CITY SLANG

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

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

DOG DAY's SETH SMITH talks about Woofy, chickens, and LOWLIFE!

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.

Plus, a DOG DAY giveaway, and these tunes:

Dog Day - Night Group - Lydia
Dog Day - Concentration - Happiness
Dog Day - Fade Out - Wasted
Dog Day - Fade Out - Sandwich
Dog Day - Fade Out - Leave Your Body
Dog Day - Deformer - Eurozone

EAGULLS - EAGULLS - Coffin
Dyscontrol - Lies 7" - LIES
ANTI… - Demo - Untitled

Monomyth - Monomyth - Hiroshima
Heaven For Real - WANTON - Want On

Hawkeyes - Poison Slows You Down - The Howling Damned

Subscribe to the podcast!

Follow us on Twitter!

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_43_-_DEC_2_2013.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:59pm EDT

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.

RIP Fun Boy Club House.

Crystal Stilts - Nature Noir - Spirit in Front of Me
Night Beats - Sonic Bloom - Sonic Bloom
The Obits - Taste The Diff - Bed & Bugs
Jacuzzi Boys - Hotline - Jacuzzi Boys

Solids - Off White - Blame Confusion
King Krule - Easy Easy from 6 Feet Beneath The Moon
Dog Day - Sunset - Fade Out
La Luz - It’s Alive - It’s Alive

The Ketamines - So Hot! - So Hot!
Invasions - Born On A Wave - Invasions
Freelove Fenner - Do Not Affect a Breezy Manner - Dr. D

Special Costello - Craft Singles Vol 3 & 4 - Chlorinated Lung
Old & Weird - Craft Singles Vol 3 & 4 - Minstrel Rock
Heaven For Real - Craft Singles Vol 3 & 4 - You Are The One With The Iron Heart Device
Yellowteeth - Craft Singles Vol 3 & 4 - Repo

New Swears - New Swears - Paradise

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_42_-_NOV_25_2013.wav.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:26pm EDT

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
Average Times - Average Times - Popsicle
Hunters - Hunters - Narcissist

Kremlin - Drunk In The Gulag - Steel Case
Proxy - Police Car 7” - Police Car
Asile - Kitchissippi Toxique - Haute-Tension
S.H.I.T. - Demo 2012 - Feeding Time

Big Eyes - Almost Famous - Wanted Sometimes

Octagrape - Red UFO - Real Light
Fake Limbs - The Power of Patrician Upbringing - Green Chartreuse
Wage Theft - Demo - Burn Yr Bra/Jockstrap
Tough Age - Tough Age - Seahorse

Steve Adamyk Band - Monterrey 7” - Front to Back
Nervous Talk - Introductions 7” - Introductions
Tranzmitors - Busy Singles - Between Planets

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

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
Paul Jacobs - Drug Theatres - Sharp Dress 3:19
The Pink Noise - Greedy Heart - Greedy Heart - 5:08

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_40_-_NOV_4_2013.wav.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:57pm EDT

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

Direct download: CITY_SLANG.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:26pm EDT

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 DoomsquadPetra 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
HSY - EP - Milk Chug
HSY - EP - Waffles
Doomsquad - Doomsquad EP - Ovoo
HSY - EP - Tartar Mouth

Panache - Vie de velours - Léa dans les magazines
Quaker Parents - Craft Singles Vol 3 & 4 - Rubber Match
The You Are Minez - Craft Singles Vol 3 & 4 - Oh Sidney
Yellowteeth - Craft Singles Vol 3 & 4 - Explore Scandinavia

Kent State - The Wrong Side of History - Behind Closed Doors
Suspect - Suspect - Tyranny of The Desert
White Lung - Blow It South 7” - Blow It South

Petra Glynt - Of This Land - Of This Land

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_28_-_OCT_21_2013.wav.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:54pm EDT

TEENANGER talk about Rob Ford's best moments, staying at Tom Cochrane's ranch, and the time THE SOUPCANS dropped acid in New York! 

Plus songs from the Hand Drawn Dracula Nirvana tribute and tons o' hits! 

