Beriault on the stereo

by Kaelin Beriault

Today I had the pleasure of guest-hosting Dyck's Pycks and will now have the greater pleasure of guest-writing Dyck's Pycks online post-game analysis -- primarily because Dyck was taking an inordinately long time to do this and Beriault wants to enjoy a beverage or two before the afternoon is out.

Hilights - Uncomfortable laughter. Jon's smooth college radio voice.
Lolights - Unable to locate Streethawk: A Seduction (Destroyer) in the CJSR music library. There was also a mishap cuing up one of the records.



"Doin' it Right" - Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
"Ruby" - Louise Burns - The Midnight Mass
"Lonely Woman" - Sean Nicholas Savage - Other Life
"Painful Life" - Austra - Olympia
"Dreamtrap" - Moon King - Obsession II
"Pensacola" - Deerhunter - Monomania
"Rosemary" - Faux Fur - Faux Fur
"Es-So" - Tuneyards - w h o k i l l
"Smoke" - Crosss - Obsidian Spectre
"So Clean" - The Ketamines - You Can't Serve Two Masters
"The Rest is Yet To Come" - Jim Guthrie - Takes Time
"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" - David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
"Light Leave Your Eyes" - Alex Calder - Time
"Wear Me Away" - White Poppy - White Poppy
"Goodness" - Jr Gone Wild - Less Art, More Pop!

Beriault Out.

Dream traps

Making up for last week's premature conclusion, today's show began with the shrill sounds of Speedy Ortiz, a group that's clearly schooled in the ways of Helium and Archers of Loaf. Next up, we had a pair of dream pop gems, the first from Toronto's Moon King and the other from Frankie Rose (of Dum Dum Girls and Vivian Girls). Then, finally, the track that inspired many of today's selections, "Polar Bear" from Ride's seminal Nowhere. I'm afraid it isn't the best in terms of audio quality (all treble, no bass), but I'm confident it'll still be enough to convert a few new fans. The day's vinyl track came courtesy of Edmonton's The Sorels, who can also lay claim to the day's most unapologetically kickass guitar solo. Also from Edmonton, Doug Hoyer sung the danceable sorrows of the minimum wage employee; and, from across the plains, Royal Canoe delivered the goods with their lead single from a new (hotly anticipated) LP, Today We're Believers, which I frankly cannot wait to get my hands on.



"Tiger Tank" - Speedy Ortiz - Major Arcana
"Experimental Fiction" - The Danks - Gank
"Dream Trap" - Moon King - Obsession II
"Daylight Sky" - Frankie Rose - Interstellar
"Polar Bear" - Ride - Nowhere
"What Would I Want? Sky" - Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind EP
"See the Sky About To Rain" - Neil Young - On the Beach 
"GAG" - The Sorels - Daylight
"Sea of Love" - The National - Trouble Will Find Me
"Miasma Sky" - Baths - Obsidian
"Minimum Wage" - Doug Hoyer - To Be A River
"Bathtubs" - Royal Canoe - Today We're Believers
"Ode to Subterrania" - Hooded Fang - Gravez

Work and whatever

That's right, it's another themed show. Thinking about work seemed like productive way to spend my day off. Today's pycks were pretty eclectic and there were some real gems in the mix, like the late Jason Molina's beautiful "Love and Work," which I hadn't listened to in ages. Other highlights include a hella catchy opening number from Hooded Fang, some heavy fuzz from Edmonton's Outdoor Miners and a bouncy take on suburban life from the Talking Heads. The rest was pretty typical. Let's hear it for slacker jamz!



"Ode to Subterrania" - Hooded Fang - Gravez
"Friends with Money" - Outdoor Miners - Disgust
"Minotaur" - Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin
"Found a Job" - Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
"All My Days Off" - Daughn Gibson - Me Moan
"Working for the Man" - PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
"Love and Work" - Songs: Ohia - Axxess & Ace
"Work" - Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care
"Working Full-Time" - Constantines - Tournament of Hearts
"Custom Concern" - Modest Mouse - This Is a Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About
"Step Into My Office, Baby" - Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
"Pioneer Spine" - Speedy Ortiz - Major Arcana

Serenity now

In a particularly awkward episode of Dyck's Pycks, I ended up showcasing some of great electronic and instrumental music that's recently arrived at the station. It was a slow build. As usual, Sigur Ros tested my ability to pronounce their song titles (Icelandic can be tricky) and Deerhunter gracefully ended the show, tailing a barrage of catchy Canadian garage rock, which included Edmonton rock 'n' roll heroes, Jr. Gone Wild. Swoon.



"Re-Hash" - Gorillaz - Gorillaz
"Reprise" - Gold Panda - Half of Where You Live
"Reach for the Dead" - Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
"Obsidian" - Baths - Obsidian
"Breinnestein" - Sigur Ros - Kviekur
"Cadillac Desert" - William Tyler - Impossible Truth
"Taking My Time" - Jim Guthrie - Takes Time
"Why Not a House?" - Miserere - Miserere
"Ode to Suberrainia" - Hooded Fang - Gravez
"Follow the Waves to the Coastline" - UBT - Ego Orientation
"Patients" - The Ketamines - You Can't Serve Two Masters
"It Never Changes" - Jr. Gone Wild - Less Art, More Pop!
"You Don't Love Me [Starlets cover]" - The Lad Mags - The Lad Mags
"Punk" - Deerhunter - Monomania

Heatwave

Summer is here in all its unbearable glory. For Dyck's Pycks that means meandering folk ballads and scuzzy jams about summertime flings and wasted afternoons.

"Sunshine Snare Hits" - Chad VanGaalen - Infiniheart

"Summer Mood" - Best Coast - Crazy For You

"Coast to Coast" - Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt

"Shore Points" - Cymbals Eat Guitars - Lenses Alien

"From the Sun" - Unknown Mortal Orchestra - II

"San Francisco" - Foxygen - We are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic

"Summer Sound" - Shotgun Jimmie - The Onlys

"I'm so near here" - Eric's Trip - The Gordon Street Haunting

"I won't be long" - Beck - TBA

"Pensacola" - Deerhunter - Monomania

"Boatmen" - Flying Fox and the Hunter Gatherers - Fruit and Ash

"Hot Freaks" - Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand

"Tom Courtenay" - Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura

"Freakin' Out the Neighbourhood" - Mac DeMarco - 2

"That Summer Feeling" - Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - Jonathan Sings!