It's finally here, I can finally get Jack Dylan off my case and say a proper goodbye to 2007...in March. I'll spare you the details of how it came to be that we've not gone live with this until now, but this episode was finished in January, and caps off the Top Ten International Albums countdown we began on Episode 45B Part 1.
45c
The glowing blind spot of 2007, featuring everything not packed into the more conventional countdowns and wrap-ups of the year gone by (ie. episode 45, Sides A and B ...). In this episode I take advantage of Jack Dylan's overseas incompetence (ie. Part 2 of Side B is coming soon) to deliver a kind of outtakes intermission ... touching on some late discoveries / oversights from 2007, some reissues, some covers, and some soundtrack samplings. Maybe my favourite of the 2007-in-review-bunch. Anyway, by some calendars, we're only a couple of days into the new year. We'll dedicate this one to Heath Ledger; may it carry him through the afterlife.
PopCast #45C [I Want You to Know - 2007 Covers, Reissues, Soundtracks, and Oversights]
Featuring: Ólöf Arnalds, Sandro Perri, Elfin Saddle, Wilco, Nelson Angelo e Joyce, Stephen Malkmus, Peter Sarstedt, Jonny Greenwood, Sunset Rubdown, Andrew Bird, CSS.
One of the things I love about doing the PopCast is being able to highlight songs, albums, and artists of recent memory, but without the sometimes over-anxious pace of breaking news, leaks, debuts, and scoops. Now, you could say that's a convenient excuse for laziness or journalistic resignation, or say, finally putting the finishing touches on a 2007 wrap-up in February, and you might be right. But at least by the time anyone hears this (does anyone still listen to these? Matt Shane doesn't think so...), they will have long since stopped caring about who made what top ten. And rightly so.
Yes, this is Side B of Episode 45, Part 1 [the mass we left behind].
Where Side A was "Canadian/Montreal" 2007 countdown of sorts, Side B hits up all those other great records from the year gone by, the one we've left behind.
We've even split this into two further parts, partly to confuse things, and partly because Jack Dylan (who now fancies himself a full fledged co-host) thought it would be appropriate given the length of the episode. While I don't know if I should pass over "production" duties to him (Part 2 will surface as soon as I undo the damage he's done to it), he might be right in this regard. Jack likes to talk. I don't know if all this talking is a good thing or a bad thing, but these songs are pretty great. And I do like the little doodles he's been making lately.
Rumours of an additional pod-pop-show are bubbling as young prospects appear to be eyeing for ice-time all over. If the Habs have taught us anything this year, it's that every organization needs a good crop of up and coming talent to carry and develop the load. So bring it, kids!
Jack is off to Japan for a couple months, where he'll be filing field reports...and the PopCast, whatever it is, continues to rattle along.
Enjoy!
PopCast #45 (Side A): Emotional Rescye (Canada 07)
The PopCast commences it's end of year wrap up with a look at the best
Canadian albums of the year, and welcomes Jack Dylan as official
co-host alongside Andrew Rose....leave your cats at home; this one gets
heavy.
SUNSET RUBDOWN, ENTIRE CITIES, THINK ABOUT LIFE (NEW GVP REMIX!), FRED WESLEY (WTIH MORT SAHL!)
The home-stretch does the full round for Saturday night, with Jack Dylan's Griffintown Spider-working-Man our hero. If the sun isn't up by the time you get home, ya blew it.
PopCast #43: Wonder Women and Glowing Orbs(m4a)
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A Pop Montreal preview for FRIDAY OCTOBER 5th. Featuring a guest appearance by Said the Gramophone's Sean Michaels, and more Jack Dylan...
PLANTS AND ANIMALS, BUCK 65, YEASAYER, BOCCE, PATTI SMITH
The weekend craziness kicks in. Hold onto your pants. Or don't!
PopCast #42: Big Men on Campus in Leather (with more Jack Dylan!) (m4a)
(mp3 version)
Previewing shows for THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4th!
,MAN MAN, MAGIC WEAPON, THE LUYAS, THESE HANDS, MARK BERUBE, CODY CHESTNUTT, MAN MAN.
Whoah,
been a while since episodes appeared back to back one day to the next.
Setting a difficult precendent here, but there are just too many good
shows happening every night. Episode 42 is dedicated to Thursday
October 4th! With a brief cameo by festival director, Dan
mother-fuckin'-Seligman. Come on, people!
andrewPOP MONTREAL 2007 IS UNDERWAY, with episode 41 highlighting some artists performing Wednesday, October 3rd:
PopCast #41: Heroes & Blasphemies (with Jack Dylan!)
CARIBOU, TORNGAT, OLA PODRIDA, THUNDERHEIST, FUCKED UP, MIRACLE FORTRESS
Co-hosted by Andrew Rose and famous-artist, Jack Dylan...who will be giving a run-down of the third installment of his (in?)famous superheroes poster series, and appearing on episodes throughout the festival. If all goes well have one of these episodes for everyday of the festival to help you make your excruciating decisions. But don't get the impression that this is even scratching the surface...plow through that program, or abandon it entirely and go wandering. The best adventures are accidents that feel like magic because you went at them with an open heart. And open Pop 2007 she is!
The PopCast returns just in time for the sixth edition of the festival. A throwback to its earliest days pre-2005 festival where we throw it all atchya in the weeks leading up to and during the fest. Perfect for taking scheduling notes with your ears.
PopCast #40: The Sexennial (m4a)
So in this episode: ..the process...Patrick Wolf, Radio Radio, Basia Bulat, Hot Panda, Beasts and Superbeasts, Devendra Banhart.
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