New music this week from Geese, Absolute Losers and Sam Salmon!
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Hi Folks,
This week’s episode was done live from CHSR-FM! I had the chance to stop by CHSR last night and do my show live from the studio. Make sure to check out my show airing live weekly at Local FM in Saint John, NB!
Here’s the playlist for this week’s episode:
Roky Erickson-Bloody Hammer


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Episode 14. A quiet, sombre program this week. I’ve settled into a Fall mood…
| Artist | Song | Album | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concept | Shake | Culture Clash | 2005 |
| Single Gun Theory | I Am What I See (The New Delhi Remix) | Possessed: Nettwerk Sound Sampler Vol. 4 | 1993 |
| Spirit Of The West | Take It From The Source | Labour Day | 1988 |
| The Box | Remnants | All the Time, All the Time, All the Time… | 1985 |
| Arih SK | Loose Thread | Hold it Together | 2023 |
| Whitehorse | Evangelina | Leave No Bridge Unburned | 2015 |
| Angels & Agony | Forever | Eternity | 2006 |
| Carbon Based Lifeforms | Set Theory | World Of Sleepers | 2006 |
| Delerium w/ Katharine Blake and Mediaeval Baebes | Sister Sojourn Ghost | Nuages du Monde | 2006 |
| Seabound | October Song | Double-Crosser | 2006 |
| Susumu Yokota | Fairy Link | The Boy and The Tree | 2002 |
| LooneyJetman | Eastern Tides / Requiem | Deep Blue | 2012 |
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A fun cover set this week featuring Rush covers as well as new music from Geese and Jeff Tweedy. We finish it off with a novelty track written and produced by the recently departed Ace Frehley.
Jordana, TV Girl – Summer’s Over
Tebby and the Heavy – Razzle Dazzle
Jeff Tweedy – Forever Never Ends
Local H – 2112 Overture / Temple Of Syrinx
Billy Talent – Passage To Bangkok
Richard Cheese – The Trees
Geese – Long Island City Here I Come
This Is Lorelei – A Song That Sings About You
Les Claypool – Call Me The Breeze
BA Johnston – Hanging On By A Thread
Secret Machines – Dreaming of Dreaming
Crazy Joe and the Variable Speed Band – Eugene
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Hello again everyone. Thank you very much for tuning in today. This is Testing For Echo Episode 88 in Fredericton and around the world.
I do have a pretty large stack of songs to squeeze into our show today so let’s get this started.
Tim
“The World of Music, One Song at a Time”
Episode Song List
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Playlist:
Old Man Luedecke, Bahamas – My Status is the Baddest ::
Bahamas – The Bridge ::
William Prince – The Spark ::
Brandi Carlile, Lucius – You and Me on the Rock ::
Les louanges – Pigeons ::
Radio Radio – Tellement dope ::
Absolute Loser – In The Crowd ::
The Barr Brothers – Let it Hiss ::
Alexisonfire – Fully Completely ::
Dan Mangan – Cold in the Summer ::
Wyatt C. Louis – Dancing with Sue ::
Claude Munson – Get It While It’s Good ::
Boy Golden – Mountain Road ::
Dominique Fils-Aime – Cheers to New Beginnings
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welcome to episode 3 of the fox den, where i bring you tonal inconsistency, consistently! in this episode you’ll hear …
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heya! in this episode of indie whimsy you’ll hear:
1) they might be giants – the cap’m (the else; 2007)
2) arcade fire – the suburbs (continued) (the suburbs; 2010)
3) the shins – the past and pending (oh, inverted world; 2001)
4) amy millan – bury this (masters of the burial; 2009)
5) transmittens – too right to sigh (we disappear; 2010)
6) the dears – taking it to the grave (times infinity volume 2; 2017)
7) belle and sebastian – the evening star (late developers; 2023)
8) arcade fire – normal person (reflektor; 2013)
9) belle and sebastian – perfect couples (girls in peacetime want to dance; 2015)
10) amy millan – all the miles (honey from the tombs; 2006)
11) r.e.m. – fall on me (life’s rich pageant; 1986)
12) northern picture library – catholic easter colours (alaska; 1993)
13) death cab for cutie – champagne from a paper cup (something about airplanes; 1998)
14) action painting! – alice power (edie mullen radio session) (trial cuts; 2018)
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The Maritimes is full of history and odd occurrences that make great stories.

My guest today is Andrew Maclean, author, historian and storyteller. The latest book in his Backyard History series arrived this year. He joins me to tell about what sorts of tales we can expect in Backyard History: Mysterious Stories from Atlantic Canada’s Past.
Look for Andrew at farmer’s markets and Christmas markets near you, or order his books through his website, backyardhistory.ca .
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Stories arise from a combination of inspiration, persistence and wandering.

My guest today is Peter Hicks, well-known as songwriter and performer for Sleepy Driver and My Black Ram, but joining me today as an author (under the pseudonym “Andi Ellis”) of the romantic comedy novel Roughing It. He joins me to talk about his lifelong love of storytelling in many forms, his decision to put out a romantic comedy novel, where his inspiration came from, and upcoming writing projects.
Roughing It is set to be released in digital and paperback form on October 23, 2025. You can pre-order the digital book at Amazon, or look for it in local bookstores.
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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
.Tim
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My guest today was Peter Hicks, well-known front-man for Fredericton bands Sleepy Driver and My Black Ram. He joined me live in studio to talk about the changes in Sleepy Driver over the years, and the next steps he’s looking forward to, including changing perspective from studio to live performance-oriented music. Peter also shared one of the new songs he’s working on, called Gasoline.
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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 |
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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
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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). Since I have several behind-the-scenes people with me today, we get a chance to talk in depth about setting up the location of this play, the magic of live, fake cooking, and how each of them stepped into their roles.
Stag and Doe opens at Memorial Hall at UNB on October 23 at 7:30pm, and runs nightly through October 25.
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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
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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.
Demonic Brilliance Film Festival ran October 2-4 at the Open Space Theatre.
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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.
We discuss the origins of this play, Dean’s experience staging it with his wife, and some of the unusual things to watch for in this play.
The Greatest Play in the History of the World opens on the Open Space stage on October 16 in Fredericton, and runs nightly until October 18 at 7:30pm with a matinee at 2:00pm on October 19. It heads out on tour across the province before coming back to Fredericton on October 26.
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This week’s edition of People Need Music featured St. Stephen based singer/songwriter, Jacob Rose. Jacob has a great new track out called “We Keep Trying (To Make Something New)” check it out! We also chatted about songwriting and life events.
www.jacobrosemusic.com
Playlist
The Hello Crows – Crow Teaching ::
Marian – Astral Plane ::
Jacob Rose – Hold Your Head Up ::
Jacob Rose – We Keep Trying (To Make Something New) ::
Jacob Rose – Wharfbound (Jacob’s Version) ::
Julie Stella – La tempête ::
Lou-Adriane Cassidy – Cours, Cora, Cours ::
Yves Jarvis – Gold Filigree ::
Ria Mae – The Ring (Damn!) ::
LaForce – October ::
Zach Pelletier – Bones
welcome to the fox den, where i bring you tonal inconsistency, consistently!
in this episode you’ll hear … Continue reading→
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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)
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