Citr -- Exploding Head Movies

If there's something strange this All Hallow's Eve, who you gonna call? Elmer Bernstein and his score to the original 1984 Ghostbusters highlights the final lap of our horrible October. 1. Anna Homler & Steve Moshier + F/X: Oo Nu Dah (Breadwoman & Other Tales, 2015) RVNG Intl 2. Ray Parker Jr vs Neil Cicierega: Bustin' (Mouth Moods, 2015) self-released 3. Mark Banning: Lunar Eclipse [excerpt] (I am the Centre: Private Issue New Age in America 1950-1990, 1987) Light in the Attic 4. Japan: Ghosts (Tin Drum, 1981) Virgin 5. Music for Evenings: Afraid of Ghosts [Not Afraid to Die] (Twitch & Gloam: Dark Sounds from the Pacific Northwest, 2013) Flat Field 6. Kurt Swinghammer: Mostly Ghostly (Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed OST, 2004) Reaction Studios 7. Backxwash: Black Magic [w.Ada Rook] (God Has Nothing to Do With This Leave Him Out of It, 2020) self-released 8. Run the Jewels: Goonies vs. ET (RTJ4, 2020) self-released 9. OGRE Sound: Cheap & Fast (The Rise of the Synths OST, 2020) Lakeshore 10. Jeff Bridges

As our annual horror month continues, we'll profile two film scores from independent films that came out in 2020: Carla Patullo's Porno and Jim Williams' Possessor. 1. Suuns: Pray (Fiction EP, 2020) Secret City/Joyful Noise 2. Blakkr Nið: Shadow Jumper (The Shadow Man, 2016) self-released 3. Dhidalah: Neuer Typ (Threshold, 2019) Guruguru Brain 4. Boris: Anti-Gone (NO, 2020) Fangs Anal Satan 5. Jóhann Jóhannsson: Sand (Mandy OST, 2018) Lakeshore/Invada 6. Secret Fun Club: I Was a Teenage Werewolf [w.Carrie Gillespie Feller] (Really Bad Music For Really Bad People: The Cramps as Heard Through the Meat Grinder of Three One G, 2020) 31G 7. Lard: Forkboy (Natural Born Killers OST, 1994) Nothing/Interscope 8. Ennio Morricone: Astrazione con Ritmo (Il Serpente: Colonna Sonora Originale del Film, 1973) General Music/Dagored 9. Frankie & The Witch Fingers: Activate (Monsters Eating People Eating Monsters..., 2020) Greenway/The Reverberation Appreciation Society 10. Tough Age: Penny Current Suppression Ring

For Canadian Thanksgiving, have dinner with your neighbour as we profile Damon Albarn & Michael Nyman's score to the 1999 cannibal western Ravenous. We also pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen, Johnny Nash & Mac Davis amongst other horrors. Gobble gobble! 1. Tire Swing Co: Thanksgiving (Time Away, 2015) self-released 2. Loscil: Sea Island Murders (Sea Island, 2014) Kranky 3. Louder than Death: Spicy Chicken (Stop und Fick Dich! 2019) In the Red 4. L'infonie: Q-Bec BBQ (Q-Bec My Love OST, 1970) Tir Groupé/Polydor? 5. Edward & Alex Van Halen: Respect the Wind (Twister OST, 1996) Warner Bros 6. Van Halen: Unchained (Fair Warning, 1981) Warner Bros 7. The Bird & The Bee: Runnin' with the Devil (Interpreting the Masters, Volume 2 - A Tribute to Van Halen, 2020) Release Me 8. El Ten Eleven: I Like Van Halen Because My Sister Says They are Cool (These Promises are Being Videotaped, 2008) Fake Label/Gnome/North Pole 9. Johnny Nash: Guava Jelly (I Can See Clearly Now, 1972) CBS/Epic 10. John Randolph Marr: Hello

