Mixed Frequencies

That's All...

2008-08-19T22:53:00.003-04:00

Well, All good things must come to an end .

I'm done with you blogspot .

[Hint: Click]

Episode 29: Changes.

2008-08-18T14:02:00.003-04:00

Hello All,
It's been a couple weeks since I've logged all my plays on here. Sorry about that. It's been a little hectic around here at Sound FM.

This will be the last week for this site. Yes bigger and better things are about to occur for Mixed Frequencies. Now at a new time, 1-4pm on Mondays, and soon to be at a new site. The Podcast which you may have noticed has been down for the last few months will be back up at a new host, and hopefully with new artists! (On a related note, if you want to come in to record some acoustic stuff and talk about music, email me [mfckms@gmail.com])

So here's today playlist:

"Lovely Allen" Holy Fuck
"All the Old Showstoppers" New Pornographers
"Soon We'll Be Living in the Future" Straylight Run
"Backfire at the Disco" The Wombats
"Reconstruction Site" The Weakerthans
"Crooked Legs" The Acorn
"My Year in Lists" Los Campesinos!
"Open City" The Robots
"Faceless Hero" Whatever Happened to Courderoy
"Spinsters Almanac" Christine Fellows
"Lost Coastlines" Okkervil River
"Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" The Flaming Lips
"In a Cave" Tokyo Police Club
"Talk About" Dear and the Headlights
"The Underdog" Spoon
"Drunk Teenagers" Joel Plaskett
"The Night Starts Here" Stars
"Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier" Corb Lund
"Made of Stone" Spiral Beach
"Reigndeer" Navel4Eve
"Chelsea Dagger" The Frattelis
"Wait and Watch" Straylight Run [New Stuff from Straylight Run! Click Here to Listen!]
"Dead + Rural" The Handsome Furs
"Try" Straylight Run [More New Stuff from Straylight Run! Click Here to Listen!]
"Listen to Your Body Tonight" Black Kids
"All for Swinging You Around" The New Pornographers
"Kellogs Frosted Chaos" On Clouds [Check him out and become his friend right here.]
"Oh My God" Mark Ronson
"The Letter" Elbow Beach Surf Club
"Walcott" Vampire Weekend
"Shoulder Pads and Shiny Shoes" a.m.
"ID Engager" Of Montreal
"Blue Jay/ Green Jay" Use Every Part of the Deer
"The Way She Goes" The Milwaukee's Best Band
"Spontaneous Human Combustion" Racine
"Mamma Anti-Fascito" Closet Monster
"The Old Prince" Shad
"Black History Month" Death From Above 1979
"Belgium or Peru" Cuff the Duke
"The CN Tower Belongs to the Dead" Final Fantasy
"School Uniforms" The Wombats
"Advanced Tool Users" Most Serene Republic

If you enjoyed the Straylight Run I played, check out this interview here about their new 3 track EP.

Oh and the myspace has been updated. Check it.

Till Next Week!

Convenient New Time and Some Summer Music

2008-08-02T19:43:00.003-04:00

What does a Monday feel like, from 1-4pm? I'm about to find out.

Mixed Frequencies is moving to MONDAYS! This Monday (August 4th) I'll be on 100.3 Sound FM from 1-4pm. It'll be a raging good time. Have I ever lied to you? No. No I haven't. That one time didn't count. I was protecting you. I didn't want to hurt your feelings, but the car was a junker. Anyways.

Some albums for the summer...
Dancy and Fun
Black kids - Partie Traumatic
The Wombats - A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation
Vampire Weekend - S/T
Metro Station - S/T

In the Middle
Ratatat- Classics

Folky and Chill
Forest City Lovers- Haunting Moon Sinking
The Decemberists- The Crane Wife
Ketch Harbour Wolves- Dead Calm Horizon

As always, if you want to get played, let me know.

Episode 26: Requests!

