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WE’VE GOT TWINS! Emmanuel plays a show full of songs with the same title! Which ones are better?!
Travis was lame and went to Washington instead of hosting!
Hear tunes from Descendents, Bad Brains, Regulations, Articles of Faith, Husker Du, Guns N’ Wankers, Snuff, Male Nurse, Million Dollar Marxists, Blitz, Cockney Rejects, Oblivians, Wax Idols, People’s Temple, Popstrangers, Aaron Read, Colleen Green, and Statues!
The great METZ talk to us about shit talk, phone robbery, and bad sandwiches! We play some classics from METZ 7"s.
Then Raymond from THE FAMINES joins us once again for his monthly history lesson! This month, he drops RUSSIAN TATTOOS on our heads!
Plus tunes from The Fuzz, Thee Nodes, Systematik, The Famines, Timmy’s Organism, Lost Sounds, Solid Attitude, The Courtneys, Golden Grrrls, Dyscontrol, and F Hood!
PLUS: don’t forget to subscribe to CITY SLANG on iTunes!
In honour of the 8th Ottawa Community Record Show, Emmanuel and Travis dug through their records to spin nothin’ but Ottawa gems, lost classics, and plain trash on vinyl!
Hear tunes from Uranus, Shotmaker, Sick Fits, Outdoor Miners, Women, Jonathan Richman, Honest Injun, Trapt, Yeah Yeah Noh, Walking Cliché, The Membranes, Krang, Holy Cobras, and more!
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SHEARING PINX member and ISOLATED NOW WAVES label overlord Nic Hughes talks to us about releasing tapes, Eric’s Trip, and naked weed whacking!
We play a whole set of tunes from his label, including Pompoir, Shearing Pinx, Nun Un, Tranquil Heat, Noisy Tits, and Mormon Crosses.
Plus tunes from Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin, Useless Eaters, Grape Soda, Needs, Milk Music, and Sean Nicholas Savage!
Jared and Johanna of THE NYMPHETS and LAURA magazine tell us about playing video games with crust punks, Twin Peaks, and their Canadian Netflix recommendations!
We give away a PISSED JEANS LP! Contest is still open, email cityslangradio@gmail.com to win!
Plus tracks from Pissed Jeans, Nymphets, Yellow Teeth, Wastoids, Leven Signs, Cindy Lee, Blitz, Cock Sparrer, Sham 69, and Bad Brains.
Footage of the Nymphets in Ottawa on April, 2012.
Friends of CITY SLANG and killer music blog Weird Canada asked us for a guest post. So we took the obvious route and recorded an unsolicited commentary track for a music video we had nothing to do with.
Travis shares his thoughts on Ottawa band New Swears and CITY SLANG recorded a commentary for their killer one-take music video for Paradise.
Read the post and listen to the audio commentary on Weird Canada right here.
The charming gang from Ottawa’s ROBERTA BONDAR joins us in studio to share stories of CRIME! Hilarity ensues! Plus, we’re in funding drive, so don’t forget to contact us at cityslangradio@gmail.com for info on donating to CHUO community radio!
Tyler and Alex of ROBERTA BONDAR join us in studio! We talk about getting jumped by SWAT teams, getting cattle prodded, and the origins of Roberta Bondar’s new video/song Night Danger!
We play songs from Roberta Bondar’s new tape, and Lidija calls in to share a story about returning to the scene of the crime!
Plus songs from The Yips, Teenanger, Colleen Green, False Face, Mount Eerie, and Rhythm of Cruelty.
Originally aired: March 18 2013.
Roberta Bondar’s Tyler, as he appeared in CBC coverage of his cattle prodding.
Listen to the rest of New Swears live in studio on Episode 8!
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We hear from Total T about his Taco Tuesdays! Raymond from The Famines teaches us a history lesson! And a preview of next week’s terrifying story about CATTLE PRODS!
