No Filter’s Top 5 Songs of the Week [June 19 – 25]

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2017, alternative, Alvvays, Arcade Fire, band, Canada, Dance, electronica, folk, Group, indie, Japanese Breakfast, Music, Music Chart, Music Video, Musicians, New Swears, Ottawa, Partner, pop, Rock

Here are this week’s Top 5 Songs of the week.
Don’t forget to tune in every Monday at 4pm on CHUO 89.1FM
This week at #1 for the third week is by Arcade Fire!!
Everything Now is taken from the upcoming album Everything Now which drops on July 28th!
No new debuts this week.
Note: () means last week and [] means total weeks.

No Filter’s Top 5 Songs of the Week [June 12 – 18]

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2017, alternative, Alvvays, Arcade Fire, band, Canada, Dance, electronica, folk, Group, indie, Japanese Breakfast, Music, Music Chart, Music Video, Musicians, New Swears, Ottawa, Partner, pop, Rock

Here are this week’s Top 5 Songs of the week.
Don’t forget to tune in every Monday at 4pm on CHUO 89.1FM
This week at #1 for the second week is by Arcade Fire!!
Everything Now is taken from the upcoming album Everything Now which drops on July 28th!
New debut this week by Alvvays and single #2 from Japanese Breakfast
Note: () means last week and [] means total weeks.

Telecomo – For Sale [Review]

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2017, Adam Saikaley, alternative, band, Canada, EP, EP Review, Gary Franks, Group, indie, Music, Musicians, Ottawa, Pat Johnson, Review, Rock, Telecomo

It’s been a year since Ottawa’s Telecomo came out in the scene with their EP “Promo EP”.
Here is a description of the band:
Telecomo is a new three-piece garage rock outfit from Canada.
The group is high energy and the music is earnest.
Each song comes in quick bursts and with a beguiling melodic depth.
Trading metaphors for direct action, Adam Saikaley (Vocals, Guitar) brings a message of sincerity. Backed by longtime friends and collaborators Pat Johnson (Drums) and Gary Franks (Bass), Telecomo is succinct and eager.
Those that weren’t aware, the album was recorded, mastered and mixed by Jonathan Schenke.
He has worked with such acts like Parquet Courts, The Drums, Liturgy, PC Worship, The Men, Dirty Beaches, Frankie Rose and Girl Talk.
Which can explain it has that New York City gritty garage rock vibe to it.
10 tracks (3 from Promo EP got re-recorded) of high energetic garage-grungey rock music with some raw intense lyrics.
Gets you into a rocking dancing mood during the summer time.
Best tracks:

• Long Gone
• I Met You
• Boom
• No Answer
• Bike

I’d give For Sale:

Good Kid – Witches [Listen]

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2017, band, Canada, Good Kid, Group, indie, Music, Musicians, pop, Rock, Toronto

Good Kid is a Toronto band of friends who met in German class.
They all like three of the same things: Music, computers and video games – the latter two being a constant inspiration for music writing and jam sessions.
They are full-time software developers, but still write music, play shows and create Pokémon-themed videos for their Facebook followers.

Witches as a track is about the hikes Nick (he’s in the band!) and his friend Tom have taken through the UK.
The title is inspired by a small forest close to Treffgarn, Wales that is nightly visited by a tremendous flock of birds.
The only logical explanation for this occurrence is of course – witches.

No Filter’s Top 5 Songs of the Week [June 5 – 11]

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2017, alternative, Arcade Fire, band, Beach House, Canada, Dance, electronica, folk, Group, indie, Music, Music Chart, Music Video, Musicians, New Swears, Ottawa, Partner, pop, Rock

Here are this week’s Top 5 Songs of the week.
Don’t forget to tune in every Monday at 4pm on CHUO 89.1FM
This week at #1 is the new song by Arcade Fire!!
Everything Now is taken from the upcoming album of the same name which drops on July 28th!
New debut this week by Partner whose debut full-length In Search of Lost Time drops September 8th
Note: () means last week and [] means total weeks.