2008-07-23T11:48:00.003-04:00

"Check Yes Juliet" We The Kings
"MakeDamnSure" Taking Back Sunday
"Bateau Brise" Immaculate Machine
"Handlebars" The Flobots
"Mushaboom (The Postal Service Mix)" Feist
"The Re-Arranger" Mates of State
"Adrianne Probably Knows" Charlotte Cornfield
"I've Been Asleep For a Long Long Time" Hey Rosetta!
"Working Full-Time" The Constantines
"Trailblazer" Barmitzvah Brothers
"Snakes and Ladders" Basia Bulat
"Breakwall" The Kramdens
"Go Back Home" Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir
"Bowl of Oranges" Bright Eyes
"Take My Money and Run" Cuff the Duke
"Laundry Day" Dr. Horrible Cast
"Brand New Day" Dr. Horrible Cast
"You! Me! Dancing!" Los Campesinos!
"Smile" Bellevue
"M79" Vampire Weekend
"Your Ex-Lover Is Dead" Stars
"Viva La Vida" Coldplay
"Language City" Wolf Parade
"Emergency 911" Sloan
"Witch's Wand" Sloan
"Wild International" One Day As A Lion

www.drhorrible.com

Episode 25: Beautiful Day

2008-07-16T10:18:00.003-04:00

"Campus" Vampire Weekend
"Rama Lama Bang Bang" Rosin Murphy
"Shoulder Pads and Shiny Shoes" a.m.
"Bottom of the World" Emily Haines
"Fortunately, Unfortunately" Gonzales
"At the Border" Forest City Lovers
"Piss and Vinegar" Againts Me!
"Dirty Girl" Rat Silo
"Walk on the Moon" Great Big Sea
"Any Other Place" The Counselors
"So Long" Jonah Matranga
"Afterthought" The Campbell Apartment
"All I Am is All You're Not" Sloan
"Mad Man Max" Greengo
"Hit the Wall" Brendan Canning
"What I'm Trying to Say" Stars
"Myriad Harbour" The New Pornographers
"Numero De Telephone" Immaculate Machine
"Twin Sized Bed" Death Cab for Cutie
"St. Roch" The Evaporators
"Barefoot" The Midway State
"There Goes My Outfit" The Dears
"Islands in the Stream" Constantines and Feist
"In a Cave" Tokyo Police Club
"Working Together" Gonzales
"Our Retired Explorer" The Weakerthans

Until Next Week!

Email your requests or to get on the show! mfckms@gmail.com

You Would Feist, You Would.

2008-07-14T13:13:00.004-04:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fciD_II7NI

This will air on the 39th premiere of Sesame Street on August 11th. I actually kindof want to watch it. My favourite part of it: the attempt to recreate the one-shot feel of the original video, and every Feist video for that matter. I've actually been on set for the shooting of Sesame Street before (in the Netherlands no less.. Big Bird is Blue there, it's creepy) and based on that my guess is this was ridiculously complicated to film. But it turned out not too badly.

I guess they cut out the "1 2 3 4 5 6 9 and 10" part so they wouldn't confuse the youngsters.

Oh and Neil Patrick Harris will be on the show as well. Pretty sure this is going to be a great season.

Via Videogum

Episode 24: Polaris Music Prize Special

2008-07-09T10:12:00.003-04:00

2008 Polaris Music Prize Shortlist Nominees

1. "Feedback in the Field" Plants and Animals
2. "Melody Day" Caribou
3. "Queens Will Play" Black Mountain
4. "Nighthawks" Two Hours Traffic
5. "La-Da-Da" Basia Bulat
6. "The Cheapest Key" Kathleen Edwards
7. "The Pulse" Holy Fuck
8. "The Old Prince Still Lives At Home" Shad
9. "The Night Starts Here" Stars
10. "In Our Bedroom, After the War" Stars
11. "Sun in an Empty Room" The Weakerthans
12. "Relative Surplus Value" The Weakerthans

2006 Polaris Prize Winner
13. "This Lamb Sells Condos" Final Fantasy

2007 Polaris Prize Winner
14. "Slip Into Your Skin" Patrick Watson

That's about it for the 2008 Polaris Prize Showcase on Mixed Frequencies. Be sure to check out the longlist here. And be listening in September for the winner!

15. "Working Together" Gonzales
16. "Like I Give a Care [RAC Mix]" You Say Party! We Say Die!
17. "Put on Your Specs Boy" Greengo
18. "There goes My Outfit" The Dears
19. "Country Houses" The Pickups
20. "Unless it Kicks" Okkervil River

Emails requests to mfckms at gmail dot com

Polaris Special!

