Charlotte of LONELY PARADE returns to CITY SLANG! We rehash some McDonalds talk from the last time we spoke, plus we discuss nearly chopping her finger off making vegetarian food, Chicago regional foods (including a Malort flashback), Kim Kardashian hot dog stands, and more! It's an accidentally food-focused episode (as usual)!
Caylie of Boyhood joins us to talk about the nap blues, creepy critter stories, and what gift Nardwuar would gift her! Plus we make up a book recommendation segment called "Caylie's picks", and think up a Quantum Leap-style TV show!
Part 1 of Bonnie Doon's BACK IN THE USSA tour diary! Diarrhea talk, Sebadoh gossip, and an uber driver plays his Black Sabbath-inspired music! Plus interviews with musicians Jeff Gallagher and Big Quiet!
We talk to Brittany of Vancouver's LIÉ as she packs for her bands tour! We discuss the one perfect thing to pack on tour, the meaning of Cold Punk, playing to four people in Tijuana, and whether Taco Bell counts as a smoothie! Plus we get a hilarious story about HENRY ROLLINS!
We catch up with BBQT at Ottawa Explosion! We play clips from our their previously un-airable interview, discuss about the worst holidays to get dumped on, and crying in Peter Criss make up! Plus our interview gets crashed by Jarrett from TOUGH AGE and Allie from PEACH KELLI POP, who asks the band about their astrological signs ♒♌♏ Plus we play these tunes and a set of OTTAWA EXPLOSION bands: BBQT - All For Show - Moldy Memory BBQT - All Dressed - Your Band BBQT - BBQT - BBQT BBQT - All For Show...
Travis talks to Nora Singh of LA's HIT BARGAIN! They talk about how American health care is like a heist movie, the true story behind Matt the trampling fetishist, the making of the butt plug shiv, and Travis fails to get dirt on Katy Perry!
In our latest MINI SLANG, Travis' hangover story is interrupted when Emmanuel calls James Lindsay of PLEASENCE RECORDS! They talk about the Pleasence Records podcast, the Canadian music industry, squashing Twitter beefs, and a music industry conspiracy nearly assassinates our guest! Plus we play some new music from the Pleasence label.
Emmanuel and Travis dive into the depths of CHUO's vinyl vault, and spin an all-music show of 45 records! We combed through hundreds of records to bring you lost gems from the 90s, a totally burned out covers set, a sweet Factory records find, and more oddities! We take full credit for the inevitable revival of the The Freeze's "Paranoia" single after this episode.
In our latest MINI SLANG we call Alex Bourque of Montreal's EGG PAPER FACTORY label while he does laundry! We try to get dirt on a band for an upcoming interview, but Alex ends up dishing some fine dirt on Travis from his old grocery store job!
Our clip-show tribute to vehicles! Some of our funniest stories come from broken down tour vans, improvised car repairs, and near-disaster train rides, so we've combined them into this mega episode featuring hilarious stories from: Casper Skulls Pop. 1280 Weaves WEED Flasher Gun Outfit Motherhood Needles//Pins Guantanamo Baywatch Cousins
SHITTY SLANG (our new free-wheeling between-episode show) gets renamed to MINI SLANG after extensive Listener Satisfaction feedback. Plus, we call Gina Vinelli from the band BONNIE DOON to tell crazy tales of the Doon Buggy in anticipation of next week's all-vehicle concept episode!
Allie Hanlon of Peach Kelli Pop returns to CITY SLANG! We deep dive on spicy ramen, get Trader Joe essentials, and give Moms credit for being weird. Plus we get Allie's LA travel tips for broke people and millionaires, and we run through celebrity encounters with Chelsea Peretti, Marc Maron, and Michael Cera! And also a trip to Danzig's house with New Swears??? We play new tunes from the new Peach Kelli Pop EP and LP: Peach Kelli Pop - Gentle Leader - Honey Peach Kelli Pop - Gentle Leader - Blac...
Introducing SH*TTY SLANG! We're changing up the CITY SLANG schedule to twice a month (for our sanity, and for the quality of the show)--But don't fret! SH*TTY SLANG is our new free-form nonsense show we'll be putting out between proper CITY SLANG episodes. We wanna hear what you think! Is SHITTY SLANG an awful name? Should we have call ins? Do you want to host the show for a week? We can do whatever we want, and we're looking forward to straight goofing off in the studio every two weeks! PLUS th...