In a horrible year, it's time for our usual horror month in anticipation of Hallowe'en. We'll profile the Canadian composer Paul Zaza and his scores to the 1981 slasher film My Bloody Valentine and the 1988 sci-fi horror The Brain. Be somewhat afraid! 1. Sault: Fearless (untitled [Rise], 2020) Forever Living Originals 2. Xander Harris: I Want More than Just Blood [High Heels mix] (I Want More than Just Blood, 2011) 100% Silk 3. Staplin: Starlight [w.Halo Maud] (Neon Shades, 2020) Velvetica 4. Caribou: Never Come Back (Suddenly, 2020) City Slang/Merge 5. Oneohtrix Point Never: Auto & Allo (Drive Time Suite, 2020) Warp 6. Freak Heat Waves: I'm Zapped (Zap the Planet, 2020) Telephone Explosion 7. Cindy Lee: Plastic Raincoat (What's Tonight to Eternity, 2020) W.25th 8. Hudson Mohawke: Bloody Marshmallow (Airborne Lard, 2020) Warp 9. Vanille: Fleur (2020) self-released 10. Ryan Playground: Stars are Blind (2020) self-released 11. Anna von Hausswolff: Theatre of Nature (All Thoughts Fly, 2020) Southern

Actress Linda Manz (1961-2020) had a short varied career but she debuted in Terrence Malick's 1978 film Days of Heaven, so we'll hear selections from the dearly departed Ennio Morricone's score. We also review some of the recent Emmy winners and continue on with a look at the 39th Vancouver International Film Festival. 1. Primal Scream: Kill All Hippies (XTRMNTR, 2000) Creation/Astralwerks/Epic 2. Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Slow Dance (Keyboard Fantasies, 2017) Invisible City/Seance Centre 3. Sarah Davachi: Ruminant (Cantus, Descant, 2020) Late Music 4. Mychael Danna: Mrs Ginsburg (On the Basis of Sex OST, 2018) Masterworks 5. Mychael Danna: Go On, Professor Ginsburg (On the Basis of Sex OST, 2018) Masterworks 6. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross: How the West was Really Won (The Watchmen Volume 1: Music from the HBO Series, 2019) The Null Corporation 7. Ludwig Göransson: The Baby (The Mandalorian: Chapter 8 OST, 2019) Walt Disney 8. Terence Blanchard: Gotta Go (Harriet OST, 2019) Back Lot 9. The Robert Glas

In light of even stranger times, this episode looks at the songs from the mockumentary Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. We also touch upon the 2nd Record Store Day of 2020 and preview the Vancouver International Film Festival which starts this week in its virtual version. 1. LA Priest: Black Smoke (Gene, 2020) Domino 2. Tangerine Dream: Cold Smoke (Electronic Meditation, 1970) Ohr 3. Thanya Iyer: Let the Smoke Clear (Kind, 2020) Top Shelf 4. Haviah Mighty: Smoke [w.Clairmont the Second] (13th Floor, 2019) self-released 5. Ian William Craig: The Smokefallen (Red Sun Through Smoke, 2020) Fatcat 6. Jess Williamson: Smoke (Sorceress, 2020) Mexican Summer 7. Toots & the Maytals: Funky Kingston (Funky Kingston, 1973) Dragon/Mango 8. Mudies All-Stars: Lorna's Dance (500% Dynamite, 2001) Soul Jazz 9. Jody Glenham: Friday Night Lights (Mood Rock, 2020) Summer Witch 10. Kaytranada: Oh No [w.Estelle] (Bubba, 2019) RCA 11. Kaytranada: September 21 (Bubba, 2019) RCA 12. Michael J Lewis: Edwina's Theme [from Th