2008-07-07T12:31:00.002-04:00

The 2008 Polaris short list has been announced:

Plants And Animals (Parc Avenue)
Basia Bulat (Oh My Darling)
Two Hours Traffic (Little Jabs)
Stars (In Our Bedroom After the War)
Shad (The Old Prince)
Kathleen Edwards (Asking for Flowers)
The Weakerthans (Reunion Tour)
Caribou (Andorra)
Black Mountain (In the Future)
Holy F*ck (LP)

This weeks show will be dedicated to these artists and profile my pick for the winner. Email me with your suggestions of the best songs on these albums and your pick of who you think will win!

What's a Polaris Prize you say? Well... "The Polaris Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label." Thanks Wikipedia.

On- Air.

2008-07-07T11:48:00.000-04:00

Hey There

So The show is back up on the air! It's exciting times over at CKMS you can hear the show just like how it was last season only finally not before the sun is up! I'm now on air at 10am until Noon! You should listen. It's easy, if you are in the KW you can just tune into 100.3 on the FM dial. If that doesn't work or if you live in say, Guelph or even Dubai just head on over to www.ckmsfm.ca and the good times will follow.

Email me your request at mfckms(at)gmail[dot]com or call in during the show at 519 884 CKMS

And if you are a local band, or just a great band, who is seeking some exposure, well why don't you send me an email as well? Let me know how your day was, and maybe just maybe tell me a bit about your band or something.. if you feel like it.

As always be sure to check out the myspace (because I know you are oh so hip) at www.myspace.com/mfckms and keep your eyes open in a few weeks for a complete relaunch of my show! New blog, new podcast, same great content.

Until next time, have a good one!

-steve

Episode 23: Back in Town.

2008-07-02T10:44:00.002-04:00

"Adventures in Solitude" The New Pornographers
"My Year in Lists" Los Campesinos!
"Evil Urges" My Morning Jacket
"Civil Twilight" The Weakerthans
"Black Heart" Hey Rosetta!
"Student Visas" Corb Lund
"Walcott" Vampire Weekend
"Nothing Ever Happens" Immaculate Machine
"Mistress Mabel" The Fratellis
"Forget Everything" Better Friends Than Lovers
"I Don't Always Know What You're Saying" Ladyhawk

And that's when my computer crashed. I know I played a lot of the midway states new full length. Check it out kids.

And sorry about this technical difficulties stuff...

Have a good weekend!

07/02/08

2008-06-30T18:29:00.002-04:00

Wednesday July 2nd, 2008

10:00am EST

100.3fm - Kitchener/Waterloo

www.ckmsfm.ca - Worldwide

Get Ready
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Hey... Wanna Get Together?

2008-04-19T13:56:00.001-04:00

Hello all you great, great musicians and friends!

If you are able to travel to Waterloo and are interested in doing a Mixed Frequencies Sessions Recording with me, message me! Even though I'm off the air for the summer I'd still love to do a few of these. They are a lot of fun for myself and whoever is on the other side of the glass. So if you've got some killer stuff and think you are up for the challenge of spending some time in CKMS's Studio B, let me know and we'll get this going.
It will be legendary!

Check out the past sessions at http://www. mfckms. podomatic. com/

Email: mfckms[at]gmail[dot]com

Last Show! (for now...)

