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KETAMINES vs TOUGH AGE! Every member of KETAMINES is pitted against every member of TOUGH AGE in an interview battle! They face off about drugs, self-loathing, and bein’ the toughest!
Hear tunes from Tough Age, Korean Gut, Ketamines, Viet Cong, Paul Jacobs, Pink Wine, King’s Quest, F Hood, Soko, and Hoover Party!
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We interview the hard-touring COUSINS about what they eat on the road, and what they cook on their radiator!
Plus bands that start with Y, and a set of new tunes from Canada and BEYOND!
Hear songs from Cousins, Yussuf Jerusalem, Young Lions, Young Wasteners, The Backhomes, Bent Shapes, The Icarus Line, and Burro!
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Ken Cheppaikode of DIRTNAP RECORDS joins us to talk about the label turning 14! Find out how much Ken weighed when he was 14, and how many fights he got into at Black Flag shows!
We play some favourite tunes from the Dirtnap back catalogue, and new and weird tunes from ALL OVER THE PLACE!
Hear songs from Marked Men, Mind Spiders, The Exploding Hearts, The Briefs, The White Wires, Steve Adamyk Band, Mean Jeans, Big Eyes, Night Birds, Ty Segall, Hsy, Mystics, Snooker Emporium, All Dogs, and Tennis!
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TIMMY VULGAR and co. of HUMAN EYE talk to us about Detroit, keepin’ a record store ticking, and miserable suburban crusty punks!
Plus new songs from Canadian weirdos, Australian weirdos, and more!
Hear tunes from Timmy’s Organism, Human Eye, Juvenile Hall, Siren Songs, The Visitors, The Everywheres, Royal Headache, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Yi, and MIMICO!
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Designer turned rockstar MIKE KROL joins us to talk about buying fans, his signature sandwich, and his embarrassing ska past! We play a set of his killer pop songs, including a rare tape release!
Plus a set of songs from bands played ARBORETUM FEST this weekend!
Hear tunes from Mike Krol, Steve Adamyk Band, Sonic Avenues, Male Nurse, New Swears, Boyhood, Roberta Bondar, Mass, and Hunters!
PLUS! SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST FOR A BONUS INTERVIEW WITH MIKE KROL!
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This week, Emmanuel interviews Ottawa’s AVERAGE TIMES! They tell us about Shitty Dad wine, working at Shmal-Mart, and their upcoming tape on BRUISED TONGUE!
Plus a set of classic Ottawa tracks from GOING GAGA records, some lost classics from the 80s, and new weird sounds as usual!
Hear tunes from Average Times, Savage Crimes, Uranium Comeback, Fucking Machines, Million Dollar Marxists, Diane, Pop Crimes, Gas Rag, Bad Sports, Elton Motello, The Sound, Hüsker Dü, The Figs, Crystal Swells, and Cheap Time!
Originally aired: August 5 2013.
Allie Hanlon of PEACH KELLI POP (and The White Wires!) joins us on the show to talk about why dog poop smells, how she’d party on mars, and how to bake the PERFECT BANANA BREAD! Listen up!
Plus, hear the most CRUSHING SET OF MUSIC EVER PLAYED ON RADIO! And some other tunes!
Hear songs from Peach Kelli Pop, Peach Kelli Punk, The White Wires, Red Kross, Mike Krol, Home Blitz, Cryptomaniacs, Predator, Whore Paint, Hunx and His Punx, Capital 6, and Gal Gracen!
Originally aired: on July 29 2013.
CITY SONGS! This week, a massive set of classic tunes about CITIES! From Kill City to Spook City USA.
Plus brand new weirdo and punk rock tunes from across Canada.
Hear tunes from Nick Lowe, The Parting Gifts, Rocket From The Crypt, The Spits, Sweet Janes, Insubordinates, The Only Ones, Tyvek, Hot Snakes, The Kids, The Misfits, The Modernettes, Bonnie Doon, Average Times, Aube, Microdot, Toronto Homicide Squad, Sad Boys, and White Poppy!
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Garage psych-os MONOMYTH tell us about their worst jobs, what’s playing in the van, and then trash talk every band from Halifax!
We play all bands trashed by MONOMYTH, and put together sets to celebrate 25 years of Sub Pop!
Hear tracks from Monomyth, Nap Eyes, Each Other, Old & Weird, Scratch Acid, Wipers, Sonic Youth, Crosss, Quaker Parents, Quivers, and Violence!
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We interview Adam and Tony of Vancouver’s NEEDLES//PINS! Things got a bit sloppy at Ottawa Explosion during this interview, and the guys discuss high school girlfriends, hobo tattoos, and hating Henry Rollins!
