Funding drive time and season highlights!

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This episode, Emmanuel and Travis fight off commercial radio DJs Daredevil Dan and Hot Carl! Plus show highlights from this season and an ALL-TIME classic bleep-off!

Moss Lime - July First - Ice Cream Sandwiches

Priests - Tape Two - Leave Me Alone

Nots - We are Nots - Decadence

Nap Eyes - Whine of the Mystic - No Fear of Hellfire

Merchandise - Children of Desire - Time

Pale Lips - Got a Sweet Tooth 7” - Soda Kat

The Lauras - The Lauras - Cloudy Weight

Anamai - Sallows - Altar Coals

Originally aired April 20, 2015

SCREAMING FEMALES and ANAMAI!

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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!

Screaming Females - Rose Mountain - Empty Head
Screaming Females - Rose Mountain - Ripe
Screaming Females - Rose Mountain - Burning Car

Hank Wood & The Hammerheads - Stay Home - In Space
Grass Widow - Internal Logic - Hang Around
Prince - Prince - Tips From Margarita

Anamai - Sallows - Lucia
Anamai - Sallows - Mute Flames
Anamai - Sallows - Altar Coals

The Lad Mags - Hypnotized 7” - Alien Bride
Chastity Belt - Time To Go Home - Trapped
Kappa Chow - Collected Out As of Now - Bang Bang
Colleen Green - I Want To Grow Up - Pay Attention
Mean Jeans - Singles - R U Mental

Originally aired April 13, 2015</P.

Festival special!

Photograph by Daryl Reid

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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
Giorgio Murderer - Primitive World - Primitive World
Golden Pelicans - S/T - Turqoise & Silver / New Jersey
Glueams - 7” - Strassen

White Lung - Deep Fantasy - Sycophant
Kappa Chow - Kappa Chow - Bang Bang
Needles//Pins - Out of This Place 7" - Out of This Place
Monomyth - Craft Single - Trash Day
Sheer Mag - 7" - Point Breeze
Earth Girls - Demo - Obey

The Famines - 2x7” - Gimme Some Numbers
Tyvek - On Triple Beams - Wayne County Roads
Fist City - It’s 1983, Grow Up! - Boring Kids
Tough Age - S/T - I Waste Too Much Time On Myself
Moss Lime - July First - July First

Teenanger - Frights - Bank Account
Weaves - Single - Motorcycle
Walrus - Glam Returns - Banger
Vulva Culture - Rolling in the Deep - Human Garbage

Originally aired March 23, 2015

NOTS!

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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
Nots - We Are Nots - Decadence
Nots - We Are Nots - Black Mold
Nots - We Are Nots - Static
Nots - We Are Nots - Insect Eyes
Nots - We Are Nots - Get Along
Nots - We Are Nots - Monochromatic

Strange Attractor - Barely Doing Crime - I Need To Kill My Neighbours
Teledrome - Teledrome - Boyfriend
Nervous Talk - Introductions - Shut it Off
The Famines - The Complete Collected Singles - Hi Hi Hi
Feel Alright - Oahu Ohio - Dark Incantations
Gold - Losing Your Hair - Drugs

Coneheads - Selected Ringtones Tape 3 - Head Onna Steak (ver.2)
Coneheads - Selected Ringtones Tape 3 - Smiling Beat of Life
Coneheads - Selected Ringtones Tape 3 - Machine Gun
Coneheads - Selected Ringtones Tape 3 - Pressure On The Brain
Coneheads - Selected Ringtones Tape 3 - Baby’s Crying
Coneheads - Selected Ringtones Tape 3 - 45-2566
Coneheads - Selected Ringtones Tape 3 - People Punks

Screaming Females - Rose Mountain - Ripe

Originally aired on March 16, 2015

A Totally Typical Episode!

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Emmanuel and Travis return from a hiatus of winter-fuelled illness, only to scrap their plans for the show to play all women bands, all night for International Women’s Day!

