City Slang

CHASTITIY BELT joins us at the Ottawa Explosion weekend to do the CITY SLANG questionnaire! The nicest band in all of Seattle refuses to trash talk, design leopard print costumes, and survive falling off stages! Plus a set of discovered-in-Halifax tunes, and new releases! Hear these songs: Chastity Belt - Time To Go Home - DroneChastity Belt - Time To Go Home - TrappedChastity Belt - Time To Go Home - Why TryChastity Belt - Time To Go Home - On The FloorChastity Belt - Time To Go Home - The ThingChastity Belt - Time To Go Home - Cool Slut Dyscontrol - Lies 7" - LiesBloodsport - Goodbye to the Holy Mountain - Photos From My Last Trip to Salem Lantern - I don’t know 7" - I Don’t KnowHomo Duplex - On and On Or On 7" - Caramel KiteNegative Scanner - Negative Scanner - Would You Rather?

Travis puts GUANTANOMA BAYWATCH through the CITY SLANG questionnaire! They give some of the wackiest answers yet, and tell the story of the time NOBUNNY fixed their car with an inflatable clown! Plus brand new tunes and a sneak peak at our CHASTITY BELT episode! Hear these tunes: Guantanamo Baywatch - Oh Rats! 7" - Oh Rats!Guantanamo Baywatch - Chest Crawl - Chest CrawlGuantanamo Baywatch - Chest Crawl - Pina ColadaGuantanamo Baywatch - Darling… It's Too Late - Mr. RebelGuantanamo Baywatch - Darling… It's Too Late - Too LateLaika's Orbit - Summer Promo Tape - No Matter What It TakesFleabite - TTYL EP - What's UpParasol - Not There - Feedback LoopBroken Prayer - Misanthropocentric AKA Droid's Blood - ColorsAll Dogs - unreleased - GeorgiaThee Tsunamis - Saturday Night SweetheartBully - Feels Like - I RememberTV Wonder - Bird Sounds - Bamboo Frame

We caught up with Edmonton’s RHYTHM OF CRUELTY to talk about American snacks, green onion cakes, and the wildest tapes they’re listening to on tour!

Travis and Emmanuel are late for their show! The duo struggles to piece together killer tunes while Travis fumbles his keys and ties his shoes together! WILL THEY MAKE IT TIME?! Listen to find out!   Hear these songs:   Martha - Split 7" - The Historian Martha - Split 7" - Dom Kan Inte Hora Musiken - 2:10  Benny The Jet Rodriguez - Split 7" - In Love - 2:00 Benny The Jet Rodriguez - Split 7" - Wish You Were Beer - 2:53   Flesh World - The Wild Animals in My Life - Poolside Boys - 2:40 Dodgers - Bombshells - Cherry 2000 - 3:22 CC Clean Girls - Despite You - Day of the Woman - 4:17    Rhythm of Cruelty - Saturated - Transparency - 4:42 - CC  Blue Angel - Demo - Don't Want Need To - 3:09 - CC Sailor Jupiter - Demo - Jesus Freak - 3:32 - CC   The Gotobeds - People Are Revolting - Fast Trash - 2:52 Turn To Crime - Actions - Actions - 4:20    Bitchkraft - Mascot - Didn’t Know - 5:34 Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress - Piss Crowns Are Trebled - 13:50

This week we bring you an all-time epic episode! We hit a gold mine of hilarious dirt when we interviewed NERVOUS TALK’s Joel Butler! We use his wild tour stories to see how much his friends in TOUGH AGE and FIST CITY know about him, in a gameshow we call YOU DON’T KNOW JACK ABOUT JOEL! Tall tales of daredevil lawnmower jumps and B.A. JOHNSTON’s van ensues! Plus a tape segment, new songs, and more! We play these tunes: Nervous Talk - S/T - Different PersonNervous Talk - S/T - Introductions Nervous Talk - S/T - Something WrongNervous Talk - S/T - Nothing To SayNervous Talk - S/T - Already GoneFist City - It’s 1983, Grow Up! - Boring KidsTough Age - Play Cub’s Hot Dog Day - Flying CarpetMikal Cronin - MCIII - Made My Mind UpDamaged Bug - Cold Hot Plumbs - The MirrorWarm Soda - Symbolic Dream - I Wanna Go FastSheer Mag - II 7” - Button UpSUUNS & Jerusalem In My Heart - S/T - MetalThe Yips - The Yips/Organ Eyes split tape - Let GoThe Yips - The Yips/Organ Eyes split tape - ObsessionOrgan Eyes - The Yips/Organ

