TELEPHONE EXPLOSION & MORNING TRIP

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Steve Sidoli (of TEENANGER) joins us to discuss the label he co-runs, TELEPHONE EXPLOSION and their new ambient/new age/optimistic re-issue imprint MORNING TRIP.

Steve runs us through the re-issue process, the state of selling records in 2019, and what happens when you call out of the blue to ask someone about the music they recorded 20 years ago and forgot about. Sometimes they pitch you on paper records! Plus we talk Doug Ford, social media influencers, and making $$$ off the polka revival.

Originally aired Jan 30, 2019

PILL

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PILL join us this week to discuss the secret history of the dog on their cover art, crashing a state-funded artist squat in Germany, the secret members of their band (Sheila 1 and 2), and introducing their supergroup parents at the MOMA! Plus Travis goes full-Narduar, and we stumble on the Pill DOS game!

Plus we play these tunes:

Pill - Soft Hell - Dark Glass
Pill - Soft Hell - Fruit
Pill - Convenience - 100% Cute
Pill - Soft Hell - Double Think
Pill - Soft Hell - Plastic
Pill - Soft Hell - Midtown

Patrick Crowley - Afternooners - Surfside Sex
Lubricated Goat - Plays the Devil's Music - Nerve Quake

And check out the Mexican Summer website to see dates and buy tickets for Pill’s Eauropean tour!

Originally aired Jan 16, 2019

BEST OF 2018!

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(Inexplicable Talk-Boy commercial voice) HAPPY NEW YEAR! It's our BEST OF 2018 EPISODE! Bask in some of the funnest moments of the year with some of our favourite people:

• Peach Kelli Pop meets Danzig (with a Mike Krol cameo)
• Prenup hang out with Colin Hanks (with a Queen Latifah cameo)
• Lié gets Henry Rollins on the phone to chat with a boyfriend
• BBQT discuss the worst time to get dumped
• Nap Eyes give dubious and thorough fitness advice
• Dead Soft expose Dirty Nil's hilarious tour workout
• Faith Healer gives us more than we bargained for when we ask about Thunder Bay
• Boyhood shares a heartbreaking bat story
• Pony takes the Pinned To The Wall Pinterest food quiz
• WLMRT swims into a concert to steal some beers
• Chad Vangaalen wants to break into someone's house to steal back his Nintendo

Originally aired Dec 19, 2018

PROTOMARTYR returns!

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Protomartyr returns! CITY SLANG correspondent Ev interviews Protomartyr frontman Joe Casey about working with other bands (including their Kim Deal collaboration), forgetting to write your lyrics down, hating the mosh pit, and learning your #1 fan is a nightmare kid.

Originally aired Dec 12, 2018

EXPANDA FUZZ and CHUO funding drive!

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It’s FUNDING DRIVE week for CHUO 89.1 FM! In this episode Emmanuel and Travis make an impassioned plea for why you should donate.

Just know: CHUO gives us the studio and equipment to make our show every week. It’s a labour of love that our hosts spend hours a month producing, just to spotlight underground artists that wouldn’t get featured on other radio stations. Help CHUO and help CITY SLANG. It’s super easy to contribute on Patreon, even a dollar a month makes a huge difference. Click here to donate on Patreon. Or go to CHUO.fm to find more ways to contribute.

AND THEN: Ottawa’s owns EXPANDA FUZZ gives us a track-by-track breakdown of their new self-released album Cotton Candy Jet Engine! Plus we play a bunch of new tunes!

Expanda Fuzz - Cotton Candy Jet Engine - The Ghoul In The Clean White T-Shirt
Expanda Fuzz - Cotton Candy Jet Engine - Ghosts and Flowers
Expanda Fuzz - Cotton Candy Jet Engine - The Last Of The Who Heads
Expanda Fuzz - Cotton Candy Jet Engine - Yo Detective, This Is Defective
Expanda Fuzz - Cotton Candy Jet Engine - At War With Summer
Expanda Fuzz - Cotton Candy Jet Engine - Churchify
Expanda Fuzz - Cotton Candy Jet Engine - Catarqui Beach
Expanda Fuzz - Cotton Candy Jet Engine - Your Sonic Halo
Expanda Fuzz - Cotton Candy Jet Engine - Got My Spirit Cat

Shogun & The Sheets - 7" - Hold On Kid
Civic - Those Who No - Flick The Station
Bleu Nuit - Le Meme Discours - Le Meme Discours
Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers - Bought to Rot - Friendship

Originally aired Nov 28, 2018

WLMRT

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We chat with Shelby from WLMRT about CITY SLANG favorite topics like karaoke and the Simpsons but we also learn about intestinal training, coffee shop celebrity encounters, and start a new segment called Movie Corner. Shelby also shares an epic tale of sneaking in to a concert, stealing beers and ending up with a $500 dental bill.

