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The Fox Den Episode 2 (October 6th 2025)
Indie Whimsy Episode 51 (October 7th 2025)
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)
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The Lunchbox Interview: Peter Hicks [Sleepy Driver]
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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Nothing in Particular: 2025-Oct-07
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 |
People Need Music: October 9, 2025
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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Lunchbox Interview: TUNB Presents “Stag and Doe”
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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Away From The Mire Episode 93
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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The Lunchbox: DBFF 2025
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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The Lunchbox: TNB’s The Greatest Play…
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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People Need Music: October 2, 2025
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
The Fox Den Episode 1 (September 29th 2025)
welcome to the fox den, where i bring you tonal inconsistency, consistently!
in this episode you’ll hear … Continue reading
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Indie Whimsy Episode 50 (September 30th 2025)
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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Testing For Echo – Episode 86 – This one feels Great – Orig. Air Date Sept. 27, 2025
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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
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Nothing in Particular: 2025-Sep-23
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.
| Artist | Song | Album | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pagalve | Rubber Dog | Shades & Echoes – Finest Dub Techno, Vol. 2 | 2014 |
| IAMX | I Am Terrified | Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction | 2009 |
| James Hill | What Would You Have Me Do? | Man With A Love Song | 2011 |
| Caravan Palace | Queens | Panic | 2012 |
| Thomas Dolby | The Ability to Swing | Aliens Ate My Buick | 1988 |
| Sarah Slean | Habit | Blue Parade | 1998 |
| Sarah Slean | Perfect Sky | Metaphysics | 2017 |
| Annie Lennox | September in the Rain | Nostalgia | 2014 |
| Baaba Maal | One Day | The Traveller | 2016 |
| Pukka Orchestra | Might As Well Be On Mars | Pukka Orchestra | 1984 |
| Crash Test Dummies | All You Pretty Girls | A Testimonial Dinner : The Songs Of XTC | 1995 |
| Alison Goldfrapp | Gatto Gelato (Niina Remix) | The Love Invention | 2023 |
People Need Music: September 25, 2025
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
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Indie Whimsy Episode 49 (September 23rd 2025)
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)
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Indie Whimsy Episode 48 (September 16th 2025)
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)
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Mornings Are Hard || 2025-09-24
MAH || 2025-09-24
Artist – Track || Album
1.) Lammping, Bloodshot Bill – Won’t Back Down || Never Never
2.) Boo Boos – C’mon Baby || Young Love
3.) Nate and the Busy Boys – Busy Boy Needs You || Busy Doing Nothing
4.) Frog – BITTEN BY MY LOVE VAR. XI || THE COUNT
5.) Think About You – Step Jam || Don’t Die On Me
6.) Muncho – Been So Long, Still Like The Song || Is This Something?
7.) Sloan – I Live This Town || Songs From The Gang – A Celebration of Joel Plaskett
8.) Sloan – Live Forever || Based On The Best Seller
9.) Platonic Sex – Easy || Face To The Flywire
10.) Old Mervs – Parched || Old Mervs
11.) Trapper Schoepp – Loaded || Osborne
12.) Foxwarren – Strange || 2
13.) Mappe Of – Happiness In The Singularity || Afterglades
14.) Franki Jupiter – Honest || Between the Pockets
15.) The Prize – Had It Made || In The Red
Mornings Are Hard || 2025-09-23
MAH || 2025-09-23
Artist – Track || Album
1.) Yo La Tengo – Autumn Sweater || I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
2.) Father John Misty – Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings || Fear Fun
3.) Wombo – Danger in Fives || Danger in Fives
4.) TOPS – ICU2 || Bury The Key
5.) Stereolab – Aerial Troubles || Instant Holograms On Metal Film
6.) múm – Mild At Heart || History of Silence
7.) Golden Apples – Mind || Shooting Star
8.) Mac DeMarco – Holy || Guitar
9.) Doctor Mother Father – Always Feeling || It All Depends on How You Wanna Hurt
10.) Last Words – Bloom || What Keeps Me Up At Night
11.) Family Man – Death Has A Face || single
12.) Penny & The Pits – Headcrusher || Liquid Compactor
13.) Elder Caius – All The Way Down Now || Elder Caius
14.) Evan Greer, Eve 6 – $5 || AMAB/ACAB
15.) Native Son – No || single
16.) Whitney – Back to the Wind || single
Away From the Mire Episode 92 – Pearl Jam in the Great White North!
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)
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Mornings Are Hard || 2025-09-22
MAH || 2025-09-22
Artists- Track || Album
1.) Jane’s Party – Over You || single
2.) Tame Impala – Lost In Yesterday || The Slow Rush
3.) Royel Otis – come on home || hickey
4.) Yumi Zuma – Drag || single
5.) Gorillaz, Sparks – The Happy Dictator || single
6.) Charlotte Cardin – Tant pis pour elle || single
7.) qwinn – Welcome To My Life Y2K || single
8.) Milk & Bone, Chromeo – Hoops || single
9.) Felicia Lu – Play With Fire || BITTER
10.) Les Louanges – GODDAMN! || single
11.) Golden Blue – Hollow || single
12.) Ada Lea – something in the wind || when i paint my masterpiece
13.) Babes In Canyon – The New Loud || single
14.) Church of Trees – The Angry Sky || Thief of Joy
15.) Carson McHone – Downhill || Pentimento
16.) The Damn Truth – The Willow || The Damn Truth
Nothing in Particular: 2025-Sep-16
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 |
Away From The Mire Episode 91 – Big crime!
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
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Mornings Are Hard || 2025-09-17
MAH || 2025-09-17
Artist – Track || Album
1.) Matt May & El Torpedo – On The Hood || Matt May & El Torpedo
2.) Radiator – One More Year || 23 PARK STREET LONDON UK
3.) The Age of Electric – I Don’t Mind || Make a Pest a Pet
4.) Motherhood – Way Down || Dear Bongo
5.) The Beths – Straight Line Was A Line || single
6.) Wet Leg – don’t speak || moisturizer
7.) Elephant Stone – Revival || Back Into The Garage
8.) Nate and the Busy Boys – Community Radio || Busy Doing Nothing
9.) Folk Bitch Trio – Hotel TV || Now Would Be A Good Time
10.) The Philosopher Kings – You Stepped On My Life || Famous Rich and Beautiful
11.) Nia Nadurata – boo hoo || Still Living With My Parents
12.) Aysanabee – The Way We’re Born || Edge of the Earth
13.) lynyn – 4m Hiero || Ixona
14.) Verses GT – Unknown || Verses GT
Mornings Are Hard || 2025-09-16 POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE 2025
MAH || 2025-09-16
Artist – Track || Album
1.) Bibi Club – Le Feu || Feu de garde
2.) Lou-Adriane Cassidy – Dis-moi dis-moi dis-moi || Journal d’un Loup-Garou
3.) Marie Davidson – Fun Times || City Of Clowns
4.) Mustafa – Name of God || Dunya
5.) Nemahsis – coloured concrete || Verbathim
6) Population II – Le thé est prêt || Maintenant Jamais
7.) Ribbon Skirt – Wrong Planet || Bite Down
8.) The OBGMs – CHANGES || SORRY, IT’S OVER
9.) Yves Jarvis – Gold Filigree || All Cylinders
10.) Saya Gray – …THUS IS WHY (I DON’T SPRING FOR LOVE) || SAYA
11.) Saya Gray – SHELL (OF A MAN) || SAYA
12.) Saya Gray – H.B.W || SAYA