Episodes

This page is your starting point if you want to listen to previously aired episodes of Unsigned BC. Scroll down for our most recent episodes accompanied by writeups and track lists which hyperlink to artist Instagram pages.

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Episode 119: BC’s Official Local Radio Show

Celebrating three years of broadcasting local music by expanding to another station, CITR, and taking the title of “BC’s Local Radio Show.” Originally broadcast 23-Sept-2023 on CITR.

Through the past three months Unsigned BC has been facing technical and personnel challenges. I am ashamed to say that for a period of time, the website was not updated. However, we have made it through that period largely unscathed and have actually managed to earn a new title along the way: BC’s Official Local Radio Show. Unsigned BC Music Society volunteers were able to weather a period of instability while continuing to push the organization further towards a state of sustained growth. Through this period we signed a contract with CITr to expand our program by adding a second broadcast period from 6:00pm to 8:00pm on 100.5fm. This makes our total broadcast time from 4:00pm to 8:00pm split between Vancouver’s two most recognizable community/college radio stations. This change will take effect October 6th to mark our 3 year anniversary as a local radio show.

With a quickly growing membership base, a four hour primetime broadcast slot on the two most relevant radio stations, and exponentially more reach than we have had in the past, BC’s Official Local Radio Show is a well deserved title. In fact, we are the only radio show to play exclusively BC music through all genres that is open to submission from any resident of BC, aside from CBC’s recently created imitation of our program.

As the provinces official radio program, we are excited to bring you some very impressive music today.

We kick off the episode with Summer Eyes and their catchy indie rock single “Bending Towards the Sun.” The young Abbotsford band is one of 18 artists or bands to get their first play on Unsigned BC this week. Three years in and we are still constantly premiering new artists on our program. Due to the rate of submissions, we are excite to expand to CITr so that we can re-visit some older songs that the hosts enjoyed.

This week also has three excellent debuts from EDM artists/DJs WLOW, 8:am, and Fram3s. Thanks to Kumo Events we have been experiencing a surge of additional EDM artists. The contrast between these tracks and the folk track which follows them is a great representation of the musical diversity we have achieved at Unsigned BC. We also strive to give a spotlight to traditionally underrepresented groups in order to present the most diverse show possible. Stay tuned to hear details about part 6 of our LGBTQ2S+ series.

Beats for this episode are provided by Fijicat. Originally to be broadcast on September 23, 2023 at 4:00pm PST on Vancouver’s Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM and streaming on unsignedbc.com / coopradio.org.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Bending Towards the Sun - Summer Eyes

  2. Trepidation! - Breathe of My Leaves

  3. Money - Colm Donnelly

  4. All My Life - Morse Code Literature

  5. Eye for an Eye - Asterous

  6. Salir a la Luz - Fede Vilchez

  7. Watergun - Tobacco Brown

  8. Insomnia - Nightblossom

  9. Ocean in Between - Rosemary Ginger

  10. Rhymes, With, Field - The Clarkside

  11. ShadowRunner - Mondoshewan

  12. Thrill - Silent St. J

  13. Sparky Deathcap’s September Remix - WLOW

  14. Daisy - Marlo Green

  15. Airplanes - Marmoris

  16. Can’t Find Her - Haley K Turner

  17. Stay Strong - Tim Steinruck

  18. Cell Song - Maitarra

  19. Mesmerized - Fram3s

  20. Youdontkno - 8:am

  21. Magpie Heart - Littlefox

  22. Same Boat - Doe Eyes

  23. Up in Smoke - The Sweet Hours

  24. Vanishing Act - The Evan Williams Project

  25. Weight of the World - Tyrel Peters

  26. Red Sky - The Velvet Grip

  27. Problems - MyBestFriendZach

Episode 118: Ghosts and More

Unfortunately technical issues persisted for the past two weeks, resulting in this episode going to air two weeks after it’s initial intended air date on September 16,2023.

This episode features a number of recent submissions, as well as a handful of “song of the week” selections. We also explore some tracks with the word “ghost” in the title.

We thank you for your patience as we get back to normal and back on schedule at Unsigned BC.

