The Coolest Thing About Love

Of course I named the show after the great album by the Smittens and I pay homage to the band by using a clip of their song 11:11 for my theme. I hope the band doesn't mind, but when I have talked to various members of the band after shows they seem like nice people whom I think would be good with it.

I also use this name for my DJ night happening occasionally at the Jane Bond in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Note that the links to shows older than 6 months might not be working, if you really want those shows please send me an email and I can get them to you. (Note that prior to 2018 I called my podcast FireballXL5, so don't be confused if you look at an old setlist)

Special thanks to Jeff Woods for finding my a place to host my mp3s!

December 23, 2016

Again burning through some songs I've had around for a while, that's why the last set is a bit disjointed.

Best song I heard since the last show: Zipper Club - Going The Distance, see the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp0z15cRfUQ

Links from the show:

See the super funky video for Narada Michael Walden's I Shoulda Loved Ya here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1szrrDo4VLc

Here is a video with the english translation for Jacques Dutronc's Les cactus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMjtEYl7QE8

You can download the latest show directly here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bwzw8gnpefh0ssn/2016-12-23_final.mp3?dl=0

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Fireball XL5 Setlist - December 23, 2016
TALK - Theme
Zipper Club - Going The Distance
Secret Meadow - Water In The Flowing River
Floor Cry - Strawberry Milkshake
Dungeons and Dragons - Hi Pierrot
The bv's - A Ray
TALK
D Train - You're The One For Me
The Galleria - Calling Card
Shades of Love - Keep In Touch (Body To Body)
Narada Michael Walden - I Shoulda Loved Ya\
The Charmaines - I Idolize You
TALK
The Bayonets - Sucker For Love
Bearcats - New Friends\
Ash - Shining Lights
Joe Bataan - Chick-A-Boom
Jacques Dutronc - Les Cactus 67's
TALK - Random Ending
Bleached - Lovespells

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Best albums of 2016

Fireball XL5 Best albums of 2016

Listen to each song using the links below:

1. Red Sleeping Beauty - Kristina

2. Chairlift - Moth

3. Starry Eyed Cadet - Places We Don't Belong

4. The Goon Sax - Up To Anything

5. Flowers - Everybody's Dying To Meet You

6. Frankie Cosmos - Next Thing

7. The Magic - NightFalling

8. Sea Pinks - Soft Days

9. The Radio Dept.- Running out of Love

10. The Julie Ruin - Hit Reset

11. Ice Choir - Designs in Rhythm

12. Cristina Queseda - You Are The One

13. Jessy Lanza - Oh No

14. Scenic World - Synths & Sensibilities

15. Bleached - Welcome The Words @HelloBleached

Best singles of 2016

Fireball XL5 Best singles of 2016

Listen to each song using the links below:

1. Golden Age of Reason - Summer Days

2. Youngr - Out Of My System

3. Fluir & Jesse Marantz - I've Gotta Have You

4. Yumi Yumi Hip Hop - Enamorats

5. Chairlift - Romeo

6. Starry Eyed Cadet - Worlds Collide

7. Kero Kero Bonito - Break

8. Nice As Fuck - Door

9. Kristin Kontrol - X-Communicate

10. Bleached-Keep On Keepin' On

11. Sea Pinks - Ordinary Daze

https://seapinks.bandcamp.com/track/ordinary-daze

12. Scenic World - Star Stuff

13. Tacocat - I Hate the Weekend

14. Mass Gothic - Every Night You've Got To Save Me

15. Frankie Cosmos - Floated In

16. The Magic - Gotta Keep Moving

17. Cristina Quesada-When I'm an Aeroplane

18. Niki & The Dove - You Want The Sun

19. Ice Choir - Designs In Rhythm

20. Sunflower Bean - Easier

November 25, 2016

Trying to get through a lot of releases from this year that I'm considering for my best of lists for 2016, some of them will likely make, some will not.

Best song I heard since the last show: Flowers - Pull My Arm, see the fun video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OWTNCJ5npU

Links from the show:

Listen to and buy music from Sleepwalk:
https://sleepwalkchicago.bandcamp.com/album/shimmer

You can download the latest show directly here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jh5pinu6gyich3v/2016-11-25_final.mp3?dl=0

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Fireball XL5 Setlist - November 25, 2016
TALK - Theme
Flowers - Pull My Arm
The Siddeleys - Sunshine Thuggery
The Belafontes - Saturday
Zimt - Du Kannst So Leben Wie Du Willst
The Goon Sax - Susan
TALK
The Radio Dept. - Committed To The Cause
The Orchids - A Kind Of Eden
Many Voices Speak - Staying
Ice Choir - Designs in Rhythm
Sleepwalk - Shimmer
TALK
Chairlift - Romeo
Royksopp ft. Susanne Sundfor - Never Ever
Teleman - Brilliant Sanity
The New Division - Starfield
Games ft. Laurel Halo - Stawberry Skies
TALK - Random Ending
Maze ft. Frankie Beverly - Joy And Pain

October 21, 2016

I can't stress enough that everyone should watch the video for the Shamir song linked below, I know it is an ad for Ray-Bans but it is still great.

