.

TRY TRACKS: 78’s, 33’s & 45’s; Drive On

ARTIST: David R. Elliott

ALBUM: Strawberry Grass

LABEL: Working Class Records

RELEASE DATE: June 20, 2017

I’ve said many times before, I think David R. Elliott is a prolific writer. With a total of 16 releases under his Bandcamp page ranging from folk, alt.country, to psych-ish rock n’ roll, and no matter which LP/EP you pick you know you’re going to hear clever lyrics and songwriting. What sets Strawberry Grass apart from other 2017 releases is its fully analog recording (mixed and produced my Mike Trask at MRC). It’s an authentic scrappy rootsy punk sound that Saint John seems to foster so well.

TRY TRACKS: I’m Not Him; Letter To My Son

ARTIST: Avec le Soleil Sortant de sa Bouche

ALBUM: Pas Pire Pop, I Love You So Much

LABEL: Constellation Records

RELEASE DATE: January 20, 2017

Is Krautrock still a thing? How else can you describe Pas Pire Pop, I Love You So Much? What a quirky way to musically kick off 2017! It’s a psychedelic electronic sonic gem that is divided into three movements. It’s like a super interesting long form jam. In an era where everything is starting to sound the same Avec le Soleil Sortant de sa Bouche keeps my love of weirdo music alive.

TRY TRACKS: Alize et Margaret D. Midi moins le quart. Sur la plage, un palmier ensanglante II; Tourner incessamment dans l’eclatement euphorique de soi – Road Painting Ahead I

ARTIST: Methyl Ethel 

ALBUM: Everything Is Forgotten

LABEL: 4AD/Dot Dash

RELEASE DATE: March 3, 2017

For not being the biggest fan of pop music this album stayed in my heavy rotation all year long because Methyl Ethel has thrown the cliché out the window. The combination of jangly guitar paired with some synth electro pop again created a dark quirky texture of sounds.

TRY TRACKS: Drink Wine; L’ Heure des Sorcières

ARTIST: Whitehorse

ALBUM: Panther in the Dollhouse

LABEL: Six Shooter Records

RELEASE DATE: July 7, 2017

Statistically, husband and wife duos can be messy. (Sonny and Cher, Ike and Tina, Bey and Jay Z, etc.) But Hamilton’s Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet prove with their 4th studio record that sometimes, just sometimes, it can work. Panther in the Dollhouse is a bit of a departure from the folkier sounds that I associate with them and takes you on a ride covering all the soundscapes from power harmony pop, rock, and blues. It’s an anti-album about the complications of life, and if you’re looking for a feels-good album you’d better move on.

TRY TRACKS: I Can’t Take You With Me; Nighthawks; Manitoba Death Star; any of them, really.

ARTIST: Walrus

ALBUM: Family Hangover

LABEL: Madic Records

RELEASE DATE: June 9, 2017

Walrus have a couple EP’s out already but Family Hangover is their first full length album, and what a way to start their career! It’s a retro sounding jangle garage rock record with sick bass lines, maybe a reason why I love this album so much.

TRY TRACKS: In Timely Fashion; Step Outside

ARTIST: Not You

ALBUM: Misty

LABEL: Fundog Records

RELEASE DATE: May 12, 2017

The first time I listened to this album I absolutely knew this would end up on my favourite albums list. A Halifax supergroup, it’s an all-female foursome made up of other bands like Dog Day, Bad Vibrations, Moon, and more! The album is full of shoegaze tones and distortion with melodies, harmonies and pop hooks (but not how you’d expect).

TRY TRACKS: Mabel, twofour, PT

ARTIST: The Hypochondriacs

ALBUM: In 3/4

LABEL: Self-Released

RELEASE DATE: September 9, 2017

I don’t know what I can say about this album that I haven’t said before. This record is witty, tragic, heartbreaking, and addictive. Give it a listen, or a few!

