Hi friends,
I’m recovering from another great – but very busy – edition of POP Montreal. It was great to hang with many out-of-town visitors, meet some amazing new friends, and catch up with local pals… it was a bit of a whirlwind, but overall a great time. A few highlights include the CKUT birthday party with reggae legends The Mighty Diamonds (obviously I am biased, but this was truly a hell of a show), William Basinski, Royal Trux, Montreal expats Steve Jr, and a totally packed panel discussion about gentrification & music communities (above), but there’s so much more that I’m spacing on because honestly I’m still recovering and getting my brain back in order over here…
Thank you for being patient while I catch up on tracking, emails, etc.
xo
joni
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ckut top 30 – september 19, 2017
1. sound of the mountain – amplified clarinet & trumpet – mystery and wonder CC *
2. pierre kwenders – makanda at the end of space, the beginning of time – bonsound CC *
3. walter tv – carpe diem – sinderlyn CC
4. christof migone – greatest hits – squint fucker press CC
5. foonyap – apropos – self-released CC
6. sam shalabi & stefan christoff – s/t – small scale music CC *
7. deerhoof – mountain moves – joyful noise
8. tony allen – the source – blue note
9. julia holter – in the same room – domino
10. inland island – step right up – self-released CC *
11. zola jesus – okovi – sacred bones
12. giant claw – soft channel – orange milk records
13. yoo doo right – ep2 – second best records CC *
14. the miami dolphins – water your waiting for – fpe records
15. david nance – negative boogie – ba da bing!
16. markus floats – first album – self-released CC *
17. jan st. werner – spectric acid (fiepblatter catalogue #5) – thrill jockey
18. naomi punk – yellow – captured tracks
19. faith healer – try 
– mint records CC
20. we r dying 2 kill u – buy your city/pay the rent – self-released CC *
21. tyshawn sorey – verisimilitude – pi
22. margret – the most fun that two people can have together – egg paper factory CC *
23. ariel pink – dedicated to bobby jameson – mexican summer
24. partner – in search of lost time – you’ve changed CC
25. respectfulchild – 在找 : :searching : : – coax records CC
26. ema – exile in the outer ring – city slang
27. shimmer – s/t – drop medium
28. smileswithteeth – suddenly constantly – self-released CC *
29. widowspeak – expect the best – captured tracks
30. sontag shogun – patterns for resonant space – youngbloods
ckut jazz – september 19, 2017
1. tyshawn sorey – verisimilitude – pi recordings
2. tom rainey obbligato – float upstream – intakt
3. smith/tamura/fujii/mori – aspiration – libra
4. daniel levin – living – smeraldina-rima
5. chris speed trio – platinum on tap – intakt
6. william parker quartets – meditation / reflection – aum fidelity
7. jane ira bloom – wild lines – out-line
8. satoku fujii/natsuki tamura – kisaragi – libra
9. parc x trio – dream – challenge CC *
10. mike downs – root structure – addo CC
ckut global – september 19, 2017
1. pierre kwenders – makanda at the end of space, the
beginning of time – bonsound CC *
2. tony allen – the source – blue note
3. trio da kali & kronos quartet – ladilikan – world circuit
4. tanzania albinism collective – white african power – six degrees
5. asiko afrobeat ensemble – winners never quit – self-released CC
6. ruben gonzalez – introducing… ruben gonzalez – world circuit
7. new kingston – come from far – easy star records
8. v/a – even a tree can shed tears: japanese folk & rock 1969-1973 – light in the attic
9. songhoy blues – resistance – fat possum
10. fwonte – no wanga 2 – self-released CC *
ckut rpm – september 19, 2017
1. pessimist – s/t – blackest ever black
2. fousek/hansen/tellier-craig – no image in particular – dinzu artefacts CC *
3. wilted woman – diary of a woman – she rocks!
4. cmd – lycan disco – jacktone CC *
5. bill converse – the shape of things to come – dark entries
6. machine woman – when lobster comes home – technicolour
7. paranerd – silktrops – touched music CC
8. anome – arrival – low noise productions CC
9. achim maerz – experiments (appendix A/B) – don’t be afraid
10. revlux – revlux ep – cosmic tones CC
ckut beatbox – september 19, 2017
1. grieves – running wild – rhyme sayers
2. fredy v – it takes a village – self-released CC *
3. shabazz palaces – quazarz: born on a gangster star // quazarz vs the jealous machines – sub pop
4. zgto – a piece of the geto – ghostly international
5. wiki – no mountains in manhattan – xl recordings
6. ice tha one – in the paint – self-released CC
7. the shadow hunters – luchando con tinta – self-released CC *
8. toussaint morrison – lesser restoration – urban home companion
9. mr. brady – speechless – urbnet CC
10. career crooks – good luck with that – urbnet
CC indicates Canadian content
* indicates local content
