The Wild 10 Countdown and Radio Show for August 17, 2011

This week’s countdown was another rarity as it was aired live at CKCU-FM. Due to the unpredictability of going to air live and not pre-record had the new song by Feist being automatically entered to the countdown. It’s been getting a lot of plays since it was released on Friday. Her upcoming album, Metals is being anticipated.
Another new entry to countdown is Cuff The Duke. The top 4 songs are still at the same position for another week.
Culture War by Arcade Fire is on the top spot for the 4th week. Taking a page from TRL, Culture War is being retired on the top spot. Expect a new number one song for next week.

On the radio show, there’s going to be a countdown to Pop Montreal as my show will be promoting the excellent festival in Montreal. It runs from September 21st to 25th. Also on the show was another Summer shoutout on picking out U2 songs.
For the Chinese music, I played another Cantonese version of Careless Whisper. This time, it’s by the late Anita Mui.
The playlist for the radio show is at this link. Don’t forget to listen to the radio show on the bottom of the entry.

Here’s the top 10;

1. Culture War – Arcade Fire. (4th week)

2. Oh Fortune – Dan Mangan

3. Niagara – Ohbijou

4. Northern Air – Elliott Brood

5. Gosh, Darn, Damn – Rebekah Higgs

6. Generation Handclap (Kitchen Party Remix) – Library Voices

7. Flawless – Shad

8. How Come You Never Go There – Feist

9. Count On Me – Cuff The Duke

10. Den of Love – Hooded Fang

Audio/Podcast
The August 17, 2011 Radio Show – Press play to listen.

The Wild 10 Countdown and Radio Show for August 10, 2011

Arcade Fire is still number one on the Wild 10 Countdown for the third week. There’s no change in from number two to four but those three songs are still getting popular and the album haven’t been released yet. The new entries are The Sheepdogs and Shad.

Radio Show (Summer Edition)
This week’s show consisted of shoutouts, dedications and long songs. Some were funny as I couldn’t stop chuckling with the way I picked the songs.
It was a last minute pick as I had extra time and I decided to play a Chinese version of Careless Whisper for Nat & Marie.
There were two bands I have forgotten to play, they were Data Romance and Teenage Kicks. As for Teenage Kicks, the album was available at CKCU-FM’s music library. I kept forgetting to play that rockin’ band.
Enjoy!

To view what was played on the show, the playlist is at this link.

Here’s the top 10 list for August 10, 2011;

1. Culture War – Arcade Fire (3rd week)

2. Oh Fortune – Dan Mangan

3. Niagara – Ohbijou

4. Northern Air – Elliott Brood

5. Generation Handclap – Library Voices

6. Gosh, Darn, Damn – Rebekah Higgs

7. What About Us – Handsome Furs

8. Flawless – Shad (New Entry)

9. ESP – Hooded Fang

10. I Don’t Know – The Sheepdogs (New Entry)

Audio/Podcast
The full 2 hour radio show for August 10, 2011 – press play to listen

Hour 1 – press play to listen

Hour 2 – press play to listen

The Wild 10 Countdown for August 3, 2011 and Radio Show

It couldn’t be a good week for Arcade Fire as The Deluxe Edition of The Suburbs came out and the announcement that they will be performing a free show at Pop Montreal for September 22. Culture War is number one for the 2nd week on The Wild 10 Countdown. Still strong contenders are Dan Mangan’s Oh Fortune, Ohbijou’s Niagara and Elliott Brood’s Northern Air. The only new entry on the countdown is Toronto’s Hooded Fang as they released their 2nd album last week. It was also a privilege to see them last week at Now Playing CHUO.

On the radio show, a big congratulation goes to the Saskatoon, SK rock band, The Sheepdogs as they won a cover contest for Rolling Stones.
The playlist for the August 3rd show is at this link.

Here’s the top 10 list.

1. Culture War – Arcade Fire (2nd week)

2. Oh Fortune – Dan Mangan

3. Niagara – Ohbijou

4. Northern Air – Elliott Brood

5. What About Us – Handsome Furs

6. Generation Handclap (Kitchen Party Remix) – Library Voices

7. Gosh, Darn, Damn – Rebekah Higgs

8. Soviet Race – Graham Wright

9. Lose It – Austra

10. ESP – Hooded Fang

Audio/Podcast
It’s in 3 choices, the full show, first hour and/or second hour.
The August 3rd Radio Show – press play to listen.

