City Slang

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 Lord Luther - I Was a Teenage Creature The Madmen - Haunted Five Man Electrical Band - Werewolf Lords of The New Church - New Church Zombi - Surface to Air DA! - Dark Rooms Gene ‘Bowlegs’ Miller - Frankenstein Walk

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 - Drug Culture 7” - I Don’t Play Games Casper Skulls - Mercy Works - You Can Call Me Allocator Odonis Odonis - No Pop - Nasty Boy

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 Civilization EP - The Hammer of Civilization The Monoliths - The Monoliths - Feeling Geography Lina Tullgren - Won - Face Off

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!

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 Eyed - Haleiwa - Heart in The Shade WHIMM - A Stare Ajar - Town Hall Metz - Strange Peace - Cellophane Zola Jesus - Okovi - Exhumed King Krule - 7" - Dum Surfer Makthaverskan - III - In My Dreams Dasher - Sodium - We Know So

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/Right Shitty split - Buzzkill Deerhoof - Mountain Moves - Slow Motion Detonation Woolworm - Deserve to Die - Judgement Day Partner - In Search of Lost Time - Ambassador to Ecstasy Anxiety - Wild Life 7" - Lizard Lads Under a Rock Tracy Bryant - Parachute 7" - Parachute Maximum Joy - I Can't Stand It Here On Quiet Nights: Singles 1981-82 - White and Green Place (Extraterrestrial Mix) Oneohtrix Point Never - Good Time - The Pure and the Damned ft Iggy Pop  

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!

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 started with Shania Twain Tough Age discuss their appearance on the sexy Archie show Plus we play these tunes: Alex Calder - Strange Dreams - Strange Dreams BBQT - Demo - High Wasted (Live) Casper Skulls - Lips & Skull - Devotion The Lonely Parade - No Shade - Window Dunes - Bedtime - I'm so… Hooded Fang - Dynasty House - Queen of Agusan Needles//Pins - Good Night, Tomorrow - Good Night

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 Pas Méchant Sexe a Pile - BINGO French Punk Exploitation 1978-1981 - Pas Vraiment Méchan Fancy Rosy - BINGO French Punk Exploitation 1978-1981 - Punk Police Not The Nine O’Clock News - Single - Gob On You Andy C - Single - I Want To Be A Punk Rocker Charlie Drake - Single - Super Punk T-Rex - Single - Celebrate Summer Johnny Rubbish - Single - Living in NW3 4JR Cherry Vanilla - Single - The Punk Kevin Short & His Privates - Single - Punk Strut David Peel and Death - King of Punk - King of Punk

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 About It Too Much - He said I'm an Island (I won't try and find him) Above Top Secret - Above Top Secret -LION Tonkapuma + Times Neue Roman - Gory Daze - Slow Motion Phèdre - Golden Age - Ancient Nouveau Cheap Whine - Cheap Whine - Opening Cell - Demo 7" - Contempt Faith Healer - Try ;-) - Light of Loving Guerilla Toss - GT Ultra - Betty Dreams of Green Men Lee Paradise - Water Palace Kingdom - Honourific Rat Boys - GN - Control

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 - Caught On A Wire XETAS - The Tower - The Jaws Taiwan Housing Project - Veblen Death Mask - Authentic Alien Perfume C3I Hate Sex - World of Grief - Weird Dream, Conscious Stream Animal I - Blank Square - Empty Head B-Boys - Dada - Discipline Institute - Subordination - Good Ol Boys Booji Boys - S/T - I Dream of Booji Booji Boys - S/T - Waiting 2 Die Chastity Belt - I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone - It's Different Now

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 Teenanger - Teenager - Dawn - 3:53 Chad VanGaalen - Single - Old Heads Corridor - Supermercado - Demain Déjà Stef Chura - Messes - Slow Motion ISS - Endless Pussyfooting - HOT BOI Weedrat - III - Dead Horse Voigt/465 - Slights Still Unspoken (Selected Recordings 1978-1979) - A Welcome Mystery Sheer Mag - 7” - What You Want

