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New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #66

What’s up, y’all? The routine, as always — here is what I have added to Libretime since last week:

prchr. train – Single Rock No
Made-Up World Making Alternative CanCon
Theremin Man Live From Planet Earth Alternative CanCon
DayEyez Insecurities – Single Rock No
Pink Moth Dark Oxygen Pop CanCon
Charlie PS Mouthpiece – Single Rock CanCon
Jaimè Club Nights Pop CanCon
Jaimè Feel the Love Pop CanCon
Jaimè Forgiveness Pop CanCon
Jaimè Holding You Again Pop CanCon
Jaimè Jaimè Pop CanCon
Jaimè Spinning Like a Vinyl Pop CanCon
Jaimè Stars Align Pop CanCon
Jaimè Where I Stand Pop CanCon
Jaimè Covers Pop CanCon
Lost Property Inner Child Folk CanCon
Heather Christine C’est Magnifique – Single Jazz CanCon
HuDost Fire of Eden – Single Folk CanCon
Corinne Caza Wanted Sign – Single Pop CanCon
Rita Satch Meet Me In The Garden R&B No
Yufu Heal Me Food – Single Funk No
Real Sickies Triage – Single Rock CanCon
Henry Taylor I Don’t Have a Name – Single Country CanCon/KWCon
Emanuel Casablanca Hollywood Forever Blues No
Boutique Feelings Boutique Feelings Hip Hop NSFR CanCon
Desiree Dorion Dry – Single Folk CanCon
Lights Alive Again – Single Pop CanCon
Current Swell 10 Feet Tall – Single Rock CanCon
Ian North Antarctica – Single Folk CanCon
The Lightning Struck Wrong Tree – Single Rock CanCon
A Short Walk to Pluto Out of Range Rock CanCon
Zanski Canines – Single Alternative CanCon
Riley Michaels Story Of My Life – Single Pop CanCon
Monstrosa 778 – Single Metal CanCon
We Found a Lovebird With Friends Like These Rock CanCon
Strange Plants Tell Me All Your Secrets, Pt. 2 – Single Rock CanCon
Robert Thomas and the Sessionmen Beside You – Single Blues CanCon
Circle the Wolves Mirror Mirror Metal CanCon
Cooper Bloom One for Life – Single Pop CanCon
Whine Problem Sleem Rock CanCon
Leah Barley Awkward & Heartbroken Pop CanCon
Tristan Armstrong The Lonely Avenue Rock CanCon
Change of Heart In the Wreckage Rock CanCon
Allegra Levy Looking at the Moon Jazz No
John Hart Love Is Jazz No
Andrew Rathbun Lost in the Shadows Jazz No
Nate Radley Say It’s So Jazz No
Chet Baker When Sunny Gets Blue Jazz No
Steve Johns Mythology Jazz No
Kirk Knuffke Super Blonde Jazz No
David Janeway Forward Motion Jazz No
Monotronic Light in the Dark – Single Electronic No
Fatal Vision Three Times Lucky Rock CanCon
Falling Below Answers – Single Rock No
Christine Yevkova Fight for Life – Single Pop Available in both English and Ukrainian No
Christine Yevkova Hometown Sweetest Faces – Single Pop No
Christine Yevkova Like a Rose – Single Pop No
Peter Dreams Peter Dreams and MOONRIIVR Alternative CanCon

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour (which is mainly jazz and rock tonight — folk and pop will be next week’s focus, then we’ll get back to the usual routine!):

Tracklist:

Shugorei – Three Pathways (feat. Mindy Meng Wang)
Heather Christine – C’est Magnifique!
Allegra Levy – It’s Only a Paper Moon
John Hart – Pee Wee
Andrew Rathbun – I Love Music
Nate Radley – Hardy Har Har
Chet Baker – Long ago and far away
Steve Johns – Bluesday the 13th
Kirk Knuffke – Willie the Weeper
David Janeway – Fully Vaxxed
Yufu – Heal Me Good
Rita Satch – Meet Me In The Garden
Henry Taylor – I DON’T HAVE A NAME
Whine Problem – Portrait of Moments Wasted
Charlie PS – Mouthpiece
Never Any Ordinary – The Best Of You
Theremin Man – 2000 Light Years From Home
Circle the Wolves – I’m So Done
Monstrosa – 778
Valley of Salt – The Love of God is All Around Us
Arlene & the People – Straight Jacket
Nick Faye – Undone
We Found a Lovebird – It Ain’t Stickin
Real Sickies – Triage
A Short Walk to Pluto – Mary’s Paper Boat
Emanuel Casablanca – Roulette
Made-Up – 1986

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 305

What’s up, y’all? A bit early this week due to some work demands, here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the show’s final ode to Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul who, along with his brothers in rhyme, gave us one of the best Hip Hop groups of all time. RIP.

Freedom of Speak (We Got Three Minutes)
The Corner
Freestyle (Dat S**t) 2006
Ghetto Thang (Ghetto Ximer)
Buddy (Native Tongue Decision) [feat. Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah, & Monie Love)
Property of Spitkicker.com (feat. Roc Marciano)
The Bizness (feat. Common)
Stiz & Stonz (feat. Tito of The Fearless Four, Grandmaster Caz, Whipper Whip, LA Sunshine, & Superstar)
My Writes
3 Days Later
Church
Who Do U Worship
Must B The Music
The Sauce (feat. Philly Black)
Down Syndrome
Do As De La Des
Me Myself And I
Itz Soweezee (Hot) [De La Remix]
No Over Till the Fat Lady Plays the Demo
I Can Do Anything (Delacratic)
Pass the Plugs
Trouble in the Water (DJ Honda & De La Soul
Stay Away (Pete Rock, Rob-O, & De La Soul)
Leave Your Cares Behind
In the Woods
Just Havin a Ball
Plug Tunin (Last Chance to Comprehend)
Stakes Is High (DJ Spinna Remix)
Freedom Train
Keepin’ The Faith
Freedom of Speak (We Got More Than Three)
Bigger (feat. Choklate)

See y’all next time!

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #65

What’s up, y’all? As always, here is what I have added to Libretime this week:

Shugorei Three Pathways – Single World No
Jessie and the Gents On a Mountain Top – Single Folk No
Bandana Sons This Minute – Single Rock CanCon
Bandana Sons Waking Up – Single Rock CanCon
Bandana Sons While We’re Here – Single Rock CanCon
Bandana Sons Wish It Back – Single Rock CanCon
Foxtrot Sugar Toast Rock CanCon
Alexa Lace Need You (Gone) – Single Pop No
Alexa Lace Blame On Me – Single Pop No
Alexa Lace Every Girl Needs a Hero – Single Country No
Alexa Lace Alive – Single Pop No
Alexa Lace Never Gonna Make me Cry – Single Country No
Alexa Lace Don’t Blame My Heart – Single Country No
The Nathaniel Hardy Project Crazy! – Single Hip Hop No
The Nathaniel Hardy Project Ahhhh Yeah!!! (2023 Remix) – Single Hip Hop No
KC Armstrong Someone Else Tonight – Single Country CanCon
DJ Quinzy This Is Who I Am – Single Pop No
The Kildeers That One – Single Folk CanCon
davada Chain-Link Electronic No
Justin Orok Debt – EP Folk CanCon
Arlene & the People Straight Jacket – Single Alternative CanCon
Valley of Salt Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness – The Story of John the Baptist Rock No
Sam Aleums Reality Machine Electronic CanCon
The Good Brothers Now That You’re Gone – Single Folk CanCon
Various Artists The Original Sound of Mali 2 World No
Derek Day I Can’t Imagine – Single Rock No
Angela Wrigley Trio Messy Jazz CanCon
Rogue Rising CRUSH – Single Punk CanCon
Ynana Rose Simplify – Single Folk No
Edgar Breau Cornpone the King of Jive – Single Blues CanCon
Total Fu***** Darkness Desolation Boys – Single Electronic CanCon
Chorus of Courage Take Care – Single Alternative CanCon
Nick Faye Undone – Single Rock CanCon
Blue Pilot Anyu – Single Pop No
Laura Sea Six Feet Under – Single Punk CanCon
Holly Cole Dark Moon Jazz CanCon
bfmtrl I’ve Said Too Much – Single Rock CanCon
bfmtrl Melodrama – Single Rock CanCon
bfmtrl So Blind – Single Rock CanCon
bfmtrl Strobe Light – Single Rock CanCon
bfmtrl William Henry Rock CanCon
Private Name Private Number Feel Hip Hop Features Choclair; Explicit, Clean, and Instrumental versions available CanCon
within Reservoir Folk CanCon
sherzaman Eyes Like Umbrella – Single Pop / World No
Buzz Hummer Capture Your Eye – Single Rock CanCon
David Mauk Piano With a View New Age No
Close Counters LOVERS DANCE ACADEMY’ Electronic No
Chick Boyd Bank Account Pop NSFR CanCon
Menno Versteeg Why We Run Alternative Tracks 3 and 7 are Explicit CanCon
Icarus Phoenix Shallow Water – Single Folk No
Tonia Evans Cianciulli Bravery – Single Pop CanCon
Stucco LP1 Punk CanCon
Ashot Danielyan Awakening New Age No
Marvin Caleb SIWO – Single Pop CanCon
Never Any Ordinary The Best of You – Single Rock No
Canny and Hall That’s Not A Lot! – Single Folk No

