Hello friends,

The annual Suoni Per Il Popolo festival is right around the corner and we’re all pretty psyched for the insane lineup of artists who are rolling through Montreal this June. Personally, I’m really looking forward to Pharmakon, Peter Brotzmann & Heather Leigh, Princess Nokia, Pelada, Moor Mother, and Les Filles de Illighadad — but there’s so much more, it’s honestly a bit hard to keep track of. Stay tuned for plenty of CKUT coverage as the festival progresses!

Last week’s garbage-feasting raccoon was a big hit, so as a followup here’s a squirrel I spotted in my front yard last week with an entire St. Viateur bagel in its mouth. I wasn’t kidding about our wildlife being gluttonous.

xo
joni

:::WHAT’S UP AT CKUT:::
Suoni, that’s what’s up! We’re dedicating a lot of our programming, including both ourMontreal Sessions and If You Got Ears residency programs, to the famously ear-bending festival for the month of June. Keep an eye on the blog for artist interviews, concert reviews, and other special features over the next three weeks — we’re going all out on this one and you’re invited along for the ride.

:::CHARTS:::
ckut top 30 – may 30, 2017
1. jessica moss – pools of light – constellation CC *
2. le fruit vert – paon perdu – three:four CC *
3. saltland – a common truth – constellation CC *
4. omar souleyman – to syria, with love – mad decent
5. aim low – scratched out – amplitude ambitions CC *
6. do make say think – stubborn persistent illusions – constellation CC *
7. the pink noise – subtext – not unlike CC *
8. timber timbre – sincerely, future pollution – arts & crafts CC
9. couleur dessin – s/t – fixture records CC *
10. lea betrucci – all that is solid melts into air – nna tapes
11. milk music – mystic 100 – dom america
12. family band – four standards – egg paper factory CC *
13. bill orcutt – s/t – palilalia records
14. xiu xiu – forget – polyvinyl
15. arto lindsay – cuidado madame – northern spy
16. the terminals – antiseptic – ba da bing!
17. second woman – s/w – spectrum spools
18. keiji haino – watashi dake? – black editions
19. ghostkeeper – sheer blouse buffalo knocks – self-released CC
20. tiny vipers – laughter – ba da bing!
21. she-devils – s/t – secretly canadian CC *
22. big french – stone fish – wharf cat records
23. klaxon gueule – ceci n’est pas – sono sordo CC *
24. shocking white – ghosting – tapetown
25. man forever – play what they want – thrill jockey
26. holy data – s/t – self-released CC *
27. wall – untitled – wharf cat records
28. dustin wong & takako minekawa – are euphoria – thrill jockey
29. debate club – fish fry – beko disques CC *
30. brian gibson – thumper – thrill jockey

ckut jazz – may 30, 2017
1. nicole mitchell – mandorla awakening ii, emerging worlds – fpe
2. honsinger/zubot/caloia – in the sea – relative pitch
3. joshua abrams natural information society – simultonality – eremite
4. hear and now – not living in fear – int’l anthem recording co.
5. harris eisenstadt – recent developments – songlines CC
6. gato libre – neko – libra
7. carrier/lambert/mazur – oneness – fmr CC
8. jaimie branch – fly or die – int’l anthem recording co.
9. pink saliva – tropical fun & general lightness – sono sordo CC *
10. rebecca hennessy’s fog brass band – two calls – self-released CC

ckut global – may 30, 2017
1. omar souleyman – to syria, with love – mad decent
2. ibibio sound machine – uyai – merge
3. ondatropica – baile bucanero – soundway
4. lord echo – harmonies – soundway
5. oumou sangare – mogoya – no format!
6. janka nabay & the bubu gang – build music – luaka bop
7. orquesta el macabeo – la maldicion del timbal – peace & rhythm
8. the battle of santiago – la migra – made with pencil crayons CC
9. jungle fire – jambu – nacional
10. mashkoor ali khan – transcendence – nimbus records

ckut rpm – returns next week!

ckut beatbox – may 30, 2017
1. brother ali – all the beauty in this whole life – rhymesayers
2. sixo – the odds of free will – fake four inc.
3. porter ray – watercolour – sub pop
4. karriem riggins – headnod suite – stones throw
5. a7pha – s/t – anticon
6. run the jewels – run the jewels 3 – self-released
7. your old droog – packs – fat beats
8. blockhead – uncle tony’s colouring book – young heavy souls
9. nnamdi ogbonnaya – drool – father/daughter
10. haviah mighty – flower city – self-released CC

CC indicates Canadian content
* indicates local content