Five Songs You Gotta Hear Today for June 8 2010

2 years ago by Alan Cross | June 8, 2010 12:11 am

“Some Days” by Hello Beautiful

Hello Beautiful is a five-piece band from Whitby, Ontario, who are very much into the same headspace as Ben Folds, Jack’s Mannequin and maybe elements of Crash Kings. The piano figures big in a lot of tracks. The songs starts with sunny melodies—and then the rap comes in. Imagine if Elton John were playing and suddenly Snoop Dogg does a guest MC.

The way they do it is pretty skilful because it works pretty well. Then there are the songs that are guitar-driven and punky. It’s all very tight and well-performed. Of course, it did help that they went into the studio with guys who worked with bands like Billy Talent, Muse and Cancer Bats. The album is called I Wanna Die Like This—and the song you should hear is called “Some Days”—and it will go through your head for the rest of the day. 

“Shifting Through The Lens” by Front Line Assembly

Front Line Assembly is the Vancouver post-industrial band that has been around since at least 1986. Founder Bill Leeb is still with the band. He created the project after he left Skinny Puppy. He’s been the only constant. By our count, we’re at album number sixteen. It’s called Improvised Electronic Device—I.E.D., for short (surprisingly no one had come up with that name already). It’s due on the 25th and the advance single is “Shifting Through The Lens”.

“Don’t Be Stupid (It’s A Big World)” by My Sister Ocean

My Sister Ocean is the Edmonton band who is releasing a song on the first Tuesday of every month for a year. By November, they’ll have enough for a proper album called The Month of Tuesday. All of them are posted sequentially on their MySpace page. May’s song is called “Don’t Be Stupid (It’s A Big World)”.

“Are You There” by Fear Zero

Fear Zero is from Vancouver. Four guys with a record called Whole Damn Nation. They cover a lot of ground: harder rock, some pop song—even reggae. They’re pretty ecumenical. You can sample just about everything they’ve ever done at their MySpace page, but they’d really like you hear a song called “Are You There”.

“Nazi Punks F*** Off” by Napalm Death

Finally, Napalm Death, the godfathers of grindcore. When they were formed in Birmingham, England in 1982, they thought metal was too wimpy so they turned up the sonic assault to “kill”. Here’s a video of them covering the Dead Kennedys classic, “Nazi Punks F*** Off”. Very fierce. Done in less than 2 minutes. Make sure all the pets are out of the room first.


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  • Brendan
    June 8, 2010 at 10:27 am

    H.B. #1 on ExploreMusic’s “Five Songs You Gotta Hear for June 8, 2010″!!
    Hello folks!!!

    Hello Beautiful is Number One on ExploreMusic’s “Five Songs You Gotta Hear for June 8, 2010″!!

    Click the following link: http://www.exploremusic.com

    The ExploreMusic Radio Show can be heard at these times on these stations:

    In Toronto:
    Tuesday, June 8th @ 11pm (ET) on 102.1 The Edge

    In Hamilton:
    Tuesday, June 8th @ Midnight (ET) on Y108

    In London:
    Tuesday, June 8th @ 6:30pm (ET) on FM96

    In Peterborough:
    Tuesday, June 8th @ Midnight (ET) on Wolf 101.5

    In Winnipeg:
    Tuesday, June 8th @ 6:30pm (CT) on Power 97

    In Vancouver:
    Tuesday, June 8th @ 10:30pm (PT) on 99.3 The Fox

    In Calgary:
    Tuesday, June 8th @ 10pm (MT) on X92.9 New Rock Alt.

    In Ottawa:
    Tuesday, June 8th @ 9pm (ET) on LiVE 88.5 The New Alt.

    In Edmonton:
    Tuesday, June 8th @ 10:30pm (MT) on Sonic 1029.com Edmonton’s Modern Rock

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  • Oliver
    June 8, 2010 at 10:29 am

    Hi Oliver

    The boys hit the radio to day accross Canada

    Dermot

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  • deanna
    June 8, 2010 at 11:48 am

    Hello Beautiful – somedays
    love this song. atta boys keep em comming!

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  • rob
    June 8, 2010 at 5:56 pm

    Love the song, love the band

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