KILLBEAT + PONDERCAST SHARE PONDERBEAT EP. 10


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For the tenth episode of Killbeat’s collaboration with Laurie Brown’s Pondercast, titled PonderBeat, Laurie begins with two tracks that tackle the expanse, both upwards and down. Absolutely Free’s “How To Paint Clouds” takes us into the beyond with that big sky feeling while Astral Swans’ “Spiral” notes that at the bottom of a spiral, there’s just more spiral - no easy way out.

Laurie has also selected two story telling songwriters who she feels can both “nail a moment or a feeling...usually one we’d rather stay silent about”. Andy Shauf’s “Jaywalker” and Charlotte Cornfield’s “Drunk For You” both tackle our warm, fuzzy, confusing, and sometimes hurtful inner dialog during those moments.

Both Jasper Sloan Yip’s “Strange Calm” and Homeshakes “Passenger Seat” float happily between a place of uncertainty and knowing - a place where you might be just along for the ride, somehow trapped and liberated at the same time.

In Charles Spearin’s “My City Of Starlings” we are taken along on a walk through the city in two movements, one at sidewalk level and the other on another plane, while KDAP’s (Kevin Drew A Picture) “Wilner’s Parade” was written while walking in the countryside, with the spirits for company.

Closing out this episode, Ouri’s “Ossature” explores that ‘feeling in our bones’ and Cots’ “Last Sip” creates another world apart, one that’s right beside your ear, inviting you in.

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Season 5 of Pondercast begins in October, and this year the team is bringing you something entirely new yet a little reminiscent of times past. Pondercast Radio uses an innovative hack of streaming technology to bring you a once a month ‘radio show’ which you can stream at any time. The show will include a new playlist of music and Laurie’s introductions for your dining and dancing pleasure. Think of it like The Signal, just a little more technologically advanced.

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PONDERBEAT EPISODE 10
Absolutely Free - How to Paint Clouds
Astral Swans – Spiral
Andy Shauf - Jaywalker
Charlotte Cornfield: Drunk For You
Jasper Sloan Yip - Strange Calm
Homeshake - Passenger Seat
Charles Spearin - My City of Starlings
KDAP - Wilner’s Parade
Ouri - Ossature
Cots - Last Sip

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KILLBEAT + PONDERCAST SHARE PONDERBEAT EP. 9

PONDERBEAT - THE PODCAST SERIES FROM LAURIE BROWN’S PONDERCAST FEATURING A CURATED SELECTION OF TRACKS FROM KILLBEAT ARTISTS

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Episode 9 of PonderBeat, Killbeat’s collaboration with Pondercast, Laurie Brown has curated a playlist that studies the human condition of looking for intimacy in our current state of disconnect (yet, somehow always connected) and helps us transition from Winter into Spring, from darkness into light. Remembering the past, but also working to focus on the light at the end of the tunnel.

The playlist begins with both darkness and light in Dana Sipos’ “Light Around The Body”, finds a direct connection back to bedrock of life with a breath in Aasiva’s “Namu”, and reflects on the intimate feeling of being alone in Alyson McNamara’s “That’s Today”.

Laurie compares the emotional complexity of Allison Russel’s auto-biographical “Nightflyer” to a diamond with a hundred different facets, while Bernice’s “Your Beautiful House” glides through the air, an outer-body experience, looking down on the bigger picture. Joseph Shabason’s “Life With My Grandparents” also looks back on the past and continues to try and understand the weight of his upbringing.

Connecting and needing to talk through ‘growing up’ is central to Charlie Houston’s “Calls”, while Treephone’s “A Map” puts us in the back seat of a long drive and into stories stretched out over miles. The Weather Station’s “Atlantic” works to find new ways to exist today, while Hildegard’s “Jour 3” finds intimacy in a simple phone call. 

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Every Monday morning Laurie Brown will post a new 20 minute Guided Meditation. Meant for everyone - no experience necessary. Great way to start meditating, and a great way to find support and encouragement for your practise.

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EPISODE 5 // EPISODE 6 // EPISODE 7 // EPISODE 8

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PONDERBEAT EPISODE 9
Dana Sipos - Light Around the Body
Aasiva - Namu
Alyson McNamara - That’s Today
Allison Russell - Nightflyer
Bernice - Your Beautiful House
Joseph Shabason - Life with My Grandparents
Charlie Houston - Calls
Treephones - A Map
The Weather Station - Atlantic
Hildegard - Jour 3

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KILLBEAT + PONDERCAST SHARE PONDERBEAT EP. 8

PONDERBEAT - THE PODCAST SERIES FROM LAURIE BROWN’S PONDERCAST FEATURING A CURATED SELECTION OF TRACKS FROM KILLBEAT ARTISTS

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For Episode 8 of  PonderBeat, our collaboration with Laurie Brown’s Pondercast, Laurie has curated a playlist that helps us to re-centre in the midst of our current world situation, drawing us in, closer to ourselves, to each other, and to things that might often seem otherworldly.

To begin this episode, the acoustic version of Gord Downie’s “Away Is Mine” brings us closer to the beautiful spirit of Gord than ever before. Luka Kuplowsky is not afraid to write about his own inner reflections which may not be entirely flattering all the time in “Do I Have To Be”, and Braids’ “Here 4 U” explores how part of every relationship lives on beyond the break down.

If there’s an activity that nearly everyone can relate to during lock down, it may be doom scrolling, and Steven Wilson’s “King Ghost” pins down that exact uneasiness of nothing. LAL also works to draw us closer to each with “End Of This World Together”, while Yves Jarvis “Emblem” makes you lean into the gentle, lush feeling of green.

Laurie considers Edwin Raphael’s “Mild Sanity” (ft. Juletta) to be a “second wave saviour”, bringing the listener inside themselves as a “half-conscious body high”. And while we’re in our own heads, The Weather Station’s “Robber” is like our own inner-voice confessing to itself.

Charles Spearin and Josefin Runsteen find each other’s rhythm in “Breathing With You, With Me”, while Matthew Cardinal’s “May 7th” find its own self, the one that shows up in the quiet, underneath everything else that’s going on in this weird world.

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New to Pondercast, every Monday morning Laurie Brown will post a new 20 minute Guided Meditation. Meant for everyone - no experience necessary. Great way to start meditating, and a great way to find support and encouragement for your practise.

Also new for season 4, every second Friday the Pondercast team are now posting a Grounding Thought. We started these during the intense days of lockdown and we’ve heard from you that they helped. So count on 10 minute podcasts to help shift your perspective when your world threatens to overwhelm.

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Pondercast is powered by listeners. If you’d like to share the musical love, you can start by sharing this episode. If you feel like that’s just not enough, please consider becoming a patron of the show via the Pondercast Patreon here. Patrons receive a behind the scenes look at Pondercast, first notice of new episodes, and access to monthly Ponder Playlists. 

LISTEN TO PAST PONDERBEAT EPISODES HERE

EPISODE 1 // EPISODE 2 // EPISODE 3  // EPISODE 4 //
EPISODE 5 // EPISODE 6 // EPISODE 7

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PONDERBEAT EPISODE 8

Gord Downie - Away Is Mine
Luka Kuplowsky - Do I Have to Be
Braids - Here 4 U
Steven Wilson - KING GHOST
LAL - End of This World Together
Yves Jarvis - Emblem
Edwin Raphael - Mild Sanity (feat Juletta)
The Weather Station - Robber
Charles Spearin, Josefin Runsteen - Breathing With You, With Me
Matthew Cardinal - May 7th

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