The first hour – press play to listen

The second hour/live show at CKCU-FM – press play to listen.

The Wild 10 Countdown for July 27, 2011 and Amy Winehouse

July is wrapping up and this week’s top 10 has a new number. Bumping off Handsome Furs is none other than Arcade Fire. They take the top spot as the special edition of The Suburbs will be releasing soon. The only debut on the countdown is The Midway State. Ohbijou and Dan Mangan are considered the greatest gainers as they’re getting a lot of play on various radio shows on CKCU-FM and CHUO-FM.

Aside from that, there was a tribute to Amy Winehouse for the first and second hour of the radio show and podcast. It’s not hard to avoid her death as she was a prominent figure in the music industry in the 2000′s. She had an incredible voice but a tortured soul due to alcohol and drug abuse. She will be greatly missed in the music industry. As mentioned on the show, if she never existed, there wouldn’t be a Lady GaGa or Adele.

Without further ado, here’s the top 10 list.

1. Culture War – Arcade Fire (new at #1)

2. Oh Fortune – Dan Mangan

3. Niagara – Ohbijou

4. Northern Air – Elliott Brood

5. What About Us – Handsome Furs (former #1)

6. Soviet Race – Graham Wright

7. Generation Handclap – Library Voices

8. Lose It – Austra

9. Gosh, Darn, Damn – Rebekah Higgs

10. Fire! – The Midway State.

The radio show playlist for July 27th is at this link.

Audio/Podcast - You can choose 3 settings. The full show, hour 1 and/or hour 2.
The full radio show – press play to listen.

The first hour  - press play to listen.

The second hour – press play to listen.

The Wild 10 Countdown for July 20, 2011 & Radio Show

Apologies for the slight delay as Apple’s Mac OS X Lion came out and my MacBook Pro was being upgraded.
For the third week on the top spot, it’s still Handsome Furs. There were two new entries in the form of Rebekah Higgs and Ohbijou. There’s a heatwave throughout Ontario and luckily, Ottawa Bluesfest has ended. The radio show is included in this entry.
The July 20th, 2011 playlist is at this link.
Here’s the top 10 list.

1. What About Us – Handsome Furs (3rd week)

2. Culture War – Arcade Fire

3. Oh Fortune – Dan Mangan (greatest gainer)

4. Northern Air – Elliott Brood

5. Niagara – Ohbijou (new entry)

6. Lose It – Austra

7. Soviet Race – Graham Wright

8. Generation Handclap – Library Voices

9. The Other Shoe – Fucked Up

10. Gosh, Darn, Damn – Rebekah Higgs (new entry)

Audio/Podcast
The July 20th radio show – press play to listen

The Wild 10 Countdown for July 13, 2011

The Summer continues on and Handsome Furs is still number one for the 2nd week. The only new entry being Dan Mangan’s Oh Fortune as the same title of the forthcoming album will be out on September 27th.
Here’s the top 10.

1. What About Us – Handsome Furs (2nd week)

2. Lose It – Austra

3. Culture War – Arcade Fire

4. Northern Air – Elliott Brood

5. Oh Fortune – Dan Mangan (New)

6. Generation Handclap – Library Voices

7. Soviet Race – Graham Wright

8. The Other Shoe – Fucked Up

9. Peace on the Rise – Chad VanGaalen

10. I Miss You When You’re Gone – Matthew Barber

The Wild 10 Countdown for July 6, 2011 & Radio Show (Summer Season)

For the Summer months, this blog will be updated than the main blog. Finally, it’s back to full form.
This week’s countdown was slightly off due the Canada Day festivities. No new entries, just the same songs but mixed around in the positions. New number one song to kick off July is Handsome Furs as their album dropped last week and they are also The X3 Artist of the Month.  In this entry, the radio show is included. Without further ado, here’s the top 10;

1. What About Us – Handsome Furs (1st week)

2. Culture War – Arcade Fire

3. Generation Handclap – Library Voices

4. Lose It – Austra

5. Northern Air – Elliott Brood

6. Soviet Race – Graham Wright

7. Queen of Hearts – Fucked Up

8. Sara – Chad VanGaalen

9. I Miss You When You’re Gone – Matthew Barber

10. Kill Count – The Balconies

The playlist from the radio show at CKCU-FM is at this link.

