Thu, 24 December 2015
This week on the show, we interview Toronto’s Pavilion. We talk to Grace, Julie, and Mike before a music video shoot in Scarborough. We discuss band names, fast food, and even though Pavilion drummer Jonah was away in England, we play a game of “Guess the question”, using his pre-written answers! Hilarity ensues! Plus we play songs from their demo and premiere their new digital single! Pavilion - Mercury Girls Demo - In Your Hands - 3:27 - CC Pavilion - Mercury Girls Demo - Beautiful Sight - 4:03 - CC Pavilion - Mercury Girls Demo - Pale Shades of Green - 4:59 - CC Pavilion - Mercury Girls Demo - Binds - 3:43 - CC Pavilion - Single - Hyacinth - 5:26 - CC Pavilion - Single - Vexation of Sprite - 5:09 - CC
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Wed, 16 December 2015
Fine-art croissants SOUPCANS join us to discuss acid trips in new york, Primus influences, James Chance's melting hair, and more! Plus, an epic tale of playing a show at an elementary school to a group of freaked out kids! We play these tunes: ISS - ISS - (I Want A) Amphetamine Prescription
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_116_SOUPCANS_-_DEC_16_2015.mp3
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Fri, 4 December 2015
TV FREAKS return to the show! They give some sound advice on getting smashed, eating schawarma, and they literally drink a jar of tequila filled with hot peppers! Business as usual. PLUS a hair-raising adventure: Travis gets lost in a forest while broadcasting live from a secret location! TV Freaks - Glue Flesh Rag - 7" - It Ain't Enough Left For Dead - Devoid of Everything - Second Guess Partner - Single - The Ellen Page The Subtractions - It’s Exposed 7” - Fresno’s Dead |
Mon, 30 November 2015
Emmanuel and Travis have a CITY SLANG clearance on VICIOUS TUNES, and end the show with ex-guests Chad VanGaalen and Seth Smith's new experimental techno tape, Seed of Dorzon! Plus, we get a sneak peek at next week's TV FREAKS interview! Hear these tunes: Pavilion - Demo 2015 - In Your Hands
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Thu, 5 November 2015
The great CENTURY PALM join us on a spooky Hallow's Eve! We caught up with the band before our CHUO benefit show to talk vampire instagrams, haunted hostels, and whether or not Jim Varney lives! Know what I mean, Vern? PLUS a Best-Show-related bombshell is dropped and a mic is literally dropped! Meanwhile, Emmanuel and Travis attempt a haunted intro, and play a set of absolutely vicious tunes, including a set from the Not Dead Yet fest. |
Thu, 15 October 2015
The great MIKE KROL returns to CITY SLANG! We conduct the KROL REPORT to update listeners on breaking news since Mike's last interview, and Mike tells us about "visiting" Danzig's and Rivers Cuomo's homes! Plus, support our mother station CHUO by visiting the CHUO website and buying a CITY SLANG shirt!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_111_MIKE_KROL_-_OCT_14_2015.mp3
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Thu, 8 October 2015
Katie of DILLY DALLY talks to us about good tattoos, great karaoke playlists, and the grossest part about being a swap monster! Plus, we get to the bottom of which is worse: farts or burps? Katie gives us her picks for a Toronto playlist, and we play some new tunes: Dilly Dally - Sore - Purple Rage Originally aired Oct. 7, 2015
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_110_DILLY_DALLY_-_OCT_7_2015.mp3
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Fri, 25 September 2015
Subscribe to the podcast! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram! Travis catches up with OLD AND WEIRD and HEAVEN FOR REAL after a backyard show! It’s a ramshackle interview covering disgusting road food and James Franco! Plus new tunes, and more! Hear these songs: Old & Weird - Split 7" w/ New Fries - Yes I Care
Originally aired Sept. 24, 2015
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_109_OLD__WEIRD__HEAVEN_FOR_REAL_-_SEPT_24_2015.mp3
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Fri, 18 September 2015
The great CITY SLANG puke off! We pull the grossest highlights from the history of the show, including interviews from Moss Lime, Guantanamo Baywatch, Boyhood, Lower, Merchandise, Freak Heat Waves, Chad VanGaalen, and The Beverleys! Find out who has cleaned the worst toilets, who puked out of a moving car, and who watches porno bloopers!
