Mornings Are Hard || 2025-06-25
Artist – Track || Album
1.) Cinephonic – Refuge || Refuge
2.) GRIP TIGHT, Martha Rose – In Your Eyes || single
3.) Japanese Breakfast – Orlando In Love || For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)
4.) Mei Semones – Dumb Feeling || Animaru
5.) Braden Lam – Obsolete || The Cloudmaker’s Cry
6.) Thanya Iyer – I am here now || TIDE/TIED
7.) Ada Lea – something in the wind || single
8.) Nation of Language – I’m Not Ready For The Change || single
9.) Mounties – Tokyo Summer || Thrash Rock Legacy
10.) Guerilla Toss, Stephen Malkmus, Trey Anastasio – Red Flag to Angry Bull || single
11.) Black Lips – Tippy Tongue || single
12.) Nate and the Busy Boys – Twist Then Shake || Busy Doing Nothing
13.) Motherhood – Hallway || Dear Bongo
14.) PUP – Hallways || Who Will Look After The Dogs?
15.) Frankie and the Witch Fingers – Economy || Trash Classic
CHSR + Corey Bonnevie (Plays The Cap 2025-07-04)
Bondo had a quick chat with Corey Bonnevie, a staple of the Saint John music scene. Hear about the new EP It All Depends On How You Wanna Hurt, Monopolized Records, and Doctor Mother Father‘s show coming up at The Cap July 4, 2025.
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Away From The Mire Episode 83 – It’s Hot!
Some cool tunes for a hot week for ya!
Lots of new music this week from Sloan, Gardener, Blue, Rick White and more!
T Bird and The Breaks – It’s hot!
Guerilla Toss feat. Stephen Malkmus & Trey Anastasio – Red Flag to Angry Bull
Pearl Jam – Force Of Nature
MGMT – I Found a Whistle
Rick White – Still A Radio
Papal Visit – Beam Me Outta Me!
Sloan – Live Forever
Gardener – I’m Broke
Pulp – Grownups
Stephen Malkmus – No More Shoes
MJ Lenderman – Rip Torn
Sam Salmon feat. Motherhood and Keith Hallet – No One Likes Losing
Glen Goza – R-A-S-S-L-I-N
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Mornings Are Hard || 2025-06-24
Mornings Are Hard || 2025-06-24
Artist – Track || Album
1.) Stereolab – Immortal Hands || Instant Holograms On Metal Film
2.) Foxwarren – Say It || 2
3.) Patrick Watson, MARO – The Wandering || single
4.) Cult Of Venus – Sinner || single
5.) múm – Mild At Heart || single
6.) Dylan De Braga – In My Eyes || single
7.) Jolie Laide – Cheyenne || Creatures
8.) Julianna Riolino – In a Bluebird’s Wing || single
9.) Nate and the Busy Boys – Burger Boys || Busy Doing Nothing
10.) Cash Langdon – Dogs || Dogs
11.) The Burning Hell – What Does It Do and How Does It Work || Ghost Palace
12.) Maggie Rogers, Sylvan Esso – Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl || Anthems: A Celebration Of Broken Social Scene’s You Forgot It In People
13.) Hawksley Workman – Aliens on a Game Show || Fly Like An Ego
14.) St. Vincent – Los Ageless || MASSEDUCTION
15.) Family Man – Company Of Portraits || single
Testing For Echo – Episode 79 – Many old pals – Orig. Air Date June 21, 2025
Good afternoon everyone.
This one should give you some warm fuzzies as I’ve dipped into some that we haven’t heard in a while.
I actually do this all the time but just like to tell you about it anyway.
So far the show feedback has been positive, so I’ll keep them coming as I do.
Let’s get going.