Beats for this episode are provided by Mikhalt. Originally to be broadcast on Saturday September 16 2023 at 4:00pm PST on Vancouver’s Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM and streaming on unsignedbc.com / coopradio.org.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Don’t Fear Me Leaving - aps 

  2. Can’t Be Without You - Nice With It (ft Jessica Le)

  3. Last Goodbye - LooPs

  4. Everything With You - Tyler Johnson

  5. Lost on You - Ada Ferguson

  6. Me and You - Allnight

  7. Unattended - Blue Rivera

  8. Empty City - Boytiara

  9. Fire in Them Hills - Bran Sanders

  10. Garden of Eden - Cœurtis ft Anjana Rajendran

  11. Florida Man - Dawson Forsey

  12. Pour Me A Little More - CrushXO

  13. Altitud - Gargantua ft Freedow

  14. Floatin Stone - Vogue Villains

  15. Live or Die - Grinch Simpson

  16. Ghost in the Attic - Gareth Mac

  17. The Ghost - The Origin

  18. Ghost of You - Charlie PS

  19. Ghost - Louwry

  20. Ghost in the Machine - The Fomites

  21. Ghosts - Sugarfungus

  22. Ghost - Shalisa

  23. Ghost - Cory Calbassa (prof by Yo Emmet)

  24. Speak Up (Not Afraid to Yell) Bentroad Tavern

  25. Just a Game - The Pedals

  26. Time has a Face - Stephan Thordarson

  27. Not for Me - House of the Future (ft Nice)

  28. All My Bread - Whollum

  29. Better Daze - Western Jaguar

  30. Younger - Theatric

Episode 117: Tea

We thank you for your patience as we return to regular scheduling at Unsigned BC and upload the tracklist for this episode.

Beats for this episode are provided by Fijicat. Originally to be broadcast on September 2nd 2023 at 4:00pm PST on Vancouver’s Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM and streaming on unsignedbc.com / coopradio.org.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. TBD

Episode 116: The History of Unsigned BC

Unsigned BC has been on a partial work stoppage due to the President of the organization facing some unforeseen and significant changes to life circumstances. Fortunately we are all back on board and the Unsigned BC Music Society is operating at full steam again, ready to share with you the best music that this province has to offer. We will be making updates to the episodes page to add in recent episode as well as reformatting the song uploads. We used to upload our files to mixcloud and embed them on this page, but mixcloud instituted a limit on free uploads so we have been uploading files directly to this page in the past. A result of this has been a slow Episodes page which sometimes can crash, so we are currently fixing the problem by trying a new streaming service to replace mixcloud. Now on to the episode.

We have already received feedback that this is the best episode of Unsigned BC to be released yet. One thing that I am proud of when it comes to this show is how we are constantly improving in quality.

Episode 116 was essentially an overview of the history of Unsigned BC. From its origins as a briefly run hip hop podcast to its growth into the most popular local radio show in the province. We discuss shows, events, successes, and controversies. We mention our various media appearances, such as CBC Radio and AMI Televsion. We also play back some live performances from the various studies that we have operated out of.

Ultimately, what makes this episode so good is the music. It is not a “best of” episode. These are simply some examples of the kinds of music we play. A random sample of tracks and performances that are representative of our program as a whole.

There are some new songs that we snuck in to the episode in the middle portion, as well as some amazing performances. The Smokestacks are a group from Victoria that made their way to the Vancouver studio and put on an amazing performance. That performance is followed by Twin Willow and Shawdowfax, who provide some beautiful melodies to round out the vibrant and energetic blues/jazz/soul that The Smokestacks brought with them from Victoria. For our next episode we will take a look at some pop/edm/hip hop acts, but Episode 116 rounds out with more of a live band vibe. It is more than enough reason to stick around until the end of the episode. But if it isn’t, there is at least one more reasons not to skip any of this episode: the Song of the Summer results.

At the end of this program you can hear who 12 panelists and 5 judges decided were the best overall songs out of 200~ submissions to the BC Song of the Summer Competition. The contest was full of impressive songs this year, so making the top 32 was a feat in itself. Many songs that I thoroughly enjoyed did not make the first cut off. It was very competitive.

