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Ever After Music Festival Pre-Party coming this Thursday!!!

This Thursday, June 6th marks the kick off to the 5th annual Ever After Music Festival in Kitchener, Ontario! And the first year a pre-party is added to the festival extending it to 4 days total.
This year the festival features some of the best in bass music and headliners from all around the world. Specifically the pre-party featuring sets from local talent and international DJ’s such as Zia, Moody Good and headliner Yellow Claw, an elite world wide known DJ teamed with a production recording duo originating out of Amsterdam, Netherlands in 2010!
Since 2010, this trio (downsized to a duo in 2016) has put out multiple hit singles, multiple hit albums, many that have hit #1 charts and has rocked some of the biggest main stages of music festivals around the world such as Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Tomorrowland in Boom, Belgium, Electronic Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, Coachella in California and New Year’s in New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Needless to say we are thrilled to have them come to Kitchener, Ontario’s Ever After Festival this coming week; and you should be too!!
And YES I am excited to get confirmation to get a quick word in and interview with the the men of Yellow Claw themselves, Jim and Nils, before they take the stage at Bingeman’s!

Tickets to this very exciting show and whole 3 day festival are still available at: Get Tickets!

For more info. on Yellow Claw visit Ever After’s Website at:
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Yellow Claw

For more info. about the artist Zia visit Ever After’s website at:
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Zia

P.S. Visit our Instagram and Facebook pages to enter a contest on NOW for your chance to win a pair of free tickets to this exciting show on Thursday, June 6th!!!

*NEW Upload on CKMS Youtube!!! CKMS Live On-site at Ever After Music Festival 2018

NEW CKMS VIDEO ON YOUTUBE! CKMS Live On-site at the Ever After Music Festival 2018!

Check out our brand NEW upload on the CKMS Youtube Page!

CKMS-FM is Live On-site with Cameron Matthews and Joel Marshall at Ever After Music Festival 2018!
Thinking of buying your ticket for this year’s festival? See what the music festival is all about first in the Youtube video link below.
CKMS Live at Ever After Music Festival

Don’t be shy to like and subscribe to the CKMS Youtube page while you are there!

Ever After Music Fest!!! Kitchener’s largest electronic and bass music festival! Be sure not to miss it this year on June 6, 7, 8, and 9th 2019 !!!

Big Up Joga Basics for taking the footage. Ending credit track in the video is also produced by Joga Basics as well off his latest album “Poolside”. Support local! Check out Joga on Soundcloud.com
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Tickets available at everafterfest.com

2018 Festival Map at Bingeman’s Kitchener.

WIN FREE TICKETS to Iheart Beer and Taco Fest!

Win tickets to the Kitchener 2nd Annual Beer and Taco Fest at Lot 42 just by listening to CKMS this week!!!

Taco Festival next weekend (Feb. 23rd) at lot42 in Kitchener!!!

First chance to win a pair of tickets is by listening this Sunday night at 8:30 PM to Paul Stickney, host of “Now That’s Country” on CKMS!

Be ready for more live show ticket call-in giveaways and an Instagram contest coming this week to win more FREE tickets!!!

Follow us on Instagram for more chances to win tickets!!!

#ckms #radiowaterloo #listen #communityradio #waterloo #onair #free #giveaways #win #iheart #beer #taco #festival #tickets #kitchener #kwawesome

CKMS 102.7 FM Live-to-Air this Saturday at the Waterloo Beat Goes-On! (Weber St. Location)

Join CKMS-FM broadcasters Francis Claire, Cameron Matthews, Natty Physicist live on-site this Saturday November 17th at the Beat Goes-On (Waterloo) Live on location and Live-To-Air on 102.7 CKMS Radio Waterloo !!! Live bands will be playing on-site and in-store performances including a live b-day performance by Ned Flangers!!

2-4 PM !


Event page: CKMS Live-to-Air Event page

Hope to see you this Saturday!
Join the event page for updated details!


