We’ll be like torches. Torches together hand in hand. See you soon friend.

Menomena//Muscle’n Flo//Friend and Foe

Atlas Sound//Te Amo//Parallax

Digable Planets//Black Ego//Blowout Comb

Braids//Plath Heart//Native Speaker

Bon Iver//Michicant//Bon Iver

Baths//I Just Saw (Raleigh Moncrief cover)

Arcade Fire//My Body Is A Cage//Neon Bible

Fleet Foxes//Bedouin Dress//Helplessness Blues

ANGO//Better For You//Another City Now EP

Chairlift//Sidewalk Safari//Something

Mewithoutyou\\Torches Together\\Catch For Us The Foxes

The Middle East//Beleriand//The Recordings Of The Middle East

The Magician & The Gates Of Love//Shut Eye Bender

Neutral Milk Hotel//Communist Daughter//In The Aeroplane Over The City

War On Drugs//Come To The City//Slave Ambient

The Welcome Wagon//But For You Who Fear My Name//Welcome To The Welcome Wagon

The French I took.

1. Vusi Mahlasela : Say Africa

2. Jamie xx : Far Nearer

3. The Beach Boys : That’s Not Me

4. The Magician & The Gates Of Love : I Want It All

5. Jordan Klassen : Go To Me

6. Fleet Foxes : Lorelai

7. Nina Simone : See Line Woman

8. Braids : Plaith Heart

9. Ray LaMontagne : Burn

10. Edith Piaf : Enfin Le Printemps

11. Carter Tanton : Murderous Joy

12. Bon Iver : Towers

13. Sam Cooke : (What A) Wonderful World

14. Ibrahim Ferrer/Buena Vista Social Club : Qué Bueno Baila Usted

15. Dream Cop : Beach City/Carol I Know

16. Vusi Mahlesala : Ntate Mandela

I’m new here, again.

I’m moving back in with my folks this September; to go back go school. And yet, Squamish is still home. This mix brings a lot of experiences from my second summer here together. Hope you enjoy it, wherever you are.

Titus Andronicus – A More Perfect Union, from The Monitor. No Age – Sleeper Hold, from Nouns. Wye Oak – I Hope You Die, from My Neighbor/My Creator. Fleet Foxes – Someone You’d Admire, from Helplessness Blues. Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here, from I’m New Here. We Are The City – Get Happy, from High School. Baths – Pop Song, from Cerulean. The Tallest Man On Earth – Weather Of A Killing Kind, from the Adult Swim Singles Program. José González – Remain, from Veneer. James Blake – Lindsfarne II, from James Blake. Arcade Fire – Wasted Hours, from The Suburbs. Panda Bear – Last Night At The Jetty, from Tomboy. Grant Lee Buffalo – It’s The Life, from Mighty Joe Moon. Wild Nothing – Summer Holiday, from Gemini. Bon Iver – Beth/Rest, from Bon Iver. Gabriel Faure – Pie Jesu, from his Requiem. The Morning Benders – Promises, from Big Echo.

lenses/california

Summer is (kind of) here. To encourage good weather and warm spirits, here’s a list of songs from a trip I took to Cailfornia with my friends Todd and Claire back in April. Fitting, that the clouds haven’t dissipated since then.

1. “The Staunton Lick,” by Deakin, Lemon Jelly and Simon Franglen, from LemonJelly .KY. 2. “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay,” by Otis Redding, from The Dock Of The Bay. 3.”Mornin’,” by Star Slinger, from Volume 1. 4. “Wide Eyes,” by Local Natives, From Gorilla Manor. 5. “At Least That’s What You Said,” by Wilco, from A Ghost Is Born. 6. “Land’s End,” by Aidan Knight, from Friendly Fires. 7. “Man I Used To Be,” by k-Os, from Joyful Rebellion. 8. “Autumn Sweater,” by Yo La Tengo, from I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One. 9. “Babe,” by Evenings, from Northern Dorm EP. 10. “?,” by Baths, from Cerulean. 11. “Paper Ships,” by Dead Man’s Bones, from Dead Man’s Bones. 12. “Jesus,” by The Welcome Wagon, from Welcome To The Welcome Wagon. 13. “Even After All,” by Finley Quaye, from Maverick A Strike. 14. “Love More,” by Sharon Van Etten, from Shaking Through. 15. “The Bleeding Heart Show,” by the New Pornographers, from Twin Cinema. 16. “Miles From Nowhere,” by Cat Stevens, from Tea For the Tillerman.

clouds/seattle.