Beats for this episode are provided by Fijicat. Originally to be broadcast on TBD at 4:00pm PST on Vancouver’s Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM and streaming on unsignedbc.com / coopradio.org.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Live Freestyle at Unsigned BC Studio 1 - Brainiac

  2. Better Now - Dirty Purp x Jack De Ville

  3. Lulu (Live at Unsigned BC Studio 1) - Glitter Kid

  4. If I Was You - Kiva MH

  5. Sad Says - Kerb Tha Kid

  6. Live at the Unsigned BC Showcase - Oz

  7. Live at the Unsigned BC Showcase - YBC Zyn

  8. Live at the Unsigned BC Showcase - Aka

  9. The Yellow Wallpaper (Excerpt) - She Doesn’t Even Go Here ft Pamela Martinez and Jack Campbell

  10. This One’s For You - Pats

  11. Wistful Escape - Sainte

  12. Tofino - Hunter Pearen

  13. Rhymes, With, Field - The Clarkeside

  14. Pathetic - Kupeo

  15. Shadowrunner - Mondoshewan

  16. Be Somebody - April Reed

  17. Live at Co-op - The Smokestacks

  18. Live at Co-op - Shawdowfax

  19. Live at Co-op - Twin Willow

  20. Mixed Signails - Piu

    Song of the Summer Winners (details)

  21. Presidents Choice: Speed of Light - N.I.M

  22. 4th: Golden Days - Anna Katarina

  23. 3rd: Julia - Vox Rea

  24. 2nd: Best Days - Con the Artist

  25. Winner: Summertime High - Alex Fraser

S4 Episode 112: Very Good Nice Stuff

Another Saturday, another lineup of exciting local artist performing in-studio! Unfortunately we had three artists pull out of this episode, but we had an excellent evening in the studio with Good Goin, Jia and Future Heights along with the talented producer and DJ Fijicat.

Beats for this episode are provided by Fijicat. Originally to be broadcast on TBD at 4:00pm PST on Vancouver’s Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM and streaming on unsignedbc.com / coopradio.org.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. (In-Studio Performance) - Good Goin

  2. Liar - MZTF

  3. Hundreds or Fives - Matthew Presidente

  4. (In-Studio Performance) - Jia

  5. I KNOW! - Bennz

  6. (In-Studio Performance) - Future Heights

  7. Crossroads Calling - Joe and the Sun

  8. Guilty - Estelle Honeywell

  9. Youdontkno - 8am

  10. The best day - Julien Lavoie

  11. Wanted Men - Aksel Boss, Jvck Wilde

  12. Okanagan Springs - Aksel Boss, Jvck Wilde

S4 Episode 111: Eleventy-One

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AUDIO INCOMING

Two weeks into April and the Society is looking good! Everything is running smoothly as we onboard the new volunteers. And the live episodes keep coming - all of them with live in-studio performances.

This week we have a very special returning guest from our first ever live broadcast. Baylie will be joining us to play some sax and tell us a bit about life as a music student.

Beats for this episode are provided by Marc-e. Originally to be broadcast on TBD at 4:00pm PST on Vancouver’s Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM and streaming on unsignedbc.com / coopradio.org.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. (In-Studio Performance) - Baylie

  2. PITYKICK - Dastard

  3. In-Studio Performance) -David July

  4. Vanishing Act - The Evan Williams Project

  5. Maybe - Doja

  6. (In-Studio Performance) - The Gravelaires

  7. How to Beat the Devil - Andrew Gloom

  8. (In-Studio Performance) - Steezeh

  9. Brainlift - Earth Freaks

  10. Shades of your Light - Pranatricks

  11. (In-Studio Performance) - Marc-e

S4 Episode 110: Everything is Good

Another Saturday, another lineup of exciting local artist performing in-studio! Unfortunately we had three artists pull out of this episode, but we had an excellent evening in the studio with Shadowfax and xty along with the talented producer and DJ Fijicat.

Beats for this episode are provided by Fijicat. Originally to be broadcast on TBD at 4:00pm PST on Vancouver’s Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM and streaming on unsignedbc.com / coopradio.org.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Late Night - Tae

  2. (In-Studio Performance) - Shadowfax

  3. I Can’t Wait - Francis Arevalo

  4. Dirty Tricks - Dour

  5. Before a Benz - L.B.

  6. (In-Studio Performance) - xty

  7. Kenchi - 2yung & Juvek

  8. Give Me Up - Leigh Kathryn

  9. It’s the Life - Fleece

  10. Blue Collar Blues - Good as Gone

  11. Don’t Deserve Me- Jonelle

  12. (In-Studio Performance) - Fijicat

S4 Episode 109: The One with the Dogs

This episode was a blast! We had two dogs in the studio and around a dozen musicians, including a handful of members. If you missed it, Unsigned BC has incorporated as a not-for-profit and we are growing incredibly fast.

