As we prepare to unveil our official favourite songs of 2010, we’ve noticed that there are a whole bunch of great ones that somehow didn’t make the cut. Some years, there’s just too much great stuff, and 2010 seems like one of those years. Much of today’s show is devoted to great releases from 2010 that deserve an honorary mention.
It’s the end of another calendar year, so time for T-Bar & The Mudge to talk (and argue) about some of the best & worst music of the year. We managed to get along well enough to spin some great tunes from this year (and a few from last year.) We also previewed the most exciting New Year’s Eve bash in recent memory, Del does Springsteen, with some classics from Bruuuuuuuce and some soon-to-be classics from Del.
This weekend marks the 10th anniversary of the best damn club on the planet, and arguably our city’s most important music venue, The Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club. John Scoles & his team down there are doing the Lord’s work, even though they’ve got a whole lotta devil in ’em. They’ve given us some amazing musical memories over the past 10 years, and we’re absolutely sure that there are many more yet to come. This week’s show is all about the church at Main & St. Mary, with music and memories galore. Here’s to many more!
I’ve never been afraid to go far and wide to check out a good show, but this weekend just might be the craziest yet. Since we’re off on that crazy adventure, this show is pre-taped, but we’ll hear some tunes from the guys we’re headed to see, and some traveling/driving/road songs to keep us rolling. This week brings us some great new tunes, so we dive into some of those. And, next weekend, one of Canada’s finest female singer/songwriters, Sarah Harmer, returns to town, so we hear a bunch of her great solo work and her work backing up others.
I’ve never been afraid to go far and wide to check out a good show, but this weekend just might be the craziest yet. Since we’re off on that crazy adventure, this show is pre-taped, but we’ll hear some tunes from the guys we’re headed to see, and some traveling/driving/road songs to keep us rolling. This week brings us some great new tunes, so we dive into some of those. And, next weekend, one of Canada’s finest female singer/songwriters, Sarah Harmer, returns to town, so we hear a bunch of her great solo work and her work backing up others.
2:00 – 2:30 pm
Paul Kelly – Keep on Driving – Stolen Apples
Del Barber – Chicago – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Wilco – Via Chicago – Summerteeth
Peter Case – Travellin’ Light – The Man With The Blue Postmodern fragmented neo-traditionalist Guitar
Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar – These Roads Don’t Move – One Fast Move Or I’m Gone
Kings Of The Moon – Drive So Far – Kings Of The Moon – CDN – WPG
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Scott Dibble & Watertown – Rich Man – One Phoebe Street – CDN
Hemingway Corner – Watch Over You – Under the Big Sky – CDN
Hemingway Corner – On the Run – Speed of Life – CDN
The Heartbroken – Tonight Tonight – Tonight Tonight – CDN
Phosphorescent – We’ll Be Here Soon – Here’s To Taking It Easy
Drive-By Truckers – Everybody Needs Love – Go Go Boots
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Users – III/IV
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Sarah Harmer – Weakened State – You Were Here – CDN
Rheostatics – Loving Arms – The Story Of Harmelodia – CDN
Skydiggers – Dear Henry – Desmond’s Hip City – CDN
Reid Jamieson w/Sarah Harmer – Holding Out – The Unavoidable Truth – CDN
Reid Jamieson – Coffee Stain – Unreleased demos Nov 2008 – CDN
Sarah Harmer – Home Soon (The Cherry Song) – Hear Music: Sweetheart Love Songs – CDN
Sarah Harmer – Late Bloomer – Oh Little Fire – CDN
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Del Barber – If I Told You That I Loved You – Love Songs For The Last 20 – CDN – WPG
James McMurtry – Hands Like Rain – Candyland
James McMurtry – Childish Things – Childish Things
James McMurtry – Just Us Kids – Just Us Kids
James McMurtry – Levelland – Live in Aught-Three
Del Barber – Katy Sparrow – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
It’s so great to see the recent attention given to the re-release of THE GREATEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME, Shakespeare My Butt by The Lowest of the Low. Here’s a pretty great interview posted by Exclaim magazine. Sure, I would have loved it if he’d referred to me by name instead of just as “the interviewer,” or at least dropping UMFM’s name or something, but hey, we’re still cool with it.
http://exclaim.ca/Interviews/WebExclusive/lowest_of_lows_ron_hawkins
The folks at CBC radio posted an interesting interview with our pal Keri Latimer. Check it out online: http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/canadalive/2011/01/07/the-truth-about-keri-latimer-and-nathan/