I went to Seattle a few months ago with my friend Todd  to pick our friend Claire up from the bus station. We talked the whole way there and back about life, God and music, and a playlist naturally came out of the day trip. It helped that after we found out a snow storm stopped Claire from getting to the city, we spent a good deal of time in a record store and I bought some new tunes. Here’s a taste of what we showed each other, with a little northwest flavour peppered in.

1. LCD Soundsystem: Dance Yrself Clean (Is This Happening)

2. No Age: Glitter (Everything in Between)

3. Pogo: Alice (Wonderland)

4. Teen Daze: Something (Digital “7 No. 2 – Together b/w Something)

5. Ray Charles: Drown In My Own Tears (Ray Charles)

6. Okkervil River: Unless It’s Kicks (The Stage Names)

7. Arcade Fire: Empty Room (The Suburbs)

8. Fleet Foxes: Tiger Mountain Peasant Song (Fleet Foxes)

9. Mavis Staples: Creep Along Moses (You Are Not Alone)

10. Bo Diddley: Who Do You Love (Bo Diddley)

11. Sufjan Stevens: I Walked (Age Of Adz)

12. Radiohead: I Might Be Wrong (Amnesiac)

13. The National: Afraid Of Everyone (High Violet)

14. The Microphones: Headless Horseman (The Glow Pt. 2)

15. Grizzly Bear: On A Neck, On A Spit (Yellow House)

16. James Blake: Wilhelms Scream (James Blake)

17. Edith Piaf: Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (Éternelle)

snow/colorado.

My friend Allison left us part way through December for her country of origin, namely, America. More specifically, she is now in Veil Colorado, teaching beginners how to ski. I decided to combine a few things here; a bit of Christmas and winter themes, a few songs relating to Colorado, and pictures that will hopefully help make Allison come back to Squamish. Hope you enjoy. Merry Christmas.

The Abramson Singers: Take A Camera (The Abramson Singers). Broken Social Scene: World Sick (Forgiveness Rock Record). Amy Millan: Skinny Boy (Honey From the Tombs). Feist: Sea Lion Woman (The Reminder). Animal Collective: Derek (Strawberry Jam). Nick Drake: Place To Be (Pink Moon). The Welcome Wagon: Up On a Mountain (Welcome to the Welcome Wagon). Elliot Smith: Waltz, No. 1 (XO). Kanye West: Christmas in Harlem (Unreleased). My Morning Jacket: El Caporal (Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation). Jordan Klassen: Song In Winter (St. Brigid EP). The Mamas & the Papas: California Dreamin’ (California Dreamin’). Apollo Ghosts: Land of the Morning Calm (Avocado Sampler). Miles Davis: Godchild (Birth of Cool). Andrew Bird: Tenuousness (Noble Beast). Aidan Knight: Friendly Fires (Friendly Fires). DM Stith: Be My Baby (Works In Progress). Grizzly Bear: Colorado (Yellow House). Bob Dylan: Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (The Best of Bob Dylan).

In August I went on a trip with my brother Nick, Nathan Moes, Conrad Dykman, Jordan Klassen, Jocelyn Price, Katy Postlethwaite, and Josh Daignault. We drove from Abbotsford and Squamish to Winnipeg, playing music for people in the evenings while hitting the road by day. Throughout the three weeks we travelled, we became like a short-lived family. These people became very much like brothers and sisters to me. People from across the country showed us hospitality like I had never seen before, and the beauty of the land made me stand in awe of God. The trip goes in the books as one of the greatest experiences of my life.

fences/prairies showcases a few songs that helped me keep this experience in the front of my mind throughout the last months. A couple of them we played for people (“For Jessica,” “Take A Trip”), one of them was written and performed by another musician we met along the way (Andy Shauf’s “In Town,”) and still others are examples of the music we listened, bought, and shared with each other on the road.

