For a band that came from kind of a one off joke, they turned out to make some really enjoyable music. Confidence Man formed in Brisbane, Australia in 2016 from three other indy rock bands to make silly dance music. Once they realized they had something more than a joke, the band really came into it's own. Confident Music for Confident People is a wonderful dance/electronic record, channeling parts of the groove-ridden style of Daft Punk, the off-kilter disco of Dee-Lite and the surreal groove of Beck. Highlights are the goofy swagger of "Don't You Know I'm in a Band" and the ultra-infectious "Boyfriend (Repeat)" This is one of the most solid dance and electro-pop albums of 2018
Saturday, May 25, 2019
Monday, May 13, 2019
DNTTA Playlist for April 26, 2019
Artist - Song - Album (Label) * indicates Canadian Content
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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Paul Tynan - Swirl* - quARTet (Origin)
Mats Eilertsen - Albatross - And Then Comes the Night (ECM)
Yonathan Avishai - Joy - Joys and Solitudes (ECM)
Brittany Anjou - Hard Boiled Soup - Enamijo Reciprokataj (Origin)
Michael Davidson/Dan Fortin - Berlin IV* - Clock Radio (Elastic)
John Zorn - The Big Gundown - The Big Gundown (Elektra)
Cameron Graves - Fixing a Hole - Day in the Life: Impressions of Pepper (Impulse)
Leah Hokanson - Let it Be Wrong* - Facets (Independent)
Apollo Suns - Passing By* - Dawn Offerings (Independent)
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Paul Tynan - Swirl* - quARTet (Origin)
Mats Eilertsen - Albatross - And Then Comes the Night (ECM)
Yonathan Avishai - Joy - Joys and Solitudes (ECM)
Brittany Anjou - Hard Boiled Soup - Enamijo Reciprokataj (Origin)
Michael Davidson/Dan Fortin - Berlin IV* - Clock Radio (Elastic)
John Zorn - The Big Gundown - The Big Gundown (Elektra)
Cameron Graves - Fixing a Hole - Day in the Life: Impressions of Pepper (Impulse)
Leah Hokanson - Let it Be Wrong* - Facets (Independent)
Apollo Suns - Passing By* - Dawn Offerings (Independent)
DNTTA Playlist for April 12, 2019
Artist - Song - Album (Label) * indicates Canadian Content
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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Crystal Castles - Kerosene* - III (Last Gang)
Corinthian - 20 Miligrams* - Big Fridays Sessions 2018 (Independent)
VT100 - NotMono - The Burden of Irrational Optimism (Independent)
Radiant Baby - Do It* - Restless (Lisbon Lux)
Alt-J - In Cold Blood (feat. Pusha T) (Twin Shadow Version) - Reduxer (Atlantic)
Adult. - People You Can Confuse - Anxiety Always (Ersatz Audio)
Twitch - Instructions to Your Revolution (Digital Winter – Dug a Hole version)* - Instructions to Your Revolution (Independent)
Jay Slay - Keep on Lovin’* - All Night Long and Remixes (Independent)
Spume - Traumhaus* - Planetfall (Arachnidiscs)
Terrace - Hold Fast* - Criterion (Independent)
Ugly Animal - Splutterpunch - Unco-ordinating (Foolproof)
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Crystal Castles - Kerosene* - III (Last Gang)
Corinthian - 20 Miligrams* - Big Fridays Sessions 2018 (Independent)
VT100 - NotMono - The Burden of Irrational Optimism (Independent)
Radiant Baby - Do It* - Restless (Lisbon Lux)
Alt-J - In Cold Blood (feat. Pusha T) (Twin Shadow Version) - Reduxer (Atlantic)
Adult. - People You Can Confuse - Anxiety Always (Ersatz Audio)
Twitch - Instructions to Your Revolution (Digital Winter – Dug a Hole version)* - Instructions to Your Revolution (Independent)
Jay Slay - Keep on Lovin’* - All Night Long and Remixes (Independent)
Spume - Traumhaus* - Planetfall (Arachnidiscs)
Terrace - Hold Fast* - Criterion (Independent)
Ugly Animal - Splutterpunch - Unco-ordinating (Foolproof)
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
DNTTA Playlist for April 5, 2019
Artist - Song - Album (Label) * indicates Canadian Content
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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Anemone - Memory Lane* - Beat My Distance (Luminelle)
The English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom - 2-Tone: A Look at Ska (EMI)