We play these tunes:

Bush Tetras - Single - Too Many Creeps
Au Pairs - Single - You
Carambolage - Carambolage - Tu Doch Nicht So
Lydia Lunch - 13.13 - This Side of Nowhere

Good Throb - Good Throb - Jealousy
X-Ray Spex - Germ-Free Adolescents - Identity
Primetime - S/T 7” - Right Track

Old and Weird - Craft Singles - Minstrel Rock
Thee Ahs - Cory’s Coathangers - Spooky Love
Weaves - Weaves EP - Take a Dip
Hag Face - Shearing Pinx split - Baby Doomers

Suburban Lawns - Janitor
Belgrado - S/T LP - In My Head
Bags - Survive EP - Survive

Bonnie Dune - An Affair To Imagine - Pizza Shark
Nightshades - Demo - The Beauty of Dreaming
Blue Angel - Demo - Don’t Want Need To

New Fries  - Fresh Face Forward - Goberth, Roberth
Moss Lime - July First - July First

Originally aired March 9th 2015.

Less talk, more rock!

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CITY SLANG returns with an hour jam packed with killer tunes! Emmanuel and Travis shut up and let the music do the talking. New stuff from Canada and beyond, including songs from Nots, So Cow, HSY, and MORE!

Hear these tunes:

Clean Girls - Expensive Tastes split - Portion Control
Vulture Shit - Expensive Tastes split - Mouth Breather (Jesus Lizard Cover)

The Minneapolis Uranium Club Band - Demo - Rafter Man
HSY - Sally 7” - Sally
Cultural Abuse - Spray Paint the Dog - Perfect Light

Makthaverskan - Witness 7” - Witness
Mourn - Mourn - Silver Gold
Faith Healer - Cosmic Troubles - Universe

Durs Coeurs - Coeurs Durs - Piège
So Cow - The Long Con - Barry Richardson
Mean Jeans - Singles - I Remember How
Nots - We Are Nots - Monochromatic

Moon - Moon - Holy Mountain
Matthew Melton - Outside of Paradise - Images On The Sand
King’s Quest - Fox Island - Alana
First Base - You’ve Got A Hold On Me - You’ve Got A Hold On Me

Freak Heat Waves - Bonnie’s State of Mind - A Civil Servant
Alex Calder - Strange Dreams - Strange Dreams

Originally aired March 2, 2015.

PALE LIPS!

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Emmanuel catches up with Montreal’s PALE LIPS at the House of Targ! They play pinball, talk about boys, and misinterpret lyrics!

Plus a tape 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
Pale Lips - Got a Sweet Tooth 7” -  Sweet Dreams
Pale Lips - Got a Sweet Tooth 7” - Candy Song
Pale Lips - Demo - Rock n’ Roll Dipshit
Pale Lips - Got a Sweet Tooth 7” - Soda Kat

The Cute Lepers - Smart Accessories - Dirty Baby
Sheer Mag - 7” - Hard Lovin’
Average Times - S/T LP - Popsicle

G.L.O.S.S. - Demo - G.L.O.S.S. (We’re From The Future)
American Hate - Dead Squeeze EP - Cold Hands Beating Heart
Regimen - Upprepning Ar Ofrankomlig

Big Dick - Dissapointment - Bad Dream
Ultrathin - S/T LP - Got A Feeling
Boyhood - When I’m Hungry LP

Un Blonde - Part of Us Both - Not One
Jons - Short Swim - Long Interior
Whimm - Receptors - Undermine

Originally aired Feb. 9, 2015.

THE LAURAS!

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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

FOOD FIGHT!

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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!

We play classic CITY SLANG food moments with BRAZILIAN MONEY, COUSINS, VIET CONG, LOWER, and MERCHANDISE!

PLUS hear the all-time weird lost new wave classic, FOOD FIGHT, by the Village People!

We play these tunes:

Descendents - Fat EP - I Like Food

Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business
Moss Lime - July First - Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ice Cream - N/A - Plastic
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - Ice Cream Man

Personal & The Pizzas - 7" - I Don’t Wanna Be No Personal Pizza
Dead Milkmen - Big Lizard In My Back Yard - Nutrition
Clorox Girls - J'aime Les Filles - Le Banana Split
Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist - Soup Is Good Food

Towanda - Black Sheep EP - Underraged
NVN - EP - Snow
Learning - Culkin - The Gun Show

Big Dick - Disappointment - Let Down
The Famines - The Complete Collected Singles 2008-2011 - Hi Hi Hi

Century Palm - Century Palm - New Creation

Originally aired Jan. 19, 2015

PRIESTS!