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Ashot Danielyan – Awakening
David Mauk – Beyond the Horizon
Angela Wrigley Trio – Something Simple
Holly Cole – Where Flamingoes Fly
Sam Aleums – Trio
Davada – Need U 2
Close Counters – DUSK
Private Name Private Number – Feel (feat. Choclair)
Ricky Bascom – If Its Eazy Then It Ain’t Come From God
Marvin Caleb – SIWO
DJ Quinzy – This Is Who I Am
Tjiwara Band de Kati – Kogola
The Nathaniel Hardy Project – Ahhh Yeah!!! (2023 Remix)
Total F****** Darkness – Desolation Boys
Blue Pilot – Anyu
The Fods – The Ineffectuals
Rogue Rising – Crush
Laura Sea – Six Feet Under
Stucco – Megaphone Mouth
Derek Day – I Can’t Imagine
Bandana Sons – This Minute
Foxtrot – Sugar Toast
Bfmtrl – I’ve Said Too Much
Justin Orok – Frog Prince
Jade Turner – You’re Only Nice When I’m Leaving
Jessie and the Gents – On a Mountain Top
The Kildeers – That One
Within – Country Music
Menno Versteeg – Why We Run
The Cooper Brothers – That’s What Makes Us Great
Newbridge – Howler

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 304

What’s up, y’all? Here is this week’s Clean Up Hour — the show’s fifth ode to People Under the Stairs. Salute to Thes One, RIP Double K, Forever the P!

Tracklist:

Swan Fever
Step Bacc
Drumbox
Redeemer
My Boy D
Stoned Youth Truth
Bobby in the Hood
Yehaw Partystyles
You Lied
Stars in the House
Death Of A Salesman
Lord Radio & Hale Bop
Double K – Livin’ A Mean One (The New Gangsta Gangsta)
O.S.T (Remix) [feat. Odel]
Listen
Hardcore
Bloquera – Fiesta
Too Much Birthday
The Love
Kaos & Thes
Jamboree pt. 1
Jamboree pt. 2
LA Song (Sensitive Mix)
Roundabouts
After These Messages
Umbrellas (God Forgive Me)
The Aesthetics Crew & L.A. Mike – Timmay!
Sonic Riders
The L.A. Song
The Breakdown
Thes One – Survivor Syndrome (We did it for Mikey)
Thes One – Sparrow
Thes One – Italian Balconies

See y’all next time!

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #64

What’s up, y’all? You know the routine — here is what I’ve added to Libretime this week:

Martyrs Pin Blue Sometime – Single Rock No
Sorrows Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow Pop No
Moulettes Attention – EP Folk CanCon
Ariane Racicot Danser avec le feu Jazz CanCon
Jeff Vidov State of Innocence – Single Pop CanCon
The Nathaniel Hardy Project Moonlight in Baltimore – Single Soul No
TizzleBangerz Mind Going Crazy! (feat. The Nathaniel Hardy Project) – Single Hip Hop No
The LAB Inc. Changes Pop No
Newbridge Howler – Single Country CanCon
Glimmerjean & Goode Rosavelle – Single Rock CanCon
Julian Daniel Northern Lights – Single Pop CanCon
Julian Taylor Tulsa Time – Single Folk CanCon
MEGGO eavesdropper ;; death stories Folk CanCon
David Jane Five & Dime – Single Alternative CanCon
ARK IDENTITY Aeroplane – Single Alternative CanCon
Jangus Kangus Janakita Kirakita/Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Single Pop No
La Sécurité Ketchup – Single Punk CanCon
Joni Void Every Life is a Light Electronic CanCon
T. Gowdy Trill Scan Electronic CanCon
Raging Flowers Tissue Paper – Single Folk No
Sarah Segal-Lazar Anything But Age – Single Folk CanCon
Abi Mack DIRTBAGS – Single Pop CanCon
Mike Boguski Blues for the Penitent [2025 Reissue] Jazz CanCon
Mike Boguski Here’s To Tomorrow – Goodbye to Yesterday [2025 Reissue] Jazz CanCon
Fernie Hopeless Dreams Pop CanCon
N Nao Nouveau Language Pop CanCon
Katie James Chasing the Sky – Single Folk No
The Cooper Brothers That’s What Makes Us Great – Single Country CanCon
Tanner Christian Gesek For My Brothers and Sisters Ambient No
kpec3 arrival reagan – Single Rock No
Erik Flaa Fiesta For My Failure – Single Alternative No
Brian Tremblay In the Tracks of the Black Bear Folk CanCon
Athena Nadalin Kaity – Single Pop CanCon
Chick Boyd 2025 Pop NSFR CanCon
Ricky Bascom Right to be Retarded Hip Hop NSFR No
Athena Nadalin Had to Happen Pop NSFR CanCon
Trena Hold On – Single Country CanCon
Trena Not the Ring Country CanCon
The Fods The Ineffectuals – Single Rock No
The Fods Shopping – Single Rock No

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Ariane Racicot – Avant la tempete
Mike Boguski – 2013-2015
Mike Boguski – Message From Mars
Tanner Christian Gesek – Life is Both
Back Seat Driver – The Mountain
The Nathaniel Hardy Project – Moonlight in Baltimore
Les Canards – Voyage en Italie
Joni Void – Muffin – A Song for My Cat
T Gowdy – Blest Age!
Benjamin Russell – Waves
Abi Mack – DIRTBAGS
Fernie – White Wine
N Nao – Fleuron
Athena Nadalin – Kaity
Athena Nadalin – Taxi Alone
Tilia – Drivers Seat
Thomas Thomas – One Lone Candle
Julian Daniel – Northern Lights
MEGGO – bark, dirt & thistles
Raging Flowers – Tissue Paper
Sarah Segal-Lazar – Anything But Age
Katie James – Chasing the Sky
Brian Tremblay – Where’s the Caboose?
Trena – Not the Ring
Bobby Joe Henson – Jambalaya
Sunday Riot Club – Out in the Sky
Graeme Jonez – Ride or Die
Martyrs – Pin Blue Sometime
Sorrows – Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In the Shadow?
Kpec3 Arrival – Reagan
Erik Flaa – Fiesta For My Failure
La Sécurité – Ketchup
Glimmerjean & Goode – Rosavelle

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 303

What’s up, y’all? Tonight’s mix is the 66th All Things Considered — this time, I’m making the case for Grand Analog, the Canadian hip hop band whose small discography contained many a great record — time to get familiar if you ain’t already!

Tracklist:

LMAO
I Play My Kazoo
Get Live and Go
Magnifico
I’ll Walk Alone
Rap Sheet (This Day On) [feat. Saukrates]
The Great Rhyme Dropper (feat. Shad)
Her Daddy (Don’t Like Me)
4am in Parkdale
Electric City (feat. Shad)
Ballad of the Beast (feat. Shad, Len Bowen & DJ Dopey)
Around This Town
Not Enough Mondays/Crunch (feat. Nester Wynrus & Len Bowen)
Mutations (feat. Posdnous)
Human Beans
Mixtapes: the Slow Ride
Love is a Battlefield
Take It Slow (Spaces & Places)
Sittin On Sunday
Trip the Light Fantastic (feat. Maylee Todd & Len Bowen)
Ride On/Oshiya Dub (feat. Clairmont the Second & 2oolman)
Simmer Me Down
People People
Howl (Like Wolves)
Quiet Life (feat. Steven Mulcare)
Light So Bright (feat. Cadence Weapon)
Lion Head

See y’all next time!

