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Join us today at 4:30 PM for this week’s edition of This Great White North, where we’ll celebrate International Women’s Day by playing nothing but female Canadian artists.

It’ll also be our final show during KOOP Radio’s spring membership drive. This Great White North listeners have contributed more than $650 so far, but we need your help to drive that number even higher! KOOP needs $65,000 before the drive ends on Sunday, and we’ve got a little under $15,000 to go. Please contribute to help keep This Great White North on the air! Call 512 472-KOOP (that’s 512 472-5667) between 4:30 and 6:00, or donate at any time via PayPal at KOOP.org/donate.

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Tune in this Friday! Écoutez ce vendredi!

Tune in this Friday, February 7, 2014, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. to 91.7 KOOP or online at KOOP.org for a special edition of This Great White North.

We’ll be starting our journey in Quebec for some French Canadian tunes and then we’ll head to British Columbia and explore what’s happening musically in the West Coast. Right in the middle (somewhere in the Prairies), we’ll have the tried and true Neil Young Song of the Week.

Speaking of the West Coast, we’ll be giving away one pair of tickets to The Pack A.D. show at the Mohawk on February 11. Keep your radio dials to 91.7 and have your phones ready to give us a call at (512) 472-KOOP (5667).

Three weeks of ticket giveaways!

Fucked UpAustin’s only Canadian independent music radio show will be giving you the chance to win tickets to four upcoming Canadian acts—week after week after week!

Join us every Friday from 4:30 to 6:00 PM—on KOOP 91.7 FM in Austin and worldwide at KOOP.org—for the best in independent Canadian music and for your chance to win a spot at one of the several Canadian acts coming through town.

On next week’s show (Jan. 24), we’ll have tickets for Torontonian punk rockers (and 2009 Polaris Prize winners) Fucked Up, playing an outdoor show at Mohawk, along with tickets to see legendary Vancouver hardcore punk rock band D.O.A. at Infest.

The Pack A.D.The following week (Jan. 31), we’ll be giving away tickets to see Winnipeg-based noise rock group KEN Mode (along with Russian Circles and Inter Arma) at Red 7.

And don’t forget to tune in the week after that (Feb. 7) for your chance to see Vancouver’s garage rock duo The Pack A.D. when they play at Mohawk.

Make sure to listen live at 4:30 PM every Friday on 91.7 FM in Austin and worldwide at KOOP.org for the best in independent Canadian artists and tickets to great Canadian acts!

And don’t forget to visit our Events page for details of all the upcoming Canadian shows in Austin, including Arcade Fire, Chromeo, Mac DeMarco, Royal Canoe, and the 70+ Canadians announced so far for SXSW 2014!

Win tickets to Slam Dunk this week

Slam DunkWe’ll be giving away tickets to see Victoria, BC’s Slam Dunk on Friday’s edition of This Great White North!

They’ll be opening for Built to Spill, along with Genders. It’s an outdoors show on Saturday night at Stubb’s.

Make sure to tune to 91.7 FM or listen online at KOOP.org at 4:30 PM CT on Friday for your chance to win!