The Return of Coalesce and other goodies

The return of Coalesce wasn't a theme per se, but today's program opened with two songs off of their stunning new album Ox, their first one since 1999s 0:12 Revolution in Just Listening. Coalesce, along with Converge and Botch, are the what I consider to be the three most important hardcore bands to come from the late 1990s/early 2000s and influence countless pale imitators. Another minor theme in today's program was Elliott Smith, for his music was featured in the form of Nadja's cover of "Needle in the Hay," and from Elliott Smith himself with "Ballad of Big Nothing." Overall, I was rather pleased with today's program, and I think it turned out to be among my best. Stream it from cjam.ca if you get the chance.

The playlist:
1) Coalesce- The Plot Against My Love (Ox)
2) Coalesce- In My Wake, For My Own (Ox)
3) Lithica- Retaliation on Heaven (Invokation of Satan Within)
4) Nadja- Needle in the Hay [Elliott Smith Cover] (When I see the Sun Always Shines on TV)
5) Entombed- Living Dead (Clandestine)
6) Field Assembly- Out of the Arms (Broadshades & Ephemera)
7) Nick Drake- River Man (Five Leaves Left)
8) Elliott Smith- Ballad of Big Nothing (Either/Or)
9) Luxury Pond- Caving In (S/T)
10) The Peace Leeches- Safe Sex (Roygbiv)
11) Tangerine Dream- Betrayal (Sorcerer Original Soundtrack)
12) Black Dice- Nite Creme (Repo)
13) Drumbo- Take me Higher (Def3 & Factor)
14) Plex- Better Days (Brainstorm)
15) Slakah- Enjoy Ya Self V2
16) A Tribe Called Quest- Butter (The Low-End Theory)

25 years of From Her To Eternity. Playlist for June 15, 2009

Like last week's celebration for Unknown Pleasures, this week's program marks the 25th anniversary of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds debut album From Her to Eternity. Rising from the ashes of Nick Cave's previous band, The Birthday Party, The Bad Seeds have been one of the most consistently great bands of the last three decades, with Nick Cave ranking among the highest of songwriters.

While Nick Cave is the only remaining member from the From Her to Eternity line-up, core Bad Seeds members Mick Harvey and Blixa Bargeld (who also fronts legendary German experimental band Einsturzende Neubauten) are present on guitars, while Cave's early muse Anita Lane co-wrote the lyrics to the title track.

Apart from Nick Cave, this week's program featured new music from the long-awaited new Toritoise album, Beacons of Ancestorship, along with classic cuts from Berlin's Einsturzende Neubauten and Atari Teenage Riot. I will also mention Montreal's Pawa Up First, an experimental rock act with influences ranging from Ennio Morricone, Jaga Jazzist, Wu-Tang Clan, Fugazi, and Miles Davis. When I saw all those influences listed on their myspace page, I got really excited, and the song played was stunning. Imagine someone rapping over Tortoise or Don Caballero, and that's what Pawa Up First's "In a Hurry to Nowhere" sounded like.

This is the url to their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/pawaupfirst. Check it out!

The playlist:
1) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Cabin Fever (From Her to Eternity)
2) Caledonia- We Are America (We Are America)
3) Flowers of Hell- Forest of Noise (Come Hell or High Water)
4) Flogging Molly- Paddy's Lament (Float)
5) Pawa Up First- In a Hurry to Nowhere (The Outcome)
6) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- From Her to Eternity [Wings of Desire version] (From Her to Eternity)
7) Einsturzende Neubauten- Vanadium-I-Ching (Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T.)
8) Bethlehem- Veheiking Du Krone Des Todeskultes (Dictius te Necare)
9) Atari Teenage Riot- Destroy 2000 Years of Culture (The Future of War)
10) Fancy- Chinese Eyes (Get Your Kicks)
11) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- The Moon is in the Gutter (From Her to Eternity)
12) Boo Hoo- Married to the World (Don't Die)
13) Tortoise- The Fall of Seven Diamonds Plus One (Beacons of Ancestorship)
14) Kara Kieth- Monsters (Visions Fugitives)
15) Mike Evin- Good Watermelon (Good Watermelon)

From 1984 to 1990, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds primarily operated out of West Berlin. As expats in the city, this convieniently allowed them to appear in Wim Wenders wonderful 1987 film Wings of Desire. Below is the clip from the aforementioned film, where the band performs 'The Carny' (from their 1986 album Your Funeral, My Trial) and the title track to the album celebrated.