Best song I heard since the last show: Shamir - Tryna Survive, see the fun video here: http://pitchfork.com/news/68404-shamir-shares-new-song-tryna-survive-stars-in-short-film-watch/

Links from the show:

Hear more from the Age of Reason:
https://soundcloud.com/the-golden-age-of-reason

Find out about Lion's Den:
http://www.clashmusic.com/news/premiere-lions-den-scars

Listen to and buy music from Scenic World:
https://scenicworld.bandcamp.com/

You can download the latest show directly here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/afjxtu9rdaheqbu/2016-10-21_final.mp3?dl=0

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Fireball XL5 Setlist - October 21, 2016
TALK - Theme
Shamir - Tryna Survive
Pale Spectres - D(r)iving
Lion's Den - Scars
The Golden Age of Reason - Summer Days
Plumtree - Sodium Chloride
TALK
Frankie Cosmos - Floated In
Wireheads - Bananafish
Sushi Backpack - Happy
Starry Eyed Cadet - Take A Ride
Brunch Club - Not Dead Yet

TALK

The Magic - Gotta Keep Moving
Exit Someone - Sydney The List Go On
Pure Moods - Blurb
Scenic World - Star Stuff
Consequences - Bobbypin

TALK

Yo La Tengo - Simpson's Theme

September 20, 2016

As much as I tried to keep within Indie Pop I have to admit it got back to electo pop pretty quickly.

Best song I heard since the last show: Nice As Fuck - Door, see the fun video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMnUPy4dp4k

Links from the show:

See the great video from Yumi Yumi Hip Hop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvMml_1_S60

Find out more about Imperial Teen:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Teen

You can download the latest show directly here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zojttz1g5635vm2/2016-09-20_final.mp3?dl=0

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Fireball XL5 Setlist - September 20, 2016
TALK - Theme
Nice As Fuck - Door
Yumi Yumi Hip Hop - Enamorals (Snap! Clap! 2016)
Language Of Flowers - If Its Not You
Triunvirato - Atras Tigre
Imperial Teen - You're One
TALK
West Nile - Lucifer Baby
Videopark Station - Comes To You
Hibou - Above Us
Top Sound - Hemani
Wild Meadows - Nowhere
TALK
Dripping Wet - Everything Grows
Seazoo - Teeth
Corners - Love Letters
Motorama - Tell Me
Plums - Near Sleeper
TALK
Lykke Li - Jerome