TRY TRACKS: Just Like Before; Two Bottles Of Whiskey; Reaching Out

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ParaPhrasing – Slender Man

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Slender Man is a fictional paranormal character that began as a creepypasta internet meme created by Something Awful forums user Eric Knudsen in 2009. It was a Photoshop contest that asked people to turn ordinary photographs into creepy-looking images.

Yet, two pre-teens blame Slender Man for stabbing a classmate 19 times, claiming that Slender Man would kill their family if they didn’t carry out this deed.

Did these two girls actually think Slender Man spoke to them? Was the idea of Slender Man just used as a scapegoat?

Creator Eric Knudsen never claimed that Slender Man was real, and it was openly known that it was an internet contest, so why are people claiming to have had real life encounters? Listen in while Marvin, John and Erin explore this idea.

Missed a previous episode of ParaPhrasing? You can catch up on other episodes here.

Creepypasta winning photo by Eric Knudsen.

Homemade Jams 2017-12-27

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Homemade Jams 2017-12-27 Track Listing: Homemade Jams CHSR

1.) Gun Jr. – The Shakes

2.) Matt Mays – Dark Promises

3.) Andre and the Giants – Answers

4.) Bille Dre & The Poor Boys – Gold Fang

5.) The Disasterbaters – Get You Off My Mind

6.) Maiden Names – Get Yer Gun

7.) Reagan’s Rayguns – 1, 2, Go Punk Song

8.) Bloody Diamonds – Nightmare

9.) Goofetroope – 2Hot

10.) RocketRocketShip – Tell Me What You’re Waiting For

11.) Monomyth – Faces Magazine

12.) The Creaks – Run Run Run

13.) She Roars – Petty Thieves

14.) Mayors – How Far You’d Gone

15.) Long Distance Runners – The Great Escape (Live @ CHSR)

16.) Slowcoaster –  Fortune Teller’s Heart

 

TEM Ep.13: Year’s Ending

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Here at our Year’s End, I am inspired to think of the past inaugural autumn and winter season of The Electric Metropolis and how special they are to me. Thirteen official episodes, with one pilot episode on the Bricolounge, have come and gone and I have enjoyed each and every one of them. I have had the opportunity to meet great artists, listen to great music, and showcase music to you all that most don’t usually hear on the radio. From dance-friendly Future Funk; synthwave both bright and dark; chiptunes from video games to demonstrations of hardware; and all else in electronica that I have slowly experienced with each and every listener who have listened live and via podcast: these things I am forever grateful for.

Don’t mistake me, this is not the end of our tours throughout The Electric Metropolis. In the New Year we’ll be exploring more chips, more games, and more music from around the globe to bob, dance, and smile to. If there is anything that makes touring worth it is knowing the sprawl of sound and song is never-ending into every direction all day and all night.

 

Tour Itinerary:

First Stop:

“Human” by  Theodore West off the RE:Human album
“It’s Not A Keygen, It’s DSi” by Lazy Nerd 204 off the M01 Redux album

Future Funk District:

“Fire In the Sky” by Lola Disco off the Girl Talk album
“My Love” by snowshoo off the snowshoo EP
“Haveagoodtime” by Fairy album Slice of Life OVA 

Singer’s Square:

“System Magic” by Goldfrapp off the Silver Eye album
“Home” by Joe Goddard off the electric lines album
“Oh Dalilah” by Chris & Nis (AM Static) off the Rise & Shine album

Chiptune District:

“Pyramid Zone” by Game Genie Sokolov off the Backround Sounds 01 Album
“2a03 Strut” by Dya off the Neon Dreams album
“Staycation” by Hoffy off the Whiskers Mahone album

C-64 District:

“Doves Fly” by Ari-Pekka Paljakka aka Zardax off the Summer of SID album
“Sunset” by LukHash
“Bliptastic!” by ComputeHer off the Bliptastic! album

Final Stop:

“Paradise Rush” by ZAYAZ off The Singles album
“Into The Future” by Dana Jean Phoenix off the Synth City album

Got any suggestions for future tours?

