Thu, 15 December 2016
Please, please, hold your applause! Our year-end spectacular includes hilarious moments featuring SNEAKS, FLASHER, JUICE BOX, DOXX, DAYLIGHT ROBBERY, SIEVEHEAD, POP. 1280, CHANDRA, GUN OUTFIT, PROTOMARTYR, BEN JENSEN, and more!!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_142_-_BEST_OF_2016_FULL_v2.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:56am EDT |
Tue, 6 December 2016
Annie-Claude Deschênes of Montreal's DUCHESS SAYS joins us for a wild conversation! We talk about the food court confessional she started after dressing like a nun, creating art out of insipid corporate products, and she crowd surfed into a concussion! Plus we play these tunes: Duchess Says - Sciences Nouvelles - Inertia
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_141_DUCHESS_SAYS_PT_2.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:57am EDT |
Thu, 24 November 2016
We interview DC post-punk band FLASHER! We discover why they're the richest band in America: rich in deer guts, rich in mocha tapestries, rich in pillow case collections, and so much more. Plus we play these tunes: Flasher - Flasher - All Over |
Wed, 16 November 2016
We get some deep dirt from Mish and Kenneth of WHITE LUNG, including Kenneth's prized Furby collection, and how he was prepared to tackle someone for Anne Hathaway! Plus the band's karaoke pet peeves, and Mish spills the beans on Tom Morello's salads! White Lung - It's The Evil - Viva La Rat
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_139_-_WHITE_LUNG_-_FULL-.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:30pm EDT |
Thu, 10 November 2016
Want to know what mopalobby means? Do you need a stringent set of arbitrary punk rules for your band to follow? Does your mom iron your punk patches on your jacket? If the answer to any of those questions is "yes", you need to listen to our interview with Ottawa's DOXX immediately! We cram the band into the back of a car and put them through a revealing dirt session/CITY SLANG questionnaire! Plus, we play these tunes: Crack Cloud - Anchoring Point - Image Craft
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_138_-_DOXX_FULL_EPISODE-.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:15pm EDT |
Thu, 3 November 2016
We catch up with UK punks Sievehead for a cultural exchange! We learn about how to living in Sheffield staying drunk on trans-Atlantic flights, and they learn what real poutine is all about! Plus a public apology to one members father, as CITY SLANG's deep research methods reveals some family dirt! Plus we play these tunes: We catch up with UK punks Sievehead for a cultural exchange! We learn about how to living in Sheffield staying drunk on trans-Atlantic flights, and they learn what real poutine is all about! Plus a public apology to one members father, as CITY SLANG's deep research methods reveals some family dirt! |
Thu, 27 October 2016
REST OF THE BEST vol 2 featuring TOUGH AGE, RHYTHM OF CRUELTY, UN BLONDE, JAY ARNER, PROTOMARTYR, and CENTURY PALM!
The best goofs, gaffes, and oddball interview bits that hit the cutting room floor presented to you in their full unnecessary glory! Thrill to our compilation of civilian interruptions, tales of alternative rock house guests, historic esoterica from post-punk luminaries, and bizarre philosophizing about highway horses! Plus, we play these tunes: Tough Age - I Get The Feeling Central - Snakes & Ladders
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_136_REST_OF_THE_BEST_FULL_EPISODE-.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:28pm EDT |
Thu, 27 October 2016
Live, all-vinyl, funding drive episode from The Record Centre!
Hawkwind - Single - Silver Machine |
Mon, 17 October 2016
Welcome to CITY SLANG: At the Gallery, a fine arts and culture show hosted by Emmanuel and Travis (not affiliated with Emmanuel and Travis of CITY SLANG). We discuss skeleton skateboarders, the Hieronymus Bosch of punk photos, and take a tour of the new exhibit.
