Happy 2024!
Welcome to No Filter, the radio show that brings you the best music you’ve never heard on CHUO 89.1FM.
Each week, I curate a playlist of diverse and unique tracks from up-and-coming artists and established musicians alike.
My goal is to introduce the listeners to new and exciting music that they may not have discovered otherwise.
On this week’s episode, the best of 2023 Canadian and Non-Canadian Songs.
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Have a listen to No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM for September 18, 2023.
Don’t forget to check out Pique Fall Edition 2023 happening this Saturday.Pique Fall 2023 Playlist:
Dorothea Paas – Anything Can’t Happen from the album of the same name.
Yves Jarvis – Prism Through Which I Perceive from The Zug / Platitudes
E-Prime – Linger Longer
God’s Mom – Piccola Lina
blackwinterwells – Invrgaveup
Los3r – Thiswayy
Syana – Bonerjam Techno
Dent – 0 Hp from N-Gro Despised
Elisapie – Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye from Inuktitut
Mitski – My Love Mine All Mine from The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
Sufjan Stevens – Will Anybody Ever Love Me? from Javelin which comes out on October 6th.
Hania Rani – Don’t Break My Heart (feat. Duncan Bellamy) from Ghosts which comes out on October 6th.
The National – Dreaming from Laugh Track
Bombay Bicycle Club – Turn the World On from My Big Day which comes out on October 20th.
Yoo Doo Right – Presto Presto, Bella’s Dream from Don’t Think You Can Escape Your Purpose. Playing Minotaure this Wednesday.
Subsonic Eye – Pick Up The Phone from All Around You
Top 5 Songs of the Week
1. Emilie Kahn – Parallel (*) [1]
2. Astral Swans – Shine The Light Inside (feat. Jairus Shariff) (*) [1]
3. OMBIIGIZI – Eagle Man / Changing Woman (3) [2]
4. Jordan Klassen – Casey (4) [2]
5. Helena Deland – Bright Green Vibrant Gray (5) [2]
Romy – She’s On My Mind from Mid Air
Frankie Cosmos – Abigail (Kero Kero Bonito Remix)
James Blake – Fall Back form Playing Robots Into Heaven
Nation of Language – Spare Me The Decision from Strange Disciple
A Beacon School – Alone from yoyo which comes out on October 13th
Have a listen to No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM for August 21, 2023.
Around the 30 minute mark, I had a interview with one of the staff from FME which is happening this long weekend in Rouyn Norada Quebec.
Playlist:
Carly Rae Jepsen – Shadow (George Daniel Remix)
Hikaru Utada – Gold -Mata Au Hi Made- (Taku’s Twice Up a Time Remix)
Anish Kumar – Marabelle from A Mixtape by Anish Kumar
Romy & TDJ – The Sea (TDJ Remix)
Charlotte Day Wilson & Snow Aalegra – Forever
Charlotte Cardin – Puppy from 99 Nights
FME Picks
Karkwa – Parfaite à l’écran
Elisapie – Time After Time from Inuktitut which comes out on September 15th.
Population – C.T.Q.S. from Electrons Libre du Quebec which comes out on October 6th.
Night Lunch – God Bless the One I Love
Sing Leaf – Blizzard Island
Toro Y Moi – Said Goodbye to Rock n Roll from Sandhills EP
Top 5 Songs of the week
1. Emilie Kahn – Search History (1) [2]
2. Jeremy Dutcher – Take My Hand (2) [3]
3. Land of Talk – Your Beautiful Self (3) [2]
4. Mitski – Heaven (*) [1]
5. Radar Peak – Heaven’s Gate (*) [1]
Chemical Club – Rise Again
Hannah Georgas – Not The Name You Say from I’d Be Lying If I Said I Didn’t Care
Samantha Urbani – Showing Up from the album of the same name which comes out on September 22nd.
Bombay Bicycle Club – I Want To Be Your Only Pet from My Big Day which comes out on October 20th.
Sea Lemon & Day Wave – Breakdown from Stop at Nothing EP
Here is the Top 5 Songs of the week. Don’t forget to tune in today at 3pm for the show on CHUO 89.1FM This week at #1 for the second week is Emilie Kahn with the song called Search History.
New debuts from Mitski and Radar Peak.
Note: () means last week and [] means total weeks.
1. Emilie Kahn – Search History (1) [2]
2. Jeremy Dutcher – Take My Hand (2) [3]
3. Land of Talk – Your Beautiful Self (3) [2]
4. Mitski – Heaven (*) [1]
5. Radar Peak – Heaven’s Gate (*) [1]
Here is the Top 5 Songs of the week. Don’t forget to tune in today at 3pm for the show on CHUO 89.1FM This week at #1 is a debut for Emilie Kahn with the song called Search History.
New debuts from Subsonic Eye’s second single and Land of Talk.
Note: () means last week and [] means total weeks.
1. Emilie Kahn – Search History (*) [1]
2. Jeremy Dutcher – Take My Hand (2) [2]
3. Land of Talk – Your Beautiful Self (*) [1]
4. Subsonic Eye – J-O-B (*) [1]
5. Mitski – Bug Like An Angel (4) [3]
Have a listen to No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM for August 7, 2023.
PLAYLIST:
Osheaga Wrap Up
Fred Again.. – Delilah (pull me out of this) from Actual Life 3
Soccer Mommy – Soak Up The Sun
Carly Rae Jepsen – Psychedelic Switch from The Loveliest Time
The Flaming Lips – Are You a Hypnotist? From Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Cults – You Know What I Mean from Cults
Charlotte Cardin – Confetti from 99 Nights which comes out on August 25th.
