Midnight Looms
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Midnight Looms 076 – DEAR TEVA – April 26th 2022
April 28, 2022 03:07 - 1 hour - 205 MBWe’re doing it again. An entire episode of music devoted to the memory of our host’s “real life hero”, TEVA HARRISON. If you don’t know Teva, she was and is an acclaimed AUTHOR, ILLUSTRATOR, POET, and CANCER ACTIVIST. Sounds like an amazing person, right? You have no idea. Teva was truly MAGIC. She passed away in 2019 and every year since, we’ve dedicated an episode of this show to celebrating her life. We explored TEVA’S RECORD COLLECTION with her husband, David. Last year, we played DEDICAT...
Midnight Looms 075 – 4/20 with LUNE RISE FARMS – April 19th 2022
April 22, 2022 00:57 - 1 hour - 207 MBIt’s that magical time of year again. The day that, here in Canada, we celebrate CANNABIS LEGALIZATION. It’s a glorious thing, and on this show, where we celebrate music as art, you bet it’s an important day of the year for us. As we’ve done for the past 2 years, it’s gonna be a full episode of STONER JAMS. Music about and inspired by MARIJUANA. It’s gonna be a wild program. We’ve got a legit CANNABIS FARMER coming through our PLAYDEAD CULT studio space to chat. MARTY JOHNSTON from LUNE RISE ...
Midnight Looms 074 – AUNTY SOCIAL – April 12th 2022
April 15, 2022 22:21 - 1 hour - 204 MBOn with tonight’s musical therapy session! We’ve got just an incredible act here not only to chat with our host, GOBS, but also to PERFORM inside our PLAYDEAD CULT DIY concert space. They call themselves AUNTY SOCIAL. Their music is just truly next level. It’s forward thinking INDIE POP centred around coping with mental illness. It’s uplifting and inspiring. You can dance to it, and they are just such an amazing singer. She’s brought along her producer, SAM ARION, and a bunch of ELECTRONIC GE...
Midnight Looms 073 – ZOON – April 5th 2022
April 07, 2022 02:21 - 1 hour - 207 MBMidnight Looms is back on air after a big break. We needed that. But it’s great to be back on this JOURNEY-BY-DJ FOR ADVENTUROUS LATE-NIGHT MUSIC LOVERS. What an amazing artist we have with us to kick off this triumphant return to the airwaves. Their name is Dan Monkman. They were shortlisted for last years POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE. They make SHOEGAZE from an INDIGENOUS point of view. A sound that they describe as “MOCCASIN GAZE”. They call their act ZOON and we are so excited to have them inside ...
Midnight Looms 072 – TOP 44 of 2021 – PT 02 – December 28th 2021
December 31, 2021 00:23 - 1 hour - 209 MBIT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS. We’re running down the TOP 44 SONGS OF 2021, as selected by our host, GOBS aka MUSIC’S BOYFRIEND. LAST WEEK, we covered 44 through 22. Tonight we take you right up to THEE #1 SONG OF 2021. Gobs lives for music, and they put a lot of thought into this countdown. It’s the kind of thing they agonize over, but they’ve done their best to just be honest and put these songs in order based solely on how much they like them. With that said, you’re about to hear some ABSOLUTE...
Midnight Looms 071 – TOP 44 of 2021 – Pt 01 – December 21st 2021
December 24, 2021 15:55 - 1 hour - 206 MBThis was a monumentally challenging year, but the music was amazing, so lets focus on that. We’re spending 2 full shows and half of our monthly CRAZY 88 SPOTIFY PLAYLIST to share with you what, our host, GOBS, considers to be the best songs from the past year across ALL GENRES of music because that’s what we do here. Expect NEW SOUNDS from CARTEL MADRAS and LEATHERS. CANADA’S FINEST are in the countdown, including APASHE, CARIBOU, CFCF, GEOFFROY, GRIMES, JESSY LANZA, KIZIS, MILLA THYME, PAT...
