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Picks for 2022

  • Cretin Rob - Cretin Radio
    Friday 9 AM-ish - 11 AM

    Twelve beers in a case, 12 albums of the year, 2022 alphabetical

    Birds in Row — Gris Klein
    Bloodclot — Souls
    The Chats — Get Fucked
    Clamm — Care
    Mindforce — New Lords
    Municipal Waste — Electrified Brain
    Off! — Free LSD
    Osees — A Foul Form
    The Sadies — Colder Streams
    Soul Glo — Diaspora Problems
    Viagra Boys— Cave World
    Weird Nightmare — Weird Nightmare

    And the top five movies because we love movies

    1. RRR
    2. Banshees of Inisherin
    3. Barbarian
    4. X/Pearl
    5. Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Tyler Rosmus - Precious Metals
    Tuesday 12 AM - 1 PM

    10. Artificial Brain – Artificial Brain
    9. Honningbarna - Animorphs
    8. Esoctrilihum – Consecration of the Spiritus Flesh
    7. Daeva – Through Sheer Will and Black Magic
    6. Conway The Machine – God Don’t Make Mistakes
    5. Silvana Estrada - Marchita
    4. Deathspell Omega – The Long Defeat
    3. Black Country, New Road – Ants From Up There
    2. Wormrot - Hiss
    1. Birds In Row – Gris Klein

  • Matthew Merkel - Scary Hours
    Wednesday 11PM - MIDNIGHT

    Favourite Albums

    16."Working on my karma” by DVSN
    15. “Learn 2 swim” by Red Veil
    14. “Ruffs” by Kenny Mason
    13. “Ramona Park broke my heart” by Vince Staples
    12. “Few good things” by Saba
    11. "Laughing so Hard, it Hurts” by Mavi
    10. “Sick!” by Earl Sweatshirt
    9. “2000” by Joey Bada$$
    8. “God Don’t Make Mistakes” by Conway the Machine
    7. “Face” by Babyface Ray
    6. “Candydrip” by Lucky Daye
    5. “More Black Superheroes” by Westside Boogie
    4. "Luv 4 Rent" by Smino
    3. "Melt My Eyez See Your Future” by Denzel Curry
    2. "Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers” by Kendrick Lamar
    1. “The Forever Story” by JID

    Most streamed song: “Magic" by Vince Staples

    Song of the year: "The Heart Part 5" by Kendrick Lamar

  • Neil Kraemer - Prick Up Your Ears
    Monday 4 PM - 5 PM

    Dumb - Pray 4 Tomorrow
    Heaven For Real - Energy Bar
    Clamm - Care
    Weird Nightmare - Weird Nightmare
    The Beths - Expert In A Dying Field
    Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork
    Preoccupations - Arrangements
    Crack Cloud - Tough Baby
    Chronophage - Chronophage
    Jeanines - Don't Wait For A Sign
    Eliza Niemi - Staying Mellow Blows
    Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There

  • lily bean - the adults are talking
    fri
    day 4PM - 5PM

    in no particular order...

    taylor swift - midnights
    jaywood - slingshot
    the 1975 - being funny in a foreign language
    kendrick lamar - mr. morale and the big steppers
    fka twigs - caprisongs
    alex g - god save the animals
    ethel cain - preachers daughter
    the arctic monkeys - the car
    beabadoobee - beatopia
    weyes blood - and in the darkness, hearts aglow
    sza - SOS
    alvvays - blue rev
    steve lacy - gemini rights
    omar apollo - ivory
    wet leg - wet leg
    mitski - laurel hell
    fontaines d.c - skinty fia
    florence + the machine - dance fever
    yeah yeah yeahs - cool it down
    angel olsen - big time