#ckms #radiowaterloo #liveonsite #livetoair #onlocation #beatgoeson #waterloo #weberstreet #location #vinyl #records #nedflangers #livebands #ckmsdjs #francisclair #nattyphysicist #djdenim

Scientific prediction of Cleveland winning game 3

Mano A Mano is back on Sunday nights! This past Sunday we simulated game 2 (forgetting to make it in Golden States home stadium) thus making it our prediction for game 3. It is already our most unpopular podcast!

But not for the great music! NEW A Perfect Circle, Giraffes? Giraffes! Cara Leigh, Mounties Band, Robot Apocalypse and more…

DENIM RADIO back On-Air with 102.7 CKMS-FM with a new Live Tuesday night 8 PM time slot!!!

 

DENIM RADIO EP. 135 !!!

COMING IN HOT!! A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE OF BASSLINES RUMBLIN’ YOUR SPEAKERS!!!

DJ is in the Studio ready to drop Episode 135 tonight featuring a Non-stop Commercial Free BASS MUSIC, JUMP UP, DRUM AND BASS!!

“Turn Up your stereo if it can handle it!!!

LIVE 8-9 PM EST
www.radiowaterloo.ca/listen

AGM & August Fees

Hi CKMS membership!

I apologise if you get this message more than once, I added a few email groups to this email.

The Board of Directors of CKMS – Radio Waterloo would like to invite you all to the AGM (Annual General Meeting). This is the BIG meeting held once per year.
When: Saturday August 5th 2017
Where: WPL – Waterloo Public Library
Time: 2:30 – 5:00
Who: all members of CKMS
For programmers it is important to get your show fees paid so that you can vote. There are many board positions available so if you think you want to learn more about Community Radio please put your name in. It is also important for you to be in "good standing" to be eligible for the board of directors.
We have some exciting announcements this year and we hope you cam make it!
Anyways, we hope to see you there! 
If you require a proxy…please let me know!

— 
Rob "DJ" Steel – 100.3 SoundFM
CKMS Board Member
www.soundfm.ca

283 Duke St W, Unit 114b
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
N2H 3X7

Pick a Pipers new album is available now!!

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The picture above is from a few years ago when Pick a Piper released their first untitled album. They came to CKMS the day of the release and celebrated the album.

Fast Forward to now and Pick A Piper is releasing their follow up album called “Distance” and it is Amazing! I was lucky enough to be at their Waterloo show where they blew the top off the starlight.

In the interview that can be heard here I thought I heard Brad wrong when he said that they play stand up drums….but it was amazing! We will get a video clip up soon on our Mano A Mano Youtube page but for now check out some choice tracks and stories about the albums here:

 

Pick A Piper New album: Distance

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Pick A Piper is back with a new Album: Distance. This new album takes their work to a new level! Check out this podcast that spans various different era’s of work by this great band with ties to the KW community!

Then get your stuff together and meet us at Starlight! April 13th for Pick A Piper live in concert. These guys always put on a great show switching from synths to percussion to whatever else they can to produce the electro-rock vibes!

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike vs Diplo feat. Deb’s Daughter – Hey Baby (Remixes)

BRAND NEW DIPLO, DIMITRI VEGAS AND LIKE MIKE!!!

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Hey Baby (Remixes)

Bringing together some of the finest talent the industry has to offer, <b>Smash The House</b> gets ready to unleash the huge <b>Dimitri Vegas &amp; Like Mike</b> vs <b>Diplo</b>’s ‘<b>Hey Baby</b>’ remix package to set off 2017’s release schedule in style.

 

 

Live Interview with Canadian Electronic-band “Dragonette” on Sound FM !

#DenimRadio ! NEW UPLOAD TO MIXCLOUD !

Just incase you missed it earlier this month.. Now on the DJ Denim Mixcloud for your review and listening!  DJ Denim holds an interview with lead singer Martina Sorbara of Dragonette! Live interview and commercial Free DJ set from Nov. 8th, 2016.  Get the latest on Dragonette and their upcoming tour while catching one awesome DJ set!

Check out the DJ Denim mixcloud page for this episode and other past episodes of Denim Entertainment Radio in FULL on CKMS!

Listen Here: https://www.mixcloud.com/DenimnZeebrat/1003-sound-fm-denim-entertainment-radio-ep-114-live-dragonette-interview-dj-set/

Join DJ Denim for Denim Radio Live bi-weekly Friday nights at 10 pm! And remember… Hash Tag It on Social Media.. #DenimRadio !

