Best of 2017 Songs (So Far)

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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.

Kelly Lee Owens – Kelly Lee Owens [Review]

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2017, Album, Album Review, artist, British, Dance, electronica, Jenny Hval, Kelly Lee Owens, London, Music, Music Video, Musician, pop, Review, singer, UK

While trying to find whatever music to play on my radio show.
I accidentally found this artist on this site and when I listened to this album.
I was blown away by the music!
This is the British artist Kelly Lee Owens with her self-titled debut album.
Heare is the details:
“An album that bridges the gaps between cavernous techno, spectral pop, and krautrock’s mechanical pulse, the 27­ year ­old Londoner has made a debut album brimming with exploratory wonder, establishing a personal aesthetic that is as beguiling as it is thrillingly familiar.”
With the popularity of EDM from the likes of The xx, Austra and Grimes.
This album is a mix of dreamy electronic sounds to hard-pulse electronic dance beats.
The standout track is Anxi which features Jenny Hval.
I call her the British version of Jessy Lanza, Caribou, Blue Hawaii and Austra mixed into one!
This one of the surprising albums to check out in 2017!

Best tracks:

• S.O
• Anxi feat. Jenny Hval
• Lucid
• Evolution
• Throwing Lines
• Keep Walking

I’d give this album:

AlunaGeorge – Not Above Love (Devault Remix) [Listen]

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2017, AlunaGeorge, band, Dance, Devault, electronica, Group, Music, Musicians, Not Above Love, Remix, Single, UK, USA

OK Valentine’s Day 2017 ended a few days ago.
Listen to the Devault remix of AlunaGeorge‘s Not Above Love.

“The AlunaGeorge remix is definitely something I’m super proud of. It blends my old melody techniques with a new style of production that I have been working on the past 6 months. I fell in love with the original’s lyrics so I gave ‘Not Above Love’ a dark spin that only shed a small light in the original record and it’s a good taste of where my future releases are headed.” – DEVAULT

No Filter – February 6, 2017

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2017, alternative, Arkells, band, Bill Plaskett, Canada, CHUO FM, Dance, Dirty Projectors, electronica, Elephant Stone, Experimental, Fast Romantics, folk, Group, Heat, Her Harbour, Homeshake, indie, Jacques Greene, Japan, Jesse Hale Moore, Joel Plaskett, Kid Koala, Le Trouble, Leif Vollebekk, Mac DeMarco, Molly Burch, Mouse on the Keys, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Nathan Fake, Ottawa, Podcast, Pony, pop, punk, Radio, Raphaelle Standell-Preston, Rock, Teen Daze, The Luyas, Tim Darcy, Timber Timbre, Torandaga, UK, USA, You'll Never Get To Heaven

No Filter for February 6, 2017.
Can’t believe we are in February and the second month into 2017!!
Have a listen to the show.

The xx – I See You [Review]

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2017, Album, Album Review, band, electronica, England, Group, I See You, Jamie xx, London, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Oliver Sim, pop, Review, Romy Madley Croft, The XX, UK

So 2017 has started with a big bang with the release of The xx‘s third album called I See You.
I have to say this is a step up from their last album Coexist which felt minimal, spacious and cold.
I See You is the exact opposite which is more upbeat, vibrant and sample driven.
Probably due to Jamie xx who went on his own with 2015’s In Colour (My favorite album that he has produced).
You can tell that parts of In Colour seeped in I See You.
While they can’t achieve the overwhelming success from their debut xx.
This is a great welcome back for the band.

Best tracks:

• Dangerous
• Say Something Loving
• A Violent Noise
• Replica
• Brave For You
• On Hold
• I Dare You

I’d give I See You:
/10 Camera flashes!

