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This Great White North

ALL CANADIAN - ALL THE TIME SUNDAYS on 91.7 KOOP

About Me

THIS GREAT WHITE NORTH - Hear it SUNDAYS from 7-8:30pm CST on 91.7 KOOP FM - AUSTIN. Stream it HERE.

Canadian Bands or Musicians: Are you interested in getting your music played on the show? We're looking to expose more people to more great Canadian talent. Please message me for a mailing address. CHEERS!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/27/2007
Band Website: thisgreatwhitenorth.blogspot.com
Band Members: Doug The Canuck
Influences: Any Canadian musicians from the 1970's til present day. Mostly indie-pop/rock, but always open to folk, punk, emo, and electronic.
Sounds Like: AArcade Fire, A Northern Chorus, Apostle Of Hustle, American Flamewhip, Atomic 7, Arch Rivals, Melissa Auf Der Maur, The Adam Brown, The Awkward Stage, Agriculture Club, The Attics, AA Soundsystem, The Acorn, BThe Bad Beers, Geoff Berner, Buck 65, The Besnard Lakes, Bionic, Jim Bryson, Aaron Beckum, Baby Eagle, Blood Meridian, Laura Barrett, Jonas Bonnetta, By Divine Right, Bronx Cheerleader, The Bicycles, Barzin, The Bonaduces, Howie Beck, The Buttless Chaps, Broken Social Scene, Boat, The Bloodlines, Beth In Battle Mode, Bella, Black Mountain, CCuff The Duke, Call Me Poupee, Clementine XO, Chixdiggit, The Cape May, Counting Heartbeats, The Craft Economy, The Chocolate Robots, Champion, Castle Project, The Carter Monrose, The Cliks, Carbon Dating Service, Children Of The CPU, Crash Test Dummies, Crash Vegas, Creature, The Consumer Goods, Jason Collett, Cub, The Constantines, Camaromance, DDog Day, Do Make Say Think, Darren Day, Destroyer, Duchess Says, The Deadly Snakes, The Diableros, Dumb Angel, The Darby & Joan Club, D-Rangers, Decomposure, The Dudes, The Doers, The Details, The Dears, Darling Arms, Dukes Of The Archipelago, Julie Doiron, Luke Doucet, EMatt Epp, The Evaporators, Kathleen Edwards, Elliott Brood, FFabulous Kildonans, Friday Morning's Regret, Henri Faberge & The Adorables, Falconhawk, Faunts, Feist, The Fembots, Frog Eyes, Christine Fellows, Final Fantasy, The Frenetics, The Figment Quartet, Fun 100, G Jim Guthrie, Great Lake Swimmers, Grande Fir, The Gruesomes, The Grass, The Golden Dogs, Godspeed You Black Emperor, H Sarah Harmer, Kevin Hearn, The High Dials, Hylozoists, Harlequin, Hayden, Todd Hunter, Hot Live Guys, JP Hoe, Hanson Brothers, Hi Lo Trons, Hank, The Harlots, Emily Haines, The Hidden Cameras, Amy Honey, IImmaculate Machine, Islands, J Danko Jones, Jetplanes Of Abraham, Johnny & The Moon, Junior Boys, Junior Pantherz, K Krief, The Kicker, Joel Kroeker, Kid Metropolis, L Lederhosen Lucil, Corb Lund, Lola Dutronic, Land Of Talk, The Lovely Feathers, Ladyhawk, Lake Holiday, Les Breastfeeders, Daniel Lanois, M My Dad VS Yours, Malajube, Miracle Fortress, MOTHER MOTHER, The Maynards, Mobile, Scott Maynard, The Most Serene Republic, Melissa McClelland, Maow, Maybe Smith, The Morning After, Memphis, Amy Millan, Kate Maki, Maps Of The Night Sky, Martha & The Muffins, Mike Trike, Krista Muir, Romi Mayes, Bob & Doug McKenzie, Bruce McCulloch, Greg MacPherson, Danny Michel, Metric, N The New Pornographers, The Neins(circa), No Luck Club, Nathan, Scott Nolan, Novillero, Chris Neufeld, AC Newman, Nifty, Neverending White Lights, O The Only Children, Ohbijou, Octoberman, OX, The Olympic Symphonium, The Organ, PPeople For Audio, Joel Plaskett, Mike Petkau, Pawa Up First, The Paperbacks, The Pointed Sticks, The Pink Mountaintops, Pony Up, Pilot Speed(Pilate), Parlour Steps, Melissa Plett, Wayne Petti, Pender, Prairie Cat, The Public, Paper Moon, The Payolas, Propagandhi, Portico, Panurge, R The Rowdymen, The Razorbacks, RedSayNo, The Russian Futurists, Sam Roberts, Rock Plaza Central, Run Chico Run, Radiogram, Rheostatics, Roar & The Wolf, Raising The Fawn, Rush, Royal City, SThe Sadies, Starvin' Hungry, Spiral Beach, Shapes & Sizes, Stars, Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet, Shotgun & Jaybird, The Sweet Homewreckers, The Stolen Minks, The Summerlad, Small Sins, Swan Lake, Shout Out Out Out Out, Ron Sexsmith, The Stills, Sunset Rubdown, Leeroy Stagger, Said The Whale, Share, Sloan, Salt, Stompin' Tom Connors, T Their Majesties, The Telepathic Butterflies, The Tragically Hip, Two Hours Traffic, The Two Minute Miracles, The Two Koreas, They Shoot Horses Don't They, The Ghost Is Dancing, Tokyo Police Club, Three Dead Trolls In A Baggie, Tegan & Sara, U Uncut, The Unicorns, V Vancougar, Vince Vaccaro, VitaminsForYou, Chad VanGaalen, Vailhalen, Volume, W Bob Wiseman, Rufus Wainwright, The Weakerthans, Woolly Leaves, Wolf Parade, Patrick Watson, Andrew Walker, Windom Earle, Wintersleep, Hawksley Workman, Winter Equinox, The Water St Projects, Y The Yoko Casionos, Young Galaxy, Young & Sexy, You Say Party We Say Die, Neil Young,
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My Blog