Best of 2017 Songs (So Far)

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(Sandy) Alex G, 2017, Agent Blå, alternative, Austra, band, Best of 2017, Bill Plaskett, Bonnie Doon, Boyhood, Broken Social Scene, Cadence Weapon, Canada, Century Palm, CFCF, Charly Bliss, Colin Stetson, Dance, Diet Cig, Dirty Projectors, electronica, Experimental, Feist, Fleet Foxes, folk, Girlpool, Gorillaz, Group, HOAN, Hollerado, Homeshake, indie, Japandroids, Jay Som, Jean-Michel Blais, Jenn Grant, Joel Plaskett, Jon McKiel, Kelly Lee Owens, Kid Koala, Land Of Talk, LCD Soundsystem, Leif Vollebekk, Lydia Ainsworth, Mac DeMarco, Mount Eerie, Mouse on the Keys, Mozart's Sister, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Nathan Fake, New Swears, Ottawa, Partner, Peeling, Perfume Genius, pop, Prairie Cat, punk, Rock, Slowdive, The Luyas, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The XX, Tim Darcy, Timber Timbre, Tops, UK, USA, You'll Never Get To Heaven

Cross posted from here.
2017 is going very fast and June being the halfway mark of the year.
So why not compile what are my list of best songs of 2017 so far.
Most are compiled from my radio show No Filter where I do the Top 5 Songs of the Week.
Hope you enjoy this list.

Partner – Everybody Knows [Listen]

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2017, alternative, band, Everyone Knows, Group, indie, Josée Caron, Lucy Niles, Music, Musicians, Partner, Rock, You've Changed Records

LET’S GET HIGH!
Partner is the “mature” effort of two best friends named Josée Caron and Lucy Niles. Borne of their bizarre and fortuitous friendship, Partner confidently harnesses the infinite power of Rock to explore a variety of niche yet strangely universal themes.
Today they released their single Everybody Knows.
The track is taken In Search Of Lost Time which drops on September 08, 2017 via You’ve Changed Records.

Listen to this banger of a rock song!!

Bonnie Doon – Dooner Nooner [Review]

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2017, Album, Album Review, alternative, band, Bonnie Doon, Canada, Dooner Nooner, Group, Music, Musicians, Ottawa, punk, Rock

Finally, the wait is over!
Ottawa’s all female group Bonnie Doon has released their first full-length album called Dooner Nooner via The Record Centre Records.
Nine tracks filled with high energetic, angsty post-punk, surfy-rock and no wave music.
Most of the songs I’ve heard live like Sandy’s Song with the clapping part, catchy countdown on Now or Neverish and experimental craziness on Panty Twist with Aymara Alvarado Sanchez on saxophone.

Thank goodness this album couldn’t come out at a better time when everyone is getting ready for the summer.
Get this album and take it to the beach, poolside, park or wherever!!

Best Tracks

• Pants and a Face
• High Noon
• Sandy’s Song
• Now or Neverish
• Panty Twister

I’d give Dooner Nooner:

No Filter’s Top 5 Songs of the Week [May 29 – June 4]

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2017, alternative, band, Beach House, Canada, Dance, electronica, folk, Group, indie, Japanese Breakfast, Music, Music Chart, Music Video, Musicians, New Swears, Omhouse, Ottawa, pop, Prairie Cat, Rock

Here are this week’s Top 5 Songs of the week.
Don’t forget to tune in every Monday at 4pm on CHUO 89.1FM
This week at #1 for the second week is by Beach House
Chariot is taken from the upcoming album B-Sides and Rarities which drops on June 30th!
New debut this week by Omhouse.
Note: () means last week and [] means total weeks.

Feltworth – Forget This Feeling [Music Video]

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2017, alternative, band, Canada, Cozy Balboa, Dezi Feltworth, Feltworth, Group, indie, Manny Feltworth, Morris Katzenburd, Music, Music Video, pop, Rock, Toronto

OMG! Can this music video be adorably cute!??
Feltworth is a 4-piece rock band consisting of Dezi Feltworth (bass, vocals), his brother Manny Feltworth (guitar, vocals), Morris Katzenburd (piano, keyboards) and Cozy Balboa (drums, tambourine). You may, of course, know of them already if you have children at arm’s length. Feltworth has been an outrageously successful act on the children’s music scene for many years. They burst into the limelight early in their career with their first album of music for youngsters called Super Duper. They followed that smash record with both Felty, Felty Places and We’re Feltworth, a pair of multi-platinum releases that saw the “fabric four” begin to add more original material to their repertoire of tried and true children’s classics.
Their game changing fourth album, Beanbag Town, was their first album of all original songs for kids. It’s still considered a high water mark on the spectrum of adolescent entertainment.
Forget This Feeling is taken from the upcoming 7″ out on June 7, 2017