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #63

What’s up, y’all? As always — first up, here is what I’ve added to Libretime in the past week:

Benjamin Russell Waves Pop CanCon
Faultlines Rain – Single Folk No
Sunday Riot Club Out In the Sky – Single Blues CanCon
Tilia Drivers Seat – Single Pop No
Seeds of Eden Never Let Me Down – Single Rock CanCon/KWCon
Seeds of Eden Wish You Were Here – Single Rock CanCon/KWCon
Slugs of Mars Invasion Metal CanCon/KWCon
Graeme Jonez Ride or Die – Single Rock CanCon
Darryl Lalach It’s Groundhog Day – Single Folk CanCon
Alexander Bugarija For You – Single Folk CanCon
NERiMA Reverence – Single Punk CanCon
Shane Pendergast Winter Grace Folk CanCon
Brock Geiger After Later – Single Alternative No
Thomas Thomas One Lone Candle – Single Pop CanCon
Dayside & Guffchild Daddy’s Girl – Single R&B CanCon
ERV ELLO Flight to Heaven – Single Country No
Back Seat Driver The Mountain – Single Funk CanCon
Patrick Smith Pangea: Rebirth Jazz CanCon
Jason Carter In and Out of Time Classical No
Danish National Vocal Ensemble O Listen! Classical No
Vampire Slumber Party Polka King of the Midwest – Single Punk No
De Beumb Project Closer, warmer Punk CanCon
Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra Forest Party Hip Hop No
Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra Noodle Hip Hop No
Bobby Joe Henson Jumbalaya – Single Country No
Tom Eaton Traces – Single Ambient No
Jeremy Hines Long Day (10 Toes Down) – Single Hip Hop No
Ron Ledoux Quartet Views, Visions, & Destinations Jazz CanCon
Les Canards Conichibou World CanCon
The OBGMs SORRY, IT’S OVER Rock CanCon
Steve Sandberg Trio Live at Soapbox Jazz No
Emma Gabriel Patience – Single R&B Explicit and Clean Versions Available CanCon
Amy Blanding with Reckless Burning Sunbirds – Single Folk CanCon
DNA déjà vu – Single Hip Hop NSFR CanCon
DNA Ghost – Single Hip Hop NSFR CanCon
DNA If I Die Young – Single Hip Hop NSFR CanCon
DNA Let Go – Single Hip Hop NSFR CanCon
DNA Little Do You Know – Single Hip Hop NSFR CanCon
Dahlia Wakefield GOODBYE – Single Rock CanCon

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Slugs of Mars – Becoming Rage
Seeds of Eden – Wish You Were Here
You Might Be Sleeping – Springdale
NERiMA – Reverence
Vampire Slumber Party – Polka King of the Midwest
De Beumb Project – No country for old punks
The OBGMs – GET UP
Stonehocker – In Need
Dahlia Wakefield – GOODBYE
Jeremy Hines – Long Day (10 Toes Down)
DNA – Little Do You Know
Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra – Capttalism (feat. Tom Thum, Saro Roro, Rivermouth, Blaq Carrie, & Nima Doostkhah)
Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra – Obscure Thought (feat. Lucie Pegna)
Emma Gabriel – Patience
Dayside & Guffchild – Daddy’s Girl
The Nathaniel Hardy Project – Love Is Just Too Precious
Starbuck – Coldest Night of the Year
Avi C. Engel – Near Snake Island
Danish National Vocal Ensemble – Salmo XLII
Jason Carter – Finlandia
Tom Eaton – Traces
Patrick Smith – Endless Construction (dedicated to Eglinton West)
Ron Ledoux Quartet – UFO 60s
Steve Sandberg Trio – Upper Manhattan Medical Group
Amy Blanding with Reckless Burning – Sunbirds
The Co-Conspirators – Dump the Bosses Off Your Back
Darryl Lalach – It’s Groundhog Day
Faultlines – Rain
Alexander Bugarija – For You
Shane Pendergast – Farewell to the Teacup
Icarus Phoenix – Pedantic
Boreal – Snow Falls Down

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 302

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — straight into it with just some minor political talk.

Tracklist:

Busta Rhymes – Salute da Gods!!
Redman – Fat Shirley (Skit)
Redman & Method Man – Lalala
Your Old Droog – What Else?
LEGIT & Alex Wiley – Stanley Cup
A Tribe Called Quest – The Hop
your best friend jippy, Guilty Simpson, & Phat Kat – Secret Agents
Spectacular Diagnostics & Chester Watson – Curse
Logic – French Dispatch
Boldy James, Conway, Styles P, & whothehelliscarlo – Hidden in Plain Sight
Roc Marciano & The Alchemist – Street Magic
Casey Veggies & Dom Kennedy – Road Runnin
Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Tom Petty, & Jelly Roll – Last Dance With Mary Jane
Fu-Ten – 5 AM
Serengeti – smooth jazz
Smino & Bun B – Ms. Joyce
J.U.S – save the princess
Julian Malone – The Ghost of Biggie Smalls
Boldy James, RichGains, & Double Dee – Days Go By
Brian Nasty & Wiki – Good Boy
CunninLynguists – When Your World Falls Apart
Julian Malone – Win Some Lose Some
Kendrick Lamar – heart pt. 6
R.A.P Ferreira – up-to-date mythology
Serengeti – lake mead drive
J. Cole & Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – Miles
Serengeti – What Its Like
Home Brew – Drinking In the Morning
SkyBlew x DJ Reimei – Wander x Wonder
Buck 65 – 15 Minutes to Live
R.A.P Ferreira – inna brand new year exploring the intangible newness of the same old thing.stylin on track 5 of the 1994 batch of beats from jon doe dba the illustrious j dilla
Drake – Fighting Irish Freestyle (LQ)
Mac Miller – 5 Dollar Pony Rides

See y’all next time!

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #62

What’s up, y’all? Here are this week’s additions to Libretime:

Min Taka, Valfi, Particles Parti Devam Etsin! [EP] Electronic No
Min Taka Eyesight – Single Electronic No
Cosmic Crooner Swimming Pool – Single Pop No
Noha Sare What Am I Made Of – Single Pop No
De Toegift Yparxi – Single Pop No
Starbuck Coldest Night of the Year Rock No
The Nathaniel Hardy Project Love is Just Too Precious! – Single Soul No
Pete Mancini American Equator Rock No
You Might Be Sleeping Springdale – Single Rock CanCon
Breakfall Again – Single Rock CanCon
Shirley Death of a Bull – Single Rock CanCon
Evan Cooper Don’t Come Crying Back to Me Pop CanCon
The Orphaned Bee Rain – Single Rock No
Chelten Jones Mine – Single Rock CanCon
River Honey Ultraviolet Rock CanCon
Chick Boyd Gay Like Me Pop NSFR CanCon
Brett Hansen Confluence Jazz CanCon
Neil Little Little Light Folk CanCon
Papercapguns Suicidal Wish – Single Rock NSFR CanCon
Avi C. Engle Nocturne (Soundtrack for an Invisible Film) Alternative CanCon
Strat Adriotis Exits Jazz CanCon
Whiskey Jack O L D – Single Rock CanCon
Sara Kae One Good Reason – Single Pop CanCon
Distant Relatives ST Punk No
Regal Foul Eyes Punk CanCon
Upside of Maybe Sinners and Saints Rock CanCon/KWCon
Tristan Armstrong The Lonely Avenue – Single Rock CanCon
Savelene A New End – Single Metal CanCon
Stonehocker In Need – Single Alternative CanCon
Dany Horovitz Way About You Pop CanCon
Junestone FIRST TRY Jazz CanCon
Gerry Jack Macks Too Many Times Down That Road / Two Melissas – Single Country CanCon
Jade Turner Breathe Folk CanCon
kpec3 arrival Technology Song (2024 Version) – Single Rock No
Christina Tourin From the Angelic Realm – The Best of Christina Tourin New Age No
Naneum Dreams Remembered Ambient No
Blair Sparrow Hands of Time – Single Rock CanCon
Bob Donaldson Wanna Be Like This – Single Country CanCon
Various Artists comp.02_canyons Electronic CanCon
Icarus Phoenix Pedantic – Single Folk No
Icarus Phoenix Solitude – Single Folk No
Christie Ulicny Conditional – Single Pop CanCon
Boreal Winterbirds Folk CanCon
20 Minutes Late Peaks and Valleys Rock CanCon
Boyboy Militia Flowers – Single Electronic No
Donny Don’t Spirits Above – Single Rock CanCon
The Kings of Strings Memento Rock No
The Co-Conspirators War is a Racket and Other Irrefutable Truths Folk CanCon