Midnight Looms 070 – KRAMPUS BALL with SQUID LID – December 14th 2021
December 17, 2021 12:15 - 1 hour - 208 MBTonight, we celebrate KRAMPUS. The dark side of Christmas. And we’re still in near disbelief about the guest we’ve got here to help us do it. If you live in Ontario, Canada, which is where we broadcast from, and you’re part of a GOTH or FETISH scene, you know this act. An infamous PERFORMANCE ART collective, and the organizer of the annual KRAMPUS BALL. The crew known as SQUID LID are on the show to perform inside our PLAYDEAD CULT DIY concert space. Wow! Squid Lid don’t normally do studio-s...
Midnight Looms 069 – MERRY SINMAS with NIKKI SIN – December 7th 2021
December 09, 2021 12:40 - 1 hour - 206 MBThis month we’re doing four full episodes of HOLIDAYS programming, but it’s Midnight Looms so it’s not gonna be the usual. We can promise you that. We’re gonna do the holidays OUR WAY. We’re gonna do it for adventurous late-night music lovers. We’ve got one of our favourite people coming through to help kick off this month of festive specials. Our POP CULTURE correspondent, NIKKI SIN, is back on the show. Nikki always comes through armed with some FILTHY HIP HOP, and SUGARY POP goodness, alo...
Midnight Looms 068 – DAY OF THE DEAD – November 2nd 2021
November 04, 2021 22:11 - 1 hour - 203 MBThis broadcast happened to fall on the DAY OF THE DEAD so we decided to spend the entire episode doing something we don’t normally do. We’re gonna celebrate the lives and the music of great musicians that we lost this year. It’s a glorious way to turn a somber year of loss into a wonderful celebration of life and great art! Halloween is over for another year, so before we dive into the MUSIC FROM LEGENDS, Gobs drops one song, by GRACE LIGHTMAN, to let out all the melancholy and reset. After ...
Midnight Looms 067 – HALLOWEEN SURPRISE PARTY – October 26th 2021
October 28, 2021 22:12 - 1 hour - 208 MBOur host, GOBS, lives for HALLOWEEN so our producer, Sophy, decided to throw them a SURPRISE PARTY in the form of Halloween song REQUESTS from our GUESTS. Tune in to hear spooky favourites from some of Canada’s best artists. ICE THA ONE, MAYA KILLTRON, ROBIN HATCH, SHANNON from ACTORS, LUCY from PARTNER, PERIL from PHANTOM HIGH, and SAM from AUNTY SOCIAL, all contribute selections to the party playlist. Gobs has the time of their life while getting you primed for Halloween weekend (the best...
Midnight Looms 066 – BAD WAITRESS – October 19th 2021
October 21, 2021 22:50 - 1 hour - 196 MBAlright who’s already in full HALLOWEEN mode? Show of hands :P Tonight we bring you a DIRTY ROCK N ROLL PARTY because there’s just something so fitting about filthy INDIE ROCK and Halloween. And we’ve got the perfect band joining us to bring that Vibe. BAD WAITRESS is one of Canada’s rowdiest PUNK bands. They’re a Toronto based, non-binary, 4 piece, and they are inside our PLAYDEAD CULT DIY concert space to perform some tunes from their brand new album, NO TASTE, and turn this episode into ...
Midnight Looms 065 – COMIC BOOK WRITER: DANNY GORNY – October 12th 2021
October 14, 2021 23:22 - 1 hour - 202 MBWE LOVE HALLOWEEN. It’s the only holiday that we dedicate a full month to and that month starts tonight! We’re back inside our PLAYDEAD CULT studio space after a week off, still digesting food from Thanksgiving dinner, and our host, GOBS, is joined by a buddy who happens to write comic books. DANNY GORNY is in the place. Gobs chats with him about his SCI-FI, FANTASY, and HORROR projects while we hear a selection of his favourite costume party jams. It’s the perfect way to kick off the Hallowe...
