To check out the full interview and many other songs performed listen to the podcast of the “Love to Air” here:
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Rock Cut Feature: Rosedale + Love to Air!
Rose Dale front man Mike Liorti was in the Mano A Mano studio for what has now been renamed as a “Love to Air” performance.
Mike came to us all the way from Toronto and was so good that he was even able to change up his acoustic set to take requests of songs he had not intended to play and pulled out a few unreleased tracks too! Check out the podcast above and make sure to check out Rosedale at Maxwell’s concert and events hall on November 8th.
Interview with Kenny Bridges of BR/DGES & Moneen
Check out the podcast above for some great tracks by Moneen and BR/DGES. In most cases that would be enough to get people to check out a podcast HOWEVER we give Kenny Bridges a call to settle a little dispute and then take the opportunity to do a full interview! Check it all out above.
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.
Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld
Colin Stetson is a past Mano A Mano “Rock Cut Feature Band of the Week” and is featured in an episode of the “Electrifying Adventures of DJ Jeff E Jeff” (Mano A Mano’s Radio Comic that features only CDN content)
So, when this new Colin Stetson collaboration with Sarah Neufeld came into the station it immediately peaked our attention. After one listen it is amazing! Check out the new material above in our podcast and if you haven’t see what Colin Stetson can do check him out in the video below:
Rock Cut Video: For Esme “You”
Coming up on July 24th is the WAYHOME music festival! The line-up boasts some great musicians from across the content including one of our past feature bands: For Esme
This podcast was released a while ago when we found their vinyl in the station! We were thrilled to test out the vinyl and find a rich combination of atmospheric sounds combined with great song writing. For Esme has just released a new track and is set to release a new album called “Sugar” later on this year. The new track is called “You”. This months Rock Cut Video is “You” by For Esme. Check it out below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jLAcxqcXXg
Comic Corner Episode 2: Canada Day
Hi Mano Amigos,
Here is our second installment of our “Comic Corner” or “Comic Book Corner” let us know if you have a better name at: manoamanoradio@soundfm.ca
Anyways, in this episode we talk about the newest issue of our favourite comic Captain Canuck along with our very own Comic “The Electrifying Adventures of DJ Jeff E Jeff” and some news about the day. Check it out in our video/Radio/podcast:
Rock Cut Feature: Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Godspeed You! Black Emperor is a band that is near and dear to our hearts. They are the one of the first bands that we featured on “The Electrifying Adventures of DJ Jeff E Jeff”, our Audio Comic that features great Canadian Bands. As such, when we saw their new album ‘Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress’ we knew we had to release it on the same day that we closed out The Electrifying Adventures – Canada Day!
Sit back and enjoy this soundscape! Then go and pick up this album! You will not be disappointed!
Rock Cut Feature: Paul Jago
We found out earlier this year that Paul Jago was going to be releasing some new songs. He just recently put out a few demo tapes! We aren’t sure if he is going to be taking these into the recording studio or not….but we were so stoked to hear these that we had to do a feature. Check them out above!
Mano A Mano’s NXNE Review
Okay so this is less of a review and more a video of one of our favourite performances from the festival. We just got this tech the day before the festival and untested we embarked on the electrifying adventure. Obviously we need to invest in a tripod and a windscreen but this video should get the idea across about how awesome this band is!
Their were soo many bands we had the pleasure of seeing including our shows favourite local band Pick a Piper! But the highlight of this years festival was the band Son Lux who put on an amazing performance! Check out a track here:
Top Shelf Video: Limblifter’s “Dopamine”
We analyze the new Limblifter video for their sweet new track “Dopamine” Check it out here and then listen again to their actual video without all out chitter chatter over top.
Mano A Mano Comic Corner
In our first ever episode we check out the new Captain Canuck series that we picked up at Carry-On Comics!
Gilt Restaurant Review!
We heard that Gilt Restaurant had our favourite Lake of Bays Brewing Company beverages and so we had to check out this restaurant to see how it was.
To Start things off the Lady fox has some food allergies and this restaurant was very accommodating! The server even went over with her which items she should choose from and worked out a personal mean just for her. Not only that, most “Special Orders” in other restaurants are just thrown together in an attempt to get something out. This looked and tasted amazing!