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Christina Tourin – Fingal’s Cave and The Sea
Naneum – Shifting Stratosphere
David Zucchi & Ian Wadley – that used to be something else
Brett Hansen – Slow January
Strat Andriotis – Will It Ever Be the Same
Junestone – Back Porch
Nige B – Chase It (feat. Dubbygotbars & Txreek)
ZiyahtheArtiste – HAPPY TEARZ
Boyboy Militia – Flowers
Dany Horovitz – After Last Call
Sara Kae – One Good Reason
Christie Ulicny – Conditional
Bob Donaldson – I Wanna Be Like This
Evan Cooper – Don’t Come Crying Back To Me
Upside of Maybe – Boys From the North
Breakfall – Again
Shirley – Death of a Bull
Distant Relatives – Sunburned Teeth
Regal Foul – Night Owl
Savelene – A New End
20 Minutes Late – Arrested for Domestic
kpec3 arrival – Technology Song (2024 Version)
The Orphaned Bee – Rain
Chelten Jones – Mine
River Honey – Dancing Through Fire
Pete Mancini – Skid Row Skyline
Tristan Armstrong – The Lonely Avenue
Blair Sparrow – Hands of Time
The Kings of Strings – Between the Cushions
Gerry Jack Macks – Two Melissas

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 301

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour, in which I introduce one more year-end list — my discoveries of 2024. A bit of a diverse offering of projects, singles, etc., that I discovered, or finally got around to checking out, from various years prior to 2024 (with one exception).

Tracklist:

Themselves – opening of [This About the City Too…]
J Dilla – Fire Wood Drumstix (feat. MF DOOM) [Jay Stay Paid]
UrfavGrannie – Crackheads [UrfavGrannie]
DJ Polo – Down Like That (feat. Back 2 Back, Kasia, Roxanne Shante) [Polo’s Playhouse]
Molemen, Buck 65, & Sage Francis – Follow Me [Ritual of the… Revisited & Remastered]
The Black Eyed Peas – Weekends (feat. Esthero) [Bridging the Gap]
The Streets – Soaked By the Ale [Fit But You Know It Singles 1 & 2]
Prince Paul – I Want You (I’m an 80’s Man) (feat. Bimos) [Itstrumental]
Cymande – Brothers on the Slide [Cymande’s first three albums]
Henryk Debich – City [City]
HARRISON – Like When We Were Kids [Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees]
Stolen Idols – Busy Port [Moonlight Offerings]
Hideo Shiraki – Deux Step [Plays Bossa Nova]
DJ Vadim – Headz Still Ain’t Ready [USSR – The Repertoire (Theories of Verticality)]
Koichi Matsukaze Trio & Ryojiro Furusawa – Lover Man [At the Room 427]
J Dilla – 9th Caller
Rahzel – Suga Sista (feat. The Roots) [Make the Music 2000]
Masaru Imada Trio +1 – Blue Road [Planets]
The Black Eyed Peas – Positivity [Behind the Front]
Lewis Black – Vince Gill, Amy Grant, and Me [Lewis Black Discography up to 2010]
idialedyournumber – The Home We Built Is Gone [Hourglass]
DJ Shadow – You Can’t Go Home Again [The Private Press]
Minji – looking for mice
QUASAR – I Never Thought I’d See the Day [QUASAR discography]
Daniel Koestner – Lazy River [Donut County OST]
idialedyournumber – Part Two
Nacht Plank – Winters Thrill [Friends Within the Darkness 3]
Thomas Brunet – Gardens of Plenty [Chants of Senaar OST]
Zoo Kid & Rago – Watch Over Me

See y’all next time!

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #61

What’s up, y’all? As always, here is what I’ve added to Libretime since last week:

The Modbeats Ballad of a Starving Artist – Single Rock No
The Modbeats Fair Weather Friends – Single Rock No
The Modbeats Just Like a Woman – Single Rock No
The Modbeats Rocking Chair – Single Rock No
The Modbeats Summertimes Blues – Single Rock No
Matthew Chaffey Hotel Texas Soul CanCon
The Commoners Restless Rock CanCon
Dawn Melanie How Far – Single Folk No
Elena Erin Roaring 20s Pop Clean and Explicit versions available CanCon
Igor Lisul Somewhere in the Distance Instrumental No
Fotokiller Eerie Nostalgia Rock No
Will Breman Searching for the Crown of Bliss Folk No
Nige B Chase It – Single Hip Hop CanCon
Rozalind Macphail In Perfect Time – Single Pop CanCon
Monotronic Coffee House – Single Electronic No
Prepared Module Jazz No
Jessie Cavalier Forbidden – Single Pop CanCon
Yellow6 Merry6mas 2024 Rock No
Dawn Melanie There and Then Folk No
Jay Williams Hot Enough – Single Electronic No
Christopher Boscole Time for Love Jazz No
Wiles If You Can Here Me Now You Aren’t Far Enough Away Rock CanCon
The Syncopation Rebels featuring Martha and the Muffins, John Orpheus, Alex Exists, Chloe Kay Number 1 – Single Pop CanCon
J.P Mortier Together Rock CanCon
Strange Skies What Strange Stars and Skies Folk No
Culture Humble African (25th Anniversary Edition) Reggae No
Barrington Levy Prison Oval Rock (40th Anniversary Edition) Reggae No
Dennis Brown I’m Lost Without You Reggae No
Culture Why Am I A Rastaman Extended Mix – Single Reggae No
Satellite Birdhouse One More Afternoon – Single Folk CanCon
Antti Lötjönen & Kalle Kalima Stings, Bites, and Scratches Jazz No
Cam Blake Passenger – Single Rock CanCon
CoyKoi Grow Rock CanCon
Greg Maroney, Sherry Finzer, & Suzanne Lanford Frostmelt New Age No
YEUNG Locker – Single Pop CanCon
The Human Rights Life Is The Thing – Single Reggae CanCon
Tim Personn Perilous Mountain Rock CanCon
ZiyahtheArtiste HAPPY TEARZ – Single Hip Hop No
Land of Sound Life’s a Glitch Pop CanCon
Sean Bienhaus I Don’t Believe/Deep Water Alternative CanCon

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Greg Maroney, Sherry Finzer, & Suzanne Landford – Rare the Snow Falls
Prepared – Modul Vier II
Antti Lötjönen & Kalle Kalima – Ballad of the Moose
Christopher Boscole – What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
The Human Rights – Life is the Thing
Culture – Why Am I A Rastaman Extended Mix
Jessie Cavalier – Forbidden
YEUNG – Locker
Elena Erin – Most Honest Girl in the World
Rozalind MacPhail – In Perfect Time (Jill Barber Cover)
The Syncopation Rebels (Martha and the Muffins, John Orpheus, Alex Exists, Chloe Kay) – Number 1 (Goldfrapp Cover)
Land of Sound – New World Disorder
Jay Williams – Hot Enough
Monotronic – Coffee House
Fotokiller – Stop the World
Wiles – Dad’s New Apartment
CoyKoi – Fins and Wings
JP Mortier – Drive Far
Tim Personn – stormy seas
The Commoners – Gone Without Warning
Igor Lisul – It Was Snowing You Were There
Cam Blake – Passenger
Satellite Birdhouse – One More Afternoon
Dawn Melanie – Old Oak
Will Breman – As We Stared Off Into the Black Sea
Strange Skies – It Snows in Michigan
Yellow6 – once more the skies turn grey
Sean Bienhaus – I Don’t Believe
The Modbeats – Rocking Chair
Matthew Chaffey – Monday to Tuesday Woman

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 300

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour, in which we finish the top 50 of 2024 with selections #25-1. Also, for the first time in the history of the show, I forgot to turn down the background music volume when I was talking, and did not realize until it was too late! I poked around and think I can still be heard fine, but apologies in advance if I’m wrong on that.