We profile only some of the music associated with film composer Johnny Mandel (1925-2020), along with paying tribute to actor Chadwick Boseman, Silver Apples' Simeon Coxe, Kool & the Gang's Ronald Bell & jazz bassist Gary Peacock as autumn looms. 1. Ludwig Göransson: A King's Sunset [w.Baaba Maal] (Black Panther OST, 2018) Interscope 2. Ludwig Göransson: Wake Up T'Challa (Black Panther OST, 2018) Interscope 3. Kendrick Lamar: Black Panther (Black Panther: The Album, 2018) Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope 4. Khalid, Swae Lee & Badbadnotgood: The Ways (Black Panther: The Album, 2018) Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope 5. Byard Lancaster: Drummers from Ibadan (Soul Love Now: The Black Fire Records Story 1975-1993, 2020) Strut 6. St. Panther: These Days (These Days EP, 2020) Nice Life/How So 7. Orkestra Mendoza: Boogaloo Arizona [w.Amparo Sánchez] (Curandero, 2020) Glitterbeat 8. Kool & The Gang: Summer Madness (Light of Worlds, 1974) De-Lite 9. Kool & The Gang: Hollywood Swinging (Wild and Peaceful, 1973) De-L

Part four of our all-ambient adventure series, featuring recent quiet music along with a couple West Coast gems from 2011 in the lead-up to what looks like a strange school year. 1. Suzanne Ciani: Denali (Music for Denali EP, 2020) Finders Keepers 2. Joanna Brouk: Golden Cloud Layers (The Space Between, 1981) Hummingbird 3. Channelers: The Depth of Rest (The Depth of Rest, 2019) Inner Islands 4. Corey Fuller: Sanctuary (Sanctuary, 2020) self-released 5. Huerta: Plant Memory (Junipero, 2020) Voyage 6. NNGM: Metz Get Lost [Finding Home in the Blank City] (2020) Norman Milk 7. Loscil: Stave Peak (Coast/Range/Arc, 2011) Glacial Movements 8. X41: Shiretoko (2011) basic_sounds 9. Ennio Morricone: Mesa Verde (Sonorizzazioni: Ecologia, 1983) Cinevox radiofreegak@gmail.com twitter.com/hundredaire www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies

We profile filmmaker Alan Parker (1944-2020) and music from his wide variety of song-centric films, including Midnight Express, Bugsy Malone, Fame, Birdy, The Commitments & Mississippi Burning. And with the end of summer looming, we also touch upon the 2020 edition of Vancouver's Victory Square Block Party, now a Watch Party in light of Covid-19. 1. Ghia: What's Your Voodoo (You Won't Sleep on My Pillow 7", 1991) Mikado 2. Teen Daze: Ocean Floor (Bioluminescence, 2019) Flora 3. Dumb: Fugue (Club Nites, 2019) Mint 4. Bedwetters Anonymous: Dog (R.U. Experiencing Discomfort, 2019) self-released 5. Non La: Explained (demos, 2019) self-released 6. Kardias Quing: Make It Last (2020) self-released 7. Turunesh: Peninsula Fantasy (Coastal Cider, 2019) self-released 8. Tor: Cymbol (Blue Book, 2016) Loci 9. Plexiglass: Car Tapes (demos, 2020) self-released 10. Laverne: Augustus (2020) self-released 11. Vladislav Delay, Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare: 520 (500-Push-Up, 2020) Sub Rosa 12. Bully: Where to Sta

Actor Ian Holm (1931-2020) will be our throughline for this episode as we finally tackle The Lord of the Rings with cues from Howard Shore's score from the first film in the trilogy: 2001's The Fellowship of the Ring. We also continue with our Polaris Prize preview, eulogise American politician John Lewis (1940-2020) and look over the first part of the 2020 edition of Record Store Day with an Ennio Morricone repressing. 1. Ennio Morricone: Un Sursaut (Peur Sur la Ville: Bande Originale du Film, 2020) Wewantsounds 2. Fifth of Heaven: Just a Little More (Rainer Trueby presents Soulgliding, 2020) BBE 3. Kassian: Hackney Tenor (China White VA, 2020) China White 4. Hypnotone: Dream Beam (Hypnotone, 1990) Creation 5. Primal Scream: Don't Fight It, Feel It (Screamdelica, 1991) Creation/Sire 6. AceMo: Mind Cave (Mind Jungle, 2020) self-released 7. Rina Sawayama: Dynasty (Sawayama, 2020) Dirty Hit 8. Lou Canon: Aurelie (Audomatic Body, 2020) Paper Bag 9. Jaga Jazzist: Apex (Pyramid, 2020) Brainfeeder 10. Th