Billie Eilish – bad guy from WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
Holobody – Easy form Cycler
Orchidae – Experience / La Mer / Piscine from Journal d’enfance
Josyara – MAMA from ÀdeusdarÁ
Maybel – Long Road Ahead
Joseph Shabason – I Can By Myself (feat. Thom Gill) from One For The Money EP
Hannah Georgas – Home from I’d Be Lying If I Said I Didn’t Care which comes out on August 25th.
Svitlana Nianio & Tom James Scott – Sinking from Eye of the Sea
Top 5 Songs of the week
1. Carly Rae Jepsen – Shy Boy (1) [5]
2. Jeremy Dutcher – Take My Hand (*) [1]
3. Pony Girl – I Believe In Nothing (2) [4]
4. Mitski – Bug Like An Angel (5) [2]
5. Hua Li 化力 – Closing Time (3) [5]
Album – Salade from Portrait de l’artiste which comes out on September 22nd.
Sea Lemon – Vaporized from Stop at Nothing EP which comes out on August 25th.
Nation of Language – Too Much, Enough from Strange Disciple which comes out on September 15th.
Caroline Polachek – Fly To You (feat. Grimes and Dido) from Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
Dan Mangan – Just Know It (Felix Cartal’s Sunset Remix)
Here is the Top 5 Songs of the week. Don’t forget to tune in today at 3pm for the show on CHUO 89.1FM This week at #1 for the fifth week and retiring goes to Carly Rae Jepsen with the summer vibing song Shy Boy.
New debuts from Jeremy Dutcher.
Note: () means last week and [] means total weeks.
1. Carly Rae Jepsen – Shy Boy (1) [5]
2. Jeremy Dutcher – Take My Hand (*) [1]
3. Pony Girl – I Believe In Nothing (2) [4]
4. Mitski – Bug Like An Angel (5) [2]
5. Hua Li 化力 – Closing Time (3) [5]
Have a listen to No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM for July 31, 2023.
PLAYLIST:
Sinéad O’Connor – Mandinka / Troy from The Lion and the Cobra
Black Boys on Mopeds / The Last Day of Our Acquaintance from I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, In This Heart from Universal Mother and Nothing Compares 2 U
Osheaga 2023 Picks:
Magdalena Bay – Follow The Leader from Mercurial World
Altın Gün – Rakıya Su Katamam from Aşk
Soccer Mommy – Unholy Affliction from Sometimes, Forever
Rina Sawayama – Minor Feelings from Hold the Girl
Alex G – Runner from God Save the Animals
The Flaming Lips – It’s Summertime from Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Lido Pimienta – Resisto y Ya from Miss Colombia
Beabadoobee – the way things go
Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
Mac Krol – What Would You Say?
Top 5 Songs of the week
1. Carly Rae Jepsen – Shy Boy (1) [4]
2. Pony Girl – I Believe In Nothing (4) [3]
3. Hua Li 化力 – Closing Time (3) [4]
4. Subsonic Eye – Yearning (*) [1]
5. Mitski – Bug Like An Angel (*) [1]
The National – England from High Violet
Kendrick Lamar – XXX. (Feat. U2) from Damn.
Japanese Breakfast – Boyish from Soft Sounds from Another Planet
Pup – Totally Fine from The Unraveling of Puptheband
Peach Pit – Look Out! From 2 to 3
Here is the Top 5 Songs of the week. Don’t forget to tune in today at 3pm for the show on CHUO 89.1FM This week at #1 for the fourth week goes to Carly Rae Jepsen with the summer vibing song Shy Boy.
New debuts from Subsonic Eye and Mitski.
Note: () means last week and [] means total weeks.
1. Carly Rae Jepsen – Shy Boy (1) [4]
2. Pony Girl – I Believe In Nothing (4) [3]
3. Hua Li 化力 – Closing Time (3) [4]
4. Subsonic Eye – Yearning (*) [1]
5. Mitski – Bug Like An Angel (*) [1]
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Have a listen to No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM for February 14, 2022.
Playlist:
Big Thief – Love Love Love from Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
Mitski – Love Me More from Laurel Hell
Blue Hawaii – L.O.V.E. from My Bestfriend’s House EP which comes out this Friday.
Katie Tupper – How Can I Get Your Love? from Towards The End EP which comes out this Friday.
FKA twigs – oh my love from CAPRISONGS
Scott Hardware – Love Through The Trees from Ballad of a Tryhard which comes out on March 4, 2022.
Robyn – Dancing On My Own from Body Talk
OMBIIGIZI – Spirit In Me from Sewn Back Together
Said the Whale – Honey Lungs (feat. Illuminati hotties) [illuminati hotties remix from the Garden]
Tess Roby – Ideas of Space from Ideas of Space which comes out on April 22, 2022.
Evan J Cartwright – And You’ve Got Nobuddy from Bit By Bit which comes out on April 15, 2022.
Cam Maclean – Shy Companion
Andy Shauf – Jacob Rose
Orville Peck – Any Turn from Bronco which comes out on April 8, 2022.
Alexis Ffrench – Guiding Light from Truth which comes out on May 6, 2022.
Yves Jarvis – Prism Through Which I Perceive
Top 5 Songs of the week
1. Basia Bulat – Fables (The Garden Version) (1) [5]
2. The Weather Station – Endless Time (2) [3]
3. Luna Li – Silver Into Rain feat. beabadoobee (5) [2]
4. The Rural Alberta Advantage – CANDU (*) [1]
5. Tallies – Wound Up Tight (*) [1]
New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle (Extended Dance Remix) from Substance
The Weeknd – How Do I Make You Love Me? From Dawn FM
Bjork – All Is Full of Love from Homogenic
Granny Smith – Out of My Head
Stars – Elevator Love Letter from Heart
Destroyer – Eat the Wine, Drink the Bread from LABYRINTHITIS which comes out on March 25, 2022.