ALEX CALDER (UPDATED)

(Note: CITY SLANG conducted this Alex Calder interview before allegations of sexual assault came to light. We've taken down the recording and won't be having Alex Calder on our show again. CITY SLANG has zero tolerance for harassment and sexual assault, and would not have had Calder on the show had we known about this before the interview.)

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ALEX CALDER joins us for the second time to discuss pin-ball tips, kick boxing, and the on-going mystery of whether or not a FREAK HEAT WAVES member shit themselves on stage. PLUS, we quiz Alex on how he felt about things four years ago during our first interview.

We play these tunes:

Alex Calder - Strange Dreams - Life Purpose
Alex Calder - Time - Light Leaves Your Eyes
Alex Calder - Strange Dreams - Memory Resolve
Alex Calder - Mold Boy - Rewind My Mind
Alex Calder - Strange Dreams - Strange Dreams
Alex Calder - Mold Boy - Moving Slow

Pissed Jeans - Why Love Now - Ignorecam
Palberta - Bye Bye Berta - Ode To Honey
Aye Nako - Silver Haze - Particle Mace
PONY - 7" - DIY

Tightlip - Demo MMXVII - Pushed Around
Gurm - Demo 2017 - Talking Heads
Cell - Demo 2017 - Scowl / Vermin
Gazm - Menace To Tha Earth - Livin Like I Wanna

Originally aired Feb 22, 2017

LEATHER JACUZZI!

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Sarah of LEATHER JACUZZI gives us a hilarious track-by-track breakdown of LEATHER JACUZZI lyrics, including some speculative historical beer fiction, medically accurate pee tasting, and more!

Plus lots of new new songs, and music in support of Our First 100 Days!

We play these tunes:

Leather Jacuzzi - Monsters, Narcs and Idiots - Check My Piss
Leather Jacuzzi - Monsters, Narcs and Idiots - Flush The Beer (The Cops Are Here)
Leather Jacuzzi - Monsters, Narcs and Idiots - Don't Touch Me (I'm A Punk)
Leather Jacuzzi - Monsters, Narcs and Idiots - Sarah's Little Sweeties
Leather Jacuzzi - Monsters, Narcs and Idiots - Here Comes Mr Suck
Leather Jacuzzi - Monsters, Narcs and Idiots - Coca Cola Hammock Station
Leather Jacuzzi - Monsters, Narcs and Idiots - Love Theme From Leather Jacuzzi
Leather Jacuzzi - Monsters, Narcs and Idiots - P Is For Peg

Allison Crutchfield - Tourist In This Town - Dean's Room
DJ Smoke Weed Guy - DJ Smoke Weed Guy Live On Ice - Rollerblades // POV
Pavilion - Charmed Circle - Borderline
White Poppy - EP - Love Molecules

Women - Our First 100 Days - Group Transport Hall
Omni  - Fever Bass 7" - Fever Bass
Snail Mail - Habit - Thinning

Ty Segall - Ty Segall - Orange Color Queen

Originally aired Feb 8, 2017

LONELY PARADE!

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The three members of LONELY PARADE join us to discuss 20-minute Devo covers, performing for children, the Orb Guys of Canada, and their cat gets in on the interview with some no-so-radio-friendly language!

We play new tunes, and some Bandcamp selections in support of the ACLU.

Plus we play these tunes:

The Lonely Parade - No Shade - Window
The Lonely Parade - No Shade - Bro
The Lonely Parade - No Shade - Girl
The Lonely Parade - No Shade - Johnny Utah
The Lonely Parade - No Shade - Chicken Wing
The Lonely Parade - No Shade - No AM
The Lonely Parade - No Shade - Newfoundland

Booji Boys - Booji Boys - Dear Donny
Tacocat - Lost Time - I Hate The Weekend
Century Palm - Miss You - Then You're Gone

Un Deseo De Muerte - Un Deseo De Muerte - Olvida
FZ-10 - Nuevo Demo - Punk Hjarta
Akvan - میراث - میراث

Originally aired Feb 1, 2017

GINA VINELLI (of BONNIE DOON) wins CITY SLANG's BE OUR GUEST CONTEST and gets a surprise visit!

