Live, all-vinyl, funding drive episode from The Record Centre! Hawkwind - Single - Silver Machine Bauhaus - Single - Dark Entries Our Daughter's Wedding- Single - Lawnchairs Delta 5 - Single - Mind Your Own Business Siouxie & the Banshees - Single - Happy House Depeche Mode - Single - Shake The Disease Devo - Single - Are U X-Perienced? The Tourists - Single - I Only Want To Be With You Lori and the Chameleons - Single - Touch Joy Division - Single - These Days TV Smith's Explorers - Single ...
Oct 27, 2016•59 min
Welcome to CITY SLANG: At the Gallery, a fine arts and culture show hosted by Emmanuel and Travis (not affiliated with Emmanuel and Travis of CITY SLANG). This week, illustrator Ben Jensen and photographer Imogen Reid join us live from the opening of their art show opening at the Ottawa Art Gallery! We discuss skeleton skateboarders, the Hieronymus Bosch of punk photos, and take a tour of the new exhibit.
Oct 17, 2016•1 hr 1 min
We've been around the world this summer. Now that CITY SLANG is back home, we decided to spotlight some of our favourite local music from the year. We play: Average Times - S/T - Dirty Laundry BB Cream - S/T - Do U Wanna Creep Wave - Winter Sucks - Cat Call Bonnie Doon - Single - Now or Neverish Expandafuzz - Bleuets - The Disco Sounds of Roof Rack Piith - Sweet Sweet Morning - Sunrise Heavy Bedroom - Heavy Bedroom/King’s Quest split - Soft Pillow of Doubt Heron's Wake - Phantom - Beast Doxx - S...
Oct 12, 2016•1 hr 1 min
This week on the show, we fend off late-night hooligans to talk to the great YVES JARVIS! (formerly Un Blonde) Otherwise known as Jean-Sebastien Audet, we learn the wisdom of watching and learning from reality shows, the psychological zen of Kanye West, and the long-term harm of living under the stairs.
Sep 29, 2016•57 min
This week we catch up with JAY ARNER and JESSICA DELISLE of Jay Arner, Energy Slime, Retail Nightmares, and more! We discuss soundtracking Metal Gear Solid, turning down corporate sugar beverage Slurpee, the cosmic vibes of the grand canyon, and a snafu at a Blim Blorton's!
Sep 27, 2016•57 min
This week on the show, we put SNEAKS and Ottawa's own PIPPA through the CITY SLANG questionnaire! Sneaks shares the greatest first rock show in CITY SLANG history, and we get to the bottom of what exactly makes a swear word. Then l earn about Pippa's dangerous Simpsons-themed Halloween costume, cosmic thrift-store finds, Avril Lavigne deep-cuts, and more. Plus we play these tunes: Sneaks - Gymnastics - XTY Sneaks - Gymnastics - Tough Luck Sneaks - Gymnastics - New Taste Sneaks - Gymnastics - Tru...
Sep 18, 2016•1 hr 2 min
We're back from summer vacation with a doozy of an episode! In this double-stuffed episode, we catch up with THE DREARIES and PLASMALAB during the Ottawa Explosion festival! Learn the most famous people Plasmalab have partied with--including Carrot Top and a close encounter with Chris Brown--and how best to sleep in an American Apparel stock room! Plus, the Drearies give advice on starting (and avoiding) fights and share the most early 2000's Canadian concert ever! We play these songs: Plasmalab...
Sep 13, 2016•56 min
This week, we interview LA band GUN OUTFIT! We talk about the delicate art of dealing with kids at art galleries, the unglamorous life of a Hollywood extra, and the best driving music! Plus, the band picks a set of sun-drenched classics! We play these tunes: Gun Outfit - Winner’s Circle - Another Lifeform Gun Outfit - Winner’s Circle - Last Light Gun Outfit - Winner’s Circle - Pleasure Seeker Gun Outfit - Dim Light - Work Experience Gun Outfit - Dim Light - Troubles Like Mine Gun Outfit - Dim Li...
Jul 07, 2016•55 min
This week on the show, we interviewed Joe Casey, frontman of vicious Detroit post-punk band Protomartyr. We talk about the worst hypnotists, the best bad-movie-based pinball games, bathroom strategies on tour, and the one job where he could have been easily replaced by a block of wood. Plus we play these tunes Protomartyr - Under Colour of Official Right - Scum, Rise! Protomartyr - 7” - The Milk Drinkers Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect - The Devil in his Youth Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect...
May 20, 2016•57 min
This week on the show, we interview Jarrad of bubblegum punk band TOUGH AGE ! Jarrad gives listeners a primer on post-modern SNES game Earthbound, a passionate defense of Disneyland, and names the many movies Tough Age posters have showed up in! Hint: the movies have featured Sylvester Stallone and Larry the Cable guy. Plus, we play these tunes: Tough Age - Tough Age - Sea of White Tough Age - I Get The Feeling Central - Flamenco Wiccan Tough Age - Single - Ooh Aah Oh Wow Tough Age - I Get The F...
