STRICTLY GLOBAL

Holy crap!  Next week is already the season finale??? What? It seemed like only yesterday that we were buried in snow and churning out the music video hits of the decade.  Wow.  This of course means that you need to get your requests in ASAP to see if they make The Most Requested Videos Of The Season Countdown, or something along those lines... ;P.  Meanwhile, this week Danni hosts an hour that seems to be dominated by our neighbors to the North.  Some of the Canadian standouts include the goodies listed below.

From Vancouver, we've got the latest from Yukon Blonde, who've recently finished up a US tour in support of their self-titled debut album.  These guys produce strong harmonic rock that would cleverly fit amongst early 70's classic rock bands, and up it with a modern charm.  Not to mention the lyrics and melodies are super-duper catchy!  Like, seriously- I can't get "Wind Blows" out of my brain.  They'll resume another tour supporting Good Old War later this month, and I just noticed they will be playing at a venue in Chicago called Beat Kitchen.  Hmmm.... raise your hand if you're ready for another Beat Kitchen on SG!

Harry will also fill us in on a couple of Nextwave bands: Pacifika (Vancouver) and Malajube (Montreal.)  Pacifika is extremely diverse as the members incorporate Peruvian, Armenian, and Caribbean grooves into their unique global pop sound of latin electronica.  Not to be missed, as they are gonna be 'uge.  French-singing indie rockers Malajube are 'uge too.  And they have recently written the score to indie film The Trotsky coming out next week!  Radical.

And we'll also check out the latest from Toronto's electropop group Dragonette, who's second live performance was opening for New Order!  Wow.   The group formed originally as a duo named The Fuzz, and released their first EP back in 2005.  Eventually they moved to London to record their debut album Galore, which got them spots opening for Basement Jaxx on tour.  Good-times!  Danni got a chance to interview Dragonette when they came by DC recently- so be on the lookout for that interview this summer.  Word.