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Katie of PRIESTS joins us to talk about hair care, a very strange performance on the Chris Gethard show, and 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
Priests - Bodies and Control and Money and Power - Modern Love/ No Weapon
Priests - Tape Two - Leave Me Alone
Priests - Radiation 7” - Radiation

Nation of Ulysses - 13 Point Program to Destroy America - Spectra Sonic Sound
Minor Threat - Minor Threat EP - Screamin’ At A Wall
Red C - Flex Your Head - Pressure’s On
Chalk Circle - Reflection - Reflection

Viet Cong - Viet Cong - Silhouettes
Surveillance - Stressed and Depressed - Fucked Up and Naked
Meat Wave - Brother - Sham King

So Cow - The Long Con - Science Fiction
AJ Davila y Terror Amor - Beibi - Vamonos Lejos
Ty Segall - Mr Face 7” - Circles
Nots - Nots - Static

Pinner - #1 Demos - Human Person
Viet Cong - Viet Cong - Pointless Experience

Originally aired Jan. 12, 2014

BEST OF 2014!

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Old-man Emmanuel and old-man Travis send a broadcast from the future!

Our old-man future selves recount their favourite memories of 2014 in a two-episode blowout! They play the best interviews, the most depraved quotes, and their favourite tunes of the year!

We play these songs:

Chad VanGaalen - Shrink Dust - Where Are You
Nap Eyes - Whine of The Mystic - Dark Creedence
Strange Attractor - Back To The Cruel World - This is Total Shit
Boyhood - Bits n’ Bobs - Post-Poc
Destruction Unit - Deep Trip - God Trip
The Yips - Air Loom - Wytch Elm
Playboy Manbaby - Bummeritaville - Modest Meowz
Kappa Chow - Punk As Fuck 7" - Punk As Fuck
Vacation - Candy Waves - Pyro Hippies
Tweens - Tweens Be Mean
Old and Weird - What I Saw - Gig Bag

Odonis Odonis - Hard Boiled Soft Boiled - Are We Friends
TV Freaks - Leeches 7” - Leeches
Dad Jokes - J-C-V-D - J-C-V-D
HSY - Split Tape - Scratch
Sheer Agony - Unruly Sisters - Goodbye Cream
The Beverleys - EP - Bad Company
Brazilian Money - Brazilian money - Why Am I Still Standing Here? CC
Merchandise - Children of Desire - Time
Bonnie Doon - Bonnie Doon EP - Pizza Shark
She’s - EP - Don’t Wanna Go to Work
Absolutely Free - Absolutely Free - Vision’s
Old and Weird - What I Saw - Gig Bag

Originally aired Dec. 22 and Dec. 29, 2014.

DIRTY BEACHES/LAST LIZARD/ALEX ZHANG HUNGTAI!

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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
Dirty Beaches - Drifters - Elli
Last Lizard - Unreleased - Detroit (excerpt)
Dirty Beaches - Badlands - Horses
Dirty Beaches - Golden Desert Sun 7" - Night Drive
Dirty Beaches - Lord Knows Best
Dirty Beaches - Stateless - Time Washes Away Everything
Dirty Beaches - Drifters - Casino Lisboa

The Coneheads - Total Conetrol - ‘Notha Thing
Trrash - Trrash Demo - Trrashy
Pop. 1280 - Penetrate 7" - Krankenschwester

Amdi Petersen’s Arme - Amdi Petersen’s Arme - Skate Og Do
Gorilla Angreb - Aborted 2000 EP - Livstid
Knugen Faller - Lugna Favoriter - Lugna Favoriter
Davila 666 - Tan Bajo -  Obsesionao
Masshysteri - Var Del Av Stan - Var Del Av Stan

Eric’s Trip - Forever Again - December 93
Sebadoh - Bakesale - Rebound
Jale - So Wound - Ali
Thrush Hermit - Smart Bomb - Radio Blaster

Originally aired Dec. 15, 2014

MOSS LIME! BLONDE ELVIS!

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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
Moss Lime - July First - July First
Moss Lime - July First - Calabria 2014
Moss Lime - July First - Sac À Douche

Homeshake - In The Shower - Making a Fool of You
Alex Calder - Fatal Relay - Someone
Ausmuteants - Order of Operation - Boiling Point

Blonde Elvis - Single - Slow Fall on Egypt
Blonde Elvis - Single - Fit For Her

Mavo - 7” - Totally Tired
Eagulls - Eagulls - Nervous Endings
Ex-Cult - Ex-Cult - Shattered Circle

VVhile - VVhile - Nobody Knows

Originally aired Dec. 1, 2014

BONNIE DOON INTERVIEWS HSY!

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Lesley of BONNIE DOON talks to HSY while they try to park! They talk Flipper and gut rot!

