So I’ve been hiding out under a mountain of CD-R’s all weekend, burning through the Xposure entries for this years contest. Once again, thanks for all the submissions! Here’s the playlist for Xposure on April 27th

The Neighborhood Council – Of People

Women – Camera

The Ostrich – Dead Horse

Aaron Booth – Fall Over Me Satellite

Key To The City – Take On Me

The Pine Tarts – All The Beautiful Ones

The Government of Canada – Crooked Treasure

The Brenda Vaqueros – Yucca Mountain

The Lions – Yeah Yeah Yeah

Cadence Weapon – House Music

Buck 65 – Kennedy Killed The Hat

Snake Mountain – Remnant

Lint – I Am The Internet

**If you enjoyed any of these songs, please support the artists and go out and purchase their music.

Well, it’s all said and done…almost. The deadline has passed, thank you SO MUCH to all the bands that submitted this year. I’m looking forward to listening to every single entry, and I’ve made a good dent in the pile already.

At the end of May we’re going to announce 5 lucky winners that will each get $15,000, a spot in Calgary’s Virgin Festival , the official Xposure ’08 Wrap Up Party and inclusion on the 2008 Xposure CD which will be available in July through Music Centre Canada.

It’s the 20th…of the 4th month, heh. Here’s the playlist for Xposure

The Unicorns – I Was Born A Unicorn

Islands – The Arm

Handsome Furs – Canngot Get, Started

Beija Flor – What’s It Like

Jane Vain & The Dark Matter - Ships Bound To Sink

Light City Fiction – Planets Align

Black Mountain – Voices

Islands - Humans

Tiga – Far From Home

Mother Mother - Polynesia

Stoning Mary – Give It Up

Downtown Profits – The Pit

**If you enjoyed any of these songs, please support the artists and go out and purchase their music.

Did you know that this past Saturday was “Record Store Day!?” I surely went out and celebrated…so did Pitchfork Media, they even made a guide

X92.9 is thrilled to support another year of the Axetreme Loud Lunch! The Ultimate 2008 Concert Tour is coming to your Jr. High. Get rockin’ with a lunchtime concert performed by bands in your school…applications will be accepted until May 9th.

For more details on the event, keep your browser on X92.9 or call 311.

Axetreme Loud Lunch, brought to you by Axe Music, The City of Calgary and Calgary’s New Rock Alternative X92.9

This week was all about side projects…at least a couple of them.

The D’ubervilles – Hot Tips

Frosted Tipz – Lifestyles of the Fabulously Boring

Caribou – Bees

*Wolfparade – Shine A Light

*Sunset Rubdown – Taming of the Hands (that came back to life)

*Swan Lake – The Freedom

*(all projects of the infamous Canadian indie-rocker, Spencer Krug. Didi Gagnon from CBC Radio 3 talked to him about his 6+ projects in this interview)

Raccoon – What We Are Not

**Pink Mountaintops – Can You Do That Dance?

**Blood Meridian – Oh, Oh, Oh

**(both side projects of Black Mountain. Read more about Pink Mountaintops or Blood Meridian)

The Constantines – Easy Money

Does it Offend You, yeah? – Being Bad Feels Pretty Good

Hey! If you enjoyed any of these songs, please support the artists and go out and purchase their albums.

What a big weekend for music in Calgary…big congrats to all the Juno winners at this weekends awards, especially Xsession-ers Winterlseep for Best New Group and homegrown talent Feist on her five wins! *clap clap*

 Now here’s the playlist for this past weekends show

Knots – Lacuna

Azeda Booth – Nude, Radiohead Remix

The Buzzing Bees - If someone offers you a penny for your thoughts, ask to see the penny first

Late Night Radio – Prescribed Burn In Progress

Falconhawk – Safe

Grandfather Fire & The Holy Morning - Future ExGirlfriend

The Cape May – Old & Early Numbers

Axis of Conversation – Stop The Car

Fox Opera – Love Is A Feeling Electric

The Wet Secrets – Secret March

Sex Party – Modern Art Book

Woodhands – Under Attack

Frog Eyes – Masticated Outboard Motors

MSTRKRFT – The Looks

**If you enjoyed any of these songs, please go out and support Canadian music by purchasing their albums

Alright, so I’m a little behind on posting the playlist…you’d think it’s Juno week or something!

Ladyhawk – I Don’t Always Know What You’re Saying

Black Mountain -  Stormy High

Axis of Conversation – Don’t Be Alarmed

Lorrie Matheson – Bruises and Change

Woodpigeon – Chorus of Wolves

Remote Kid – Step

Secret Broadcast – I Am Sound

Sweetheart – We Are All Connected

Julie Dorion – Don’t Wannabe Liked By You

The Coast – All Farewells

The Whitsundays – It Must Be Mine

Woodhands – Dancer

Woodhands – I Wasn’t Made For Fighting

Hey! Xposure is presenting Woodhands, April 9th at The Gateway at SAIT. Want tickets? Send me an email