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: Emerald Park - We Wasted All Our Memories Barenaked Ladies - In the Car Tizzer/krumpet_love - rebufffering Matt Mays - Rough N' Tumble Down Queens of the Stone Age - You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar But I Feel Like a Millionaire Strange Highways...
Nov 17, 2023•54 min•Ep. 118
Episode Notes 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. Track List: The Spin Wires - Night Life Mercury & The Architects - See the World Songwriterz - Fell in Love With Summer Mr & Mrs Smith - Big Jet Wings Kinematic - Monday at 8am Bert Jerred - The Distant Sun D Jay Koi ft. Fil Str...
Jun 14, 2021•47 min•Ep. 117
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. The Search - Don't Let Yourself Down All Rights Reserved Birocratic - bob ross goes to hollywood Some rights reserved - CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 Emerald Park - Rules Don't Apply All Rights Reserved Michael Ellis - Man in the Window Some rights reserved - CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 Forget the Whale - Carry Your Own Weigh...
Sep 25, 2020•40 min•Ep. 116
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). Dr. Groove Gang - Remember Carter Vail - Tigers on Trains Kinematic - Don't Go Out Tonight Garmisch - Truth Is Lilly Wolf - Love BIT - Hello World The Spin Wires - Secret Beers Maenoba - Incipiente Living Camboya - Home Daily Khaos delivery - G...
Jun 09, 2020•55 min•Ep. 115
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! Twitter | Facebook | Email: altairwaves AT gmail DOT com Playlist Loyalty Freak Music - Ghost Surf Rock ) West Coast Weekend - Heart Attack Starmob - Stars and Snakes Axl & Arth - Triumphant Seth Power - Get Up...
Mar 09, 2020•51 min•Ep. 114
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: 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...
Apr 12, 2019•5 min
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...
Apr 05, 2019•4 min
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 ...
Mar 29, 2019•4 min
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 ...
Mar 22, 2019•6 min
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! The Halt - Kind of Right Pure Mids - Don't Quit Banana Cream - We'll Shine DIME - White T-Shirt ( Bandcamp ) Kinematic - Let's Go Out Tonight Plants - Misery Business Sadme - Mourning Day Final Round - Angel of Darkness Sea Lillies - Materials ( Bandcamp ) Above Envy - Steady as the Rain The Spin Wires - Girls Like You ...
Mar 15, 2019•40 min•Ep. 113
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 ha...
Mar 08, 2019•4 min
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: All I need is You by Semmuel. This track features some dark synth sounds and I think fits right alongside today's Top 40 songs. Semmuel is a hip hop / R&B artist based out of the U-S. From Jamendo: his music career began in 2017 when he signed with Graphic Entertainmen...
Mar 01, 2019•4 min
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: Boomerang by HoneyChrome. Boomerang is a great pop track, released in 2018 by an American artist, based on Brooklyn N-Y-C. I find it really reminiscent of early 2000's pop, with a bit of eighties flair mixed in. It's a fun, short track and well worth following to see what ...
Feb 22, 2019•3 min
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: Games by Tony Petersen. This is a light folk track, from the album A Soft Place to Land (2018). Petersen is an American artist, playing guitar from age 15 and has performed across America since high school. This is a solo track but is a member of a band called The Social A...
Feb 15, 2019•4 min
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: Undercover by Neon Niteclub. This group reminds me a ton of Canada's own Chromeo. Neon Niteclub is from the US, and describe themselves as "80s pop with a modern twist". Undercover comes from the 2018 album Blue Electric Eyes (be sure to check out that track as well). You ...
Feb 08, 2019•4 min
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: By Your Side by Cartel ft. Mallz & Deron Alek. By Your Side is an exclusive track on Jamendo.com , another hip hop track just as good if not better than last week's track from Tab. The description of the track: <pre>The problem of being "friends with benefits" is...
Feb 01, 2019•3 min
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1597509/times 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: Times by Tab. Tab is a hip hop artist based in the US. He first started producing music at the age of 5, playing the drums. Fast forward to 2018 - he is in an underground group called Dead Poet Society. His latest solo album is A...
Jan 25, 2019•6 min
https://www.jamendo.com/artist/512352/parker 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: Astronauts by Parker. Here's a description of the artist and the track from Jamendo.com : Parker is a band from Miami, Florida, comprising of Reed F. Gaines and Carter Vail. The pair met at the Frost School of Music in 2015 and ...
Jan 18, 2019•3 min
A brief bit of audio to tease an upcoming 12-week (minimally) series - the return of the Weekly Airwave!
Jan 18, 2019•36 sec
After an 8 month hiatus, Alternative Airwaves is back with some primarily folk music and a neat half cover song at the end. Playlist available at Jamendo.com . Jamendo Playlist Support Alternative Airwaves by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/alternative-airwaves...
Oct 19, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 112
New episode to start your day. The tracks in this episode are almost exclusively from Jamendo's Best of December 2017 Playlist . Recorded a bit differently this time - you'll have to use the playlist below to follow along as the songs and artists aren't introduced in the traditional way. Enjoy! Color Out – Go On Becays – Stay Awake Techtonical Illuminations – Lovers Tragedy Omonoko – Empty Streets Mindfull – Straight Chillin’ (Produced by Jeo7) Wordsmith – A Wonderful Day Townhouse Woods – Smili...