  • Jared McKetiak - And The Rest Is Noise...
    Satur
    day 7PM - 9PM

    1. Plains - I Walked With You A Ways [Anti-]
    2. Jeff Parker ETA Ivtet - Mondays At The Enfield Tennis Academy [Eremite Records]
    3. Joe Rainey - Niineta [37d03d]
    4. The Beths - Expert In A Dying Field [Carpark]
    5. Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes [BMG]
    6. Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia [Partisan]
    7. Kendrick Lamar - Mr Morale & The Big Steppers [Top Dawg]
    8. Ombiigizi - Sewn Back Together [Arts & Crafts]
    9. The 1975 - Being Funny In A Foreign Language [Matador]
    10. Weyes Blood - And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow [Sub Pop]
    11. Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights [L-M / RCA]
    12. Wetleg - Wetleg [Domino]
    13. Alex G - God Save The Animals [Domino]
    14. Horsegirl - Versions Of Modern Performance [Matador]
    15. Makaya McCraven - In These Times [International Anthem / Nonesuch]
    16. Yard Act - The Overload [Zen FC]
    17. Dumb - Pray 4 Tomorrow [Mint]
    18. Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems [Epitaph]
    19. Black Country New Road - Ants From Up There [Ninja Tune]
    20. Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Prom Queen [Stones Throw]

  • Michael Elves - TGIFR
    Friday 6:30 - 8 PM

    TOP ALBUMS

    20. Sister Ray - Communion [Royal Mountain]
    19. Olli Hirvonen - Kielo [Ropeadope]
    18. Daniel Rossen - You Belong Here [Warp]
    17. Mali Obomsawin - Sweet Tooth [Out Of Your Head]
    16. OHMA - Between All Things [Colorfield]
    15. JayWood- Slingshot [Royal Mountain / Captured Tracks]
    14. Beth Orton - Weather Alive [Partisan]
    13. Buttering Trio - Foursome [RAW Tapes]
    12. Yes We Mystic - Trust Fall [DevilDuck]
    11. Alvvays - Blue Rev [Polyvinyl]
    10. Nicky Egan - This Life [Transistor Sound / Colemine]
    09. Andrew Bird - Inside Problems [Loma Vista]
    08. DOMi & JD BECK - NOT TiGHT [Apeshit / Blue Note]
    07. Les Louanges - Crash [Bonsound]
    06. Julia Jacklin - Pre-Pleasure [Polyvinyl]
    05. Destroyer - LABYRINTHITIS [Merge]
    04. Hermanos Gutierrez - El Bueno Y El Malo [Easy Eye Sound]
    03. Tapani Rinne and Juha Mäki-Patola - Open [Hush Hush Records]
    02. Makaya McCraven - In These Times [International Anthem / Nonesuch]
    01. Jasmine Myra - Horizons [Gondwana]

    TOP SONGS

    20. Office Culture - "Rules"
    19. Reverend Baron - "Fool on the Ave"
    18. Karolina ft. Amir Bresler - "Thank You"
    17. Mild Orange - "What's Your Fire?"
    16. Little Simz - "Silhouette"
    15. Carson McHone - "Hawks Don't Share"
    14. Sugarfungus - "Contagious Love"
    13. Amber Mark - "FOMO"
    12. Belle and Sebastian - "Come On Home"
    11. Taylor Swift - "Anti-Hero"
    10. Drake - "Massive"
    09. Pusha T- "Let The Smokers Shine The Coupes"
    08. Carly Rae Jepsen - "Talking To Yourself"
    07. Glass Beams - "Taurus"
    06. OMBIIGIZI - "Cherry Coke"
    05. Luna Li - "Alone But Not Lonely"
    04. Lady Wray - "Under The Sun"
    03. Jamie Drake - "Easy Target"
    02. Katie Tupper - "Danny"
    01. Katie Tupper - "Live Inside"

