CITY SLANG

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)
Prenup hang out with Colin Hanks (with a Queen Latifah cameo)
Lié gets Henry Rollins on the phone to chat with a boyfriend

BBQT discuss the worst time to get dumped
Nap Eyes give dubious and thorough fitness advice
Dead Soft expose Dirty Nil's hilarious tour workout

Faith Healer gives us more than we bargained for when we ask about Thunder Bay
Boyhood shares a heartbreaking bat story
Pony takes the Pinned To The Wall Pinterest food quiz

WLMRT swims into a concert to steal some beers
Chad Vangaalen wants to break into someone's house to steal back his Nintendo

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_198_-_BEST_OF_2018_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:25pm EDT

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

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

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

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
Dead Soft - New Emotion - Proof
Dead Soft - New Emotion - I'm Afraid
Dead Soft - New Emotion - Down
Dead Soft - New Emotion - Bones

Supercrush - I've Been Around - I've Been Around
Woolworm - Deserve To Die - Seer
Daddy's Hands - Daddy's Hands - Statistics Wigs

Expanda Fuzz - Cotton Candy Jet Engine - Ghosts And Flowers
Civic - Those Who No - Pleasure
Flesh Rag - Inside Your Mind - Inside Your Mind

Frigs - Single - Crop Circles
Dilly Dally - Heaven - I Feel Free

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_194_DEAD_SOFT_FULLmp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:32pm EDT

We get right to dumping brand new music on everyone's heads this week. We play:


Marbled Eye - Leisure - Laughing Sound
Carbonas - Your Moral Superiors: Singles And Rarities - Blackout (Waiting To Happen)
Tommy & The Commies - Here Come... - Throwaway Love
School Damage - A to X - City Streets

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

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.

Direct download: MINI_SLANG_EP_6_-_WALK_A_MILE.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:43pm EDT

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

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!

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_191_-_BOYHOOD_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:17am EDT

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

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!

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_190_-_LIE_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:57am EDT

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
BBQT - All Dressed - Your Band
BBQT - BBQT - BBQT
BBQT - All For Show - OK Cupid
BBQT - All For Show - Heart Shaped Sticker
BBQT - All For Show - Why Can’t I Luv U
BBQT - All For Show - Quicksilver Boys Club
BBQT - BBQT - Doo Wah Diddy (PKP cover)

Peach Kelli Pop - Gentle Leader - Black Magic
Tough Age - Shame - Everyday Life

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
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_189_BBQT_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:02am EDT

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!

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_188_HIT_BARGAIN_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:22pm EDT

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

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.

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_187_VINYL_VAULT_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:37pm EDT

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

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

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!

Direct download: MINI_SLANG_EP_2_.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:58pm EDT

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
Peach Kelli Pop - Gentle Leader - Black Magic
Peach Kelli Pop - Which Witch - Crooked & Crazy
Peach Kelli Pop - Gentle Leader - Parasomnia
Peach Kelli Pop - Which Witch - Los Angeles
Peach Kelli Pop - Gentle Leader - Quiet
Peach Kelli Pop - Gentle Leader - Black Cat 13
Peach Kelli Pop - Which Witch - Drug Store’s Symbol of Happiness
Peach Kelli Pop - Gentle Leader - King Size
Peach Kelli Pop - Which Witch - Pitch Black
Peach Kelli Pop - Which Witch - Shine
Peach Kelli Pop - Gentle Leader - Don’t Push Me
Peach Kelli Pop - Which Witch - Rocky Mountains
Peach Kelli Pop - Peach Kelli Pop III - Sailor Moon (Theme)
Peach Kelli Pop - Gentle Leader - Cherry (That’s Not Her Real Name)

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_185_PEACH_KELLI_POP_FULL_V2.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:25pm EDT

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!

Direct download: SHITTY_SLANG_-_EP_1_PKP_PREVIEW.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:34pm EDT

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

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
Freak Heat Waves - Beyond XXXL - Toxic Talk Show
Rhythm of Cruelty - Dispossession - Dispossession

Caves - Young Adult Contemporary - Deep Beige
Chunder Buffet - Cesspool - Obvious
Waitress - Delay Our Time - Crome Cande

WLMRT - 4 Band Split - I Quit Jack Astors
Deathsticks - 4 Band Split - I Named My Ulcer After You
Nüshu - 4 Band Split - Génération Nomophobe
Nightbummerz - 4 Band Split - Assembly

Victime - La Femme Taupe - Fatigue
Bleu Nuit - Bleu Nuit - Vaguess
Essaie Pas - New Path - Complet Brouillé

Yee Grlz - Brainwashed - Stop Bothering Me
Conditioner - Conditioner - Alright
Lo Siento - Bingo Bango - No Tengo Remedio
Ribbon Tied - Past Finding Out - Someone

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_183_FULL_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:06am EDT

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

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
Nap Eyes - I’m Bad Now - I’m Bad
Nap Eyes - I’m Bad Now - Judgment
The Mighty Northumberland - Single - Dark Link

