Happy Halloween! Join our despicable hosts Emmanu-kill Slayer and Sadist Boo-venue for the spookiest Halloween punk playlist of the year! Turn the lights down low and the volume up high, and don't get too scared listening this weekend. We play these frightening tunes: The Mystrys - Witch Girl Suicide - Ghost Rider Bo Diddley - Bo Meets The Monster Anasazi - Horror at the Mass The Sonics - Witch Dead Moon - Walking On My Grave Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand The Mummies - The Fly L...
Oct 27, 2017•57 min
We talk to Jasmyn from Toronto's WEAVES about cruise ships, getting tour tattoos, Criss Angel's fedora, and seeing live magic! Plus a spotlight on Digital Regress and these tunes: Weaves - Wide Open - Walkaway Weaves - Wide Open - Number 53 Weaves - Wide Open - Slicked Weaves - Wide Open - La La Weaves - Wide Open - Gasoline Preening - Beeters 7” - Plaza Scare Mane - Alpha Female - White Knuckles Rut - Attraction 7” - My Skin Deliluh - Linger In The Afterlight - Hail The Fix Trampoline Team - Dr...
Oct 23, 2017•58 min
METZ return to CITY SLANG to discuss Steve Albini’s Facebook obsession, METZ super fan Keanu Reeves, and redefining Dad rock! METZ - Strange Peace - Mess Of Wires METZ - Strange Peace - Cellophane METZ - Strange Peace - Lost in the Blank City METZ - Strange Peace - Mr Plague METZ - Strange Peace - Common Trash Chad Vangaalen - Light Information - Mind Hijacker's Curse Organ Eyes - single - Mike Myers Tough Age - Shame - Me In Glue Lone Taxidermist - Trifle - Bijoux Boy Neo Neos - The Hammer of C...
Oct 06, 2017•1 hr
We have Jay, Jessica, Adrienne, and Kate of JAY ARNER! We discuss eating tubes, Jay's seasonal allergies, the scale of parody music (from They Might Be Giants to Dr. Demento), and Jay and Jess are subjected to a HARROWING Star Trek: The Next Genderation Quiz that will no doubt alienate most of our audience! It's a great one!
Sep 28, 2017•55 min
Too much good music in Ottawa. Here's part 2 of our local music spotlight, plus new tunes from around the world. Steve Adamyk Band - Graceland - Carry On Cheap Whine - S/T - A Little Change Potential Red - Broken - Broken Bonnie Doon - Dooner Nooner - Panty Twister The Creeps - Eulogies - Reach Out Tightlip - Demo MMXVII - Don’t Care New Swears - and the Magic of Horses - Vanilla DJ Smoke Weed Guy - Fantasy Island - Space Invasion Pippa - Single - Off It Fake Palms - Pure Mind - Glass Walls Moon...
Sep 26, 2017•56 min
It’s our back-to-school music spotlight featuring our favorite new Ottawa releases! Plus some new weird tunes, and Emmanuel and Travis discuss the best skit on the new Partner album! Skits are back! Lake Urmia - Wine Time - Walnut Tree Boyhood - Bad Mantras - He Don’t No Mistakes In Space - No Mistakes In Space Organ Eyes - Single - Chasing Paper Telecomo - For Sale - Long Gone Warp Lines - Demo - You Have Worms Sparklesaurus - Single - So Right Empty Nesters - Get Zen Deathsticks - Deathsticks/...
Sep 14, 2017•1 hr
WEEDRAT from Albuquerque, New Mexico join us on the show! We talk about Ginger the cat, celebrity sightings at Whole Foods (including Rob Schneider, and Bono eating chicken with his hands), and the perfect day in Albuquerque!
Sep 14, 2017•55 min
Best of the Rest vol 3! CITY SLANG presents The best goofs, gaffes, and oddball interview bits that hit the cutting room floor, presented to you in their full unnecessary glory! This episode includes: Alex Calder discussing cult SNES game Earthbound BBQT encounter Tinder music critics Casper Skulls talk about their harrowing worst show Lonely Parade on being childhood friends Dunes take the brutal X-Files quiz Hooded Fang deal with music critic kids Needles//Pins on getting a karaoke party start...