Scott Walker - Phrasing - Bish Bosch (4AD)
Nirvana - Territorial Pissings - Nevermind (Geffen)
Trevor Sloan - I am a Stranger Today* - Cicada Songs (Independent)
Chain Wallet - Final Testament - No Ritual (Independent)
Icicle - Carry it On* - Provenance (Herd)
Daniel Ouellette - My Love is a Dead, Dead Rose - Water Witching EP (Independent)
The Cosmic Range - Breathing Water* - The Gratitude Principle (Idee Fixe)
The Great Sabatini - Dog Years* - Goodbye Audio (No List)
Bad Bounce - Chains* - Lift Off (Independent)
Cowbo Morshe - Options* - Cowboy Miracle (Independent)
The Houses (Where We Grew Up) - Y.S.A.* - Dy//ng (Independent)
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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Anemone - Memory Lane* - Beat My Distance (Luminelle)
The English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom - 2-Tone: A Look at Ska (EMI)
Scott Walker - Phrasing - Bish Bosch (4AD)
Nirvana - Territorial Pissings - Nevermind (Geffen)
Trevor Sloan - I am a Stranger Today* - Cicada Songs (Independent)
Chain Wallet - Final Testament - No Ritual (Independent)
Icicle - Carry it On* - Provenance (Herd)
Daniel Ouellette - My Love is a Dead, Dead Rose - Water Witching EP (Independent)
The Cosmic Range - Breathing Water* - The Gratitude Principle (Idee Fixe)
The Great Sabatini - Dog Years* - Goodbye Audio (No List)
Bad Bounce - Chains* - Lift Off (Independent)
Cowbo Morshe - Options* - Cowboy Miracle (Independent)
The Houses (Where We Grew Up) - Y.S.A.* - Dy//ng (Independent)
DNTTA Playlist for March 29, 2019 = All Covers Show
Artist - Song - Album (Label) * indicates Canadian Content
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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The Von Zippers - Truck Stop Nun (Da Slyme)* - Oh Canaduh! 2 (Lance Rock)
Total Imaginary Mind Experience - Hopes Go Astray (Northern Pikes)* - Got it Covered Vol. 2 (Independent)
Rev. Shawn Amos - Whip It (DEVO) - Kitchen Table Blues Vol. 1 (Independent)
Julian Lage - Tomorrow is the Question (Ornette Coleman) - Love Hurts (Mack Avenue)
The Pursuit of Happiness - On and On and On (ABBA)* - Brave New Waves Session (Artoffact)
Mystic Bowie - Pulled Up (Talking Heads) - Talking Dreads (Independent)
2Cellos - Eye of the Tiger (Survivor) - Let There Be Cello (Sony Masterworks)
Parallels - Age of Consent (New Order)* - Civilization EP (Independent)
Big Black - The Model (Kraftwerk) - Songs About Fucking (Touch and Go)
The Delays - Ride it On (Mazzy Star) - Stop Me if You Think You've Heard This One Before (Rough Trade)
The Didjits - Police Truck (Dead Kennedys) - Virus 100 (Alternative Tentacles)
D.O.A. - Communication Breakdown (Led Zeppelin)* - Hardcore 81 (Sudden Death)
Juicy Bananas - Pablo Picasso (Modern Lovers) - Repo Man OST (MCA)
Polysics - My Sharona (The Knack) - Vista (MySpace)
Weird Al Yankovic - Polkarama (A bunch of them) - Poodle Hat (EMI)
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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The Von Zippers - Truck Stop Nun (Da Slyme)* - Oh Canaduh! 2 (Lance Rock)
Total Imaginary Mind Experience - Hopes Go Astray (Northern Pikes)* - Got it Covered Vol. 2 (Independent)
Rev. Shawn Amos - Whip It (DEVO) - Kitchen Table Blues Vol. 1 (Independent)
Julian Lage - Tomorrow is the Question (Ornette Coleman) - Love Hurts (Mack Avenue)
The Pursuit of Happiness - On and On and On (ABBA)* - Brave New Waves Session (Artoffact)
Mystic Bowie - Pulled Up (Talking Heads) - Talking Dreads (Independent)
2Cellos - Eye of the Tiger (Survivor) - Let There Be Cello (Sony Masterworks)
Parallels - Age of Consent (New Order)* - Civilization EP (Independent)
Big Black - The Model (Kraftwerk) - Songs About Fucking (Touch and Go)
The Delays - Ride it On (Mazzy Star) - Stop Me if You Think You've Heard This One Before (Rough Trade)
The Didjits - Police Truck (Dead Kennedys) - Virus 100 (Alternative Tentacles)
D.O.A. - Communication Breakdown (Led Zeppelin)* - Hardcore 81 (Sudden Death)
Juicy Bananas - Pablo Picasso (Modern Lovers) - Repo Man OST (MCA)
Polysics - My Sharona (The Knack) - Vista (MySpace)