2008-04-18T10:22:00.003-04:00

"The Fawn" Charlotte Cornfield [For Danielle and Ailey]
"Nothing Ever Happens" Immaculate Machine [Also for Danielle and Ailey]
"I Just Do" Dear and the Headlights
"The Night Starts Here" Stars
"If I Live or If I Die" Cuff the Duke
"Tick of Time" The Kooks
"Grow!" Everything All The Time [Check them out on Myspace, seriously]
"One Pure Thought" Hot Chip
"Emerge" Ficherspooner
"Le Robot Sexy" Malajube
"Innercity Pressure" Flight of the Concords [For Mel!]
"Pity and Fear" Death Cab for Cutie [For Morgan]
"Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe" Okkervil River
"Curse of Odysseus" Ketch Harbour Wolves [Check out the Sessions Podcast!]
"Cold Sheets" Better Friends Than Lovers
"Between the Bars (Elliot Smith Cover)" Metric [For Eric]
"L.S.F." Mark Ronson (Feat. Kasabian)
"Compliment Each Other" PlayRadioPlay! [For Jackie]
"Time to Pretend" MGMT
"Dead + Rural" Handsome Furs [For Anyone Going Home to a Small Rural Town..]
"Sun in an Empty Room" The Weakerthans [For Steph]
"Take it to Manhattan" Straylight Run [For T-Rance]
"Extraordinary" Joel Plaskett Emergency
"Shake It" Metro Station
"Great DJ" The Ting Tings [For Danni]
"A Sunday Smile" Beirut [For Mike]
"DVNO" Justice
"Impossible" Shout Out Louds [For Mike]
"I Feel It All" Feist
"Libra" The Narrative [Amazing Band from the States.. be sure to check them out!]
"Cave Creatures" Drawing Constellations
"Credit River" The Constantines
"J'aime La Bourgeoisie" Numero#
"One Heavy February" Architecture in Helsinki
"Stephen's Last Night in Town" Ben Folds Five [Yes... this is my theme song]

Well it's been fun kids, but that's all from me for now. Thanks to everyone who supported the show and the station. And you better believe that I'll be back come September (or perhaps even August!). Till then, stay in touch. If you know of a great band send me an email,or if you are in a great band do the same thing. It'll be fun, I promise.

Don't forget about the Mixed Frequencies Sessions Podcasts to the side. Tell all your friends about those. They will think you are uber-hip. Like these kids. Trust me.

Have a good one!

Sickness

2008-04-16T16:41:00.002-04:00

Sadly I was sick in bed this morning when I should have been at CKMS. For some reason getting up and biking to the station with a high fever, sore throat, lightheadedness and all that fun stuff didn't appeal to me at 5am. Especially since I hadn't really slept at all.

Anyways I'm still covering for KLP this Friday from 9 till Noon. So tune in then for your last fix of Mixed Frequencies until September!

Email your requests to me at mfckms@gmail.com!

Last Shows..

2008-04-12T19:11:00.004-04:00

Yes it's true, after this Wednesday Mixed Frequencies will no longer be on CKMS for a little while. I'm moving back home for the summer term and although I will be back in Waterloo a lot, I can't commit to a slot for a few months.

But don't be down. KLP has asked me to fill in for her on the Sideshow Continuum this Friday (the 18th) as she is away. So there will be three hours of Mixed Frequencies goodness from 9 am till noon. That's right. Mixed Frequencies. 9am to Noon. Friday the 18th. I'm done exams so I'll be in a great mood.. it's going to be a lot of fun! So make sure to email me a request at mfckms@gmail.com or call in during the show! I'd love to hear from you. The number is 519-884-CKMS (2567). And remember that you can listen in online by going to www.ckmsfm.ca and clicking "Webcast".

But other then that, there are lots of amazing shows on CKMS for you to enjoy. From the Sideshow Continuum to the Rock Show to the Argument to Stumbling Upon Moksha. There's a whole world of music availible to you on CKMS. Check out the program guide for more info. And if you think you'd like to try your hand at doing a show, CKMS is always looking for volunteers!

And don't worry about that whole funding fiasco, we are not dead yet! The volunteers at CKMS, the staff and the board (myself included in that) are all dedicated to keeping CKMS alive. Over the summer there is most likely going to be a lot of change at the station.. it's very exciting times that's for sure.

It's been a fun 7 months. Who knows what tomorrow will bring...

Stream New Death Cab!

2008-04-10T20:31:00.003-04:00

Yes, it is no secret that I am really really excited for Narrow Stairs, the new album from Death Cab for Cutie that is due out soon. And as soon as I have paid down my credit card a bit I'm preordering that one. But for now another song off of the album has made it's way into streaming goodness.

Check out NPR's All Songs Considered for a sneak preview of a track off of Narrow Stairs, "Pity and Fear." Link to that is right here.

And in case you have been living under a rock, you can check out I Will Possess Your Heart on the Death Cab's myspace.

Enjoy!

Episode 21. Thundershowers.