This week we talk to Saskatoon's THE AVULSIONS about levels of swearing, starting beef with Elon Musk, Mennonite-Chinese restaurants, and we fail to learn about the gems of Saskatoon! Plus we get hot takes on Dave Mustaine and The Simpsons sucking! And stay tuned until the end of the episode to hear us call the band back to ask about a GREAT previous band name!
All Canadian music, all hour! We play new Canadian tunes, a set of Saskatoon bands picked by THE AVULSIONS, a set of French music, a four-band split featuring WLMRT & Deathsticks, and music from St. John's Newfoundland! The Avulsions - Expanding Program - BOB Freak Heat Waves - Beyond XXXL - Toxic Talk Show Rhythm of Cruelty - Dispossession - Dispossession Caves - Young Adult Contemporary - Deep Beige Chunder Buffet - Cesspool - Obvious Waitress - Delay Our Time - Crome Cande WLMRT - 4 Band ...
Chad VanGaalen returns to the show! We revisit his daughter's psychic bug connection, get gardening advice, talk bee culture and offsetting toilet flushes! Plus Chad implores animators to quit for their health, we discuss building robots with the Jim Henson Company, and get to the bottom of his missing copy of Puzznic for the NES!
We talk to Nigel of NAP EYES, and get health tips for listeners, find out what anime he's watching, and get deep about Legend of Zelda's Dark Link! Plus we discuss Nap Eyes mega fan Marc Maron and Nigel struggles to rank his favourite Green Day albums! We play these tunes: Nap Eyes - I’m Bad Now - Every Time The Feeling Nap Eyes - I’m Bad Now - I’m Bad Nap Eyes - I’m Bad Now - Judgment The Mighty Northumberland - Single - Dark Link Nap Eyes - Whine of the Mystic - Dark Creedence Nap Eyes - I’m B...
All music episode this week, as we showcase 4 labels from around the world! (But mostly Canada). Lots of punk rock, techno, and weird ambient. Featured music: La Vida Es Un Mus (London, UK) Rixe - Promo Tape - Les Cents Pas Haram - When You Have Won, You Have Lost - The Prophet Patsy - LA Women - Count It On Down Limp Wrist - Facades - Don’t Want You Pleasance Records (Toronto, ON) J Blissette - Until I Go Blind - A Series of Observations Fake Palms - Pure Mind - I’m Not There Moon Eyed - Haleiw...
Jessica Jalbert of Faith Healer talks to us about SKA SECRETS FROM HER PAST, fear of make up, conquering karaoke, Riverdale (like all our Mint Records interviews), and dog geniuses! Plus Jessica helps Travis decipher interview notes about her! We play these tunes: Faith Healer - Try ;-) - & Waiting Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Might As Well Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Light Of Loving Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Try ;-) Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Sterling Silver Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Such a Gemini Fai...
Sara Jean Hughes (music video director) and Josiah Hughes (co-host of Blink 155) of the band PRE NUP join us on the show! They discuss their recent trip to Sundance, awkward chats with David Wain, a near-miss encounter with tom DeLonge, and the time a home visit from Colin Hanks lead to the dissolution of an artisinal popcorn store and Queen Latifah's TV show! Plus we play these tunes: Pre Nup - Pre Nup - Wrong Your Pre Nup - Pre Nup - Air Quotes Pre Nup - Pre Nup - Defending Your Life Pre Nup -...
We talk to Sam from Toronto's PONY! We discuss her TV obsession, (including the Shrek spinoff we all know and love, Shrek's Swamps Stories), the worst songs that have made her cry, and we test her on her Pinterest pinned recipes in a segment called PINNED TO THE WALL! Plus we play these tunes: Pony - Do You - I Don't Know Pony - Do You - Healthy Brain Pony - Do You - Monster Pony - Do You - Fingernails Pony - Do You - Small Things Freak Heat Waves - Beyond XXXL - Self Vortex Anwar Sadat - Ersatz...