Plus, Emmanuel plays bands from Not Dead Yet fest! Alanna plays braaaaaaand new tunes! Travis sends in a rippin’ hardcore set!

We play these tunes:

The Yips - Air Loom - Point Dume - 2:23
Bonnie Doon - An Affair to Remember - 2:02
HSY - Single - Cyber Bully - 3:24
The Beverleys - Single - Dreams - 2:37

Radioactivity - Dirtnap 2014 Sampler - World of Pleasure
Missing Monuments - Dirtnap 2014 Sampler - Answer the Call
Mind Spiders - Dirtnap 2014 Sampler - Make Make Make Make
Bad Sports - Dirtnap 2014 Sampler - Terrible Place

Destruction Unit - Deep Trip - Evil Man
Pleasure Leftists - 12” - Elephant Man
Institute - Salt 12” - Salt

Spraypaint  - Clean Blood, Regular Acid - Rest Versus Rush
Negative Rage - Craft Single - Pile (Tina, Age 13)
The Stasi - Demo 2014 - German Guilt
Toronto Homicide Squad - Slow Burn Lathe - Slow Burn

Kim Gray - Backseat Bingo - On Top
Nots - We Are Nots - Get Along
Nots - We Are Nots - Black Mold

Originally aired Nov. 24, 2014.

BRAZILIAN MONEY!

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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?
Brazilian Money - Brazilian Money - Give Up That Dog
Brazilian Money - Brazilian Money - Then You’ll Know
Brazilian Money - Brazilian Money - We Could Just Stay

The Courtneys ft. Young Braised - Mars Attacks 7" - Mars Attacks
Hag Face - Hag Face/Shearing Pinx Split Tape - The Count
Deathcats - All Hail Deathcats - Solid
Skinny Kids - Strangers - Real Lost

The Ramones - Leave Home - Oh Oh I Love Her So
Hubble Bubble - S/T - New Promotion
The Okmoniks - Party Fever!!! - Teenage Timebomb

Charly Bliss - Soft Serve EP - Soft Serve
Deerhoof - Ia Isla Bonita - Exit Only
Flesh Lights - Free Yourself - Just About Due
Jay Holy - Scopalamine Dream - Beasts and Devils

POTTY MOUTH!

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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 in the studio! We play new tunes, a split special, and talk about our favourite split records!

We play these tunes:

Potty Mouth - Hell Bent - Wish List

Ovlov - 4-Way Split 7" - Ohmu Shell

Heliotropes - A Constant Sea - Early in the Morning

Cellphone - Excellent Condition - Bad Medusa

Chocolat - Tss Tss - Apocalypse

Slutever - Slutever x Girlpool Fall Tour Split Tape - Stomach Ache

Girlpool - Slutever x Girlpool Fall Tour Split Tape - This Place

Low Culture - Low Culture/Needles//Pins Split 7” - Reservations

Needles//Pins - Low Culture/Needles//Pins Split 7” - Hateful

Dope Body - Lifer - Hired Gun

Brazilian Money - Brazilian Money - Then You’ll Know

The Lauras - The Lauras - Kill You

Dirty Beaches - STATELESS - Pacific Ocean

NEW FRIES INTERVIEW! PLUS A SPOOKY HALLOWEEN SPECIAL!

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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
New Fries- Fresh Face Forward - Moonlight & Valentino (The Movie)
New Fries- Fresh Face Forward - Goberth, Roberth
New Fries- Fresh Face Forward - Uncle Carmin Cruise Ship Cuba

Moss Lime - Cassette EP - Ice Cream Sandwich
Girl Arm - Trading Cities - Trading Cities
Energy Slime - New Dimensional - Star On The Ground

Primitive Parts - TV Wheels 7" - The Bench
Century Palm - Century Palm - Cold Reflection 3:09
Dilly Dally - Single - Green

Siouxie & The Banshees - Juju - Halloween
45 Grave - Autopsy - Riboflavin-Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Poly-Unsaturated Blood
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us - I Was a Teenage Werewolf

Misfits - Halloween EP - Halloween
Lost Sounds - Memphis Is Dead - You Must Be a Witch
Alien Sex Fiend - The Singles 1981-1983 - R.I.P.

Suicide - Suicide - Frankie Teardrop

LOWER vs MERCHANDISE!

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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

LOWER and MERCHANDISE take the CITY SLANG/OTTAWA IMPLOSION QUESTIONNAIRE!

