Fri, 22 April 2016
This week on the show we interview artist and musician CHANDRA! In the 80s a twelve-year-old Chandra fronted her very own mutant-disco, post-punk group and recorded the recently reissued cult-classic TRANSPORTATION! We talk to Chandra about her current work, helping kids to write music, and we run down a roster of the stranger characters she's encountered in her career, including Captain Kangaroo, Andy Warhol, and the not-so-strange Jennifer Garner! We play these tunes: Chandra - Transportation - Subways Bart - Holomew - On/Off
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_125_-_CHANDRA_1.mp3
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Mon, 4 April 2016
Legendary musician and music writer John Robb of THE MEMBRANES joins us to talk about punk rock history, taking over the towers of the world, and why more bands should have paid attention in science class!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-MAR_23_EPISODE_124_THE_MEMBRANES__PT_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:52pm EDT |
Mon, 4 April 2016
DIAT joins us from Germany to talk rolling around in shit on tour, being a square in punk music, and reverse-psychology police! |
Fri, 4 March 2016
This week on the show, we talk to Gwen and Kerry of Calgary’s JUICE BOX! Juice Box write post punk songs inspired by internet comments and texts from creeps. The band joined us from the CJSW studios in Calgary to take the CITY SLANG QUESTIONNAIRE, and we learn about gopher museums, commemorative pope plates and alternative uses for sex swings. Plus we find out the pitfalls of an iPad based live show.
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_122_-_JUICEBOX_PT_1_.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:16am EDT |
Fri, 26 February 2016
Chicago's Daylight Robbery is releasing their third album, Accumulated Error, on Deranged records. It’s 10 songs of razor sharp, self described “adult punk”.
We talk to the band about the cheese snacks of Australia, the production style of Pickle the dog, and regional Chicago liqueur Malort—which is either delicious, or tastes like burnt hair. Plus we get a day in the life of an adult Chicago punk!
We play these tunes:
Daylight Robbery - Accumulated Error - Children - 2:52 Daylight Robbery - Accumulated Error - Goon Beat - 2:54 Daylight Robbery - Accumulated Error - New Threat - 2:48 Daylight Robbery - Accumulated Error - Telegraphing - 2:24 Daylight Robbery - Accumulated Error - Walk Away - 3:15
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_121_-_DAYLIGHT_ROBBERY_PT_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:01pm EDT |
Fri, 12 February 2016
CITY SLANG presents REST OF THE BEST featuring the best clips that never made the air! Featuring: CENTURY PALM failing at Simpsons impressions! DILLY DALLY refusing the theory that humans are living doughnut holes! MIKE KROL and Travis discussing little-known Devo trivia involving Johnny Rotten and Richard Branson! PAVILION reviewing the black whopper! POP 1280 make fun of punks and fantasize about the Gattica-verse!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_FEB_10_PT_1_EP_120_-_BEST_OF_THE_REST.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:02pm EDT |
Fri, 29 January 2016
Sunday, February 28 at GABBA HEY! |
Thu, 28 January 2016
This week on the show, we speak with Chris Bugg & Ivan Drip of New York’s Pop. 1280. They’ve just released their new Paradise LP on Sacred Bones. It’s a dark and slimy trip through the grimey sewers of a dystopian city and you’ll be hearing tracks from it during our interview. We discuss the worst Star Trek episodes, signing cigarettes, NOT losing their van in Ottawa, NOT getting attacked by a sound guy, and more rumours, lies and exaggerations.
Pop 1280 - Paradise - Phantom Freighter - 3:17 Pop 1280 - Paradise - USS ISS - 3:25 Pop 1280 - Paradise - Chromidia - 2:50 Pop 1280 - Paradise - Paradise - 3:36 Pop 1280 - Paradise - The Last Undertaker - 4:00 Pop 1280 - Paradise - Kingdom Come - 4:30 |
Thu, 14 January 2016
This week on the show, we interview Steve, guitar player & singer of Victoria, BC’s Freak Heat Waves. We talk about the infamous live show of Karate Girlfriend, and Steve gives us a rundown of the band’s favorite horror and sci-fi flicks. PLUS we help spread the myth of a legendary Freak Heat Waves on-stage incident that may or may not involve human waste! |
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
Category:general -- posted at: 10:06am EDT |
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
Category:general -- posted at: 1:56pm EDT |
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
Category:general -- posted at: 1:50pm EDT |
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
Category:general -- posted at: 12:54pm EDT |
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
Category:general -- posted at: 3:56pm EDT |
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
Category:general -- posted at: 9:55am EDT |
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
Category:general -- posted at: 10:35am EDT |
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
Category:general -- posted at: 10:05am EDT |
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
Category:general -- posted at: 10:43am EDT |
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
Category:general -- posted at: 3:48pm EDT |
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
Category:general -- posted at: 12:11pm EDT |
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
Category:general -- posted at: 3:22pm EDT |
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 |
Wed, 17 December 2014
This week, Alex Zhang Hungtai of DIRTY BEACHES and LAST LIZARD records some answers to burning questions, including a description of performing at David Lynch's bar that's straight out of a David Lynch movie! plus learn about accepting culture through food, and the appeal of dirty old man literature. Emmanuel plays a 90s set, a third language set, and Travis plays a tape segment! Hear these tunes: Dirty Beaches - Water Park OST - Water Park Theme
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_84_-_DEC_15_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:54pm EDT |
Tue, 2 December 2014
ACTION PACKED SHOW THIS WEEK! We interview Montreal’s MOSS LIME in the back of a car, and find out about their worst toilet memories and secret art collections! Then, an interview with Toronto’s BLONDE ELVIS about their rampant alcohol abuse! Plus Emmanuel and Travis put themselves through the CITY SLANG questionnaire and talk about their worst jobs ever! We play these tunes: Moss Lime - July First - Ice Cream Sandwiches
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_83_-_DEC_1_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:52am EDT |
Tue, 25 November 2014
Lesley of BONNIE DOON interviews HSY! Two classic CITY SLANG guests that that guest great together!