Midnight Looms 064 – MONOWHALES – September 28th 2021
October 02, 2021 19:14 - 1 hour - 206 MBThis is gonna be a big show. In fact BIG is the theme for tonight. We’re focused on 2 things. The official launch of our new PATREON page and our special guests. Toronto INDIE POP sensations, MONOWHALES, are inside our PLAYDEAD CULT DIY concert space for a chat and a PERFORMANCE. The original 3 members of Monowhales met in college where they attended music programs. They’re not only trained musicians but avid studiers of music and they bring that expertise to their sound along with a mutual...
Midnight Looms 063 – CLAIRMONT THE SECOND – September 21st 2021
September 23, 2021 21:33 - 1 hour - 202 MBTonight, we’re gonna be opening up the REQUEST LINE and dropping this years SUMMER JAMS selected by YOU. And we’ve got a RAPPER coming through who’s just taking the game to the NEXT LEVEL. If you don’t know about CLAIRMONT THE SECOND, prepare to be blown away. Seriously! Clairmont is a fiercely independent rapper who does it all. He not only PRODUCES, MIXES, and MASTERS his own tunes, runs his own label, and shoots his own music vids, but he does it all with a depth that few other MCs are on...
Midnight Looms 062 – DAVE SHELLNUTT from BIKE BRIGADE – September 14th 2021
September 17, 2021 14:25 - 1 hour - 206 MBIf you’re like us, you wanna do something to help out your community during these hard times, but money is tight. Well, tonight, we’re joined by a guy who was in the same boat so he started up an org that has grown into a huge thing. DAVE SHELLNUTT is better known as THE BIKING LAWYER. He’s a cycling enthusiast (if not fanatic), who created BIKE BRIGADE, a grass roots org that helps deliver food and aid to people in need. That’s a reason to be excited. Here’s another one. Dave picked out a bu...
Midnight Looms 061 – BIG ANNOUNCEMENT – September 7th 2021
September 10, 2021 15:12 - 1 hour - 208 MBWe’re back after a week off and ready to blast into the “fall season”. We now have 60 episodes of this series under our belt. A lot of those episodes have GUESTS and even LIVE PERFORMANCES. BANDS, RAPPERS, DJs, PRODUCERS, CREATORS and ACTIVISTS have all graced our PLAYDEAD CULT studio space and it just so happens that exactly 22 of those guests make music. It was our amazing producer, Jane, who had the idea that we should do a FULL EPISODE OF MUSIC FROM OUR FORMER GUESTS. We play 22 tracks pe...
Midnight Looms 060 – ICE THA ONE & HEYBOMBAY – August 24th 2021
August 29, 2021 17:43 - 1 hour - 206 MBIf you can get down to some URBAN music vibes, you’ve come to the right place. Tonight, inside our PLAYDEAD CULT DIY concert space, we’ve got our first HIP HOP performance happening. Reppin’ Scarborough, RAPPER, ICE THA ONE, is in the build and she’s brought along her PRODUCER, HEYBOMBAY. They just released a new album, called MONSTAR, and they’re gonna perform a set of songs from it for a small crew of our fam who are just dying for a show. This is gonna be too fun. MONSTAR is an entire albu...
Midnight Looms 059 – ADHD COACH MATT RAEKELBOOM – August 17th 2021
August 20, 2021 17:22 - 1 hour - 202 MBTonight we get to do something new. Our host, GOBS is gonna be chatting with a family member, who also happens to be a TIKTOK INFLUENCER with currently over 183k followers. But it’s not the numbers we care about. It’s what he has to say. MATT RAEKELBOOM is an ADHD LIFE COACH who’s just launched a WEBSITE that will be thee go-to place for people with ADHD who want to manage it as a gift instead of a curse. Matt demonstrates why he’s been referred to as “a life changing expert”. He’s brought...
Midnight Looms 058 – DJ HIGH VOLTAGE – BACK IN STUDIO – August 10th 2021
August 13, 2021 18:27 - 1 hour - 202 MBTonight, we’ve got our first in-studio DJ set in 18 months. DJ ME TIME christened the space back in Feb of 2020, and then something weird happened to the world and we couldn’t do in-studio DJ sets for a while. Well, it’s finally time for them again, thanks to a wonderful little vaccine. Rechristening this space is an important task so we’ve employed a true veteran to do it. HIGH VOLTAGE is back on the program. We give him the second half-hour of the show to just flex on this really fancy look...
