CFRE Radio

The Balconies Interview/Session

dave — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:00:45 +0000

Ottawa natives, now Toronto-based The Balconies stopped by CFRE to chat with Corey Belford, and have a little in-studio session before their gig at UTM’s Blind Duck Pub.
To listen to the interview, click here. Maybe they’ll explain how the Senators are ahead of the Leafs right now. Ugh.

You can also download the song Black Cat, which there Balconies recorded right here in-studio right here. You’ll want to hear what they can do with just one tiny, undersized guitar.

Leonard Cohen Contest Winner: Luke Sawczak

dave — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:19:33 +0000

Congratulations to Luke Sawczak, our winner of the Leonard Cohen ‘Old Ideas’ Poetry Contest. He entered a poem called “At 2 P.M.” and won Old Ideas on Vinyl, CD, and a copy of an original drawing by Leonard himself, of which only 5000 exist. Runners up are Peter Swinburne and Christine Law, who both won a copy of Old Ideas on CD.

Here’s 2 A.M. by Luke Sawczak:

“At 2 p.m.”

The sun, for an evening contained in a second, was hid
The sun doesn’t know that I wished it would go, but I did
There’s somewhere I go in the wheel of the world when we kiss
There’s somewhere I know I can just circumnavigate this

The truth is I love you, just like I love everyone else
You’re a way to make sure I am never alone with myself
The truth is there’s nowhere, not even the dark, we can hide
My brain or my heart said to hold you, and so I complied

You weren’t complacent
the love that lay latent
prevented contentment
it couldn’t be patient
and it’s not convenient
but nothing’s been seen yet
I’m only dreaming

I think I’ll continue to kiss you at every full moon
After all, I’m convinced they’ll be holding my funeral soon
I can choose not to mind if it doesn’t work out in the end
If I can’t be your lover, I’ll probably still be your friend.

leonard cohen poetry contest/giveaway

dave — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:50:45 +0000

Legendary Canadian folk singer Leonard Cohen is releasing an album of new material January 31st entitled Old Ideas. In honor of this gifted lyricist, CFRE is having a poetry competition.

The first prize (as determined by staff) will win a vinyl copy of Old Ideas, the album on CD, and a lithograph of an original drawing made by Cohen. Two runners-up will each receive a copy of the album on CD. Winners will be announced Friday February 3rd. Be creative!
To enter, email your poem to staff@cfreradio.com with the subject “Leonard Cohen Poetry Contest”, and we will respond once we’ve received your submission!

Check out Cohen’s original drawing (that you could win) below! Good luck!

Dinosaur Bones giveaway!

dave — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:11:04 +0000

No, we’re not giving away actual dinosaur bones, we’ve got tickets to see the very fantastic band of the same name at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto. If you want to go see Dinosaur Bones, Young Rival and Prussia next Thursday (February 2nd) , keep yourself glued to our Twitter or Facebook page.
When we ask what your favourite dinosaur is, the first person to reply (on either page) will win two spots on the guestlist to the show. And just to make things slightly challenging, we will only accept the names of actual dinosaurs – so no, Raptor Jesus does not count.
Good luck!

tom green chats with cfre

dave — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:26:53 +0000

Acclaimed Canadian funny man Tom Green will be chatting with CFRE’s own resident funny man Ryan Weir January 12th at 7:00 AM. For all of you up finishing homework or going to early classes, make sure you tune in for this must-hear interview.
And for those of you who can’t tune in, stay tuned for the podcast, or check out Tom Green Friday January 13th and Saturday January 14th at Yuk Yuks Toronto. More information can be found here.

TOP ALBUMS OF 2011

jess — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:13:25 +0000

Top albums of 2011, as voted by CFRE DJs and staff.

1. Bon Iver- Bon Iver

2. St. Vincent- Strange Mercy

3. The Weeknd- House of Balloons

4. Atlas Sound- Parallax

5. Drake- Take Care

6. M83- Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming

7. Real Estate- Days

8. Destroyer- Kaputt

9. Fleet Foxes- Helplessness Blues

10. Wilco- The Whole Love

11. WU LYF- Go Tell Fire to the Mountain

12. The Drums- Portamento

13. Los Campesinos!- Hello Sadness

14. Future Islands- On the Water

15. Girls- Father, Son, Holy Ghost

16. Black Lips- Arabia Mountain

17. Kate Bush- 50 Words for Snow

18. Lykki Li- Wounded Rhymes

19. Youth Lagoon- The Year of Hibernation

2o, PJ Harvey- Let England Shake

douglas lavin interview

dave — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:32:13 +0000

Tune in today (November 21st) at 6PM (ET) to hear an interview with Douglas Lavin, the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities, Department of Philosophy at Harvard University. He recently spoke at U of T’s Centre for Ethics ‘Ethics at Noon Seminar Series’ where ‘Begging The Question’ hosts Ben and Spencer caught up with him.

Listen in to hear him discuss (among other things) the state of Philosophy in the 21st century. This could very well be the most fascinating interview you’ll hear all year on CFRE, so don’t miss out!

huddle interview

dave — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:03:14 +0000

Things keep coming up Corey Belford I guess; today, November 9th, he’ll be interviewing the band Huddle at 10:30 AM. This band’s been getting tons of hype, so tune in and see what all the fuss is about. Also, don’t forget to check out Corey’s recent interview with GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus (Dave Brockie).

the darcys phoner

dave — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:05:47 +0000

Today we’ve got an interview with Toronto’s The Darcys. The interview will be hosted (as usual) by Corey Belford. Tune in at 12 PM to hear it!

Arkells Interview

dave — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:28:13 +0000

CFRE DJ Corey Belford interviewed Mike from Hamilton ON’s favourite sons, the Arkells, via telephone a couple weeks ago, and we have the audio from the interview right here. Download it and listen to it right now!