Inaugural Mix Tape, Part 2
Listening to the radio today in Canada is a horrible, cloying pastiche of the same sub-mediocre bands with mass-market appeal having their numerous “hits” played several times a day to placate the CRTC’s CanCon regulations. Surprisingly though, there’s no swelling tide of revolt in independent music. You may notice over the course of this mix tape that there are no Canadian artists; that’s not to say that there are NO Canadian groups that have written songs deriding the practice of commercial radio, but I think artists here have less of an activist bent on this one. Independent and major label bands alike here seem a little more willing to let the suits do what they need to while they eke out a modest means however they can. I personally haven’t turned on commercial radio on purpose since I was eight — but what are your thoughts? Comment below!
Of course, the Sound Salvation Army radio programme is anything but — check us out on Thursday nights from 8-10:00pm (Saskatchewan, Canada time) on 91.3fm CJTR. Streaming audio via www.cjtr.ca.
While our mix tape may not be totally representative of our home and native land, I assure you forthcoming posts will have Canucks well-represented. For now though, we’re rallying against the man with the most representative songs I could come up with out of the back of my mind. Enjoy — more are coming.
Public Enemy - Bring The Noise [3:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Hot Water Music - Free Radio Gainesville [2:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Alkaline Trio - We've Had Enough [2:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Jimmy Eat World - Your New Aesthetic [2:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadPublic Enemy’s second record was titled It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, but the millions had more to do with sales than anything.
Hot Water Music was an unstoppable force of nature and I’m terribly sad that they broke up. Awesome records like No Division make the pain subside.
The Alkaline Trio might not be quite what they used to be, but they’re awesome…like their record Good Mourning.
Jimmy Eat World put out an album called Clarity that was surprisingly cool. Then they got less cool.