Midnight Looms 057 – POLARIS PRIZE MEGAMIX – August 03rd 2021
August 05, 2021 18:01 - 1 hour - 203 MBWe are back on air after 5 weeks vacation and stoked to start up a new CRAZY 88 PLAYLIST with you. The POLARIS PRIZE SHORT-LIST has been announced. It’s Canada’s most important music prize. There’s lots of ways to experience the 10 albums on that list. If you want a sampling of each album, we’ve got you covered. We did it last year and it went so well we’re gonna do it again. A Polaris short-list MEGA-MIX, featuring CADENCE WEAPON, DIJAHSB, DOMINIQUE FILS-AIME, JACQUES GREENE, KLO PELGAG, LEA...
Midnight Looms 056 – PARTNER – June 22nd 2021
June 24, 2021 20:07 - 1 hour - 208 MBTonight, we wrap up another month and our Pride celebrations and we’ve got such a fun band joining us to do it. Montreal based, QUEER, POST CLASSIC ROCK duo, Lucy and Josee, better known as PARTNER! Chris Deville, of Stereogum, wrote that “few bands sound like they’re having more fun than Partner”, and you’re gonna hear a set of tunes from their latest album, NEVER GIVE UP, to demonstrate that fun. Trust us, you’re in for a good time, especially if you can get down to some ROCK N ROLL vibes. ...
Midnight Looms 055 – RUSSELL LOUDER – June 15th 2021
June 18, 2021 01:37 - 1 hour - 205 MBOur host, GOBS, spent the past week doing a lot of thinking about the recent act of TERRORISM committed in our home city, LONDON, CANADA, along with the PANDEMIC, and came to the studio with something to say that he felt is different and worth while. Tonight, he uses the power of voice and great music to hopefully inspire HOPE. Gobs shares his perspective with the help of a gorgeous Egyptian folk song by JERUSALEM IN MY HEART, a mind expanding essay by radical thinker, ARUNDAHTI ROY, and even...
Midnight Looms 054 – POP CULT SUMMER with NIKKI SIN – June 8th 2021
June 11, 2021 19:01 - 1 hour - 207 MBPRIDE MONTH continues and how the hell do we match the inertia of LAST WEEK? By reaching out to our official POP CULTURE correspondent, NIKKI SIN, from THENIKKISIN.COM. This’ll be Nikki’s fourth appearance on the show and we love it when she comes through, because Nikki is a riot always. And it ain't no Zoom meeting tonight. Nikki’s with us inside our PLAYDEAD CULT Studio Space. Socially distanced of course, but still, how scandalous. Whenever Nikki Sin is on the show it’s all about POP MUSI...
Midnight Looms 053 – PRIDE PARTY REQUEST LINE – June 1st 2021
June 03, 2021 18:37 - 1 hour - 206 MBTonight, we kick off PRIDE MONTH proper and we do it with YOU. Our host, GOBS, opens up the REQUEST LINE and plays your favourite PRIDE PARTY JAMS. We wish we could just focus on the party, but things are not well here in Canada. Our INDIGENOUS FRIENDS AND FAM ARE HURTING. Anyone with a heart is hurting. And we’re still gonna be celebrating life tonight because at times like this, coming together as a community and celebrating is the MOST important. So for this first half hour, we wanted to ...
Midnight Looms 052 – PARAMEDIC WEEK with SCOTT LOYST – May 25th 2021
May 28, 2021 17:53 - 1 hour - 203 MBSplatter Art Zombie Portrait that Scott made for Gobs This week is an important week. It’s PARAMEDIC WEEK here in Canada and you might not have known that because, for some reason, it’s not a week that we really celebrate, but we want to change that, because paramedics are true heroes of our society. They’re at almost every call. Every accident. Every bad thing that happens, paramedics are there. WHEN EVERYONE ELSE IS RUNNING AWAY FROM DISASTER, THEY’RE THE PEOPLE THAT RUN TOWARDS IT and they...