Audio/Podcast
The July 6, 2011 Summer radio show – press play to listen.

The Return of The Wild 10 Countdown. Entry for June 1, 2011

Apologies for not keeping up to date on the top 10 countdown. I got bogged down with other things happening. OK, I decided to post it up because there’s a new number one song to kick off June’s countdown.

That’s right! The Balconies is number one for Kill Count as it bumped off Chad VanGaalen. The reason to have it at number one is to make the top 10 interesting. The only debut is Arcade Fire with Culture War and the greatest gainer being Lose It by Austra. Without further ado, here’s the top 10 for June 1st, 2011.

1. Kill Count –  The Balconies (New at #1)

2. Lose It – Austra (Greatest gainer)

3. Repatriated – Handsome Furs

4. Sara – Chad VanGaalen

5. Culture War – Arcade Fire (New entry)

6. Northern Air – Elliott Brood

7. I Never Woke Up – Snailhouse

8. Longitude – Sam Roberts Band

9. Tell Me – Jill Barber

10. Alright OK! – Masia One

The Wild 10 Countdown for January 26, 2011

Not much happening on the countdown in terms of debuts. A few songs went up and down. It’s also the final time that Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) by Arcade Fire will be on the countdown. I have broken promises that it would be off but due to a few radio shows that I listen to, it would stay on for another week. Another reason was the guest on my radio show as she really loves the song.
Jenn Grant stays on top for another week as January ends her time as the X3 Artist of the Month. Who will be #1 for the first week of February?
Without further ado, here’s the list.

1. Getcha Good – Jenn Grant (2nd week at #1)

2. Little Voice – Rebekah Higgs (Steady as she was #1 on CBC Radio 3′s R3-30)

3. Peripheral Visionaries – Young Galaxy (Steady. I still avoid saying the song name)

4. Stamp – The Rural Alberta Advantage (Steady. The music video was released.)

5. Plath Heart – Braids (Going up. This band is getting a lot of attention due to album release, the show last Friday and a free song on iTunes Store this week)

6. Hot Mess (featuring Elly Jackson) – Chromeo (Going down a spot)

7. I Want The Lights On After Dark – Memphis (Going up)

8. Chinatown – Destroyer (Going up)

9. Wild Folk – Jim Bryson &  The Weakerthans (Going down)

10. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) – Arcade Fire (It should be the final time that it’s on the countdown.

The Wild 10 Countdown for January 19, 2011

2011 has barely begun and some of the songs on the Wild 10 Countdown are vying for the top spot. From the top 6 six songs, they are generating a lot of airplays on various radio shows. Hot Mess by Chromeo is considered a 2010 track but the new version with Elly Jackson of LaRoux has not been released as a single and considered a 2011 release. Little Voice by Rebekah Higgs is another 2010 release but is getting plays elsewhere.
One song that I was supposed to be out of the countdown was Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) by Arcade Fire. If it was for The Strombo Show on Sunday night, I wouldn’t get rid of it on the countdown.
The only new entry on the countdown is Chinatown by Destroyer. Kaputt will be released on January 25, but it got leaked online before its release date.
A new number one song after Rebekah Higgs was on top for one week. Without further ado, the top 10.

1. Getcha Good – Jenn Grant (Replacing “How I Met You” and she’s the January X3 Artist of The Month. The music video was released last week)

2. Little Voice – Rebekah Higgs (dropping down from the top spot)

3. Peripheral Visionaries – Young Galaxy (the album is nearing soon)

4. Stamp – The Rural Alberta Advantage (falling down a spot but still going strong on the airplay)

5. Hot Mess (featuring Elly Jackson) – Chromeo

6. Plath Heart – Braids (jumping up a few spots as they are in Ottawa on Friday)

7. Wild Folk – Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans (still a local favourite and hanging around the countdown)

8. I Want The Lights On After Dark – Memphis (new entry)

9. Chinatown – Destroyer (new entry)

10. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) – Arcade Fire (it should be the final time on the countdown)