Plus, Emmanuel plays bands from Not Dead Yet fest! Alanna plays braaaaaaand new tunes! Travis sends in a rippin' hardcore set.
Hear these tunes:
The Yips - Air Loom - Point Dume - 2:23 - CC Bonnie Doon - An Affair to Remember - 2:02 - CC HSY - Single - Cyber Bully - 3:24 - CC The Beverleys - Single - Dreams - 2:37 - CC
Radioactivity – Dirtnap 2014 Sampler – World of Pleasure – 1:55 Missing Monuments – Dirtnap 2014 Sampler – Answer the Call – 2:46 Mind Spiders – Dirtnap 2014 Sampler – Make Make Make Make – 2:06 Bad Sports – Dirtnap 2014 Sampler – Terrible Place – 3:32
Destruction Unit - Deep Trip - Evil Man - 3:32 Pleasure Leftists - 12” - Elephant Man - 3:28 Institute - Salt 12” - Salt - 2:41
Spraypaint - Clean Blood, Regular Acid - Rest Versus Rush - 2:53 Negative Rage - Craft Single - Pile (Tina, Age 13) - 3:02 CC The Stasi - Demo 2014 - German Guilt - 1:05 Toronto Homicide Squad - Slow Burn Lathe - Slow Burn - 2:36 CC
Kim Gray - Backseat Bingo - On Top - 2:23 - CC Nots - We Are Nots - Get Along - 0:48 Nots - We Are Nots - Black Mold - 2:19
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_82_-_NOV_24_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:58pm EDT |
Tue, 11 November 2014
Garrett Johnson of BRAZILIAN MONEY talks to us about cliff-side shows, freaking out frat bros, and offers a surprisingly even-handed analysis of Macaulay Culkin's PIZZA UNDERGOUND! Plus we talk about the most dangerous show we've been to, and our first cassettes! We play these tunes: Brazilian Money - Brazilian Money - Why Am I Still Standing Here? Charly Bliss - Soft Serve EP - Soft Serve
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_81_-_NOV_10_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:44pm EDT |
Tue, 4 November 2014
Our New York City Slang correspondent sends in an interview with POTTY MOUTH from CMJ! Learn the latest BREAKING NEWS on their nail polish regiment! Plus, the whole gang is ing the studio! We play new tunes, a split special, an talk about our favourite split records! We play these tunes: Potty Mouth - Hell Bent - Wish List
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_80_-_NOV_3_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:28am EDT |
Tue, 28 October 2014
This week we talk to Annie from NEW FRIES and she gives a SHOCKING answer when asked which Simpsons character she is! Then puts the kids to bed and listen to the SPOOKTACULAR Halloween episode of CITY SLANG! Hear these tunes: New Fries- Fresh Face Forward - Plexiglass
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_79_-_OCT_27_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:57pm EDT |
Tue, 21 October 2014
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Carson of Merchandise and Anton of Lower face off in a parking lot outside an arcade!
Anton and Carson teach us about why music interviews suck and the dreamland of Denmark! Plus our censoring skills get put to the test when we learn about the worst Spanish and Danish curse words!
Plus we’ve got a FULL HOUSE in the studio, and Alanna, Travis, and Emmanuel offer up sets of new songs!
Hear these tunes:
Merchandise - After The End - Little Killer
Lower - Seek Warmer Climes - Daft Persuasion
Merchandise - Children of Desire - Time
Lower - Seek Warmer Climes - Another Life
Merchandise - After The End - Green Lady
Viet Cong - Viet Cong - Continental Shelf
TV Sets - Rat Tar Art - Just As Well
Absolutely Free - Absolutely Free - Vision’s
Sheer Mag - 7” - What You Want
Christi - Demo - Get You Off (My Mind)
R.L. Kelly - Brown Horse (R.L. Kelly) - The Great Big World
Jons - Serfs of Today - Last Call For Buss
Martha - Courting Strong - Move to Durham and Never Leave
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_78_-_OCT_20_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:14am EDT |
Thu, 9 October 2014
GET TICKETS TO THE OTTAWA IMPLOSION! Email us at cityslangradio@gmail.com before our next episode (Oct. 13) for a chance to win a pair of tickets to the festival! This week on the show, our plans to interview the band MERCHANDISE don’t go as planned! We play a set of phone-related tunes! Plus an interview with SOLIDS, a spotlight on Ottawa implosion bands, and all the new tunes you can handle! Ex Hex - Beast - How You Got That Girl Merchandise - After The End - Telephone Hot & Cold - Skip Skip Ben Ben split - Flynt Boyhood - Bits and Bobs - Balcony
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_77__-_OCT_6_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:21am EDT |
Tue, 30 September 2014
MONOMYTH VS NAP EYES! Two of CITY SLANG'S fave bands face off in an alleyway with hilarious results!