Midnight Looms 051 – ROBIN HATCH – May 18th 2021
May 20, 2021 17:55 - 1 hour - 206 MBIt’s gonna take something really special to top last week’s 50th episode with Vancouver Retro Wave band, ACTORS, but we think we’ve done it. Tonight, we have our first IN-STUDIO PERFORMANCE in 7 months! By synth virtuoso ROBIN HATCH!! A classically trained pianist, Robin has toured with OUR LADY PEACE, DWAYNE GRETZKY, THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, and more. Her synth skills are highly sought after, but tonight we have her all to ourselves as she flexes her chops on 3 SYNTHESIZERS and a DRUM MA...
Midnight Looms 050 – ACTORS – May 11th 2021
May 13, 2021 17:13 - 1 hour - 206 MBWow, time flies when you’re having fun! This is the 50th episode of our weekly JOURNEY-BY-DJ FOR ADVENTUROUS LATE-NIGHT MUSIC LOVERS, and we are just getting started! To celebrate this milestone episode, we have Vancouver RETRO WAVE band, ACTORS, taking over the show, with a full playlist inspired by their sound and tastes. COLD WAVE, SYNTH WAVE, DARK WAVE, GOTH, INDUSTRIAL, 80s INSPIRED. If any of those terms sound appealing then you are going to love this one. JASON CORBETT (The Front Perso...
Midnight Looms 049 – MCA DAY + MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU – May 4th 2021
May 05, 2021 21:09 - 1 hour - 205 MBIt’s May 4th, and Beastie Boy Stans know this day as MCA DAY. We’re gonna hit you with a big BEASTIE BOYS tribute. We also take care of the STAR WARS fans with some epic MASHUPS from the galaxy far far away. Tonights very special tribute to the B-Boys, on the 9th anniversary of MCA’s passing, features an 8-min MEGAMIX by DJ BACON, some covers by CANCER BATS, THE HOT RATS, JEEN and NAUTILUS, plus the Beasties get mashed with HOLY FUCK, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, and the STAR WARS THEME. Only prope...
Midnight Looms 048 – TEVA’S NIGHT – April 27 2021
April 28, 2021 14:40 - 1 hour - 202 MBTonight, we spend a full 90 minutes paying tribute to our host’s real life hero, TEVA HARRISON, on the anniversary of her passing. Every song that you’re going to hear was suggested by someone who loved Teva and all of these songs remind them of her. Teva was an acclaimed author, poet, illustrator, and cancer activist. She was also a Riot Grrrl, a rave DJ, specializing in the BREAKCORE genre, and maybe most importantly, Teva was truly MAGIC. You can bet there’s gonna be lots of that magic in ...
Midnight Looms 047 – 4/20 with ASHLEY CALIA from SOFA KING GOOD BAKERY – April 20 2021
April 22, 2021 20:09 - 1 hour - 204 MBWith our guest, Ashley, covering Classics from the likes of VAN HALEN, STEPPENWOLF, PINK FLOYD, JETHRO TULL, DEEP PURPLE and DEF LEPPARD, our host, GOBS, explores fresh stoner friendly sounds from acts such as CARTEL MADRAS, EMMA BEKO, MADLIB, SWAMPO THING & OLLIE TEEBA, YUNGMORPHEUS and that’s just the HIP HOP. He also lays down DANCEHALL from BLACKOUT JA & LIONDUB and MARCUS VISIONARY. HOUSE from BOYE & SIGVARDT and DIGITAL KOALA. EXPERIMENTAL INDIE from THE BREATHING EFFECT, and even an un...
Midnight Looms 046 – MAYA KILLTRON Home Performance – April 13 2021
April 17, 2021 02:18 - 1 hour - 201 MBWhat a way to end off a night! With a home performance from Toronto funkstress, MAYA KILLTRON. A first for this show! Maya is an accomplished violinist, incredible vocalist, 80s culture enthusiast, and she also has some connection with EGGO WAFFLES. Tune in to find out more ;) Wow is MAYA KILLTRON ever fun to chat with, and what a voice on her! She sets a high bar for our first at-home performance, but that’s how we like to do things around here. Our host, GOBS, matches Maya’s energy with a ...