No Filter – January 23, 2017

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2017, alternative, Arcade Fire, Austra, band, Bill Plaskett, Canada, CHUO FM, Dance, Dear Criminals, del bel, Dirty Projectors, electronica, Experimental, folk, Goldfrapp, Group, Hannah Georgas, Hollerado, I Give You Power, indie, Jay Som, Jenn Grant, Joel Plaskett, Julie Byrne, Julien Baker, Kilmanjaro, Leif Vollebekk, Mavis Staples, Middle Kids, Mozart's Sister, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Ottawa, Podcast, pop, punk, Radio, Rock, Skye Wallace, Steve Adamyk Band, The Luyas, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Tim Darcy, Timber Timbre, UK, USA

No Filter for January 23, 2017.
Reminder to check out Skye Wallace at the Record Centre on January 27th!
HOUR ONE

HOUR TWO

PLAYLIST:

• Hannah Georgas – Needed Me / Waste




• Skye Wallace – Blood Moon
• Mozart’s Sister – Moment 2 Moment
• Arcade Fire feat. Mavis Staples – I Give You Power
• del bel – Do What The Bass Says
• Tim Darcy – Tall Glass of Water
• Dirty Projectors – Up In Hudson
• Joel Plaskett and Bill Plaskett – Jim Jones / Solidarity
• Jenn Grant – Galaxies
• Austra – Gaia
• Steve Adamyk Band – Swallow You Whole
• Top 5 Songs of the week
• Jay Som – The Bus Song
• Julie Byrne – I Live Now as a Singer
• Julien Baker – Funeral Pyre
• Goldfrapp – Anymore
• Kilmanjaro – 15 (The Macochist)
• Dear Criminals – Nelly
• Middle Kids – Never Start
• Hollerado – Born Yesterday

No Filter is 2 Years Old!

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2015, 2017, alternative, band, Canada, Cellphone, Dan Mangan + Blacksmith, Dance, electronica, folk, George The Poet, Group, Hollerado, James Bay, Juan Wauters, Kitty Davis & Lewis, Låpsley, Lowell, Michael Feuerstack, Moss Lime, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Ottawa, pop, punk, Radio, Raury, Recoilers, Rich Aucoin, Rock, show, Shura, Sonny & The Sunsets, Steamers, Stormzy, The Ashleys, Those Gulls, UK, USA, Viet Cong, Will Butler, Women, Years & Years

Today is the day that I have been doing No Filter for two years on CHUO 89.1 FM.
Here is to another year of playing music from Canadian, American and European.
Wishlist for 2017:

• More interviews
• More live sessions on the show
• Focus on arts and culture happening in Ottawa

Have a listen to the debut show


Playlist:

• Dan Mangan + Blacksmith – Mouthpiece
• Hollerado – Firefly
• Juan Wauters + Carmelle – Wearing Leather, Wearing Fur
• The Ashleys – Wildtype
• Steamers – Head North
• Cellphone – Greenish Black
• Lowell – Cloud 69
• Those Gulls – The Out
• George The Poet – My Love Is Your Love (#5 on BBC Sound of 2015)
• Raury – God’s Whisper (#4 on BBC Sound of 2015)
• Stormzy – Not That Deep (#3 on BBC Sound of 2015)
• James Bay – Hold Back The River (#2 on BBC Sound of 2015
• Years & Years – Real (#1 on BBC Sound of 2015
• Låpsley – Falling Short/Dancing




• Shura – Indecision
• Sonny & The Sunsets – Cheap Extensions
• Wish – Slacker
• Will Butler – Take My Side
• Kitty, Davis & Lewis – Baby Bye Bye
• Michael Feuerstack – The Devil
• Viet Cong – Silhouettes
• Women – Eyesore
• Moss Lime – Calabria 2014
• Rich Aucoin – City I Love / Four More Years
• Recoilers – Beachfront Resort Vacation

No Filter – January 9, 2017

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2017, A Tribe Called Red, alternative, Arts, Austra, Brave Radar, Canada, Century Palm, CHUO FM, City of Stars, Culture, Dance, Desperate Journalist, Dirty Projectors, electronica, folk, Gianna Lauren, Hannah Georgas, Hollerado, indie, Interview, Khodara, Kid Koala, La La Land, London Grammar, Mo Kenney, Molly Burch, Moonlight, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Nicholas Britell, No Ice, Peach Pit, Phern, Podcast, pop, punk, Radio, Rock, Ryan Gosling, Saul Williams, Shad, Sonic Avenues, Studio Sixty Six, Tanya Tagaq, Thanya Iyer, The Acorn, The Proper Ornaments, The XX, UK, USA