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September 10, 2016

Live DJ show Jane Bond.
Setlist for Coolest Thing About Love 22 - Summer Songs

Thievery Corporation - Lebonese Blonde (and we're away)
Puro Instinct - Tell Me
Geowulf - Saltwater
The Little Indians - Good Love
The Railway Children - Brighter
Cat Princess - The Sun Also Rises
Chain Wallet - Muted Colours (must be a non-US band to spell it that way)
Even As We Speak - Falling Down The Stairs (I didn’t do a NYCPopfest DJ night so there are some leftovers this is one)
Future Bible Heroes - Real Summer (yes my usual transition from indie pop to electro to funk)
Giorgio Moroder - Chase
Consequences - Bobbypin (no I didn’t miss a song that last one was just damn long)
Bob Moses - Tearing Me Up
The Galleria - Mezzanine
Shades of Love - Keep In Touch (Body to Body)
Jessy Lanza - Never Enough
Girl Friend - Waste My Time
Capital Cities - Kangaroo Court (it just went from 8 people in hear to 40 in one song)
Kristen Kontrol - X-Communicate
Annie - Heartbeat
Skylar Spence - Fall Harder (but the MP3 still lists it as Saint Pepsi)
The Style Council - Walls Came Tumbling Down (going a bit old school for a while)
The Primitives - Rattle My Cage (another NYCPopfest leftover)
The Chills - Heavenly Pop Hit
Teenage Fanclub -I'm in Love (from that Kitchener Boy Norman Blake)
Nice as Fuck - Door
The Snow Fairies - Life Of A Total Square (kind of en experiment to see if this kind of indie pop will work)
The School - Let It Slip (this song starts with the great line - an apology for today an apology for a lifetime)
Camera Obscura - French Navy
Murder Mystery - Love Astronaut (too long since I've heard this song)
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Say No To Love
Red Sleeping Beauty - Tell Me More On The Dancefloor (I might have gone too far with this one)
Lykke Li - Get Some (can never go wrong with Lykke)
Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
Fluir & Jesse Marantz - Gotta Have You (one of my favourite songs of the year)
Youngr - Out Of My System (also one of my favourites from this year)
DJDS - You Don't Have To Be Alone (Fun fact DJDS stands for DJ Dodger Stadium)
Niki & The Dove - You Want The Sun
Brass Construction - Partytime
Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
Newcleus - Jam On It (8 minute song so I can go to the washroom I know too much information)
Fatback - Gotta Get My Hands on Some
Barbra Stevens - Wait A Minute (some old soul)
The Dovells - You Can't Sit Down
Lady Wray - Guilty ( do yourself a favour and look up this song)
Lucky Soul - Add Your Light to Mine
Irene - Stardust
Sea Pinks - Ordinary Daze
Wylder - Bayhouse
Thievery Corporation - Lebonese Blonde (and we're away)
Puro Instinct - Tell Me
Geowulf - Saltwater
The Little Indians - Good Love
The Railway Children - Brighter
Cat Princess - The Sun Also Rises
Chain Wallet - Muted Colours (must be a non-US band to spell it that way)
Even As We Speak - Falling Down The Stairs (I didn’t do a NYCPopfest DJ night so there are some leftovers this is one)
Future Bible Heroes - Real Summer (yes my usual transition from indie pop to electro to funk)
Giorgio Moroder - Chase
Consequences - Bobbypin (no I didn’t miss a song that last one was just damn long)
Bob Moses - Tearing Me Up
The Galleria - Mezzanine
Shades of Love - Keep In Touch (Body to Body)
Jessy Lanza - Never Enough
Girl Friend - Waste My Time
Capital Cities - Kangaroo Court (it just went from 8 people in hear to 40 in one song)
Kristen Kontrol - X-Communicate
Annie - Heartbeat
Skylar Spence - Fall Harder (but the MP3 still lists it as Saint Pepsi)
The Style Council - Walls Came Tumbling Down (going a bit old school for a while)
The Primitives - Rattle My Cage (another NYCPopfest leftover)
The Chills - Heavenly Pop Hit
Teenage Fanclub -I'm in Love (from that Kitchener Boy Norman Blake)
Nice as Fuck - Door
The Snow Fairies - Life Of A Total Square (kind of en experiment to see if this kind of indie pop will work)
The School - Let It Slip (this song starts with the great line - an apology for today an apology for a lifetime)
Camera Obscura - French Navy
Murder Mystery - Love Astronaut (too long since I've heard this song)
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Say No To Love
Red Sleeping Beauty - Tell Me More On The Dancefloor (I might have gone too far with this one)
Lykke Li - Get Some (can never go wrong with Lykke)
Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
Fluir & Jesse Marantz - Gotta Have You (one of my favourite songs of the year)
Youngr - Out Of My System (also one of my favourites from this year)
DJDS - You Don't Have To Be Alone (Fun fact DJDS stands for DJ Dodger Stadium)
Niki & The Dove - You Want The Sun
Brass Construction - Partytime
Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
Newcleus - Jam On It (8 minute song so I can go to the washroom I know too much information)
Fatback - Gotta Get My Hands on Some
Barbra Stevens - Wait A Minute (some old soul)
The Dovells - You Can't Sit Down
Lady Wray - Guilty ( do yourself a favour and look up this song)
Lucky Soul - Add Your Light to Mine
Irene - Stardust
Sea Pinks - Ordinary Daze
Wylder - Bayhouse
generationals - Ten-Twenty-Ten
The Housemartins - Five Get Over Excited
Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) that might the last of the indie pop for the night
New Order - Superheated (from their album from last year)
Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
I Am The World Center - Metro (appropriate as it is now September 11)
Smallpools - Dreaming
Elephant - Misfit
Bleached - Keep On Keeping On (getting into some heavier stuff for a bit)
Le Tigre - My My Metrocard
Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone
The Jessica Fletchers - Summer Holiday And Me
Run DMC - Rock Box (might be the first time I have this here)
The Gap Band - I Don't Believe You Want To Dance (Oops) (Full Disclosure I was a huge Gap Band back in the day)
Rick James - You And I
Rene & Angel - I Love You More
The Stone Roses - I Want To Be Adored (a pretty good request from the floor)
Gorrilaz - On Melancholy Hill (yes the slowdown has started)
Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves
The Magic - Turn Me Round
She & Him - Sentimental Heart
The Beautiful South - A Little Time
Chairlift - Guilty As Charged
Saint Etienne - Hobart Paving
Christina Quesada - Just Like Honey (I love hearing a sweet young woman sing I'll be your plastic toilet)
Frankie Cosmos - O Dreaded C Town
Smittens - 11:11)(and that's a wrap I was pretty happy with how the show went)