Records In My Life: Beach Slang

Northern Transmissions and Boutique Empire present this week's episode of Records In My Life featuring James Alex from the band Beach Slang.   We caught up with James in the lobby of the Cobalt Motor Hotel right before soundcheck and he fired off a few of him most important/favorite records.  Amongst his influences are The Replacements, Jawbreaker and The Beach Boys.  We coaxed him into offering a few extras as well.  Check it out

Episode features the song Bad Art and Weirdo Ideas by Beach Slang off their latest album The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us.

Intro theme song Best Tonight by Combine the Victorious.

Producer, host: Charles Brownstein
Videography, direction, editing: Mark Henning
Animations: Susana Ramirez

Records In My Life: Here We Go Magic

Northern Transmissions and Boutique Empire present another episode of Records In My Life, this time featuring Luke Temple from the band Here We Go Magic.   Luke discusses a couple of his favorite albums and then chooses a few more that he hasn't heard yet!

Check out what he discusses, from William Onyeabor, Talk Talk, John Hassell, Eno and Terry Riley.

Produced and hosted by Charles Brownstein for Northern Transmissions
Edited by Mark Henning
Videography: Isabelle Dunlop and Susana Ramirez
Animations and graphics: Susana Ramirez

The episode also features opening theme music Best Tonight by Combine the Victorious as well a Falling by Here We Go Magic.

Filmed at Red Cat Records, Vancouver, BC Canada

Records In My Life: Dilly Dally

Northern Transmissions and Boutique Empire present Records In My Life, this week featuring the Toronto band Dilly Dally.   Watch as they discuss the records that they love and have influenced them including: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blur, Kurt Vile and Big Black.

Produced and hosted by Charles Brownstien for Northern Transmissions
Videography, direction and editing by Mark Henning
Animations and graphics by Susana Ramirez

Filmed at The Media Club in Vancouver, Canada. 

Thanks to the band Dilly Dally for the interview, check out their new album Sore. 

Records In My Life: Mac Demarco

Northern Transmissions and Boutique Empire present another episode of Records In My Life, this time featuring Mac Demarco. Filmed backstage during soundcheck at his sold out show at the Commodore in Vancouver, BC, Mac goes on to talk about some of his favorite albums including John Lennon, Neil Young and Collin Mockasin.

Produced  and hosted by Charles Brownstein for Northern Transmissions
Videography by Mark Henning and Susana Ramirez
Direction and editing by Mark Henning
Animations and graphics by Susana Ramirez

The episode features the Mac Demarco song I've Been Waiting for Her from his album Another One, though you can quite plainly hear the music of opening act Alex Calder at they are soundchecking in the first half of the video.

Intro theme music Best Tonight by Combine the Victorious

Records in My Life: Mew

 Northern Transmission and Boutique Empire proudly present another episode of Records In My Life, this time featuring Johan Wolhert of the band Mew.  We caught up with him for a lengthy chat about rmusic in the hidden garden behind Red Cat Records in Vancouver, Canada.

Mew are touring the world in support of their new +/- album, and Johan gave us an extended insight into a few of the albums that have inspired him over the decades.  Included were: My Bloody Valentine, Genesis, Abba, Fleetwood Mac and Bruce Springteen!

The video also featured the Mew track Rows off their +/- album.

Host: Charles Brownstein
Camera operators: Susana Ramirez, Mark Henning
Graphics and animations: Susana Ramirez
Director editor; Mark Henning
opening them music: Best Tonight by Combine the Victorious

Records in my Life: Hinds

Northern Transmissions and Boutique Empire present another episode of Records in my Life, this week featuring the band Hinds from Spain.

Filmed at Red Cat Records here in Vancouver, the band discusses the albums that inspired them, and play on their stereo as they tour the world. 

Big thanks to Hinds for making such a fun episode.

Host: Charles Brownstein

Camera: Susana Ramirez, Mark Henning
Opening graphics: Susana Ramirez
Diretor, editor: Mark Henning
Open theme song Best Tonight - Combine the Victorious

Records in My Life: Seoul

Northern Transmission and Boutique Empire present another episode of Records in My Life, this time featuring the band Seoul from Montreal, Canada. 

Filmed at Red Cat Records in Vancouver, Canada the band talks about albums from artist such as Broken Social Scene, Destroyer, Pretty In Pink, Donald Fagen, Dirty Beaches and Wu Tang Clan. 

Host: Charles Brownstein
Camera and editing; Mark Henning

Features the song Stay With Us from the band's album I Became a Shade.