Biweekly podcast devoted to left-field pop from Canada, Australia, and beyond.
New feature alert! With every podcast I’ll be highlighting one or two tracks that are currently living on repeat in my brain.
This week it’s London, Ontario’s Heart Attack Kids, whose Do What You Do, off their Back Luck Like Gold, is a straight-ahead slab of hard rock. Heavy? Check. Catchy? Yup. Brain melted? Most definitely. I’m currently living in Germany, a land still ruled by connoisseurs of Hard Rock. They would fit in perfectly here.
Heart Attack Kids
Do What You Do
As always, your biweeklyish 60 minutes of the best in new left-field pop from Canada, Australia and beyond. On the show: Heart Attack Kids, Noughts, Necking and Metz sonically pulverize the house, Jess Ribeiro and Sun Sets West get languid, IV League do the anthem thing, Ali Barter gets real, Kenora and Jade imagine do pop their own ways, and Wordburglar celebrates Ontario’s capital city. Also a 2014 Black Cab superhit, just because it rocks. And so much more.
Your setlist:
Sun Sets West
Soft Touch
Jess Ribeiro
Young Love
Kenora
Living in L.A.
Wordburglar
Torontaun (prod. By Diagnostik 80 w Fresh Kils, cuts by More or Les)
Noughts
The Antithesis
Necking
Big Mouth
METZ
Pure Auto
Heart Attack Kids
Do What You Do
Ali Barter
Ur a Piece of Shit
No Museums
Did You Land Your Mark Upon the Sun?
The Plastic Fangs
Kickback
Big Supermarket
SuperHwy
Atom
Parasite
Jade Imagine
Big Old House
IV Leauge
Comedown Sensation
Brutal Poodle
Crowd Control
Black Cab
Sexy Polezi
Nice Biscuit
Goodbye Luya
As always, your biweekly hit of the best in new left-field pop from Canada, Australia and beyond. This week, though, with a couple of thematically appropriate non-new tunes, one from ATR all-timers Pet Shop Boys and another from Toronto’s Leslie Spit Tree-o. I’ll never understand why these guys weren’t so much huger than they were. They sound as good in 2019 as they did when this song came out, what, almost 30 years ago. #thatcantberight
What’s new? How about some punk energy courtesy of White Dog and Batpiss? And Danko Jones! Pop-wise, Gold Fields and Yothu Yinki and the Treaty Project establish a nice groove. Also in here: BBQT! Fritz! Holiday Sidewinder! Just go listen.
Your setlist:
Gold Fields
Solar
Yothu Yindi & the Treaty Project
Mabo
Pet Shop Boys
In the Night
Gauci
In the Night
Bleached
Hard to Kill
Holiday Sidewinder
Forever/Whatever
Danko Jones
I’m In a Band
MUM
Luka
White Dog
Storm the Streets
Batpiss
Nothing
Eagles of Death Metal
Long Slow Goodbye
Eaglemont
Hound
Fritz
Ghost Poke
BBQT
Flinch
Local Authority
Oil Rigs
Syrup, Go On
Don’t Go (Riding Down the Cosmic Drain)
Leslie Spit Tree-O
One Thought Too Long
As always, your biweekly hit of the best in new left-field pop from Canada, Australia and beyond.
This week: some lovely noise from Shit Bitch, Nestter Donuts and Pale Lips! Saw the latter two in Münster and they were loads of fun. And if you saw them, you know which Pale Lips song I’m gonna play. Also, ominous synths from Leathers and Cry Club, Mexico represents with MexFutura, wonderful pop from Seaside and Rolling Blackouts CF, and a lovely tune from Hobart’s Quivers. And so, so much more. Dive on in.
Your setlist:
Shit Bitch, One More Pint
Wine Lips, Shark Eyes
Bleu Nuit, Trou Noir
Nestter Donuts, Neowww del Gato
Pale Lips, Hanky Panky Franky
Seaside, Habits
https://www.triplejunearthed.com/embed/7892476
Married Man, May As Well
Enola Gay, Running
Saxsyndrum, Let Go
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, In the Capital
Low Life, Lust Forevermore
Sunbeam Sound Machine, Talking Distance
MexFutura, La Cabeza
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/e7Y5-5oBAcA
Leathers, Phantom Heart
Cry Club, DFTM
Quivers, You’re Not Always On My Mind
Show 60! Second show of 2019! As always, the best in new left-field pop from Canada, Australia and beyond. This week: Triple J Hottest 100 heroes Hilltop Hoods and Hockey Dad! The heartbreakingly beautiful Ripe Music (ripemusic.com.au) #1 song of 2018, from Laura Jean! Invigorating noise from Gloin, Babyfats and Vintage Corp! And so, so much more.
Yer setlist:
Jeepz, Tune.In[Tro]
Gloin, Cha Cha
Omar Musa, Assimilate (feat. Tasman Keith)
FM Attack, Frozen (feat. Mnynms)
FLUIR, Feeling for You
https://www.triplejunearthed.com/embed/7588466
Lastlings, Stellar
Scary Bear Soundtrack, pyongyang
EWAH, Black Horse
Nice Biscuit, Captain
https://www.triplejunearthed.com/embed/6832751
Actors, L’appel du vide
Vintage Corp, Guarantees
Babyfats, AAH! AAH!
Hilltop Hoods, Leave Me Lonely
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/yKifJ4Q5ph0
Hockey Dad, Join the Club
Soft Science, I Don’t Know Why I Love You
Laura Jean, Girls on the TV
Your biweekly source of the best left-field indie pop/rock/punk/dance from Canada, Australia and beyond.
