DNTTA Playlist for September 10, 2021

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

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Maidens Names - Showhome* - I Now Pronounce You Maidens Names (Independent)
Lee “Scratch” Perry - Babylon Fall - Jamaican ET (Trojan)
Sons of Kemet - Hustle - Black to the Future (Impulse)
JP Meldrum - Fantasy* - Heavenly Scene (Independent)
dad sports - If U Want To* - I'm Just a Boy, Leave Me Alone!! (Grand Jury)
Future Star - Kiss the Mirror* - When Will the DJ of Luv Grant Me My 1 Request (Kingfisher Bluez)
Bridal Party - Jukebox Cutie* - Vital Signs: Live from CJSW (Independent)
Status/Non-Status - Find a Home* - 1, 2, 3, 4, 500 Year (You've Changed)
Jon Gant - Better Than it Seems* - Soft Release (Independent)
Poltergeist - Morning Star* - Hallucinations in the Catacombs (Independent)
Barry Paquin Roberge - Make Up* - Exordium to Extasy (Independent)
Prince Shima - YVR to PVG*  - Vital Signs: Live from CJSW (Independent)

DNTTA Playlist for September 3, 2021

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

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Drug Sauna - Razzamanazz* - 2% Saunic EP (Independent)
Zoon - Vibrant Colours* - Bleached Waves (Paper Bag)
Klo Pelgag - Remora* - Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs (Independent)
Dominique Fils-Aime - Mind Made Up* - Three Little Words (Independent)
Cadence Weapon - Connect* - Parallel World (Independent)
The OBGMs - To Death* - The Ends (Black Book)
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson - Break Up* - Theory of Ice (You've Changed)
TOVI - Wandering* - Hard Feelings (Independent)
Bernice - Groove Elation* - Eau de Bonjourno (Telephone Explosion)
Moloko - Knee Deeper - I am Not a Doctor (Independent)
Weird Al Yankovic - Stop Draggin’ My Car Around - Weird Al Yankovic (Rock n Roll)

DNTTA Playlist for August 27, 2021 - All Covers Show

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

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The Von Zippers - Truck Stop Nun (Da Slyme)* - Oh Canaduh Two (Lance Rock)
Shovels and Rope - Everybody Hurts (REM) - Broken Jukebox Vol. 3 (Dualtone)
Reid Jamieson - The Israelites (Desmond Dekker)* - Songs of 69 (Independent)
Grapes of Wrath - The Weight (The Band)* - Brave New Waves Sessions (Artoffact)
Devo - Don’t Be Cruel (Elvis Presley) - Total Devo (Enigma)
Okkervil Riker - Riot Act (Elvis Costello) - Almost You: The Songs of Elvis Costello (Glurp)
Eef Barzelay - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (Al Green) - More Superhits of the 70s (Mike Shell)
Thorn - Pay No Mind (Beck)* - Sunlit Baby (Independent)
Whitehorse - Fade Into You (Mazzy Star)* - Strike Me Down (Six Shooter)
The Pixies - Head On (Jesus and Mary Chain) - Trompe the Monde (4AD)
The Farm - Don’t You Want Me (Human League) - Ruby Trax (NME)
Ohama - Six Days on the Road (Dave Duddley)* - My Electronic Country Album (Independent)
Faith No More - War Pigs (Black Sabbath) - The Real Thing (Warner)

DNTTA Playlist for August 20, 2021

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

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Monodrone - Leather Gloves* - Smooth Cuts (Independent)
Homesick - Omen* - Isolation Tapes (Independent)
A Pact Between Strangers - Laurel* - Power for Power (Independent)
NETRVNNER - Futura* - Into Orbit (Independent)
T. Griffin - Manufacture* - The Proposal (Constellation)
Trash Magic - Time Erasure* - Power World (Independent)
Young Neighbours - Challenger (remix)* - XIMER SUOMAF (Independent)
Niki and the Dove - Mother Protect - Instinct (Sub Pop)
Psaap - Hill of Our Home - The Only Thing I've Ever Wanted (Domino)
Brian Eno - Innocenti  - Shutov Assembly (Opal)

DNTTA Playlist for August 13, 2021

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

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L’abime - Perdu Dans le Bois* - L'abime (Independent)
iskwe - Breaking Down* - The Stars (Aporia)
Danny Bell - The Longest Walks* - Songs from the Town (Good Egg)
Michael Feuerstack - Call of the Tired* - Harmonize the Moon (Forward)
Parasol Ghost - Melodies* - All Else Has Long Been Forgotten (Independent)
Garcon de Plage - Le Bal - Amour Aveugle (RPUT)
Diploids - 87 Tripod* - Ranch (Independent)
Mark Mills - My Bad* - Be Okay (Independent)
Birmani - Lac de la Confusion* - Birmani (Cuchabata)
Da’at  - MMXX* - Demo (Independent)
High Arctic - Ghost of Mine* - False Passage (Independent)
Tunto - Convoy Music - YTY (Aani)

DNTTA Playlist for August 6, 2021 - BC Day Special

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

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Atlatl - Yukon Thunder* - Atlatl (Independent)
Autogramm - Internal Data* - No Rules (Nevado)
The Houses (Where We Grew Up) - Arrested* - Welcome to Kitimat (Independent)
Medicate and Ashley - Funeral Glow* - Nowhere (Independent)
NoMeansNo - The Graveyard Shift* - One (AntAcidAudio)
Spring - Pastel* - Celebrations (Independent)
Outpatient - You’re So Cool* - Unreality EP (Independent)
Tactics - Stifled Yawns* - Demo(n) EP (Slow Death)
Flatbed - Give Me Paw* - So Low Death Snake (Slaughter House)
Flatbed - Hell Pot* - So Low Death Snake (Slaughter House)
DOA - Give ’em the Lumber* - Are U Ready? (Scratch)
The Smugglers - Barkerville* - Team Mint (Mint)
Front Line Assembly - Provision* - Caustic Grip (Wax Trax)
Skinny Puppy - Chainsaw*  - Chainsaw EP (Nettwerk)

Best of 2020 #7: Jehnny Beth - To Love is to Live (Caroline)

Yes, I'm chronically behind on my 2020 best of reviews, but I'll get them done eventually dammit!

Jehnny Beth, also known as Camille Berthomier, is best known as the vocalist for British post-punk band Savages. This album, her debut as a solo artist, is rooted in the deadly serious, emotionally and pummelling style of Savages, but is much more. A delicate album, balancing the vicious edge of post punk with spacy electronics, minimalist piano-pop, glitch electronics, industrial,poetry and dark confessional ballads, To Love is to Live is a difficult but rewarding album to listen to. An emotionally raw and draining performance, dripping with urgency and tension.