Part 3 of our all-ambient adventures here to help counter any anxiety with Covid-19 resurgence, election tampering, port explosions or threats to public & private figures. Let's all step into the forest of our mind and listen to nature anew. 1. Julianna Barwick: Healing is a Miracle (Healing is a Miracle, 2020) Ninja Tune 2. Museum of No Art: Three Years Later [The Formation of a New Animal] (Museum of No Art, 2020) Séance Centre 3. Museum of No Art: Minimal Default on a Clear Blue Day (Museum of No Art, 2020) Séance Centre 4. Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini: Stills (Illusion of Time, 2020) Mute/Phantasy 5. Loscil: Faults (Faults, Coasts, Lines, 2020) self-released 6. El-P: Walking in to a Dream (Capone OST, 2020) Milan 7. Laraaji: Meditation No. 1 (Ambient 3: Day of Radiance, 1980) Editions EG 8. Nicolás Jaar: Menysid (Cenizas, 2020) Other People 9. Meteoric Twin: Yul/Wind (Éeya EP, 2020) self-released 10. Patrick Holland: Soaked (Reality Picture, 2020) Verdicchio 11. Aphex Twin: [untitled] "St

With summer in full heat, this episode acts as a reprieve of sorts from current events to include a good portion devoted to surf music! We'll profile The Sandal's score to the seminal 1966 film The Endless Summer, feature some Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet live tracks and covers and other reverb-heavy waveridin' tunes. The first half of the show feels more like the drive out of the city towards the beach as we pay tribute to Emmit Rhodes and Malik B from The Roots along with our continued 2020 Polaris Prize preview. Cowabunga y'all. 1 - Poolside: Around the Sun [w.Amo Amo] (Low Season, 2020) Pacific Standard 2 - Sandro Perri: Soft Landing (Soft Landing, 2019) Constellation 3 - Tough Age: Repose (Which Way Am I?, 2020) Mint 4 - Jody Glenham: The Sound (Mood Rock, 2020) self-released 5 - Ennio Morricone: Indagine Su Un Cittadino Al Di Sopra Di Ogni Sospetto [Finale Stereo mix] (Indagine Su Un Cittadino Al Di Sopra Di Ogni Sospetto: Colonna Sonora Originale, 1970) Cinevox 6 - The Palace Guard: All Night

This encore presentation of what originally aired 2013 June 17 is devoted to two film scores by the now late great composer Ennio Morricone (1928-2020): 1966's The Battle of Algiers and 1967's Death Rides a Horse. Some edits made based on time and relevance but there are bonus 2020 elements bookending this repeat. Full details: https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20130617/ 1. White Poppy: Green & Growing (Drifter's Gold, 2013) Constellation 2. gak: XHM #171 - il Maestro, sezione due [edited] (Exploding Head Movies, 2013) CITR 3. Yo-Yo Ma & Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra: Main Theme from Casualities of War (Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone, 2004) Sony Classical radiofreegak@gmail.com twitter.com/hundredaire https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies

It's Pride Week in Vancouver, so amongst other LGBTQ+ gems both new and old, we'll profile Owen Pallett's score to the recent Hulu documentary Spaceship Earth. Raise all the colours! 1. Kym Mazelle: Young Hearts Run Free (Romeo + Juliet OST, 1996) Capitol 2. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom: Relevée [Carl Craig remix] (Relevée Remixes, 2006) DFA 3. Arca: Nonbinary (KiCK i, 2020) XL 4. Rae Spoon: Do Whatever the Heck You Want (Bodiesofwater, 2018) Coax 5. Your Gay Thoughts: Aperol Spritz (SVMMER SVN: VOLVME 4, 2016) Svnset Waves 6. Backxwash: Redemption [w.Will Owen Bennett] (God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It, 2020) self-released 7. Shamir: On My Own (Shamir, 2020) self-released 8. FaltyDL: New Lover (Flechazo EP, 2019) Studio Barnhus 9. Christine & the Queens: People, I've Been Sad (La Vita Nuova EP, 2020) Because Music 10. Lido Pimienta: Nada [w.Li Saumet] (Miss Colombia, 2020) ANTI- 11. Cabrini-Greens and Cornbread: Stomps & Shouts [Jamie 3:26 Basement edit w.Braxton Holmes] (A Ta