Albums are listed in square brackets!

Andre 3000 – Tunnels of Egypt [Moving Day]
ThorHighHeels – equip the estrogen materia in a last bid to save the planet [willems house]
Dom Kennedy – LEANIN [Class of 95]
Keor Meteor – Carl Lewis [Ski Masks Extended/Korv Kiosk/Wurstelbox/36 Paymets/15 Car Pile Up/Short Music Tape 4]
LL Cool J – 30 Decembers [The Force]
Lil B – The Clerk Has Blood On His Hands [The Book of Flame]
Yelawolf – Goodbye Mornin [War Story]
Redman – Pop da Trunk [Muddy Waters Too]
NxWorries – Where I Go (feat. H.E.R.) [Why Lawd?]
RiTchie – Looping [Triple Digits [112]/Quiet Warp Xpress]
Jay Worthy – Can’t Do That [Affiliated 2/Magic Hour/Time After Time/Tonite Show 2
King Krule – Whaleshark [SHHHHHH!]
Ka – Bread Wine Body Blood [The Thief Next to Jesus]
Logic – Interstellar (feat. Lucy Rose) [Ultra 85]
TiRon & Ayomari – Who The F**k Do You Think You Are? (feat. The Potash Twins) [The Adventures of TiRon & Ayomari]
R.A.P Ferreira – the poem presents a glimpse [The First Fist to Make Contact When we Dap/OUTSTANDING UNDERSTANDING]
Jahmiu – IDKLIFEISWEIRD [Almost Forgot How to Swim]
Common & Pete Rock – Wise Up [The Auditorium Vol. 1]
Tyler, the Creator – Hey Jane [CHROMOKOPIA]
Niko B – dagenham to barking [dog eat dog food world]
ScHoolboy Q – Germany ’86 [BLUE LIPS]
Serengeti – they made it [KDIV/mixtape/Palookaville]
John Wells – SCARED 2 SAY DIE (Live) [That Much Bread On Me – EP/whole world burnin’ down (deluxe)]
Blu – Precipitation [Love (the) Ominous World/Los Angeles/Out of the Blue/abc/Royal Blu/Other Shades of Blu(e)/The Original Color Blu(e) (Demos)/Back Home Again/Good GOD (the Bonus Songs)/California Soul]
Michael Christmas – Snooter (feat. Lungs & Phiik) [Unsexy]

See y’all next time!

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #60

What’s up, y’all? We start 2025 off as usual — here is what I’ve added to Libretime since last week (things are still a bit slow due to the holidays):

TeethOut Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Punk CanCon
The Kildeers The Escape – Single Country CanCon
Cat Wells Blues Band Brand New Shoes Blues CanCon
Brian Sumner In Some Ways Instrumental No
95COROLLA FASTER/LOUDER/SADDER – EP Punk Tracks 3 and 4 are Explicit No
TicTacTec Like an Animal – Single Electronic No
The Legendary Ten Seconds The Further Adventures Of Folk No
Ghostwoods Neon Remixed Electronic No
James Wilson Ruins – Single Folk CanCon
Bella Brown & the Jealous Lovers Soul Clap Soul No
First World Citizen My Mind in a Nutshell – Single Hip Hop CanCon
First World Citizen/STRT Coffee at Midnight Hip Hop CanCon
First World Citizen Reimagined Vol. 3 Hip Hop CanCon
First World Citizen Finkle Street Hip Hop CanCon
Yufu When? Funk No
Tyler Salsman Go Back – Single Country CanCon

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Bella Brown & the Jealous Lovers – Soul Clap
Yufu – When?
Cat Wells Blues Band – Wild Women (Never Get the Blues)
TicTacTec – Like an Animal
Ghostwoods – Terminus (YEARS Remix)
First World Citizen – Sunrays (feat. Greek Genius)
First World Citizen – My Mind in a Nutshell
TeethOut – Cancel Me
95COROLLA – IRISH GOODBYE
Papercapguns – Death Lullabye 2.0
The Sarandons – Drawing Dead
Ash Molloy – Breakdown
Clover County – Black Leather Daydream
Jangus Kangus – Honeymooners in Venice
Cashavelly – Ancestors Wild
Silverstein – Confession
Brian Sumner – Hard Drugs
The Legendary Ten Seconds – The Bank Clerk Retires
James Wilson – Ruins
The Kildeers – The Escape
Tyler Salsman – Go Back
Mason Via – Wide Open
Kimberly York – What Happened in California
Jason Kirkness – She Loves My ATV
Ken Whiteley – Cosmic Course
Ontarians – Yardsale
Leahy – Nervous Breakdown
Sean Bienhaus – Blue (Live)
Stonehocker – Take Everything
drive your plow over the bones of the dead – a deeper shade of night
Plumes – Will there really be a morning?
Alex Exists – With a Bang (Velvet Dream Mix)
Carson Hall – Time Slips Away

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 299

What’s up, y’all? We’re kicking the new year off right by bringing the best of 2024 into the new year with us — #50-26, next week will be #25-1.

Tracklist (albums are in square brackets):

Childish Gambino – Yoshinoya [Bando Stone and the New World]
Your Old Droog – Roll Out [Movie]
moonsailor – waterpoort [SCHiM Original Soundtrack]
Brian Nasty – Anyday, After Wednesday [Anywhere, But Here With You]
Ab-Soul – Don Julio 70 (feat. Fre$h) [Soul Burger]
Wavy Bagels & Driveby – Outside [A Carfull]
Shad & 14kt – A Day in the Life [Reel Speakers]
Matt Champion – Code Red [Mika’s Laundry/Slint’s Favorite – EP]
Heems – DAME [LAFANDAR/VEENA]
Westside Gunn – I Know Verdy [HWH 11/Still Praying]
The Marias – Real Life [Submarine]
Previous Industries – White Hen [Service Merchandise]
Classified – Slippin [Luke’s View/The Relux]
ShrapKnel – Sataday [Nobody Planning to Leave]
Nickelus F – The Shining Light [Mmcht]
Asher Roth & Heather Grey – What the Heck?! [Temporary Heaven]
Tinashe – Getting No Sleep [Quantum Baby]
Mount Eerie – November Rain [Night Palace]
Vince Staples – “Radio” [Dark Times]
dear Maryanne – Natty Ice [And Nothing Bad Happened]
Attic Ocean – Young Again [Retriever]
Travis Thompson & Nima Skeemz – Real Hustlers [My Wonderful, Horrible Life]
Spice Programmers – Roaches in the car tray (feat. Solute) [Transatlantic S**t 2]
Cousin Stizz – Wit Me or Not [GABOS – Game Ain’t Based on Sympathy]
Action Bronson – Hideo Nomo (feat. Julian Love) [Johann Sebastian Bachlava the Doctor]

See y’all next week to finish the list off!

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #59

What’s up, y’all? Here is what I’ve added to Libretime this past week — much smaller list than usual, but that is no surprise with the holidays.

