The debate will be airing On Wed Feb 3rd from 4pm-6pm and again on Thurs Feb 4th from noon-2pm. Tune in to get the facts on your future president!

Radio Laurier is looking for local Laurier bands who are interested in being a part of  Radio Laurier’s Concert Series, happening every month at Maxwell’s Music House! As well as being able to get the opportunity to play for your peers at Laurier and community members in Waterloo, you can look forward to a music spotlight on Radio Laurier and regular rotation of your music on the Radio Laurier music library!

If interested, e-mail Kristine at kristine.lippett@gmail.com and include a sample of your music, or a link to your myspace page.

Let’s rock Radio Laurier with some local Laurier talent!

Come and meet the people at Radio Laurier and read the stories about what brought them here. Check out the bio page at About Us -> Who Are We

Hey every1!

So I know this post is pretty late but this weekend has been pretty busy what with essays and midterms (s’pecially for the coming week =S) so here’s basically the rundown. This past episode focused on race in rock bands today and was divided into 5 categories:

1. African-American/Canadian – K-os, Bedouin Soundclash, Sevendust
2. Indian – Sum 41, Pilot Speed, Flyleaf, The Red Boy, Queen
3. Asian – Silversun Pickups, A Perfect Circle, Hoobastank, L’Arc~En~Ciel
4. Top 3 in 1 – K’naan feat. Kirk Hammett , Soundgarden, Bloc Party
5. Showcase Efforts – Lenny Kravtiz, Linkin Park/Fort Minor, Billy Talent

For a full listing of songs from past shows and the one’s played on this show go to the OFFICIAL FACEBOOK GROUP!!! Right here:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=30054369603

Please join the group and check out all the neat information listed in the discussion boards. Also, be sure to send in any requests that you may want to hear on the show and I’ll do my best to incorporate the song in some form or the other.

Other than that thanx for tuning in for all these weeks thus are and make sure to continue to listen for the weeks to come!

DJ hSaY
New Rock Edge
Radio Laurier

After dealing with many computer issues I am finally here to give you the low down on all the wonderful things that happened last Wednesday on our Alternative episode of Operation Breakthrough!

We had plenty of wonderful tunes that are must-hears, curious about what they were? check out http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=262874339175 and take a peek! While you’re at it, join the group! Send over your requests, comments, anything!

As promised, here is the Bioshock 2 trailer, a must see! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIopXUPVGFE

What other interesting topics were covered? Jersey Shore is back for sure with the original cast! Go to mtv.ca now and you can vote for where you want to send them! Detroit is winning, anyone surprised?

Next week: Prog-rock! Tune in!
Until then, keep on rockin!

Yeehaw. Let’s get right down to the numbers, huh?

1. Last night I played the song “100 Years” by Dr. Dog. It comes from their 2008 album, titled Fate. At first I didn’t think much of this album because I thought it tried too hard to sound like The Band. Now it’s in my official Top 14 Fully Listenable albums, precisely because it sounds so much like The Band. Funny how music is sometimes. Here’s Dr. Dog performing a track off that album, a groovy tune called From.
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Hey Guys!

So on today’s episode we will start off with a two part series. Throughout the rest of the season there will be more two-part episodes but this is going to be the first one. In this episode we will be looking at individuals and artists who have made great contributions to the face of new rock but are from a racial descent. This episode is not meant to segregate but promote a cultured spotlight to these artists. This episode will divide into segments such as African-American/Canadian/etc, Asian (particularly Japanese, Chinese, and Korean), and Indian. There will also be a showcase of a hybrid of these (different racially diverse cultures working together on a piece of music or in a band). We will also have showcase artists who have contributed, made a new image, and/or is rising to become something great in the world of music in the not too distant future.

Some artists that we will hear include K-os, Queen, Hoobastank, Soundgarden, and Billy Talent.

Be sure to tune in to this weeks episode Essence of Equality Part 1 –> Racial Descent tonight from 6 to 8 pm only on www.radiolaurier.com

DJ hSaY
New Rock Edge
Radio Laurier

Yooo whattup Everyone

I’ll be DJ’n in the Turret Night Club tonight. It Starts at 10 pm and is $2 cover. Come Check it out if you can!