The vast array of films by the director Joel Schumacher (1939-2020) will be our profile for this colourful episode, primarily focusing on St Elmo's Fire & The Lost Boys but we'll touch upon early films he worked costumes on like Car Wash and then latter insanity like the 1990s Batman films. 1. Uilab: St Elmo's Fire [radio edit] (Fires EP, 1997) Duophonic Super 45s 2. Active Surplus: Yaye (Active Surplus 12", 2020) Pacific Rhythm 3. Jody Glenham: Barely Alive (Mood Rock, 2020) FORTHCOMING! 4. Annie: American Cars (Dark Hearts, 2020) Annie Melody 5. Monokle: 2020 (2020, 2020) Fuselab 6. Lou Canon: Ancient Chamber (Audomatic Body, 2020) Paper Bag 7. U.S. Girls: 4 American Dollars (Heavy Light, 2020) 4AD 8. Dixie's Death Pool: The Balance of Life is Restored (Twilight, Sound Mountain, 2017) Leisure Thief 9. HAIM: 3AM (Women in Music Pt III, 2020) Columbia 10. Ariel Pink: One Summer Night (Pom Pom, 2014) 4AD 11. Simona Castricum: GNC City (Panic/Desire 12", 2020) Trans-Brunswick Express 12. Pop Smoke:

The moment I've dreaded for years has come to pass: Ennio Morricone è morte (1928-2020). In honour of this prolific composer, this episode revives a lost podcast segment about a concert review from Dublin circa 2017 and some of his famous pieces performed that wondrous night. We also dig into his non-film work involving il Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza and strange little covers. Mourn not, for his life was long and epic. 1. Humans: Ennio (Noontide, 2015) Hybridity 2. Cheryl Duvall: Anna Höstman's Yellow Bird (Harbour, 2020) Redshift 3. Mountain Man: Through My Sails (Lagniappe Session, 2018) Aquarium Drunkard 4. Wax Machine: Mysty Mountain (Earthsong of Silence, 2020) Beyond Beyond is Beyond 5. Ramzi: Birdz Attack (Phobiza "Dia": Volume 1, 2016) Total Stasis 6. The New Pornographers: Darling Shade (Whiteout Conditions, 2017) Dine Alone/Collected Works/Concord 7. Lido Pimienta: La Capacidad (La Papessa, 2016) self-released 8. Animal Collective: Piggy Knows (Bridge to Quiet EP, 2020) Domino

In light of anxious times, we have another all-ambient episode to help ease your worried soul. I. Nine Inch Nails: Together (Ghosts V: Together, 2020) The Null Corporation II. Tim Hecker: In the Fog II (Ravedeath 1972, 2011) Kranky III. Loscil: Ryou-Un Maru (Adrift, 2020) self-released IV. Code Abi: Carry Effort [w.Light Blending In] (Desperate Cycle, 2018) Downpour Spirit V. Emissive: Ontario Space Pt. I (Ontario Space, 2020) self-released VI. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Remembering (The Mosaic of Transformation, 2020) Ghostly International VII. Emily A Sprague: A Lake (Water Memory/Mount Vision, 2019) Rvng Intl. VIII. Blanck Mass: Weakling Flier (Blanck Mass, 2011) Rock Action IX. Brian Eno: I Dormienti (I Dormienti, 1999) Opal X. Canada Effervescent: Shoretroopa (Ridin' America, 2017) Constellation Tatsu XI. Sheila Chandra: Sacred Stones (Weaving My Ancestors' Voices, 1992) Real World/Virgin Canada radiofreegak@gmail.com twitter.com/hundredaire www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies

