DNTTA Playlist for Friday, April 25, 2014

Artist - Song - Album (Label)
* indicates Canadian Content

The Cape May - On Sunprinted Thumbs* - Central City May Rise Again (Catch and Release)
Psychic Pollution - Gamma Bootis* - Spatium Tympanum (Eat Glass)
Fresh Snow - BMX Based Tactics* - I (Independent)
Brave Parents - Locus of Control* - Someone to Jump Out at You (Independent)
Soupcans - Deadbeat* - Good Feelings (Telephone Explosion)
Connoissuers of Porn - Joker* - Dead Pets (Independent)
Times New Viking - The Wait - Rip it Off (Matador)
Biblical - The Quiet Crooks* - Monsoon Season (New Damage)
Nap Eyes - No Man Needs to Care* - Whine of the Mystic (Plastic Factory)
Broken Bells - Holding on For Life - After the Disco (Columbia)
Future Islands - Spirit - Singles (4AD)
Acta Non Verba - 14 Day Trend* - Et Tu, Brute? (Little Whore)

Best of 2o13: #6 - Jay Arner - S/T (Mint Records)

Mint Records had a stellar year in 2013, releasing fantastic albums from Renny Wilson, Pick a Piper, Tough Age and another great Pop Alliance compilation. But Jay Arner's solo debut was the real standout. Arner had been kicking around in several Vancouver bands (International Falls, Fine Mist, Bleating Hearts) plus working as a producer. His debut as himself was a fun mix of indy pop, garage rock and a big helping of new wave and synth-rock. The album bounces all over the place, his influences are also all over the place. It's playful, it's dynamic and it's loads of fun. Watch for his next album to be just as fun.

DNTTA Playlist April 18, 2014

Artist - Song - Album (Label)
* indicates Canadian Content

Hellhorn - Hellhorn Variation 3* - Hellhorn (Independent)
Sean Cronin - New Life* - Very Good? (Independent)
Sean Cronin - Surpass My Expectations, Please* - Very Good! (Independent)
Hat and Beard - Boo Boo's Birthday* - Reflections: The Music of Thelonius Monk (Trio)
Pat Metheny Unity Group - We Go On - Kin (Nonesuch)
Fareed Haque - Trance Hypothesis - Trance Hypothesis (Delmark)
Hamid Drake and Jesse Stewart - Lotus*- Timelines (Independent)
Norm Howard and Johannes Welsch - Voodoo Supreme* - Marking the Infinite (Independent)

DNTTA Playlist Friday, April 11, 2014

Artist - Song - Album (Label)
* indicates Canadian Content

Lederhosen Lucil - Two Vikings* - Guten Tag Gemini (Hypo)
Dirty Inputs - Oberon Approach* - Oberon (Independent)
Twitch - Number (Integer remix by Tekhnotron)* - Number (Independent)
Kashka - We Let the Shadow In* - Bound (Independent)
Carnival - Disillusion* - Love=Solution (Independent)
The Rain and the Sidewalk - Love Bites* - The Obligatory Covers EP (Independent)
Grimes - Vowels = Space and Time* - Visions (Arbutus)
Numbersix - Potion* - Telekinetic Lovers (East Van Digital)
Self Evident - Lawless* - EVD Bass 3 (East Van Digital)
Trust - Four Gut* - Joyland (Arts and Crafts)
Ghost Beach - Faded - Blonde (Nettwerk)

Best of 2013 #7: Darkside - Psychic (Matador)

Nicholas Jaar was a name I knew for a while, but didn't pay much attention to. His name was thrown around as an up and coming electronic artist, but from what I had heard, he seemed like Just Another Electronic Musician to me. It wasn't until this past year's release by Darkside that he started to catch my ear. Darkside is New York's Jaar along with his touring guitarist Dave Harrington. This project is set apart from a standard electronic soundscape by Harrington's guitar work, which merges into a spacy and textured groove through most of the album. It's a satisfying mix of genres and emotionally moves the listener.

Wrestlemania XXX

In honour of today's Wrestlemania, here's something I just remembered existed.