Alanna and Travis harass CITY SLANG faves NAP EYES and MONOMYTH outside a venue! They dish dirt on themselves, explain how board games work, and get to the bottom of who has more in common with Kanye West. Plus ragers from around the world, and BRUCE HAACK! Tunes this week: Nap Eyes - Whine of The Mystic - Dark Creedence Iceage - Plowing Into The Field Of Love - The Lord's Favorite No.Negative - Album Blanc II - Feelin' The Heat Bruce Haack - Electric Lucifer Book II - Stand Up Lazarus
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_76_-_SEPTEMBER_29_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:26pm EDT |
Wed, 24 September 2014
Emmanuel returns from globe-trotting with tons of vinyl! Travis makes fun of Steve Albini and plays nasty new tunes! We play UK punk, international thrashers, and Canadian weirdos!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_75_-_SEPT_22_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:06pm EDT |
Wed, 17 September 2014
Travis and Alanna run rampant! Classy jazz interludes, dance music, and a peak at a couple DJ sets the City Slang crew is doing this week. In the second half, a spotlight on Buzz Records and an interview with Anamai of HSY and more! So Cow - The Long Con - Get Down Off Of That Thing - 1:48
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_74_-_SEPT_15_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:45pm EDT |
Thu, 11 September 2014
Musician, producer, illustrator, animator, super nice dude CHAD VANGAALEN is on the show! Chad talks about his animated movie, his daughter’s defunct techno bands, and their strange bug powers! PLus, Chad FIRES BACK at his frienemies in VIET CONG and responds to their trash talk from EPISODE 68! Plus, contributor Alanna Why is in studio, and Travis talks about the greatest YouTube comment ever! IF YOU MISS THIS EPISODE IT WILL LITERALLY HAUNT YOU! Tunes this week: Teenanger - E P L P - Sky Saxon Eaters - Eaters - Bury The Lines |
Tue, 26 August 2014
Robbie of RUBBER BROTHER RECORDS braves the face melting conditions of Tempe, Arizona to deliver one of the funniest CITY SLANG questionnaires yet! Learn about angst-y Celine Dion concerts, funeral t-shirts, and a town-sized truck stop! PLUS a spotlight on Shake! Records, some punk-rock Birthday shout outs, and MORE! This week’s tunes: Petty Things - Year of The Dog - Bored Lungbutter - Extractor - Jellyfish The Vibrators - Pure Manio - Whips and Furs Fist City - Shake! Records sampler - Queen of The Slugs
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_72_-_AUG_25_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:49pm EDT |
Wed, 20 August 2014
ZAKARY SLAX AND THE TEENAGE MUTANT SUPERSTARZ size up against the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, talk pizza, martial arts, and their upcoming schawarma reservation! Plus killer tunes and Birthday shout outs! Featuring these tunes: Zakary Slax - Teenage Mutant - Get Yr Shit Together
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_71_-_AUG_18_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:54pm EDT |
Wed, 13 August 2014
Jackson MacIntosh of the band SHEER AGONY talks to us about psychedelic times in Florida, drunk times on camera, and the most macho thing he's ever done! Heads up: he's not that macho! Plus a spotlight on the KATORGA WORKS label and tunes from the PLASTIC FACTORY RECORDS compilation! This week's tunes: Sheer Agony - Sheer Agony 7" - Claptrap
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_70_-_AUG_11_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:05pm EDT |
Tue, 29 July 2014
Subscribe to the podcast! Contributor Alanna Why talks to Ottawa’s BONNIE DOON! If you wanna rub cheezies into a wedding dress or can’t stop thinking about pizza, then this is the episode for you! Plus a buncha new tunes, including a set of music from the latest Riots Not Diets compilation! This week’s tunes: Bonnie Doon - An Affair To Imagine - Moon Tan
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_69_-_JUL_28_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:51pm EDT |
Tue, 15 July 2014
Emmanuel gets a blow-by-blow, cross-Canada tour diary from STRANGE ATTRACTOR! They save a whole mall from a gas leak and get steamed at a Winnipeg house party! Alannah Why interviews MOTHER’S CHILDREN about who could beat them up and just how many blazers they own! Plus a special set from the Dub Ditch Picnic Benefit comp! Hear sweet tunes including: Strange Attractor - Back To The Cruel World - Alien in This Room Microdot - I’ll Hang with God, but Not Today - Bleeding All Over Monomyth - Saturnalia Regalia! - Something Else
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_67_-_JULY_14_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:46am EDT |
Wed, 2 July 2014
TWEENS, VACATION, and KING'S QUEST take the CITY SLANG questionnaire in the thrilling conclusion of our Ottawa Explosion blowout!
