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Homemade Jams 2018-04-09 w/ Living Roots Festival

Track Listing:  1.) Black Suit Devil – Fumble (Toronto, ON) 2.) Morgan – Porcupine (Valleyfield , QC) 3.) ART the Band – Planck Era ft. Ayrah Taerb (Toronto, ON) 4.) Del Barber – Living With A Long way To Go (Winnipeg, MB) 5.) Freeman Dre & The Kitchen Party – Ain’t Going Back to the

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Homemade Jams 2018-03-26

Track Listing:  1.) Burgundy Drive – Goodbye Son 2.) Alert The Medic – Corporate Kid 3.) Sloan – Spin Our Wheels (Toronto, ON) 4.) Brookside Mall – Garden 5.) Nap Eyes – Hearing The Bass 6.) Jane Blanchard – 22 7.) This Is Our Design – She Has Awoken 8.) Våras – Hoppar på Moln 9.) The

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Homemade Jams 2018-03-12

Today on Homemade Jams we spin a new single from The Stanfields (full album available March 23rd), and 2 tracks from Rich Aucoin’s new EP “Hold” (available March 16th). The rest of the hour is filled with local favourites including SUUNS as your Canadian track of the day.

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Homemade Jams 2018-03-05

Track Listing:  1.) The Hypochondriacs – Just Like Before 2.) Motherhood – Twosies 3.) Motherhood – “Sayin?” 4.) YAMANTAKA//SONIC TITAN – Someplace (Toronto, ON) 5.) Deep Fryer – Jeremy 6.) Diner Drugs – Bacteria 7.) Grand Theft Bus – Goldmine 8.) The Olympic Symphonium – The Middle 9.) Sleepy Driver – I Know You Know

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Homemade Jams 2018-02-27

Fredericton’s CHIP dropped a new single and video today! Today on Homemade Jams we chat with Luke and Guidge about the track, the new video, and what’s coming up for the band!

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Paradigm Shift – Episode 2 – Weirdest Music

On this episode me an Jake dive into the weirdest music we’ve ever come across! The likes of which include Watsky, The Cardiacs, Primus, Frank Zappa and more!   Tune in next week when we play our favourite Canadian music!   Johnny James   PLAYLIST: Paradigm Shift – Malixiria Stupidass – Watsky! Bell Clinks –

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General Distortion – Episode 19 – Tactus

  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.

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General Distortion – Episode 17 – Cleanout

Hey Everyone!   This episode is a catch-up where I play some previously unaired interviewed with the likes of The Stanfield, Voltang, Between The Buried and Me and others!   Tune in every Monday from 10-11:30pm for new episodes on CHSR-FM.   Cheers!   Johnny Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | More

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General Distortion – Episode 16 – Phoning It In

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

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New General Distortion tonight w/ Adrian Barnes and Steve Parish from Tactus

Tonight on General Distortion, Adrian Barnes and Steve Parish from Tactus join me to talk about their ECMA nomination for their album “Bending Light”, their new single Glass Atlas and their thoughts and reflections on the passing of Chester Bennington. Tune in tonight from 10-11:30pm on CHSR 97.9 FM or online at chsrfm.ca. Johnny

Homemade Jams 2018-01-08 w/ The Tortoise The Hare & The Millionaire

The Tortoise The Hare & The Millionaire stop by Homemade Jams to talk about their Led Zeppelin tribute show, “Celebration Day”, this Saturday at The Capital Complex!

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Album Review: The Hypochondriacs – In 3/4

The Hypochondriacs quickly etched their mark as a staple band in the Fredericton music scene long before their debut album was released. And we mean long. In 3/4 took what felt like a lifetime to come into fruition, but as they say all good things are worth waiting for. Their press release says “The Hypochondriacs resurrect classic country

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General Distortion – Episode 14 – Tyson Davidson

We’re back! Hopefully for good this time! Photo credit: Ryan Stacey (@staceytakespictures)   My good buddy Tyson Davidson for this weeks episode to talk about how not to be a douche when making music videos, hosting touring bands and the grind involved with building up a music scene!   Tonight! I clean out some old interviews

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Bondo chats with Caveboy

Caveboy is an alt. pop trio from Montreal. Tonight they’re in Fredericton supporting Ria Mae and Scott Helman at the Boyce’s Farmers Market, October 18, 2017! Listen in while Caveboy member, Michelle, chats with Bondo about being on tour, how their music stands out from others, and some exciting news taking place immediately after their East

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THE CRAZY TRAIN EPISODE #CXXII

Well I gotta say, it was great to be back doing a live show for you all, even made greater that I was joined by ‘General Distortions host Johnny James ‘Dio’ for the two hour special on this past July’s ‘Maritime Metal & Hard Rock Festival #5’. In the first hour we played the interviews

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The Crazy Train Episode #CXXI

Been a while my friends! Episode #121 was a pre-recorded episode, but it wont be the last! I WILL however be doing my first live show in a month THIS upcoming Saturday, Sept. 2nd. Episode #121 kicked off with two brand new tracks from Montreal’s ‘Requiomend’ from their album ‘Tide breaker’. Hoping to see the

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The Crazy Train Episode #CXVIII – MM&HR Feature #2

Yes, my friends only a couple weeks to go before I see you all in Windsor, Nova Scotia for the 5th year bash of the Maritime Metal & Hard Rock festival! I decided to do another feature just to give a little more exposure to the bands and to you the listeners, so if there

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Underground Sound Episode #6

This was episode #6 of Underground Sound and our first podcast. In this episode we took a crack at throwing some ska-punk tunes your way including songs from such bands as Sublime, Choking Victim, and Slightly Stoopid. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | More

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The Crazy Train Episode #117

All Crazy Train Festival passes have now been won! All contests now closed! Thanks so much for those of you who participated. Unlike “MAJOR” broadcasting radio stations, college/community radio can be hard for contests. In the past we’ve almost had to literally just give prizes away, so it means a lot to me when I

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The Crazy Train – Chat with Sammie X Regarding the Local Metal & Punk Scene Survey

A couple months ago, Sammie X and the Fredericton Metal page on Facebook put together a survey about the local / regional Metal & Punk scene and many of you participated in this survey, which gleaned very important information to not only the musicians, but bar owners and gig promoters. Sammie X has been an

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The Crazy Train Episode #CXVI

On Episode #116, I finished off the second part of the Maritime Metal & Hard Rock festival showcase of bands and also dropped the question for the last ‘weekend pass’ that you can still win! On the Crazy Train Facebook page, the first person to name TWO bands playing this years MM&HR fest will win

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