My favourite releases of 2015

Note: they're not in order!

Full-length releases

• Humans - Noontide
• Purity Ring - Another Eternity
• Chvrches - Every Open Eye
• Madeon - Adventure
• Grimes - Art Angels
• Autre Ne Veut - Age of Transparency
• Gang Signs - Geist
• Chapel Sound Compilation, vol. 1
• Jamie xx - In Colour
• Son Lux - Bones
• Until the Ribbon Breaks - A Lesson Unlearnt
• Hudson Mohawke - Lantern

EPs

• FKA twigs - M3LL155X
• Snowday - Evoke
• Ladyfrnd - Farewell

This time I've got a lot more Canadian releases I thought were very awesome, so that's good. I may have missed a few albums...this list is still subject to change. You never know.

Also, note that I've mostly just listed the electronically-oriented releases here. That's because as I was figuring out how to structure what is to become the electro-centric PulsarSounds I only really listened to electronic music...so any alt-rock, punk, folk, jazz etc. were sadly overlooked.

PulsarSounds now has its own blog page!

PulsarSounds now has a Blogger page!
http://pulsarsounds-cjsf.blogspot.ca/

I'll still be updating here once in a while, especially if I'm guest hosting another show. For my main show, however, I'll be uploading tracklists and podcasts on the PulsarSounds blog page!

PulsarSounds Episode 1 - December 19 - My electro picks of 2015 Pt. 1

Songs played (*Canadian Content):

• The Chemical Brothers feat. Q-Tip - Go
• Madeon feat. Passion Pit - Pay No Mind
• Chvrches - Clearest Blue
• Humans* - Ennio
• Humans* - Watusi
• Prinze George - Upswing
• Milk & Bone* - Watch
• Purity Ring* - Begin Again
• Empress Of - Water Water
• Boots feat. Deradoorian - Aquaria
• Oneohtrix Point Never - Sticky Drama

Yeah yeah my own show! (But still the same website for now.) Beginning at the end here, as part of a 2-part series of my favourite electronic tracks of 2015. Tune in next week for more of my favourite tracks of 2015. I'll post a list of my favourite tracks of all genres this year, as well as my favourite albums.

Curious about what I liked last year? Check out the 2014 favourite albums list here.

I should also add these albums to that list, since they're great 2014 releases as well which I only really got to hear this year:

• Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 
• TV on the Radio - Seeds
• Snowday - As We Travel
• Infilm - Emporium
• Sabota - Sabota
• The Wet Secrets - Free Candy

December 14 - No Channel For Old Men Takeover

Songs Played (* Canadian Content):

• Run the Jewels - A Christmas Fucking Miracle
• Moka Only* - Then and Now
• Moka Only* - Coast Windows
• Raury feat. Big K.R.I.T. - Forbidden Knowledge
• Fantasma - Eye of the Sun
• Gotan Project feat. Koxmoz - Mi Confesión
• Radio Radio* - Gong Hotel
• Arthur Comeau* - Esclaves
• BadBadNotGood & Ghostface Killah feat. Danny Brown - Six Degrees
• Danny Brown feat. Purity Ring* - 25 Bucks
• Future Brown feat. Tink - Room 302
• Georgia - Move Systems
• FKA twigs - In Time
• Majical Cloudz* - Downtown
• Snowday feat. Kaleigh Watts *- A Quiet Winter
• Infilm* - Chimera
• Tycho - A Walk
• Jamie xx - Gosh
• Austra* - Bass Drum Dance
• Gossamer - Print
• Holly Herndon - Interference
• Keita Sano - Onion Slice
• Hudson Mohawke - Lil Djembe

While Chris Spangenberg was finishing up final papers for the semester, I've spun my hip-hop and downtempo picks! He seemed to enjoy my picks, so that's good :)

I'll probably play some of the stuff I played in this takeover episode in my own show as well!

December 12 - Jumbalaya out! Next week it's a brand new show!