30 Years of Unknown Pleasures: Playlist for June 8, 2009

It's been 30 years since this masterwork was released from one of the most influential bands to come out since the origins of punk. To celebrate, I played 5 of the 9 songs from the album and interspersed them throughout the show. A 30th anniversary celebration for Closer will come next year, because both albums are worth dedicating much attention to, and I believe modern music would not sound like what it is today without Joy Division.

Today I also showcased from songs from the 'Best of Revolution Rock compilation' in the on-air studio. Dave from Revolution Rock filled-in for me a couple weeks ago and did an outstanding job. Revolution Rock airs every Tuesday morning from 10:30-12:00 PM below is his blog, check both the blog and the show out, it's worth your while.

http://revrock.blogspot.com/

Here is the playlist (Joy Division in white, Revolution Rock selections in blue)

1) Joy Division- Disorder (Unknown Pleasures)
2) Public Image Limited- Public Image (First Issue)
3) 49th Parallel- Citizen Freak (Citizen Freak/She Says)
4) Dry Heaves- Portable (Shoot Yourself 7'' EP)
5) Buzzcocks- What Do I Get? (Another Music in a Different Kitchen)
6) Elephant Stone- Bombs Bomb Away (The Seven Seas)
7) Maybe Smith- Crimes and Diplomacy (Another Murder in the Morning)
8) Joy Division- Insight (Unknown Pleasures)
9) Isis- Stone to Wake a Serpent (Wavering Radiant)
10) Pelican- Spaceship Down, Parts Needed (City of Echoes)
11) Brutal Truth- Daydreamer (Evolution Through Revolution)
12) Agoraphobic Nosebleed- Trauma Queen (Agorapocalypse)
13) Joy Division- New Dawn Fades (Unknown Pleasures)
14) Heaven & Hell- Neverwhere (The Devil You Know)
15) Sultans of String- Auyuittuq Sunrise (Yalla Yalla)
16) Ache Brasil- Paranaue (Ecos Do Mangue)
17) Joy Division- Shadowplay (Unknown Pleasures)
18) Joy Division- Interzone (Unknown Pleasures)

Tune-in Next week for 25 years of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- From Her to Eternity. It shall be Caverific!

Other tenative anniversary shows coming in this year include:
50th anniversary of Miles Davis- Kind of Blue (August)
25th anniversary of Cocteau Twins- Treasure (October)
20th anniversary of Ministry- The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (November)

Live from the CAW main floor. Playlist for June 01, 2009

Today was a unique broadcast for the juxtaposing jukebox, as I broadcast the show from the main floor of the C.A.W. Centre instead of 'the fathomless depths of the C.A.W. basement' where CJAM usually broadcasts. The experience was interesting, and I really enjoyed interacting with other people from various University clubs. Drawbacks from simulcasting were mostly with regards to timing and operating the microphones in a perfectly rhymic fashion.

Here is the playlist, consisting mostly of favourite artists that most of you know and love (or I assume you would, if you listen to the show and whatnot). However, I will mention the new album from Productive Confusion's DJ Me, under his musical alias (wh) y.m.e. (??), which is worth a spin for any fans of electronic music or any type of music to sit back and reflect upon things with. Also, the new Sunn O))) album Monoliths & Dimensions is my current favourite of 2009, and will likely top the list of best releases from this year. It's a stunning album that ranks among the best of this decade.

1) Hella- Biblical Violence (Hold Your Horse Is)
2) Don Caballero- June is Finally Here (What Burns Never Returns)
3) Land of Kush- Light Over Ranges (Against the Day)
4) Kronos Quartet- Raga Mishra Bharavi (Floodplan)
5) Fly Pan Am- Brûlez suivant, suivante! (N'ectoutez pas)
6) Sunn O)))- Big Church [[megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért] (Monoliths & Dimensions)
7) Torche- Across the Shields (Meanderthal)
8) Golgo Bordello- Let's Get Radical (Multi Kontra vs. Irony)
9) Portishead- All Mine (Portishead)
10) Tim Hecker- Borderlands (An Imaginary Country)
11) (wh)y.m.e. (??)- A Shadows Play (new album)
12) Download- Possession (The Eyes of Stanley Pain)
13) Hocico- Born to be Hated (Wrack and Ruin)

Next Week is one not to miss, I will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the iconic Joy Division- Unkown Pleasures. Many tracks from this seminal album will be played.