Aug 17, 2017•32 min
The fake punk episode! Emmanuel watched his VHS copy of Sid and Nancy again and was infected by his 100% true punk alter-ego, Skid Vicious! Skid put together a playlist of dubiously punk music and harasses Travis the entire show. We play these tunes: Village People - Renaissance - Food Fight Norman and The Hooligans - Single - I’m A Punk The Rude Band - Single - I’m a Punk Geiger - BINGO French Punk Exploitation 1978-1981 - Je Suis Punky Stefan - BINGO French Punk Exploitation 1978-1981 - J’Suis...
Jul 28, 2017•58 min
Our hungriest episode yet!! We talk to April and Daniel of HOODED FANG and PHÈDRE about missing lunch, meeting majestic white tigers, finding religion after eating bad oysters, and the worst times to catch the Wu-Tang Clan! Plus we play these tunes: Hooded Fang - Dynasty House - Queen of Agusan Hooded Fang - Dynasty House - Sister and Suns Hooded Fang - Dynasty House - Nene of the Light Hooded Fang - Dynasty House - Paramaribo Prince Hooded Fang - Dynasty House - Doñamelia Ken Park - You Think A...
Jul 13, 2017•1 hr 2 min
We talk to CASPER SKULLS outside the Ottawa Explosion festival! After witnessing a minor fender bender, we discuss the time they hit a deer (the same deer FLASHER hit in episode 140?!), the alt-right's most hated venue, and working in the lard business! Plus we play these tunes: Casper Skulls - Lips & Skull - Lips and Skull Casper Skulls - Lips & Skull - Devotion Casper Skulls - Lips & Skull - Errands Casper Skulls - Lips & Skull - Love Brain Casper Skulls - Lips & Skull - Ca...
Jul 07, 2017•54 min
Macey of NEEDLES//PINS joins us to talk about running Budgie's Burritos, Prince tattoos, karaoke playlists, and which Blondie song is about getting bit on the ass by a dog! Plus we play these tunes: Needles//Pins - Good Night, Tomorrow - Good Night Needles//Pins - Good Night, Tomorrow - Violet Needles//Pins - Good Night, Tomorrow - Back To The Bright Needles//Pins - Good Night, Tomorrow - Sleep Needles//Pins - Good Night, Tomorrow - All The Same Needles//Pins - Good Night, Tomorrow - Tomorrow Te...
Jun 27, 2017•58 min
We talk to Ottawa's BONNIE DOON from outside their record launch show at the Record Centre! Find out who gave birth to twins on stage, and why they couldn't escape an escape room! Then we conduct a comprehensive history of every food that ever appeared on the BONNIE DOON instagram! Plus we play these tunes, and bands playing at Ottawa Explosion: Bonnie Doon - Dooner Nooner - Haunted Life Bonnie Doon - Dooner Nooner - Pants and a Face Bonnie Doon - Dooner Nooner - High Noon Bonnie Doon - Dooner N...
Jun 08, 2017•59 min
Calgary's THE SHIVERETTES are on the show, live from a traffic jam! We get some solid keg stand advice, signing other band's T-shirts, karaoke strategies, and the time they ate spite burgers with the LAPD! Plus they pick some stuck-in-traffic classics to play! We play these tunes: The Shiverettes - Single - Stephen Harper Suck My Dick The Shiverettes - Dead Men Can’t Cat Call - Broken Record The Shiverettes - Dead Men Can’t Cat Call - Betty The Shiverettes - Dead Men Can’t Cat Call - Missing Sta...
Jun 02, 2017•1 hr 3 min
Travis interviews LAB COAST! We talk about the worst moments of the Calgary Stampede, the return of CD binders, a bizarrely detailed synopsis of former Wallflowers drummer Matt Chamberlin's career, plus a DEGRASSI JUNIOR HIGH QUIZZ OFF! And we play these tunes: Martha - BTJR split 7" - The Historian Benny The Jet Rodriguez - Martha Split 7" - In Love Wonk Unit - Feel The Wonkness - You Married a Tortured Genius Generacion Suicida - Sombras - Desconexion Pale Kids - Holy Mess 7"- The Binder's Chi...