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This is a wild one! Emmanuel and Travis FINALLY reveal the winner of the long-awaited CITY SLANG BE OUR GUEST CONTEST--A very real contest you've all definitely heard about! A surprise drop-in to winner GINA VINELLI'S home results in a wacky hijinks, awkward snacking, a passive-aggressive drive home, and a late-game discovery that she's a member of BONNIE DOON!

Plus we play these tunes:

Lonely Parade - No Shade - Newfoundland
Brave Radar - High Season Blues - Feet on My Grave

2-3 - Fast Product Mutant Pop 78/79 Compilation - Where To Now
The Flowers - Fast Product Mutant Pop 78/79 Compilation - After Dark
Mekons - Fast Product Mutant Pop 78/79 Compilation - Where Were You?

Uranium Club - All of Them Naturals - God's Chest
Ursula - Finish Already! - Just Vacant
Moon Blood - Cramp Demo - Slowdown

William Onyeabor - Body and Soul - Body and Soul

Bush Tetras - Boom in The Night - Too Many Creeps
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Press Color - Wawa
Lee Paradise - Water Palace kingdom - Breaker

Doxx - Doxx - Asshole
Strange Attractor - Back To The Cruel World - This is Total Shit

Originally aired Jan 25, 2017

Tunes, Tunes, TUNES!

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All music this episode! Including brand new releases, a Jesus and Mary Chain covers set, a set of new Ottawa hardcore, and a set of perfect songs under 2 minutes! We play:

Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy - Just Like Honey - 3:03
Jesus & Mary Chain - Darklands - April Skies - 4:01
Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic - Head On - 4:11

Shop Assistants - Flexi - You Trip Me Up
Vacation - Experimental Physics - Snakedriver
Tranzmitors - Busy Singles - Between Planets

Pedestrian - Demo - Sink
Rata Negra - Oido Absoluto - Ratas
Pura Mania - Cerebros Punk - La Peste

Doxx - II - Tofu Slime
Toxic Thoughts - Toxic Thoughts - Trapped
Omerta - Pyromania - Coward

Wire - Pink Flag - Fragile
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes - Game of Pricks
Wipers - Is This Real? - Mystery

Priests - Nothing Feels Natural - Nothing Feels Natural
Merchandise - A Corpse Wired For Sound - Silence
Slowdive - Single - Star Roving

Uniform - Wake in Fright - Tabloid

Originally aired Jan 18, 2017

Best of ... 2015!? With a very special guest!

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A beloved reoccurring character shows up to help Emmanuel and Travis with the long-lost best-of 2015 episode! Thanks, SLANGY THE CITY SLANG ROBOT!

Our favourite moments include Mike Krol stalking famous people, Century Palm doing the Gerry Rafferty challenge in a haunted jail, Dilly Dally's top karaoke picks, TV Freaks drinking spicy tequila, Priests' hair care routine, and MORE!

Plus, we play these tunes:

Nots - We Are Nots - Decadence
Screaming Females - Rose Mountain - Empty Head

Fist City - Everything Is A Mess - Let’s Rip
Rhythm of Cruelty - Saturated - Saturated
Guantanamo Baywatch - Chest Crawl - Pina Colada
Dilly Dally - Sore - The Touch
Mike Krol - Turkey - Neighborhood Watch
Century Palm - Meet You - King of John Street
TV Freaks - Bad Luck Charms - Regular Guy
Soupcans - Soft Party - DOB
Priests - Bodies and Control and Money and Power - Doctor

Originally aired Jan 11, 2017

BEST OF 2016

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Please, please! Hold your applause!

This week's episode: Our year-end spectacular, highlighting our favourite revelations, goofs, and failed curses of 2016!

We share our favourite moments featuring SNEAKS, FLASHER, JUICE BOX, DOXX, DAYLIGHT ROBBERY, SIEVEHEAD, POP. 1280, CHANDRA, GUN OUTFIT, PROTOMARTYR, BEN JENSEN, and more!!

