JUICE BOX!

Gwen and Kerry of Calgary’s JUICE BOX join us to take the CITY SLANG QUESTIONNAIRE! We learn about gopher museums, commemorative pope plates, alternative uses for sex swings. Plus we find out the pitfalls of an iPad-based live show, and and add another story to the archives about cleaning up human waste.

We play these songs:

Juicebox - Tetra Pak - IDK // IDC
Juicebox - Tetra Pak - Conspiracy
Juicebox - Tetra Pak - Straight White Boys Texting
Juicebox - Tetra Pak - Rat Therapy
Juicebox - Tetra Pak - 2 Stars on Amazon
Juicebox - Tetra Pak - Champagne Problem

Originally aired March 2, 2016

DAYLIGHT ROBBERY!

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Chicago's DAYLIGHT ROBBERY joins us this week! 

We talk to Christine, David, and Jeff 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
Daylight Robbery - Accumulated Error - Goon Beat
Daylight Robbery - Accumulated Error - New Threat
Daylight Robbery - Accumulated Error - Telegraphing
Daylight Robbery - Accumulated Error - Walk Away

Originally aired Feb. 24, 2016

REST OF THE BEST featuring MIKE KROL, DILLY DALLY, CENTURY PALM, POP 1280, and PAVILION!

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CITY SLANG presents REST OF THE BEST featuring the best clips that never made the air! This episode includes our favourite interview clips that were too weird, dirty, or incomprehensible to make the show the first time around. Get ready to hear:

• 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 making fun of punks and fantasizing about the Gattica-verse!

Originally aired Feb. 10, 2016

POP. 1280!

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This week on the show, we speak with Chris Bug and 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.

We play these tracks:

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

Originally aired January 27, 2015

FREAK HEAT WAVES!

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This week on the show, we interviewed Steve 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 favourite horror and sci0fi flicks. PLUS we help spread the myth of a legendary Freak Heat Waves on-stage incident that may or may not involve human waste!

We play these songs:

Freak Heat Waves - Bonnie’s State of Mind - A Civil Servant
Freak Heat Waves - Bonnie’s State of Mind - Melt In Your Home
Freak Heat Waves - Bonnie’s State of Mind - China Blue
Freak Heat Waves - Bonnie’s State of Mind - Design of Success
Freak Heat Waves - Bonnie’s State of Mind - Dig A Hole
John Cooper Clarke - Disguise in Love - Post-War Glamour Girl

Originally aired January 14, 2016

PAVILION!

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This week on the show, we interview Toronto’s Pavilion! We talk to Grace, Julie, and Mike before a music video shoot in Scarborough. We discuss losing band names, eating fast food, and even though drummer Jonah was away in England, we play a game of “Guess the question” using his pre-written answers! Hilarity ensues!

Plus we play songs from their demo and premiere their new digital single!

Pavilion - Mercury Girls Demo - In Your Hands
Pavilion - Mercury Girls Demo - Beautiful Sight
Pavilion - Mercury Girls Demo - Pale Shades of Green
Pavilion - Mercury Girls Demo - Binds
Pavilion - Single - Hyacinth
Pavilion - Single - Vexation of Spirit

Originally aired Dec. 23, 2015

SOUPCANS!

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Fine art croissants SOUPCANS join us to discuss acid trips in new york, Primus influences, James Chance's melting hair, and more!

Plus, an epic tale of playing a show at an elementary school to a group of freaked out kids!