Carl Allen TIPPIN’ Jazz No
A.N I’m Not Afraid to Die Anymore Rock Tracks 2 and 6 are explicit CanCon
Big Bad Wolf Who’s Dancin In Da House?! Hip Hop CanCon
Vesta Video Games – Single Pop No
David Bosma Make Tracks – Single Rock CanCon
Tele Voyage Fleurs du desert Rock CanCon

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Gao Hong & Zhao Xiaxoia – Drunken Immortals
Michel Petrucciani Trio – In a Sentimental Mood
Golden Ratio Trio – The Art of Thinking
Thomas Fonnesbaek – Satiea’s Mood
Carl Allen – L’s Bop
Big Bad Wolf – Staxd Up
Sunnsetter – I ACTUALLY DON’T WANNA DIE
Devarrow – Bus Baby
A.N. – BEYOND REPAIR
Chelten Jones – She’s Not Mine
Awake & Dreaming – I U Me
20/20 – King of the Whole Wide World
Movieland – San Francisco
David Bosma – Make Tracks
Drew Danburry – Artex (Original Demo)
Brian Tremblay – A Hole Where You Used to Be
Emily Triggs – Ask the Birds
Kolbe Turkington – Granola Girl
Kristine Grealy – Goodbye Letter
Jono McCleery – So Messed Up
Jean Caffeine – Mammogram
Miei Amici – Neon Volante
The Black Karl – CHIMBOK
Vesta – Video Games
Elena Erin – What Are You Doing Here?
Amber Elara – Rain
Justine Chantale & Broadtree – Bye Felicia
Olivier Loridan – Sound Like a Beat
Marlon Hove – Love in Zimbabwe (feat. Hydrofontaine)
Brad Strang – SEX

See y’all in the new year, which I hope is a happy one for all!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 298

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour. As is tradition, we begin three weeks of list with this year’s worst of list, in which 15 albums — as well as five political and cultural entities — get put under my ever-critical scope.

Heads up that, like the music I usually play, I do use language and phrasing which warrants language and content disclaimers — listener discretion is advised.

There’s a small mix after I finish rambling:

Wavy Bagels – San Juan

R.A.P Ferreira – culture jammer

Serengeti – One Tweet Away

Oddities – Coming Down (feat. Esthero)

Deus Ex – Dark Age Ending

Nas – New World

Thanks to everyone who contributed to 2024 being a great year for The Clean Up Hour — looking forward to 2025. Until then, see y’all next time!

New Music Added to Libretime + The Horizon Broadening Hour Christmas Special!

What’s up, y’all? First up, here is what I’ve added to Libretime since last week:

20/20 Back to California Rock No
Kolbe Turkington Front Porch Serenade (Live) – Single Country CanCon
Kolbe Turkington Granola Girl – Single Country CanCon
Emily Triggs The Great Escape Folk CanCon
Brian Tremblay The Neighbourhood: Songs & Stories of a Blue Collar Raising Country CanCon
Brian Tremblay A Pocket Ful of Seeds – Single Country CanCon
Brian Tremblay All in the Game – Single Country CanCon
Brian Tremblay By My Time – Single Country CanCon
Brian Tremblay Cold Mill Blues – Single Country CanCon
Brian Tremblay I Walked For Miles – Single Country CanCon
Brian Tremblay In Heaven (Fields of Black Top) – Single Country CanCon
Brian Tremblay Ode to Jack – Single Country CanCon
Brian Tremblay Roller Girl – Single Country CanCon
Brian Tremblay Stealin’ – Single Country CanCon
Brian Tremblay Steel Man – Single Country CanCon
Brian Tremblay Take Me to the Canyon – Single Country CanCon
Brian Tremblay The Painter – Single Country CanCon
Brian Tremblay The Wash Out – Single Country CanCon
Brian Tremblay Wine Whiskey & Weed – Single Country CanCon
Awake & Dreaming I U Me – Single Alternative CanCon/KWCon
Anita Eccleston Winter Gala Jazz / Christmas CanCon
The Black Karl CHIMBOK – Single Pop CanCon
Papercapguns Revived Pop CanCon
Robbie Harte Hallelujah – Single Country / Christmas CanCon
Elena Erin what are you doing here – single Pop CanCon
Thomas Fannabaek In Rome Jazz No
Golden Ratio Trio Interpretations Jazz No
Gao Hong & Zhao Xiaoxia Prelude to the Divine Realm – Pipa & Guquin World No
Michel Petrucciani Trio Jazz Club Montmarte – CPH 1988 Jazz No
Miei Amici L’oratore Pop No
Chelten Jones She’s Not Mine – Single Singer-Songwriter CanCon
Drew Danburry Bird Songs Folk No
Sunnsetter Heaven Hang Over Me Indie Rock CanCon
Devarrow Heart Shaped Rock Indie Rock Track 12 labelled NSFR out of an abundance of caution CanCon

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour — the Christmas special!

Tracklist:

Alex Deuzeman – Christmas
Bella Brown & the Jealous Lovers – Always Christmas Eve
Dan Politano – It’s Christmas
Zachary Friederich – Christmastime is Here
Violett Jean – Christmas To Me
Cassidy Taylor – Evergreen
CIK – It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
N3S – Maligayang Pasko
Blackmore’s Night – Here We Come A-Caroling
Raging Flowers – Kiwi Christmas
Johnny 99 – It Can’t Be Christmas
Glenn Erb – Santa’s in Jail
Son of Dave – The Kids are Coming Home for Christmas
Thanks Light – Dirtbag Christmas
KC Armstrong – I HATE THAT SWEATER
Ryan Dsouza – The Letter
Two Piano Tornado & The Spectacles – You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Old Hoss – Small Town Christmas Eve
Nick Guiton – Christmas Day
Brenda Best – Sounds of My Season
Carla Muller – I Can Hear the Bells
Sam Kruger – Worst X-Mas Ever
The Legendary Ten Seconds – All He Wants for Christmas is a Mellotron
Wonders of the Yukon – Christmas Not Ending
Robert Thomas & the Session Men – Little Things
Robbie Harte – Hallelujah
Charles Szczepanek – In the Bleak Midwinter
David Bach – Greensleeves
Ryan Michael Richards – That Trip to Bethlehem
Rick Sparks – Winter Dream
Christina Tourin & Peter Sprague – Imaginings
Gergana Velinova – This Is the Time
Alana Bridgewater – You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
Anita Eccleston – Little Town

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone, and I’ll see y’all next week for the final HBH of the year!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 297

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the 65th All Things Considered, in which I make the case for Sixtoo, another east coast Canada MC who set an incredibly high bar on every front, and whose hard-to-find discography should not be lost to time.

Tracklist:

Intro
Funny Sticks
Funny Sticks Reprise
Open Letter to Hip Hop
No Chorus (feat. Little T, Nathan the Alien, Papa Grand & Checklove)
Detriment’s Lament
Sebutones – 01/29/2020
Bricklayers Union/Karmic Retribution
Two Strikes
Sebutones – Viral Pneumonia
Beat Breaker’s Block
Me
Search Engine
Graffiti on the Wall
Paper People
Part3
One World Lost
Spiritual Jigsaw
Season Don’t Change
Fluke
In Their Place
Sebutones – Flux Capacity
Molemen & Sebutones – Game
This One Goes Out to Gary and Stacy (Edit) (feat. P-Love)
Jet
The Peach
A to Zero
Sebutones – To Mock a Killing Bird
Sultry
Work in Progress
5am

See y’all next time!

 

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #57

What’s up, y’all? Here is what I’ve added to Libretime since last week:

