Thu, 20 December 2018
It's our BEST OF 2018 EPISODE! Bask in some of the funnest moments of the year with some of our favourite people: Peach Kelli Pop meets Danzig (with a Mike Krol cameo)
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_198_-_BEST_OF_2018_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:25pm EDT |
Fri, 14 December 2018
Protomartyr returns! CITY SLANG correspondent Ev interviews Protomartyr frontman Joe Casey about working with other bands (including their Kim Deal collaboration), forgetting to write your lyrics down, hating the mosh pit, and learning your #1 fan is a nightmare kid.
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_197_-_PROTOMARTYR_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:48pm EDT |
Fri, 30 November 2018
Emmanuel and Travis make an impassioned fee for you to donate to the station that keeps us alive: CHUO 89.1FM! Listen and donate, it's easy and helps independent media! Then Ottawa's own EXPANDA FUZZ take us track-by-track through their new self-released album, Cotton Candy Jet Engine!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_196_EXPANDA_FUZZ_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:30am EDT |
Wed, 14 November 2018
We chat with Shelby from WLMRT about CITY SLANG favorite topics like karaoke and The Simpsons, but we also learn about intestinal training, coffee shop celebrity encounters, and we start a new segment called Movie Corner. Shelby also shares an epic tale of sneaking in to a concert, stealing beers and ending up with a $500 dental bill. We play basically WLMRT's full discography including the brand new LUBE 2 EP out now on Pleasance Records!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_195_WLMRT_FULL_EPISODE.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:22pm EDT |
Thu, 18 October 2018
We call Nathaniel and Keeley of DEAD SOFT and discuss eating healthy on the road, the time they caught The Dirty Nil planking, living on Gabriola Island with hummingbirds, and their new EP on Arts and Crafts! Plus we get the first LIVE-ON-RADIO PARALLEL PARK in CITY SLANG history! We play these tunes: Dead Soft - New Emotion - Kill Me
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_194_DEAD_SOFT_FULLmp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:32pm EDT |
Wed, 17 October 2018
We get right to dumping brand new music on everyone's heads this week. We play:
Cold Leather - Smart Movies - Stunned Nerve Beats - Nerve Beats - Pink on the C.C. Line Deathsticks - Funny Ha Ha Cool - In The Motors Jock Tears - Bad Boys - Neil Young Institute - Beat Session Vol. 6 - Only Child Booji Boys - Unknown Pleathers 7" - Kanadian Kontent Constant Mongrel - Living In Excellence - Action Dead Soft - Single - Kill Me Weathered Statues - Borderlands - The Silver Cliff Crack Cloud - Crack Cloud 7" - Drab Measure Xarah Dion - Collision EP - Asphalt Viagra Boys - Street Worms - Just Like You
Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams - Normal People
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_EP_193_-_NEW_MUSIC_FULL_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:07pm EDT |
Wed, 3 October 2018
We call Andrew of WALK A MILE RECORDS! We discuss why he started a record label, his master's thesis, and the story behind Sedition's vicious Papa John take down. Plus Andrew picks a set of music including Gold Finch, Sedition, and Miles Between Us. |
Fri, 21 September 2018
Charlotte of LONELY PARADE returns to CITY SLANG! We rehash some McDonalds talk from the last time we spoke, plus we discuss nearly chopping her finger off making vegetarian food, Chicago regional foods (including a Malort flashback), Kim Kardashian hot dog stands, and more! It's an accidentally food-focused episode (as usual)!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_192_LONELY_PARADE_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:37pm EDT |
Thu, 6 September 2018
Caylie of Boyhood joins us to talk about the nap blues, creepy critter stories, and what gift Nardwuar would gift her! Plus we make up a book recommendation segment called "Caylie's picks", and think up a Quantum Leap-style TV show! |
Fri, 17 August 2018
Part 1 of Bonnie Doon's BACK IN THE USSA tour diary! Diarrhea talk, Sebadoh gossip, and an uber driver plays his Black Sabbath-inspired music! Plus interviews with musicians Jeff Gallagher and Big Quiet!