CITY SLANG moves to a new timeslot! Listen live on CHUO between 4-5pm on Wednesdays! PRIME TIME! We finish the season off by playing killer tunes, celebrate the weather, and a cassette segment! We play these songs: Mission of Burma - The Horrible Truth About Burma - Peking SpringRites of Spring - End on End - SpringEric's Trip - Spring - 3:04Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers - Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers - SpringtimeMetz - II - Wait in LineSnooty Garbagemen - Snooty Garbagemen - You & EarnieNancy Pants - Total Nancy Pants - AppleShang-A-Lang - Sad Magic - Nasty WeatherCheap Girls - My Roarin' 20s - Sleeping WeatherReigning Sound - Time Bomb Highschool - Stormy WeatherPinkwash - Your Cure Your Soil - MattressSaffrons - Saffrons - DebrisBig Dick - DisappointmentKappa Chow - Collected Output as of Now - JumpLids - EP - Sarsfest

Emmanuel and Travis nearly get replaced by commercial radio DJs! Plus funding drive, show highlights from the last season, and an all-time classic bleepoff! Support CHUO during funding drive by heading to http://chuo.fm/funding-drive-2/

Jam-packed show this week! First up, SCREAMING FEMALES talk about saving muskrats in Ottawa, belt collections, and pick a set of killer tunes! Then, ANAMAI gives us an ultra chill interview, gives tips on relaxing, and definitely talks about ghosts again!

Festival special this week! We spotlight artists playing Ottawa Explosion, Lawnya Vawnya, and Kazoofest! Plus, a highlights from our OTTAWA EXPLOSION interviews, and a special set of music from Natalie of NOTS! Hear these tunes: Aquarian Blood - 7” - Savage MindGiorgio Murderer - Primitive World - Primitive WorldGolden Pelicans - S/T - Turqoise & Silver / New JerseyGlueams - 7” - Strassen White Lung - Deep Fantasy - SycophantKappa Chow - Kappa Chow - Bang BangNeedles//Pins - Out of This Place 7” - Out of This PlaceMonomyth - Craft Single - Trash DaySheer Mag - 7” - Point BreezeEarth Girls - Demo - Obey The Famines - 2x7” - Gimme Some NumbersTyvek - On Triple Beams - Wayne County RoadsFist City - It’s 1983, Grow Up! - Boring KidsTough Age - S/T - I Waste Too Much Time On MyselfMoss Lime - July First - July First Teenanger - Frights - Bank AccountWeaves - Single - MotorcycleWalrus - Glam Returns - BangerVulva Culture - Rolling in the Deep - Human Garbage

Memphis band NOTS joins us on the show this week! We talk to singer and guitarist Natalie about playing on morning TV, the best places to party in Memphis, and photoshopping Meemaw’s cat! Plus a special RIP Mammoth Cave set, we play an entire tape by the Coneheads, and new tunes! Hear these songs: Nots - We Are Nots - ReactorNots - We Are Nots - DecadenceNots - We Are Nots - Black MoldNots - We Are Nots - StaticNots - We Are Nots - Insect EyesNots - We Are Nots - Get AlongNots - We Are Nots - MonochromaticStrange Attractor - Barely Doing Crime - I Need To Kill My NeighboursTeledrome - Teledrome - BoyfriendNervous Talk - Introductions - Shut it OffThe Famines - The Complete Collected Singles - Hi Hi HiFeel Alright - Oahu Ohio - Dark IncantationsGold - Losing Your Hair - DrugsConeheads - Selected Ringtones Tape 3 - Head Onna Steak (ver.2)Coneheads - Selected Ringtones Tape 3 - Smiling Beat of LifeConeheads - Selected Ringtones Tape 3 - Machine GunConeheads - Selected Ringtones Tape 3 - Pressure On The BrainCone

