City Slang

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 - Transportation - SubwaysChandra - Transportation - OpositeChandra - Transportation - StrangerChandra - Transportation - SomethingChandra - Transportation - ConcentrationChandra - Transportation - Get it Out of Your SystemBB Cream - BB Cream - Mother NatureHuman Ceremony - Sunflower Bean - Wall WatcherWhitney - Light Upon the Lake - Golden DaysAlex G - Beach Music - Kicker Bart - Holomew - On/OffDoomsquad - Total Time - Who Owns Noon in Sandusky?Solids - Else - Wait it OutPeach Kelli Pop - Peach Kelli Pop III - Shampoo

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!

DIAT joins us from Germany to talk rolling around in shit on tour, being a square in punk music, and reverse-psychology police!

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.

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 - Accumulated Error - Goon Beat - 2:54 Daylight Robbery - Accumulated Error - New Threat - 2:48 Daylight Robbery - Accumulated Error - Telegraphing - 2:24 Daylight Robbery - Accumulated Error - Walk Away - 3:15

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!

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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 Pop 1280 - Paradise - USS ISS - 3:25 Pop 1280 - Paradise - Chromidia - 2:50 Pop 1280 - Paradise - Paradise - 3:36 Pop 1280 - Paradise - The Last Undertaker - 4:00 Pop 1280 - Paradise - Kingdom Come - 4:30

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!

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 - 4:03 - CC Pavilion - Mercury Girls Demo - Pale Shades of Green - 4:59 - CC Pavilion - Mercury Girls Demo - Binds - 3:43 - CC Pavilion - Single - Hyacinth - 5:26 - CC Pavilion - Single - Vexation of Sprite - 5:09 - CC      

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 PrescriptionNervosas - S/T - Night RoomProtomartyr - Under Color of Official Right - Boice or BoyceNew Fries - Fresh Face Forward - PlexiglassFreak Heat Waves - Bonnie’s State of Mind - Dig A HoleCarpenters - Carpenters - SuperstarGold Class - It's You - Life As A GunMass Gothic - Nice Night - Nice NightGazebos - Die Alone - I Don't Want To Be HereRenny Wilson - Punk Explosion/Extension - Escaping Alive

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 - GlueTV Freaks - Done It AgainTV Freaks - ThirteenTV Freaks - Pick My BrainTV Freaks - Ebb & FlowTV Freaks - Love FadeTV Freaks - Act of Contrition Flesh Rag - 7" - It Ain't EnoughThe Mystics - Demo II - SeedsThe Vapids - The Point Remains the Same 7" - Hazzard County Left For Dead - Devoid of Everything - Second GuessParquet Courts - Monastic Living - No, No, No!Telstar Drugs - Sonatine - PulleyFamily Band - Family Band ’15 - Take CareNap Eyes - Thought Rock Fish Scale - Mixer Partner - Single - The Ellen PageYellowteeth - Rat King II - BFFThe Mouthbreathers - Corrupt the Youth - College Rock The Subtractions - It’s Exposed 7” - Fresno’s Dead

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 HandsNo Money - Harvest From The Mindfields of Wild Boredom - Zakary SlaxCupcake Ductape - Get Over It EP - DowntownOld and Weird - split w/ New Fries - KirkobainSoupcans - Soft Party - Crimes 1Pretty Boys - Grubs - Orange WaterProm Nite - Tape 1 - SnakesCasper Skulls - King of Gold 7” - King of GoldI Hate Sex - Circle Thinking - Sleep ParalysisPC Worship - Basement Hysteria - Social Friction Dame - Charm School - Bubble BabyThe Minneapolis Uranium Club - Performs Human Exploration - Rafter ManLa Misma - Kanizadi - KanizadiChad Vangaalen & Seth Smith - Seed of Dorzon - Part 1

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.

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!

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 RageDilly Dally - Sore - DesireDilly Dally - Single - Candy MountainDilly Dally - Single - Gender RoleDilly Dally - Sore - Ballin’ ChainDilly Dally - Sore - Snake HeadWeaves - Single - ShitholeBad Channels - Death Toll EP - Death TollCrosss - LO - Eye SeanceVallens - Single - Dark TunnelLust For Youth - International - Epoetin AlfaUS Girls - Half Free - Woman’s Work Originally aired Oct. 7, 2015

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 CareHeaven For Real - Split 7" w/ Homebody - O So RightOld & Weird - Split 7" w/ New Fries - KirkobaineHeaven For Real - Craft Single - You Are The One With The Iron-Heart DeviceOld & Weird - What I Saw - Awake My Face AliveHomebody - Split 7” w/ Heaven For Real - Vestigial OrganNew Fries - Split 7" w/ Old & Weird - JazzInstitute - Catharsis - Perpetual EbbDope Body - Kunk - Old GreyDilly Dally - Sore - Purple RageDestruction Unit - Negative Feedback Resistor - If Death Ever SleptBabysitter - Babysitter - Exploding YouthNo Aloha - No Problemo - FeeliesHomeshake - Midnight Snack - Heat   Originally aired Sept. 24, 2015

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" - Someone's Got It In For Me Freak Heat Waves - Bonnie's State of Mind - Dig A Hole The Beverleys - Brutal - Visions   Seth Smith - Lowlife Score - Fast Food Lumpy and The Dumpers - Ausmuteants split - Noxious Human Eye - They Came From The Sky - Junkyard Heart Strange Attractor - Back To The Cruel World - Hot Dog Water Cold Warps - Slimer 7" - Slimer   Mean Jeans - Are You Serious? - Slime Time HSY - EP - Slimeball Lumpy & The Dumpers - 7" - Too Much Slime Black Lips - Let It Bloom - Punk Slime

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 Church - This World Is Not Enough - King of Song Lunch - Let Us Have Madness Openly - Marble Foyer   Adult Mom - Momentary Lapse of Happily - When You Are Happy Ultimate Painting - Green Lanes - (I've Got The) Sanctioned Blues Grave Babies - Holographic Violence - Eternal (On & On) Nap Eyes - Whine of the Mystic - No Fear of Hellfire

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'm Gonna Stab You - Destroy All Art compilation - The Slide - 1:38 Several Species - Destroy All Art compilation - Fight - 2:50 Tesco Bombers - Now That's What I Call DIY - Break The Ice At Parties - 3:29 Fatal Microbes - Now That's What I Call DIY - Violence Grows - 3:15 The Fakes - Now That's What I Call DIY - Look Out - 3:24 Tony Molina - Dissed & Dismissed - Change My Ways - 1:12 Total Control - Typical System - Expensive Dog - 3:52 Milk Music - Beyond Living - Beyond Living - 3:33 Wax Idols - Schadenfreude 7"