  • Ray Alexander - Fascinating Rhythm
    Sunday 10 AM - 12 PM

    INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTAL
    1. Hendrick Meurkens Quintet- Christmas Vibes (Reid Hoyson Productions)
    2. Dave Sryker Qt. - \||As \We \Were (Srikezone Recs,)
    3. Owen Broder Quintet - Hodges:Front and Centre - Vol. 1
    4. The Diva Jazz Orchestra - Swings Broadway (DCD2022)
    5. Bill Charlap Trio - Street of Dreams (Blue Note)
    6. Doug Macdonald Qt. - I'll See You In My Dreams (DMAC Music)
    7. Steve Davis Sextet - Bluesthetic (Smoke Sessions Records)
    8. Harry Skoler Sextet with strings - Living in Sound-The Music of C.
    Mingus(Sunnyside)
    9. T. S. Monk Sextet Live - Two Continents, One Groove (Storyville)
    10. Brent Laidler Sextet-Wouldn't Be Here Without You (Bel Recs)
    11. John Stein -Lifeline (Whaling City Sound)
    12. Antonio Adolfo Octet - Octet and Originals (AAM Records)
    13. Goldings Bernstein Stewart - Perpetual Pendulum (Smoke Sessions)
    14. Hard Bop Messengers (John Covelli Sextet)-Live At The Last Hotel(Clearview)
    15. Mark Filsinger Chamber Big Band - Groovin' High(Buffalo Jazz Collective)
    16. The Reid Hoyson Project-That Sunday, That Summer (R. Hoyson Prod.)
    17. Doug Munro/La Pompe Attack - Putt Lake Toodleloo (Got Music Recs)
    18. Ball State University Jazz Ensemble - I Can See The Other Side (Ball State)
    19. Allen Austin-Bishop-Christmas (AAB)
    20. Richard Williams-Hollywood Christmas (Richard Music)
    21. Jason Yeager - Unstuck In Time-The Kurt Vonnegut Suite (Sunnyside
    Communications)
    
    
    INTERNATIONAL VOCALS
    1. Lyn Stanley with the Jazz Mavericks- Novel Noel - A Jingle Jazz
    Celebration (AT Music)
    2. Alexis Cole - Sky Blossom - Songs From My Tour Duty (Zoho)
    3. Mark Winkler - Late Bloomin' Jazzman (Cafe Pacific Records)
    4. Jo Harrop - The Heart Wants (Lateralize Records)
    5. Laura Ainsworth - You Asked For It (Eclectus Records)
    6. Sweet Megg Tentet - My Window Faces The South (Turtle Bay Records)
    7. Patty Lomuscio Meets The Kenny Barron Qt.-Star Crossed Lovers
    (Challenge Recs)
    8. Vicki Burns Octet - Lotus Blossom Days (ViBu Jazz)
    9. Carol Sloane - Live At Birdland (Club 44)
    10. Eugenie Jones - Players
    11. Lorraine Feather - My Own Particular Life (Relarion Inc.)
    
    CANADIAN INSTRUMENTAL
    1. Cory Weeds Qt. with Strings (arr. by Phil Dwyer)-What Is There To
    Say? (Cellar 20)
    2. Ernesto Cervini Orchestra & Chorus-Joy Three Pine Records)
    3. Cory Weeds-From The Pen Of...Fraser MacPherson (Cellar 20)
    4. Ryan Oliver Qt. - With Strings (Cellar 20)
    5. Noam Lemish Orchestra - Twelve (Three Pine Recs)
    6. Spike Wilner Trio - Plays Monk & Ellington (Cellar 20)
    7. Jocelyn Gould - Golden Hour (Jocelyn Gould Music)
    8. Jodi Proznick & Amanda Tosoff - The Ostara Project (Cellar 20)
    9. Neil Swainson Quintet - Fire In The West (Cellar 20)
    10.P.J. Perry Quintet - No Hugs (Cellar 20)
    11.John Lee Qt.- The Artist (Cellar 20)
    12.Tom Keenlyside Qt. - A Night At The Espresso (Cellar 20)
    13.Brian Charette Qt. - Jackpot (Cellar 20)
    14.Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra - Voices: A Musical Heritage (Self-Released)
    
    CANADIAN VOCALS
    1. Carol Welsman Trio (& t.) - Fourteen (Justin Time)
    2. Ori Dagan Nonet - Click Right Here (Ori Dagan)
    3. Mary-Catherine Pazzano with the Mark Eisenman Qt. - Christmas Live
    At The Jazz Room in Waterloo, Ont. (Glorious Feeling Records)
    4. Joe Coughlin with the Bernie Senesky Qt. - Dedicated To You (Cellar 20)
    5. Laura Crema & Bill Coon - String Songs (L.Crema, B.Coon)
    6. Melody Diachun with Dave Restivo Qt. - Sumner's Tales-The Music of
    Sting (Third Beach Records)
    7. Mary Lou Sicoly with John Ebata Sextet - Lemon Meringue Pie (ML Sicoly)
    8. Heather Ferguson with the Joey Smith Band - Lush Life (H Ferguson Music)
    9. Sheila Jordan with Alan Broadbent Duo-Live At Mezzrow (Cellar 20)
    10.Deb Rasmussen Qt. - Unspoken (DR Music)
    11. Jeremy Wong with Ardeshir Pourkeramati Quintet -Hey There (Cellar 20)
    12. Angel Turone & Chris Platt - Sounds of Brazil & The Spinner Sessions
    13. Deanne Matley - The Alberta Lounge (Barbette Records)
    