Plus non-stop gross tunes!
Moss Lime - July 1st - Ice Cream Sandwiches Guantanamo Baywatch - Oh Rats 7" - A Boy To Love Boyhood - Single - H3 Don't Lower - 7" - Someone's Got It In For Me Freak Heat Waves - Bonnie's State of Mind - Dig A Hole The Beverleys - Brutal - Visions
Seth Smith - Lowlife Score - Fast Food Lumpy and The Dumpers - Ausmuteants split - Noxious Human Eye - They Came From The Sky - Junkyard Heart Strange Attractor - Back To The Cruel World - Hot Dog Water Cold Warps - Slimer 7" - Slimer
Mean Jeans - Are You Serious? - Slime Time HSY - EP - Slimeball Lumpy & The Dumpers - 7" - Too Much Slime Black Lips - Let It Bloom - Punk Slime
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_108_THE_GROSS_SHOW_-_SEPT_17_2015.mp3
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Fri, 11 September 2015
Emmanuel and Travis talk about our new reading initiative, #punksnotread! Use the hashtag on Instagram to share what you read this summer. Plus tons of new tunes, featuring CITY SLANG favourites and past guests.
Sheer Agony - Masterpiece - I Have a Dream Mike Krol - Turkey - Neighborhood Watch Absolutely Free - S/T - Blurred Lens No Joy - More Faithful - I Am An Eye Machine
Lower - I'm A Lazy Son… But I'm The Only Son EP - At The Endless Party EP Helen - The Original Faces - Violet Marching Church - This World Is Not Enough - King of Song Lunch - Let Us Have Madness Openly - Marble Foyer
Adult Mom - Momentary Lapse of Happily - When You Are Happy Ultimate Painting - Green Lanes - (I've Got The) Sanctioned Blues Grave Babies - Holographic Violence - Eternal (On & On)
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_107_-_SEP_9_2015.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:14pm EDT |
Fri, 7 August 2015
All music episode this week, featuring brand new releases and a spotlight on the BERSERKTOWN festival! Plus two new compilations shining a light on lost 90s punk gems and UK post-punk singles! Get ready for DESTROY ALL ART and NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL DIY! Hear these tunes: Rats on Rafts - Tape Hiss - Rat Poison Face - 3:09 (Rotterdam, Netherlands) HSY - Bask - Scratch - 2:14 CC Milk Teeth - Sad Sack - Melon Blade - 3:33 Pretty Girls - Destroy All Art compilation - The Kids are All Fucked - 2:16 I'm Gonna Stab You - Destroy All Art compilation - The Slide - 1:38 Several Species - Destroy All Art compilation - Fight - 2:50 Tesco Bombers - Now That's What I Call DIY - Break The Ice At Parties - 3:29 Fatal Microbes - Now That's What I Call DIY - Violence Grows - 3:15 The Fakes - Now That's What I Call DIY - Look Out - 3:24 Tony Molina - Dissed & Dismissed - Change My Ways - 1:12 Total Control - Typical System - Expensive Dog - 3:52 Milk Music - Beyond Living - Beyond Living - 3:33 Wax Idols - Schadenfreude 7" - The Last Drop - 4:32 Juanita y Los Feos - Nueva Numancia - Vallecas - 2:43 Priests - Bodies and Control and Money and Power - Doctor - 2:48 Vacation - Non-Person - Decaying - 1:17 Downtown Boys - Full Communism - Monstro - 03:24
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_105_-_AUG_5_2015.mp3
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Fri, 17 July 2015
CHASTITIY BELT joins us at the Ottawa Explosion weekend to do the CITY SLANG questionnaire! The nicest band in all of Seattle refuses to trash talk, design leopard print costumes, and survive falling off stages! Plus a set of discovered-in-Halifax tunes, and new releases! Hear these songs: Chastity Belt - Time To Go Home - Drone Dyscontrol - Lies 7" - Lies
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_103_CHASTITY_BELT_-_JULY_15_2015.mp3
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Thu, 9 July 2015
Travis puts GUANTANOMA BAYWATCH through the CITY SLANG questionnaire! They give some of the wackiest answers yet, and tell the story of the time NOBUNNY fixed their car with an inflatable clown! Plus brand new tunes and a sneak peak at our CHASTITY BELT episode! Hear these tunes: Guantanamo Baywatch - Oh Rats! 7" - Oh Rats!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_102_GUANTANAMO_BAYWATCH_-_JULY_8_2015.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:44am EDT |
Mon, 29 June 2015
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_101_-_JUNE_24_2015.mp3
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Mon, 29 June 2015
We caught up with Edmonton’s RHYTHM OF CRUELTY to talk about American snacks, green onion cakes, and the wildest tapes they’re listening to on tour!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_100_RHYTHM_OF_CRUELTY-_fixed_audio_-__MAY_27_2015.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:55pm EDT |
Fri, 15 May 2015
Travis and Emmanuel are late for their show! The duo struggles to piece together killer tunes while Travis fumbles his keys and ties his shoes together! WILL THEY MAKE IT TIME?! Listen to find out!