Our tribute to Peter Eichhorn of P. Trash Records. Featuring tracks from P. Trash artists and thoughts from: Steve Adamyk (Steve Adamyk Band, Sedatives) Rob Seaton (Statues, Der Faden) Ian Manhire (Sedatives, The White Wires) Eric Daigle (Fear of Lipstick, Feral Trash) Dave Williams (Sedatives, Year Zero, Last Communion, Steve Adamyk Band) Ilona (The Dagger Eyes) Patrick (Hosehead Records) Eric (FDH Records) We play: Statues - New People Make Us Nervous - The Last Stand The Toyotas - Made Headli...
New segment: DECADES! We pick the best songs from every relative decade working from 2018! So songs from 1978/1988/1998/2008! It’s really quite easy to understand, okay? Stop asking questions! We discuss what we might have listened to if we weren’t unborn/babies in the 70s and 80s, and get really deep into which of our favorite teenage music still gives us embarrassment chills! Plus Travis challenges everyone to a twitter fight over Isn’t Anything being a better album than Loveless! Hit us up wi...
First episode back of 2018! We speak to Petra Glynt while she paints to talk about all kinds of delightful things: her new puppy, favourite musicals, and good good food. We also talk about a harrowing experience getting stuck at a UK immigration detainment centre.
Canadian music legend Julie Doiron joins us for a special hour-long interview! We discuss kids, the meditation of doing dishes, kale salad recipes, her time as a community radio host, and Julie Doiron Day! Plus we run her through the Sappyfest Questionnaire she invented, and we ask her to rate the CITY SLANG questionnaire with hilarious results! And we play tunes from throughout her career: Julie and the Wrong Guys - Self-Titled - Call My Own Shots Eric’s Trip - Peter - Happens All The Time Juli...
Toronto's WHIMM join us in-studio to expound on their musical roots, influences, and process! Emmanuel creates a post-punk soundscape of their music to accompany it! It’s a psychedelic CITY SLANG, with less of the hosts talking (you’re welcome). Plus we play these tunes, including a bunch of electronic music and a new song from TOTAL CONTROL: Whimm - A Stare Ajar - Town Hall Whimm - A Stare Ajar - A Stare Ajar Whimm - A Stare Ajar - Crescent Whimm - A Stare Ajar - Fifth Column Whimm - A Stare Aj...
It’s funding drive season! We work our butts off to make CITY SLANG. If you dig what we do consider, supporting our mother station CHUO to make sure we stay on the air FOREVERRRR! Head over to http://chuo.fm/support/ to find out how. Meanwhile, we’ve put together an early BEST OF to remind you of all the ridiculous things we got on the air this year! Featuring: The time we interviewed SIMPLY SAUCER/JESSE LOCKE at our Dominion Tavern live show and got heckled by drunken punks! The time we went on...
All music all hour! We ordered too many good new tunes, so this week is a music fire sale! Hear set of new emo, a super chill set of tunes we wouldn’t normally play on the show, a new tape segment, and a set of French punk! We play all those tracks and more: Caracara - Summer Megalith - Burn Me I’m Made of Matches Racquet Club - Racquet Club - Blood on The Moon Iron Chic - You Can’t Stay Here - A Headache With Pictures Bless - Bless 7” - You’re Always On TV Dog - Trash Temple - Ninth Gate to Dee...
Josée and Lucy of PARTNER join us this week for a hilarious episode! We discuss Partner fanfic, get lectured on making prank phone calls, and learn about a labyrinthine prank spearheaded by NEW SWEARS that led Partner on a journey of discovery! Weed discovery! Plus we play these tunes: Partner - In Search Of Lost Time - Comfort Zone Partner - In Search Of Lost Time - Everybody Knows Partner - In Search Of Lost Time - You Don’t Have To Say Thank You Partner - In Search Of Lost Time - Gross Secret...
This week, we interview WALTER SCHREIFELS of Gorilla Biscuits, Youth of Today, Quicksand, Rival Schools and Dead Heavens! Travis isn't punk enough, so we bring in a ringer to help Emmanuel with the interview: Brit of PRISM on CHUO! Plus we play new tunes, and a C86 tape segment on Dark Thoughts: Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today - Degradation Dead Heavens - Adderall Highway - Adderall Highway Quicksand - Slip - Dine Alone Rival Schools - United By Fate - High Acetate Quicksand - Slip - Omission Riv...