“The World of Music, One Song at a Time”
Episode Song List
- Primus – Follow the Fool
- Nightwinds – We Were the Young
- Tool – Mockingbeat 2019
- Gordon Lightfoot – Black Day in July
- Not Now – Live and Let Die
- JC and the Buddagong – Man Named Grey
- Hawkwind – Paradox 1974
- Klaatu – True Life Hero 1976
- RUSH – Turn the Page
- Red Moon Road – Words of The Walls
- SAGA – Gotta Love it
- Tony Levin – Rising Waters
- Peter Gabriel – I Don’t Remember
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“Build things to last”: the York County Jail goes up for rent after Science East moved out
In May of 2025, the York County Jail at 668 Brunswick Street in Fredericton went up for rent after it was bought by a new owner in March. The building which is better known today for housing Science East, an educational not-for-profit, was built in 1842 and served as a provincial prison for over 150 years. Because of its unique construction—made of granite quarried from the Fredericton area—and long history, the building is a provincially designated Heritage Place, meaning any new renter would have to comply with certain restrictions meant to preserve its character defining details. Jennifer MacDonnell, the Executive Director of Science East, noted that working out of a Historic Place is not necessarily a challenge, but certainly involves added responsibility. Peter Pacey, an advisor for the Fredericton Heritage Trust, explained why it is important to preserve buildings like the York County Jail and what they can contribute to the Fredericton community today. I reached out for a comment from the new owner, but did not receive a response in time for publication
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Fredericton community gardens see unprecedented increase in demand this year
This spring, community gardens in Fredericton have seen an unprecedent increase in interest, with almost all boasting a 40+ person waitlist.
Heather Greechan, President of the Fredericton Organic Community Garden, noted that their waitlist this year included nearly 43 people, up from roughly 10 last year. Carol Muncer, the Youth and Family Educator for the New Brunswick Community Harvest Gardens, said that they have never had to turn people away from their gardens until this year.
Both Heather and Carol noted that increased interest has brought shifting demographics to the gardens, with many newcomers and young families getting involved in growing their own food. Heather postulated that increasing food prices were to blame for the recent demand for garden plots, while Carol blamed political uncertainty and an increased awareness of supply chain issues since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Canada Wide Science Fair sees sharp increase in AI based projects this year
From June 1 to 6, the University of New Brunswick hosted the 2025 Canada Wide Science Fair (CWSF), which pulls together the finalists of each provincial and territorial science fair in the country.
Reni Barlow, the Executive Director of Youth Science Canada — the organization that runs the CWSF — noted that this year saw a significant increase in the number of projects utilizing AI and machine learning.
The focus on AI based projects seemingly follows a wider trend in Canadian schools, as middle school science teachers Trudy MacNeil and Amanda Boutilier explained that student interest in AI has increased drastically over the past year.
Only 15 of the 339 projects on display were from New Brunswick, nonetheless Hejin Wang, a student from Saint John, took home the Senior Discovery Platinum Award at the CWSF award ceremony on June 5. The Platinum Award means that the judges determined that her project, titled “Controlling Humongous Fungus: Cyanobacteria as a Biocontrol Agent for Root Rot Fungus” was the best in its category.
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ACORN NB delivers report on tenant climate justice to Minister of Energy in Fredericton
On May 28, 2025, members of ACORN NB and several local unions gathered at the Hugh John Flemming Forestry Centre in Fredericton to deliver a report to Rene Legacy, Minister of Energy, and John Herron, Minister of Natural Resources. The report, titled “Crumbling Apartments in a Warming World: Tenants in an energy cost crisis,” notes that renters are at a much higher risk of energy poverty than other demographics in Canada, meaning that many low and moderate income Canadians cannot afford their energy bills. ACORN NB Chair Nichola Taylor explained that energy poverty often means that low-income people are left without adequate air conditioning in the summer or heating in the winter, which can have potentially deadly consequences. Frederictonians are particularly susceptible to energy poverty, as NB Power raised rates by 9.7% in April and still allows winter cutoffs if a customer is unable to pay their bill, a practice Nichola described as “outrageous.” NB Power responded to Nichola’s criticism by asserting that cutting a costumer’s power in the middle of winter is a last resort, and customers are encouraged to communicate with the company to find a solution to financial barriers.
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New bachelor’s degree at St. Thomas University offers students a certificate, diploma, and degree in five years instead of seven
The New Brunswick College of Craft and Design (NBCCD) and St. Thomas University (STU) have announced a new program that offers students a joint bachelor of arts in Interdisciplinary Humanities taken between the two schools.
Previously, students who wanted to attend both institutions would spend three years at NBCCD — one year to complete the Foundation Visual Arts certificate and two years to complete their discipline’s diploma — before spending another four years earning a bachelor’s degree at STU.
This new program cuts two years off of that process, saving nearly 30% on tuition and time.
STU’s Director of Student Recruitment, Cristi Flood-Caristi, explained that this particular partnership has been in the works for years, with talks between STU and NBCCD beginning before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ultimately, this partnership intends to combine the hands-on technical training offered by NBCCD with the reflective academic learning done at STU. Kaylee Moore, NBCCD’s Chief Marketing and Recruitment Officer, noted that the program promises to be popular, as she received inquiries from prospective students within hours of the new degree being announced.
