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Banging out some Monday morning EDM from Kill Paris

March 13, 2017 by morningaftershow

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“Oh are you tired? We’re ALL tired, we all lost an hour of sleep.” — Meredith Geddes on Daylight Savings time.

Happy Monday, let’s punch it up on a grey tired wet Monday in Vancouver after the horror that is Daylight Savings.

I’m not gunna bitch too hard about it…I like the later sunlight.

Kill Paris is from LA…big sounding EDM cut. He is clearly a WAY better DJ than me because my back to the audience promo pic would be to a small gaggle of folks, all of them asking if I have any Drake.

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I stopped by my folks place the other day to track down a couple Canucks jerseys I had stored away, and look what I found?!? Did you used to rock a Starter Jacket for your favourite team?

Go with yourself.

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Some Aging Hipster Punk Rock: New music video from Beach Slang and my new fave Menzingers song

March 10, 2017 by morningaftershow

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“I’m hardly ever right, but I’ve never been wrong.”

The warm fuzz wraps around Beach Slang’s A Loud Bash of Teenage Feeling‘s “Spin The Dial.” The new music video has a timeless or vintage feel, but captures contemporary California urban beach vibes.

“Life, I suppose, is about really getting alive, about getting after it. I hope this shakes that good feeling into you”

Here’s the new music video.

Look out for Beach Slang in Vancouver on April 16 in support of Jimmy Eat World at the Commodore.

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The Menzinger’s After The Party is such a great record. My favourite song drifts all over the place. Today it is “Midwestern States.”

The song makes me nostalgic for being broke but in love.

My wife and I don’t have stick and poke tattoos….but yeah, I still feel this.

Most nights we always fall asleep with something dumb on Netflix
Some nights trash reality or kids cartoons or shitty documentaries
Not perfect but we’re good together
Yeah, me, you, and our bad tattoos
Yeah, all our stick and pokes, all our inside jokes
We’ll regret them when we’re dead and sober
But we’re still breathing and the party ain’t over 

Huh…both bands are from Pennsylvania…I didn’t do that on purpose.

Happy Friday. Go with yourself.

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Alterna-rock remix of K Flay’s “Blood in the Cut” by Mirror Manor

March 10, 2017 by morningaftershow

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Producer Tim Hancock is Mirror Manor. He sent over his remix of K. Flay’s “Blood in the Cut.” The original is a monster modern rock hit on radio…the remix glosses it up for a dancefloor….because the kids don’t dance to rock & roll.

Happy Friday! Go with yourself.

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Electronic dance from BLU J with Matthew Chaim

March 9, 2017 by morningaftershow

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BLU J share their first original of 2017. For the song “Safe,” they teamed up with Matthew Chaim.  Apparently these guys have some sort of Vancouver connection? Their Facebook says San Fran/Vancouver….huh.

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Finished watching Freaks and Geeks last night. Colour me new….but that was my first time checking it out.  Only one season in 1999? Criminal NBC, criminal.

Go with yourself.

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Young Galaxy are back with the space disco “Stay For Real”

March 9, 2017 by morningaftershow

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Amped today to get an email from Young Galaxy. The Montreal indie group shared the spacey-disco jam “Stay For Real.”

Young Galaxy talks about the urgency behind the song; “We can no longer stand idly by and rely only on the people who shape the world for us culturally and politically. We must stay true to ourselves and feel the courage of our convictions in the face of polarizing political and personal views. But most of all, we must show empathy, compassion and love – even when faced with increasing existential threats, and fear and hostility. This song is a statement of intent, as we enter a new era, to hopefully serve as a reminder to ourselves of what our responsibilities are as artists in this troubled time.”

Proceeds form the independent single will go to Plus One.

“We are proud to be able to partner with Plus One (www.plus1.org). Proceeds from the sale of the song will go to defending the rights of the marginalized through Pivot Legal Society (Canada), ACLU Nationwide (USA), and W.A.V.E (EU).”

Go with yourself.

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Hear the brand new single from Vancouver Island’s @CurrentSwell “It Ain’t Right”

March 8, 2017 by morningaftershow

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Scott Stanton from the Vancouver Island band Current Swell stopped by CFOX in Vancouver to talk their new album, When To Talk and When To Listen. The album is out on May 12th on Nettwerk Records. Their 6th album comes off the heels of 2014’s most excellent Ulysses.