Teenanger - Fright - Bank Account 
Teenanger - Frights - Cops (But Not) 
Teenanger - Singles Don't $ell - Singles Don't $ell 
Teenanger - Singles Don't $ell - Teenanger 

Teenanger - Milkin' It - Very Ape 
Milk Lines - Milkin' It - Sappy 
HSY - Milkin' It - Moist Vagina 

Skinny Kids - Demo - Sandalwood & Peppermint 
The #1s - Sharon - Sharon 
The Moas - The Moas - Mine Is A Mess 

Rat Stab - Demo - Mangel 
Perfect Pussy - I Have Lost All Desire For Feeling - I 
Shooting Guns - Brotherhood of the Ram - Brotherhood of the Ram 

Hooded Fang - Milkin' It - Tourettes

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_37_-_OCT_7_2013.wav.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:26am EDT

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
MDC - Millions of Dead Cops - My Family Is A Little Weird
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life - Some Weird Sin
Weirdos - 7" - We Got The Neutron Bomb

Weed - Deserve - Gun Shy
FUZZ - FUZZ - What's In My Head

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_37_-_SEPT_30_2013.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:30am EDT

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

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

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

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

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

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

Direct download: MIKE_KROL_BONUS.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:38am EDT

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! 

Plus a set of songs from bands played ARBORETUM FEST this weekend! 

Hear tunes from Mike Krol, Steve Adamyk Band, Sonic Avenues, Male Nurse, New Swears, Boyhood, Roberta Bondar, Mass, and Hunters!

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_29_-__AUG_12_2013.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:20am EDT

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

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

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

Garage psych-os MONOMYTH tell us about their worst jobs, what’s playing in the van, and then trash talk every band from Halifax! 

We play all bands trashed by MONOMYTH, and put together sets to celebrate 25 years of Sub Pop! 

Hear tracks from Monomyth, Nap Eyes, Each Other, Old & Weird, Scratch Acid, Wipers, Sonic Youth, Crosss, Quaker Parents, Quivers, and Violence!

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_25_-_JUL_15_2013.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:12pm EDT

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! 

Emmanuel and Travis play some excellent Vancouver punk, and a set of weirdo tunes to top things off! 

Plus songs from Needles//Pins, Strange Attractor, Pointed Sticks, Young Canadians, The Modernettes, Crabe, Whatever Brains, Dead Ghosts, Cherry Bones, Mikal Cronin, The Thermals, and Ovlov!

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_24-_JUL_8_2013.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:46am EDT

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

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!

Direct download: CHUO-FM_CITY_SLANG-2013-Jun-10-21-00.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:27am EDT

Direct download: new_swears_-_two_darts_live_on_city_slang_640x480.mp4
Category:general -- posted at: 3:32pm EDT

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!

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_21_-_JUNE_3_2013_PT_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:05pm EDT

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!

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_20_-_MAY_27_PT_1.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:58am EDT

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!

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_19_-_MAY_20_2013.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:56pm EDT

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!

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_18_-_MAY_13_2013_itunes.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:47pm EDT

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!

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_17_-_May_6_2013_itunes.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:50am EDT

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.

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_16_-_APR_29_2013itunes.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:02pm EDT

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!

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_15_-_APR_22_2013_itunes.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:52pm EDT

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!

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_14_-_APR_15_2013_itunes.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:21am EDT

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!

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_APR_8_2013_-_EPISODE_13_itunes.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:40pm EDT

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!

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_APR_1_2013_-_EPISODE_12itunes.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:06pm EDT

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.

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_MAR_25_2013_-_EPISODE_11.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:25am EDT

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.

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_MAR_18_2013_-_EPISODE_10.wav.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00am EDT

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 TuesdaysRaymond 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.

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_MAR_11_2013_-_EPISODE_9_.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00am EDT

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!

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_MAR_4_2013__-_EPISODE_8.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00am EDT

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!

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_FEB_25_2013_-_Episode_7_.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00am EDT

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!

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_FEB_18_2013_-_EPISODE_6.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:38pm EDT

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.

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_FEB_11_2013_-_EPIDSODE_5.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:19pm EDT

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

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_3_-_JAN_28_2013_12-02-37.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:35am EDT

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

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_2_-_JAN_21_2013.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:46am EDT

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.

Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-__EPISODE_1_-_JAN_14_2013.mp3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00am EDT

1