No Filter – April 27, 2020

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2020, Adaline, alternative, band, Basia Bulat, Bing & Ruth, Canada, Car Seat Headrest, CHUO FM, Dance, Dizzy, electronica, Eliza Niemi, Evening Hymns, Fiona Apple, folk, Gareth Inkster, Group, Hotel Lux, indie, James Blake, Jónsi, Jenn Nucum, Jon McKiel, Kelly Lee Owens, Luka Kuplowsky, Maybel, Merival, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Orville Peck, Ottawa, Pantayo, pop, Radio, Rock, ROY, Sis, The Elwins, U.S. Girls, Very Very, Westerman

Have a listen to No Filter – Home Edition on CHUO 89.1 FM for April 27, 2020.

James Blake – You’re Too Precious [Listen]

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2020, artist, British, Dance, electronica, England, James Blake, London, Music, Music Video, Musician, Review, singer, UK, You're Too Precious

You’re Too Precious marks James Blake’s first release of 2020.
All I can say this track is unbelievable!!


‘You’re Too Precious’ follows James Blake’s acclaimed fourth album ‘Assume Form’, which has clocked nearly 400 million streams and cemented his status as one of the most important musicians, producers and songwriters of his generation.

Non-Canadian Albums of the Decade: 2010 – 2019

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2019, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Adele, alternative, AlunaGeorge, Amen Dunes, Angel Olsen, band, Beach House, Beyonce, Björk, Bon Iver, Cate Le Bon, Cloud Nothings, Dance, Dirty Projectors, Disclosure, electronica, Europe, Fiona Apple, FKA twigs, Fleet Foxes, folk, Gil Scott-Heron, Group, Hip-Hop, indie, James Blake, Jamie xx, Japanese Breakfast, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Kelly Lee Owens, Kendrick Lamar, Lana Del Rey, LCD Soundsystem, Let's Eat Grandma, Lykke Li, M83, Mitski, Mount Eerie, Music, Musicians, Parquet Courts, Perfect Pussy, Perfume Genius, pop, punk, Radiohead, Robyn, Rock, SLeigh Bells, Slowdive, Solange, Spotify, Sufjan Stevens, Superorganism, Tame Impala, Taylor Swift, The National, The War on Drugs, The XX, Thom Yorke, Tune-Yards, UK, USA, Vampire Weekend, Wild Nothings

As previously posted.
Here are my favourite Non-Canadian albums that came out from 2010 – 2019.
Hope you enjoy this list.

1. Jamie xx – In Colour
2. Beach House – Bloom
3. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
4. Björk – Vulnicura
5. Taylor Swift – 1989
6. Robyn – Body Talk
7. The xx – I See You
8. TuNe-YaRdS – whokill
9. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
10. The National – High Violet

11. Adele – 21
12. Japanese Breakfast – Psychopomp
13. Tame Impala – Lonerism
14. Thom Yorke – Amina
15. LCD Soundsystem – Is This Happening
16. Gil Scott-Heron – We’re New Here
17. Lykke Li – I Never Learn
18. Sleigh Bells – Treats
19. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
20. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues

21. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
22. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
23. Mitski – Puberty 2
24. Superorganism – Superorganism
25. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
26. Lana Del Rey – Born to Die
27. James Blake – James Blake
28. Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory
29. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
30. The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream

31. Disclosure – Settle
32. Justin Timberlake – 20/20 Experience
33. FKA twigs – LP1
34. Beyoncé – Lemonade
35. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
36. Angel Olsen – My Woman
37. Perfume Genius – No Shape
38. Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked at Me
39. Solange – A Seat at the Table
40. Let’s Eat Grandma – I’m All Ears

41. AlunaGeorge – Body Music
42. Wild Nothings – Nocturne
43. Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owen
44. Perfect Pussy – Say Yes To Love
45. A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Sea When Absent
46. Slowdive – Slowdive
47. Cate Le Bon – Mug Museum
48. Amen Dunes – Freedom
49. Parquet Courts – Human Performance
50. Kendrick Lamar – Damn

If the player is not showing up, click here.
If I have missed some, you can leave a comment on the bottom.

January 2019 Playlist

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2019, Anemone, artist, Avey Tare, Balthazar, band, Better Oblivion Community Centre, Blessed, Broken Social Scene, Business of Dreams, Canada, dodie, Eerie Wanda, Emilie Kahn, Fidlar, Fiona Apple, FRENSHIP, Get a Life, Girlpool, Golden Daze, Good Fuck, Group, Hand Habits, Homeshake, James Blake, Kallitechnis, Kid Koala, King Princess, Kiwi Jr., Living Hour, Loon Choir, Methyl Ethel, Mike Edel, Mike Krol, Music, Musician, Musicians, N0V3L, Orville Peck, Ottawa, Panda Bear, Pup, Rosalìa, Royal Canoe, Sasami, singer, Skrillex, Sneaks, Spotify, Steve Adamyk Band, Tallies, Ten Fé, Tom Walker, Toro Y Moi, UK, USA, Utada Hikaru, Vampire Weekend, Yoke Lore, Yves Jarvis

January is coming to an end.
Here is a playlist of tracks played on No Filter.
Enjoy and listen!