Plus we play these tunes:

Sneaks - Gymnastics - Tough Luck
Flasher - Flasher EP - Erase Myself
Juicebox - Tetra Pak - Conspiracy
Doxx - Demo - Baby Doomer
Daylight Robbery - Accumulated Error
Sievehead - Into The Blue - Look Both Ways
Pop. 1280 - Paradise - USS ISS
Chandra - Transportation - Subways
Gun Outfit - Dream All Over - Dream All Over
Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect - Dope Cloud
Roberta Bondar - Hiss - Night Danger

Originally aired Dec. 14, 2016

DUCHESS SAYS!

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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
Duchess Says - Sciences Nouvelles - I Repeat Myself
Duchess Says - Sciences Nouvelles - Negative Thoughts
Duchess Says - Sciences Nouvelles - Poubelle
Duchess Says - Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs - C.H.O.B.
Duchess Says - Sciences Nouvelles - I’m An Idea

Moon Duo - Occult Architecture Vol. 1 - Cold Fear
Purling Hiss - High Bias - 3000 AD
Drahla - digital single - Fictional Decision

Peeling - Rats in Paradise - Wet Nurse
Sad13 - Slugger - Line Up
No Joy - Drool Sucker - A Thorn in Garland's Side

BB Cream - Rose Petal Pie - Rose Petal Pie

Originally aired November 29, 2016

FLASHER!

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We interview delightful DC post-punk band FLASHER! We discover why they're the richest band in America: rich in deer guts, fake Alden boots, pillow case collections, mocha tapestries, and so much more!

Plus we play a Homeshake/Alex Calder charity single, Nash the Slash reissues, and these tunes:

Flasher - Flasher - All Over
Flasher - Flasher - Love Me
Flasher - Flasher - Destroy
Flasher - Flasher - Make Out
Flasher - Flasher - Erase Myself
Flasher - Flasher - Tense

Homeshake - Nankhatai/Stuck Inside charity single - Nankhatai
Alex Calder - Nankhatai/Stuck Inside charity single - Stuck Inside
Thee Oh Sees - An Odd Entrances - You Will Find It Here

Nash the Slash - Dreams and Nightmares - Moon Curse
Wy - Never Was EP - Hate To Fall Asleep

Ty Segall - Single - Orange Color Queen

Originally aired November 23, 2016

WHITE LUNG!

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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!

Plus we play these tracks:

White Lung - It's The Evil - Viva La Rat
White Lung - Sorry - Thick Lip
White Lung - Deep Fantasy - Drown With the Monster
White Lung - Paradise - Dead Weight
White Lung - Paradise - Narcoleptic
White Lung - Paradise - Hungry
White Lung - Paradise - Kiss Me When I Bleed

Marching Church - Telling it Like it Is - Lions Den
The Men  - Devil Music - Lion’s Den
Cheena - Spend the Night With… - Car
Casper Skulls - Lips & Skull EP - Lips and Skull

Chastity - S/T - You're Scary Now
Sonic Avenues - Disconnector - Future
Supermoon - Playland - Witching Hour
New Fries - More - 90 Yr Old Girl

Flasher - S/T - Erase Myself

Originally aired November 16, 2018

DOXX!

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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
Bonnie Doon - Pentagon Black Compilation No. 1 - Pants and a Face
Loving - Loving - Forgot Again
SPELL - Single/video - Hair In Your Eyes

Total Bliss - Single - B.I.T.C.H.
Leather Jacuzzi - Monsters, Narcs & Idiots - Here Comes Mr Suck
Primetime -  Going Places - Anyway
Belgrado - Obraz - Dalej

White Lung - Paradise - Below
Monomyth - Happy Pop Family - Re: Lease Life (Place 2 Go)

Originally aired November 9, 2016

SIEVEHEAD!

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We catch up with UK punks Sievehead for a cultural exchange! We learn about living in Sheffield and staying drunk on trans-Atlantic flights, and Sievehead learn what real poutine is all about! Plus some DEEP RESEARCH into one member's punk dad leads to their public apology!