The CITY SLANG crew put together a special CITY SLANG questionnaire specifically for bands playing the Ottawa Implosion this week!

First up we have Dave Vassalottie, guitarist of Merchandise. And after that, we’ve got answers from vocalist Adrian Toubro, of Copenhagen band Lower.

Learn about their ice-cream day jobs, some scary childhood diaries, and their and advice on fighting! And subscribe to the CITY SLANG podcast for more interviews with Ottawa Implosion performers!

The Ottawa Implosion has some of our favourite bands coming to town, including Merchandise, Lower, Iceage, and Father Murphy. If you wanna part with us and loads of cool people, get your tickets now! Shows start on Thursday with Merchandise and Lower and House of Targ!


Dave Vassalottie (Merchandise)
 
Do you have a favourite Canadian band?

Neil Young and Leonard Cohen are my songwriting idols, but they’re not bands, so I’m gonna go with NoMeansNo.

What’s your weirdest experience in Canada?

Seeing an older woman shoot junk into her neck on the side of a real busy street at noontime in Vancouver. She was holding a compact mirror to line it all up. I see crazy shit all the time living in Florida, but that image remains vivid in my brain.

What is the best thing to happen at one of your shows?

I’m in another world mentally whenever we play, plus I’m blind as a bat. I never have any idea what’s going on during the show other than the sound of the drums and my guitar. The sets on this tour have grown increasingly nihilistic so I feel the best is yet to come. We’ll be lunatics by the time we make it to Ottawa.

What is the weirdest thing you’ve found at a second-hand store?

A small leatherbound journal that was once a child’s diary. There are only a few entries in it, but it’s pretty wild. Lots of adolescent ramblings about touching poop, the “rules of magick”, the death of an uncle, and how this kid’s dad “sucks fucking dick.” Crude drawings galore. Most of the book is blank, so I use it for my own note-taking now. Best $0.80 I ever spent.

What’s the worst job you’ve ever had?

Selling ice cream at a place that requires employees to sing stupid jingles and parodies to the customers. I lasted 10 days before getting the axe.

What do you hate talking about in interviews most?

Everything, especially music and the meaning of lyrics. I just hate talking in general. If this was a phone conversation, it would’ve been done after a few words.

Have you ever been in a fight? Do you have advice on getting into a fight?

No, not a real-deal street fight. I’m a pretty calm and mild-mannered guy. It would take a lot for me to want to physically lash out at someone, and even then I’d probably get whooped. My advice is to make friends with big and scary people that don’t give a fuck about anything.

What is the best curse word? 

Fuckboy, or sonofabitchbastard.


Adrian Toubro (Lower)

Do you have a favourite Canadian band?

Leonard Cohen and his Army.
 
What’s your weirdest experience in Canada?
 
Playing at a Go Go-dancer club in Toronto was very weird but also an enriching experience.
 
What is the best thing to happen at one of your shows?
 
When a somehow a good vibe is created. And there is a game going on between the audience and us. It gives you confidence to mess about and do all sorts of funny stuff.
 
What is the weirdest thing you’ve found at a second-hand store?

Sorry, never found anything weird. Only useful items.
 
What’s the worst job you’ve ever had?

Working for a print company. It was excruciatingly boring and the people there tried to act like they we’re absorbed in the paper business. But it completely fell through because it just isn’t possible to hide how excruciatingly boring the print/paper industry is.
 
What do you hate talking about in interviews most?
 
How our band formed…
 
Have you ever been in a fight? Do you have advice on getting into a fight?
 
I’ve been in some drunken fights but I only took part to help friends or to get an adrenalin rush to keep sleep at bay.
 
What is the best curse word? 
 
Bugger!

WE INTERVIEW SOLIDS AND "INTERVIEW" MERCHANDISE! PLUS AN OTTAWA IMPLOSION GIVEAWAY!

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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
The Beverleys - Single - Hoodwink
Foam - Demo - Sludge

Merchandise - After The End - Telephone
The Nerves - The Nerves - Hanging on the Telephone
Protex - Don’t Ring Me Up
Reigning Sound - Love and Curses - Call Me
Iceage - Ploughing Into The Fields of Love - Simony

Hot & Cold - Skip Skip Ben Ben split - Flynt
Dories - Stripped - Drip
Roberta Bondar - Caustic - Caustic

Boyhood - Bits and Bobs - Balcony
Lower - Seek Warmer Climes - Unkempt and Uncaring
Holy Cobras - Drugstore