Midnight Looms 045 – THANYA IYER – April 6 2021
April 08, 2021 05:12 - 1 hour - 203 MBIt’s good to be back! Five weeks off and now we’re thrilled to be back on air for our weekly JOURNEY-BY-DJ FOR ADVENTUROUS LATE-NIGHT MUSIC LOVERS. We have officially unlocked the next phase of this program. Tonight, for the first time, we’re together for a full 90 minutes instead of the 1 hr program that you will find if you dive into the archive. To celebrate, we have such an amazing artist gracing us with her virtual presence. Coming to us via Zoom from her home in Montreal, it’s THANYA IY...
Midnight Looms 044 – MARK OLIVER – February 23 2021
February 25, 2021 05:52 - 1 hour - 138 MBTonight we’re celebrating an anniversary. 10 years ago, our host, GOBS, published an article that he wrote for Toronto’s seminal harm reduction org, TRIP (Toronto Raver Info Project). The article was on THE RISE AND FALL OF THE TORONTO RAVE SCENE, which was one of the biggest rave scenes in the world during the 90s. It’s an amazing story but one that few people have ever put in the time to tell properly which is why this particular article is quite important. A decade after its publishing, it...
Midnight Looms 043 – YVES JARVIS – February 16 2021
February 18, 2021 05:28 - 1 hour - 138 MBWe have an amazing guest joining us tonight, via Zoom, from his home in Montreal. YVES JARVIS is on the show! If we had to describe his sound, we would say he makes “AVANTE-PSYCHEDELIC-FOLK-POP” but even that doesn’t quite describe it. He’s doing his own thing and it’s amazing and we love that. Yves writes, records, and mixes his music almost completely alone. He records predominantly outdoors, and each of his albums has a different colour theme. This latest one, titled SUNDRY ROCK SONG STOCK...
Midnight Looms 042 – PERFECTLY NORMAL HUMANS!? – February 9 2021
February 10, 2021 23:40 - 59 minutes - 137 MBWe broadcast from the province of Ontario, Canada, and only in Ontario we have a February holiday called FAMILY DAY. To celebrate, we’re breaking new ground by inviting an entire family on as guests. Two parents and 3 young kids who vlog their adventures on Youtube. They call themselves PERFECTLY NORMAL HUMANS and we think the content they’re creating is just phenomenal! So we invited them all on to chat over Zoom from their home studio, and they’ll also be selecting the music for the second ...
Midnight Looms 041 – FRESH FIRE DANCE PARTY & RANDOM REQUEST LINE – February 2 2021
February 05, 2021 05:42 - 1 hour - 139 MBAfter last weeks monumental DRUMMER SPECIAL, our host, GOBS, is excited to take it easy and just drop some tunes. We’re only a month into 2021 and so much great music has already come out, so Gobs packs this episode with BRAND NEW TRACKS. For the first half, since last month was so heavy on Rock and Urban sounds, we get our groove on to some ELECTRONIC DANCE VIBES. In the second half, we get RANDOM together when we open the REQUEST LINE, and then we end off by revealing the stellar GUESTS com...
Midnight Looms 040 – CAN A DRUMMER GET SOME? – January 26 2021
January 28, 2021 05:30 - 59 minutes - 137 MBSo this is what 40 feels like. Tonight is the 40th episode of our weekly JOURNEY-BY-DJ FOR ADVENTUROUS LATE-NIGHT MUSIC LOVERS, and we think that calls for something SPECIAL. We’ve invited back the DRUMMERS from every band that has appeared on this show so far, and over the coarse of this episode, our host, GOBS, chats with 6 of them. Together, we celebrate the often under appreciated backbone of every band. We call this special “CAN A DRUMMER GET SOME?” And check out the guest list: OLIVER f...