For the on-air component of Unsigned BC we are continuing with the open-mic concept. We kicked this episode off with a band who travelled all the way from Victoria to share their bluesy soulful sound with the greater Vancouver listening area. The Smokestacks set the record for the most musicians in the studio at one time, and they brought the heat with them from the Island.

We were able to fit in 5 live performances plus one quick set from Mr. Wubbles, who provided in-studio beats throughout the program.

If you like what you heard on this episode, consider checking out our past episodes below. We are also welcoming new members if you would like to be more involved. Member fees help cover the fundraising requirements set by the Community Radio Education Society that so that we can keep our spot on the radio.

Beats for this episode are provided live, in-studio by Mr. Wubbles. Originally to be broadcast on March 25th at 4:00pm PST on Vancouver’s Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM and streaming on unsignedbc.com / coopradio.org.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. (In-Studio Performance) - The Smokestacks

  2. Vomit Vomit - Missy Faye

  3. (In-Studio Performance) - Twin Willow

  4. Let My Baby Go - Jia

  5. (In-Studio Performance) -Dawn Boudreau

  6. Burning - Other People

  7. (In-Studio Performance) - Bryn Griffiths

  8. Moonlight - Lane Curtis

  9. Paranoid - Pats

  10. Look at the Stars - Tasha Hillman

  11. Sound to Sound - Teenage Art Scene

  12. (In-Studio Performance) - Amor Cupid

  13. (In-Studio Performance) - Mr. Wubbles

S4 Episode 108: The Society

We are firmly in the unofficial “open mic” era of Unsigned BC. If you missed it, I created a sheet for local musicians to sign up to perform on-air for Unsigned BC at the Co-op Radio Station. The first five artists that sign up to perform are the five that end up physically coming down to the station to give a performance over the air-waves.

This week we have an eclectic mix. We started things off with a couple of smooth, easy listening singer-songwriter type acts and transitioned into hip hop and R&B, while Marc-e rounded out the episode with some fun EDM. In addition to the in-studio performances we were able to play a dozen local song submissions. All together a good day for BC music.

Beats for this episode are provided by Marc-e live in-studio. Originally to be broadcast on March 18th at 4:00pm PST on Vancouver’s Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM and streaming on unsignedbc.com / coopradio.org.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. (in-studio performance) - Chase Spencer

  2. I Don’t Wanna Change - Julia Sound

  3. (in-studio performance) - Ada Ferguson

  4. Iyi Degilim - Defne

  5. (in-studio performance) - NomYar

  6. Hypocrite - r3n ft Whyte

  7. (in-studio performance) - Viiberson

  8. Mixed Emotions - Gully ft Jreamer

  9. (in-studio performance) - Marc-e

  10. Beautiful Thing - Peach and Quiet

  11. Alley Cat - Doxie

  12. Everlasting - Sainte

  13. Lockdown - Soft Bang

  14. Off My Mind- Slwdexth

  15. Vancouver Aquarium - Days of Lavender

S4 Episode 4 (107): Happy Birthday Clarissa

We are now three episodes - or six hours - into the unofficial “open mic” series. If you missed it, I created a sheet for local musicians to sign up to perform on-air for Unsigned BC at the Co-op Radio Station. The first five artists that sign up to perform are the five that end up physically coming down to the station to give a performance over the air-waves.

In a departure from last weeks episode that focused on hip hop, this week has a lot of guitars. That also goes for the song submissions. While Ness Nost is a friend of the show and has been played on the show possibly as much as any other artist (which is not much as we are constantly playing new artists) many of the remaining artists are making their Unsigned BC debut.

Last week it was Estefania’s birthday (the girl that I am currently dating.) Today it is her friend - and my friend - Clarissa’s birthday. Happy birthday to both of you from Unsigned BC.

In other exciting news, we announced the Song of the Summer competition this week and we already got our first sponsor, Akashic Records Inc. Big thank you to them for supporting local music.