We play songs by METZ, Kremlins, Iceage, THIGHS, Peace, Lantern, Blue Cross, The Famines, and Outdoor Miners.
Local rapscallians NEW SWEARS come in to perform an acoustic set in the studio–and they absolutely kill it! Fresh from the Fun Boy Club House, the Boys improvise a radio drama, complete with power tool sound effects. Plus they were nice enough to dress up like complete maniacs for radio!
Plus tracks from Cold Warps, RAAS, Streat Meat, Dead Wrestler, Pissed Jeans, Hive Bent, Mystics, and The Men!
Travis interviews the chillest dude in Canada, Kristian North of Victoria, BC’s Babysitter! They talk about the Victoria scene, vintage butt plugs, human skulls, and Kristian gets quizzed on local Victoria news.
Hear cuts from the new Babysitter album, plus tracks from Victoria-related bands Slam Dunk, Freak Heat Waves, White Poppy, and Open Relationship.
Emmanuel plays tracks from Mean Jeans, Big Eyes, Nü Sensae, and a SUPER TOP SECRET MINDBLOWER!
Plus, hear some vintage CBC coverage of SCARY TEENAGE PUNKS IN VICTORIA!
Ottawa’s BIG DICK join us in the studio to get interviewed by their past selves from the basement of the Dominion Tavern! We play tracks off their brand new, self-titled LP on Dirt Cult.
We also interview New Swears, who only answer in unison and get hassled by a drunk dude. We play tracks off their upcoming Bruised Tongue cassette.
Plus tracks from Cousins, and Babysitter!
Steve Adamyk of THE STEVE ADAMYK BAND joins Emmanuel and Travis in studio! We almost kick him out, but then the gang talks about punk rock karaoke, debauchery in hospitals, and how not to get arrested in Spain.
Hear tracks from The Steve Adamyk Band, Sonic Avenues, The Shooting Guns, TV Freaks, Red Dons, Absolutely Free, Needles//Pins, Camel Heads, Inservibles, and more.
Originally aired: Feb 11 2013
(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.)
All star after all star! Raymond Biesinger of The Famines gives us some style pointers and a history lesson on WWI TANKS! Plus, Alex Calder of Makeout Videotape takes a RAPID FIRE INTERVIEW, and we learn about near-death tour experiences, and where the best drug-front restaurants are in Montreal.
And hear tunes from The Famines, Tweens, Pretty Pretty, Vacation, Alex Calder, Makeout Videotape, Dirty Beaches, Whore Paint, and Rough Kids.
Originally aired: Feb 4 2013
Pierre Richardson and Craig Proulx from tape label Bruised Tongue take over the airwaves to play some of the finest tunes from the Bruised Tongue catalogue. What a couple'a jerks!
Pierre and Craig talk about the origins of the label, how the cassette game has changed in Canada, and what kind of biker trouble you get into wearing a back patch.
Hear tunes from Blue Cross, Black Train, Monomyth, Boyhood, Mannequin, Red Mass, Organ Eyes, plus a preview of upcoming releases from The Yips, New Swears, and J.S. Odette.
Emmanuel and Travis talk to Chris Mason of Dirt Cult records about punks in Los Cruces, New Mexico. Chris reveals how his mom feels about the new Misfits (it’s not good).
Hear tracks from Chris’ band Low Culture. Plus, tracks from The Sediment Club, Alex Calder, Fuzz, Open Channels, Chloroform, Rational Animals, Hank Wood and the Hammerheads, Total Crush, and a Valley Boys song that might BLOW TRAVIS’ MIND.
Emmanuel and Travis talk to Aaron and Marie of WEIRD CANADA, a website archiving the weirdest and best Canadian music.
Aaron shares some bizarre tales of private press treasures, including the story of alleged murderer and extreme soft-rocker Lewis!
Plus tunes from S.H.I.T., Big Dick, Merchandise, The Soupcans, Teledrome, and Lewis.
Originally aired: Jan 14 2013