Here is the playlist:

1. Jordan Klassen/For Jessica/St. Brigid EP

2. The National/Sorrow/High Violet

3. Shad/Rose Garden/Tsol

4. Aidan Knight/Altar Boys/Versicolour

5. David Bazan/Please, Baby, Please/Curse Your Branches

6. Yo La Tengo/Avalon Or Someone Very Similar/Popular Songs

7. Neil Young/Harvest Moon/Harvest Moon

8. Andy Shauf/In Town/Darker Days

9. The Band/Rag Mama Rag/The Band

10.Delta Spirit/Strange Vine/Ode To Sunshine

11. The Magician & The Gates Of Love/Take A Trip/The Singles

12. Bon Iver/The Wolves (Act 1 & 2)/For Emma, Forever Ago

13. The Abramson Singers/Fool’s Gold/The Abramson Singers

14. The Middle East/Blood/Recordings Of The Middle East EP

15. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings/She Ain’t A Child No More/Learned The Hard Way

16. Beach House/10 Mile Stereo/Teen Dream

17. John Denver/Take Me Home, Country Roads/John Denver’s Greatest Hits

Thank you Nicolas Koole, for all the photographs.

stones/squamish.

This is what my new hometown sounds like.

1. Terrible Love – The National.

2. Knotty Pine – Dirty Projectors & David Byrne.

3. Cappo – No Age.

4. Take Care – Beach House.

5. In The Morning – Nick Drake.

6. All to All – Broken Social Scene.

7. The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake – Sufjan Stevens.

8. Jasper – Aidan Knight.

9. Anatomical Literacy – Jordan Klassen.

10. Intervention – The Arcade Fire.

11. Girlfriend – Pheonix.

12. B.O.B. – Outkast.

13. Swim (To Reach The End) – Surfer Blood.

14. Rotten Hell – Menomena.

15. Redford (for Yia-Yia and Pappou) – Sufjan Stevens.

16. In A Future Age – Wilco.

17. Ooh La La – The Faces.

18. Oliver James – Fleet Foxes.

backyards/langley (15).The fifteenth edition to the whistlehum podcast; third in the “element of/place” theme. I thought my hometown needed some defining. All these songs were chosen with Langley in mind. I hope you agree with the overall feel of it. It should feel comforting, but with an underlining urgency to look beyond.

1. “Used To Be,” from Beach House’s Teen Dream.

2. “Sugarcube,” from Yo La Tengo’s I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One.

3. “Sing, Sing, Sing,” written by Louis Prima.

4. “You Don’t Love Me,” from The Abramson Singers’ self-titled album The Abramson Singers.

5. “Ghost,” from Neutral Milk Hotel’s “the Aeroplane Over The Sea.”

6. “Bless This Mess,” from David Bazan’s Curse Your Branches.

7. “Up On Cripple Creek,” from The Band’s self-titled album, The Band.

8. “Jackson,” from Johnny Cash’s Carryin’ On with Johnny Cash and June Carter.

9. “Mine’s Not A High Horse,” from the Shins’ Chutes Too Narrow.

10. “Inspiration Information,” by Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, from Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation.

11. “Unsatisfied,” from The Replacements’ Let It Be.

12. “Newark Wilder,” from Pavement’s Crooked Rain Crooked Rain.

13. “Trashcan,” from Delta Spirit’s Ode To Sunshine.

14. “Tenth Avenue Freeze-out,” from Bruce Springsteen’s Born To Run.

15. “I Know There’s An Answer,” from the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds.

16. “I’m Into Something Good,” from the Langley School Music Project’s Innocence and Despair.

17. “Come Monday Night,” from God Help the Girl’s God Help the Girl.

Despite what you may have heard in the Closing Ceremonies a couple Sundays ago, this is what Canada sounds like.

1. “Helicopters” by The Stills

2. “Penpals” by Sloan

3. “Detroit ’67″ by Sam Roberts

4. “These Eyes” by The Guess Who

5. “One Man Guy” by Rufus Wainwright

6. “Dirty Water” by k-os

7. “No Satisfaction” by Black Mountain

8. “Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)” by The Arcade Fire

9. “Keep It Real” by Plants & Animals

10. “Past In Present” by Feist

11. “Call It Off” by Tegan and Sara

12. “Country Girl: Whiskey Boot Hill/Down, Down, Down/Country Girl (I Think You’re Pretty)” by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

13. “Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day)” by Broken Social Scene

14. “Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye” by Leonard Cohen

15. “Next Train” by Miracle Fortress

16. “Acadian Driftwood” by The Band

17. “Flowers Grow Out Of My Grave” by Dead Man’s Bones