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Volume, Contrast, Brilliance
Saturday June 11th, 2022 with Steve Kirkland
at times like this, take the time it takes

Black Widow Spider
PARQUET COURTS - 7-inch A-side - 2021, Rough Trade Japan
We’re Gonna Be Alright
DANNY MICHEL - In the Belly of a Whale - 2001, self-released Canadian
Roll On Down the Highway (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
The DONNAS - V.A.: Herbie Fully Loaded (sdtk) - 2005, Hollywood Records Canadian
Acid Rain
SWEET TEETH - Acid Rain - 2021, De:Nihil Records/Lövely
Marianna
NOBRO - Sick Hustle - 2020, Dine Alone Records Canadian
Daughter of the Fireplace
MAN - Man - 1971, Liberty
Electrocution 2 (instrumental)
HORSEGIRL - Versions of Modern Performance - 2022, Matador New
Kicking Television (Wilco cover)
OHMME - V.A.: Wilcovered - 2020, Renew Records
Too Fortiche
PIERRE HENRY - Messe Pour le Temps Présent - 1968, Fontana
Shattered
PARANOIA - Shattered - 1984, Rot Records
Degree
COLA - Deep in View - 2022, Fire Talk Canadian New
Hymn to Freedom (Musical bed)
OSCAR PETERSON TRIO - Night Train - 1963, Verve Canadian
I Am the Moon
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND - I Am the Moon: I Crescent - 2022, Fantasy New
Brother Louie (Hot Chocolate cover)
SYLVAIN COSSETTE - 70s Volume 3 - 2010, s7 Productions
Tough Like That
The FABULOUS COURETTES - Back in Mono: B-sides and Outtakes (10-inch mini album) - 2022, Damaged Goods New
You Really Got Me (Kinks cover)
THUNDERMUG - Thundermug Strikes - 1972, Axe Records Canadian
Mighty Bolt
WAXAHATCHEE - El Deafo (TV sdtk) - 2022, Merge New
Black Day in July
GORDON LIGHTFOOT - Did She Mention My Name - 1968, United Artists Canadian
Survival Car
FOUNTAINS of WAYNE - Fountains Of Wayne - 1996, Tag Recordings
Oscar
SHACK - CD Single - 2000, London Records
Stop the Words
JIM BASNIGHT - Pop Top (Remastered) - 2022, Power Popaholic Productions New
Love is Strange (Mickey & Sylvia cover)
NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZELWOOD - Nancy & Lee (Bonus track on re-issue) - 2022, Light in the Attic, recorded in 1968 New
Pawnbroker, Pawnbroker
BARBARA RUSKIN - 7-inch A-side - 1968, President
Hymn to Freedom (Musical bed)
OSCAR PETERSON TRIO - Night Train - 1963, Verve Canadian
Try Again
La SÉCURITÉ - Digital single - 2022, Mothland
Dreaming Backwards (instrumental)
BUBA & the SHOP ASSISTANTS - 7-inch B-side - 1984, Villa 21 Records
Murmuration (instrumental)
FLOCK - Flock - 2022, Strut New
Levitation Dub (instrumental)
AL CISNEROS - 7-inch B-side - 2013, Drag City
Die Irren Kommen (The Lunatics are Coming)
DRADIWABEHRL - Werwolfromantik - 1983, GiG Records
Ned Ludd (Die Krupps Remix)
ROBERT CALVERT - The Last Starfighter - 2021, Cleopatra
A Sleeping Wave (instrumental)
WIZARD MUST DIE - In the Land of the Dead Turtles - 2018, self-released
From My Mouth
The ESSENCE - 12-inch B-side - 1985, Midnight
Down By the River
IAN McCULLOCH - 7-inch B-side - 1964, Decca
Alabamy Bound (trad)
PANAMA LIMITED JUG BAND - Panama Limited Jug Band - 1969, Harvest
Easy to Slip (Little Feat cover)
The BLACK CROWES - 1972 (ep) - 2022, Silver Arrow
Softly Weeping
REEBOP KWAKU BAAH - Reebop - 1972, Island
Hymn to Freedom (Musical bed)
OSCAR PETERSON TRIO - Night Train - 1963, Verve Canadian
Union Square
TOM WAITS - Rain Dogs - 1985, Island
Interactive CKCU
Steve Kirkland (host)
(your comment here)

6:01 PM, June 11th, 2022
hillbilly
rollin' down highway of life! With volume contrast & brilliance!;-)

6:12 PM, June 11th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
keep on rollin' hillbilly!

6:14 PM, June 11th, 2022
Wally
Just finished vacuuming and will be having supper soon but will be tuned in

6:15 PM, June 11th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Hi Wally, the show is designed to be listened to while doing chores and eating dinner... or whatever else one likes to do while the radio is on

6:17 PM, June 11th, 2022
Dave JC.
Listened so far, but have to pop out now. Will listen later. Anyway, hi Steve!

6:37 PM, June 11th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Hi Dave... live or on Demand, what matters is that you listen. Cheers

6:40 PM, June 11th, 2022
Wally
Great Kinks cover 👌 👏

6:51 PM, June 11th, 2022
Scott
Hey Steve! Satisfying my need for Gord!

6:58 PM, June 11th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
It is Wally... funny to think that it was a cover of that song that launched Van Halen... a song covered by many

7:01 PM, June 11th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
One of Gord's best at that, Scott. Cheers

7:01 PM, June 11th, 2022
Wally
Great to hear Shack on the radio & the new Michael Head album was just released yesterday and from what I heard so far, it sounds brilliant.

7:03 PM, June 11th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
A consistently first-rate songwriter, Michael Head

7:13 PM, June 11th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Edinburgh, Scotland's Shop Assistants were top class C-86 a couple of years in advance

7:24 PM, June 11th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Al Cisneros from San José Calif plays guitar in Om, Sleep... this is off a box set collection of dub from the early to mid-2010s

7:28 PM, June 11th, 2022
Wally
Ian obviously not the Ian from the Bunnymen

7:52 PM, June 11th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
low spark of high-heeled boy

7:53 PM, June 11th, 2022
Steve Kirkland (host)
Wally, indeed.

7:55 PM, June 11th, 2022
Benoît
Gee, with all them covers, when Black Day in July came on, I thought the singer sounded an awful lot like Gordon Lightfoot. Then I checked.

10:24 PM, June 14th, 2022