CITY SLANG returns with an hour JAM PACKED with killer tunes! Emmanuel and Travis shut up this week and let the music do the talking. We play these tunes: Clean Girls - Expensive Tastes split - Portion ControlVulture Shit - Expensive Tastes split - Mouth Breather (Jesus Lizard Cover)The Minneapolis Uranium Club Band - Demo - Rafter ManHSY - Sally 7” - SallyCultural Abuse - Spray Paint the Dog - Perfect LightMakthaverskan - Witness 7” - WitnessMourn - Mourn - Silver GoldFaith Healer - Cosmic Troubles - UniverseDurs Coeurs - Coeurs Durs - PiègeSo Cow - The Long Con - Barry RichardsonMean Jeans - Singles - I Remember HowNots - We Are Nots - MonochromaticMoon - Moon - Holy MountainMatthew Melton - Outside of Paradise - Images On The SandKing’s Quest - Fox Island - AlanaFirst Base - You’ve Got A Hold On Me - You’ve Got A Hold On MeFreak Heat Waves - Bonnie’s State of Mind - A Civil ServantAlex Calder - Strange Dreams - Strange Dreams

Emmanuel catches up with Montreal’s PALE LIPS to play pinball, talk about boys, and misinterpret lyrics! Plus a TAPE SEGMENT on Not Normal tapes, new releases from Craft Singles, and tunes from bands playing OTTAWA IMPLOSION VOL. 2!! We play these tunes: Pale Lips - Demo - Shim Sham ShimmyPale Lips - Got a Sweet Tooth 7” -  Sweet DreamsPale Lips - Got a Sweet Tooth 7” - Candy SongPale Lips - Demo - Rock n’ Roll DipshitPale Lips - Got a Sweet Tooth 7” - Soda KatThe Cute Lepers - Smart Accessories - Dirty BabySheer Mag - 7” - Hard Lovin’Average Times - S/T LP - PopsicleG.L.O.S.S. - Demo - G.L.O.S.S. (We’re From The Future)American Hate - Dead Squeeze EP - Cold Hands Beating HeartRegimen - Upprepning Ar OfrankomligBig Dick - Dissapointment - Bad DreamUltrathin - S/T LP - Got A FeelingBoyhood - When I’m Hungry LPUn Blonde - Part of Us Both - Not OneJons - Short Swim - Long InteriorWhimm - Receptors - Undermine

  Graeme Stewart of THE LAURAS previously appeared on CITY SLANG as a member of Monomyth, but this time we make him answer the CITY SLANG questionnaire! We get to the bottom of his show amnesia, and hear the mildest curse word ever not censored on CITY SLANG!   Plus, Emmanuel's new hair-brained theme: THE NAME GAME! We play all name bands!    Hear these tunes:   The Lauras - The Lauras - Cloudy Weight The Lauras - The Lauras -Lazy The Lauras - The Lauras -Home The Lauras - The Lauras - Duncan The Lauras - The Lauras - And When The Sun Special Noise - Window Ballet 3: The Island Nevermind - Snoop Lion New Fries - Fresh Face Forward - Plexiglass Tasseomancy - Tasseotape - Braid. Wind is Coming Start Something - Hard Times 7" - Hard Times Different Skeletons - Devils - My Chagrin Betrayers - Let The Good Times Die - Do You Smoke? Shirley Ellis - Single - The Name Game The Courtneys - S/T LP - Nu Sundae The Beverleys - EP - Dreams The Riff Randells - S/T LP - Mississippi Hot Dog Benny The Jet Rodriguez - H

Subscribe to the podcast!Follow us on Twitter and Instagram! Don’t listen on an empty stomach, it’s the FOOD EPISODE! Travis plays an all ice cream set, Emmanuel plays food punk classics, and our hosts get into a full-fledged FOOD FIGHT!We play classic CITY SLANG food moments with BRAZILIAN MONEY, COUSINS, VIET CONG, LOWER, and MERCHANDISE!PLUS hear the all-time weird lost new wave classic, FOOD FIGHT, by the Village People!We play these tunes:Descendents - Fat EP - I Like FoodDelta 5 - Mind Your Own BusinessMoss Lime - July First - Ice Cream SandwichesIce Cream - N/A - PlasticJonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - Ice Cream ManPersonal & The Pizzas - 7” - I Don’t Wanna Be No Personal PizzaDead Milkmen - Big Lizard In My Back Yard - NutritionClorox Girls - J’aime Les Filles - Le Banana SplitDead Kennedys - Frankenchrist - Soup Is Good FoodTowanda - Black Sheep EP - UnderragedNVN - EP - SnowLearning - Culkin - The Gun ShowBig Dick - Disappointment - Let DownThe Famines - The Complete Collected Singles 20