We play these tunes:

Soupcans - Soft Party - Crimes 1
Soupcans - Soft Party - Nice Nife
Soupcans - Soft Party - Dish Pig
Soupcans - Soft Party - Razor Face
Soupcans - Soft Party - Siamese Brutality
Soupcans - Soft Party - Psychosomatic Rash
Soupcans - Soft Party - DOB
Soupcans - Soft Party - Hairicide
Soupcans - Soft Party - Soft Party

ISS - ISS - (I Want A) Amphetamine Prescription
Nervosas - S/T - Night Room
Protomartyr - Under Color of Official Right - Boice or Boyce

Gold Class - It's You - Life As A Gun
Mass Gothic - Nice Night - Nice Night
Gazebos - Die Alone - I Don't Want To Be Here
Renny Wilson - Punk Explosion/Extension - Escaping Alive

New Fries - Fresh Face Forward - Plexiglass
Freak Heat Waves - Bonnie’s State of Mind - Dig A Hole
Carpenters - Carpenters - Superstar

Originally aired Dec. 16, 2015

TV FREAKS return!

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TV FREAKS return to the show! They give some sound advice on getting smashed, eating schawarma, and they literally drink a jar of tequila filled with hot peppers! Business as usual.

PLUS a hair-raising adventure: Travis gets lost in a forest while broadcasting live from a secret location! We play these tunes:

TV Freaks - Bad Luck Charms - Glue
TV Freaks - Bad Luck Charms -Done It Again
TV Freaks - Bad Luck Charms -Thirteen
TV Freaks - Bad Luck Charms -Pick My Brain
TV Freaks - Bad Luck Charms -Ebb & Flow
TV Freaks - Bad Luck Charms -Love Fade
TV Freaks - Bad Luck Charms -Act of Contrition

Flesh Rag - 7" - It Ain't Enough
The Mystics - Demo II - Seeds
The Vapids - The Point Remains the Same 7" - Hazzard County

Left For Dead - Devoid of Everything - Second Guess
Parquet Courts - Monastic Living - No, No, No!
Telstar Drugs - Sonatine - Pulley
Family Band - Family Band ’15 - Take Care
Nap Eyes - Thought Rock Fish Scale - Mixer

Partner - Single - The Ellen Page
Yellowteeth - Rat King II - BFF
The Mouthbreathers - Corrupt the Youth - College Rock

The Subtractions - It’s Exposed 7” - Fresno’s Dead

Originally aired Dec. 2, 2015

LESS TALK MORE SYNTHESIZER FREAKOUT!

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Emmanuel and Travis have a CITY SLANG clearance on VICIOUS TUNES, and end the show with ex-guests Chad VanGaalen and Seth Smith's new experimental techno tape, Seed of Dorzon! Plus, we get a sneak peek at next week's TV FREAKS interview!

Hear these tunes:

Pavilion - Demo 2015 - In Your Hands
No Money - Harvest From The Mindfields of Wild Boredom - Zakary Slax
Cupcake Ductape - Get Over It EP - Downtown
Old and Weird - split w/ New Fries - Kirkobain

Soupcans - Soft Party - Crimes 1
Pretty Boys - Grubs - Orange Water
Prom Nite - Tape 1 - Snakes

Casper Skulls - King of Gold 7” - King of Gold
I Hate Sex - Circle Thinking - Sleep Paralysis
PC Worship - Basement Hysteria - Social Friction

Dame - Charm School - Bubble Baby
The Minneapolis Uranium Club - Performs Human Exploration - Rafter Man
La Misma - Kanizadi - Kanizadi

Chad Vangaalen & Seth Smith - Seed of Dorzon - Part 1

Originally aired Nov. 25, 2015.

CENTURY PALM!

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The great CENTURY PALM join us on a spooky Hallow's Eve! We caught up with the band before our CHUO benefit show to talk vampire instagrams, haunted hostels, and whether or not Jim Varney lives! Know what I mean, Vern? PLUS: a Best-Show-related bombshell is dropped and a mic is literally dropped!

Meanwhile, Emmanuel and Travis attempt a haunted intro and play a set of absolutely vicious tunes, including a bands playing the Not Dead Yet fest.

BONUS!

The next person to donate $50 to the CHUO funding drive is gonna receive the following:

1. CITY SLANG shirt
2. A rare remaining copy of the CITY SLANG zine
3. TV Freaks 7"
4. Century Palm 7"

Email cityslangradio@gmail.com to get in on the action and support our mother staion!