Hear these songs:
Martha - Split 7" - The Historian Martha - Split 7" - Dom Kan Inte Hora Musiken - 2:10 Benny The Jet Rodriguez - Split 7" - In Love - 2:00 Benny The Jet Rodriguez - Split 7" - Wish You Were Beer - 2:53
Flesh World - The Wild Animals in My Life - Poolside Boys - 2:40 Dodgers - Bombshells - Cherry 2000 - 3:22 CC Clean Girls - Despite You - Day of the Woman - 4:17
Rhythm of Cruelty - Saturated - Transparency - 4:42 - CC Blue Angel - Demo - Don't Want Need To - 3:09 - CC Sailor Jupiter - Demo - Jesus Freak - 3:32 - CC
The Gotobeds - People Are Revolting - Fast Trash - 2:52 Turn To Crime - Actions - Actions - 4:20
Bitchkraft - Mascot - Didn’t Know - 5:34 Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress - Piss Crowns Are Trebled - 13:50
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_99_-_MAY_13_2015.mp3
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Fri, 8 May 2015
This week we bring you an all-time epic episode! We hit a gold mine of hilarious dirt when we interviewed NERVOUS TALK’s Joel Butler! We use his wild tour stories to see how much his friends in TOUGH AGE and FIST CITY know about him, in a gameshow we call YOU DON’T KNOW JACK ABOUT JOEL! Tall tales of daredevil lawnmower jumps and B.A. JOHNSTON’s van ensues! Plus a tape segment, new songs, and more! We play these tunes: Nervous Talk - S/T - Different Person
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_98_NERVOUS_TALK_-_MAY_6_2015_4.47.10_PM.mp3
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Wed, 29 April 2015
CITY SLANG moves to a new timeslot! Listen live on CHUO between 4-5pm on Wednesdays! PRIME TIME! We finish the season off by playing killer tunes, celebrate the weather, and a cassette segment! We play these songs: Mission of Burma - The Horrible Truth About Burma - Peking Spring
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_97_-_APR_27_2015.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:37pm EDT |
Tue, 21 April 2015
Emmanuel and Travis nearly get replaced by commercial radio DJs! Plus funding drive, show highlights from the last season, and an all-time classic bleepoff! Support CHUO during funding drive by heading to http://chuo.fm/funding-drive-2/
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_96_FD_SPECIAL_-_APR_20_2015.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:35pm EDT |
Wed, 15 April 2015
Jam-packed show this week! First up, SCREAMING FEMALES talk about saving muskrats in Ottawa, belt collections, and pick a set of killer tunes! Then, ANAMAI gives us an ultra chill interview, gives tips on relaxing, and definitely talks about ghosts again!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_95_SCREAMING_FEMALES__ANAMAI_-_APR_13_2015.mp3
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Wed, 25 March 2015
Festival special this week! We spotlight artists playing Ottawa Explosion, Lawnya Vawnya, and Kazoofest! Plus, a highlights from our OTTAWA EXPLOSION interviews, and a special set of music from Natalie of NOTS! Hear these tunes: Aquarian Blood - 7” - Savage Mind White Lung - Deep Fantasy - Sycophant The Famines - 2x7” - Gimme Some Numbers Teenanger - Frights - Bank Account
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_94_FESTIVAL_PREVIEW_-_MAR_23_2015.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:29pm EDT |
Thu, 19 March 2015
Memphis band NOTS joins us on the show this week! We talk to singer and guitarist Natalie about playing on morning TV, the best places to party in Memphis, and photoshopping Meemaw’s cat! Plus a special RIP Mammoth Cave set, we play an entire tape by the Coneheads, and new tunes! Hear these songs: Nots - We Are Nots - Reactor