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Mornings Are Hard || 2025-06-20
Mornings Are Hard || 2025-06-20
Artist – Track || Album
1.) Foxwarren – Say It || 2
2.) beaming – slow sinkin (ft. Field Medic) || single
3.) Graham Hunt – Been There Done That || Timeless World Forever
4.) Art d’Ecco – Survival Of The Fittest || Serene Demon
5.) FISHLORD – TENSION || A BEAUTIFUL PLACE
6.) El Tata, Yoro – Walking || single
7.) Yuno – True || Blest
8.) Madness – Your Dog || single
9.) Saxsyndrum – Hang On || Room of Endless Days
10.) Couch Prints – Hall Lights || Pitbull 2
11.) Population II – Maintenant et Jamais || Maintenant Jamais
12.) Nate and the Busy Boys – Twist Then Shake || Busy Doing Nothing
13.) David R. Elliott – Devotion || True Love Forever
14.) Bret McKenzie – All I Need || single
15.) Bahamas – Please Don’t Return || Songs From The Gang – A Celebration Of Joel Plaskett
16.) The Deep Dark Woods – Traded In Your Name || single
People Need Music: June 19, 2025
Playlist
Kathleen Edwards – Say Goodbye, Tell No One ::
Aysanabee – Bringing The Fire ::
Logan Richard – The Grass is Blue ::
The Wooden Sky – Saturday Night ::
Paige Warner – Damaged Goods ::
Leela Gilday – Rolling Thunder ::
gardens – Drive ::
Amelia Curran – Watershed ::
Kelly McMichael – Open (Hurts to Have a Heart) ::
Dominique Fils-Aimé – Give Me a Reason ::
Penny & The Pits – Montenegro on Ice ::
Alvvays – Next of Kin
Homemade Jams || 2025-06-19
Artist – Track || Album
1.) Pallmer – Swimming || Swimming
2.) Josh Norrad – One Hand On The Wheel || single
3.) David Myles – Happen Now || Songs From The Gang – A Celebration of Joel Plaskett
4.) Joel Strauss – Unspoken || Noonday Drive At 12AM
5.) Marian – Same Town || Marian
6.) Beauts – Waverley || single
7.) Honey Gut – Buried Alive || Hunter-Gatherer
8.) Marc McLaughlin – All I Can Say || All I Can Say
9.) Kill Chicago – Moonlight || The Fix
10.) Elder Caius – All The Way Down Now || single
11.) Doctor Mother Father – Committed to Something || It All Depends on How You Wanna Hurt
12.) Motherhood – Moat || Thunder Perfect Mind
13.) Weak Size Fish, KDZ – Elevate || The Drift
14.) The Trick – Fearsome Places || Fearsome Places
Mornings Are Hard || 2025-06-19
Artist – Track || Album
1.) Good Dear Good – Better Off Dead || single
2.) Ty Segall – Possession || Possession
3.) The Dears – Babe, We’ll Find A Way || single
4.) Two Hours Traffic – Keep It Coming || I Never See You Anymore
5.) The Burning Hell – Luna FM || Ghost Palace
6.) Joel Strauss – Forever Song || Noonday Drive at 12AM
7.) Black Suit Devil – A Matter Of Time || A Matter Of Time
8.) Pile – Uneasy || single
9.) Mal Blum – Must Get Lonely || single
10.) Wintersleep – Nerves Normal. Breath Normal || Untitled
11.) Bonnie Trash – Hellmouth || Mourning You
12.) Pearly Drops – Ratgirl || single
13.) Tetsuo II – PHASE II || Phase IV
Away From The Mire Episode 82 – Do You Wanna Dance?
Check out this week’s episode where play a couple of tracks in tribute to the recently departed Brian Wilson and Sly Stone. I’ve got some local favorites as well as preview some upcoming shows in the area.
Barenaked Ladies – Brian Wilson (live)
Beach Boys – Wouldn’t It Be Nice (live)
The Flaps – Dunebuggy
Nate and The Busy Boys – Burger Boy
Motherhood – Hallway
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Wither With You
High Fade – The Jam
Tom Morello – California’s Dark
Bob Mould – Wishing Well
The Evaporators – I’m Your Buddy
AJJ – Disposable Everything
Pearl Jam – Everyday People
Offspring – Mota
Chixdiggit – Hemp Hemp Hooray!
The Ramones – Rockaway Beach
The Ramones – Do You Wanna Dance?