No Filter for January 9, 2017.
I had on the show Rose Ekins of Studio Sixty Six who is the general manager and curator.
She came to talk about the exhibition called Kanata 150? which runs from January 12 – February 18, 2017.
The interview is at the second hour in the 30 minute mark.
Have a listen:
HOUR ONE:

HOUR TWO:

PLAYLIST:

• The Acorn – Rapids
• Gianna Lauren – Windows
• Mo Kenney – Deja Vu
• Century Palm – King of John St / Walk Forever Blind
• Kid Koala – The Observable Universe
• Nicholas Britell – The Middle of the World
• Ryan Gosling – City of Stars
• Del Bel – Look On Down from The Bridge
• Desperate Journalist – Resolution
• Brave Radar – Northern Planet
• Khodara – Billie
• The Proper Ornaments – Bridge by a Tunnel
• Phern – Crosswalk Talk
• London Grammar – Rooting For You
• Sonic Avenues – Forgetting the Sound of My Mind
• Top 5 Songs of the week
• Tanya Tagaq – Centre feat. Shad
• A Tribe Called Red – Virus (Alan Rosales Remix)
• Thanya Iyer – Daydreaming
• Peach Pit – Sweet FA
• No Ice – The Cemetery
• Molly Burch – Try

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

Christmas/Holiday Edition of No Filter – December 19, 2016

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2016, alternative, Andrew’s Pale Horses, band, Basia Bulat, Blatant Bob, Canada, Charlotte Cornfield, Christmas, CHUO FM, Corey Isenor, Dance, Dark for Dark, Darlene Love, electronica, Evening Hymns, folk, Group, Hannah Epperson, Heaven for Real, Hey Rosetta!, Holiday, indie, James Corden, Jeremy Fisher, Jim Bryson, Lab Coast, Leif Vollebekk, Mariah Carey, Matthew Bailey, Michael Angelakos, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Nat King Cole, nêhiyawak, Ohbijou, Passion Pit, Phern, Podcast, POM, pop, Pre Nup, Quiet Parade, Radio, Rock, Small Pond Glory Singers, Sportsfan, The Acorn, The Darcys, The Elwins, The Hidden Cameras, The Line of Best Fit, The Pogues, UK, USA, Wintersleep, Youth Trend Report

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS on No Filter!
On the show I played 17 tracks from The Line of Best Fit‘s Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada 8 (Free to download the compilation).
I couldn’t play Doomsquad because it was 30 minutes long!
Afterwards, played some Christmas classic tunes!
So have a listen to the show!

HOUR ONE:

HOUR TWO:

PLAYLIST:

• Small Pond Glory Singers – What Else
• Charlotte Cornfield and Matthew Bailey – Clip Clop
• The Hidden Cameras – Log Driver’s Waltz
• nêhiyawak – Tommaso
• Pre Nup – War, On Christmas
• Lab Coast – Yule See
• Phern – Good Grief
• Sportsfan – Sportsman saves Xmasss
• Andrew’s Pale Horses – Doctor Christmas
• Quiet Parade – Heavy Winter
• Corey Isenor – Burning the Hickory
• Dark for Dark – Unseasonal
• POM – Christmas Alone
• Youth Trend Report – Christmas Eve in an Internet Cafe
• Hannah Epperson – Raise the White Flag
• Blatant Bob – Feeling Called Melancholy
• Heaven for Real – Wave of Christmas
• James Corden – The Greatest Gift
• The Darcys – All I Want for Christmas is You!
• Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
• Ohbijou – Last Christmas
• Basia Bulat – You Are a Gift
• Hey Rosetta! – Carry Me Home
• Leif Vollebekk – I’ll Be Home For Christmas
• Wintersleep – Little Drummer Boy
• Evening Hymns – Just Like Christmas
• The Acorn – Pigeon Toes
• Jim Bryson – Snoopy and the Red Baron feat. Jeremy Fisher
• Michael Angelakos – Xmas in Your Arms




• The Pogues – Fairytale of New York
• Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song
• Christmas Time is Here
• The Elwins – Baby Rudolph
• Linus and Lucy
• Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You