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Allie Hanlon of PEACH KELLI POP returns to CITY SLANG! We deep dive on spicy ramen, get Trader Joe essentials, and give Moms credit for being weird. Plus we get Allie's LA travel tips for broke people and millionaires, and we run through celebrity encounters with Chelsea Peretti, Marc Maron, and Michael Cera! And also a trip to Danzig's house with New Swears???
Originally aired April 18, 2017
Introducing SHITTY SLANG! We're changing up the CITY SLANG schedule to twice a month--But don't fret! SHITTY SLANG is our new free-form nonsense show we'll be putting out between proper CITY SLANG episodes.
We wanna hear what you think! Is SHITTY SLANG an awful name? Should we have call ins? Do you want to host the show for a week? We can do whatever we want, and we're looking forward to straight goofing off in the studio every two weeks!
PLUS this week we play a preview of our Peach Kelli Pop interview, and a set of tunes inspired by the band!
Originally released April 10, 2018
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This week we talk to Saskatoon's THE AVULSIONS about levels of swearing, starting beef with Elon Musk, Mennonite-Chinese restaurants, and we fail to learn about the gems of Saskatoon! Plus we get hot takes on Dave Mustaine and The Simpsons sucking!
And stay tuned until the end of the episode to hear us call the band back to ask about a GREAT previous band name!
Originally aired April 4, 2018
Rhythm of Cruelty
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This week on the show: All Canadian music, all hour! We play new Canadian tunes, a set of Saskatoon bands picked by THE AVULSIONS, a set of French music, a four-band split featuring WLMRT & Deathsticks, and music from St. John's Newfoundland!
The Avulsions - Expanding Program - BOB
Freak Heat Waves - Beyond XXXL - Toxic Talk Show
Rhythm of Cruelty - Dispossession - Dispossession
Caves - Young Adult Contemporary - Deep Beige
Chunder Buffet - Cesspool - Obvious
Waitress - Delay Our Time - Crome Cande
WLMRT - 4 Band Split - I Quit Jack Astors
Deathsticks - 4 Band Split - I Named My Ulcer After You
Nüshu - 4 Band Split - Génération Nomophobe
Nightbummerz - 4 Band Split - Assembly
Victime - La Femme Taupe - Fatigue
Bleu Nuit - Bleu Nuit - Vaguess
Essaie Pas - New Path - Complet Brouillé
Yee Grlz - Brainwashed - Stop Bothering Me
Conditioner - Conditioner - Alright
Lo Siento - Bingo Bango - No Tengo Remedio
Ribbon Tied - Past Finding Out - Someone
Originally aired March 27, 2018
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CHAD VANGAALEN returns to the show! We revisit his daughter's psychic bug connection, get gardening advice, talk bee culture and offsetting toilet flushes!
Plus Chad implores animators to quit for their health, we discuss building robots with the Jim Henson Company, and get to the bottom of his missing copy of Puzznic for the NES!
Originally aired March 14, 2018
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We talk to the one-and-only Nigel of NAP EYES to get health tips for our listeners, find out what anime he's watching, and get deep about Legend of Zelda's Dark Link! Plus we discuss Nap Eyes mega fan Marc Maron and Nigel struggles to rank his favourite Green Day albums!