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Mornings Are Hard || 2025-06-18
Artist – Track || Album
1.) Owen Steel – Your Own Imagination || COMBE
2.) Foxwarren – Strange || 2
3.) Basia Bulat – Disco Polo || Basia’s Palace
4.) Joywave – Yellowish Sunbeam || Permanent Pleasure (Deluxe)
5.) Art d’Ecco – A Change Of Scenery || Serene Demon
6.) The Bug Club – Jealous Boy || Very Human Features
7.) The Libertines – Don’t Look Back into the Sun || Time For Heroes – The Best of The Libertines
8.) Fomies – Reflection || Liminality
9.) King Gizzard – Aerodynamic || Phantom Island
10.) Babes In Canyon – Too Much || single
11.) Hawksley Workman – Rock Properly || Fly Like An Ego
12.) DON WEST – Friends || single
13.) Tanika Charles – Reasons To Stay || single
14.) Men I Trust – Hard To See || Equus Caballus
15.) Klô Pelgag – Un rêve || single
Mornings Are Hard || 2025-06-17 POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE LONG LIST Part 02
Artist – Track || Album
1.) Richard Laviolette – Florence and Delilah || All Wild Things Are Shy
2.) Wyatt C. Louis – Dancing with Sue || Chandler
3.) Kelly McMichael – Tour From Hell || After The Sting Of It
4.) Men I Trust – Come Back Down || Equus Caballus
5.) Mustafa – I’ll Go Anywhere || Dunya
6.) N NAO – Fleuron || Nouveau Language
7.) Nemahsis – stick of gum || Verbathim
8.) Dorothea Paas – Autumn Roses || Think Of Mist
9.) Klô Pelgag – Libra || Abracadabra
10.) Population II – La Trippance || Maintenant Jamais
11.) Ribbon Skirt – Cellophane || Bite Down
12.) The Weather Station – Mirror || Humanhood
13.) Donovan Woods – Rosemary || Things Were Never Good If They’re Not Good Now
14.) Yoo Doo Right – Ponders End || From The Heights of Our Pastureland
Harmony Corruption Episode 98-The 1990 Retrospective Part 3-June 10th, 2025
Hi folks! This week’s episode features the final part of the 1990 retrospective with Stephanie co-hosting! I hope you all enjoyed the 1990 retrospective. Next week’s episode will be back to the usual programming.
Here’s the playlist for the week:
GWAR-Sick Of You
Bathory-Valhalla
Danzig-Killer Wolf
Trouble-RIP
Alice In Chains-We Die Young
Autopsy-Destined to Fester
Carcass-Black Star
Venom-Warhead
Queensryche-Warning
Domesticated-Tactile Vertigo
Domesticated-Tinsel City
Domesticated-Deformed Exterior
Domesticated-Nanocombustion
Abysseral Throne-Wolfthorn
Abysseral Throne-They Will Return
Satyricon-Nemesis Divina
Slayer-Chemical Warfare
Thanks for listening!
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People Need Music: June 12, 2025
The Fredericton Playhouse laughed its Spotlight Series this week. Jeff Richardson, Director of Growth and Development joined Tonya Price in the CHSR FM studios to chat about the new season of great performances from around the world.
Playlist
The Hello Crows – Warbler ::
Bear Grease, LighteningCloud – Summer Snaggin’ ::
Tom Papa – Whole Foods vs Costco ::
Oscar Peterson – Cheek to Cheek ::
Jill Barber, Matthew Barber – Light of the Moon ::
Tom Morello – Human (feat. Barns Courtney) ::
Dwayne Gretzky – S.O.S. ::
Wintersleep – Weighty Ghost ::
Jeremy Dutcher – Oqiton
Away From The Mire Episode 81 – A little something on the side!
On this week’s episode we take a look at solo acts, spinoffs and side projects. Like most of my episodes, this one is all over the place starting with a fun piano driven tune and ending with some 90’s Hard Rock/Metal. Enjoy!
