Everyone's been partying too hard, so Travis plays a soft-rock show! ALL SOFT, ALL HOUR! 

Plus an Iceage ticket giveaway that is sadly no longer valid! But thanks for entering! 

Hear soft tunes from Jonathan Richman, Nick Lowe, The Men, Kurt Vile, Feel Alright, Old and Weird, Cousins, Makeout Videotape, Sean Nicholas Savage, Outdoor Miners, Sans AIDS, The Nerves, The Sonics, and Lewis!

Raymond of THE FAMINES returns to teach us about Soviet Russian art and what it would be like to paint with Stephen Harper! 

Plus a summer preview of upcoming bands playin' LIVE, LIVE, LIVE, Including Ottawa Explosion! 

Hear tracks from Iceage, Vacation, Yellowteeth, Bill Orcutt, Tropical Dripps, The Yips, Black Tower, Mac DeMarco, Psyche Tongues, Holograms, The Mark Inside, The Sound, and Pure X!

Paul of Halifax garage weirdos COLD WARPS talks about getting stupid tattoos and drinking Yoo-hoo! In the second half of the show, Travis subjects him to a BRUTAL X-FILES quiz! 

Plus, we play tracks from CROSSS, Krang, Surf City, Wolf Cow, Astral Gunk, and more!

Caylie of the great BOYHOOD joins us in studio to talk about barfing on the highway, haunted rock shows, and her number-one-fan Constantine! 

We play our favorite EARTHQUAKE songs to celebrate Ottawa's recent earthquake! 

Plus tunes from Francois Hardy, Earth Quake, Little Girls, The Skunks, Anasazi, Coliseum, Mikal Cronin, and Slam Dunk!

Paul Lawton of THE KETAMINES talks to us about mutating his band into the ZEBRASSIERS, his SLAGGING OFF blog, and how CITY SLANG should get itself into online trouble!

Plus, hear tracks from Zebrassieres, Chains of Love, Milk Music, No Joy, Purling Hiss, WTCHS, Shaker Hymns, JLK & Babysitter, and King Kahn!

BEN JENSEN of WAY BAD and STANDARD ISSUE zine joins us in studio to talk about being a super famous artist!

We interview Ian Thompson of the CRICKET CEMETERY label about the punkest monument in DC, and spending time with your Dad!

Plus tunes from Trauma, Dinos Boys, Manipulation, Bloody Gears, Human Shield, Thick Skin, The Shirks, and Homeshake!

Travis returns to play tunes from Washington, DC labels WINDAN and CRICKET CEMETERY!

Travis and Emmanuel suffer through their lame health problems to bring you hardcore sets and new releases!

Hear tunes from Static Eyes, LTW, State Violence, The Bam Bams, S.H.I.T., Kremlin, Hassler, School Jerks, Bad Skin, Valley Boys, Valley Girls, The Squids, Heaven For Real, Astral Gunk, Kurt Vile, Thee Oh Sees, Bleached, Psychic Ills.

WE'VE GOT TWINS! Emmanuel plays a show full of songs with the same title! Which ones are better?! Travis was lame and went to Washington instead! 

Hear tunes from Descendents, Bad Brains, Regulations, Articles of Faith, Husker Du, Guns N' Wankers, Snuff, Male Nurse, Million Dollar Marxists, Blitz, Cockney Rejects, Oblivians, Wax Idols, People's Temple, Popstrangers, Aaron Read, Colleen Green, and Statues!

The great METZ talk to us about shit talk, phone robbery, and bad sandwiches! We play some classics from METZ 7"s. 

Then Raymond from THE FAMINES joins us once again for his monthly history lesson! This month, he drops RUSSIAN TATTOOS on our heads! 

Plus tunes from The Fuzz, Thee Nodes, Systematik, The Famines, Timmy's Organism, Lost Sounds, Solid Attitude, The Courtneys, Golden Grrrls, Dyscontrol, and F Hood!

ALL VINYL, ALL NIGHT!

In honour of the 8th Ottawa Community Record Show, Emmanuel and Travis dug through their records to spin nothin’ but Ottawa gems, lost classics, and plain trash on vinyl!

Hear tunes from Uranus, Shotmaker, Sick Fits, Outdoor Miners, Women, Jonathan Richman, Honest Injun, Trapt, Yeah Yeah Noh, Walking Cliché, The Membranes, Krang, Holy Cobras, and more!

SHEARING PINX member and ISOLATED NOW WAVES label overlord Nic Hughes talks to us about releasing tapes, Eric's Trip, and naked weed whacking! 

We play a whole set of tunes from his label, including Pompoir, Shearing Pinx, Nun Un, Tranquil Heat, Noisy Tits, and Mormon Crosses. 

Plus tunes from Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin, Useless Eaters, Grape Soda, Needs, Milk Music, and Sean Nicholas Savage!