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

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HoHoHomemade Jams 2017-12-25

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HoHoHomemade Jams 2017-12-25 Track Listing: 

1.) TJ Webb – Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

2.) Sloan – Kids Come Back At Christmas

3.) Wintersleep – Christmas Time Is Here

4.) The Trews – Coming Home

5.) Mike Biggar – Christmas With You

6.) Quiet Parade – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

7.) Hey Rosetta! – Carry Me Home

8.) Ben Caplan et. al. – Fairytale of New York

9.) David Myles – Santa Never Brings Me A Banjo

10.) Tomato/Tomato – Christmas Keener

11.) The Town Heroes – Silent Night

12.) The Once – The Light In You Window

13.) Sarah McLachlan – River

14.) Anne Murray – Go Tell It On The Mountain

15.) In-Flight Safety – Last Christmas

Overtime with K and Crox (12-22-17)

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A joyous respective denominational (or not) holiday to you all!

Crox is away celebrating Christmas with his family so our good friend Ash is in the booth with me today.  We covered a whole bunch of stuff.

  • Goalie Carter Hart & Team Canada at the World Jrs
    • AKA How I’m spending my boxing day.
  • NHL Update
    • AKA Yeah, Vegas is probably good enough.
  • Toronto Maple Leafs & Auston Matthews
    • AKA Look, we’re not saying it’s a concussion but…
  • Vince Carter
    • AKA Do you wanna be a Raptor? Yes.  Okay, Hi.
  • Kobe Bryant’s Jersey Retirement
    • AKA Both of Them, yes, both.
  • The Return of the XFL
    • AKA Vince McMahon likes playing fantasy football with real people.

No Double OT this week as Crox is not here. Sorry Friends.

– K

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RFYL Episode – 2017InReviewEP51

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

Welcome to the final episode of 2017! Yes, we’re one episode short of 52.. but you all know that I take the last episode off, right? Well, you do now!
So, here are some solid tracks of 2017. Of course, I couldn’t fit everything I loved into one hour, but that’s to be expected. Maybe when I come back we’ll do a part 2.. but until then, enjoy your Festivus, for the rest of us, and otherwise try not to pummel someone into enjoying the holiday spirit. Kick back, open a cold one and enjoy a nice solid tune.

Take it east folks.. and see you in 2018 !

Playlist:
Run For Your Life – The Creepshow
A.O.T.B.H. / Death At My Door – The Creepshow
Down To The Bottom – Dorothy
Wild Woman – Sleep Machine
Witch Hunt – Lionsault
Beast In The East – The Standstills
Foreign Skies / Gavrilo – The Dreadnoughts
Cynnu Tan – The Joy Formidable
Earth And Ashes – Unleash The Archers
Alone After All – ProleteR
Run With Us – Lisa Lougheed

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Homemade Jams 2017-12-21

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Homemade Jams 2017-12-21 Track Listing: Homemade Jams CHSR

1.) Amanda Jackson Band – Before The Night Is Through

2.) Amanda Jackson Band – Shout It At The Walls

3.) The Burning Hell – The River (Never Freezes Anymore)

4.) The Burning Hell – Supermoon

5.) The Regal Beagle Band – Waiting On A Sign

6.) The Regal Beagle Band – Black and White and Red

7.) Wicked Vices – Irish Goodbye

8.) Pony Rouge – Charlie Chaplin

9.) Pony Rouge – Raison d’Etre

10.) The Tortoise The Hare & The Millionaire – She’s Alright

11.) The Tortoise The Hare & The Millionaire – Hey Baby

12.) Dylan Menzie – That’s The Way

13.) Ross Neilsen – City of Regret

14.) Deep Fryer – King of King’s College

Homemade Jams 2017-12-20

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Homemade Jams 2017-12-20 Track Listing:Homemade Jams CHSR

