December 27
Artist – Title – Album
Drive-By Truckers – Everybody Needs Love – Go-Go Boots
Rilo Kiley – Portions For Foxes – More Adventurous
Butch Walker and The Black Widows – Summer of 89 – The Spade
John Moreland & The Dust Bowl Souls – Low – Everything the Hard Way
American Aquarium – Abe Lincoln – Burn.Flicker.Die.
American Aquarium – Good Fight w/Cary Ann Hearst – Live in Raleigh
Shovels & Rope – Birmingham – O’ Be Joyful
Lucero – Sometimes – Women & Work
Audra Mae and The Almighty Sound – The Real Thing – Audra Mae and The Almighty Sound
Heartless Bastards – Got to Have Rock and Roll – Arrow
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals – Never Go Back – The Lion The Beast The Beat
Langhorne Slim – The Way We Move – The Way We Move
The Warped 45s – Live Bait – Matador Sunset
Leeroy Stagger – Capitalism (Must Die!) – Radiant Land
Animal Parts – What Our Love Is – Animal Parts
Melissa Payne – Don’t Say – Melissa Payne
Lee Harvey Osmond – Break Your Body – The Folk Sinner
December 20
Artist – Title – Album
Teddy Thompson – Boycotting Christmas – single
Reckless Kelly – Miserable Christmas – The 2011 Reid Family Christmas Spectacular
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison – Please Daddy, Don’t Get Drunk – Happy Holidays
The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York – The Very Best of the Pogues
Shovels & Rope – O’ Be Joyful – O’ Be Joyful
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals – Naughty Naughty Children – The 2012 Reid Family Christmas Spectacular
JD McPherson – Twinkle – The 2012 Reid Family Christmas Spectacular
Matt Andersen – Hobo Christmas Train – Spirit of Christmas
Mike Plume – Merry Christmas to You – 2nd Annual Winnipeg Holiday Bash
Robert Earl Keen – Merry Christmas From The Family – A Truer Christmas
Robert Earl Keen – Happy Holidays Y’All – Walking Distance
NQ Arbuckle – Christmas in Hell – single
Deer Tick – Holy Shit, It’s Christmas! – Holy Shit, It’s Christmas!
Diamond Rugs – Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant – Diamond Rugs
James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – Live in Aught-Three
Jon Dee Graham – Laredo ( Small Dark Something ) – Hooray For The Moon
Alejandro Escovedo – Castanets – A Man Under the Influence
December 13
Artist – Title – Album
Gurf Morlix – Christmas in Paradise – Roller Boogie Holiday
Jim Bryson – Snoopy and the Red Baron (featuring Jeremy Fisher) – Instant Holiday Album
John Prine – Christmas in Prison – Sweet Revenge
Christina Martin – Falling for You – Sleeping with a Stranger
Dale Murray – The Grove – Dream Mountain Dream
Jay Sparrow – Don’t Let It Get You Down – White
Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons – Seventeen – Old Believers
Calexico – Splitter – Algiers
Vintage Trouble – Not Alright By Me – The Bomb Shelter Sessions
Marcus Foster – Worn Down By Time – Worn Down By Time
Allah-Las – Long Journey – Tell Me (What’s On Your Mind) – EP
Tift Merritt – In the Way – Traveling Alone
The Forty Nineteens – She’s Moved On – No Expiration Date
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Alabama Pines – Live from Alabama
Ken Tizzard with Bad Intent – Someone to Stand Beside Me – The Goodness of Bad Intent
Animal Parts – I Won’t Ever Let You Down – Animal Parts
December 06
Tonight, a show I’ve been thinking about doing since I started at UMFM, a beginners’ guide to Rheostatics. One of my favourite bands of all time, and a band that changed my life forever, Rheostatics albums don’t always jump out at new listeners – sometimes they’re a bit hard to get into. Tonight’s show culls some of the most amazing and accessible songs by one of Canada’s most legendary and respected bands, in honour of their near-Rheunion in Toronto this week.
Artist – Title – Album
Rheostatics – The Ballad of Wendel Clark Parts I and II – Greatest Hits
Rheostatics – Ditch Pigs – Greatest Hits
Rheostatics – Record Body Count – Melville
Rheostatics – Horses – Melville
Rheostatics – Self Serve Gas Station – Whale Music
Rheostatics – King of the Past – Whale Music
Rheostatics – Take Me in your Hand – Introducing Happiness
Rheostatics – Me and Stupid – Introducing Happiness
Rheostatics – Seven – Music Inspired by the Group of Seven
Rheostatics – Bad Time to Be Poor – The Blue Hysteria
Rheostatics – The Royal Albert (Joey 2) – Double Live
Rheostatics – Song of Flight – Double Live
Rheostatics – Loving Arms (w/Sarah Harmer) – The Story of Harmelodia
Rheostatics – Easy to Be with You – The Story of Harmelodia
Rheostatics – Mumbletypeg – Night of the Shooting Stars
Rheostatics – P.I.N. – Night of the Shooting Stars
Rheostatics – Marginalized – 2067
Rheostatics – Stolen Car – The Nightlines Sessions
Rheostatics – R.D.A. – Green Sprouts Music Week 1993