Eddie Vedder w/ Elton John – Picture
Gord Downie – Yer Possessed
Oysterhead – Army’s On Ecstacy
Stephen Malkmus – Black Book
Middle Brother – Portland
Trans Canada Highwaymen – Undun
Talk Show – Hello Hello
Mounties – Headphones
Julian Casablancas – Out Of The Blue
Static In Stereo – Before My Time
Sebadoh – Rebound
A Perfect Circle – 3 Libras
Tom Wilson – Dig It
Down – Stone The Crow
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Mornings Are Hard || 2025-06-11 POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE LONG LIST Part 01
Artist – Track || Album
1.) Art d’Ecco – The Traveller || Serene Demon
2.) BACKXWASH – Undesirable || Only Dust Remains
3.) Bibi Club – Le feu || Feu de garde
4.) Caribou – Volume || Honey
5.) Lou-Adriane Cassidy – Journal d’un loup-garou || Journal d’un Loup-Garou
6.) Choses Sauvages – Cours toujourd || Choses Sauvages III
7.) Cold Specks – Venus in Pieces || Light for the Midnight
8.) Marie Davidson – Fun Times || City of Clowns
9.) Destroyer – The Same Thing as Nothing at All || Dan’s Boogie
10.) Gloin – Horse Fighting || All of your anger is actually shame (and I bet that makes you angry)
11.) Saya Gray – H.B.W. || SAYA
12.) Hildegard – Bach in Town || Jour 1596
13.) Yves Jarvis – All Cylinders || All Cylinders
14.) Kaia Kater ft. Aoife O’Donovan – The Witch || Strange Medicine
15.) Bells Larsen – Composured Veneer || Blurring Time
The Lunchbox Interview: BitB’s “Macbeth”
My guests today are Len Falkenstein (Director), Rebekkah Chasse (Lady Macbeth), Scott Shannon (Macbeth), and Mary Walker (Witch), who are all involved in the upcoming Bard in the Barracks presentation of Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth. We talk about how to approach iconic characters, and the somewhat disturbing relevance of the story of a tragic, over-ambitious leader.
Macbeth will be staged in the Botanical Gardens in Odell Park.
Bard in the Barracks runs from June 17 to July 7, with Macbeth showing on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays (June 20, 22, 25, 26, 27, 29 and July 2, 3, 6), with a preview performance on June 19. Patrons are advised to arrive by 7:15, with a curtain time of 7:30pm.
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The Lunchbox Interview: BitB’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
My guests today are Len Falkenstein (Director), Shannon Munn (Mistress Ford), and Rhett Ellis (Falstaff), who are all involved in the upcoming Bard in the Barracks presentation of Shakespeare’s comedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor. We discuss the farce of this play, especially in contrast to the visual reframing as a mobster story.
The Merry Wives of Windsor will be staged on a purpose-built stage on the grounds of Christ Church Cathedral downtown. (Please bring a folding chair.)
Bard in the Barracks runs from June 17 to July 7, with The Merry Wives of Windsor showing on Saturdays and Mondays (June 21, 23, 28, 30 and July 5 and 7), with a preview performance on June 17 and an opening night on June 18. Patrons are advised to arrive by 7:45, with a curtain time of 8pm.
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Mornings Are Hard || 2025-06-10
Artist – Track || Album
1.) Tetsuo II – PHASE I || Phase IV
2.) Tetsuo II – PHASE II || Phase IV
3.) Ambre Ciel – the sun, the sky || still, there is the sea
4.) Foxwarren – Dance || 2
5.) Stereolab – Immortal Hands || Instant Holograms On Metal Film
6.) Phoebe Rings – Drifting || Aseural
7.) Toro y Moi – Stars and Sons || Anthems: A Celebration Of Broken Social Scene’s You Forgot It In People
8.) The Ting Tings – Dreaming || Home
9.) Kassie Krut – Hooh Beat (Panda Bear Remix) || Kassie Krut (Expanded EP)
10.) Purity Ring – many lives || single
11.) Panic Shack – Thelma & Louise || single
12.) Night School – Bitter Pill || For Keeps
13.) Mike Trask – Landing Day || BEET
14.) Florence + The Machine – Ship To Wreck || How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Testing For Echo – Episode 78 – Ready To Roll – Orig. Air Date June 7th, 2025
Hi again folks. I hope that all is well with you and thank you for tuning in for the show.
This is episode 78 of Testing For Echo on CHSR FM 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world and I am your host Tim Scammell.
I have a full slate today so I’d best get rolling. I’d like to make sure everything gets played. There’s plenty of Geddy today by the way. You’ll LOVE it!
Tim
“The World of Music, One Song at a Time”
Episode Song List
- Awake and Dreaming – I U Me
- Geddy Lee – The Lost Demos – Gone and I Am…You Are
- Liz Fagan Band – Hurricane Season
- John Wetton – Battle Lines
- Tony Levin – Welcome
- SAGA – Remember When
- David Horner and Robert Sibony – Mojave Monsoon
- RUSH – Not Fade Away
- Sevendust – Waffle
- Steve Vai – Tender Surrender
- Bryan Ferry – Love Letters
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