May 11, 2016•57 min
This week on the show we interview artist and musician CHANDRA ! In the 80s a twelve-year-old Chandra fronted her very own mutant-disco, post-punk group and recorded the recently reissued cult-classic TRANSPORTATION ! We talk to Chandra about her current work, helping kids to write music, and we run down a roster of the stranger characters she's encountered in her career, including Captain Kangaroo, Andy Warhol, and the not-so-strange Jennifer Garner! We play these tunes: Chandra - Transportatio...
Apr 22, 2016•1 hr 1 min
Legendary musician and music writer John Robb of THE MEMBRANES joins us to talk about punk rock history, taking over the towers of the world, and why more bands should have paid attention in science class!
Apr 04, 2016•30 min
DIAT joins us from Germany to talk rolling around in shit on tour, being a square in punk music, and reverse-psychology police!
Apr 04, 2016•27 min
This week on the show, we talk to Gwen and Kerry of Calgary’s JUICE BOX! Juice Box write post punk songs inspired by internet comments and texts from creeps. The band joined us from the CJSW studios in Calgary to take the CITY SLANG QUESTIONNAIRE, and we learn about gopher museums, commemorative pope plates and alternative uses for sex swings. Plus we find out the pitfalls of an iPad based live show.
Mar 04, 2016•30 min
Chicago's Daylight Robbery is releasing their third album, Accumulated Error, on Deranged records. It’s 10 songs of razor sharp, self described “adult punk”. We talk to the band about the cheese snacks of Australia, the production style of Pickle the dog, and regional Chicago liqueur Malort—which is either delicious, or tastes like burnt hair. Plus we get a day in the life of an adult Chicago punk! We play these tunes: Daylight Robbery - Accumulated Error - Children - 2:52 Daylight Robbery - Acc...
Feb 26, 2016•29 min
CITY SLANG presents REST OF THE BEST featuring the best clips that never made the air! Featuring: CENTURY PALM failing at Simpsons impressions! DILLY DALLY refusing the theory that humans are living doughnut holes! MIKE KROL and Travis discussing little-known Devo trivia involving Johnny Rotten and Richard Branson! PAVILION reviewing the black whopper! POP 1280 make fun of punks and fantasize about the Gattica-verse!
Feb 12, 2016•28 min
Sunday, February 28 at GABBA HEY!
Jan 29, 2016•23 sec
This week on the show, we speak with Chris Bugg & Ivan Drip of New York’s Pop. 1280. They’ve just released their new Paradise LP on Sacred Bones. It’s a dark and slimy trip through the grimey sewers of a dystopian city and you’ll be hearing tracks from it during our interview. We discuss the worst Star Trek episodes, signing cigarettes, NOT losing their van in Ottawa, NOT getting attacked by a sound guy, and more rumours, lies and exaggerations. Pop 1280 - Paradise - Phantom Freighter - 3:17...
Jan 28, 2016•30 min
This week on the show, we interview Steve, guitar player & singer of Victoria, BC’s Freak Heat Waves. We talk about the infamous live show of Karate Girlfriend, and Steve gives us a rundown of the band’s favorite horror and sci-fi flicks. PLUS we help spread the myth of a legendary Freak Heat Waves on-stage incident that may or may not involve human waste!
Jan 14, 2016•29 min
This week on the show, we interview Toronto’s Pavilion. We talk to Grace, Julie, and Mike before a music video shoot in Scarborough. We discuss band names, fast food, and even though Pavilion drummer Jonah was away in England, we play a game of “Guess the question”, using his pre-written answers! Hilarity ensues! Plus we play songs from their demo and premiere their new digital single! Pavilion - Mercury Girls Demo - In Your Hands - 3:27 - CC Pavilion - Mercury Girls Demo - Beautiful Sight - 4:0...
Dec 24, 2015•33 min
Fine-art croissants SOUPCANS join us to discuss acid trips in new york, Primus influences, James Chance's melting hair, and more! Plus, an epic tale of playing a show at an elementary school to a group of freaked out kids! We play these tunes: ISS - ISS - (I Want A) Amphetamine Prescription Nervosas - S/T - Night Room Protomartyr - Under Color of Official Right - Boice or Boyce New Fries - Fresh Face Forward - Plexiglass Freak Heat Waves - Bonnie’s State of Mind - Dig A Hole Carpenters - Carpent...