Weird Al Yankovic - Polkarama (A bunch of them) - Poodle Hat (EMI)
Monday, April 15, 2019
DNTTA Playlist for March 22, 2019
Artist - Song - Album (Label) * indicates Canadian Content
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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Shhh - Mansion Fantasy* - 32 Original Drawings (Independent)
Justin Haynes - Birder (excerpt)* - Birder (Barnyard)
Talk Talk - Hate - The Party's Over (EMI)
The Cure - The Lovecats - Greatest Hits (Elektra)
Praises - Welcome Home* - In This Year: Ten of Swords (Hand Drawn Dracula)
Fenne Lily - What’s Good - On Hold (Independent)
Pale Son - Feel at Home* - Get Outside (Independent)
Yves Tumor - Licking an Orchid - Safe in the Hands of Love (Warp)
James Blake - Into the Red - Assume Form (Polydor)
Golden Grey - Honkey Pong* - 8-Bit Machine (Independent)
Kira Skov - I Celebrate My Life (Trentemoller mix) - Harbour Boat Trips 02: Copenhagen (HFN)
The World Provider - Everything* - Old Dreams EP (Ting Dun)
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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Shhh - Mansion Fantasy* - 32 Original Drawings (Independent)
Justin Haynes - Birder (excerpt)* - Birder (Barnyard)
Talk Talk - Hate - The Party's Over (EMI)
The Cure - The Lovecats - Greatest Hits (Elektra)
Praises - Welcome Home* - In This Year: Ten of Swords (Hand Drawn Dracula)
Fenne Lily - What’s Good - On Hold (Independent)
Pale Son - Feel at Home* - Get Outside (Independent)
Yves Tumor - Licking an Orchid - Safe in the Hands of Love (Warp)
James Blake - Into the Red - Assume Form (Polydor)
Golden Grey - Honkey Pong* - 8-Bit Machine (Independent)
Kira Skov - I Celebrate My Life (Trentemoller mix) - Harbour Boat Trips 02: Copenhagen (HFN)
The World Provider - Everything* - Old Dreams EP (Ting Dun)
DNTTA Playlist for March 15 - TRU International Days Special
Artist - Song - Album (Label) * indicates Canadian Content
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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vinu-vinu (Canada) - Mountains* - Echoes from Afar (Independent)
Neon Saturdays (Latvia) - Restless - Freaks in the Ocean (Independent)
Kaelan Mikla (Iceland) - Andvaka - Nott Eftir Nott (Artoffact)
Skald (France/Scandanavia) - Krakumal - Vikings Chant (Decca)
Schulz (Canada/Germany) - Envision* - What Apology (Sudden Death)
Baaba Maal (Senegal) - Sehil - Wango (Stern's Africa)
Elisapie (Canada) - Lead Me On* - There Will Be Stars (Independent)
Juracan (USA) - Inequidad - Nino (Independent)
Severed Heads (Australia) - Dead Eyes Opened - City Slab Horror (Nettwerk)
Os Mutantes (Brazil) - Panis et Circenses - Anything Can Happen (Luaka Bop)
Sigh (Japan) - Hands of the String-Puller - Heir to Despair (Candlelight)
Polysics (Japan) - Hot Stuff - Hey! Bob! My Friend! (Asian Man)
Takako Minekawa (Japan) - Flow in a Tide - Fun9 (Emperor Norton)
Culk (Austria) - Chains of Sea - Culk (Siluh)
Strat Andriotis (Canada/Greece) - Can’t Wait* - Night Manager (Independent)
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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vinu-vinu (Canada) - Mountains* - Echoes from Afar (Independent)
Neon Saturdays (Latvia) - Restless - Freaks in the Ocean (Independent)
Kaelan Mikla (Iceland) - Andvaka - Nott Eftir Nott (Artoffact)
Skald (France/Scandanavia) - Krakumal - Vikings Chant (Decca)
Schulz (Canada/Germany) - Envision* - What Apology (Sudden Death)
Baaba Maal (Senegal) - Sehil - Wango (Stern's Africa)
Elisapie (Canada) - Lead Me On* - There Will Be Stars (Independent)
Juracan (USA) - Inequidad - Nino (Independent)
Severed Heads (Australia) - Dead Eyes Opened - City Slab Horror (Nettwerk)
Os Mutantes (Brazil) - Panis et Circenses - Anything Can Happen (Luaka Bop)
Sigh (Japan) - Hands of the String-Puller - Heir to Despair (Candlelight)
Polysics (Japan) - Hot Stuff - Hey! Bob! My Friend! (Asian Man)
Takako Minekawa (Japan) - Flow in a Tide - Fun9 (Emperor Norton)
Culk (Austria) - Chains of Sea - Culk (Siluh)
Strat Andriotis (Canada/Greece) - Can’t Wait* - Night Manager (Independent)
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