Subscribe to the podcast! Follow us on Twitter! It’s the conclusion of our OTTAWA EXPLOSION BLOWOUT! We subject more people to the hard-hitting CITY SLANG QUESTIONNAIRE, including members of TWEENS, VACATION, and KING’S QUEST! Briggette Battle of TWEENS talks pizza, her crush on Kirk Hammett, and straight up spills her beer! Jerry Queen of TWEENS, PRETTY PRETTY, and VACATION goes to Circle Jerks shows with his Dad, talks about playing with the Breeders, and pukes up his hair!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_65_-__JUN_30_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:42pm EDT |
Wed, 25 June 2014
It’s the first in our OTTAWA EXPLOSION BLOWOUT! We’ve scientifically engineered the best set of questions in the universe, and asked some of our favourite bands to answer the CITY SLANG QUESTIONNAIRE! Burger and Dave of TV FREAKS talk fights, why you shouldn’t fuck with them, working at mcdonald’s, and tripping on syzurp! Ian and Matt of DAD JOKES find pyrex in dildo boxes and huck bottles at Canadian alt rockers Serial Joe! Gina Vinelli of BONNIE DOON talks fighting at Ottawa Explosion, and Bonnie Doon’s Oprah connection!!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_65__-_JUNE_23_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:42pm EDT |
Tue, 10 June 2014
OTTAWA EXPLOSION SPECIAL! We’ve got a spotlight on bands playing the OTTAWA EXPLOSION FESTIVAL, the annual festival full of beer, bands, and BEST BUDS put on by our very own Emmanuel Sayer! For more info on Ottawa Explosion and buying tickets go to the OTTAWA EXPLOSION SITE! And get on it, because the party starts TOMORROW! The tunes this week: Feral Trash - Unreleased - Obey The Mandates - S/T LP - She’s Walking Over The Marked Men - Fix My Brain - A Little Time Protomartyr - Under Color of Official Right - Scum. Rise! The Yips - Air Loom - Repeater |
Wed, 28 May 2014
Vancouver's THEE AHS get blue and talk filthy sign language, prom, and Jonathan Richman! Plus, they respond to YOUTUBE COMMENTERS!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_63_-_MAY_26_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:39pm EDT |
Wed, 21 May 2014
Matt of ABSOLUTELY FREE joins us to talk about to talk about On The Beach, the cosmic sounds of NASA probes, working with Portishead’s Geoff Barrows, and Matt gives Travis a FRANK ZAPPA primer!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_62_-_MAY_19_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:46pm EDT |
Thu, 15 May 2014
Montreal's SHE'S are a new CITY SLANG favourite. We interview them about surviving cross-country bus trips, Dad rock, nearly dying, and esoteric Victoria knowledge! Plus our weekly tape feature and more tunes including: She’s - Split - Kim Kimono
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_61_-_MAY_12_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:11am EDT |
Wed, 7 May 2014
Mike of HOSEHEAD records and FIRST BASE stops by to tell us how he muscles bands into releasing records! We play some of the finest tunes from HOSEHEAD and find out the biggest HOSEHEAD fuck up!
Plus our tape segment, and these killer tunes:
First Base - Party Party Party - Party Party Party The White Wires - II - I Can Tell Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs - All By Myself - All By Myself Average Times - Average Times - Do The Dance TV Freaks - Leeches 7” - Leeches
Pink Wine - Tape - Persistent Cops Ketamines - So Hot! 7” - So Hot! Steve Adamyk Band - Monterrey 7” - Monterrey
VCR - VCR - Dirty Girl/City Boy The Lorettas - Fuck The Lorettas - Teenage Hell
The Dying Arts - The Dying Arts EP - Scratch HSY - single - Cyber Bully Owls - Two - I'm Surprised
Needles//Pins - Shamebirds - You Only Call Me When You're Drunk The Lad Mags - Trick - Trick - 1:59 CC La Femme - Le Podium #1 - Sur La Planche
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_60_-__MAY_5_2014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:58am EDT |
Thu, 17 April 2014
Travis pulls some key tracks from the 12 disc compilation A Reference Of Female-Fronted Punk Rock: 1977-89! Emmanuel dives into the CHUO record vault! AND MORE! Hear these tunes: Sheena & The Rokkets - Synkuu Pack - Omae Ga Hoshii (One More Time) Dos - Dos - Number Two Rhythm of Cruelty - Dysphoria - Way of Grief Nap Eyes - Whine of the Mystic - Tribal Thoughts
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_59_-_APRIL_14_2014_.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:18pm EDT |
Wed, 9 April 2014
Three fifths of THE YIPS join us in studio and play some choice tunes! We talk to them about the their spooky concert presence RAVE GHOST, Skrillex's influence, and their past as CHILD GOLF PRODIGIES! Hear tunes from their new Bruised Tongue tape! Hear these tunes: The Yips - Air Loom - Sadie |
Wed, 26 March 2014
LIVE EPISODE! A cavalcade of stars are harassed by Emmanuel and Travis! Bruised Tongue spin tunes! AND MORE!
LIVE EPISODE THIS WEEK! Emmanuel and Travis teamed up with BRUISED TONGUE to party with a WHO'S WHO of Ottawa luminaries at Raw Sugar! We played tunes for three hours, and this week's episode is one hour of PEAK LIVE RADIO!
Featuring LUKE of WHITE WIRES and BOYHOOD! Famous zinester ALANNA WHY! LESLEY of BONNIE DUNE! And MORE, MORE MORE!