Nap Eyes - Whine of the Mystic - Dark Creedence
Nap Eyes - I’m Bad Now - Roses
Nap Eyes - I’m Bad Now - You Like To Joke Around With Me
Nap Eyes - Thought Rock Fish Scale - Click Clack
Nap Eyes - I’m Bad Now - Dull Me Line

Green Day - Insomniac - No Pride

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_181_NAP_EYES_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:53pm EDT

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)
Rixe - Promo Tape - Les Cents Pas
Haram - When You Have Won, You Have Lost - The Prophet
Patsy - LA Women - Count It On Down
Limp Wrist - Facades - Don’t Want You

Pleasance Records (Toronto, ON)
J Blissette - Until I Go Blind - A Series of Observations
Fake Palms - Pure Mind - I’m Not There
Moon Eyed - Haleiwa - Highway Night Drive
Man Made Hill - Fingertip - My Accoutrements

Neck Chop (Fullerton, California)
Gee Tee - Death Race EP - Death Race
Knowso - Look At The Chart - White Science
The Living Eyes - Modern Living - Better Think Again
Paroxoteens - Color T.V. - Paroxoteens

Low Noise Production
Clint House - Wantaway EP - Give Me Your Answers
Young Truck - Ambivalent II - Sette
CMD - Wavecraft - Juno Chronicles

Pseudo Laboratories (Edmonton)
k. burwash - Moonlanding - Hadley Rille
Soft Ions - Soft Ions - Hunger Weeks

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_180_LABEL_SHOWCASE_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:08pm EDT

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
Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Might As Well
Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Light Of Loving
Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Try ;-)
Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Sterling Silver

Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Such a Gemini
Faith Healer - Try ;-) - 2nd Time
Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Sufferin' Creature
Faith Healer - Cosmic Troubles - Again
Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Best Saved 4 Last

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_179_FAITH_HEALER_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:23am EDT

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
Pre Nup - Pre Nup - Air Quotes
Pre Nup - Pre Nup - Defending Your Life
Pre Nup - Pre Nup - Cleansing Flood
Pre Nup - Oh Well (Unreleased LP) - The Grudge

C.H.E.W. - Post-Trash: Volume Three - Bread and Butter
Booji Boys - Post-Trash: Volume Three - PC Friends Forever
Mauno - Post-Trash: Volume Three - Keys
Grim Streaker- Post-Trash: Volume Three - Freak Child

Sally Dige - Holding On - Holding On
Azar Swan - Savage Exile - Heavy Water

Утро - Утро - Спесь
Aus - Demo - Abgemacht
Beta Boys - Brick Walls 7” - Brick Walls

The Spook School - Could It Be Different? - Less Than Perfect
The Spook School - Could It Be Different? - Bad Year

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_EP_178_PRE_NUP_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:20pm EDT

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
Pony - Do You - Healthy Brain
Pony - Do You - Monster
Pony - Do You - Fingernails
Pony - Do You - Small Things

Freak Heat Waves - Beyond XXXL - Self Vortex
Anwar Sadat - Ersatz Living - No Exit
Idles - Brutalism - Mother

Salad Boys - This Is Glue - Psych Slasher
Total Control - Laughing at the System - Future Creme
Death Of Lovers - The Acrobat - Perfect History

Drab Majesty - The Demonstration - Dot In The Sky

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_177_PONY_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:00pm EDT

Our tribute to Peter Eichhorn of P. Trash Records. Featuring tracks from P. Trash artists and thoughts from:

Steve Adamyk (Steve Adamyk Band, Sedatives)
Rob Seaton (Statues, Der Faden)
Ian Manhire (Sedatives, The White Wires)
Eric Daigle (Fear of Lipstick, Feral Trash)
Dave Williams (Sedatives, Year Zero, Last Communion, Steve Adamyk Band)
Ilona (The Dagger Eyes)
Patrick (Hosehead Records)
Eric (FDH Records)

We play:

Statues - New People Make Us Nervous - The Last Stand
The Toyotas - Made Headlines - T.V. Injection
Fear of Lipstick - Seasons - Memel
Year Zero - Year One - Seasons
Idle Hands - Postponed - Vacant Stare
The Dagger Eyes - The Dagger Eyes - Vampire
Latex Squad - 7” - Black Birds Having Fun
Sedatives - 7” - Teenage Runaway

And new tracks from:
Dazey and the Scouts - Maggot - Groan
Shopping - The Official Body - Wild Child
PONY - Single - Alone Tonight

Hot Snakes - Jericho Sirens - Six Wave Hold-Down
The Men - Drift - Maybe I’m Crazy
Death of Lovers - The Acrobat - Ursula in B Major
Moon Duo - Jukebox Babe/No Fun 12” - No Fun

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_176_-_PTRASH_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:04pm EDT

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
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_175_DECADES_FULL.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:49am EDT

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

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