Citr -- Exploding Head Movies

Prepped for this year's 24 Hours of Radio Art but missing a cutoff time, this is a superlong version of Alvin Lucier doing his seminal sound art piece I Am Sitting in a Room from a 1980 recording. You can hear that generation loss and overtone frequency collection build up over the 45 minutes. This will eventually air at a later time on CITR as part of a capsule radio art episode via Bepi Crespan's show, which you can listen on Fridays 2-3:30pm Pacific or anytime via https://www.citr.ca/radio/bepi-crespan-presents/ [unknown] Open Tones Alvin Lucier: I Am Sitting in a Room (I Am Sitting in a Room, 1980) Lovely Music Suzanna Ciani: Analogue Mountain (Music for Denali EP, 2020) Finder Keepers

24 Hours of Radio Art lands on a Monday this year, so Exploding Head Movies morphs in honour of all the noise that mixes field recordings from parts of the world that feel even further away during a pandemic along with newish experimental music and tributes to those composers who recently left us, including the main chair sitter himself Alvin Lucier (1931-2021). [01] Socotra Soundscapes: 2013-03-13 Al Mukalla, Yemen - Felix Airways Takeoff Announcement & Pre-Flight Prayer [Riyan to Socotra] (Socotra Soundscapes: Field Recordings from the Archipelago, 2017) Faulty Machine Recordings Service [02] Apartment House: Fourteen (John Cage's Number Pieces, 2021) Another Timbre [03] Alvin Lucier: Music on a Long Thin Wire [edit] (OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music 1948-1980, 1980) Ellipsis Arts [04] Anthony Burr, Charles Curtis & Robin Hayward: Alvin Lucier's Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Tuba (Chamber Music: Alvin Lucier & Morton Feldman, 2019) Important [05] Pauline Kim & Conrad Harris: Alvin Lucier's Love S

gak marks 14 years on CITR with a long-overdue countrified episode tied to Merle Haggard (1937-2016), the western sound of Bakersfield, California and music from the video game Red Dead Redemption 2. Yeehaw! 1. Laura Cantrell: 14th Street (Humming by the Flowered Vine, 2005) Matador 2. Jeff Gunn, Koi Anunta & Mike Sleath: Spiritus Momentous [Never Give Up, Opus 2] (Momentum, 2022) self-released 3. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Going Where the Lonely Go (Raise the Roof [deluxe edition], 2021) Rounder/Concord/Warner Bros 4. Big Thief: Spud Infinity (Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, 2022) 4AD 5. The Hang Ten Gallon Hats: Cactus Juice (Giddy Up Surfboard, 2021) Dive In 6. The Cactus Blossoms: Mississippi (You're Dreaming, 2016) Red House 7. Rank & File: Amanda Ruth (Sundown, 1982) Slash/Warner Bros 8. Rubber Rodeo: The Theme from Rubber Rodeo (Rubber Rodeo EP, 1982) Eat 9. Jerry Reed: Amos Moses (Georgia Sunshine, 1970) RCA Victor 10. Beastie Boys: 5-Piece Chicken Dinner (Paul's Boutique, 1989

The year is 2022 and despite all our hopes, we enter uncertain times, which we'll underscore since this new year is the setting of the 1973 dystopian science fiction film Soylent Green with music by Fred Myrow. We play catchup with recent departed souls along with digging up some best-of songs from 2021 whilst teasing at music already due out this year. 1. Ann-Margret: New Year's Greetings (Christmas/New Year's Greetings 7", 1963) RCA Victor/Groove 2. The Beatles: Like Making an Album?/I've Got a Feeling [Take 10] (Let It Be [Super Deluxe version], 2021) Apple 3. Sarah Neufeld: The Top (Detritus, 2021) 4. The Monkees: Daily Nightly (Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd, 1967) Colgems 5. The Moody Blues: We're Broken (A Slight Disturbance in My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds of 1966, 2020) Grapefruit 6. Vincent Parker: Waiting on Bad News (For Nothing Tho..., 2021) self-released 7. Andrew Gold: Thank You for Being a Friend (All This and Heaven Too, 1978) Asylum 8. Sonny Curtis: Love is

As 2021 draws to a merciful close, we take stock of the music released this year and focus on Japanese Breakfast, who had a busy year, including the soundtrack to the video game Sable. We don't do "best of"'s here; we review the past 12 months and press forwards. 1. CFCF: welcome.WAV (Memoryland, 2021) BGM 2. DJ Harrison: 2021 Disco (Tales from the Old Dominion, 2021) Stones Throw 3. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & London Symphony Orchestra: Movement 6 (Promises, 2021) Luaka Bop 4. TV Priest: Journal of a Plague Year (Uppers, 2021) Sub Pop/Hand in Hive 5. Clown College Dropout: 2021 (2021, 2021) 155 6. Parquet Courts: Walking at a Downtown Pace (Sympathy for Live, 2021) Rough Trade 7. Modwump: Vaccine for the Masses (Music for Bunkers, 2021) Submarine Broadcasting Company 8. Squid: Narrator [w.Martha Skye Murphy] (Bright Green Field, 2021) Warp 9. Circuit des Yeux: Vanishing (-io, 2021) Matador 10. Bell Orchestre: Closing (House Music, 2021) Erased Tapes 11. Vanille: Phonème (Soleil '96, 2021)