Direct download: MINI_SLANG_-_EP_5_-_BONNIE_DOON_BACK_IN_THE_USSA_TOUR_DIARY_PT_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:56am EDT |
Wed, 18 July 2018
We talk to Brittany of Vancouver's LIÉ as she packs for her bands tour! We discuss the one perfect thing to pack on tour, the meaning of Cold Punk, playing to four people in Tijuana, and whether Taco Bell counts as a smoothie! Plus we get a hilarious story about HENRY ROLLINS! |
Fri, 29 June 2018
We catch up with BBQT at Ottawa Explosion! We play clips from our their previously un-airable interview, discuss about the worst holidays to get dumped on, and crying in Peter Criss make up! Plus our interview gets crashed by Jarrett from TOUGH AGE and Allie from PEACH KELLI POP, who asks the band about their astrological signs ♒♌♏ Plus we play these tunes and a set of OTTAWA EXPLOSION bands: BBQT - All For Show - Moldy Memory Wares - Wares - Mission Hill
Feel Alright - In Bad Faith - Truth About Us Laika’s Orbit - OXW Sampler - Ghosting Victime - La Femme Taupe - Robot ou humain Heathers - Midnight Is A Place - Linear Movement Lonely Parade - No Shade - Window Doxx - III - Stab Risk Tightlip - Tight On Time - Secret Hate Corridor - Supermercado - Coup d’épée Sneaks - It’s A Myth - Hair Slick Back |
Thu, 31 May 2018
Travis talks to Nora Singh of LA's HIT BARGAIN! They talk about how American health care is like a heist movie, the true story behind Matt the trampling fetishist, the making of the butt plug shiv, and Travis fails to get dirt on Katy Perry! |
Wed, 30 May 2018
In our latest MINI SLANG, Travis' hangover story is interrupted when Emmanuel calls James Lindsay of PLEASENCE RECORDS! They talk about the Pleasence Records podcast, the Canadian music industry, squashing Twitter beefs, and a music industry conspiracy nearly assassinates our guest! Plus we play some new music from the Pleasence label.
Direct download: MINI_SLANG_-_EP_4_-_JAMES_LINDSAY_PLEASENCE_RECORDS.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:22pm EDT |
Thu, 17 May 2018
Emmanuel and Travis dive into the depths of CHUO's vinyl vault, and spin an all-music show of 45 records! We combed through hundreds of records to bring you lost gems from the 90s, a totally burned out covers set, a sweet Factory records find, and more oddities! We take full credit for the inevitable revival of the The Freeze's "Paranoia" single after this episode. |
Wed, 9 May 2018
In our latest MINI SLANG we call Alex Bourque of Montreal's EGG PAPER FACTORY label while he does laundry! We try to get dirt on a band for an upcoming interview, but Alex ends up dishing some fine dirt on Travis from his old grocery store job!
Direct download: MINI_SLANG_-_EP_3_-_ALEX_BOURQUE_EGG_PAPER_FACTORY.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:14pm EDT |
Fri, 4 May 2018
Our clip-show tribute to vehicles! Some of our funniest stories come from broken down tour vans, improvised car repairs, and near-disaster train rides, so we've combined them into this mega episode featuring hilarious stories from: Casper Skulls Pop. 1280 Weaves WEED Flasher Gun Outfit Motherhood Needles//Pins Guantanamo Baywatch Cousins
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_186_VEHICLE_PARTY_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:16am EDT |
Wed, 25 April 2018
SHITTY SLANG (our new free-wheeling between-episode show) gets renamed to MINI SLANG after extensive Listener Satisfaction feedback. Plus, we call Gina Vinelli from the band BONNIE DOON to tell crazy tales of the Doon Buggy in anticipation of next week's all-vehicle concept episode! |
Thu, 19 April 2018
Allie Hanlon of Peach Kelli Pop returns to CITY SLANG! We deep dive on spicy ramen, get Trader Joe essentials, and give Moms credit for being weird. Plus we get Allie's LA travel tips for broke people and millionaires, and we run through celebrity encounters with Chelsea Peretti, Marc Maron, and Michael Cera! And also a trip to Danzig's house with New Swears??? We play new tunes from the new Peach Kelli Pop EP and LP: Peach Kelli Pop - Gentle Leader - Honey
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_185_PEACH_KELLI_POP_FULL_V2.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:25pm EDT |
Thu, 12 April 2018
Introducing SH*TTY SLANG! We're changing up the CITY SLANG schedule to twice a month (for our sanity, and for the quality of the show)--But don't fret! SH*TTY SLANG is our new free-form nonsense show we'll be putting out between proper CITY SLANG episodes. We wanna hear what you think! Is SHITTY SLANG an awful name? Should we have call ins? Do you want to host the show for a week? We can do whatever we want, and we're looking forward to straight goofing off in the studio every two weeks! PLUS this week we play a preview of our Peach Kelli Pop interview, and a set of tunes inspired by the band! |
Thu, 5 April 2018