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 Nooner - Sandy's Song Bonnie Doon - Dooner Nooner - Now or Neverish Bonnie Doon - Dooner Nooner - Panty Twister Bonnie Doon - Dooner Nooner - Ghost Story Bonnie Doon - Dooner Nooner - Messy // Clean Bonnie Doon - Dooner Nooner - B Hole BBQT - OXW 2017 Sampler - High Wasted (Live) Dunes - OXW 2017 Sampler - I'm so… Empath - OXW 2017 Sampler - The Eye Feel Alright - OXW 2017 Sampler - A Lengthy End to a Bullfight Lake Urmia - OXW 2017 Sampler - June Nice Try - OXW 2017 Sampler - Restart Ruth Grader - OXW 2017 Sampl

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 Stair The Shiverettes - Dead Men Can’t Cat Call - Obsessed The Shiverettes - Dead Men Can’t Cat Call - Justice Robin Camp The Shiverettes - Dead Men Can’t Cat Call - Dead Men Can’t Cat Call Shellshag - More Survival Tips From The Bay - Hello My Name Is Swim Team - Swim Team - Reanimator Laika’s Orbit - unreleased  - Ghosted Empty Nesters - Demos - To The Dregs (Wavves Cover) Future Girls - Unreleased- At It Again Pretty Pretty - Demos II - Delusion Dream B-52s - S/T - 52 Girls Doug and the Slugs - Cognac and Bologna -

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 Chills Kuken - Küken LP - I'm Not a Fuck Up Violence Creeps - Ease The Seed Bag 7" - Backhand Viagra Boys - Call of the Wild - Upside Backwards  

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!

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 Standing On My Neck Crossed Wires - Self-Titled -  Can’t Say No Gen Pop - Off Screen - The Wall Milk Music - Mystic 100's - Dare to Exist Chastity Belt - Single - Caught in a Lie Empty Heads - Normality - Peeled Back Unfun - Waterboarding - Death Majesty Super Crush - I Don't Want To Be Sad Anymore - How Does It Feel (To Feel Like You)? Tinsel Heart - Hey Boyfriend! EP - Wasted Yet Sad Uranium Club - 7” - Who Made The Man

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/PENTAGON BLACK, the duo behind the compilation series.   Go to cityslang.ca/pentagonblack for a full track list, a list of record release shows where you can see killer bands and buy your own Pentagon Black Compilation No. 2 for $10. Plus you can watch check out three music videos launching along with the compilation! ENJOY!

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:   Simply Saucer - Cyborgs Revisited - Instant Pleasure Simply Saucer - Cyborgs Revisited - Bullet Proof Nothing Simply Saucer - Cyborgs Revisited - Dance The Mutation Simply Saucer - Cyborgs Revisited - Electro Rock Simply Saucer - Cyborgs Revisited - Illegal Bodies   Halfsour - Charm School - Ten Year Tenure Lillith - Apology Plant - Nickname Littler - Bad Hand 7" - Running Hot Kindling - Everywhere Else - Black Eye   Vagabon - Infinite Worlds - Minneapolis Meat Wave - The Incessant - No Light Lab Coast - Remembe

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 Punk) Leather Jacuzzi - Monsters, Narcs and Idiots - Sarah's Little Sweeties Leather Jacuzzi - Monsters, Narcs and Idiots - Here Comes Mr Suck Leather Jacuzzi - Monsters, Narcs and Idiots - Coca Cola Hammock Station Leather Jacuzzi - Monsters, Narcs and Idiots - Love Theme From Leather Jacuzzi Leather Jacuzzi - Monsters, Narcs and Idiots - P Is For Peg Allison Crutchfield - Tourist In This Town - Dean's Room DJ Smoke Weed Guy - DJ Smoke Weed Guy Live On Ice - Rollerblades // POV Pavilion - Charmed Circle - Borderline Whi