We play these tunes:
Nap Eyes - I’m Bad Now - Every Time The Feeling
Nap Eyes - I’m Bad Now - I’m Bad
Nap Eyes - I’m Bad Now - Judgment
The Mighty Northumberland - Single - Dark Link
Nap Eyes - Whine of the Mystic - Dark Creedence
Nap Eyes - I’m Bad Now - Roses
Nap Eyes - I’m Bad Now - You Like To Joke Around With Me
Nap Eyes - Thought Rock Fish Scale - Click Clack
Nap Eyes - I’m Bad Now - Dull Me Line
Green Day - Insomniac - No Pride
Originally aired March 7, 2018
Pictured: Fake Palms whose 12" Pure Mind is out on Pleasence
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All music episode this week, as we showcase four labels from around the world! (But mostly Canada). Lots of hardcore, punk rock, techno, and weird ambient tracks. Featured music:
La Vida Es Un Mus (London, UK)
Rixe - Promo Tape - Les Cents Pas
Haram - When You Have Won, You Have Lost - The Prophet
Patsy - LA Women - Count It On Down
Limp Wrist - Facades - Don’t Want You
Pleasance Records (Toronto, ON)
J Blissette - Until I Go Blind - A Series of Observations
Fake Palms - Pure Mind - I’m Not There
Moon Eyed - Haleiwa - Highway Night Drive
Man Made Hill - Fingertip - My Accoutrements
Neck Chop (Fullerton, California)
Gee Tee - Death Race EP - Death Race
Knowso - Look At The Chart - White Science
The Living Eyes - Modern Living - Better Think Again
Paroxoteens - Color T.V. - Paroxoteens
Low Noise Production (Ottawa, ON)
Clint House - Wantaway EP - Give Me Your Answers
Young Truck - Ambivalent II - Sette
CMD - Wavecraft - Juno Chronicles
Pseudo Laboratories (Edmonton, AB)
k. burwash - Moonlanding - Hadley Rille
Soft Ions - Soft Ions - Hunger Weeks
February 28, 2018
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Jessica Jalbert of FAITH HEALER talks to us about SKA SECRETS FROM HER PAST, fear of make up, conquering karaoke, Riverdale (like all our Mint Records interviews), and dog geniuses! Plus Jessica helps Travis decipher interview notes about her!
We play these tunes:
Faith Healer - Try ;-) - & Waiting
Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Might As Well
Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Light Of Loving
Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Try ;-)
Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Sterling Silver
Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Such a Gemini
Faith Healer - Try ;-) - 2nd Time
Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Sufferin' Creature
Faith Healer - Cosmic Troubles - Again
Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Best Saved 4 Last
Plus check out a new Faith Healer video below, and see their upcoming tour dates below!
Originally aired Feb 21, 2018
FAITH HEALER tour dates
February 28 - Edmonton, AB - Rec Room
March 1 - Calgary, AB - Broken City
March 3 - Vancouver, BC - The Astoria
March 5 - Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern
March 6 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
March 7 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
March 9 - Los Angeles, CA - Bootleg Theatre
March 10 - San Diego - Soda Bar
March 12 - March 18 Austin, TX - SXSW
March 20 - New Orleans, LA - Poor Boys
March 21 - Raleigh, NC - Neptunes
March 23 - Washington, DC - American University
March 24 - Philadelphia, PA - The Soundhole
March 25 - New York, NY - Elsewhere
April 5 - Hamilton, ON - Casbah
April 7 - Indianapolis, IN - Pioneers
April 8 - Cincinnati, OH - MOTR
April 10 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
April 13 - Toronto, ON - Baby G
April 14 - Montreal, QC - Ritz PDB
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Sara Jean Hughes (music video director) and Josiah Hughes (co-host of Blink 155) of the band PRE NUP join us on the show! They discuss their recent trip to Sundance, awkward chats with David Wain, a near-miss encounter with tom DeLonge, and the time a home visit from Colin Hanks lead to the dissolution of an artisinal popcorn store and Queen Latifah's TV show!
Plus we play these tunes:
Pre Nup - Pre Nup - Wrong Your
Pre Nup - Pre Nup - Air Quotes
Pre Nup - Pre Nup - Defending Your Life
Pre Nup - Pre Nup - Cleansing Flood
Pre Nup - Oh Well (Unreleased LP) - The Grudge
C.H.E.W. - Post-Trash: Volume Three - Bread and Butter
Booji Boys - Post-Trash: Volume Three - PC Friends Forever
Mauno - Post-Trash: Volume Three - Keys
Grim Streaker- Post-Trash: Volume Three - Freak Child
Sally Dige - Holding On - Holding On
Azar Swan - Savage Exile - Heavy Water
Утро - Утро - Спесь
Aus - Demo - Abgemacht
Beta Boys - Brick Walls 7” - Brick Walls
The Spook School - Could It Be Different? - Less Than Perfect
The Spook School - Could It Be Different? - Bad Year
Originally aired Feb 14, 2018
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We talk to Sam from Toronto's PONY! We discuss her TV obsession, (including the Shrek spinoff we all know and love, Shrek's Swamps Stories), the worst songs that have made her cry, and we test her on her Pinterest pinned recipes in a segment called PINNED TO THE WALL!
