Emmanuel and Travis are back in the studio! They play a set of NON-STOP HITS, including new and weird tunes, and sets inspired by the Not Dead Yet festival and the Fall Down Get Down festival! PLUS, check out our new logo by Michael Haddad ! And keep your eyez on the horizon for the upcoming CITY SLANG ZINE ISSUE #1! Tell yr friends! Listen to these crazy tracks: All Dogs - All Dogs 7” - Dummy Audacity - Butter Knife - Dancing Under Soft Light Average Times - Average Times - Popsicle Hunters - H...
Nov 20, 2013•56 min
Andy March of CROSSS and Craft Singles tells us about nearly blowing up a car in the mountains of BC, an ancient lathe cutter, and CROSSS and their bittersweet trip to this summer's Sled Island festival! Plus, a music tribute to THE BEST SHOW ON WFMU! CROSSS - Obsidian Spectre - Sacred Cow - 2:30 CROSSS - Craft Single - Mountain King - 4:15 Cousins - Khyber Compilation - Khyber - 1:49 CROSSS - Craft Single - Bones Brigade - 3:57 CROSSS - CROSSS/ Un Blond - Saccharine - 6:48 Pink Faeries - Total ...
Nov 07, 2013•58 min
Garett and Raymond of THE FAMINES join us to talk about food trucks, #bangersrevisited, and a party foul that nearly ended in DEATH! Plus a set pulled from the best of Garett's record collection, and the weirdest tunes from Canada and beyond! Featuring tunes from: The Famines - The Complete Collected Singles - Free Love is a Sales Technique The Famines - The Complete Collected Singles - The First World War The Famines - The Complete Collected Singles - I Like Some of the Things You Do Bad Brains...
Oct 29, 2013•57 min
HSY joins us in a haunted jail to share spooky ghost stories and talk about Frankensteins! Our interview nearly goes off the rails when it gets crashed by Doomsquad , Petra Glynt , and a haunted tour! SPOOOOOKY! Plus, Emmanuel plays a set of Craft Singles , including a favourite from Yellowteeth (RIP). And hear these most excellent tunes: HSY - HSY / Das Rad split tape - Scratch HSY - EP - Milk Chug HSY - EP - Waffles Doomsquad - Doomsquad EP - Ovoo HSY - EP - Tartar Mouth Panache - Vie de velou...
Oct 22, 2013•58 min
TEENANGER talk about Rob Ford's best moments, staying at Tom Cochrane's ranch, and the time THE SOUPCANS dropped acid in New York! Plus songs from the Hand Drawn Dracula Nirvana tribute and tons o' hits! Teenanger - Fright - Bank Account Teenanger - Frights - Cops (But Not) Teenanger - Singles Don't $ell - Singles Don't $ell Teenanger - Singles Don't $ell - Teenanger Teenanger - Milkin' It - Very Ape Milk Lines - Milkin' It - Sappy HSY - Milkin' It - Moist Vagina Skinny Kids - Demo - Sandalwood ...
Oct 08, 2013•57 min
Old and Weird have a few drinks during band practice and talk to us about getting in trouble with the police, and leather goods, and give a crush talk! Plus, Ryan of CROSSS crashes the interview! Emmanuel plays songs that are both old and include the word "weird"! Plus, hear these tunes! Old and Weird - Craft Single - Fan Song Old and Weird - Judy Cool - All of My Friends Old and Weird - Judy Cool - Judy Cool Old and Weird - Life's Tough Not Really - Monster Daze Crosss - Obsidian Sphere - Smoke...
Oct 01, 2013•58 min
Tunes, tunes, tunes! We play the best new records, including hits off the labels Mammoth Cave, Fixture Records, Perdu, and Buzz! Plus a few questions for JAG of the band WTCHS! Hear songs by Weaves, Das Rad, HSY, WTCHS, Tropical Popsicle, LAMBS, Disappears, Crystal Stilts, Gold, Feel Alright, Nervous Talk, Free Love Fenner, Sheer Agony, Lantern, and Jeans Boots!
Sep 24, 2013•56 min
Eric McQuiggan of the band KING'S QUEST and the video game collective DIRTY RECTANGLES talks to Travis about the most rock and roll moments in video game history! Listen to great punk rock NES soundtracks! Thrill to the Journey arcade machine! SKATE OR DIE! MANIAC MANSION! DICK DALE AND ROCKET JOCKEY! Plus, hear tunes from Mi-Sex, King's Quest, Fucking Werewolf ASSO, TV Freaks, The Victims, The Misfits, Swearin', Sans AIDS, Cleopatra and The Nile, Chevalier Avant Garde, The Void, Dick Dale, Gold...
Sep 17, 2013•57 min
KETAMINES vs TOUGH AGE! Two bands face off about drugs, self-loathing, and bein' tough! Hear tunes from Tough Age, Korean Gut, Ketamines, Viet Cong, Paul Jacobs, Pink Wine, King's Quest, F Hood, Soko, and Hoover Party!
Sep 11, 2013•57 min
COUSINS join us from their touring station wagon to talk about burritos across the world! Hear songs from Cousins, Yussuf Jerusalem, Young Lions, Young Wasteners, The Backhomes, Bent Shapes, The Icarus Line, and Burro!
Sep 04, 2013•57 min
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...
Aug 27, 2013•57 min
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!
Aug 20, 2013•57 min
Aug 13, 2013•9 min
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!
Aug 13, 2013•58 min
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 Ch...
Aug 06, 2013•59 min
Allie Hanlon AKA 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!
Jul 30, 2013•57 min
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!...
Jul 24, 2013•58 min
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!
Jul 16, 2013•58 min
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...
Jul 09, 2013•58 min
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, Vampire...
Jun 25, 2013•54 min
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, The Sonics, and Lewis!
Jun 12, 2013•55 min
Jun 07, 2013•2 min
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!
Jun 05, 2013•57 min
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 him to a BRUTAL X-FILES quiz! Plus, we play tracks from CROSSS, Krang, Surf City, Wolf Cow, Astral Gunk, and more!
May 28, 2013•57 min
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!
May 21, 2013•59 min
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!
May 15, 2013•56 min
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 the CRICKET CEMETERY label about the punkest monument 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!
May 08, 2013•57 min
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.
Apr 30, 2013•57 min
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! 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!
Apr 24, 2013•57 min
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!
Apr 17, 2013•57 min