Snuff That’s Amore Punk No
Bobby Joe Henson You’re the Reason – Single Country No
CIK Make This Christmas Special Pop / Christmas CanCon
Chris Collins You Alone Pop CanCon/KWCon
Paulina Morgan North Star – Single Folk CanCon
Wonders of the Yukon Christmas Not Ending – Single Folk / Christmas CanCon
Saukrates Bad Addiction Hip Hop NSFR (except tracks 9 and 12) CanCon
N3S Maligayang Pasko – Single Pop / Christmas CanCon
Odd Marshall Sand & Glue Folk CanCon
Ian North The Beautiful City – Single Folk CanCon
ELLDER Don’t Carry Things That Weigh You Down Folk CanCon
Julian Taylor Band Live at TD Music Hall Folk CanCon
Robert Thomas and the Sessionmen Little Things – Single Folk / Christmas CanCon
Zhyier FVR DRM – Single Pop CanCon
Dan Pallotta End of the Road – Single Folk No
Fraser Teeple Spark – Single Pop CanCon
Meggi Faye Moon & Back – Single Alternative Minto CanCon/KWCon
The Dream Eaters deathbed visions Pop Track 4 is Explicit No
Admonish Music Hip Therapy Hip Hop No
Way to Blue Life is a Big Joke Electronic No
DRES_ Midnight – Single Rock No
Amber Elara Rain – Single Pop No
Laura Rae Sad Songs Folk Track 6 is Explicit CanCon
Holy Void All Will Be Revealed In Time Rock CanCon
Franc O’cher J’le cris tout haut – Single Rock CanCon
Justine Chantale & Broadtree Bye Felicia – Single Pop CanCon
KC Armstrong I HATE THAT SWEATER – Single Blues / Christmas CanCon
Octopie Green Divine Rock No
Sophie Taylor Back to You – Single Country No
Jay Williams Dark is the Night – Single Pop No
Jay Williams One for the Angels – Single Pop No
Brass Rave Unit Show Me the Light – Single Electronic No
Gumbo Kings Two Times a Lover – Single Alternative No
Peter Piek & Lucky Fonz III Let My Mind Go – Single Pop No
Indigoje 2 Face – Single Hip Hop NSFR No
Indigoje Bait – Single Hip Hop NSFR No
Indigoje Bluff – Single Hip Hop NSFR No
Indigoje Go Getta – Single Hip Hop NSFR No
Indigoje Oh – Single Hip Hop NSFR No
Indigoje Complete – Single Hip Hop NSFR No
Indigoje Back – Single Hip Hop NSFR No
Indigoje Issues – Single Hip Hop NSFR No
Indigoje Playoffs – Single Hip Hop NSFR No
Indigoje Red Wine – Single Hip Hop NSFR No
Indigoje Rose – Single Hip Hop NSFR No
Indigoje Star – Single Hip Hop NSFR No

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Chris Collins – You Alone
The Whythouse – The Way It Is
Meggi Faye – Moon & Back
Laura Rae – Hard Hearted
Ian North – The Beautiful City
Odd Marshall – It Ends Tonight
Paulina Morgan – North Star
Chad Silva – Stuffed and Mounted
Franc O’Cher – J’le cris tout haut
Sophie Taylor – Back to You
Carter Rubin & Sadie Fine – Creek Road
Bobby Joe Henson – You’re the Reason
Julian Taylor Band – 100 Proof
ELLDER – Don’t Carry Things That Weigh You Down
Jay Williams – One for the Angels
Fraser Teeple – Spark
Dan Pallotta – End of the Road
Holy Void – Too Close to the Sun
Snuff – Saddy
DRES_ – Midnight
Octopie – Green Divine
Chelten Jones – Cold Animalistic Lover
Andrew Sue Wing – Seventeen
The Dream Eaters – Being an ****ole is My Love Language
Way to Blue – Life is a Big Joke
Monotronic – Morning Star
ZYHIER – FVR DRM
Blue Pilot – Dripping!
Marvin Caleb – En Nou Ay
Saukrates – My Pager Burnin Up (Easide of Thangs)
ADMONISH Music – Jet Set
Private Name Private Number – 600 CC
Indigoje – Red Wine
Land of Sound – Chatbot Blues

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 296

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the year’s final ode to 2004, a year when an energetic yell could cost you your political career, and I was in the midst of losing all innocence by learning more bad words and consuming too much media. Byah!

Tracklist:

Nas – Intro
Nas – A Message to the Feds, Sincerely, We the People
Fabolous – Breathe
Eminem & D12 – One Shot 2 Shot
Trick Daddy, Twista, & Lil Jon – Let’s Go
Nas – Thief’s Theme
TI – U Don’t Know Me
Lil Jon & Ice Cube – Real ***** Roll Call
Snoop Dogg & Pharrell – Drop It Like It’s Hot
Ja Rule, Fat Joe, & Jadakiss – New York
Cam’Ron, Syleena Johnson, & Kanye West – Down and Out
The Game, Kanye West, & Ludacris – Whole City Behind Us
Papoose – Mixtape Murder
Guerilla Black & Beenie Man – Compton
Young Buck, Chingy, & Lil Flip – Baller (Remix)
Chingy & CIB – Where Da ‘Git It Gurlz At?
MF DOOM –  *** Cakes
De La Soul – Come On Down
Jean Grae – Style Wars
Heiruspecs – 5ves
Devin the Dude – ***** Keeps Smoking Up My Bud
Ludacris & Bobby Valentino – P***in All Over the World
Trick Daddy, Ludacris, & Lil Kim – Sugar (Gimme Some)
Mos Def – The Panties
Nelly & Tim McGraw – Over and Over
Talib Kweli, Common, & John Legend – Ghetto Show
Eminem – Yellow Brick Road
Xzibit – Back 2 the Way It Was
Green Day – Jesus of Suburbia
K-os – Crabbuckit

See y’all next time!

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #56

What’s up, y’all? Like clockwork, here are all of the new Libretime adds from yours truly:

Chester Sky Self Delight Pop CanCon
Jay Williams ZYRA – Single Electronic No
Renee’ Michele Reunion New Age No
Tommy Solo Magic Wishes – Single Pop CanCon
Tommy Solo Passengers – Single Rock CanCon
Carla Muller Snow Came Falling Folk / Christmas Woolwich CanCon
Thanks Light Dirtbag Christmas Rock / Christmas No
Alana Bridgewater A Beautiful Christmas Jazz / Christmas CanCon
Chad Silva Stuffed and Mounted – Single Singer-Songwriter CanCon
Cassidy Taylor Cassidy Taylor Folk CanCon
Sam Kruger Worst x-mas ever Folk / Christmas CanCon
Jessie & the Gents You Say I Say – Single Folk No
JODOQ Breach – Single Pop No
Danilo Perez & Bohuslan Big Band Lumen Jazz No
Capella Romana & Nadia Tarnawsky A Ukrainian Wedding Classical No
Alvorada Faz Tempo World No
ZRI Café Danube World No
El Trio Live in Italy Jazz No
Faultlines Snowfall Folk No
Shunk Sated – Single Alternative CanCon
Shunk Tennis – Single Alternative CanCon
Shunk Goblin – Single Alternative CanCon
Rose Ranger Dear Dad – Single Folk CanCon
MEGGO brooklyn, pt. 1 – Single Alternative CanCon
Blue Pilot Dripping! – Single Alternative No
Sam Drysdale Bonnie’s Sad Songs Folk CanCon
We Found a Lovebird Chet – Single Rock CanCon
Allegories It’s My Life – Single Electronic CanCon
David Lindsay With You New Age CanCon
Trent Agecoutay Burn a Smudge – Single Traditional CanCon
Donny Smith Adore You – Single Pop CanCon
The Legendary Ten Seconds The Boars Head – Single Folk / Christmas No
The Legendary Ten Seconds All He Wants for Christmas is a Mellotron – Single Folk / Christmas No
The Legendary Ten Seconds Gold Angels – Single Folk / Christmas No
Mark Veldhoven The Drive – Single Rock CanCon
Mike Bern We Are the Stars – Single Singer-Songwriter CanCon
Danceland Licky Rock CanCon
Palm Haze Cassie Underground – Single Indie Rock CanCon
Digits Wild at Heart – Single Electronic CanCon
Digits Stay Alive Electronic CanCon
Jeff Beadle Hard Times – Single Country CanCon
Muhnday Bloodoath – Single Rock No
Muhnday Shitstorm – Single Rock NSFR No
The New Standard Always Blue – Single Jazz No
Burning Starships Crash Landing Rock CanCon
Andrew Sue Wing Seventeen – Single Rock No
The Whythouse The Way It Is – Single Country CanCon/KWCon
Monotronic Morning Star – Single Electronic No
Chelten Jones Cold Animalistic Lover – Single Singer-Songwriter CanCon
Private Name Private Number 600 CC – Single Hip Hop NSFR CanCon

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Renee’ Michele – Wish Upon a Star (Extended Version)
David Lindsay – Grasslands
Capella Romana & Nadia Tarnawsky – The pine is green in both summer and winter
The New Standard – Always Blue (feat. Clara Vuust)
El Trio – Elegant People
Danilo Perez & Bohuslan Big Band – Galactic Panama
Alvorada – Chez Fred
ZRI – Rondo alla Turca
JODOQ – Breach
Allegories – It’s My Life
Jay Williams – ZYRA
Digits – Wild at Heart (feat. Edith Frost)
Chester Sky – Dance For Me
Cassidy Taylor – The Moon
Donny Smith – Adore You
Shunk – Tennis
Tommy Solo – Passengers
We Found a Lovebird – Chet
Muhnday – Bloodoath
Burning Starships – Drown, Princess!
Palm Haze – Cassie Underground
Danceland – Expressway To Your Heart
Mark Veldhoven – The Drive
Faultlines – Snowfall
MEGGO – Brooklyn, pt. 1
Rose Ranger – Dear Dad
Sam Drysdale – Any Other Season (Winter)
Jeff Beadle – Hard Times
Trent Agecoutay – Burn a Smudge
Jessie & the Gents – You Say I Say
Mike Bern – We Are the Stars

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 295

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the final ode, of the year, to 2009. The fall, specifically, when Kanye interrupted Taylor Swift at the VMA’s, setting into course a domino effect that has resulted in the collapse of western civilization as we know it. What can one say?