No Filter – January 21, 2019

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2019, Anemone, artist, band, Blessed, Business of Dreams, Canada, CHUO FM, Emilie Kahn, FRENSHIP, Get a Life, Grimes, Group, Hannah Georgas, Homeshake, Hyukoh, James Blake, Kid Koala, Light Conductor, Lucius, Methyl Ethel, Mike Edel, Mike Krol, MorMor, Music, Music Video, Musician, Musicians, New Order, Orville Peck, Ottawa, Pup, Radio, singer, Skrillex, Superorganism, The Cranberries, Tough Age, UK, USA, Utada Hikaru, Yoke Lore

Have a listen to the January 21, 2019 edition of No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM.
HOUR ONE:

HOUR TWO:

No Filter – January 2, 2017

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2016, 2017, Album, Albums, alternative, band, Basia Bulat, Bernice, Best Of, Best of 2016, Canada, CHUO FM, Dance, David Bryne, DIIV, electronica, Experimental, folk, Group, Holy Fuck, indie, Instrumental, James Blake, Japanese Breakfast, Maggie Rogers, Mitski, Music, Musicians, Nadia Rose, Ottawa, Podcast, pop, Porches, Preoccupations, punk, Radio, Radiohead, Rock, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Shura, Sonic Avenues, St. Lucia, The Avalanches, The Luyas, The XX, Tom Grennan, UK, USA, Wet, Wild Nothing

HAPPY 2017!
It was the first show for 2017 on No Filter.
So I was revealing the Top 10 Non-Canadian albums of 2016.
Have a listen to the show!
HOUR ONE:

HOUR TWO:

Playlist:

1. James Blake – I Need a Forest Fire feat. Bon Iver from The Colour In Anything (10)
2. Wet – Weak from Don’t You (9)
3. Wild Nothing – Life Of Pause (8)
4. DIIV – Under The Sun from Is The Is Are (7)
5. Porches – Pool (6)
6. Shura – Kidz ‘N’ Stuff / Indecision from Nothing’s Real (5)
7. Mitski – My Body’s Made of Crushed Little Stars / Thursday Girl from Puberty 2 (4)
8. The Alvalaches – Because I’m Me from Wildflower (3)
9. Japanese Breakfast – In Heaven / The Woman That Loves You from Psychopomp (2)
10. Radiohead – Glass Eyes / True Love Waits from A Moon Shaped Pool (1)

• Nadia Rose – Tight Up (feat. Red Rat)
• Sonic Avenues – Dead Faces

No Filter’s Top 5 Songs of 2016

1. Holy Fuck – Tom Tom
2. The Luyas – Says You
3. Preoccupations – Degraded
4. Preoccupations – Anxiety
5. Basia Bulat – Fool

Movie scores!

• Ryuichi Sakamoto – Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
• Shigeru Umebayashi – Yumeji’s Theme
• Xavier Cugat – Jungle Drums / Perfidia
• David Bryne – The Last Emperor

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• Bernice – St. Lucia
• The xx – Say Something Loving
• Tom Grennan – Something In the Water
• Maggie Rogers – Alaska
• St. Lucia – Love Somebody

No Filter – December 5, 2016

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2016, Ablebody, alternative, band, Braid, Canada, Charlotte Cardin, CHUO FM, Cloud Nothings, Dance, Diana, electronica, Experimental, folk, Gavin Gardiner, Group, Hannah Georgas, Heat, Her Harbour, Homeshake, indie, Interview, James Blake, Jenn Grant, Leif Vollebekk, Los Campesinos!, Molly Burch, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Ottawa, Permit, pop, punk, Rock, S Club 7, Sigur Rós, Soviet Soviet, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Wooden Sky, The XX, Tokyo Police Club, UK, USA, Xiu Xiu

Listen to the December 5th of No Filter.
On the first hour of the show, I had a interview with Gavin of The Wooden Sky.
They will be in Ottawa on December 12th for the second annual Holiday Revue show at St. Albans Church.
HOUR ONE:

HOUR TWO:

PLAYLIST:

• Jenn Grant – Galaxies
• Homeshake – Call Me Up
• Molly Burch – Try
• Xiu Xiu – Wondering
• Cloud Nothings – Internal World / Modern Act
• The Wooden Sky – Child of the Valley / Christmas All Over Again
• Los Campesinos! – I Broke Up In Amarante
• Tokyo Police Club – Cheer It On (Demo)
• Heat – Lush
• James Blake – Timeless (feat. Vince Staples)
• Sigur Ros – Hoppipolla
• Permit – Track #4
• Top 5 Songs of the Week
• Diana – What You Get
• Soviet Soviet – Endless Beauty
• Sigur Ros – Óveour
• Ablebody – One Dime a Day
• Charlotte Cardin – Faufile (CRi Remix)
• Braid – Next of Kin
• S Club 7 – Never Had a Dream Come True