-DJ Rav

Hi gang!
No tracklist for you this week, you’ve been naughty.
If you’d like to see the tracklist go join the facebook group. This allows me to claim that I have friends instead of the reality that you can’t know what i played unless you listened or joined the facebook group. take that.
However, this is by no means going to be a boring post without the tracklisting. I’m gonna post links to some of the futuristic looking gadgets that I know of that are creating new and exciting ways of producing music these days.
check it:
Reactable – This thing is awesome. Touch based computers seem to be the way of the future. This is by no means the last time in this post that you will see a more tactile approach to electronic music.
Reactogon – This is basically a touch based arpeggiator formulated around the harmonic scale. its sweet. plus it looks like a beehive! Events in the arpeggiator start from a single source that you set at the start and from there your music begins.
Wavetable: this stuff is cool. essentially it is this mixed with this
give me a million dollars….now.
Audio Touch OS – this to me is very zen. i like. ambient music simplified.
OvalProcess: This is a musical program created by Markus Popp, a german artist and generally nerdy character. He produces under the moniker of Oval. 94 Diskont is a great album.
Jazz Mutant Lemur:In terms of live music this has the potential to simultaneously empower and bankrupt the everyday artist.
Audio Cubes: This is some more stuff that i like. please like too.
So if there’s any missing that you think i should know about. send them to the facebook group.
or yell at me during my next show. come down, and yell at me.
please
Love
Sam

Nas & Damian Marley have been working on a new full length LP, Distant Relatives. Look for their first 3 singles include ‘As We Enter’, ‘count your blessings’ & ‘Strong Will Continue.’

Nas & Damian Marley in the Studio

It started out as a EP about the struggles of the people in Africa and poverty but eventually evolved into a full length album. The album is reported to drop April 20th. Download the singles, but if you like the music go out and support your artists by buying their cds.

Sean is officially on the look out for a dope DJ name. To give you guys something to work with, my full name is Sean Brian Harrison, my nicknames have been sh (not like shushing someone but like saying the letters), half cup harry and harry. Some of the terrible suggestions I’ve heard so far include, DJ harrysongs, DJ harristotle, DJ Harrysissle, Bri Guy, and DJ Harrysean.

So come on people, put your thinking caps on and brainstorm some DJ names, all suggestions will be considered. This is your chance to give me a name that will hopefully stick with me through the ages.
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…but it’s not so bad yet, is it? A little cold, maybe. That and apparently the business across the street has cut a deal wherein at the first sign of snow (be it 3pm or, say, 3am) a man with a little front end loader shows up and rips around their parking lot for a half hour banging his front bucket on the ground as he goes. Such is the life of a freelance snow removalist, I guess.
Aside from whinging about sleep interrupters, I also wanted to offer up a pre-Mixtape blog this week, as I feel this Thursday’s show is going to be good. It’s mostly just speculation so far, but I’ve heard some talk that it could be the best Mixtape yet. Seems to be the word on the street.
Why am I so excited about this week? Well, because it’s the Country and Western mixtape, and also because cowboys are awesome, and they don’t get enough credit. While zombies and ninjas battle it out in the spotlight atop the internet culture/meme bandwagon, I think cowboys are easily in the second teir, somewhere with the pirates. And cowboys can wipe the walls with pirates anyday. Also, cowboy music beats any bizarre amalgamation of pirate/zombie/ninja music (terrifying!) hands down. So on Thursday I pay tribute to the singing cowboys and cowgirls who represent The Big Country so well.
I don’t want to give anything away, but if you tune in on Thursday you might hear something from this guy, or perhaps even this guy. And no country mixtape would be complete without a visit from The King.
So I hope you’ll tune in this week for a night of enjoyable country music. It’s only a few days away. Although I for one might be grateful for a Bill Murray-esque Groundhog Day experience, as I have alot of reading to do and not enough mortal days to do it in. Also, I’ve always wanted to play the piano really well. That was what that movie was about, right? Bill Murray finally sees the true importance of being really good at piano? That’s what I took out of it, anyways.
Thursday night at 9! Country mixtape! Saddle up, there’s no recourse, it’s “High Ho Silver!”
Signed,
Ian.