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_134_-_AT_THE_GALLERY_IMOGEN__BEN2.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:40pm EDT |
Wed, 12 October 2016
We've been around the world this summer. Now that CITY SLANG is back home, we decided to spotlight some of our favourite local music from the year. We play: Average Times - S/T - Dirty Laundry
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Thu, 29 September 2016
This week on the show, we fend off late-night hooligans to talk to the great YVES JARVIS! (formerly Un Blonde) Otherwise known as Jean-Sebastien Audet, we learn the wisdom of watching and learning from reality shows, the psychological zen of Kanye West, and the long-term harm of living under the stairs. |
Tue, 27 September 2016
This week we catch up with JAY ARNER and JESSICA DELISLE of Jay Arner, Energy Slime, Retail Nightmares, and more! We discuss soundtracking Metal Gear Solid, turning down corporate sugar beverage Slurpee, the cosmic vibes of the grand canyon, and a snafu at a Blim Blorton's!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_131_-_JAY_ARNER__ENERGY_SLIME-.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:47am EDT |
Sun, 18 September 2016
This week on the show, we put SNEAKS and Ottawa's own PIPPA through the CITY SLANG questionnaire! Sneaks shares the greatest first rock show in CITY SLANG history, and we get to the bottom of what exactly makes a swear word. Then learn about Pippa's dangerous Simpsons-themed Halloween costume, cosmic thrift-store finds, Avril Lavigne deep-cuts, and more. Plus we play these tunes: Sneaks - Gymnastics - XTY
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_130_-_SNEAKS__PIPPA_FULL-.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:35pm EDT |
Tue, 13 September 2016
We're back from summer vacation with a doozy of an episode!
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_129_-_PLASMALAB__THE_DREARIES-.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:56am EDT |
Thu, 7 July 2016
This week, we interview LA band GUN OUTFIT! We talk about the delicate art of dealing with kids at art galleries, the unglamorous life of a Hollywood extra, and the best driving music! Plus, the band picks a set of sun-drenched classics!
We play these tunes: Gun Outfit - Winner’s Circle - Another Lifeform Gun Outfit - Winner’s Circle - Last Light Gun Outfit - Winner’s Circle - Pleasure Seeker Gun Outfit - Dim Light - Work Experience Gun Outfit - Dim Light - Troubles Like Mine Gun Outfit - Dim Light - Guilt and Regret Gun Outfit - Winner’s Circle - The Party in Context
JJ Cale - You Got Something Linda Hargrove - All Alone in Austin Silly Sisters - Silver Whistle
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EPISODE_128_-_GUN_OUTFIT.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:47pm EDT |
Fri, 20 May 2016
This week on the show, we interviewed Joe Casey, frontman of vicious Detroit post-punk band Protomartyr. We talk about the worst hypnotists, the best bad-movie-based pinball games, bathroom strategies on tour, and the one job where he could have been easily replaced by a block of wood. Plus we play these tunes Protomartyr - Under Colour of Official Right - Scum, Rise!
Protomartyr - 7” - The Milk Drinkers Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect - The Devil in his Youth Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect - Cowards Starve Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect - Pontiac 87 Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect - Why Does It Shake? Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect - Uncle Mother’s Crack Cloud - Crack Cloud (cassette, EP) - Drab Measure Nothing - Guilty of Everything - Endlessly Brave Radar - Lion Head - Moves in Time Lab Coast - Remember the Moon - Bored Again Peach Kelli Pop - Halloween Mask 7” - Halloween Mask Traditional Fools - Fools Gold - Standing in Front of Poseur Rhythm of Cruelty - Saturated - Day In, Day Out The Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic - Between Planets
Direct download: CITY_SLANG_-_EP_127_PROTOMARTYR_MAY_18.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:20am EDT |
Wed, 11 May 2016
This week on the show, we interview Jarrad of bubblegum punk band TOUGH AGE! Jarrad gives listeners a primer on post-modern SNES game Earthbound, a passionate defense of Disneyland, and names the many movies Tough Age posters have showed up in! Hint: the movies have featured Sylvester Stallone and Larry the Cable guy. Plus, we play these tunes: Tough Age - Tough Age - Sea of White |
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
Category:general -- posted at: 12:47pm EDT |
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! |