With Canada Day approaching as British Columbia enters Phase 3 of the Covid-19 pandemic, the idea of a road trip seems more possible. Therefore, we profile the 1996 mockumentary Hard Core Logo and its wild roots tied to Vancouver punk and the Hard Rock Miners. 1. Cygnets: Run with Us (2014) self-released 2. Active Surplus: Ambrosia (Active Surplus 12", 2020) Pacific Rhythm 3. TOPS: Colder & Closer [Patrick Holland remix] (2020) self-released 4. Josiah Everhart: Dead Moons (Yearn in Years, 2020) self-released 5. Colin Wylie: Surf Wawa (That's Good, 2019) self-released 6. Sault: Bow [w.Michael Kiwanuka] (Untitled/Black Is, 2020) Forever Living Originals 7. Algiers: The Underside of Power (The Underside of Power, 2017) Matador 8. Richard Ryder & the 8th Wonder: Phase III (Phase III 7", 1972) Y'Blood 9. Marques Martin: Hailey (2020) self-released 10. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges: Midnight (Texas Sun EP, 2020) Dead Oceans/Columbia/Night Time Stories 11. x/o: Aeon (Solidarity, 2020) self-released 12. Nick

In honour of saxophonist, arranger and composer Lennie Niehaus (1929-2020), we'll profile some of his music associated with Clint Eastwood's films, such as City Heat, The Bridges of Madison County and Unforgiven. Plenty of new music abounds too in this summery episode. 1. Bruce Peninsula: Summertime (No Earthly Sound, 2020) self-released 2. Bloto: Mady (Erozje, 2020) Astigmatic 3. Wyatt Waddell: Fight! (2020) Rosebud/ONErpm 4. Constantines: Call Me Out (2020) self-released 5. The Hang Ten Gallon Hats: Giddy Up Surfboard (Giddy Up Surfboard, 2020) self-released 6. Apollo Ghosts: Late Night Vietnamese Restaurant (Local Delivery Only, 2020) self-released 7. Dead Ghosts: Swiping Hubcaps (Automatic Changer, 2020) Burger 8. Hodge: The World is New Again (Shadows in Blue, 2020) Houndstooth 9. The Pointer Sisters: How Long/Betcha Got a Chick on the Side (Steppin', 1975) ABC/Blue Thumb 10. The Avalanches: Running Red Lights [w.Rivers Cuomo & Pink Siifu] (2020) Universal Australia 11. Nicola Cruz: Levanta Muertos (Fue

Summer is soon upon us so let's finally listen to Colin Stetson's score to the recent HP Lovecraft adaptation Colour Out of Space as we get unsettled with unspeakable horrors amongst plenty of saxophones, pianos and other newish music. We also touch upon the virtual 2020 edition of the Vancouver DOXA Documentary Film Festival, running June 18-26 (https://www.doxafestival.ca/) when not pretending that we're on some other farm. 1. Young Galaxy: Title Fight (demo, 2020) self-released 2. Ricardo Villalobos: Dexter (Alcachofa, 2003) Playhouse 3. Ricardo Villalobos: Dexter [2 Lone Swordsmen mix] (Fabric 19: Andrew Weatherall, 2004) Fabric 4. Ty: Don't Watch That [Knickers, Y Fronts & Jockstraps] (Closer, 2006) Big Dada 5. Jacaszek: The Iron Bridge (Music for Film, 2020) Ghostly International 6. Moka Only: Handclap Shadack (It Can Do, 2020) Urbnet 7. James Blake: Mile High [w.Metro Boomin & Travis Scott] (Assume Form, 2019) Polydor 8. Nicolas Jaar: Vanish (Cenizas, 2020) Other People 9. Against All Logic: I