Midnight Looms 039 – ZAHRA HABIB & MF DOOM TRIBUTE – January 19 2021
January 23, 2021 00:02 - 59 minutes - 136 MBTonight, we’re celebrating the one year anniversary of this this weekly JOURNEY-BY-DJ FOR LATE-NIGHT MUSIC LOVERS, and we couldn’t have a more fitting person to spend this anniversary with because she’s such an important part of the show. ZAHRA HABIB is the Program Director at RADIO WESTERN. She’s also the LONDON MUSIC AWARDS 2020 DJ OF THE YEAR, and tonight, she showcases those award winning skills with an MF DOOM TRIBUTE SET, focusing on songs sampled in DOOM’s productions. London’s favouri...
Midnight Looms 038 – AUTHOR: NIKKI SIN – January 12 2021
January 14, 2021 05:50 - 58 minutes - 135 MBAfter a totally insane week in the world, our host, GOBS, is in dire need of some audio therapy, and hang outs with a good friend, so tonight, that’s what we’re gonna do. Our POP CULTURE correspondent is back on the show. NIKKI SIN from THENIKKISIN.COM. She’s got a NEW PODCAST to tell us about and a playlist of fresh jams to drop. Expect some raunchy HIP HOP and dirty ELECTRO in the first half, but then we’ve asked Nikki to have some HEAVY FEEL TUNES ready because we’re gonna talk about HER F...
Midnight Looms 037 – NEW YEARS REQUEST LINE – JANUARY 5 2021
January 08, 2021 05:30 - 59 minutes - 137 MBHappy New Year! On our PREVIOUS EPISODE, our host, GOBS, got to say his piece on the music of 2020, so tonight, we wanted to open up the REQUEST LINE and play YOUR favourite tunes. The resulting JOURNEY-BY-DJ is one wildly eclectic set of songs. The only things they all share in common is that they were released in the past 365 and someone thought they were phenomenal. Considering the randomness of the selecting, it's amazing how well this episode flows. It's got NEW MUSIC from BADBADNOTGOOD ...
Midnight Looms 036 – TOP 22 of 2020 – December 29 2020
December 31, 2020 17:02 - 59 minutes - 136 MBTonight, we run down the TOP 22 SONGS OF 2020. Why "22"? It just so happens that on this show, we pretty much always play 22 songs per episode and that formula has worked quite well for this first year on air. So after much deliberation, the thing to do became obvious. Our regular 22 song episode, but assembled into a COUNTDOWN of the most important tracks released in this past year. What makes a song important? Our host, GOBS, gets into that as we climb towards that #1 spot. On this show in ...
Midnight Looms 035 – X-MAS PYJAMA JAM with HIGH VOLTAGE – December 22 2020
December 24, 2020 22:22 - 1 hour - 138 MBWe celebrated XMAS with our first MULTI-CAMERA TWITCH STREAM and it went pretty awesome. DJ HIGH VOLTAGE, puts out a mix every year, around the holidays, called FESTIVE SPECIAL, and it’s always one of our favourite mixes of the year. It’s the 10-year anniversary of the series, so we invited High Voltage on the show to celebrate by dropping a couple "BEST OF" sets from the series. The pandemic situation made it a real bad idea for him to be in studio with our host, GOBS, though. Well in step...
Midnight Looms 034 – GOODBYE DAVIDE – December 15 2020
December 17, 2020 03:06 - 59 minutes - 136 MBEvery once a while we get to use this platform to do something really unique and special. Tonight is one of those nights. Our guest is DAVIDE FERRARA. He used to be a DJ and passionate record collector. Davide has given it all up to leave his family and friends and ship off to a monastery in Wyoming to BECOME A MONK. Seriously! Given that our host, GOBS, knows little-to-nothing about real monks, this is a rare opportunity to ask some questions about what’s involved. And don’t you worry. We st...
