Simon H

About this contributor

Many years ago, Mr. H. came to CJLO to host an eclectic, ocasionalyl noisy, but mostly just moody indie program he entitled A Listening Ear. About six months into his tenure on the show, he answered a Craigslist posting looking for help on a film-themed radio show. That show, as it turned out, was The Naked Lunch, another CJLO program, hosted and conceived by an industrious fellow by the name of Ricky D. For several months, somewhat insidiously, Mr. H. broke the rules and hosted both programs, but was soon forced to choose between the two. Hence, A Listening Ear perished. After over a year of hustling on The Naked Lunch - later renamed to Sound on Sight - Mr. H. was offered a chance to host a music show again, this time without having to axe anything else. So he conceived of Sucker Blues, a show whose entire purpose is to ruin your night, with a blend of slowcore, shoegaze, modern classical, ambient, folk, chamber-pop, and even a little plain old indie rock. Consider yourself warned.

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It's hard to imagine a more bewildering sensation for a relatively new musician than arriving in a country you've never even visited before and have people greet you like a big deal, especially when you're a young songwriter touring behind your second record of songs you recorded by yourself with sub-par equipment. That was precisely the case when Kristian Mattson, AKA The Tallest Man on Earth, came to Petit Campus to play for a sold-out crowd, in support of the stellar The Wild Hunt.

A few words on that subject first....

Posted by Simon H on April 23, 2010 in Article | 0 comments.

The sort of stuff you can expect to hear on my show, plus a few outstanding oddities.

 

 

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Posted by Simon H on February 7, 2010 in Blog entry | 0 comments.

If anyone needed proof that Britain’s The XX are a full-blown phenomenon at this point, they’d do well to have attended their debut performance in Montreal, opening for labelmates and fellow Britishers Friendly Fires. Playing the opening slot of a pricey, early-evening midweek show, the very young group packed the not-inconsiderably sized Le National with seeming ease – complaints of scalpers hiking tickets into the...

Posted by Simon H on January 5, 2010 in Article | 0 comments.