Best of 2019 #6: Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel (Partisan Records)

I was introduced to Dublin, Ireland's Fontaines D.C. through British band Idles (my fave album from last year), because the two were touring together. Cut from some of the same cloth as Idles, Fontaines D.C. distill the edge and vigor of classic punk, the working class grit of Ireland and some brutally angular post-punk vibes together for a sound that's like a more melodic version of The Fall. Lead singer Grian Chatten sings with his Irish accent intact, giving the music a drunken Pogues-like swagger that is maintain through the album. The post-punks come out in tracks like "Hurricane Laughter" and the punishingly in your face "Too Real". Their punk roots are always shining through with each song though, which keeps them from feeling too arty and pretentious. A stunning debut!

DNTTA Playlist for February 28, 2020 - All Covers Show

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

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The Von Zippers - Truck Stop Nun (Da Slyme)* Oh Canaduh! 2 (Lance Rock)
Vicious Cycles - Truck Stop Nun (Da Slyme)* - Motorcyco (Teenage Rampage)
Leslie Spit Treeo - Angel from Montgomery (John Prine)* - Don't Cry Too Hard (True North)
Milos - Sour Times (Portishead) - Sound of Silence (Decca)
The Polyjesters - Is She Really Going Out with Him? (Joe Jackson)* - Cover Art (Independent)
The Delays - Ride it On (Mazzy Star) - Stop Me if You Think You've Heard This One Before (Rough Trade)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence (The Beatles)
Cornershop - Norwegian Wood (The Beatles) - When I Was Born for the Seventh Time (Astralwerks)
Juliana Hatfield - Can’t Stand Losing You (The Police) - Juliana Hatfield Sings the Police (American Laundromat)
The Bad Plus - Veloria (The Pixies) - Give (Columbia)
William Shatner - Garbageman (The Cramps) - Dr. Demento Covered in Punk (Demented Punk)
Missing Persons - Disco Boy (Frank Zappa) - Dr. Demento Covered in Punk (Demented Punk)
DOA - War (Edwin Starr)* - Live in Chinatown (Sudden Death)

DNTTA Playlist for February 21, 2020

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

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The Incredible Melting Man - Share the Pleasure* - Laparotomy (Jet Propulsion)
Elizabeth Joan Kelly - Exclusion Zone Earth - Farewell, Doomed Planet (Independent)
Elephant Skeletons - Exodus* - The Lamp of Exodus (Independent)
William St. Hugh - Five Stations - The Luciferian (Independent)
Drummachinemike - Dissolved* - Forest City Series (A Person Disguised as People)
O’Haara - Tip Toe* - Worst Fears (A Person Disguised as People)
Negativland - Limbo - True False (Seeland)
TR/ST - Cor* - The Destroyer Part 2 (Royal Mountain)
Lights Fluorescent - Hotels - The Oldest Sons of the Oldest Sons (HFN)
Shower - Camphora* - Shower EP (Independent)
Ritualz - Faithless - Satanico Supremo (Artoffact)
Ugly Animal - Navigating - Tunnelling EP (Foolproof)

DNTTA Playlist for February 14, 2020

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

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Northern Ranger - Quidi Vidi Ditty* - Eastern Stranger (Independent)
Anthony Rinaldi - Cambia Vita* - The Infinite Sky (Independent)
Obuxum - Don’t Blame Them* - Re-Birth (Urbnet)
Ways in Waves - Hold* - Bloodless Arches (Bent River)
Mark Leonard/Nick Skrowaczewski/Stanley Zappa - Along the Breakwater* - Visions (Independent)
Gordon Grdina Quartet - Night Sweats* - Cooper's Park (Songlines)
Matana Roberts - Shoes of Gold - Coin Coin Part 4: Memphis (Constellation)
Miles Davis - Maze - Rubberband (Rhino)
Ted Quinlan - Twilight Sky* - Absolutely Dreaming (Independent)
Yuka - Lyin’* - Dreamscape (Independent)
The Side Eye - The Abridged Cough* = Broken Telephone (Arachnidiscs)