May 19, 2017•53 min
Emmanuel goes to-to-toe with Motherhood in the great CITY SLANG BOWL-OFF at a local bowling alley! The band tells the story of an elevator survivalist who has to drink pee, gas hoarding rottweilers, and gives an update about the mysterious ORB GUY from our Lonely Parade episode!
Apr 26, 2017•59 min
Halifax band CROSSED WIRES take the CITY SLANG Questionnaire and we talk about dealing with the Green Day era you get stuck with! Plus we find out about Palm Bay hangovers, Kit Kat shortages, and dealing with bing bing club owners. We play these tunes: Crossed Wires - False Spring - S.A.D. - 2:56 - CC Crossed Wires - False Spring - Cornered - 2:38 - CC Crossed Wires - False Spring - Jinx - 3:20 - CC Crossed Wires - False Spring - New Year - 3:06 - CC Crossed Wires - Split w/ Creep Wave - You’re ...
Apr 21, 2017•57 min
CITY SLANG Radio is proud to premiere the latest cross-Canada beast PENTAGON BLACK COMPILATION NO. 2! The brand new double-sided 20x30" newsprint poster/download features exclusive new tunes from 24 of the best DIY bands in the country! It's a follow up to last year's Pentagon Black Compilation No. 1 . CITY SLANG's Pentagon Black mega episode features every song on the comp along with unhinged introductions personally recorded by each band. PLUS an interview with Raymond and Drew of THE FAMINES/...
Mar 29, 2017•1 hr 41 min
A very special LIVE episode featuring the legendary Edgar Breau of SIMPLY SAUCER! In front of an understanding audience of our adoring fans at the Dominion Tavern, we host a live Q&A with Heavy Metalloid Writer Jesse Locke (drummer of Simply Saucer, Tough Age, Century Palm, and more) and his subject Edgar Breau! We discuss Simply Saucer's storied history of scuba gear, playing proms, tube-hugging Ray Davies, and threatening radio stations into playing The Kinks! Plus we play these tunes: Sim...
Mar 02, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Sarah of LEATHER JACUZZI gives us a hilarious track-by-track breakdown of LEATHER JACUZZI lyrics, including some speculative historical beer fiction, medically accurate pee tasting, and more! Plus lots of new new songs, and music in support of Our First 100 Days! We play these tunes: Leather Jacuzzi - Monsters, Narcs and Idiots - Check My Piss Leather Jacuzzi - Monsters, Narcs and Idiots - Flush The Beer (The Cops Are Here) Leather Jacuzzi - Monsters, Narcs and Idiots - Don't Touch Me (I'm A Pun...
Feb 09, 2017•1 hr 2 min
The three members of Lonely Parade join us to discuss 20-minute Devo covers, performing for children, the Orb Guys of Canada, and their cat gets in on the interview with some no-so-radio-friendly language! We play new music, and some Bandcamp selections in support of the ACLU. Plus we play these tunes: The Lonely Parade - No Shade - Window The Lonely Parade - No Shade - Bro The Lonely Parade - No Shade - Girl The Lonely Parade - No Shade - Johnny Utah The Lonely Parade - No Shade - Chicken Wing ...
Feb 09, 2017•58 min
All music this episode! Including brand new releases, a Jesus and Mary Chain covers set, a set of new Ottawa hardcore, and a set of perfect songs under 2 minutes! We play: Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy - Just Like Honey - 3:03 Jesus & Mary Chain - Darklands - April Skies - 4:01 Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic - Head On - 4:11 Shop Assistants - Flexi - You Trip Me Up Vacation - Experimental Physics - Snakedriver Tranzmitors - Busy Singles - Between Planets Pedestrian - Demo - Sink R...