1.) David R. Elliott – Letter To My Son

2.) Walrus – Step Outside

3.) FM Berlin – Haligonia

4.) Fuzz Fiction – Woman

5.) Alert the Medic – Corporate Kid

6.) Alert the Medic – What Are The Odds

7.) Jessie Brown – Ghost

8.) Hello Delaware – Holdin’ On

9.) The Trick – Inaugurate Me

10.) Matt Mays – Drive On

11.) Tortue – GHL

12.) Property// – Spirals

13.) Mike Trask and the Precious Memories – Those Eyes

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TEM Ep.12: Locally Overclocked

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Tour Itinerary:

First Stop:

“Raining Steel” by PERTURBATOR off the I Am The Night album

 Overclocked District:

“A Comet’s Tale (A Curious Tale)” by Hylian Lemon off the Secret of Mana: Resonance of the Pure Land album
“The Usurper Queen (Margarie Margaride)” by djpretzel off the album Super Mario RPG: Window to the Stars
“Quest For Glory “Late Snow of Winter” OC Remix” by jmr

The above three songs can be found on OverClocked ReMix. They are a community dedicated to the appreciation and promotion of video game music as an art form. Its primary focus is ocremix.org, a website featuring thousands of free fan arrangements, information on game music and composers, resources for aspiring artists, and a thriving community of video game music fans.

Synthwave District:

“Something Else (feat. Haley Stewart)” by Betamaxx off the Archaic Science album
“High Beams” by Miami Nights 1984 off the Turbulence album
“Singularity 2045” by ZAYAZ off the The Singles album

Chiptune District:

“Beautiful Minds” by Bardic Beatz off the Beautiful Minds EP
“roadstriker” by flora plus off the roadstriker album
“Mizu” by Theodore West off the Re:Human album

Future Funk District:

“Say It Again” by Fairy off the Slice Of Life OVA album
“Charm (w/Puniden)” by Moe Shop
“Next To You” by Bamboo off the Pink Neon Tokyo Compilation Vol 2 album

Final Stop:

“A Hero’s Quest” by Tom Lewandowski off the Sierra Soundtracks Volume One album

Got any suggestions for future tours?

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

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Homemade Jams 2017-12-19 w/ Alicia Toner

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Homemade Jams 2017-12-18 Track Listing: Homemade Jams CHSR

Interview with Alicia Toner

1.) Alicia Toner – Back To Fine

2.) Alicia Toner – Waves

3.) Wordburglar – If It Rhymes It’s Real

Interview with Heather Rankin

4.) Deep Fryer – Jeremy

5.) The Olympic Symphonium – Coat of Arms

6.) Andy Brown – Tin Man

7.) Off Season – Origami

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Anything Goes 2017-12-16

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Anything Goes 2017-12-16 Track Listing:Anything Goes with Bondo – there is so much great new music out there

1.) Trent Severn – Sweethearts

2.) Heavy Bell – Water Of Love

3.) The Ruffled Feathers – Strange Dream

4.) SNST – Remember How It Ends

5.) Blue Sails – Beloved

6.) Dawson Rutledge – Heavy Heart

7.) The Vaudevillian – I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jellyroll

8.) Adrian Underhill – Weather

9.) Casper Skulls – You Can Call Me Allocator

10.) Be Astronaut – No City Lights

11.) METZ – Cellophane

12.) Little You, Little Me – Mountain

13.) Alert The Medic – Music In The Background

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Overtime with K and Crox (12-15-17)

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Crox’s last week before he’s off for the holidays, luckily for us we have a lot to cover:

  • Giancarlo Stanton
    AKA Why would you go play for the Yankees?
  • MLS Cup
    AKA The Greatest Soccer Team in North American History
  • Olympic Mess
    AKA Don’t do drugs kids.
  • CFL Name Trademarks
    AKA Looks like it’s the Schooners… Sigh
  • Seattle NHL Expansion
    AKA They deserve it, suck it up Nordiques fans.
  • UNB/Poland
    AKA It’s just pretty nifty.