Plus we play these tunes:
Pony - Do You - I Don't Know
Pony - Do You - Healthy Brain
Pony - Do You - Monster
Pony - Do You - Fingernails
Pony - Do You - Small Things
Freak Heat Waves - Beyond XXXL - Self Vortex
Anwar Sadat - Ersatz Living - No Exit
Idles - Brutalism - Mother
Salad Boys - This Is Glue - Psych Slasher
Total Control - Laughing at the System - Future Creme
Death Of Lovers - The Acrobat - Perfect History
Drab Majesty - The Demonstration - Dot In The Sky
Originally aired Feb 7, 2018
The first half of this episode will serve as a tribute to Peter Eichhorn who passed away on January 16th. Peter and his wife Susanne were the people behind P. Trash Records, an incredibly important record label based in Germany.
This record label was not only important for music fans in Germany or Europe, its reach was world wide. P Trash released records from bands from all over the place and had a strong connection to the Canadian punk scene including releasing many records by bands from Ottawa.
Peter was incredibly passionate and this was apparent by how he ran his label, treated his customers and his bands. He didn’t treat them like customers and business opportunities. He treated them like real people, friends. You’ll hear tracks from many P Trash releases as well as words from members of those bands and labels, including:
Steve Adamyk (Steve Adamyk Band, Sedatives)
Rob Seaton (Statues, Der Faden)
Ian Manhire (Sedatives, The White Wires)
Eric Daigle (Fear of Lipstick, Feral Trash)
Dave Williams (Sedatives, Year Zero, Last Communion, Steve Adamyk Band)
Ilona (The Dagger Eyes)
Patrick (Hosehead Records)
Eric (FDH Records)
We play:
Statues - New People Make Us Nervous - The Last Stand
The Toyotas - Made Headlines - T.V. Injection
Fear of Lipstick - Seasons - Memel
Year Zero - Year One - Seasons
Idle Hands - Postponed - Vacant Stare
The Dagger Eyes - The Dagger Eyes - Vampire
Latex Squad - 7” - Black Birds Having Fun
Sedatives - 7” - Teenage Runaway
Digital Leather - Pink Thunder - Icy Gray - 2:29
And we play these tracks:
Dazey and the Scouts - Maggot - Groan
Shopping - The Official Body - Wild Child
PONY - Single - Alone Tonight
Hot Snakes - Jericho Sirens - Six Wave Hold-Down
The Men - Drift - Maybe I’m Crazy
Death of Lovers - The Acrobat - Ursula in B Major
Moon Duo - Jukebox Babe/No Fun 12” - No Fun
Originally aired Jan 31, 2018
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New segment: DECADES! We pick the best songs from every relative decade working from 2018! So songs from 1978/1988/1998/2008! It’s really quite easy to understand, okay? Stop asking questions!
We discuss what we might have listened to if we weren’t unborn/babies in the 70s and 80s, and get really deep into which of our favorite teenage music still gives us embarrassment chills! Plus Travis challenges everyone to a twitter fight over Isn’t Anything being a better album than Loveless!
We play these tunes:
Rich Kids - Ghosts of Princes in Towers - Ghosts of Princes in Towers
Tubeway Army - Tubeway Army - Listen to the Sirens
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks - No New York - Burning Rubber
Crass - The Feeding of the 5000 - Punk Is Dead
Youth Of Today - We’re Not In This Alone - No More
Doughboys - 7” - You’re Related
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything - When You Wake You're Still In a Dream
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation - ‘Cross The Breeze
Botch - American Nervoso - Hutton’s Great Heat Engine
Saves The Day - Can’t Slow Down - Deciding
Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children - ROYGBIV
Blonde Redhead - In an Expression of the Inexpressible - Luv Machine
Jay Reatard - See Saw / Screaming Hand
Carbonas - Self-Titled - Phone Booth
Women - Women - Shaking Hand
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna - Vacuum
Originally aired Jan 17, 2018
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First episode back of 2018! We speak to PETRA GLYNT while she paints, and discuss all kinds of delightful things: the music her new puppy relaxes to, childhood musicals, and stewed sauerkraut. But we also talk about a harrowing experience getting stuck at a UK immigration detainment centre.