Plus we play these tunes:

Sievehead - Into The Blue - No Grapes
Sievehead - Into The Blue - Look Both Ways
Sievehead - Into The Blue - Hoax
Sievehead - Into The Blue - Try The Mirror
Sievehead - Into The Blue - Last Words

Product of Reason - Household Shocks - Active Repetition
One Gang Logic - Household Shocks - Playtime
Juveniles - Household Shocks - Another Kind of Guy

Homebody - Better Use of Leisure Time - Natural Violence
Phern - Cool Coma - Pebble
The Submissives - Do You Really Love Me? - Tell Me Why

Xarah Dion - Fugitive - Le dédale
Homeshake - Fresh Air - Call Me Up - 2:29

Originally aired November 2, 2016

REST OF THE BEST vol 2 featuring TOUGH AGE, RHYTHM OF CRUELTY, UN BLONDE, JAY ARNER, PROTOMARTYR, and CENTURY PALM!

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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! This installment includes appearances by TOUGH AGE, RHYTHM OF CRUELTY, UN BLONDE, JAY ARNER, PROTOMARTYR, and CENTURY PALM!

Plus, we play these tunes:

Tough Age - I Get The Feeling Central - Snakes & Ladders
Rhythm Of Cruelty - Saturating - Day In, Day Out
Un Blonde - Good Will Come To You - Staying in Line
Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect - The Devil in His Youth
Century Palm - S/T - Desire

Flasher - Flasher - Tense
Priests - Nothing Feels Natural - JJ
Post Pink - I Believe You, Ok - Take Me
Cigarette - Warm Shadows 7” - Warm Shadows

Duchess Says - Sciences Nouvelles - Negative Thoughts - 6:30 - CC
Sievehead - 7” - Try The Mirror (Pure Gold mix) - 6:52

Originally aired October 26, 2016

LIVE from the Record Centre!

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This week: an all-vinyl music episode, recorded LIVE from the Record Centre in Ottawa! This episode is to celebrate FUNDING DRIVE WEEK for our mother station CHUO. For more info on how to donate, check out this page. And for killer tunes, listen on!

We play these records:

Hawkwind - Single - Silver Machine
Bauhaus - Single - Dark Entries

Our Daughter's Wedding- Single - Lawnchairs
Delta 5 - Single - Mind Your Own Business

Siouxie & the Banshees - Single - Happy House
Depeche Mode - Single - Shake The Disease
Devo - Single - Are U X-Perienced?

The Tourists - Single - I Only Want To Be With You
Lori and the Chameleons - Single - Touch

Joy Division - Single - These Days
TV Smith's Explorers - Single - The Perfect Life

The Jam - Single - Strange Town
The Undertones - Single - You've Got My Number

X-Ray Spex - Single - Oh Bondage Up Yours!
The Stranglers - Single - (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)

Originally aired October 19, 2016

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CITY SLANG: At the Gallery with BEN JENSEN and IMOGEN REID!

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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).

This week, illustrator Ben Jensen and photographer Imogen Reid join us live from the opening of their art show opening at the Ottawa Art Gallery!

We discuss skeleton skateboarders, the Hieronymus Bosch of punk photos, and take a tour of the new exhibit.

We play these tunes:

Hank Wood & The Hammerheads - Go Home - It’s Hard on the Street
Peach Kelli Pop - Halloween Mask 7” - Hundred Dollar Bill
Sadist - 7” - Mask
Secta - Secta Suicidia EP - Ya Nada Importa
Eel - Tape - Low Life
New Swears - Funny Isn’t Real - Paradise
Pregnancy Scares - 7” - Master Race

Sweet Williams - Please Let Me Sleep on Your Tonight - Ghost Waves
Peeling - Rats in Paradise EP - Leisure Life
Marching Church - Telling it Like it is - Heart of Life

M.T. Foyer - Single - All I Wanna Do is Love You
No Aloha - Deluxe - Shoulda Woulda Coulda
Steve Adamyk Band - Graceland - Carry On

Originally aired October 12, 2016

Local music spotlight!