MIKE KROL returns!

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The great MIKE KROL returns to CITY SLANG! We conduct the KROL REPORT to update listeners on breaking news since Mike's last interview, and Mike tells us about "visiting" Danzig's and Rivers Cuomo's homes!

Plus, support our mother station CHUO by buying a CITY SLANG t-shirt or checking out one of these killer shows featuring The Famines, Century Palm, and Shell Shag!

We play these tunes:

Mike Krol - Turkey - Suburban Wasteland
Mike Krol - Turkey - Neighbourhood Watch
Mike Krol - Turkey - Left Out (ATTN: SoCal Garage Rockers)Mike
Mike Krol - Turkey - Save The Date
Mike Krol - Turkey - This Is The News
Mike Krol - Turkey - La La La
Mike Krol - Turkey - Cactuses
Mike Krol - Turkey - Less Than Together

Century Palm - 7" - Valley Cyan
Creep Wave - Demo - Sick Note
Faux Cults - Caviar EP - Love Song
The Famines - Too Cool & Other Songs - Hail To The Taxman

Big Dick - S/T - Colours
TV Freaks - II - Game
Cold Warps - Tour Demo - Black Oil
Chastity Belt - Time To Go Home - Time To Go Home

Originally aired October 14, 2015

DILLY DALLY!

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Katie of DILLY DALLY talks to us about good tattoos, great karaoke playlists, and the grossest part about being a swamp monster! Plus, we get to the bottom of which is worse: farts or burps?

Katie gives us her picks for a Toronto playlist, and we play some new tunes:

Dilly Dally - Sore - Purple Rage
Dilly Dally - Sore - Desire
Dilly Dally - Single - Candy Mountain
Dilly Dally - Single - Gender Role
Dilly Dally - Sore - Ballin’ Chain
Dilly Dally - Sore - Snake Head

Weaves - Single - Shithole
Bad Channels - Death Toll EP - Death Toll
Crosss - LO - Eye Seance
Vallens - Single - Dark Tunnel

Lust For Youth - International - Epoetin Alfa
US Girls - Half Free - Woman’s Work

Originally aired Oct. 7, 2015

HEAVEN FOR REAL vs OLD AND WEIRD

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Travis catches up with OLD AND WEIRD and HEAVEN FOR REAL after a backyard show! It’s a ramshackle interview covering disgusting road food and James Franco!

Plus new tunes, and more! Hear these songs:

Old & Weird - Split 7" w/ New Fries - Yes I Care
Heaven For Real - Split 7" w/ Homebody - O So Right
Old & Weird - Split 7" w/ New Fries - Kirkobaine
Heaven For Real - Craft Single - You Are The One With The Iron-Heart Device
Old & Weird - What I Saw - Awake My Face Alive

Homebody - Split 7” w/ Heaven For Real - Vestigial Organ
New Fries - Split 7" w/ Old & Weird - Jazz

Institute - Catharsis - Perpetual Ebb
Dope Body - Kunk - Old Grey
Dilly Dally - Sore - Purple Rage
Destruction Unit - Negative Feedback Resistor - If Death Ever Slept

Babysitter - Babysitter - Exploding Youth
No Aloha - No Problemo - Feelies

Homeshake - Midnight Snack - Heat

Originally aired Sept. 24, 2015

The great CITY SLANG puke off!

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The great CITY SLANG puke off! We pull the grossest highlights from the history of the show, including interviews from MOSS LIME, GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH, BOYHOOD, LOWER, MERCHANDISE, FREAK HEAT WAVES, CHAD VANGAALEN, and THE BEVERLEYS! Find out who has cleaned the worst toilets, who puked out of a moving car, and who watches porno bloopers!

Plus non-stop gross tunes!