Emmanuel and Travis play some excellent Vancouver punk, and a set of weirdo tunes to top things off!
Plus songs from Needles//Pins, Strange Attractor, Pointed Sticks, Young Canadians, The Modernettes, Crabe, Whatever Brains, Dead Ghosts, Cherry Bones, Mikal Cronin, The Thermals, and Ovlov!
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Didja miss us?! CITY SLANG returns tonight! Listen in for our PINS//NEEDLES interview and tons of tunes!
Tune in from 9-10pm on CHUO. Stream it online here.
SAM COFFEY AND THE IRON LUNGS interview US while we interview THEM! Hear the madness, including talk of Rob Ford, tin foil hats, and shawarma!
Sam interviews Emmanuel and Travis for his radio show PART OF THE NOISE, and we tell a story about Paul Lawton (The Ketamines) almost dying on the radio!
PLUS, a preview of next week’s drunk interview with NEEDLES//PINS!
Hear tracks from Sam Coffey and The Iron Lungs, Hooded Fang, Contingent, Zen Mystery Fogg, Shannon and The Clams, Warm Soda, UN, Vampires, and Manipulation!
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Originally aired: June 24 2013.
No new show this week! CITY SLANG is on vacation!
In the mean time, check out the Ottawa Explosion festival, where friends of CITY SLANG will be partying all week long.
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And check out PART OF THE NOISE, a new punk-rock podcast from our Hosehead records brothers!
Everyone’s been partying too hard, so Travis plays a soft-rock show! ALL SOFT, ALL HOUR!
Plus an Iceage ticket giveaway that is sadly no longer valid! But thanks for entering!
Hear soft tunes from Jonathan Richman, Nick Lowe, The Men, Kurt Vile, Feel Alright, Old and Weird, Cousins, Makeout Videotape, Sean Nicholas Savage, Outdoor Miners, Sans AIDS, The Nerves, and The Sonics!
Stay tuned until the end for the return of the softest of all softies, LEWIS!
Raymond of THE FAMINES returns to teach us about Soviet Russian art and what it would be like to paint with Stephen Harper!
Plus a summer preview of upcoming bands playin’ LIVE, LIVE, LIVE, Including Ottawa Explosion!
Hear tracks from Iceage, Vacation, Yellowteeth, Bill Orcutt, Tropical Dripps, The Yips, Black Tower, Mac DeMarco, Psyche Tongues, Holograms, The Mark Inside, The Sound, and Pure X!
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Paul of Halifax garage weirdos COLD WARPS talks about getting stupid tattoos and drinking Yoo-hoo!
In the second half of the show, Travis subjects Paul to a BRUTAL X-FILES quiz!
Plus, we play tracks from CROSSS, Krang, Wolf Cow, Surf City, Astral Gunk, Feral Trash, and Thalidomy Kids!
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Caylie of the great BOYHOOD joins us in studio to talk about barfing on the highway, haunted rock shows, and her number-one-fan, Constantine!
We play our favorite EARTHQUAKE songs to celebrate Ottawa’s recent earthquake!
Plus tunes from Francois Hardy, Earth Quake, Little Girls, The Skunks, Anasazi, Coliseum, Mikal Cronin, and Slam Dunk!
Paul Lawton of THE KETAMINES talks to us about mutating his band into the ZEBRASSIERS, his SLAGGING OFF blog, and how CITY SLANG should get itself into online trouble!
Plus, hear tracks from Zebrassieres, Chains of Love, Milk Music, No Joy, Purling Hiss, WTCHS, Shaker Hymns, JLK & Babysitter, and King Kahn!
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BEN JENSEN of WAY BAD and STANDARD ISSUE zine joins us in studio to talk about being a super famous artist!
We interview Ian Thompson of LTW, Human Shield, Deal Breaker, and the CRICKET CEMETERY label! We talk about the punkest monuments in DC, and spending time with your Dad!
Plus tunes from Trauma, Dinos Boys, Manipulation, Bloody Gears, Human Shield, Thick Skin, The Shirks, and Homeshake!
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Travis returns to play tunes from Washington, DC labels WINDAN and CRICKET CEMETERY!
Travis and Emmanuel suffer through their lame health problems to bring you hardcore sets and new releases!
Hear tunes from Static Eyes, LTW, State Violence, The Bam Bams, S.H.I.T., Kremlin, Hassler, School Jerks, Bad Skin, Valley Boys, Valley Girls, The Squids, Heaven For Real, Astral Gunk, Kurt Vile, Thee Oh Sees, Bleached, Psychic Ills.
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