You'll basically hear WLMRT's full discography including the brand new LUBE 2 EP out now on Pleasance Records. We play:

WLMRT - 4 Way Split - I Quit Jack Astors
WLMRT - Plan B - Icy Podcast
WLMRT - Plan B - I Don't Like Patios
WLMRT - Plan B - My Ass My Ass My Ass
WLMRT - Plan B - Soap Time
WLMRT - Plan B ROADWAY TO HEC
WLMRT - Plan B - Crank
WLMRT - Single  - Von Hammer
WLMRT - Single - Brainfeel
WLMRT - Lube 2 C.U.T.V.
WLMRT - Lube 2 - Dark Dollars
WLMRT - Lube 2 - Roger's Movie Idea
DLIMC - November Cassingle - Wicker Park
Hobby - The Fastest Car Yet - Grass
Verna Lindt - Play/Record - My Hometown
WLMRT - Lube 2 - I Like New People
WLMRT - Lube 2 - Emergency Money Available

Originally aired Nov 14, 2018

DEAD SOFT

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This week we call Nathaniel and Keeley of DEAD SOFT and discuss eating healthy on the road, the time they caught The Dirty Nil planking, living on Gabriola Island with hummingbirds, and their new EP on Arts and Crafts! Plus we get the first LIVE-ON-RADIO PARALLEL PARK in CITY SLANG history! 

We play these tunes:

Dead Soft - New Emotion - Kill Me
Dead Soft - New Emotion - Proof
Dead Soft - New Emotion - I'm Afraid
Dead Soft - New Emotion - Down
Dead Soft - New Emotion - Bones

Supercrush - I've Been Around - I've Been Around
Woolworm - Deserve To Die - Seer
Daddy's Hands - Daddy's Hands - Statistics Wigs

Expanda Fuzz - Cotton Candy Jet Engine - Ghosts And Flowers
Civic - Those Who No - Pleasure
Flesh Rag - Inside Your Mind - Inside Your Mind

Frigs - Single - Crop Circles
Dilly Dally - Heaven - I Feel Free

Originally aired Oct 17, 2018

All new music, all hour

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We get right into dumping new tunes on everyone’s head in this episode. No nonsense! We play:

Marbled Eye - Leisure - Laughing Sound
Carbonas - Your Moral Superiors: Singles And Rarities - Blackout (Waiting To Happen)
Tommy & The Commies - Here Come... - Throwaway Love
School Damage - A to X - City Streets

Cold Leather - Smart Movies - Stunned
Nerve Beats - Nerve Beats - Pink on the C.C. Line
Deathsticks - Funny Ha Ha Cool - In The Motors

Jock Tears - Bad Boys - Neil Young
Institute - Beat Session Vol. 6 - Only Child
Booji Boys - Unknown Pleathers 7" - Kanadian Kontent
Constant Mongrel - Living In Excellence - Action

Dead Soft - Single - Kill Me
Weathered Statues - Borderlands - The Silver Cliff

Crack Cloud - Crack Cloud 7" - Drab Measure
Xarah Dion - Collision EP - Asphalt

Viagra Boys - Street Worms - Just Like You
Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams - Normal People

Originally aired Oct 10, 2018

MINI SLANG 6: Andrew of WALK A MILE RECORDS

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We call Andrew of WALK A MILE RECORDS! We discuss why he started a record label, his master's thesis, and the story behind Sedition's vicious Papa John take down.

Plus Andrew picks a set of music including Gold Finch, Sedition, and Miles Between Us.

Originally posted October 3, 2018

LONELY PARADE

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Charlotte of LONELY PARADE returns to CITY SLANG! We rehash some McDonalds talk from the last time we spoke, plus we discuss nearly chopping her finger off making vegetarian food, Chicago regional foods (including a Malort flashback), Kim Kardashian hot dog stands, and more!

It's an accidentally food-focused episode (as usual)!

Originally aired Sept 19, 2018

BOYHOOD

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Caylie of Boyhood joins us to talk about the nap blues, creepy critter stories, and what gift Nardwuar would gift her! Plus we make up a book recommendation segment called "Caylie's picks", and think up a Quantum Leap-style TV show!

Plus we play these tunes:

Boyhood - Bad Mantras - Exasperated
Boyhood - Bad Mantras - Sooner Than You
Boyhood - Bad Mantras - He Don't
Boyhood - Bad Mantras - Anything
Boyhood - Bad Mantras - Drivin'
Boyhood - Bad Mantras - Luvbomb

Boyhood - Bad Mantras - Luvbomb Cont'd
Boyhood - Bad Mantras - Bad Mantra 4:11
Boyhood - Demo - Where I’m Going

Spectral Display - Spectral Display - You Don’t Know
Prefab Sprout - Jordan: The Comeback - Wild Horses
The Troggs - S/T - Our Love Will Still Be There

Originally aired September 5, 2018

MINI SLANG 5: BONNIE DOON tour diary!

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Part 1 of BONNIE DOON's BACK IN THE USSA tour diary! Diarrhea talk, Sebadoh gossip, and an uber driver plays his Black Sabbath-inspired music!

Plus interviews with musicians Jeff Gallagher and Big Quiet!

Originally posted Aug 17, 2018

LIÉ

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We talk to Brittany of Vancouver's LIÉ as she packs for her bands tour!

We discuss the one perfect thing to pack on tour, the meaning of Cold Punk, playing to four people in Tijuana, and whether Taco Bell counts as a smoothie!