    HISTORICAL
    1. Ella At The Hollywood Bowl-The Irving Berlin Songbook (Verve)
    2. Max Roach - We Insist!-Freedom Now Suite (Candid Records)
    3. Charles Mingus - Mingus Presents Mingus (Candid)
    4. Hampton Hawes - Four! with Barney Kessel/Shelly Manne/Red Mitchell (Craft
    5. Sheila Jordan - Comes Love: Lost Session 1960 (Capri)
    
    BOOKS
    1. Jazz and The Underworld - Dangerous Rhythms - T. J. English (Deckle Edge)
    2. The Real Ambassadors:Dave & Iola Brubeck with Louis Armstrong
    Challenge Segregation -Keith Hatschek & Yolande Bevan
    3. Charlie's Good Tonight-The Authorizes Bio of Charlie Watts-Paul Sexton
    
    FILM
    
    1. Who Killed Jazz - Ben Makinen Documentary
    2. Jazz Town - Ben Makinen Doc.
    
    DEARLY DEPARTED-CLASS OF 2022
    
    Joe Diorio-guitar
    Joey DeFrancesco-organ
    Tina May-singer
    Creed Taylor-label owner/producer
    Ramsey Lewis-piano
    Ernie Andrews-vocalist
    Warren Bernhardt-piano
    Mick Goodrick-guitar
    Ronnie Cuber-baritone sax
    Charnett Moffett-bass
    Ronnie Miles-trumpet
    Barbra Morrison-singer
    Jessica Williams-piano
    Sue Mingus (Charlie's wife)-producer
    Marilyn Bergman-lyricist with husband Allan & composer Michel Legrand
    Lee Mickey Bass-drums
    Bobby Rydell-big band vocalist
    Rolf Kuhn-clarinetSy Johnson-arranger
    Khan Jamal-vibes
    Dennis Gonzales-trumpet
    
    BEST MAGAZINES
    
    Downbeat
    Jazztimes
    Jazz Journal
    Jazzwise
    Jazziz
    jazzlandnow.com
    
  • Dan Raposo - Free Range Radio
    Thursday 6:30 PM - 8 PM

    1 - JayWood - Slingshot
    2 - The Linda Lindas - Growing Up
    3 - Jamboree - Life in the Dome
    4 - Apollo Brown - This Must Be the Place
    5 - Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
    6 - Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes
    7 - Jason Collett - Head Full Of Wonder
    8 - OMBIIGIZI - Sewn Back Together
    9 - Status/Non-Status - Surely Travel
    10 - Andrew Bird - Inside Problems
    11 - The Beths - Expert In a Dying Field
    12 - Regina Spektor - Home, before and after
    13 - Maggie Rogers - Surrender
    14 - Spoon - Lucifer On the Sofa
    15 - Wet Leg - Wet Leg
    16 - Plains - I Walked with You a ways
    17 - Widowspeak - The Jacket
    18 - Jasmyn - In The Wild
    19 - Stella Donnelly - Flood
    20 - Living Hour - Someday Is Today