Jan 30, 2018•46 min•Ep. 111
This is a short episode today - one that comes to you on "Break The Internet Day". There's only one song in the show - the rest is me talking very briefly about protecting Net Neutrality. As a Canadian I don't have a direct voice in this fight, but if you're in the US, you might! Instead of listening to me talk about it, there are a couple of podcasts on the issue that say it much better. Almost Educational - Episode 147 - "FCC Me" Plus Two Comedy - "Break the Internet and Save Net Neutrality" T...
Dec 12, 2017•5 min
Brand new episode! Featuring many Canadians, a few new tracks, and I forgot what episode I was recording. It's definitely 109. The songs picked in today's show were picked somewhat with Tragically Hip music in mind, in honour of Gord Downie's passing Wednesday October 18th. Track list: 1. Plastic Light Factory - Robyn 2. The Ladies Of - Deep Possession 3. ot From Georgia - Highway 84 4. Plants - Luminance 5. Madelyniris - Never Look Back 6. Arrow & Olive - Whiskey Woman 7. Mercury and the Ar...
Oct 20, 2017•48 min
A new episode filled with fantastic new tracks! From email-submitted tracks to some curated from Jamendo, there is a lot to be happy about in this episode. Download and enjoy! Track Listing: Deer Stone - Bright Lights Rubber Clown Car - Assault & Flattery Kinematic - Peyote The Shidiots - Black Shirts & Records Kellee Maize - Crown Luck & Doc - Let's Go Brooklyn (Radio Edit) Johny Dar - Game On Louis Lingg & The Bombs - Twitter Riot Roller Genoa - Build My Gallows High Dofhei Pro...
Aug 15, 2017•47 min
Another "different" set this month - country music! Plus a deep dive of The Spin Wires' self-titled EP album. All that and plenty more. <iframe frameborder="0" height="55px" scrolling="no" seamless="" src=" https://media.zencast.fm/embed/alternative-airwaves/49.mp3 " width="100%"></iframe> Track List Surfer Blood - Six Flags in F or G Lorenzo's Music - Chocolate & Cocaine Allie Farris - Love Won't Let You Down Mega Gem - Advice From the Rain The Spin Wires - Used Me The Spin Wire...
Jun 06, 2017•1 hr 9 min
I decided to throw in some classical music in this episode - including a piece by Gershwin! Everything comes from Jamendo and is a good range of genres. Enjoy! The Artisans Beats - Wonderland Hype Michael Ellis - Beth Takes a Picture Bobby, White and Brownz - Any Plans Tonight Mattia Vlad Morleo - Passando OnClassical - Debussey - Deux Arabesques OnClassical - Gershwin - Three Preludes Prooner - Price of Pleasure Neon Niteclub - Unforgettable Candids - Modern Life Black Holy Whiskey - War The Ju...
May 09, 2017•55 min
A short episode today, and the first in a couple of months Due To Life. But there are some great tracks here - including some new songs featured on blocSonic! Check out the playlist below and enjoy! VITNE - Make Believe Nicolas Falcon - Reliable Source Michael Ellis - Summer RogerThat - Beautiful Wonderful Life Timezone LaFontaine - Foolsgold Lorenzo's Music - Bags of Color BIT - Indian Head Test Pattern Dofhei Project - Kind of Light The Moose - With You Brain Purist - Curse the Day (Radio Edit...
Apr 20, 2017•51 min
Every now and then I like to just throw a podcast together without putting a ton of work into it. I already had the playlist, but I decided I didn't want to do the research today. So here you go! A very eclectic mix of tracks, grouped in no particular order. Hope you enjoy it! If you like the podcast, consider supporting it by joining the Patreon campaign! Track List Derwald - Berlino Nuns of the Tundra - Robot Love (Single Verison) Mickey Blue - Give Yourself Away (Produced by Benstar) Strangez...
Feb 11, 2017•52 min
Back to the "grind" - I've had a long time off from the podcast and work, but settling back into routine. As per usual, this is the yearly look back at the tracks I overlooked from the previous year. Some good stuff to be found! Additional links below. Also be sure to check out Brickabrack's album Irrelevant Thoughts on Band Camp! Playlist Axl & Arth - Breathe Gigatop - Space Golden Duck Orchestra - On Sale Aniqatia - Like Leaves Dorine Levy - Alice The Kinky Fingers - Buzz & Bee Relict ...
Jan 10, 2017•53 min
This month's episode featured songs shamelessly plucked from FrostWire's Creative Commons Mixtape . What can I say? I liked the songs they put onto the mixtape. This year's edition is volume 5, only about 3 years late after volume 4 . Plus a few other tracks sprinkled in from Jamendo. Enjoy! If you want to support the podcast with your wallet, head over to http://www.patreon.com/AlternativeAirwaves . Thank you! Track Listing Rusty Tea Makers - Summer Chalk Dinosaur - Air Around Us JekK - Sorrow ...
Dec 13, 2016•1 hr 8 min