Tracklist:

Jay-Z & Luke Steele – What We Talkin About
Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, & Eminem – Forever
Clipse, Pharrell, & Cam’Ron – Popular Demand (Popeyes)
Kid Cudi – Soundtrack 2 My Life
Lil B – I’m God
Snoop Dogg & Soulja Boy – Pronto
Mike Posner, Big Sean, & Freddie Gibbs – Bring Me Down
Birdman, Drake, & Lil Wayne – Money To Blow
New Boyz – You’re a Jerk
Lil Wayne, Drake, Jae Millz, Gudda Gudda, & Mack Maine – Every Girl in the World
Usher & Plies – Hey Daddy [Daddy’s Home]
Timbaland & Drake – Say Something
Wale, Gucci Mane, & Weesney of Backyard Band – Pretty Girls
Gucci Mane – Wasted (feat. Plies)
Gucci Mane, Lil Wayne, Jadakiss, & Birdman – Wasted (Remix)
Red Cafe & OJ da Juiceman – Wasted [MopMix]
50 Cent – OK, You’re Right
Eminem & Dr. Dre – H**l Breaks Loose
Tyler, the Creator & Earl Sweatshirt – ***Milk
Joell Ortiz – Taking My Ball
Pill – Afro-Sheen
Lil Wayne – DOA
Fashawn – Lost in New York
Ghostface Killah & Lloyd – Goner
Mac Miller – Travellin Man ’09
Drake – Fear
Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, & Masta Killa – Kiss the Ring
Wiz Khalifa – The Thrill

See y’all next time!

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #55

What’s up, y’all? The usual — here’s what I’ve added to Libretime in the past week:

Nick Guiton The Sunburnt EP Folk Track 3 is Christmas Material CanCon
The Discarded The Green Door Rock Orangeville CanCon
Mike Gilbar Coming In Out of the Cold Folk No
Sean Bienhaus Aging Song – Single Alternative CanCon
Martyrs View From a Memorial Bench – Single Blues No
Gabriela Eva Recovery – EP Pop Instrumentals are also available for every track No
DUTE The Lucky One – Single Electronic No
Gold Soul Leo September – Single Electronic CanCon
Gold Soul Leo Time – Single Electronic CanCon
Various Artists Future Sounds of Kraut Vol. 3 Electronic No
Glenn Erb Santa’s in Jail – Single Pop / Christmas No
Movieland Then & Now Alternative CanCon
Fawna Vol. 2 R&B CanCon
Dawn Melanie The Maiden and the Stones – Single Folk No
Mardi Gras Sandcastle Rock No
Matt Zaddy Far Too Long – Single Folk CanCon
Jamie Fine like I do – Single Pop CanCon
Brenda Best Merry Magical Memories Country / Christmas No
Chasing the Sunshine Lolipop – Single Rock CanCon
You Might Be Sleeping Inside – Single Indie Rock CanCon
TeethOut Streetlights – Single Punk CanCon
Let’s Go Keeping Up With The Fomites – Single Punk CanCon
Remy Verrault Break th Silence Punk CanCon
Lou Z Holes for the Hearts Alternative No
Lyubov Kay cU – Single Pop No
Tyler Mullendore Time Heals Everything Rock CanCon
Antonyia киса – Single Pop CanCon
CON THE ARTIST BEST DAYS Alternative CanCon
A Weekend At Ramona’s I Never Get It Right / Dying to Meet You – Single Rock CanCon
Peter Landi Somewhere – Single Alternative CanCon
Christina Tourin & Peter Sprague Imaginings – Single New Age / Christmas No
Marvin Caleb En Nou Ay – Single Pop CanCon
The Softer Side Deathbed Punk CanCon
Son of Dave The Kids are Coming Home for Christmas – Single Blues / Christmas No
Jones Haddad before I drown Pop CanCon
Yoav & Jabuile Majola Unyazi World No
Cassidy Taylor Evergreen – Single Singer-Songwriter / Christmas CanCon
Raging Flowers Fluffy Bro – Single Pop No
Riley Burns I’m Alive – Single Singer-Songwriter CanCon
Midnite Gossip Live Pop CanCon
Midnite Gossip Streetlights – Single Pop CanCon
Midnite Gossip Streetlights [Mickey Valenz Remix] – Single Pop CanCon
Matthew Lien Full Circle Singer-Songwriter CanCon

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Let’s Go – Keeping Up With the Fomites
TeethOut – Streetlights
Remy Verrault – Drown Down
The Softer Side – Chapter Ends, Sun Sets
Chasing the Sunshine – Lollipop
You Might Be Sleeping – Inside
The Discarded – A Couple of Cats
A Weekend At Ramona’s – I Never Get It Right
Lou Z – You Never Get Old
Sula Bassana – Space Taxi
DUTE – The Lucky One
Antoniya – киса (feat. Ruski sixx)
Lyubov Kay – cU
Midnite Gossip – Stuck in a Groove
Jones Haddad – am I good
FAWNA – Feels
Con the Artist – Best Days
Gold Soul Leo – Time
Mike Gilbar – Old Enough to Face the Rain
Dawn Melanie – The Maiden and the Stones
Matthew Lien – Sixth Settlement Trail
Riley Burns – I’m Alive
Raging Flowers – Fluffy Bro
Yoav & Jabulile Majola – Nevermore
Gabriela Eva – Watching My Plants Grow
Jamie Fine – like I do
Matt Zaddy – Far Too Long
Tyler Mullendore – 365 Days
Peter Landi – Somewhere
Martyrs – The View From a Memorial Bench
Sean Bienhaus – Aging Song
SGO – Fade Away

See y’all next time!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 294

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the final ode to 2014, a strange fall for everyone.

Tracklist:

Wu-Tang Clan – Ruckus in B Minor
Westside Gunn – Rayfuls Plug
Big KRIT – Cadillactica
Prhyme – U Looz
Your Old Droog – Lossey in the Store With Pennies (Remix)
Domo Genesis – STRICTLY4MY******
TI & Young Thug – About the Money
Vince Staples – Screen Door
Mike Will Made It & Bankroll Fresh – Screen Door
Rittz, BOB, & Mike Posner – In My Zone
P. Reign, Drake, & Future – DnF
Childish Gambino – Candler Road
Nipsey Hussle, Young Thug, & Rich Homie Quan – Choke
French Montana – Dontchu
BJ the Chicago Kid – Can’t Hold My Liqour/It’s True
Wale – Girls On Drugs
Lil B – Girl When I Want You
J. Cole – January 28th
Flying Lotus & Kendrick Lamar – Never Catch Me
Logic – Buried Alive
Childish Gambino & Jaden Smith – Late Nights in Kauai
Bobby Shmurda & Ty Real – Wipe the Case Away
Jhene Aiko – Eternal Sunshine
Shintaro Sakamoto – Gently Disappear
Future – Codeine Crazy
A$AP Ferg & Clams Casino – Talk It
Tunji Ige – The Love Project (ooh ooh)
Rick Ross & Big KRIT – Brimstone

See y’all next time!

The Birdapres Interview

What’s up, y’all? I did something a bit different tonight — I sat down with Birdapres to discuss a wide range of topics across the course of an hour. There are two versions of the interview here, one without background music and one with. Check it!