  • John Prentice - Planet Mainstage
    Saturday 2 PM - 4 PM

    Best Ofs 2022 -in random order (c) Canadian (w)Winnipeg

    Kieran Kane/Rayna Gellert - The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring
    Sam Baardman - Marsh Radio (w)
    Bros. Landreth - Come Morning (w)
    Scott Nolan - The Suberb Beautiful (w)
    Bruce Cockburn -Rareties (c)
    Judy Collins -Spellbound
    Eliza Gilkyson -The River Winds
    JP Hoe - Botanicals (w)
    Little Miss Higgins -The Fire Waltz (w)
    James Keelaghan - Secondhand (c)
    Martyn Joseph -1960 Acoustic
    Pharis and Jason Romero - Tell Em You Were Gold (c)
    Ry Cooder Taj Mahal - Get on Board
    Son of Dave - Call Me King (w)
    Loudon Wainwright III - Lifetime Achievement
    Big Little Lions - Happy Accident (c)
    Boy Golden - Church of Better Daze (w)
    Jocelyn Pettit - Wind Rose (c)
    Morgan Toney - First Flight (c)
    Peggy Seeger - First Farewell
    Tom Paxton Cathy Fink Marcie Marxer - All New
    Kyshona - Live from the Sanctuary
    Neil Young -World Record (c)
    C
    ourtney Marie Andrews - Loose Future (c)
    Vieux Farka Toure & Khruangbin - Ali
    Ocie Elliot - What Remains (c)
    Moontricks – Currents (c)
    Piqsiq - Live from Christ Church Cathedral (c)
    Tall Tall Trees - A Wave of Golden Things
    Hawktail - Place of Growth
    Susana Baca - Palabras Urgente


  • Teri Stevens - Venus Envy
    Thursday 8 PM - 9 PM

    Fave music by female/gender-diverse artists in 2022

    Top album:
    Florence + the Machine - Dance Fever

    Other albums:
    Mitski - Laurel Hell
    Sharon Van Etten - We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
    Metric - Formentera
    Tegan and Sara- Crybaby
    Indigo Sparke- Hysteria
    Julia Jacklin- Pre-Pleasure
    Tess Roby - Ideas of Space
    Maggie Rogers - Surrender
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool it Down
    Lizzo - Special
    Jenny Owen Youngs - It’s Dangerous to Go Alone EP
    Hurray for the Riff Raff- Life on Earth
    Ethel Cain- Preacher’s Daughter

    Singles:
    Lucius - Muse
    Sudan Archives- Home Maker
    Iskwē, Tom Wilson - Starless Nights
    Haley Blais- Coolest F*cking Bitch in Town
    Russell Louder - Come Around

  • Jeremy Ranson - A Sordid Hour
    Monday 8 PM - 9 PM

    Best Of 2022 (In no particular order)

    Claire Thérèse and the Lockdown - Villainy [Self-released] “Gorgeously lush, dark Country”
    The Stripp - Ain't No Crime To Rock 'N' Roll “Sleazy, full-tilt Rock and Roll”
    Service - Drag Me [Let’s Pretend Records] “Hard hitting, energetic"
    Seine - Naizust [Moonlee Records] “Hypnotic, minimalist Trip Pop”
    Francie Moon - What Are We Really Even Doing? [Half Shell Records] “Quasi-Psych Garage Rock delivered with emotional intensity”
    Basically Nancy - Basically Nancy [Graveface Records] “90’s inspired Rock delivered with attitude and hooks galore”
    Head - Satisfaction [Fuzzed And Buzzed] “Retro Boogie Rock with a healthy dose of Soul”
    Dead Fibres - John Q Citizen [Self-released] “Noisy, abrassive new wave inspired Rock”
    The Bobby Lees - Bellevue [Ipecac Records] “Frenetic Garage Rock”
    Scrunchies - Feral Coast [Dirtnap Records] “Raw, chunky, yet poppy Riot Punk”
    Liiek - Deep Pore [Adagio830] “Groovy, bass-driven Post Punk”
    Sam Humphrey - All Blonde In Dreamland [Self-released] “Stark, brooding Garage Folk Rock”

  • Bryan Sveinson - The Pity Party
    Friday 1 PM - 3 PM

    Top 10 Emo Albums of 2022

    Carly Cosgrove - See You in Chemistry
    Mom Jeans - Sweet Tooth
    Pinegrove - 11:11
    PUP - The Unraveling of Pup the Band
    Ghost Parliament - SOS
    Oso Oso - Sore Thumb
    Valleyheart - Heal my Head
    The Wonder Years - The Hum Goes Forever
    Smidley - Here Comes the Devil

  • John Guttormson - Bang & Whisper
    Thursday 1 PM - 2 PM

    Favourite albums of the year:

    Alvvays – Blue Rev
    Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
    Bjork – Fossora
    Dizzy and Fay – Hooked
    Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork
    Horsegirl - Versions of Modern Performance
    Wet Leg – Wet Leg
    Wilco – Cruel Country

    Song of the year:

    Drive-By Truckers - "The Driver"