The band mostly in Nashville with Jacquire King. Scott talked about the vibes of Nashville and how that filtered into the record. He talked about writing collaboratively with Dave Lang. Scott also explained the genesis of the first single “It Ain’t Right.” I asked him about some other songs on the record we can look forward to. One song is the title track which he said has line like, “the woman is in the garden again.” That woman is their neighbour, who likes to garden. And he said we can get excited for side one, track one, “Marsha.”

Current Swell will have some shows and festivals going down this summer. Including a trip over to Europe and some US dates in May.

05/03 San Diego, CA – Casbah
05/04 Los Angeles, CA – Hotel Café
05/05 San Francisco, Ca – Hotel Utah
05/07 Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst Atrium
05/11 Spokane, WA – The Big Dipper
05/12 Portland, OR – Star
05/13 Seattle, WA – Tractor

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1. Marsha
2. You Got It Easy
3. It Ain’t Right
4. When to Talk and When to Listen
5. Woman in White
6. Staying Up All Night
7. Use Me Like You Do
8. Thief of Joy
9. Like I Fight for You
10. The Time and the Weight
11. Marsha Reprise

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Fleet Foxes are back with a mega, sprawling, stunning, new single

March 7, 2017 by morningaftershow

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Fleet Foxes are back! On June 16th, the band will release Crack-Up on Nonesuch Records. Man, it’s been 6 years since Helplessness Blues. Nuts.

They shared a song today. Jesus, it’s almost 9 minutes! “Third of May / Ōdaigahara” is the name of the cut. If you’re familiar with Fleet Foxes sound, you’ll be able easily slide into this one.

The band also announced a tour, their first since 2011! (I still have the t-shirt from when I saw them in Vancouver). No Pacific Northwest dates…yet. Lame. For tour dates check out their website.

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TRACKLIST
1. I Am All That I Need / Arroyo Seco / Thumbprint Scar
2. Cassius, –
3. – Naiads, Cassadies
4. Kept Woman
5. Third of May / Ōdaigahara
6. If You Need To, Keep Time on Me
7. Mearcstapa
8. On Another Ocean (January / June)
9. Fool’s Errand

10. I Should See Memphis

11. Crack-Up

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The new song from @gryffinofficial feat. @Daya is a monster electronic jammer

March 6, 2017 by morningaftershow

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LA producer Gryffin teamed up with Daya for a song called “Feel Good.” The song has only been out four days and it’s already flirting with 200,000 spins on Soundcloud. Not bad.

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My daughter wanted shoes like her Mom for her birthday…. but they don’t make three-stripers in a kids rose gold…so she gets gold gold.

Happy Monday!

Go with yourself.

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#NewRockNow Hear new music from @CityandColour “Rain”

March 6, 2017 by morningaftershow

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Dallas Green is sharing two unreleased songs from his 2015 album If I should Go Before You.  The songs are “Peaceful Road” and “Rain.” The press release says, “both tracks were cut in Nashville during recording sessions for his #1 album.”

The songs will be released a single that you can order as a vinyl record, or digitally from iTunes.

Have a listen to the chill “Rain.”

It’s like Dallas Green wrote a chill lullaby for Vancouver.

Here’s that time in 2015 when I interviewed Dallas Green when the album If I Should Go Before You came out.

Go with yourself.

Press photo: Alysse Gafkjen

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A gray wet Friday in Vancouver demands the chill @si_bonobo & @Rhyemusic song “Break Apart”

March 3, 2017 by morningaftershow

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I have been loving Bonobo’s Migration record. One of the standouts his his joint with vocalist Rhye.

The two showed up on the Song Exploder podcast this week. A very cool episode that deep dives in to Simon Green’s creative process.

I love how the podcast pulls apart the layers of the songs and has Simon explain where the samples come from, or what inspired them. How he then manipulates them and then throws the whole project over to Rhye to get his spin on vocal performance. Rhye also shares the personal story behind the lyrics..Adds a lot of weight and context to the enjoyment to the song.

Go with yourself.

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