Moss Lime - July 1st - Ice Cream Sandwiches
Guantanamo Baywatch - Oh Rats 7" - A Boy To Love
Boyhood - Single - H3 Don’t
Lower - 7" - Someone’s Got It In For Me
Freak Heat Waves - Bonnie’s State of Mind - Dig A Hole
The Beverleys - Brutal - Visions

Seth Smith - Lowlife Score - Fast Food
Lumpy and The Dumpers - Ausmuteants split - Noxious
Human Eye - They Came From The Sky - Junkyard Heart
Strange Attractor - Back To The Cruel World - Hot Dog Water
Cold Warps - Slimer 7" - Slimer

Mean Jeans - Are You Serious? - Slime Time
HSY - EP - Slimeball
Lumpy and The Dumpers - 7" - Too Much Slime
Black Lips - Let It Bloom - Punk Slime

Originally aired on September 16, 2015

#PUNKSNOTREAD

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Emmanuel and Travis talk about our new reading initiative, #punksnotread! Emmanuel feels obligated to read Dune! We discuss Sting! Use the hashtag on Instagram to share what you read this summer.

Plus tons of new tunes, featuring CITY SLANG favourites and past guests including MIKE KROL, LOWER, and ABSOLUTELY FREE!

Sheer Agony - Masterpiece - I Have a Dream
Mike Krol - Turkey - Neighborhood Watch
Absolutely Free - S/T - Blurred Lens
No Joy - More Faithful - I Am An Eye Machine

Lower - I’m A Lazy Son… But I’m The Only Son EP - At The Endless Party
Helen - The Original Faces - Violet
Marching Church - This World Is Not Enough - King of Song
Lunch - Let Us Have Madness Openly - Marble Foyer

Adult Mom - Momentary Lapse of Happily - When You Are Happy
Ultimate Painting - Green Lanes - (I’ve Got The) Sanctioned Blues
Grave Babies - Holographic Violence - Eternal (On & On)

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

Originally aired September 9, 2015

COLLEEN GREEN live in studio!

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This week on the show, COLLEEN GREEN joins us live! Colleen plays some new tunes live in studio, and chats with Emmanuel about touring, Conan O'Brien, and starring on the stupidest TV shows imaginable!

Plus a set of LA punk, music from BERSERKTOWN, and new tunes! Hear these songs:

Colleen Green - I Want To Grow Up - I Want To Grow Up - 3:15
Colleen Green - I Want To Grow Up - Some People - 3:30
Colleen Green - I Want To Grow Up - TV - 3:26
Colleen Green - I Want To Grow Up - Whatever I Want

X - X - Los Angeles
Descendents - I Don’t Want To Grow Up - I Don’t Want To Grow Up
Black Flag - Damaged - TV Party

Royal Headache - High - Little Star - 2:31
Diat - Positive Energy - Toonie
The Stops - Nameless Faces - So Still
Mercury Girls - Demo - In Your Hands
Babysitter - Babysitter - Hard Times
Hag Face - R.I.P. - Baby Doomers
Crystal Eyes -No Man Is An Island - Here She Comes
Towanda - Black Sheep EP - Slacker

Originally aired August 26, 2015

BERSERKTOWN II and COMPILATION MANIA!

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All music episode this week, featuring brand new releases and a spotlight on the BERSERKTOWN festival! Plus two new compilations shining a light on lost 90s punk gems and UK post-punk singles! Get ready for DESTROY ALL ART and NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL DIY!

Hear these tunes:

Rats on Rafts - Tape Hiss - Rat Poison Face
HSY -Bask - Scratch
Milk Teeth - Sad Sack - Melon Blade

Pretty Girls - Destroy All Art compilation - The Kids are All Fucked
I’m Gonna Stab You - Destroy All Art compilation - The Slide
Several Species - Destroy All Art compilation - Fight

Tesco Bombers - Now That’s What I Call DIY - Break The Ice At Parties
Fatal Microbes - Now That’s What I Call DIY - Violence Grows
The Fakes - Now That’s What I Call DIY - Look Out

Tony Molina - Dissed & Dismissed - Change My Ways
Total Control - Typical System - Expensive Dog
Milk Music - Beyond Living - Beyond Living
Wax Idols - Schadenfreude 7" - The Last Drop
Juanita y Los Feos - Nueva Numancia - Vallecas

Priests - Bodies and Control and Money and Power - Doctor
Vacation - Non-Person - Decaying
Downtown Boys - Full Communism - Monstro

Originally aired on August 5, 2015.