This week we talk to Saskatoon's THE AVULSIONS about levels of swearing, starting beef with Elon Musk, Mennonite-Chinese restaurants, and we fail to learn about the gems of Saskatoon! Plus we get hot takes on Dave Mustaine and The Simpsons sucking! And stay tuned until the end of the episode to hear us call the band back to ask about a GREAT previous band name!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_184_THE_AVULSIONS_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:52am EDT |
Mon, 2 April 2018
All Canadian music, all hour! We play new Canadian tunes, a set of Saskatoon bands picked by THE AVULSIONS, a set of French music, a four-band split featuring WLMRT & Deathsticks, and music from St. John's Newfoundland! The Avulsions - Expanding Program - BOB |
Thu, 15 March 2018
Chad VanGaalen returns to the show! We revisit his daughter's psychic bug connection, get gardening advice, talk bee culture and offsetting toilet flushes! Plus Chad implores animators to quit for their health, we discuss building robots with the Jim Henson Company, and get to the bottom of his missing copy of Puzznic for the NES!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_182_CHAD_VANGAALEN_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:52am EDT |
Fri, 9 March 2018
We talk to Nigel of NAP EYES, and get health tips for listeners, find out what anime he's watching, and get deep about Legend of Zelda's Dark Link! Plus we discuss Nap Eyes mega fan Marc Maron and Nigel struggles to rank his favourite Green Day albums! We play these tunes: Nap Eyes - I’m Bad Now - Every Time The Feeling |
Sun, 4 March 2018
All music episode this week, as we showcase 4 labels from around the world! (But mostly Canada). Lots of punk rock, techno, and weird ambient. Featured music:
La Vida Es Un Mus (London, UK)
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_180_LABEL_SHOWCASE_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:08pm EDT |
Thu, 22 February 2018
Jessica Jalbert of Faith Healer talks to us about SKA SECRETS FROM HER PAST, fear of make up, conquering karaoke, Riverdale (like all our Mint Records interviews), and dog geniuses! Plus Jessica helps Travis decipher interview notes about her! We play these tunes: Faith Healer - Try ;-) - & Waiting
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_179_FAITH_HEALER_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:23am EDT |
Tue, 20 February 2018
Sara Jean Hughes (music video director) and Josiah Hughes (co-host of Blink 155) of the band PRE NUP join us on the show! They discuss their recent trip to Sundance, awkward chats with David Wain, a near-miss encounter with tom DeLonge, and the time a home visit from Colin Hanks lead to the dissolution of an artisinal popcorn store and Queen Latifah's TV show! Plus we play these tunes: Pre Nup - Pre Nup - Wrong Your |
Mon, 12 February 2018
We talk to Sam from Toronto's PONY! We discuss her TV obsession, (including the Shrek spinoff we all know and love, Shrek's Swamps Stories), the worst songs that have made her cry, and we test her on her Pinterest pinned recipes in a segment called PINNED TO THE WALL! Plus we play these tunes: Pony - Do You - I Don't Know |
Thu, 1 February 2018
Our tribute to Peter Eichhorn of P. Trash Records. Featuring tracks from P. Trash artists and thoughts from: We play: Statues - New People Make Us Nervous - The Last Stand And new tracks from: |
Tue, 23 January 2018
New segment: DECADES! We pick the best songs from every relative decade working from 2018! So songs from 1978/1988/1998/2008! It’s really quite easy to understand, okay? Stop asking questions! We discuss what we might have listened to if we weren’t unborn/babies in the 70s and 80s, and get really deep into which of our favorite teenage music still gives us embarrassment chills! Plus Travis challenges everyone to a twitter fight over Isn’t Anything being a better album than Loveless! Hit us up with your own Decades picks on Twitter, @cityslangradio. We play these tunes: Rich Kids - Ghosts of Princes in Towers - Ghosts of Princes in Towers
Tubeway Army - Tubeway Army - Listen to the Sirens Teenage Jesus and the Jerks - No New York - Burning Rubber Crass - The Feeding of the 5000 - Punk Is Dead Youth Of Today - We’re Not In This Alone - No More Doughboys - 7” - You’re Related My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything - When You Wake You're Still In a Dream Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation - ‘Cross The Breeze Botch - American Nervoso - Hutton’s Great Heat Engine Saves The Day - Can’t Slow Down - Deciding Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children - ROYGBIV Blonde Redhead - In an Expression of the Inexpressible - Luv Machine Jay Reatard - See Saw / Screaming Hand Carbonas - Self-Titled - Phone Booth Women - Women - Shaking Hand Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna - Vacuum |
Mon, 15 January 2018
First episode back of 2018! We speak to Petra Glynt while she paints to talk about all kinds of delightful things: her new puppy, favourite musicals, and good good food. We also talk about a harrowing experience getting stuck at a UK immigration detainment centre.
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_174_PETRA_GLYNT_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:57am EDT |