Plus we get a hilarious story about HENRY ROLLINS!

We play these tunes:

Lié - Hounds - Better Sex
Lié - Hounds - Birthday Party
Lié - Hounds - Country Boys
Lié - Hounds - Ethics
Lié - Hounds - Can’t Get Enough
Lié - Hounds - Tame
Lié - Hounds - Fill It Up
Lié - Hounds - It’s Really Nice
Lié - Hounds - Weaponized

Necking - Mediation Tape  - Ford Commercial
Institute - Salt - Immorality
Marie Davidson - Adieux au Dancefloor - I Dedicate My Life

Originally aired July 18, 2018

BBQT aka The Turkey Dump Episode

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We catch up with BBQT at Ottawa Explosion! We play clips from our their previously un-airable interview, the worst holidays to get dumped on, and crying in Peter Criss make up!

Plus our interview gets crashed by Jarrett from TOUGH AGE, and Allie from PEACH KELLI POP, who asks the band about their astrological signs ♒♌♏

BBQT - All For Show - Moldy Memory
BBQT - All Dressed - Your Band
BBQT - BBQT - BBQT
BBQT - All For Show - OK Cupid
BBQT - All For Show - Heart Shaped Sticker
BBQT - All For Show - Why Can’t I Luv U
BBQT - All For Show - Quicksilver Boys Club
BBQT - BBQT - Doo Wah Diddy (PKP cover)

Peach Kelli Pop - Gentle Leader - Black Magic
Tough Age - Shame - Everyday Life

Wares - Wares - Mission Hill
Feel Alright - In Bad Faith - Truth About Us
Laika’s Orbit - OXW Sampler - Ghosting
Victime - La Femme Taupe - Robot ou humain
Heathers - Midnight Is A Place - Linear Movement
Lonely Parade - No Shade - Window
Doxx - III - Stab Risk
Tightlip - Tight On Time - Secret Hate
Corridor - Supermercado - Coup d’épée
Sneaks - It’s A Myth - Hair Slick Back

Originally aired June 27, 2018

HIT BARGAIN

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Travis talks to Nora Singh of LA's HIT BARGAIN! They talk about how American health care is like a heist movie, the true story behind Matt the trampling fetishist, the making of the butt plug shiv, and Travis fails to get dirt on Katy Perry!

Plus we play these tunes:

Hit Bargain - Potential Maximizer - Hell Is Real
Hit Bargain - Potential Maximizer - Capitulate
Hit Bargain - Potential Maximizer - In Quiet Streets
Hit Bargain - Potential Maximizer - Architects
Hit Bargain - Potential Maximizer - Knavs
Hit Bargain - Potential Maximizer - Tourist Of My Desire
Hit Bargain - Potential Maximizer - Tourist II
Hit Bargain - Potential Maximizer - Untying A Knot
Hit Bargain - Potential Maximizer - Hit Reset
Hit Bargain - Potential Maximizer - I Was Born

Originally aired May 30, 2018

MINI SLANG 4: We call James Lindsay of PLEASENCE RECORDS + hangover stories

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In our latest MINI SLANG, Travis' hangover story is interrupted when Emmanuel calls James Lindsay of PLEASENCE RECORDS! They talk about the Pleasence Records podcast, the Canadian music industry, squashing Twitter beefs, and a music industry conspiracy nearly assassinates our guest! Plus we play some new music from the Pleasence label.

Originally posted May 30, 2018

VINYL VAULT! All vinyl episode from the depths of the CHUO archive

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Emmanuel and Travis dive into the depths of CHUO's vinyl vault, and spin an all-music show of 45 records! We combed through hundreds of records to bring you lost gems from the 90s, a totally burned out covers set, a sweet Factory records find, and more oddities! We take full credit for the inevitable revival of the The Freeze's "Paranoia" single after this episode.

Originally aired May 23, 2018

MINI SLANG 3: We call Alex from EGG PAPER FACTORY + grocery store chronicles

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In our latest MINI SLANG we call Alex Bourque of Montreal's EGG PAPER label while he does laundry! We try to get dirt on a band for an upcoming interview, but Alex ends up dishing some fine dirt on Travis from his old grocery store job! Plus a special set of polite tunes and some good bug talk.

Originally released May 10, 2018

VEHICLE PARTY

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Our clip-show tribute to the vehicles that get your favourite bands around (and occasionally try to kill them)! Some of our funniest stories come from broken down tour vans, improvised auto repairs, and near-disaster train rides, so we've combined them into this mega episode featuring music and hilarious stories from:

CASPER SKULLS
POP. 1280
WEAVES
WEED
FLASHER
GUN OUTFIT
MOTHERHOOD
NEEDLES//PINS
GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH
COUSINS
 

Originally aired May 2, 2018

MINI SLANG 2: We change the name + we call GINA of BONNIE DOON

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SHITTY SLANG (our new free-wheeling between-episode show) gets renamed to MINI SLANG after an extensive Listener Satisfaction Feedback process. Plus, we call Gina Vinelli from the band BONNIE DOON to tell crazy tales of the Doon Buggy in anticipation of next week's all-vehicle concept episode!

Originally released April 25, 2018