DIRTY FRIGS vs HOMEBODY!

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Denver’s HOMEBODY and Toronto’s DIRTY FRIGS are slammed together for no good reason into an epic CITY SLANG questionnaire! Find out who used to sing in a bad country band, thrill to curse words, and hear an interview veer out of control!

Plus hear new tunes, a tape feature on TYE DYE TAPES! Hear these songs:

Dirty Frigs - Dirty Frigs - Osiris
Homebody - EP 01 - Embroidery
Dirty Frigs - Dirty Frigs/Spectre split - Smokes You Must
Homebody - Skin and Let Live - Hollow Nest
Dirty Frigs - Dirty Frigs - Swampy
Homebody - Skin and Let Live - Permanent Accompanist

Ursula - Demo - Relief
Sealings - I’m a Bastard - White Devil
Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect - Why Does it Shake?
Royal Headache - High - Another World

Arm Candy - Arm Candy - Tribute
Radical Boy - Radical Boy/Pjaro split - Summer Resort
Feature - Culture of the Copy - Twins

Kappa Chow - Collection - Bang Bang

Originally aired July 29, 2015

CHASTITY BELT!

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CHASTITIY BELT joins us at the Ottawa Explosion weekend to do the CITY SLANG questionnaire! The nicest band in all of Seattle refuses to trash talk, design leopard print costumes, and survive falling off stages!

Plus a set of discovered-in-Halifax tunes, and new releases!

Hear these songs:

Chastity Belt - Time To Go Home - Drone
Chastity Belt - Time To Go Home - Trapped
Chastity Belt - Time To Go Home - Why Try
Chastity Belt - Time To Go Home - On The Floor
Chastity Belt - Time To Go Home - The Thing
Chastity Belt - Time To Go Home - Cool Slut

Dyscontrol - Lies 7" - Lies
Bloodsport - Goodbye to the Holy Mountain - Photos From My Last Trip to Salem
Lantern - I don’t know 7" - I Don’t Know
Homo Duplex - On and On Or On 7" - Caramel Kite

Fist City - Everything Is a Mess - Hey Little Sister
Pinner - #2 Demo - Island Song
Bantam Wing - Oh Hi No. 1 Compilation - You Keep Going On

Negative Scanner - Negative Scanner - Would You Rather?

Originally aired July 15, 2015

GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH!

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Travis puts GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH through the CITY SLANG questionnaire! They give some of the wackiest answers yet, and tell the story of the time NOBUNNY fixed their car with an inflatable clown!

Plus brand new tunes and a sneak peak at our CHASTITY BELT episode!

Hear these tunes:

Guantanamo Baywatch - Oh Rats! 7" - Oh Rats!
Guantanamo Baywatch - Chest Crawl - Chest Crawl
Guantanamo Baywatch - Chest Crawl - Pina Colada
Guantanamo Baywatch - Darling… It’s Too Late - Mr. Rebel
Guantanamo Baywatch - Darling… It’s Too Late - Too Late

Laika’s Orbit - Summer Promo Tape - No Matter What It Takes
Fleabite - TTYL EP - What’s Up
Parasol - Not There - Feedback Loop
Broken Prayer - Misanthropocentric AKA Droid’s Blood - Colors
All Dogs - unreleased - Georgia
Thee Tsunamis - Saturday Night Sweetheart
Bully - Feels Like - I Remember

TV Wonder - Bird Sounds - Bamboo Frame

Originally aired July 8, 2015