2008-04-09T06:08:00.005-04:00

"Time to Pretend" MGMT
"You Ride, We Ride, In My Ride" Hot Chip
"Bamboo Shoot" Telefauna
"Who's Going to Save My Soul" Gnarls Barkley
"My Man My Bomb" Team9 vs. Stereogum
"Such Great Heights (The Postal Service Cover)" Ben Folds
"What That Song Means to Me Now" Corb Lund
"Failure to Some" Cuff the Duke
"Beautiful Beat" Nada Surf
"Hard Feelings" The Constantines
"Jazz Ordinaire" The Most Serene Republic
"In Between Us" Charlotte Cornfield
"Curse of Odysseus" Ketch Harbour Wolves (From the Mixed Frequencies Session)
"Midnight, Dark Water" Ketch Harbour Wolves (From the Mixed Frequencies Session)
"Gold" Ketch Harbour Wolves (From the Mixed Frequencies Session)
"Animals" Ketch Harbour Wolves (From the Mixed Frequencies Session)
"The New Quixotics" Ketch Harbour Wolves (From the Mixed Frequencies Session)
"Torunament of Hearts" The Weakerthans
"Hallelujah" Dear and The Headlights
"Northwestern Girls" Say Hi, Say Hi to Your Mom
"Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team) [String Quartet Tribute to Taking Back Sunday]" Vitamin Stirng Quartet
"Take Stock" Everything All the Time
"Juno" Tokyo Police Club
"My Music at Work" The Tragically Hip

Mixed Frequencies Sessions Podcast # 2 - Ketch Harbour Wolves

2008-04-06T22:25:00.004-04:00

The second Mixed Frequencies Podcast is here!

These just keep getting better! As mentioned in the previous post this one is with the Ketch Harbour Wolves. Two of the band members joined me in Studio B and play a bunch of songs and chatted a bit about Enya, The East Coast, Rubik's Cubes and so much more.

Podcast Page
Direct Download (Right Click to Download, or click to listen in browser)
Download in iTunes

So take a listen and enjoy! I had a lot of fun doing this and hope to do many more in the future, as well as more stuff with the Ketch Harbour Wolves. Take a look at their myspace and website. They are releasing a new cd soon, so be sure to grab that.

And if you are in a band and think you would want to do a Mixed Frequencies Session Podcast, drop me a line!

Oh and tune in on Wednesday from 6-8am on CKMS 100.3fm or online at www.ckmsfm.ca for some clips from the session.

Mixed Frequencies + Ketch Harbour Wolves

2008-04-05T19:32:00.003-04:00

Tomorrow the Ketch Harbour Wolves will be joining me in Studio B at CKMS to do a bit of an acoustic session. Keep an eye on the podcast feed for that one early this week. You can check out the Ketch Harbour Wolves at their site, their myspace and their facebook.

Make sure to listen on Wednesday for a portion of the session...

Episode 20. Pink Skies and a Visitor.

2008-04-02T06:19:00.004-04:00

"Death to Los Campesinos" Los Campesinos
"Grow" Everything All The Time
"Made of Stone" Spiral Beach
"Belgium or Peru" Cuff the Duke
"Nothing Ever Happens" Immaculate Machine
"Dead + Rural" Handsome Furs
"The Love Between You and I" Attack in Black
"Naive" The Kooks
"505" Arctic Monkeys
"Here it Goes" Jimmy Eat World
"Lloyd I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" Camera Obscura
"Almost There Betty" Simply Saucer
"Pull Shapes" The Pipettes
"Time to Pretend" MGMT
"Wrestlers" Hot Chip
"The Old Prince Still Lives At Home" Shad K
"In Search of the Youth Crew" Candace Weapon
"I Will Possess Your Heart" Death Cab for Cutie
"She's The Blade" Sugarcult
"Do The Doot Do Doot Do" Hollerado
"Cave Creatures" Drawing Constellations
"Fool" Durante Gorecki
"Break Out The Make Out" The Maynards
"Soon We'll Be Living in the Future" Straylight Run (Third Most Played Band on Mixed Frequencies!!!)
"Half The Battle" Better Friends Than Lovers
"Blood On Our Hands (Justice Mix)" Death From Above 1979
"Fancy Footwork" Chromeo

Two Shows Left!!! :-(

Imprint Article

2008-03-27T23:22:00.003-04:00

If you picked up this weeks (March 21st) Imprint and made it all the way to page 23 (yes, past the Missed Connections!) you may have noticed a familiar name there.

