Alternative Airwaves

Alternative Airwaves

Stephen Gower

There are a lot of really great artists that go unnoticed, and their music is freely and legally available online. Alternative Airwaves discovers those artists.

53 minutes 37 seconds

#118 –The Album Project - Part 1
Taking a stroll down memory lane, I've started a new project: going through my CD crates one-by-one and thinking about where my life was when I listened to these albums, and listening to them again to see what I think of them. Playlist:
The first crate:
- Sloan - A Sides Win (2005)
- Sloan - Never Hear the End of It (2006)
- Sloan - Pretty Together (2001)
- Sloan - Navy Blues (1998)
- Hot Hot Heat - Happiness Ltd. (2007)
- Hot Hot Heat - Elevator (2005)
- Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998)
- Barenaked Ladies - Maroon (2000)
- Barenaked Ladies - Everything to Everyone (2003)
- Barenaked Ladies Are Me (2006)
- Matt Mays & El Torpedo - Self-titled (2005)
- Matt Mays - ...When The Angels Make Contact (2006)
- Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002)
- Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways (2006)
- Ben Harper - Both Sides of the Gun (2006)
- Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - Lifeline (2007)
- Ben Harper - Give Till It's Gone (2011)
- Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For the Deaf (2002)
- Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze (2005)
- Metric - Old World Underground Where Are You Now? (2003)
- Metric - Live It Out (2006)
- Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton - Knives Don't Have Your Back (2006)
- Beck - Guero (2005)
- Beck - Guerolito (2005)
- Beck - The Information (2006)
- Sarah Harmer - I'm a Mountain (2005)
- Sarah Harmer - All of our Names (2004)
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17 November 2023, 5:00 am
46 minutes 36 seconds

#117 –Music for Better Days
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2020 was a tough year and the first 6 months of 2021 haven't been great either, but we always have music. Here are some songs that look forward to some better days. Hopefully, I will get to my goal of revamping the website and podcast to go with it.

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14 June 2021, 9:15 pm
40 minutes 18 seconds

#116 –Heart's Racing
Anemos Promotions was kind enough to provide me with a full copy of THE SEARCH's latest album HEART'S RACING and I have a couple of tracks from the album to play, plus a contest! Listen for details.
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25 September 2020, 8:00 pm
55 minutes 22 seconds

#115 –Keep Going
Two months later, I'm back with a podcast full of heavy guitar riffs with some lighter stuff mixed in for good measure.
I had a fun time putting this episode together and I hope you enjoy it. Here's the track listing (with links to the tracks or artists).
Most of the music from this episode came from either Jamendo.com or Blocsonic.com - with some Free Music Archive sprinkled in too.
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9 June 2020, 9:00 am
51 minutes 2 seconds

#114 –Back at it
Welcome back to another full edition of Alternative Airwaves! This episode is more songs than talking, but I got struck by inspiration late last week and slapped something together. I was missing some pieces of my usual setup, so it's a bit bare-bones - but it's still got great music!

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9 March 2020, 3:59 am
5 minutes 11 seconds

Weekly Airwave - My Sweet & Sour Room - Icicle

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Hi and welcome to Alternative Airwaves - I'm your host Steve, bringing you the best in Creative Commons music. This is the Weekly Airwave: one track with some information about the song or the artist.

This week's track: My Sweet and Sour Room by Icicle. This is an instrumental track by Montreal artist Icicle; I found this by looking at similar artists to Lower Loveday from last week's episode. I don't normally pick out instrumental tracks, but I really liked the beat and instrument choice in this song. Icicle is actually Krassy Halatchev, and has Bulgarian origins. I think you can really hear some of his influences come through in this track. You can follow him on Jamendo or icicle dot club.

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12 April 2019, 9:00 am
4 minutes 4 seconds

Weekly Airwave - You Could've Been My Queen - Lower Loveday

Script Hi and welcome to Alternative Airwaves - I'm your host Steve, bringing you the best in Creative Commons music. This is the Weekly Airwave: one track with some information about the song or the artist.

This week's track: You Could've Been My Queen by Lower Loveday. This great indie track brought me back to the early 2000's indie scene with great British bands like Arctic Monkeys, or The Fratellis. Lower Loveday is indeed a British group, and got their start in a school talent show. They've been all around the UK and the world, and are making some great music. Aside from this week's track I also recommend Is It Right, currently one of their more popular tracks on Jamendo. You can find them online at lower love day dot com.

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5 April 2019, 9:00 am
4 minutes 23 seconds

Weekly Airwave - Problems - The DLX

Script Hi and welcome to Alternative Airwaves - I'm your host Steve, bringing you the best in Creative Commons music. This is the Weekly Airwave: one track with some information about the song or the artist.

This week's track: Problems by The DLX. Problems is an R&B-leaning pop track from American artist The DLX, based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. No albums on Jamendo, but there are three singles you can check out. I liked this one for its simple beat and lyrics. Find out more about The DLX at the dlx dot net.

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29 March 2019, 9:00 am
5 minutes 33 seconds

Weekly Airwave - Wild - The Rabbits

Script Hi and welcome to Alternative Airwaves - I'm your host Steve, bringing you the best in Creative Commons music. This is the Weekly Airwave: one track with some information about the song or the artist.

This week's track: Wild by The Rabbits. Wild is a quiet folk track from "Tall Pines and Tangled Vines", a 2018 debut LP by The Rabbits. The Rabbits hail from the UK, but are listed as Canadian on Jamendo - probably because they recorded their record at Orchid Studios in Vancouver, B-C - and they are also touring around Canada. Apparently they're doing this from a van they've been living in for almost a year. That's dedication to their music! Follow them on Jamendo or at the rabbits dot com.

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22 March 2019, 9:00 am
40 minutes 11 seconds

#113 –Dime and Sea Lillies
Welcome back to another full length episode! This time around there are two listener submissions, plus many cool tracks recently featured on Jamendo.com. Full playlist is below!
1. The Halt - Kind of Right
2. Pure Mids - Don't Quit
3. Banana Cream - We'll Shine
4. DIME - White T-Shirt (Bandcamp)
5. Kinematic - Let's Go Out Tonight
6. Plants - Misery Business
7. Sadme - Mourning Day
8. Final Round - Angel of Darkness
9. Sea Lillies - Materials (Bandcamp)
10. Above Envy - Steady as the Rain
11. The Spin Wires - Girls Like You
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15 March 2019, 9:00 am
4 minutes 11 seconds

Weekly Airwave - Don't Wait - The Halt

Script Hi and welcome to Alternative Airwaves - I'm your host Steve, bringing you the best in Creative Commons music. This is the Weekly Airwave: one track with some information about the song or the artist.

This week's track: Don't Wait by The Halt. What do you know - another track out of the US. This time, The Halt: a rock group that formed in 2017 featuring Neil Matharoo (from the band Soundstatues) and Andrew Schwartz, both from Brooklyn. They don't have any albums on Jamendo, but they do have four singles at the time of recording. Don't Wait is a good mix of alternative and grunge, leaning more on the alt rock spectrum. You can buy their music at the halt dot band camp dot com.

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8 March 2019, 10:00 am
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