Katie of PRIESTS joins us to talk about hair cair, a very strange performance on the Chris Gethard show more! Meanwhile, Travis fails to get dirt on Ian Svenonius and flunks being a Taylor Swift fan! Emmanuel plays a DC punk set, and we play tons of new tunes as usual! This week features: Priests - Bodies and Control and Money and Power - DoctorPriests - Bodies and Control and Money and Power - Modern Love/ No WeaponPriests - Tape Two - Leave Me AlonePriests - Radiation 7” - RadiationNation of Ulysses - 13 Point Program to Destroy America - Spectra Sonic SoundMinor Threat - Minor Threat EP - Screamin’ At A WallRed C - Flex Your Head - Pressure’s OnChalk Circle - Reflection - ReflectionViet Cong - Viet Cong - SilhouettesSurveillance - Stressed and Depressed - Fucked Up and NakedMeat Wave - Brother - Sham KingSo Cow - The Long Con - Science FictionAJ Davila y Terror Amor - Beibi - Vamonos LejosTy Segall - Mr Face 7” - CirclesNots - Nots - StaticPinner - #1 Demos - Human PersonViet Cong - Viet Cong - Pointless E

Old-man Emmanuel and old-man Travis broadcast from THE FUTURE and remember the best interviews of 2014!  

Old-man Emmanuel and old-man Travis broadcast from THE FUTURE and remember the best interviews of 2014!

This week, Alex Zhang Hungtai of DIRTY BEACHES and LAST LIZARD records some answers to burning questions, including a description of performing at David Lynch's bar that's straight out of a David Lynch movie! plus learn about accepting culture through food, and the appeal of dirty old man literature. Emmanuel plays a 90s set, a third language set, and Travis plays a tape segment! Hear these tunes: Dirty Beaches - Water Park OST - Water Park ThemeDirty Beaches - Drifters - ElliLast Lizard - Unreleased - Detroit (excerpt)Dirty Beaches - Badlands - HorsesDirty Beaches - Golden Desert Sun 7" - Night DriveDirty Beaches - Lord Knows BestDirty Beaches - Stateless - Time Washes Away EverythingDirty Beaches - Drifters - Casino LisboaThe Coneheads - Total Conetrol - 'Notha ThingTrrash - Trrash Demo - TrrashyPop. 1280 - Penetrate 7" - KrankenschwesterAmdi Petersen’s Arme - Amdi Petersen’s Arme - Skate Og DoGorilla Angreb - Aborted 2000 EP - LivstidKnugen Faller - Lugna Favoriter - Lugna FavoriterDavila 666 - Tan Bajo -

ACTION PACKED SHOW THIS WEEK! We interview Montreal’s MOSS LIME in the back of a car, and find out about their worst toilet memories and secret art collections! Then, an interview with Toronto’s BLONDE ELVIS about their rampant alcohol abuse! Plus Emmanuel and Travis put themselves through the CITY SLANG questionnaire and talk about their worst jobs ever! We play these tunes: Moss Lime - July First - Ice Cream SandwichesMoss Lime - July First - July FirstMoss Lime - July First - Calabria 2014Moss Lime - July First - Sac À DoucheHomeshake - In The Shower - Making a Fool of YouAlex Calder - Fatal Relay - SomeoneAusmuteants - Order of Operation - Boiling PointBlonde Elvis - Single - Slow Fall on EgyptBlonde Elvis - Single - Fit For HerMavo - 7” - Totally TiredEagulls - Eagulls - Nervous EndingsEx-Cult - Ex-Cult - Shattered CircleVVhile - VVhile - Nobody Knows