The CKMS S.O.S. Fundraiser Success!!! Thank-You for Supporting!

Thank-you to everyone who could make it out last weekend to the CKMS S.O.S. Fundraiser!!!  It was an amazing night!  We look forward to hosting more upcoming CKMS fundraisers and public events in the near future.  Photos are up from last Saturday’s S.O.S. on our Facebook Page!

Thanks again for your coming out and showing your support to community radio in Waterloo.

For latest details on our upcoming events please see our Facebook page at  ‘100.3 SOUND FM

Cheers!

CKMS’s Annual Friends of SoundFM Funding Drive – Sept 22nd-Oct 6th

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From September 22nd to October 6th CKMS will be hosting our annual friends of SoundFM funding drive, and today I’m asking you to support Waterloo Region’s community and campus radio station as we head into our 40th year.

If you have the means please visit soundfm.ca/donate to find out how you can financially support the station, and become a member of the CKMS radio community.

Thank you for continuing to tune in to and supporting 100.3 SoundFM!

#RadioWaterloo
#KWAwesome


Block 3 Feature: Ian Somers

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Above is our feature presentation of Ian Somers music from various different bands he has worked with. As one of our favourite musicians we are happy to bring to you his new track “All Failures” in the above podcast and since that podcast he has released one other track that can be heard here:

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Robot Apocalypse: Block Three Feature

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We recently had Evan from the Robot Apocalypse Collective in the CKMS Studio to share some Block Three Brewing Company Kind Street Saison’s, talk about new collaborations and where he gets inspiration for this exciting collaborative project. In addition to playing a few Robot Apocalypse tracks the Mano A Mano DJ’s play a throwback Song from Evans former band “Run Down Royalty” from when they were in the CKMS studio Years ago.

 

Interview with Block Three Brewing Company

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This past week on Mano A Mano we were taking the Lost Indie City’s theme of “Canadian Content” in a totally different direction. We Interviewed creative forces behind the Block Three Brewing Company to find out how they create their tasty creations. Block Three Brewing Company is located in St. Jacobs and is one of the regions fastest growing Breweries. With beer that tastes this good it is no wonder this company has a bright future!

Listen in as we talk with the brewers and owners of this amazing brewery that is located within our region.


Frightened Rabbit: Block Three Feature

Block three FeatureDJ AdRock’s favorite band in the world is Frightened Rabbit. If you follow the Mano A Mano show on twitter @mamradio you will have probably seen how excited he is for this new album. In this podcast we feature a few of these brand new tracks and some oldies in this Block Three Brewing Company – Three Block Feature of Frightened Rabbit.

Justin Small – Block Three Feature

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The Feature Band of the Week is BACK! Now with a new sponsor and new Feature Bands.

The Feature this week is by a member of one of our favourite bands, Do Make Say Think. Justin Small has created a weekly music and accompanying photo release project. In our Three block we feature one of our favourite Do Make Say Think tracks followed by two of the weekly project tracks. After you hear the podcast follow this link below to subscribe to his weekly releases! You will be glad that you did:

http://justinsmallmusic.com/


The Sonic Tapestries of The Alpacas

This podcast and video have been a long time in the making. This was filmed as Radio Waterloo was leaving the 108 King Street Studio Location. Because of that the audio is a bit glitchy in the podcast but as you can tell in the video above the harmonies provided by the Alpacas were unwavering.

Check out this amazing band in the video above and podcast below.

 

Robot Apocalypse Rock Cut Feature Band


Matt Kras from the newly formed Robot Apocalypse Collective came by the Mano A Mano show to promote the new self titled EP that was just released. Check out the podcast above for some of the music and then Download it FREE on the link below!

The Robot Apocalypse Collective brings together performing members from 54-40, Limblifter, Hot Hot Heat, The Gay Nineties, Fur Trade, The Mounties, The Cursed Arrows, The Gary Cain Band, Elsa Jayne, Cyanide Kiss, Audio Boffins, All Weather Haulage, DJ AdRock’s Country Experience.
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