Fifteen years of This Great White North

Image: CIE Online

We broadcast our debut episode all the way back on Monday, May 15, 2006. This week—15 years later—we celebrate the adolescence of our one-of-a-kind radio show with an unprecedented, uninterrupted 90 minutes of independent Canadian music from the earliest days of This Great White North. We’re replaying our first three playlists, since it’s music just as fresh today as it was 15 years ago. We’ve got tracks spanning the genres, and the decades—from 1977 through… 2014?!

Did we have a time machine in 2006? Tune in to find out… and to hear tracks by Amy Millan, Chixdiggit, The Deadly Snakes, Decomposure, Great Lake Swimmers, Greg MacPherson, The High Dials, Memphis, Nathan, The New Pornographers, The Paperbacks, Petkau, Rheostatics, Rival Boys, Rush, The Russian Futurists, Shadowy Men On a Shadowy Planet, Stars, The Stills, The Weakerthans, and Winter Equinox!

Join Justin the Canuck Friday at 4:30 PM Central on KOOP Radio, 91.7 FM in Austin, Texas and broadcasting to the world at KOOP.org!

Embracing the chaos

Hear the latest single by Montreal trio Braids on our show this week. Image: Bandcamp

So much new music. So many different genres. How to fit it all into one cohesive show? The answer: you don’t. Instead, this week, we’re embracing the chaos of songs that maybe don’t flow perfectly from one to the next, just because we have so much great music to cram into our limited time!

We’re all over the (Canadian) map this week, with 100% brand new tunes by artists including Aasiva, Art d’Ecco, Boy Golden, Braids, Century Egg, Ellis, Fog Lake, Hippie Hourrah, JayWood, Laurence-Anne, Left Field Messiah, LUMIÈRE, OXLIP, Pillea, Ruth B., STACEY, TEKE::TEKE, TOVI, Wasting Time, and Whitehorse!

Join Justin the Canuck today at 4:30 PM Central on KOOP Radio, 91.7 FM in Austin, Texas and broadcasting to the world at KOOP.org!

New music for Earth Day

We feature Ducks Ltd. for the first time on the show. Image: Christiane Johnston via NME

Earth Day was yesterday, and the Earth is certainly worthy of celebration, so this week we’re playing tracks that have something to do with “Earth”. Interwoven with those, we’ve got our first new releases in a few weeks. Tune in to hear the latest by artists including Alex Little and The Suspicious Minds, Bruce Peninsula, Cat Clyde, Dog Day, Ducks Ltd., Ekkstacy, fanclubwallet, His His, JayWood, Jeremie Albino, Joel Plaskett Emergency, Paper Lions, Prepare for the Future, Reuben and The Dark, Stuck On Planet Earth, Teen Daze, and The Zolas!

Join Justin the Canuck today at 4:30 PM Central on KOOP Radio, 91.7 FM in Austin, Texas and broadcasting to the world at KOOP.org!

Triple Play Friday, Doubled

Metric has been sounding great and looking cool for 23 years. Image: Capital Gazette

Last week’s format was more fun than expected, so we’re doing it again this week—Triple Play Friday, Doubled! We’ve got one additional artist in the mix this week, for a grand total of 21 songs by Elliott BROOD, Metric, The Pack a.d., Peach Pit, Said the Whale, Wintersleep, and Wolf Parade.

Join Justin the Canuck today at 4:30 PM Central on KOOP Radio, 91.7 FM in Austin, Texas and broadcasting to the world at KOOP.org!

Triple Play Friday

Want three PUP tracks, back-to-back-to-back? We can make that happen. Image: Rick Madonik / Toronto Star

This week, we’re bringing you a special Triple Play Friday. We’ve only got six artists, but we’ll hear three tracks from each of ’em. There’s something for everyone, including sets by Arkells, Broken Social Scene, Ohbijou, Parkas, PUP, and Stars, as well as something special by Vancouver’s Au4.

Join Justin the Canuck today at 4:30 PM Central on KOOP Radio, 91.7 FM in Austin, Texas and broadcasting to the world at KOOP.org!