Feel Alright - Oahu Ohio Hackamore Brick - Oh! Those Sweet Bananas
Roky Erikson and The Aliens - Bloody Hammer The Deadly Snakes - Real Rock and Roll Tonight
Cold Warps - Stuck On an Island Vacation - Shitty City 7" - Running Back - 2:35
Needles//Pins - Outta This Place 7" - Outta This Place Steve Adamyk Band - Hate Myself Masshysteri - Istiden Spectres - Pattern Recognition
Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business White Wires - Don't Call Me When You're Ill Royal Headache - Honey Joy
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_57_-_MARCH_24_2014.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:58pm EDT |
Wed, 19 March 2014
Donation season! That means loads of prizes, crazy tunes, and a bonus St. Paddy's day set! GET ON IT!
Teledrome - Teledrome - Boyfriend
Heaven For Real - Craft Single - Hero's Code Each Other - Being Elastic - Swell Patterns Viet Cong - Unreleased - Bunker Buster
Perfect Pussy - Say Yes To Love - Driver Eagulls - Posessed
Rudy - Crimson EP - 14 Steps… Protex - I can't Cope 7" - I can't Cope Stiff Little Fingers - Nobody's Hero - Nobody's Hero
TV Freaks - Two - Rewind Average Times - EP - Summer Nights
Black Walls - Communion - Communion
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_56_-_MAR_17_2014.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:12pm EDT |
Wed, 12 March 2014
THE BEVERLEYS go blue on us and talk about porn bloopers! Plus talk of big macs, ghosts, and HSY crashes the show for MORE PORN TALK! Don't tell your parents about this one.
Plus it'a funding drive season! Keep good shit like our show on the air!
Hear these tunes:
The Beverleys - The Beverleys - Bad Company The Beverleys - The Beverleys - This is Not A Union HSY - HSY 7" - Tartar Mouth The Beverleys - The Beverleys - Dreams
Toronto Homicide Squad - Nein Bullets - Cold Eggs The New Values - The New Values - Straight Line
Big Mouth - Sound - Sisyphus RVIVR - The Beauty Between - The Seam Rose Melberg - Distant Ships - Distant Ships
Metz - Metz - Wasted Big Dick - Big Dick - Witchcraft The Ketamines - Stay Awake 7" - Always Small |
Tue, 4 March 2014
One-man psych band PAUL JACOBS talks about cartoons, getting into trouble, and how his house burning down drove him to skateboarding.
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_54__-_MAR_3_2014.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:45pm EDT |
Thu, 27 February 2014
Emmanuel and Travis play a buncha crazy new tunes! We introduce a new segment with a brand new theme song all about TAPES, TAPES TAPES! Hear these songs: Pypy - Pagan Day - Pagan Day MASS - No One - Little Town Ratstab - Noise War Demo - Mangel Lumpy & The Dumpers - Demo 1 - Face the Meat Tough Age - Tough Age Dream Date
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_53_-_FEB_24_2014.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:48pm EDT |
Wed, 19 February 2014
Dean of the killer ODONIS ODONIS discusses bad VHS movies, Canada's archangel Thor, children's television, and--most importantly--breakfast. Plus, non-stop bangers from Canada and beyond! Hear these tunes: Odonis Odonis - Single - New Obsession
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_52_-_FEB_17_2014.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:50pm EDT |
Wed, 12 February 2014
AW, DANG! Those jerks from Bruised Tongue burst into the studio and took over the show this week. They play their favourite tunes from 2013, a new track from Boyhood, and plug their dumb five-year anniversary party this weekend! Hear these tunes: Boyhood - Post Poc Destruction Unit - Deep Trip - God Trip
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_51_v2_-_FEB_10_2014.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:02pm EDT |
Tue, 28 January 2014
Joe of KAPPA CHOW talks about the Sackville, NB music scene, Twin Peaks, and the punkest thing he’s done! Plus, Travis quizes him on the mythical creature the KAPPA, and we learn about farts, cucumbers, and the toughest member of KAPPA CHOW! We hear a set of Sackville tunes, including unreleased tracks! Heard these tunes: Kappa Chow - KC I/II - Bang Bang
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_50_-_JAN_27_2014.mp3_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:31pm EDT |
Wed, 22 January 2014
TJ, Burger, and Dave of the great TV FREAK's tell us how to spend one night in Hamilton, talk cover art, and buying candy. Hear TV Freaks' et of hand-selected classics from Hamilton, including SIMPLY SAUCER! Hear these tunes: TV Freaks - Destroy Music Start Your Own Band - Medidation
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_49_-_JAN_20_2014.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:20am EDT |
Wed, 15 January 2014
Featuring these killer tunes: The Reatards - Get Real Stupid 7" - You Ain't Fun No Mo Angry Angles - CROWDS 7" - Crowds Lost Sounds - Rat Brains & Microchips - Blackcoats/Whitefear Final Solutions - Eye Don't Like You 7" - Eye Don't Like You Bad Times - Self-Titled - Streets Of Iron Terror Visions - World of Shit - Medicating Dreams Jay Reatard - Hammer I Miss You 7" - Hammer I Miss You Jay Reatard - Blood Visions - My Shadow Jay Reatard - 7" I Know Place Jay Reatard - See Saw/Screaming Hand 7" - Screaming Hand Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall - Faking It Potty Mouth - First Gear: Feminism in the Northeast - Damage Breadline - First Gear: Feminism in the Northeast - Peroxotine Death Paths - Clarion Call - Waves Holy Cobras - Dead Bodies Float in Space - Drugstore Heavy Chains - 7" - Liver Lips Old and Weird - Moon/Old and Weird - Lamp Kappa Chow - Kappa Chow - Bang Bang Monomyth - Craft Single - Trash Day
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_48_-_JAN_13_2014.wav.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:14am EDT |
Wed, 15 January 2014
Emmanuel and Travis contine the re-cap of 2013s best interviews and tunes!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_47_-_DEC_30_2013.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:50am EDT |
Wed, 15 January 2014
Emmanuel and Travis highlight some of the best interviews and tunes from the first year of CITY SLANG!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_46_-_DEC_23_2013.wav.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:46am EDT |
Wed, 18 December 2013
NICK FLANAGAN of COMEDY and BRUTAL KNIGHTS talks to us about gross injuries, strip clubs, and hair care!