May 09/08 Playlist - NEW TIME SLOT !!!

Thank you for joining me in our NEW TIMESLOT! THIS GREAT WHITE NORTH will now air FRIDAYS 4:30-6pm CST. artist/song/album/label 1.The Sadies/The Trial/New Seasons/Yep Roc2.Luke Doucet/Blood's Too Rich...
Posted by This Great White North on Fri, 09 May 2008 05:28:00 PST

April 27/08 Playlist - Final SUNDAY show !!

This is my final SUNDAY evening show, as TGWN will be moving to FRIDAY afternoons 4:30-6pm CST beginning MAY 9th. Please join us then!!! artist/song/album/label 1.The Most Serene Republic/Humble Peasa...
Posted by This Great White North on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:00:00 PST

April 20/08 Playlist

artist/song/album/label 1.The Paperbacks/Rattled By Failure/An Illusion Against Death/Parliament Of Trees2.Dog Day/Great Pains/Night Group/Tomlab3.Ron Sexsmith/One Grey Morning/Whereabouts/Interscope ...
Posted by This Great White North on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:20:00 PST

April 13/08 Playlist

Hope you're enjoying a wonderful Sunday - Tune in to win Feist tickets!! artist/song/album/label 1.Wintersleep/Weighty Ghost/Welsome To The Night Sky/Labwork2.Cuff The Duke/By Winter's End/Sidelines O...
Posted by This Great White North on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:14:00 PST

April 06/08 Playlist - Thanks for the great support!!!

artist/song/album/label 1.Tegan & Sara/Back In Your Head/The Con/Vapor2.Small Sins/I Need A Friend/Mood Swings/Boompa3.Broken Social Scene/Our Faces Split The Coast In Half/BSS/A&C 4.Arcade Fi...
Posted by This Great White North on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:59:00 PST

Thank You for the wonderful support!!! Canadians Rock!

Thanks to everyone who pledged their generous support during KOOP’s Spring Membership drive these past few weeks. This Great White North raised over $500.00 ( the final talley is not yet in) and...
Posted by This Great White North on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:27:00 PST

March 30/08 Playlist

March 30/08 Playlist We are in the last hours of our Spring Membership drive - I encourage you to pledge your support of this show and of the station. Please give! www.koop.orgThanks! artist/song/alb...
Posted by This Great White North on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:31:00 PST

March 23/08 Playlist

Ok - so the SXSW dust has officially settled....thank goodness! Now its time to play "catch-up" with all the backed up mail I have. Enjoy all the new music folks! artist/song/album/label 1.The Mission...
Posted by This Great White North on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:13:00 PST

March 16/08 Post SXSW Playlist

One day after SXSW and I am beat-down. SXSW and the flu don’t mix, my friends...let that be a lesson! Here are a few of my favorites from the festival. artist/song/album/label 1.Torngat/You Coul...
Posted by This Great White North on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:10:00 PST

March 09/08 Playlist - Beware America !!!

March 09/08 Playlist SXSW BEGINS THIS WEEK!!! BEWARE AMERICA... artist/song/album/label 1.The Golden Dogs/Strong/Big Eye Little Eye/True North2.Hot Little Rocket/Like Killers/How To Lose Everything/F...
Posted by This Great White North on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:51:00 PST