Beats for this episode are provided by fijicat. Originally to be broadcast on March 4th at 4:00pm PST on Vancouver’s Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM and streaming on unsignedbc.com / coopradio.org.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Rash - Growing Up Dead (Not Recorded)

  2. (in-studio performance) - Froggyworm

  3. All for Nothing - Chin Injeti

  4. (in-studio performance) - Ness Nost

  5. My Friends - Autonomous Apes

  6. (in-studio performance) - Mark Branscombe

  7. Rolling Hills - Calico

  8. Preludio - André Luiz Machado

  9. (in-studio performance) - Jimmy Valentine

  10. Josh Journey’s Theme - André Luiz Machado

  11. Believe - Susta

  12. Lilly & Beetle - André Luiz Machado

  13. I am a Fountain, You are My Water - André Luiz Machado, Laudate Singers

  14. (in-studio performance) - Fijicat

S4 Episode 4 (105): The Best Episode Yet?

I am very proud of the work that has been put into this show. I work to make every episode the best episode of the entire series.

Beats for this episode are provided by Tapatio. Originally to be broadcast on February 18th at 4:00pm PST on Vancouver’s Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM and streaming on unsignedbc.com / coopradio.org.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. (In-studio performance) - Luca Mattia

  2. Quiero Quedarme - Alex Cuba

  3. (In-studio performance) - Willem Roelants

  4. Homestretch - Good Luck Madeleine

  5. (In-studio performance) - Adam Ambrose

  6. Salem - Easy Sin

  7. (In-studio performance) - rellmakesmusic

  8. Chasing Dreams - Koppo ft Kashago and Rylis

  9. (In-studio performance) - T3

  10. The Priestess - The Hausplants

  11. Famous People Charlie- Nick Stone

  12. Colour Tones - Earth Freaks

  13. Any More - Jadhé

  14. (In-studio performance ft. unreleased Atomik Bros) - Tapatio

S4 Episode 3 (104): Multilingual Part One

Did you know that more than 17% of British Columbians speak a language other than English or French at home? Or did you ever wonder why there seems to be a Chinese restaurant in every small town in across this province? British Columbia has a history of immigration that has resulted in an incredibly culturally diverse and multilingual region. In Episode 19 we provide some historic context for how particular populations - ie Punjabi, Chinese, Latin American - became established in the Lower Mainland. In addition to briefly discussing some of the challenges faced by the peoples bringing these languages to the province, we will enjoy music from British Columbians in a number of languages other than English.

This Saturday we are revisiting one of our first concept episodes, the “The Languages Episode”, which aired nearly two years ago on January 21st, 2021. While our original episode featured a handful of tracks from bilingual artists that were sung in English, this new two-part iteration is made up entirely of songs that heavily feature at least one language that is not English.

Similar to the original concept episode, before each track I will provide a brief discussion on the history of the language being featured on that track as it pertains to British Columbia.

This two-part episode features the following languages:

French, Punjabi, Nsyilxcən, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Albanian, Spanish, Irish Gaelic, Turkish, Tamang (Nepali), Farsi

For Part 1 of this episode we kick things off with a number of tracks from Spanish speaking artists. While there is not a ton of history written regarding Latin American peoples in BC, there has been a notable increase in the local population of people who identify as Latin American. In fact, that number went up nearly 50 percent in BC from 2016 to 2021, from 44,115 to 65,970. When this was written I even happened to be dating one of the people contributing to that statistic.

In addition to the handful of tracks en espanol, friend of the show Gold Kid will be at the station with me for a live in-studio performance of some of his latest Spanish language tracks.

After checking out what BC has to offer for Spanish language music, we play a track in the most commonly spoken language in BC after English: Punjabi. Karan and Sharn submitted an incredibly catchy track in Punjabi titled “Surrey Aale.” According to a 2011 survey, over 20% of Surrey residents speak Punjabi at home as their first language.

We also play an excellent rock song and a couple of hauntingly beautiful French tracks from two female singer-songwriters, Nanaimo’s Elise Boulanger and Vancouver’s talented Maude. The tracks are accompanied by some fun facts about the history of the French language in BC.

Other languages we will touch on for Part 1 include Irish Gaelic, Turkish, and Tamang (Nepal).

For Part 2:

Alongside Punjabi, together, Mandarin and Cantonese are the most common langu

ages aside from English spoken in the Lower Mainland. Richmond singer and friend of the show Azk recorded her well received song “Stay Awake” in both English and Mandarin. This incredibly well-received track is bookended by a discussion on the history of Chinese immigration to British Columbia.

Finally, a submission from J-pop group Non Sweet provides the opportunity to discuss the treatment of BC’s ethnically Japanese population, with particular attention paid to internment and race riots.

