Canadian tunes for your Friday the 13th

OK, today being Friday the 13th actually has no bearing on this week’s playlist. That doesn’t matter—we’ve still got some great Canadian tunes!

We’ll feature brand new music by Astral Swans, BBQT, Boniface, Dan Mangan, Kalle Mattson, Long Branch, Metric, PINE, Tallies, Tokyo Police Club, TOVI, and Yukon Blonde; we’ve also got some great tracks by favorites Data Romance, Gulfer, John K. Samson, The Darcys, and The Stills!

Join Justin the Canuck today at 4:30 PM for 90 minutes of independent Canadian music, broadcasting on 91.7 FM in Austin and streaming live, worldwide, at KOOP.org!

The absolute freshest Canadian releases

Surf Dads are just one of many bands with new releases on today’s show. Image: Bandcamp

June was a busy month for independent Canadian artists, and we’ve got the music to prove it—90 minutes of the latest tunes from north of the border, with a focus on the absolute freshest releases. More than half our tracks this week are by artists never before played on the show, and just about nothing is more than a few months old.

We’ve got the latest by Bonjay, Boyhood, Bratty, Casey Mecija, Deux Trois, Dilly Dally, The Dirty Nil, Isaac Vallentin, Late Night Takeaway, Lost Cousins, The Pinc Lincolns, Property, Sloan, Sunnsetter, Surf Dads, Symfan, These Guy, Too Young to Go Steady, and Understudy.

Join Justin the Canuck today at 4:30 PM for 90 minutes of independent Canadian music, broadcasting on 91.7 FM in Austin and streaming live, worldwide, at KOOP.org!

New tracks by artists new to the show!

Anemone plays tomorrow at Mohawk. We play ’em today on KOOP. Image: Rococo Montreal

The new music continues this week as we bring you another 90 minutes of great Canadian indie tunes. We’ve got at least seven artists brand new to the show, including Flower Face, Hello Delaware, High Home, Jorgensen, Lowfills, Monowhales, and Somersaulter. Anemone and Men I Trust are in town this weekend, so we’ll have a few tracks by them, as well as the latest releases by Dagan Harding Band, For Esmé, and North Atlantic Explorers! And, we’ll round out the show with some of our favorite tracks by Dan Daly, Indigo Joseph, July Talk, The Most Serene Republic, The Paperbacks, Prince Innocence, and Whitehorse.

Join Justin the Canuck today at 4:30 PM for 90 minutes of independent Canadian music, broadcasting on 91.7 FM in Austin and streaming live, worldwide, at KOOP.org!

Win tickets to Neko Case!

Neko Case performs with Ray LaMontagne next Saturday. Image: Jason Creps

If you’ve been hoping to see quasi-Canadian songstress Neko Case, this could be your lucky week—we’ll be giving away three pairs of tickets to see her when she performs with Ray LaMontagne next Saturday at the Austin360 Amphitheater! Tune in for your chance to win!

Neko Case isn’t the only Canadian in town this week… Wild Rivers, Jo Hell, and Big Sugar played earlier this week, Jo Passed plays tonight, and Terra Lightfoot and Peach Kelli Pop are in town this weekend; we’ve got music by all six. We’ve also got great tunes by Destroyer, FemBots, Gay Nineties, Kalle Mattson, Rah Rah, Ruby Coast, The Got to Get Got, The Weakerthans, and Treelines.

Join Justin the Canuck today at 4:30 PM for 90 minutes of independent Canadian music, broadcasting on 91.7 FM in Austin and streaming live, worldwide, at KOOP.org!

The freshest Canadian releases

Join us this week for some fresh Canadian releases by artists including Century Thief, Dylarama, Little Junior, Lowell, The Once, Rich Aucoin, San James, Silver Dapple, and Stars! Along with the new stuff, we’ll have fantastic tracks by Caracol, Casper Skulls, DOUSE, Félix Dyotte, and The Ghost Is Dancing!

Join Justin the Canuck today at 4:30 PM for 90 minutes of the latest independent Canadian music, broadcasting on 91.7 FM in Austin and streaming live, worldwide, at KOOP.org!