Midnight Looms 033 – METZ – December 8 2020
December 11, 2020 17:05 - 59 minutes - 137 MBAfter a 5-week break, we are BACK and feeling good, because the world may be totally "effed up" but MUSIC IS STILL SO AWESOME and tonight we're joined by a band who are prove that true. One of the most brutally excellent bands this country has ever produced. All 3 members of METZ are doing the socially distanced hangout out via Zoom while we drop a selection of tunes from their phenomenal new album, ATLAS VENDING. Our host, GOBS, get you warmed up and ready with a set of new and heavy hitting...
Midnight Looms 032 – HALLOWEEN REQUEST LINE – October 27 2020
October 30, 2020 21:23 - 59 minutes - 136 MBOur host, GOBS, absolutely LOVES HALLOWEEN. We've been celebrating it for the past 2 weeks here. Tonight, it's time for the finale. A full hour of creepy tunes and the special guest is YOU. During the second half, Gobs opens up the REQUEST LINE and blends favourite Halloween jams selected by our community of late-night music lovers. Expect plenty of anthems from heavy hitters like BJORK, ROB ZOMBIE, and THE CRAMPS, mixed and mashed with the acts on the edge, like FIGURE, POLKADOT CADAVER, and...
Midnight Looms 031 – PTERODACTYL PROBLEMS – October 20 2020
October 24, 2020 22:24 - 59 minutes - 137 MBPart 2 of our 3 week HALLOWEEN celebration. This week, we wanted to have a DIRTY ROCK N ROLL PARTY, and we've invited in the perfect band to bring that vibe. They're called PTERODACTYL PROBLEMS. A drag queen led quartet that basically take the entire history of rock, chew it up, and spit it out at you. They're so much fun live, and they haven't performed in 6 months. This is it! So you know it's gonna get rowdy. That's how Halloween should be, right? We give the entire second half of the sh...
Midnight Looms 030 – LOVINA YAVARI – October 13 2020
October 18, 2020 03:48 - 58 minutes - 134 MBGood job, everybody. We totally crushed Canadian ThanksGiving. Now, it's officially HALLOWEEN season! We've got the perfect guest to help kick it off: Actor LOVINA YAVARI. If you think you don't know Lovina, there's a good chance you've seen her recently, playing telekinetic, RUBY, in THE BOYS. Amazingly, Lovina is all about anything in the SciFi/Fantasy/Super Hero genres and she has been making a career acting only in the shows and movies that she loves. Amazing, right? She's put together a ...
Midnight Looms 029 – JESSY LANZA – October 6 2020
October 11, 2020 19:18 - 59 minutes - 136 MBIt's a new month and we're kicking it off big. JESSY LANZA is joining us via Zoom. We assumed that she was back safe and sound in her home town Hamilton, Ontario, but it turns out she's still down in the States, coming to us from her California Stronghold :P We live in a reality where we all spend more and more time alone and our lives are ruled by technology. Jessy's music has these ever present themes of isolation and synthetic reality and it makes her music very NOW. Jessy Lanza is trul...
Midnight Looms 028 – PANTAYO – September 29 2020
October 03, 2020 22:47 - 59 minutes - 136 MBTonight we have a band inside our PLAYDEAD CULT DIY concert space with such a buzz around them, and this appearance is their first performance in 6 months! It's also the closest thing to a live concert we are going to get from them any time soon (thanks COVID!) so let's enjoy it and make the most of it too. They're called PANTAYO, and their debut album is on the POLARIS PRIZE shortlist. They are 5 queer identifying ladies of Filipino descent who combine the traditional Kulintang instrument...
Midnight Looms 027 – WAP Dancing With NIKKI SIN – September 22 20
September 24, 2020 22:04 - 58 minutes - 135 MBThis week, we're gonna take care of the pop culture heads. When we want an update on what's happening with movies, TV, and pop music, we turn to our official pop cult correspondent. A journalist and curator of THENIKKISIN.COM, Mz NIKKI SIN herself. If you've seen the video of her LAST VISIT, you know why we're excited to have her back. Nikki makes our host, GOBS, laugh his head off. She's gonna give some great recommends too, and she's also bringing a playlist of hot tunes that gets pretty fr...