The Rest of us decided upon 6 tapas to share.
The first was some amazing chicken that was like nothing I have ever tastes before. It can be seen in the skillet in the image here. Those pieced of heaven in front of the skillet at the puff potatoes…WOW, they were AMAZING! Let move along to the next course..
This was my (DJ Steel’s) favourite dish of the evening. The Lobster Rolls. A close second was the puff potatoes seen above. These lobster rolls were loaded with lobster!
The Next Selection here was DJ AdRock’s favourite dish of the evening the pork belly perogies!
On the menu is a Lake of Bays Brewing Company IPA beer. We confirmed with the server this is the 10 point ale. This was a perfect complementary drink for these dishes, as seen in the photo’s they didn’t last too long.
DJ AdRock then went with a Lake of Bays Brewing Company Crosswind pale ale and I got another 10 point.
The next part of the meal was the scallops! Perfectly cooked! What a way to finish off the dinner part….but we were not done there! We had to stick around for some dessert!
Gilt Restaurant did not disappoint! Everything was so good! In addition to the restaurant being so good we hear that a few days after we were there they had an outdoor concert on their patio!
We definitely give Gilt Restaurant two thumbs up! Check them out online here:
Season 2 Episode 2: Interrogations #DJJEJ
Last night on the SoundFM program “Electrifying Sessions”, DJ Jeff E Jeff released Season 2 Episode 2: Interrogations from the series “The Electrifying Adventures of DJ Jeff E Jeff”. This episodes is the 10th installment in the series. Artwork for this episode was created by Sophia Westrop.
We continue to feature great Canadian Bands in this series. Here is the next group of great Canadian bands (in order of appearance):
1) Hayden
2) The Zolas
3) After Dark
4) Blind
5) Foxtrott
6) Last Ex
7) Hoosier Poet
8) Mean Red Spiders
9) The Marble Index
10) Robot Apocalypse featuring Parker Bossley of Fur Trade and The Gay Nineties
Top Shelf Video: The Gay Nineties – Hold your Fire!
Mano A Mano is now in 2D….at least in this segment!
Check out this great video by The Gay Nineties with us!
May 2 is Free Comic Book Day!
This Saturday is Free Comic Book day!
We will be talking about Comics that look interesting including “The Electrifying Adventures of DJ Jeff E Jeff” That will be released next week on Mano A Mano.
S1 Episode 5: Detective J. Steel
This past Tuesday on “The Electrifying Session with DJ Jeff E JEff” we re-released Episode 5: Detective J. Steel while gearing up for the season 2 release. We also released the Season 2 promo that can be seen below. This is the first issue where DJ Steel is introduced into the story to help DJ AdRock figure out what is going on with his Mano A Mano co-host! This also brought Big Poppa Higgs in as the voice of DJ Steel.
Episode 5 Artwork by Fred Start:
Episode 5
Music in order of appearance by:
1) Mind of A Squid
2) Bella Clava
3) Fujahtive
4) K-OS
5) Falcon Punch
6) House of Velvet
7) Quarterback
8) Mise en Scene
9) Kid Koala
10) Yamantaka | Sonic Titan
11) The Tragically Hip
12) My Dad vs Your
13) New Wings
14) UBT
15) Matthew Good
16) Wax Mannequin
17) Bryan Adams
Rock Cut Feature: The High Dials
The High Dials are playing the Starlight in Waterloo this Thursday March 19th. We were spinning some High Dials and then got to chatting about what TV show you could hear that track on. We gave Trevor Anderson from the band a call to settle the dispute. Find out what program and hear some more High Dials tracks on the podcast above!
Rock Cut Feature: ttwwrrss
This extremely interesting album came into the station the other day and since we have been interested in many bands that have removed the vowels from their names we checked it out. The first great thing about this band was that they are from our old stomping ground of “The Hammer” (Hamilton for those not from the hammer or those who did not know it is sometimes call that for some reason)
Secondly, it is some damn great music! It is darker electronic music that has some wicked hooks to it! Some songs have elements of piano that complement the electronic songs – check it ttwwrrss in the podcast above!
Then go to their bandcamp page here and get more of their music!