NICK FLANAGAN of COMEDY, and BRUTAL KNIGHTS, and WRONG HOLE talks to us about hair care, his gross injuries, and gets hip with Ottawa and its strip clubs! Plus, Travis works out some elevator-related issues after getting stuck in an elevator for an hour with an ALL-ELEVATOR-SET! Plus hear these tunes: Brutal Knights - Blown 2 Completion - Take Breaks Brutal Knights - Feast of Shame - Grow Up Throw Up Brutal Knights - Feast of Shame - We Have A Website Brutal Knights - Life Ain't Cool 7" - Fake Youth Brutal Knights - Life Ain't Cool 7" - Life Ain't Cool Teen Crud Combo - Judgement Night Soundtrack Part II - Wash Dish Wrong Hole - Unreleased - What Is A Car? Plastic Idols - I.U.D. 7" - Sophistication The Lepers - S/T - Christmas In Reverse Resurrection Band - Mommy Don't Love Daddy Any More - Elevator Muzik 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators - Thru The Rhythm Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Elevate Me Later Pixies - Come On Pilgrim - Levitate Me The White Wires - WWII - And Then You Told Me Kappa Chow - 7" - I Want Out Abject Pax - 7" - Selfish Hands Average Times - Average Times - She Knows HSY - HSY - Tartar Mouth Tough Age - Open It Up
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_45_-_DEC_16_2013.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:07pm EDT |
Wed, 11 December 2013
Travis fucked up the interview recording with Will Anderson of WEED, who put out one of his favourite records of the year! He desperately tries to recreate it with Will's friends Anna and Vance on the line! Hear them talk about dirty dish duty, Seinfeld, and the bands near-murder on a train! Plus French tunes, and new tunes from DAGGER EYES! Weed - Deserve - Silent Partner Weed - Deserve - Hollowed Out Weed - Deserve - Granted Weed - Gun Control EP - Amber Alex Bourque - Dog years EP - Cut The Strings The Soupcans - Parasite Brain - Parasite Brain White Poppy - White Poppy - Wear Me Away Les Guenilles - Zéro pis une barre - La scène locale Cheval Fou - Pété Rare - Code S Panache - Vie de Velours - Fils d’un fils First Base - First Base - That’s My Girlfriend Los - 7” - Ghost The Dagger Eyes - Reaper - Cutting Edge The Dagger Eyes - Reaper - New Wave
The Dagger Eyes - Reaper - The Rat
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_44_-_DEC_9_2013.wav.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:03pm EDT |
Mon, 2 December 2013
SETH SMITH of DOG DAY and YORODEO is on the show! We talk about his dog Woofy, his surreal horror movie LOWLIFE, and extensive conversations about his chickens.
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_43_-_DEC_2_2013.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:59pm EDT |
Thu, 28 November 2013
NEW TUNES GALORE! Hear the best new releases before the new year, plus a set of Craft Single favourites, and a tribute to the FUN BOY CLUB HOUSE, home of the NEW SWEARS. Crystal Stilts - Nature Noir - Spirit in Front of Me
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_42_-_NOV_25_2013.wav.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:26pm EDT |
Wed, 20 November 2013
Emmanuel and Travis are back in the studio! They play a set of NON-STOP HITS, including new and weird tunes, and sets inspired by the Not Dead Yet festival and the Fall Down Get Down festival! PLUS, check out our new logo by Michael Haddad! And keep your eyez on the horizon for the upcoming CITY SLANG ZINE ISSUE #1! Tell yr friends! Listen to these crazy tracks: All Dogs - All Dogs 7” - Dummy Audacity - Butter Knife - Dancing Under Soft Light Kremlin - Drunk In The Gulag - Steel Case Big Eyes - Almost Famous - Wanted Sometimes Octagrape - Red UFO - Real Light Steve Adamyk Band - Monterrey 7” - Front to Back Needles//Pins - Out of This Place 7” - Out of This Place
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_41_-_NOV_18_2013.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:00pm EDT |
Thu, 7 November 2013
Andy of CROSSS and CRAFT SINGLES tells us about almost blowing up a car! Plus a music tribute to Tom Scharpling!