While the remaining languages do not have as significant of a historical tie to British Columbia, there will be no shortage of fun and relevant facts concerning BC’s demographics.

Beats for this episode are provided by DJDudeWheresMyDJ. Originally to be broadcast on February 11th at 4:00pm PST on Vancouver’s Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM and streaming on unsignedbc.com / coopradio.org.

TRACK LISTING:

Part 1 (February 11th)

  1. Lejos de Casa - Victoria Yoi

  2. Humanidad - Gisun ft Amanda Martinez

  3. Vamos a Chillear - Quatro ft Zeck

  4. Oscuridad - Dani B

  5. LIVE In-Studio Set - Gold Kid

  6. IDFC - Corvid

  7. Solardem - Alizè Tamturk

  8. Patagonia Agony - Pah’sung ft Hoodie Brown

  9. Surrey Aale - Karan and Sharn (prod. by 40k)

  10. Cigarettes et rosé - Elise Boulanger

  11. Dommage - Maude

  12. Vol de Nuit - Brunny Sacks

Part 2 (TBA)

  1. Sneqsilx - Francis Baptiste

  2. Stay Awake - Azk

  3. Yukata - Non Sweet

  4. Pina Colada - Hoonzie ft Oceanfromtheblue

  5. Ego2ego - Sahati

  6. Blood Sap - Gadfly

S4 Episode 2 (103): The Worst Week of My Life (with Pop Music)

For the second episode of the fourth season we stuck to the pop music theme and kept the live performances coming. Both Luvinya and Goats and Lasers put together impressive sets to round out the two hour program. In keeping with the live theme, DJDudeWheresMyDJ put together all of the backing tracks live on-air with his EDM mystery box (pictured above).

The submissions for the second half of the pop series contained some very strong stuff; the majority of the tracks played on this episode could slide easily into a top 40 commercial radio station without anyone questioning whether or not it should be there.

As is becoming a tradition, I snuck in one extra song that wasn’t advertised on the track list for this episode. For today it was Back Pocket by May Davis, a singer-songwriter from Revelstoke who draws on blues, Americana and old-time country western music to create her uniquely Kootenay sound.

Unfortunately I forgot to hit record at the studio so we have to wait a couple days to upload the archived version of this episode.

Beats for this episode provided by Vancouver producer and DJ Woel Jebster, along with live in-studio beats from DJDudeWheresMyDJ. Originally to be broadcast on December 17th from 4:00-6:00pm PST on Vancouver’s Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM and streaming on unsignedbc.com / coopradio.org.

TRACK LISTING:

Part 2

  1. You’ll Know - Dani Comacho

  2. Jealous - Brie Mine

  3. Dreamer - Flux ft. itsjonny

  4. No More Hiding - Meredith Louise

  5. Runnin - Susie Ruth

  6. All Figured Out - Timothy O

  7. Before We Graduate - Christina Kennedy

  8. Sirens - Sainte

  9. Drifting - Sam Galloway

  10. Back Pocket - May Davis

  11. City Limits - Astra Not

  12. Disaffected Scrolling Through - Incendiary Sweet

  13. A Song for Ya - Royal Oak

S4 Episode 1: The Worst Week of My Life (with Pop Music)

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Season 4 Episode 1 was an emotional episode, as I was just let go from the job that I moved to Vancouver for less than three months ago due to lower-than-anticipated revenue. Also, a fire alarm went off during the broadcast - wild ride.

I don’t know what is going to happen now. But it is a really good episode. My mom really enjoyed it. There are some absolutely beautiful tracks. My mum’s favorite was Radio by Adam Ambrose.

This was the first episode in which I played pre-submitted songs live on the air from the radio station - pretty much like real radio! It was a blast. The pop music theme really brought out some of the provinces most talented songwriters.

In addition to some excellent pop submissions, we were treated to two live in-studio performances. Tapatio is a talented producer/DJ with his own studio in Gastown. In his second appearance live on Unsigned BC he dropped a 20 minute banger of a session for the listeners and a small private audience.

After Tapatio wrapped up his set, live electronic music producer DJDudeWheresMyDJ blessed the Co-op Radio Control Room with 20 minutes of heavily philosophical EDM, with titles such as “Cockrings and Ketamine” making appearances.

Beats for this episode provided by Vancouver producer and DJ Woel Jebster, who is making his Unsigned BC debut. Originally to be broadcast on January 28th from 4:00-6:00pm PST on Vancouver’s Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM and streaming on unsignedbc.com / coopradio.org.