That's right. Daniel Simac started an article about CKMS, which sadly was promptly shut down after only a week of running. But it was quite a good article while it lasted!

Thanks to Dan for the press coverage!

Here's the link.

Episode 19. It's only a matter of time...

2008-03-19T06:31:00.003-04:00

"Got Your Moments" Scissors From Lefty
"Catch Up" The Hots
"Tiny Little Fractures" Snow Patrol
"What I'm Trying To Say" Stars
"Natural Anthem" The Postal Service
"Americanarama" Hollerado
"A Slow Decent" Straylight Run
"Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure" The Weakerthans
"The Distance" Cake
"We're So Beyond This" The Reason
"Set Fire to the Third Bar" Snow Patrol
"Time Breaks Down" Bend Sinister
"Carnival in Spain" Magneta Lane
"Gassy Jack" The Evaporators
"Numero de Telephone" Immaculate Machine
"Run in the Front" Dear and the Headlights
"GetUpGoToWorkGoHomeGoToBed" Rat Silo
"Hey Kids It's Jubilation" Inland
"Bowl of Oranges" Bright Eyes
"Handsome Furs Hate This City" The Handsome Furs
"Hounds of Love" The Futureheads (Kate Bush Cover)
"Time to Pretend" MGMT
"The Coast is Always Changing" Maximo Park
"Lazy Days" Everything all the Time
"Piano Blink" Hawksly Workman
"Count Yourself In" Ten Second Epic
"Throwin' Shapes" Minus the Bear
"Pull Shapes" The Pipettes
"No One Riots in Winter" The Got to Get Got

Well it's been what can only be called a couple dreary days here in Waterloo. How do you cheer yourself up after that? Well through the power of good music of course!

Make a request for next week. Comment on this or email me at mfckms@gmail.com And you can always call me at 519-884-CKMS (2567) for that nice personal touch.

Have a Happy Non Denominational Bunny Appreciation Holiday.

Episode 18. Friday?!?!

2008-03-14T18:52:00.003-04:00

"Reconstruction Site" The Weakerthans
"Reinvent the Wheel" Bright Eyes
"I Just Do" Dear and the Headlights
"Inside + Out" Fiest (Apostle of Hustle Unmix)
"Bluebells" Patrick Wolf
"In Other Words" Ben Kweller
"Where Cedar Nouns and Adverbs Walk" The Most Serene Republic
"Teeter" Better Friends Than Lovers
"Way Back When" Buck 65
"Black" Okkervil Rive
"Faceless Hero" Whatever Happened to Corduroy?
"How to Kill a Country" The Feminists
"Out All Day" The Pickups
"Here it Goes" Jimmy Eat World
"Take Stock" Everything All the Time
"Don't Call Me Whitney Bobby" Islands
"Existentialism on Prom Night" Straylight Run
"Dark Blue" Jack's Mannequin
"Ageless Beauty" Stars (Most Serene Republic Unmix)
"I Wanna Be In The Calvary" Corb Lund
"Ballin'" The Big Man Himself
"Mama Anti-Facisto" Closet Monster
"Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die" Four Year Strong
"Radio" The Fullblast

Awesome show today. Terrance and Dan from Don't Go Johnson came in around 11 and did what they did best. Thanks again to them for coming in. And thanks to KLP for letting me cover her shift while she was sick!

Tune in Wednesday for more Mixed Frequencies...

Mixed Frequencies this Friday! 9-Noon!

2008-03-12T21:59:00.002-04:00

I'll be covering for KLP this Friday from 9am till Noon on CKMS!

You can email requests to mfckms@gmail.com or call in during the show at 519-884-CKMS (2567).

Be sure to listen in at 100.3fm or online at www.ckmsfm.ca.

Waterloo Flash Mob - A Rewarding Experiance

2008-03-12T17:46:00.001-04:00

This is what I do when I'm not in class or at CKMS..