Andy March of CROSSS and Craft Singles tells us about nearly blowing up a car in the mountains of BC, an ancient lathe cutter, and CROSSS and their bittersweet trip to this summer's Sled Island festival! Plus, a music tribute to THE BEST SHOW ON WFMU! CROSSS - Obsidian Spectre - Sacred Cow - 2:30 CROSSS - Craft Single - Mountain King - 4:15
Cousins - Khyber Compilation - Khyber - 1:49 CROSSS - Craft Single - Bones Brigade - 3:57 CROSSS - CROSSS/ Un Blond - Saccharine - 6:48 Pink Faeries - Total Energy Records compilation ‘Do It: Rare Live and Studio Recordings (1969 – 1971) - Do It - 3:00 Sweet - Action single - Action - 3:32 GG Allin - You Die When You Die - 1:36 Big Dipper - Droogs split - Jet - 3:48 Anamai Altar Coals single - Altar Coals - 3:13
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_40_-_NOV_4_2013.wav.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:57pm EDT |
Tue, 29 October 2013
Garett and Raymond of THE FAMINES join us to talk about food trucks, #bangersrevisited, and a party foul that nearly ended in DEATH! Plus a set pulled from the best of Garett's record collection, and the weirdest tunes from Canada and beyond! Featuring tunes from: The Famines - The Complete Collected Singles - Free Love is a Sales Technique The Famines - The Complete Collected Singles - The First World War The Famines - The Complete Collected Singles - I Like Some of the Things You Do Bad Brains - Bad Brains - Sailin On The Famines - The Complete Collected Singles - Gimme Some Numbers The Famines - The Complete Collected Singles - Faux Famous New Swears - Satan Loves You Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 - Cornucopia Snake apartment - Paint the Walls - Paint the Walls Beastie Boys - Aglio E Olio - You Catch a Bad One Dead Milkmen - Big Lizard in My Backyard - Violent school Scattered Clouds - EP - Charismatic, Self Indulgent, Self Obsessed EXPWY - Deep Joy - Erect a Southern Gate Hag Face - HAG FACE - Brat Lou reed - Rock And Roll Heart - Temporary Thing |
Tue, 22 October 2013
HSY joins us in a haunted jail to share spooky ghost stories and talk about Frankensteins! Our interview nearly goes off the rails when it gets crashed by Doomsquad, Petra Glynt, and a haunted tour! SPOOOOOKY! Plus, Emmanuel plays a set of Craft Singles, including a favourite fromYellowteeth (RIP). And hear these most excellent tunes: HSY - HSY / Das Rad split tape - Scratch
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_28_-_OCT_21_2013.wav.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:54pm EDT |
Tue, 8 October 2013
TEENANGER talk about Rob Ford's best moments, staying at Tom Cochrane's ranch, and the time THE SOUPCANS dropped acid in New York!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_37_-_OCT_7_2013.wav.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:26am EDT |
Tue, 1 October 2013
Old and Weird have a few drinks during band practice and talk to us about getting in trouble with the police, and leather goods, and give a crush talk! Plus, Ryan of CROSSS crashes the interview! Emmanuel plays songs that are both old and include the word "weird"! Plus, hear these tunes! Old and Weird - Craft Single - Fan Song
Old and Weird - Judy Cool - All of My Friends Old and Weird - Judy Cool - Judy Cool Old and Weird - Life's Tough Not Really - Monster Daze Crosss - Obsidian Sphere - Smoke Moon - Moon - Stained Glass
Heaven for Real - Wanton - Want On Nap Eyes - Four More Songs - A Stolen Boy Monomyth - Monomyth - Hiroshima Crime - San Francisco's Still Doomed - Rockin' Weird
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_37_-_SEPT_30_2013.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:30am EDT |
Tue, 24 September 2013
Tunes, tunes, tunes! We play the best new records, including hits off the labels Mammoth Cave, Fixture Records, Perdu, and Buzz! Plus a few questions for JAG of the band WTCHS! Hear songs by Weaves, Das Rad, HSY, WTCHS, Tropical Popsicle, LAMBS, Disappears, Crystal Stilts, Gold, Feel Alright, Nervous Talk, Free Love Fenner, Sheer Agony, Lantern, and Jeans Boots!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_35_-_SEPT_23_2013.wav.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:26pm EDT |
Tue, 17 September 2013
Eric of KING'S QUEST and DIRTY RECTANGLES talks the most rock and roll moments in video game history!