Drop comments down below and we’ll cover whatever we can!

– K

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RFYL Episode – SocializedEP50

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

What happens when someone is introduced into the wilds of the so-called “Holiday Spirit”?
We may never truly know. They simply come back changed, and there’s nothing that can be done to revert them.

The only treatment is preventative. Take one of these, wait one hour, and you will be adequately prepared for any exposure of this life-altering “cheer”.

Playlist:
Serious Bedtime – THE BALCONIES
Existential Baby – Die So Fluid
Dead Finger – Like A Motorcycle
Dragging The Line – Public Animal
Down To The Bottom – Dorothy
Wild Woman – Sleep Machine
Witch Hunt – Lionsault
New Kings – The Creepshow
Beast In The East – The Standstills
Neon – Puta Volcano
Internal War – Decatur Metal
This Time Around / Fear The Fire – Orbital Express (Official)
Into The Dirt – Dr. Quandary

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Fuzztone Mania Episode31

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 Hi All I trust all of you survived that blast of winter and are all gearing up for the Christmas rush .Last Friday we heard from some awesome bands  and her are just a few we listen to. Dio, kick axe,Pantera,Judas Priest,pink floyd and Queensrych just to name a few.

 

 

 

Play List for 12 /08/17
1. Dio- Dream Evil
2. Rainbow – Death ally driver
3. Trooper – Baby won’t ya please come home (can)
4. Ram Jam – Gone wild 
5. Led Zepplin -Cashmer
6. kick axe- With a lil help from my friends (can)
7. Dokken – Kiss of death
8. judas Priest – Take on the world
9. Killer Dwarfs – Heavy metal breakdown (can)
10. Lynard Skynard- T for texas
12. Deep purple – Smooth dancer
13. Anvil – Mad dog (can)
14. H.L.R. – Gale storm
15. Pantera – Im Broken
16. Dimbag darrell -Twisted
17.Triump – Lay it on the line (Can)
18 Judas Priest – Hell bent for leather
19. warrent- Uncel tom cabin
20. Streeheart- Star (can)
21. pink floyd – Shine on you crazy diamond
22. White snake – In the still of the night
23. April wine – Give me that thing called love (can)
24. Blue oystercult – Godzzila
25 Queensrych – Jet city woman

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Homemade Jams 2017-12-14

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Homemade Jams 2017-12-14 Track Listing: Homemade Jams CHSR

1.) Kim Wempe – Come Home

2.) Mike Tramblett – Still The One

3.) Katherine Moller – Bear the Tinker

4.) The Hypochondriacs – The Meeting Place

5.) Gabrielle Papillon – Heart Beat

6.) Mo Kenney – Maybe I Am

7.) Jessie Brown – Debt (We Ain’t Got No Money)

8.) Tooth & The Fang – I Didn’t Know Who You Were

9.) Andrew Moore – Superstition

10.) nuages – KD

11.) This Ship – What’s Left To Burn To The Ground

12.) Gloryhound – Let You Down Again

13.) Jon McKiel – Accolades

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Episode 4 – 1 in 7 with Joan Kingston

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                                                                                                                                                                    Interview with Ms. Joan Kingston, President of the Board of Directors of the Fredericton Community Action Group on Homelessness, and the co-Nurse Manager of the Fredericton Downtown Community Health Centre (CHC). In this episode we focus on the history of the CHC and discuss the much-needed services it provides to the people who live in poverty in Fredericton.

  The final few minutes of this episode deal with the new definition of homelessness developed by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (COH). The COH wants to improve the understanding, measurement and responses to homelessness in Canada by providing a common ‘language” for addressing this complex problem.

Host: K Brookland, Technician: Colm Lee-MacPhee

 

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