We play these tunes:
Petra Glynt - This Trip - Fell in a Hole
Petra Glynt - This Trip - The Cold
Petra Glynt - This Trip - This Trip
Petra Glynt - This Trip - Propaganda
Petra Glynt - This Trip - Up to the People
Petra Glynt - This Trip - Radical
Negative Space - Gestalt - Open Secret
Booji Boys - Weekend Rocker - Locked Up In The City
Bugg - Bugg - Whiskey in the Water
The Avulsions - Expanding Program - The End
Material - Material - Material
Spray Paint and Ben Mackie - Friendly Moving Man 7" - Friendly Moving Man
Total Control - Laughing at The System - Vanity
Originally aired Jan 10, 2018
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Canadian music legend JULIE DOIRON joins us for a special hour-long interview! We discuss the meditation of doing dishes, kale salad recipes, her time as a community radio host, and Julie Doiron Day!
Plus we run her through the Sappyfest Questionnaire she invented, and we ask her to rate the CITY SLANG questionnaire with hilarious results! The questionnaire is irreperably changed!
And we play tunes from throughout her career:
Julie and the Wrong Guys - Self-Titled - Call My Own Shots
Eric’s Trip - Peter - Happens All The Time
Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars - Self-Titled - The Best Thing For Me
Julie and the Wrong Guys - Self-Titled - Love and Leaving
Eric’s Trip - Forever Again - My Chest is Empty
Julie and the Wrong Guys - Self-Titled - You Wanted What I Wanted
Julie and the Wrong Guys - Self-Titled - Condescending You
Weird Lines - Self-Titled - Between The Lampost (You and I)
Julie and the Wrong Guys - Self-Titled - Broken Pieces Barely Cold
Originally aired Dec 13, 2017
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WHIMM join us in-studio to expound on their musical roots, influences, and process! Emmanuel creates a post-punk soundscape of their music to accompany it! It’s a psychedelic CITY SLANG, with less of the hosts talking (you’re welcome).
Plus we play these tunes, including a bunch of electronic music and a new song from TOTAL CONTROL:
Whimm - A Stare Ajar - Town Hall
Whimm - A Stare Ajar - A Stare Ajar
Whimm - A Stare Ajar - Crescent
Whimm - A Stare Ajar - Fifth Column
Whimm - A Stare Ajar - Second Sound
Whimm - A Stare Ajar - Undermine
Total Control - Laughing At The System - Laughing At The System 1
The Vicious - Obsessive 7” - Dead Town
The New Calling - 12” - The New Calling
Love Cuts - Love Cuts - Hi Smile Wave
Moul D. - Demo CS - Problems at Work
Odonis Odonis - No Pop - Check My Profile
BODYKIT - No-NRG - Exploded World View
Carla Dal Forno - The Garden - We Shouldn’t Have to Wait (London)
Boyharsher - Lesser Man - Pain
Originally aired Dec 5, 2017
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It’s funding drive season! We work our butts off to make CITY SLANG. If you dig what we do consider, supporting our mother station CHUO to make sure we stay on the air FOREVERRRR! Head here to find out how.
Meanwhile, we’ve put together an early BEST OF to remind you of all the ridiculous things we got on the air this year! Featuring:
Originally aired Nov 30, 2017
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All music all hour! We ordered too many good new tunes, so this week is a music fire sale! Hear set of new emo, a super chill set of tunes we wouldn’t normally play on the show, a new tape segment, and a set of French punk!