Eric McQuiggan of the band KING'S QUEST and the video game collective DIRTY RECTANGLES talks to Travis about the most rock and roll moments in video game history! Listen to great punk rock NES soundtracks! Thrill to the Journey arcade machine! SKATE OR DIE! MANIAC MANSION! DICK DALE AND ROCKET JOCKEY! Plus, hear tunes from Mi-Sex, King's Quest, Fucking Werewolf ASSO, TV Freaks, The Victims, The Misfits, Swearin', Sans AIDS, Cleopatra and The Nile, Chevalier Avant Garde, The Void, Dick Dale, Golden Earring, and tons of low-bit classics!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_34_-_SEPT_16__2013.wav.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:07am EDT |
Wed, 11 September 2013
KETAMINES vs TOUGH AGE! Two bands face off about drugs, self-loathing, and bein' tough! Hear tunes from Tough Age, Korean Gut, Ketamines, Viet Cong, Paul Jacobs, Pink Wine, King's Quest, F Hood, Soko, and Hoover Party!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-__EPISODE_33_-_SEP_9_2013.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:18am EDT |
Wed, 4 September 2013
COUSINS join us from their touring station wagon to talk about burritos across the world! Hear songs from Cousins, Yussuf Jerusalem, Young Lions, Young Wasteners, The Backhomes, Bent Shapes, The Icarus Line, and Burro!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_32_-_SEPT_2_2013.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:56pm EDT |
Tue, 27 August 2013
Ken Cheppaikode of DIRTNAP RECORDS joins us to talk about the label turning 14! Find out how much Ken weighed when he was 14, and how many fights he got into at Black Flag shows! We play some favourite tunes from the Dirtnap back catalogue, and new and weird tunes from ALL OVER THE PLACE! Hear songs from Marked Men, Mind Spiders, The Exploding Hearts, The Briefs, The White Wires, Steve Adamyk Band, Mean Jeans, Big Eyes, Night Birds, Ty Segall, Hsy, Mystics, Snooker Emporium, All Dogs, and Tennis!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_31_-_AUG_26_PT_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:47pm EDT |
Tue, 20 August 2013
TIMMY VULGAR and co. of HUMAN EYE talk to us about Detroit, keepin' a record store ticking, and miserable suburban crusty punks! Plus new songs from Canadian weirdos, Australian weirdos, and more!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_30_-_AUG_19_2013.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:25pm EDT |
Tue, 13 August 2013
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Tue, 13 August 2013
MIKE KROL joins us to talk about buying fans, his signature sandwich, and SKA! Plus songs from the ARBORETUM FESTIVAL!
Designer turned rockstar MIKE KROL joins us to talk about buying fans, his signature sandwich, and his embarrassing ska past! We play a set of his killer pop songs, including a rare tape release!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_29_-__AUG_12_2013.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:20am EDT |
Tue, 6 August 2013
This week, Emmanuel interviews Ottawa’s AVERAGE TIMES! They tell us about Shitty Dad wine, working at Shmal-Mart, and their upcoming tape on BRUISED TONGUE! Plus a set of classic Ottawa tracks from GOING GAGA records, some lost classics from the 80s, and new weird sounds as usual! Hear tunes from Average Times, Savage Crimes, Uranium Comeback, Fucking Machines, Million Dollar Marxists, Diane, Pop Crimes, Gas Rag, Bad Sports, Elton Motello, The Sound, Hüsker Dü, The Figs, Crystal Swells, and Cheap Time!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_28_-_AUG_5_2013.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00am EDT |
Tue, 30 July 2013
Allie Hanlon AKA PEACH KELLI POP (and The White Wires!) joins us on the show to talk about why dog poop smells, how she'd party on mars, and how to bake the PERFECT BANANA BREAD! Listen up! Plus, hear the most CRUSHING SET OF MUSIC EVER PLAYED ON RADIO! And some other tunes! Hear songs from Peach Kelli Pop, Peach Kelli Punk, The White Wires, Red Kross, Mike Krol, Home Blitz, Cryptomaniacs, Predator, Whore Paint, Hunx and His Punx, Capital 6, and Gal Gracen!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_27_-_JULY_29_2013.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:35pm EDT |
Wed, 24 July 2013
CITY SONGS! This week, a massive set of classic tunes about CITIES! From Kill City to Spook City USA. Plus brand new weirdo and punk rock tunes from across Canada. Hear tunes from Nick Lowe, The Parting Gifts, Rocket From The Crypt, The Spits, Sweet Janes, Insubordinates, The Only Ones, Tyvek, Hot Snakes, The Kids, The Misfits, The Modernettes, Bonnie Doon, Average Times, Aube, Microdot, Toronto Homicide Squad, Sad Boys, and White Poppy!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_26_-_JULY_22_2013.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:05pm EDT |
Tue, 16 July 2013
Garage psych-os MONOMYTH tell us about their worst jobs, what’s playing in the van, and then trash talk every band from Halifax!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_25_-_JUL_15_2013.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:12pm EDT |
Tue, 9 July 2013
We interview Adam and Tony of Vancouver’s NEEDLES//PINS! Things got a bit sloppy at Ottawa Explosion during this interview, and the guys discuss high school girlfriends, hobo tattoos, and hating Henry Rollins!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_24-_JUL_8_2013.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:46am EDT |
Tue, 25 June 2013
SAM COFFEY & THE IRON LUNGS interviews us while we interview them! Plus a preview of our NEEDLES//PINS interview!
Sam Coffey and The Iron Lungs interview US while we interview THEM! Hear the madness, including talk of Rob Ford, tin foil hats, and shawarma! Sam interviews Emmanuel and Travis for his radio show PART OF THE NOISE, and we tell a story about Paul Lawton (The Ketamines) almost dying on the radio! PLUS, a preview of next week's drunk interview with NEEDLES//PINS! Hear tracks from Sam Coffey and The Iron Lungs, Hooded Fang, Contingent, Zen Mystery Fogg, Shannon and The Clams, Warm Soda, UN, Vampires, and Manipulation!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_23_-_JUN_24_2013.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:01pm EDT |