TRACK LISTING:

Part 1

  1. You n Me n Trouble - Bai

  2. Dangers Arms - Stephen LaCasse

  3. Blame - Devon Delgarno

  4. Radical Dame - Luvinya

  5. Closer - Zoey Leven

  6. 4:17am - Nargiz Hashemi

  7. Radio - Adam Ambrose

  8. Black - Connor Nelson

  9. Reborn! - Camellia Grove

  10. Blue Monday - Oliver Hale

  11. Pessimist - Bad Weather

  12. Mind Gobblin - MJintheBooth

  13. Pass the Willows - Daniel Lew

  14. Let Me Go - Sarah Eske

*Tracks may be listed in an incorrect order at this time.

S3 Episode 20: Live at Last

I am finally here in Vancouver and broadcasting live from the radio station!

This episode represents a transition in my life and the show. It marks the end of Season 3 and the beginning of something exciting.

After making major changes in my personal life I moved to Vancouver. Specifically, I moved right next door to the Co-op Radio Studio. As a result I will no longer be pre-recording episodes; live broadcasts are much more fun and much less time consuming.

To celebrate the start of a new era, I brought in a talented bunch of musicians to perform live in-studio in the DTES. With beats provided by DJDudeWheresMyDJ, I successfully ran a live show by myself for the first time in my life!

While I plan on announcing a new format in the near future, there are a few aspects of this show that I hope to keep around for the long term. Specifically, I am hoping to end every show with a live performance. I really enjoy having people down to the studio as it gives artists a chance to meet each other and it gives me a chance to get to know them as well.

For this episode we started things off with the talented duo of Grinch Simpson and Marie Catafesta. We were treated to a handful of songs with acoustic guitar accompanied by electric and some beautiful vocals.

Second up was the talented singer-songwriter and journalist Francis Baptiste, who played some soulful and touching folk-influenced original tracks between telling us about his seven year old.

After Francis, we welcomed Madelyn Read onto the program. She played a handful of hauntingly beautiful folk-country-noir tracks and touched on her latest release, Fair Weather Rider.

We followed Madelyn up with a performance from the similarly named Maddisun. The country/folk artist with a soulful voice made the trip out from Cranbrook for this performance. She actually crashed with me and took the bed while I took the couch. Doing it all for BC musicians…

Finally, talented up-and-coming EDM artist Shman blew the roof off the studio after some brief technical difficulties. Overall it was an excellent time at the studio.

I have uploaded the file without edits to preserve a piece of BC music history.

S3 Episode 19: NYE

A show to put on before you go out and celebrate the end of an awful year.

 

For the first time in show history, we are broadcasting on New Years Eve! And we have a great mix of music for you to play as you celebrate the evening.

This episode is composed entirely of music suited perfectly for getting ready on New Years Eve in Vancouver. Tracks picked were hand selected by Brandon for this occasion. In addition, this episode will partially serve as an electronic-influenced tracks part 3 episode.

Beats for this episode provided by various EDM artists as listed. Originally to be broadcast on December 31st from 4:00-6:00pm PST on Vancouver’s Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5FM and streaming on unsignedbc.com / coopradio.org.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Strezzed - Shman

  2. Dreams - Kasia

  3. Tides - Marc-E

  4. Rave Generator - D!scord

  5. Cockrings and Ketamine - Underduck

  6. Is She Really Into Girls - Underduck

  7. Gesture - DJ Overland

  8. Paloma Purelink - DJ Overland

  9. GOLP - DJ Overland

  10. Solaris - Woel Jebster

  11. Rainbow Road - Woel Jebster

  12. Holding on (ft. Megan Emmanuel) - Woel Jebster

  13. Pretty Eyes - Vicca Street

  14. HARD2PRETEND - Ancrnotokay

  15. Ground - Corefish

  16. Upgrade - Young Negrense

  17. Drive Me Crazy - Leigham

  18. 350 (ft. Manikz) - TokyoGelic

  19. Turks an Caicos - RoccoCartel

  20. Vines of Light -GRDN Collective

  21. Gameboy Green - GRDN Collective

  22. Lost in the Woods - GRDN Collective

  23. Nervous Ape pt.1 - GRDN Collective

  24. Nervous Ape pt2 - GRDN Collective

  25. Jabon - GRDN Collective