Songs played (* Canadian content):

• Grimes* - Pin
• !!! - Every Little Bit Counts
• New Order - Restless
• Adaline* - Can't Feel This Feeling
• Frederick feat. Pliscene* - Artificial Christmas
• Safia Nolin* - Noel Partout
• Joanna Newsom - Divers
• Robert Glasper - So Beautiful (Musiq Soulchild cover)
• Eriko Furukawa* - PulsarSounds theme
• Ladyfrnd* - Farewell
• Ladyfrnd* - Go Quietly
• Autre Ne Veut - Panic Room

This was a more acoustically-oriented (and slightly more festive) Jumbalaya, and my last!! Next week it's a brand new show, PulsarSounds...still hosted by yours truly!

PulsarSounds will be an indie-electronic music show, showcasing mostly electronically oriented alt-pop as well as some ambient, bass, and EDM-based instrumentals. It's all about electronic and futuristic sounds.
I named the show after my old email address...10 years ago, while I was in middle school, I was interested in astronomy, and so my email address was pulsar1312 (at) hotmail (dot) com. (I stopped using it in high school in favour of a more generic/professional email address which includes my name.)
To think it took me 9 months to think of a show name when the 'perfect' name was something I thought of way back in the past!! Holy smokes.

PulsarSounds will be airing 7-8pm on Saturdays. In other words, I'm still hosting in the same timeslot as my Jumbalaya!

As for this Jumbalaya...I've decided to go acoustic to showcase tracks I may have missed by going more electro. The more alt-rock side of New Order, !!!, and Grimes, folk singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom, and jazz pianist Robert Glasper. Robert Glasper's cover album is nominated for a Best Jazz Instrumental Album for the 2016 Grammys, which is great - it's a really great jazz piano album!

Next week is PulsarSounds. Same time, same place.

Audio links!
http://www.cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2015_December_12_19_00.mp3
http://www.cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2015_December_12_19_30.mp3

Exciting news!

So I've got some VERY exciting news!!!

Tune in on the 12th, 7-8pm. I'll announce the news towards the end of the show episode.

December 5 - Technical difficulties make for a diverse program

Songs played (* Canadian content):

• We are the City* - Keep on Dancing
• The Zolas* - Snow
• Unalaska* - Air Transylvania
• Gang Signs* -Mate
• Ladyfrnd* - Geist
• GEMS - Soak
• Autre ne Veut - Age of Transparency
• Introverted Dancefloor - Happiness is Such a Mess
• Grimes* - World Princess Part II
• Big Grams - Lights On

The digital playlist was down so I had to cut one song out, hence why the setlist was a bit short. I promise you more music however!

This playlist is more alternative-oriented and local in the first half, gets into familiar dark electronic territory for an Eriko Jumbalaya, and gets slightly more upbeat and lighthearted towards in the end, ending with a very fun Big Boi/Phantogram (aka Big Grams) track that was co-written by K.Flay!

Also, I continue the Hybridity love on this Jumbalaya with two musical projects led by Peter Ricq, Gang Signs and Ladyfrnd. While Ladyfrnd is no longer active as a group, we only just got their Farewell EP on the playlist, and the record is too beautiful to not play on the airwaves. Hopefully Yuki Holland (vocalist) is still singing!
Impressed with Peter Ricq's creative work ethic by the way...three really great records, all in 2015!! And on top of that he put out a graphic novel too!! They had a release party/art show for that yesterday night but I was sick so I couldn't make it :(

And I snuck in a Christmas/wintry festive tune into the setlist xD This is more of an alt-rock track by the Zolas. Luckily we had Unalaska, Zolas frontman Zachary Gray's other project, on the playlist so it didn't stick out like a sore thumb. :P

Next week...maybe more Christmas tunes? I haven't figured it out yet. I may bring back the upbeat stuff on air, especially since it's the day before my birthday!

Audio links!
http://www.cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2015_December_05_19_00.mp3
http://www.cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2015_December_05_19_30.mp3