This week: Some great tuneage from the back end of 2018, from the cool hiphop of Okenyo and the smooth electropop of Gauci to the compelling drone of Negative Nancies and the joyous guitar pop of faves Pale Lips. And so much more.
Yer setlist:
Okenyo, Hang Your Hat
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/6IyttRCxu3bChKYCUt8kP2
Gauci, Paradise
Rackett, I Please Myself
Sweater Curse, Mon’s Song
https://www.triplejunearthed.com/embed/6613086
Slag Queens, Waterfall
Negative Nancies, The Dogs
Bloods, No Fun (feat. Girls Rock!)
https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/3VOjrUNhPVDtiyYw4EP1MT
Pale Lips, You’re A Doll
RAT!Hammock, June
Little Desert, Happy
Blessed, Thought
Hexdebt, Covenant
WLMRT, Dark Dollars
Milk Buttons, Some Impression
Sarsaparilla, Postcard
https://www.triplejunearthed.com/embed/7477881
Charlie Collins, Mexico
https://www.triplejunearthed.com/embed/7612901
Contrast, Black Hole
https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2951354323/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=4247329356/transparent=true/
Julia Jacklin, Head Alone
https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=171742989/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/license_id=407/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=308383436/transparent=true/
Your biweekly source of the best left-field pop/rock/punk/dance from Canada, Australia and beyond. This week: I’ve relocated to Duisburg, Germany. 45 minutes from Cologne. Home to the world’s largest inland port. The cycling is fantastic. I’ve managed to tear myself away from it to gift you 52 minutes or so of tasty tuneage, from the thrilling experimentalism of Petra Glynt to the sombre beauty of Molly Drag (lots of Montrealers on the show this week). And so much more.
Yer tracklist:
Petra Glynt
Surveillance
U2
The Blackout
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/AWeYqbUzyF0
Marie Davidson
So Right
Erthlings
Bridges
White Blanks
I Don’t Wanna (Die)
https://www.triplejunearthed.com/embed/7455706
Noughts
Skew
Straight Arrows
Out and Down
La URSS
Cristal
Danny Michel
Purgatory Cove
Molly Drag
Last Words
FRTIZ
Summer Holiday
Plum
Cool 2 Start
https://www.triplejunearthed.com/embed/3732961
Black Springs
Slinky Day
Choses Sauvages
Damoclès
Your biweekly source of the best left-field pop/rock/punk/dance from Canada, Australia and beyond. This week: My last show in Canada before crossing the ocean … to Germany! And what better way to mark the occasion than with JuliaWhy?’s garagey sensibility, Nun’s ominous electronic foreboding, Babygirl’s dreampop, Würst Nürse’s punkiness, and so much more.
Your setlist:
Sahara Beck
Here We Go Again
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/5s2JcXMkuhkEF8MYeWFrW1
JuliaWhy?
Pocket
Loose Tooth
All the Colours Gone
Phantastic Ferniture
Uncomfortable Teenager
Brian Tamaki and the Kool-Aid Kids
Tunnel Vision
Baby Cages
All U Want
Leathers
Day for Night
Youngblood
Dark Place
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/1hMoML8Dc9H1KuZODcUb2L
Sam Taylor-Wood & Pet Shop Boys
I’m In Love With a German Film Star (Radio Edit)
https://embed.music.apple.com/ca/album/im-in-love-with-a-german-filmstar-radio-edit-single/293317675
Nun
Pick Up the Phone
Heathers
Black Moon
Babygirl
Over in No Time
Primo!
A City Stair
Würst Nürse
Hot Doctor
Briggs
Here (feat. Caiti Baker)
Your biweekly source of the best left-field pop/rock/punk/dance from Canada, Australia and beyond. This week: Episode Number 50! Spotlight on the songs that have made ATR: Martina Topley-Bird, Girls Against Boys and Metric finally get their due. Also: the three quintessential ATR bands. And! As always, plenty of the best new music from Canada and Australia.
Your setlist:
Martina Topley Bird, Too Tough to Die
https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/0N3DUVHC7gAgVnzfPfmpAY
Girls Against Boys, All the Rage
Heart Beach, Underwater
Laura Sauvage, Alien (Anything Like It, Have You?)
Murray Darling, Don’t Say You’re Moving to Melbourne
Moody Beaches, Guns
Dark Fair, Off Into My Head
Ramon Chicharron, Los Monos Están Berracos
Fingerless, Out There
Little Ugly Girls, Tractor
New War, Get in the Boot
Rebel Yell, Toxic
Johnny Headband, Hot Button Topic
Metric, Lost Kitten
Your biweekly source of the best left-field pop/rock/punk/dance from Canada, Australia and beyond. This week: So I recorded this back in mid-April and thought I’d be able to get around to polishing and posting it while in Brazil. That didn’t happen, but better late than never. Anyway, for your listening pleasure, I present to you the sounds of Le Plaisir, Suss Cunts, Primitive Calculators, and a super-stunning piece of musical genius by Rebel Yell. And more. Wow.
Your setlist:
Rebel Yell, Stains (ft. Gussy)
Confidence Man, Don’t You Know I’m in a Band
Tim & the Boys, White Guys
Civic, Burning Steel
Sloan, Spin Our Wheels
Blush Response, Cruel
Choses Sauvages, Ariane
Midlife, The Gloves Don’t Bite
Kwame, Wow
Le Plaisir, Chilblains
BBQT, High Wasted
Suss Cunts, Tempter
Amya Laucirica, Under the Tide
Stella Donnelly, Mechanical Bull
All the Rage 