Katharsis Aug. 18 '08

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Many thanks to Peter Hemminger for filling in for me this week. As music & film editor for ffwd magazine (a free local weekly and a must-read for those in Calgary & area looking for an independent and alternative perspective on local/national/international news and events) Peter is privy to all kinds of great music both new and old. His show was wonderfully eclectic, as the recording will attest. Music captured on the recording: Slim Twig (Aubrey’s last song), Karl Hector & The Malcouns, King Khan & The Shrines, Adam & The Amethysts, Elliott Brood, Dr. Dog, Snailhouse, Nico Muhly, Euros Childs, The Neighbourhood Council, Reverie Sound Review, Lhasa, DeVotchKa, Love, The Acorn, Dappled Cities, Lucid 44, Randall of Nazareth, Royal City, Sigur Ros, Matmos, Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid, Azeda Booth, Health, Sun Ra, Nomo, and The Inhabitants.

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Katharsis May 12 '08

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This week and for the next three weeks my new dj-trainee, Peter Hemminger is sitting in on the show with me. As music & film editor for ffwd magazine, a free local weekly and a must-read for those in Calgary & area looking for an independent and alternative perspective on local (and international) news and events, Peter has his finger on the pulse of the local music scene. Both Peter and fellow programmer Aubrey McInnis (host of Aubrey’s Shindig heard from 9-10, prior to Katharsis) were also recently chosen for jury duty for the 2008 Polaris Prize. They and other members of an independent panel of over 150 jurors from the fields of music journalism and broadcasting from across Canada will select a shortlist of 10 nominated Canadian Albums of the Year which will be announced to the media July 10, 2007. This speaks very highly of their reputation for critical and journalistic excellence within the Canadian music industry. With Peter’s considerable musical knowledge and insight, the next few week’s shows should be well worth listening to.

The music this week: The Ramblin Ambassadors (end of Aubrey’s Shindig), Eric Chenaux, Retribution Gospel Choir, Jonathan Kane’s February, Kayo Dot, Collections of Colonies of Bees, Yellow 6, Animal Collective, Aaron Booth, Francis Cheer, Joan of Arc, Graham MacRae, Vetiver, Field & Stream, Entire Cities, Willard Grant Conspiracy, Silje Nes, James Blackshaw, Frightened Rabbit, The River Pilots, and Christopher Bissonnette.

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