Part Of The Noise Radio

We're recapping our favourite releases from 2013.

HE EXISTS IN A PHYSICAL FORM! After a few mishaps we finally managed to get Mr. Jesse Locke in the studio as a guest host. Jesse is the managing editor or Weird Canada and a drummer in the live Ketamines band. He is more interesting than this text box can describe.

PATRICK X2 this week. Toronto-based instrumentalist and apparent insomniac Pat McCormack came into this studio this week. He brought a bunch of songs from bands he's in (and there's many of them), some Toronto classics, and in general just an enthusiastic approach to the interview. Music by Non-Stop Girls, Pink Wine, The Dodos, TV Freaks, Anagram, Teenanger, The Novice, Jacuzzi Boys and more!

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada's TOUGH AGE are gearing up to release their debut LP on Mint Records in November 2013, but first they decided to tour Ontario with local stalwarts KETAMINES. Patrick and Sam caught them during their Toronto date and recorded an interview with singer/guitarist JARRETT SAMSON. Plus songs by NOBUNNY, BAD SPORTS, OPEN RELATIONSHIP, DIFFERENT SKELETONS, ROUGH KIDS, and MEAN JEANS!

Toronto-based music writer Joshua Kloke is joined us in studio this week with tales of his first published novel (ESCAPE IS AT HAND), his brand new publishing company (ETERNAL CAVALIER PRESS), and his recent trip to the lowest of continents. Music from: Constantines, Shannon and the Clams, Restorations, Night Birds, Dead Farmers, Smith Street Band, and more!

We somehow managed to convince Paul that spending his Wednesday night with us was a good idea. Don't ask me how. You probably know Paul from projects like KETAMINES, WEIRD CANADA, SLAGGINGOFF.TUMBLR.COM and his label MAMMOTH CAVE RECORDINGS, and if you don't, you will after this one. Paul talks what it's like to be "Canada Famous", what it takes to start a label/scene in a small Alberta town only to leave for Toronto. Don't miss this one. Music by Ketamines, Mylean Sheeths, Moby Dicks, Teledrome, Fist City, Gold, Mavo, Viet Cong and more.

The big 1-0! We're playing a bunch of great songs this episode, bunkering down for a string of interview episodes on the horizon. We also talk Toronto's Pleasance Records, record stores, and something else. Music by: Ketamines, The Yolks, White Wires, Bad Sports, Doug Mason, Gay, Taiwan, Hobo Cubes, Shadowy Men On a Shadowy Planet, Thee Make-out Party, Wastoids, Dead Ghosts and more!

I've gone solo! Just kidding. Scheduling conflict left me alone to record the show this week so I'm playing some of my favourite songs from my library old and new alike. I also managed to catch up with Tim Horner co-founder of Victoria/Vancouver-based La Ti Da Records. And that ain't easy. Life moves quick out there on the west coast. And Tim's pretty much a full fledged grown up. LA TI DA released all the BALLANTYNES 7"s, TWO NEEDLES//PINS 7"s, a TRANZMITORS 7" and a damn POINTED STICKS 7"! Be jealous. Plus songs by Jay Reatard, Elvis Costello, Attack In Black, TV Freaks, Valley Boys, Strange Attractor, Bad Sports, The Steal, and Goodnight Loving!

We're back after our week-long break! We missed an episode last week but we're back to make up for it and more. Listen to a sample of the interview Mike and Patrick did with NEEDLES//PINS, a sampling of Patrick's time spent in Vancouver, and Sam's Kitchener experience. We've even got a brand new SAM COFFEY AND THE IRON LUNGS song from their upcoming LP! Music by Brutal Knights, Career Suicide, The Ballantynes, Korean Gut, Babysitter, Sex Church, B-Lines, Wax Museams, Crash Kills Five, Wheels on Fire, Riptides and many more.

We're showcasing some of the best bands from Ottawa, Ontario courtesy of BRUISED TONGUE RECORDS. We also look at some of SAM COFFEY'S biggest fans in the DIY fashion circuit. No, really. Music from Cold Warps, GG King, Teenanger, Ketamines, Shocked Minds, Garry Glitter, Transpotters, The Eeries and many more!

All Toronto episode! We talked to Sam Sutherland, author of the novel Perfect Youth: The Birth Of Canadian Punk, and Simon Harvey from Ugly Pop Records about Toronto's long and rich history with punk in the 1970's and 80's. Listen to some tracks by classic Toronto bands like The Diodes, The B Girls, Teenage Head, Dream Dates, Arson, David Quinton, The Viletones and lots more!