Dec 16, 2015•58 min
TV FREAKS return to the show! They give some sound advice on getting smashed, eating schawarma, and they literally drink a jar of tequila filled with hot peppers! Business as usual. PLUS a hair-raising adventure: Travis gets lost in a forest while broadcasting live from a secret location! TV Freaks - Glue TV Freaks - Done It Again TV Freaks - Thirteen TV Freaks - Pick My Brain TV Freaks - Ebb & Flow TV Freaks - Love Fade TV Freaks - Act of Contrition Flesh Rag - 7" - It Ain't Enough The Myst...
Dec 04, 2015•57 min
Emmanuel and Travis have a CITY SLANG clearance on VICIOUS TUNES, and end the show with ex-guests Chad VanGaalen and Seth Smith's new experimental techno tape, Seed of Dorzon! Plus, we get a sneak peek at next week's TV FREAKS interview! Hear these tunes: Pavilion - Demo 2015 - In Your Hands No Money - Harvest From The Mindfields of Wild Boredom - Zakary Slax Cupcake Ductape - Get Over It EP - Downtown Old and Weird - split w/ New Fries - Kirkobain Soupcans - Soft Party - Crimes 1 Pretty Boys - ...
Dec 01, 2015•1 hr 11 min
The great CENTURY PALM join us on a spooky Hallow's Eve! We caught up with the band before our CHUO benefit show to talk vampire instagrams, haunted hostels, and whether or not Jim Varney lives! Know what I mean, Vern? PLUS a Best-Show-related bombshell is dropped and a mic is literally dropped! Meanwhile, Emmanuel and Travis attempt a haunted intro, and play a set of absolutely vicious tunes, including a set from the Not Dead Yet fest.
Nov 05, 2015•1 hr 1 min
The great MIKE KROL returns to CITY SLANG! We conduct the KROL REPORT to update listeners on breaking news since Mike's last interview, and Mike tells us about "visiting" Danzig's and Rivers Cuomo's homes! Plus, support our mother station CHUO by visiting the CHUO website and buying a CITY SLANG shirt!
Oct 15, 2015•57 min
Katie of DILLY DALLY talks to us about good tattoos, great karaoke playlists, and the grossest part about being a swap monster! Plus, we get to the bottom of which is worse: farts or burps? Katie gives us her picks for a Toronto playlist, and we play some new tunes: Dilly Dally - Sore - Purple Rage Dilly Dally - Sore - Desire Dilly Dally - Single - Candy Mountain Dilly Dally - Single - Gender Role Dilly Dally - Sore - Ballin’ Chain Dilly Dally - Sore - Snake Head Weaves - Single - Shithole Bad C...
Oct 08, 2015•57 min
Subscribe to the podcast ! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram! Travis catches up with OLD AND WEIRD and HEAVEN FOR REAL after a backyard show! It’s a ramshackle interview covering disgusting road food and James Franco! Plus new tunes, and more! Hear these songs: Old & Weird - Split 7" w/ New Fries - Yes I Care Heaven For Real - Split 7" w/ Homebody - O So Right Old & Weird - Split 7" w/ New Fries - Kirkobaine Heaven For Real - Craft Single - You Are The One With The Iron-Heart Device Old...
Sep 25, 2015•58 min
The great CITY SLANG puke off! We pull the grossest highlights from the history of the show, including interviews from Moss Lime, Guantanamo Baywatch, Boyhood, Lower, Merchandise, Freak Heat Waves, Chad VanGaalen, and The Beverleys! Find out who has cleaned the worst toilets, who puked out of a moving car, and who watches porno bloopers! Plus non-stop gross tunes! Moss Lime - July 1st - Ice Cream Sandwiches Guantanamo Baywatch - Oh Rats 7" - A Boy To Love Boyhood - Single - H3 Don't Lower - 7" -...
Sep 18, 2015•58 min
Emmanuel and Travis talk about our new reading initiative, #punksnotread! Use the hashtag on Instagram to share what you read this summer. Plus tons of new tunes, featuring CITY SLANG favourites and past guests. Sheer Agony - Masterpiece - I Have a Dream Mike Krol - Turkey - Neighborhood Watch Absolutely Free - S/T - Blurred Lens No Joy - More Faithful - I Am An Eye Machine Lower - I'm A Lazy Son… But I'm The Only Son EP - At The Endless Party EP Helen - The Original Faces - Violet Marching Chur...
Sep 11, 2015•57 min
All music episode this week, featuring brand new releases and a spotlight on the BERSERKTOWN festival! Plus two new compilations shining a light on lost 90s punk gems and UK post-punk singles! Get ready for DESTROY ALL ART and NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL DIY! Hear these tunes: Rats on Rafts - Tape Hiss - Rat Poison Face - 3:09 (Rotterdam, Netherlands) HSY - Bask - Scratch - 2:14 CC Milk Teeth - Sad Sack - Melon Blade - 3:33 Pretty Girls - Destroy All Art compilation - The Kids are All Fucked - 2:16 I...
Aug 07, 2015•59 min