We play all those tracks and more:
Caracara - Summer Megalith - Burn Me I’m Made of Matches
Racquet Club - Racquet Club - Blood on The Moon
Iron Chic - You Can’t Stay Here - A Headache With Pictures
Bless - Bless 7” - You’re Always On TV
Dog - Trash Temple - Ninth Gate to Deep Reservoir
The Brain - First Steps - Too Much To Dream
Porches - The House - Country
Grouper - Unreleased - Children
Fear of Men - Unreleased - Change Me
U-Nix - 8 Songs - Star
U-Nix - 8 Songs - Implicated
U-Nix - 8 Songs - Vapidity
Quicksand - Interiors - Illuminant
Superchunk - What A Time To be Alive - What A Time To Be Alive
Frigs - Single - Doghead
Durs Coeurs - Dur Dur Dur - L’eau et le feu
Scientists - Single - Mini, Mini, Mini
Essaie Pas - Single - Futur Parlé
Originally aired Nov 22, 2017
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Josée and Lucy of PARTNER join us this week for a hilarious episode! We discuss Partner fanfic, get lectured on making prank phone calls, and learn about a labyrinthine prank spearheaded by NEW SWEARS that led Partner on a journey of discovery! Weed discovery!
Plus we play these tunes:
Partner - In Search Of Lost Time - Comfort Zone
Partner - In Search Of Lost Time - Everybody Knows
Partner - In Search Of Lost Time - You Don’t Have To Say Thank You
Partner - In Search Of Lost Time - Gross Secret
Partner - In Search Of Lost Time - Daytime TV
Partner - In Search Of Lost Time - Creature In The Sun
BLAHA - Fresh Horse EP - All My Cells
Jim and the French Vanilla - Afraid of the House - When You’re Down
The Blind Shake - Soft Zodiac - Wise Mr Owl
Omni - Multi-Task - Equestrian
Supercrush - I Don’t Want To Be Sad Anymore 7” - I Don’t Want To Be Sad Anymore
First Base - Not That Bad - Not That Bad
Uniform - No Trending - Crystal World
Uniform - Wake In Fright - Tabloid
Haram - When You Have Won, You Have Lost - American Police
Shamir - On The Regular (Josée from Partner)
Originally aired Nov 15, 2017
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This week, we interview WALTER SCHREIFELS of Gorilla Biscuits, Youth of Today, Quicksand, Rival Schools and Dead Heavens! Travis isn't punk enough, so we bring in a ringer to help Emmanuel with the interview: Britt of PRISM on CHUO!
Plus we play new tunes and a C86 tape segment on Dark Thoughts:
Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today - Degradation
Dead Heavens - Adderall Highway - Adderall Highway
Quicksand - Slip - Dine Alone
Rival Schools - United By Fate - High Acetate
Quicksand - Slip - Omission
Rival Schools - United By Fate - Used For Glue
Radiator Hospital - The Songs You Like - The People At The Show
Bully - Losing - Running
Rubber Mate - Cha Boi 7” - Cha Boi
Dark Thoughts - Halloween Tape - No Good
Dark Thoughts - Halloween Tape - Don’t Wanna
Dark Thoughts - Halloween Tape - Hate This Song
Dark Thoughts - Halloween Tape - Little Thing
Originally aired Nov 8, 2017
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Happy Halloween! Join our despicable hosts Emmanu-kill Slayer and Sadist Boo-venue for the spookiest Halloween punk playlist of the year! Turn the lights down low and the volume up high, and don't get too scared listening this weekend.
We play these frightful tunes:
The Mystrys - Witch Girl
Suicide - Ghost Rider
Bo Diddley - Bo Meets The Monster
Anasazi - Horror at the Mass
The Sonics - Witch
Dead Moon - Walking On My Grave
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand
The Mummies - The Fly
Lord Luther - I Was a Teenage Creature
The Madmen - Haunted
Five Man Electrical Band - Werewolf
Lords of The New Church - New Church
Zombi - Surface to Air
DA! - Dark Rooms
Gene ‘Bowlegs’ Miller - Frankenstein Walk
Originally aired Oct 25, 2017