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All Ottawa, all hour! 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
BB Cream - S/T - Do U Wanna
Creep Wave - Winter Sucks - Cat Call
Bonnie Doon - Single - Now or Neverish
Expandafuzz - Bleuets - The Disco Sounds of Roof Rack

Piith - Sweet Sweet Morning - Sunrise
Heavy Bedroom - Heavy Bedroom/King’s Quest split - Soft Pillow of Doubt
Heron's Wake - Phantom - Beast

Doxx - S/T - Slimer
Steve Adamyk Band - Graceland - Carry On
Warp Lines - Demo - Waited Long Enough
The Heavy Medicine Band - Conduit - Sleep Light

Telecomo - Promo EP - Around
Elementals - I’m Not Here, I’m Not Real - Debase
The Yips - Got Power/Want Some - Saturn Devours His Young

Ruth Grader - Forms EP - 904

Originally aired Oct 5, 2016

UN BLONDE!

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This week on the show, we fend off late-night hooligans to talk to the great UN BLONDE!

Otherwise known as Jean-Sebastien Audet, we discover the wisdom of watching and learning from reality shows, a psychological deconstruction of Kanye West, and the long-term harm of living under the stairs.

Plus, we play an all-Egg Paper Factory set and these tunes:

Un Blonde - Good Will Come to You - Celebration
Un Blonde - Good Will Come to You - Open Sesame
Un Blonde - Good Will Come to You - I Felt the Evening Come Through the Window
Un Blonde - Good Will Come to You - Staying in Line
Un Blonde - Good Will Come to You - In Harmony
Un Blonde - Good Will Come to You - Heart of the Afternoon

Whitney K - Pony - Pony
Telstar Drugs - Endless Strait EP - Pressed
KoKo - Clean Livin - She's Gone
The Painters - Specks of Dust - On the Ceiling
Hana Vave - 1992 - The Expedition

TV Freaks - Two - Overreacting

Originally aired September 28, 2016

JAY ARNER and JESSICA DELISLE!

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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!

Plus we play these tunes:

Jay Arner - Jay II - Like a Dracula
Energy Slime - New Dimensional - Cool Ship II
Jay Arner - Jay II - Street Freaks
Energy Slime - New Dimensional - Bustin’ Up
Jay Arner - Jay II - Personal Line
Jay Arner - Jay II - World of Suffering
Jay Arner - Jay II - Crystal Ball

Tenement - S/T - Your Shadowed Alleys
Rixe - Les Nerfs à Vif - Hexagone
Vexx - Wild Hunt - Do What You Want To

Supermoon - Playland - Witching Hour
Tough Age - Tough Age - Coffin Foam
Renny Wilson - Punk Explosion - Glass Animal
Our Debut Album - Our Debut Album - Ice Hotel

Nots - Single - Inherently Low
The Submissives - Do You Really Love Me? - Do You Really Love Me?
Spray Paint - Feel The Clamps - Styrofoam Garbage

Originally aired September 21, 2016

SNEAKS and PIPPA!

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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
Sneaks - Gymnastics - Tough Luck
Sneaks - Gymnastics - New Taste
Sneaks - Gymnastics - True Killer
Sneaks - Gymnastics - Red
Sneaks - Gymnastics - Down in the Woods
Sneaks - Gymnastics - No Problem

Wet Brain - Not Sorry - Waitress
Wingdam - Glow Ahead - How To Swim
Ami Dang - Uni Sun - Sublimate
Moss of Aura - We'll All Collide - Wheels

Pippa - Single - Blue Temple
Pippa - Single - Callin’ In

Angry Angles - Angry Angles - Crowds
Martha - Blisters In the Pit of My Heart - Precarious (The Supermarket Song)
Earth Girls - Wanderlust LP - I Thought You Knew

Yung - A Youthful Dream - A Youthful Dream
Sheila Beach - Walk Home - Wally M
Vivien Goldman - Resolutionary (Songs 1979-1982) - Launderette

Originally aired September 14, 2016