1/9/2012 | Download File (50.01 MB) - right click to download
The best singles I heard that were released in 2011, note not the best singles I heard in 2011 as sometimes I'm a bit behind the times and I try to keep the list limited to actual 2011 releases. Next show will be the best albums of 2011.
Fireball XL5 Setlist - January 6, 2012
TALK - Theme
Sloppy Joe - Sometimes
Generationals - Ten-Twenty-Ten
Those Dancing Days - I'll Be Yours
Craft Spells - After The Moment
Lykke Li - Get Some
TALK
Razika - Why Have We To Wait
Acid House Kings - Would You Say Stop?
Knock, Knock, Ginger - It's Your Money Honey (C)
Wild Flag - Romance
Yuck - Georgia
TALK
Those Darlins - Be Your Bro
TV Girl - Baby You Were There
Neon Indian - Hex Girlfriend
Amanda Mair - House
Toro Y Mori - Still Sound
Remember the Fireball XL5 Homepage is at www.fireballxl5.ca
11/11/2011 | Download File (62.07 MB) - right click to download
Interesting story behind my top song of the week, Anika Norlin is a Swedish artist who sings under the band name Sakert! when she sings in Swedish and Hello Saferide when she sings in English. In a strange but cool twist she decided to translate the Swedish songs almost word for word into English and record the songs again. The result is an album called "pa engelska" which translates to "in English" and although the songs were written in a different language they really work well (of course it doesn't hurt that I have a crush on Norlin as well). She explains her songwriting process in more detail here: http://cani.saekert.com/about
The rest of the show was a selection of my recent indie pop acquisitions ending with a softer low-key set. And I know it really looks like a set up, but my random ending song was by Prince who I happen to be seeing perform live in a few weeks for the first time, I swear it just worked out that way.
Fireball XL5 Setlist - November 4, 2011
TALK - Theme
Sakert! - Weak Is The Flesh
Razika - Why Have We To Wait
Wild Nothing - Summer Holiday
Kisses - People Do The Most Amazing Things
Stevie Jackson - Man of God
TALK
Veronica Falls - The Fountain
The Front Bottoms - The Boredom Is The Reason
Brilliant Colours - Value Lines
Comet Gain - Clang Of The Concrete Swans
The Slow Club - Giving Up On Love
TALK
The National - High Beams
Steel Train - You And I Under Cover
The Morning Benders - Excuses
The Weeknd - The Morning
Pocketbooks - Sparklers
TALK - Random Ending
Prince And The New Power Generation - Daddy Pop
(C) - Canadian Content
Remember the Fireball XL5 Homepage is at www.fireballxl5.ca
11/11/2011 | Download File (63.08 MB) - right click to download
My top song of the show was over 35 years old coming from Milton Wright and his awesomely funky song "My Ol' Lady", I have to thank the satellite radio station Soul Town for that one. The rest of the first set stayed on the same theme including a remix from Dimitri From Paris who can always be counted on for a song that will make you want to dance.
The last set consisted of songs inspired by a recent trip to Chicago, most of which were bands that played a great venue called the Empty Bottle ( www.emptybottle.com ) some of which I saw some I didn't. Unfortunately they didn't have their really cool T-shirts in my size, even making the bartender take down one in a display cabinet. One of the best things about the club is the Bite Cafe next door that has great food you can enjoy both before and after shows, if you go try the gnocchi as it is excellent.
Fireball XL5 Setlist - December 2, 2011
TALK - Theme
Milton Wright - My Ol' Lady
Sister Sledge - Thinking Of You (Dimitri From Paris Remix)
Reptar - Blast Off
Toro Y Moi - Still Sound
Phantogram - Don't Move
TALK
Wild Nothing - Live In Dreams
The Soft Pack - Mexico
Silver Swans - Mother Of Pearl
Pomegranates - Prouncer
Neon Indian - Hex Girlfriend
TALK (Chicago Set)
Anika - Officer Officer
Slowdance - Sweetness
Youth Lagoon - Afternoon
Wild Flag - Romance
Dom - Damn
TALK - Random Ending
Acid House Kings - Acid House Kings Brown And Beige Are My Favourite Colors
Remember the Fireball XL5 Homepage is at www.fireballxl5.ca
10/23/2011 | Download File (55.80 MB) - right click to download
My top song this week came from a mix that was made for the New York City Popfest way back in May (yes I finally got to it) by the website Brooklyn Vegan. I missed the popfest this year partly because I didn't recognize any of the bands, but listening to this collection of songs makes me think it still would have been a great time.
The second set featured someone that I had not heard from in too long of a time, the old timers out there will remember a band from KW called War Wagon which eventually evolved into Finnegan's Tongue. After releasing an album of songs that were all based on historical events or people from the Waterloo Region the band went their separate ways. Well Mike Wert from that band is finally writing some new material and with help from his former FT bandmates he sent me the song "Tom Longboat". Hopefully the is just the first of much new material coming from him.
Fireball XL5 Setlist - October 21, 2011
TALK - Theme
Go Sailor - Windy
Shrag - Rabbit Kids
Chalk And The Numbers - He Knew
The Felt Tips - Boyfriend Devoted
CUFFS - Albert Knox
TALK
Mike Wert - Tom Longboat (C)
Joe Jack Talcum - Sex Sting
Wan Light - Two Worlds Away
Wakey!Wakey! - Twenty-Two
Jeffery Lewis And The Junkyard - Broken Broken Broken Heart
TALK
The New Division - Starfield
Metromony - The Look
Let's Whisper - All Happy Endings
Hyperbubble - Better Set Your Phasers On Stun
Kidstreet - Penny Candy (C)
TALK - Random Ending
Fatboy Slim featuring Macy Gray - Demons
(C) - Canadian Content
Remember the Fireball XL5 Homepage is at www.fireballxl5.ca
9/26/2011 | Download File (56.12 MB) - right click to download
I had a hard time picking my top song this week and either of the first two songs could have made the cut, but in the end I went Cold Mailman, one of the bands that I saw at the Oya festival in Norway this summer. However, the other song by Craft Spells is also awesome and that album has a good chance of being one of my favourite albums of the year. I also really liked the rest of the first set making it one of the best ones I've played in a while.
I planed the second set to be more on the rocking side of indie pop, but I'm never sure if it ever works out, and I ended with a funky set, that I'm pretty sure that worked.
Fireball XL5 Setlist - September 23, 2011
TALK - Theme
Cold Mailman - Pull Yourself Together And Fall In Love With Me
Craft Spells - After The Moment
The Kooks - Junk Of The Heart (Happy)
Pocketbooks - Promises, Promises
P.S. I Love You - Facelove
TALK
Yuck - Get Away
Electric Trickle Machine - Part Of Me
Tilly And The Wall - Nights Of The Living Dead
Generationals - Greenleaf
Kids On A Crime Spree - I Don't Want To Call You Baby, Baby
TALK
Eddie Hollins - I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To
Shirley Ellis - Waiting
Michael Dunston - Soul Revolution
Heavyweight Brass Band - Beat It
Simian Mobile Disco - Cruel Intention
TALK - Random Ending
The Style Council - Speak Like A Child
Remember the Fireball XL5 Homepage is at www.fireballxl5.ca
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