Jared and Johanna of THE NYMPHETS and LAURA magazine talk tell us playing video games with crust punks, Twin Peaks, and their Canadian Netflix recommendations!

We give away a PISSED JEANS LP! Contest is still open, email cityslangradio@gmail.com to win!

Plus tracks from Pissed Jeans, Nymphets, Yellow Teeth, Wastoids, Leven Signs, Cindy Lee, Blitz, Cock Sparrer, Sham 69, and Bad Brains.

The charming gang from Ottawa's ROBERTA BONDAR joins us in studio to share stories of CRIME! Hilarity ensues! Plus, we're in funding drive, so don't forget to contact us at cityslangradio@gmail.com for info on donating to CHUO community radio! 

Tyler and Alex of ROBERTA BONDAR join us in studio! We talk about getting jumped by SWAT teams, getting cattle prodded, and the origins of Roberta Bondar's new video/song Night Danger! 

Lidija of ROBERTA BONDAR calls in to share a story about returning to the scene of the crime! 

We play songs from Roberta Bondar, The Yips, Teenanger, Colleen Green, False Face, Mount Eerie, and Rhythm of Cruelty.

It’s funding drive time! Now accepting money transfers and questions to cityslangradio@gmail.com. Donate to CHUO and support community radio! KEEP US ON THE AIR!

We hear from Total T about his Taco Tuesdays! Raymond from The Famines teaches us a history lesson! And a preview of next week’s terrifying story about CATTLE PRODS! 

We play songs by METZ, Kremlins, Iceage, THIGHS, Peace, Lantern, Blue Cross, The Famines, and Outdoor Miners.

Local rapscallians NEW SWEARS come in to perform an acoustic set in the studio--and they absolutely kill it! Fresh from the Fun Boy Club House, the Boys improvise a radio drama, complete with power tool sound effects. Plus they were nice enough to dress up like complete maniacs for radio! 

Plus tracks from Cold Warps, RAAS, Streat Meat, Dead Wrestler, Pissed Jeans, Hive Bent, Mystics, and The Men!

Travis interviews the chillest dude in Canada, Kristian North of Victoria, BC's Babysitter! They talk about the Victoria scene, vintage butt plugs, human skulls, and Kristian gets quizzed on local Victoria news. 

Hear cuts from the new Babysitter album, plus tracks from Victoria-related bands Slam Dunk, Freak Heat Waves, White Poppy, and Open Relationship. 

Emmanuel plays tracks from Mean Jeans, Big Eyes, Nü Sensae, and a SUPER TOP SECRET MINDBLOWER! 

Plus, hear some vintage CBC coverage of SCARY TEENAGE PUNKS IN VICTORIA!

Ottawa’s BIG DICK join us in the studio to get interviewed by their past selves from the basement of the Dominion Tavern! We play tracks off their brand new, self-titled LP on Dirt Cult. 

We also interview New Swears, who only answer in unison and get hassled by a drunk dude. We play tracks off their upcoming Bruised Tongue cassette. 

Plus tracks from Cousins, and Babysitter!

Steve Adamyk of THE STEVE ADAMYK BAND joins Emmanuel and Travis in studio! We almost kick him out, but then the gang talks about punk rock karaoke, debauchery in hospitals, and how not to get arrested in Spain. 

Hear tracks from The Steve Adamyk Band, Sonic Avenues, The Shooting Guns, TV Freaks, Red Dons, Absolutely Free, Needles//Pins, Camel Heads, Inservibles, and more.

Who invited these jerks? Pierre Richardson and Craig Proulx from tape label Bruised Tongue take over the airwaves to play some of the finest tunes from the Bruised Tongue catalogue. 

Pierre and Craig talk about the origins of the label, how the cassette game has changed in Canada, and what kind of biker trouble you get into wearing a back patch. 

Hear tunes from Blue Cross, Black Train, Monomyth, Boyhood, Mannequin, Red Mass, Organ Eyes, plus a preview of upcoming releases from The Yips, New Swears, and J.S. Odette.

Originally aired: Jan 28 2013

Emmanuel and Travis talk to Chris Mason of Dirt Cult records about punks in Los Cruces, New Mexico. Chris reveals how his mom feels about the new Misfits (it's not good). 

We play tracks from Chris' band Low Culture, plus The Sediment Club, Alex Calder, Fuzz, Open Channels, Chloroform, Rational Animals, Hank Wood and the Hammerheads, Total Crush, and a Valley Boys song that might BLOW TRAVIS' MIND.

Originally aired Jan 21, 2013

Emmanuel and Travis talk to Aaron and Marie of weirdcanada.com, a website collecting some of the strangest and best Canadian music. 

Aaron shares some bizarre tales of private press treasures including the story of alleged murderer/soft rocker Lewis. 

Plus tunes from S.H.I.T., Big Dick, Merchandise, The Soupcans, Teledrome, and Lewis.