Jan 23, 2017•1 hr 3 min
A beloved reoccurring character shows up to help Emmanuel and Travis with the long-lost best-of 2015 episode! Thanks, SLANGY THE CITY SLANG ROBOT! Includes Mike Krol stalking famous people, Century Palm doing the Gerry Rafferty challenge in a haunted jail, Dilly Dally's top karaoke picks, TV Freaks drinking spicy tequila, Priests' hair care routine, and MORE!
Jan 12, 2017•55 min
Please, please, hold your applause! Our year-end spectacular includes hilarious moments featuring SNEAKS, FLASHER, JUICE BOX, DOXX, DAYLIGHT ROBBERY, SIEVEHEAD, POP. 1280, CHANDRA, GUN OUTFIT, PROTOMARTYR, BEN JENSEN, and more!!
Dec 15, 2016•58 min
Annie-Claude Deschênes of Montreal's DUCHESS SAYS joins us for a wild conversation! We talk about the food court confessional she started after dressing like a nun, creating art out of insipid corporate products, and she crowd surfed into a concussion! Plus we play these tunes: Duchess Says - Sciences Nouvelles - Inertia Duchess Says - Sciences Nouvelles - I Repeat Myself Duchess Says - Sciences Nouvelles - Negative Thoughts Duchess Says - Sciences Nouvelles - Poubelle Duchess Says - Anthologie ...
Dec 06, 2016•1 hr 1 min
We interview DC post-punk band FLASHER! We discover why they're the richest band in America: rich in deer guts, rich in mocha tapestries, rich in pillow case collections, and so much more. Plus we play these tunes: Flasher - Flasher - All Over Flasher - Flasher - Love Me Flasher - Flasher - Destroy Flasher - Flasher - Make Out Flasher - Flasher - Erase Myself Flasher - Flasher - Tense Homeshake - Nankhatai/Stuck Inside charity single - Nankhatai Alex Calder - Nankhatai/Stuck Inside charity singl...
Nov 24, 2016•59 min
We get some deep dirt from Mish and Kenneth of WHITE LUNG, including Kenneth's prized Furby collection, and how he was prepared to tackle someone for Anne Hathaway! Plus the band's karaoke pet peeves, and Mish spills the beans on Tom Morello's salads! Plus we play these tracks: White Lung - It's The Evil - Viva La Rat White Lung - Sorry - Thick Lip White Lung - Deep Fantasy - Drown With the Monster White Lung - Paradise - Dead Weight White Lung - Paradise - Narcoleptic White Lung - Paradise - Hu...
Nov 16, 2016•1 hr 1 min
Want to know what mopalobby means? Do you need a stringent set of arbitrary punk rules for your band to follow? Does your mom iron your punk patches on your jacket? If the answer to any of those questions is "yes", you need to listen to our interview with Ottawa's DOXX immediately! We cram the band into the back of a car and put them through a revealing dirt session/CITY SLANG questionnaire! Plus, we play these tunes: Crack Cloud - Anchoring Point - Image Craft Bonnie Doon - Pentagon Black Compi...
Nov 10, 2016•56 min
We catch up with UK punks Sievehead for a cultural exchange! We learn about how to living in Sheffield staying drunk on trans-Atlantic flights, and they learn what real poutine is all about! Plus a public apology to one members father, as CITY SLANG's deep research methods reveals some family dirt! Plus we play these tunes: We catch up with UK punks Sievehead for a cultural exchange! We learn about how to living in Sheffield staying drunk on trans-Atlantic flights, and they learn what real pouti...
Nov 03, 2016•58 min
The best goofs, gaffes, and oddball interview bits that hit the cutting room floor presented to you in their full unnecessary glory! Thrill to our compilation of civilian interruptions, tales of alternative rock house guests, historic esoterica from post-punk luminaries, and bizarre philosophizing about highway horses! Plus, we play these tunes: Tough Age - I Get The Feeling Central - Snakes & Ladders Rhythm Of Cruelty - Saturating - Day In, Day Out Unblonde - Good Will Come To You - Staying...
Oct 27, 2016•55 min