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_92_NOTS_-_MAR_16_2015.mp3
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Wed, 4 March 2015
CITY SLANG returns with an hour JAM PACKED with killer tunes! Emmanuel and Travis shut up this week and let the music do the talking. We play these tunes: Clean Girls - Expensive Tastes split - Portion Control
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_91_LESS_TALK_MORE_ROCK__1.mp3
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Wed, 11 February 2015
Emmanuel catches up with Montreal’s PALE LIPS to play pinball, talk about boys, and misinterpret lyrics! Plus a TAPE SEGMENT on Not Normal tapes, new releases from Craft Singles, and tunes from bands playing OTTAWA IMPLOSION VOL. 2!! We play these tunes: Pale Lips - Demo - Shim Sham Shimmy
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_90_PALE_LIPS_-_FEB_9_2015.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:46am EDT |
Fri, 30 January 2015
Graeme Stewart of THE LAURAS previously appeared on CITY SLANG as a member of Monomyth, but this time we make him answer the CITY SLANG questionnaire! We get to the bottom of his show amnesia, and hear the mildest curse word ever not censored on CITY SLANG!
Plus, Emmanuel's new hair-brained theme: THE NAME GAME! We play all name bands!
Hear these tunes:
The Lauras - The Lauras - Cloudy Weight The Lauras - The Lauras -Lazy The Lauras - The Lauras -Home The Lauras - The Lauras - Duncan The Lauras - The Lauras - And When The Sun Special Noise - Window Ballet 3: The Island Nevermind - Snoop Lion New Fries - Fresh Face Forward - Plexiglass Tasseomancy - Tasseotape - Braid. Wind is Coming Start Something - Hard Times 7" - Hard Times Different Skeletons - Devils - My Chagrin Betrayers - Let The Good Times Die - Do You Smoke? Shirley Ellis - Single - The Name Game The Courtneys - S/T LP - Nu Sundae The Beverleys - EP - Dreams The Riff Randells - S/T LP - Mississippi Hot Dog Benny The Jet Rodriguez - Home. Run. - Alley Cat Martha - Courting Strong - Dust, Juice, Bones & Hair Roberta Bondar - Caustic - Palm Bay
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_89_THE_LAURAS_-_NAME_GAME_-_JAN_26_2015.mp3
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Tue, 20 January 2015
Subscribe to the podcast! Don’t listen on an empty stomach, it’s the FOOD EPISODE! Travis plays an all ice cream set, Emmanuel plays food punk classics, and our hosts get into a full-fledged FOOD FIGHT!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_88_FOOD_SHOW_-_JAN_19_2015.mp3
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Tue, 13 January 2015
Katie of PRIESTS joins us to talk about hair cair, a very strange performance on the Chris Gethard show more! Meanwhile, Travis fails to get dirt on Ian Svenonius and flunks being a Taylor Swift fan! Emmanuel plays a DC punk set, and we play tons of new tunes as usual! This week features: Priests - Bodies and Control and Money and Power - Doctor
Originally aired Jan. 12, 2014
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_87_PRIESTS_-_JAN_12_2015.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:30pm EDT |
Mon, 5 January 2015
Old-man Emmanuel and old-man Travis broadcast from THE FUTURE and remember the best interviews of 2014!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_86_-_BEST_OF_2014_PART_2_-_DEC_29_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:28pm EDT |
Mon, 5 January 2015
Old-man Emmanuel and old-man Travis broadcast from THE FUTURE and remember the best interviews of 2014!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_85_-_BEST_OF_2014_PART_1_-_DEC_22.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:26pm EDT |