Episode 4: “The ManoKnight Attack” #DJJEJ
Yesterday on the Electrifying Session we re-released the Episode 4 of The Electrifying Adventures of DJ Jeff E Jeff so that it could have a home here on SoundFM. Get ready for the Season 2 promo!!!!
The Electrifying Adventures of DJ Jeff E Jeff Season 1 by Mano A Mano Episode 4 Artwork by Tim Jefferies: Episode 4
Music in order of appearance by:
1) Pick A Piper
2) Islands
3) Mystery Track
4) Controller Controller
5) Kanada
6) Drew Smith
7) Miramichi
8) Hot Hot Heat
9) The Mounties
10) Caribou
11) Spooloops
12) The Wet Secrets
13) Broken Social Scene
Episode 3: “A Villain is Born” #DJJEJ
The Electrifying Adventures of DJ Jeff E Jeff Season 1 by Mano A Mano
Episode 3 Artwork by Becka Kinzie: Episode 3
Music in order of appearance by:
1) Magneta Lane
2) The Blue Seeds
3) Quarterback
4) Melissa Auf der Maur
5) Parks and Rec
6) Cyanide Kiss
7) Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs
8) 54-40
9) Canadian Winter
10) Death From Above 1979
11) Dirty Ghosts
12) Always Sun Orange
13) Crystal Castles
14) Age of Electric
15) Arkells
16) Silverstein
17) Crop Failure
18) Pick A Piper
Episode 2: “The Water Bottle Mystery” #DJJEJ
This Past Tuesday we re-released Episode 2: The Water Bottle Mystery so that it would have a place here on the SoundFM website! Coming soon will be the SEASON 2 Trailer!!!!!!!
The Electrifying Adventures of DJ Jeff E Jeff Season 1 by Mano A Mano
Episode 2 Artwork by DJ Steel:
Episode 2
Music in order of appearance by:
1) Audio Boffins
2) Said Dog
3) Cowlick
4) Obscure Disorder
5) Said The Whale
6) Bocce
7) Tom Green
8) Wolf Parade
9) Shout Out Out Out Out
10) In My Coma
11) The Gandharvas
12) All Weather Haulage
13) The Mark Inside
14) Gang Signs
15) Walk off the Earth
Episode 1: “The Server room” #DJJEJ
Tonight we re-released episode 0 and episode 1 of The Electrifying Adventure of DJ Jeff E Jeff. Episode 0 is just the set up for the series and episode 1 is the pilot episode. If you listen to episode 1 and find the editing slow….well so do we! Make sure to check out episode 2 because that is where things really pick up and don’t look back!
Anyways check out the episode 1 and episode 0 posts!
The Electrifying Adventures of DJ Jeff E Jeff Season 1 by Mano A Mano
Music in order of appearance by:
1) 54-40
The Electrifying Adventures of DJ Jeff E Jeff Season 1 by Mano A Mano
Artwork by Fred Start:
Episode 1
Music in order of appearance by:
1) Godspeed you! Black Emperor
2) Mother Mother
3) All Weather Haulage
4) Canailles
5) The ROBOTS
6) Spoken Word by Marcus Green of “The Smokin’ Word”
7) The Organ Thieves
8) Kashoo
9) Poor Young Things
10) Limblifter
11) Bad Bad Not Good
12) Cyanide Kiss
13) The Unicorns
DJ Jeff E Jeff Season 2 Information!
In this podcast we talk a lot about various different things that Bryan Talked about in his podcast that can be heard here:
Much of the stuff that he mentioned was released for the first time on his show and we confirm that and a bunch of other cool stuff about the audio comic.
We then start talking about a bunch of things Captain Canuck. I didnt realize that the Unholy War series was somewhat of a separate entity. We talk about the great artwork of this series and how you can order it here:
http://www.captaincanuckunholywar.com/
Support CKMS with these initiatives!
Coming up on February 28th CKMS is having a station fundraiser at the Button Factory with Live Acts that are TBA in the upcoming week (possibly on the Mano A Mano show) Just by attending a great show you are supporting the station but there is sure to be some great draws etc!
If online is more your thing…..you can support this station kickstarter that is a station promoter and you will also be supporting Canadian multi-media comic book history!
Click the image below to go to the kickstarter page!