For our 14th annual holiday episode, Mr Kent of Toronto nobly volunteered to sift through hundreds of weird Christmas songs to come up with a joyful selection of atypical carols amidst the doom & continued gloom that is Covid Christmas II. Tweaks were made for airtime amongst other recently released tunes & other related updates as we profile Henry Mancini's & Leslie Bricusse's music from 1985 Santa Claus: The Movie. Ho ho ho! Read Kent's reviews with his comrade Toast of visual media: https://wedisagree.blogspot.com/ (do note that they often agree with each other). Remember kids: Christmas trees and gasoline don't mix. 1. The Vancouver Midmores to the Regina Midmores: Christmas Greetings (Christmas Greetings 10", 1952) CKWX/Audiodisc 2. Maylee Todd: I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada 4, 2012) The Line of Best Fit 3. Sinikka Langeland: Winter Rune (Wolf Rune, 2021) ECM 4. Nicole Atkins: Every Single Christmas (Every Single Christmas 7", 2020) self-released 5. The Dears:

Tonight, tonight, we pay tribute to the great American musical composer Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021), tackling only some of his notable pieces in his glorious songbook (since he wrote a lot of great pieces), leading up to the recent Steven Spielberg remake of West Side Story. 1. David Bowie: New Angels of Promise [Omikron: The Nomad Soul version, remastered] (Brilliant Adventure 1992-2001, 2021) Parlophone/ISO 2. Modula: Omicron Ballad [Sisterhood remix] (Omicron Ballad 12", 2014) Tief 3. Courtney Barnett: Take It Day by Day (Things Take Time, Take Time, 2021) Milk!/Mom + Pop/Marathon Artists 4. Light Blending In: Moving Onwards (The Prettiest Flowers Have the Sharpest Thorns, 2021) self-released 5. Badbadnotgood: Unfolding/Momentum 73 [w.Laraaji] (Talk Memory, 2021) XL/Innovative Leisure 6. The Magnetic Fields: Take Ecstasy with Me [w.Susan Anway] (Holiday, 1994) Feel Good All Over 7. The Jazz Butcher: The Party's Over [live] (Brave New Waves Sessions, 2017) Artoffact 8. Hildur Guðnadóttir: Floods (

In honour of Finnish Independence Day today, we celebrate one of my homeland's most wonderful exports: the Moomin! Tove Jansson's characters have been adapted into multiple television & film adaptations, so we'll sample many of the sounds found in that valley, along with the rest of Finland and some of its Canadian diaspora. All responsibilities are only a nuisance. YKSI/ The Tragically Hip: Montreal [live] (Saskadelphia EP, 2021) Universal KAKSI/ Loscil: Orta (Clara, 2021) Kranky KOLME/ Wallgrin: Silver Trail (2021) Heavy Lark NELJÄ/ The New Pornographers: The Fake Headlines (Mass Romantic, 2000) Mint VIISI/ Tor: Inkeri (Oasis Sky, 2021) Eleuthera KUUSI/ Bahamas: Can't Complain (Sad Hunk, 2020) Brushfire SEITSÄMÄN/ Apollo Ghosts: Flamingo (Local Delivery Only, 2020) self-released KAHDEKSAN/ Nathan Shubert: Lappeenranta (When You Take Off Your Shoes, 2019) Bigo & Twigetti YHDEKSÄN/ Armahain: Kolme (Being Human, 2016) self-released KYMMENEN/ Niemi: Joella (Spiraalit/Spirals, 2020) Bafe's Factory/Nor

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) was primarily known as a painter but he also dabbled in film & music, which intersect in Downtown 81, originally released in 2000 after some rework. Along with the mutant disco & no wave sounds of the Lower East Side, we'll also mark Hanukkah, some recent deaths and events in Vancouvertown as 1st Advent has also passed. 01. Hiss Golden Messenger: Hanukkah Dance (O Come All Ye Faithful, 2021) Merge 02. Sarah Davachi: Abeyant (Antiphonals, 2021) Late Music 03. Yo La Tengo: Eight Candles (Hanukkah+, 2019) Verve Forecast 04. Club Sofa: This Hanukkah (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada XI, 2019) The Line of Best Fit 05. Kilometre Club: I Have a Little Dreidel (A Lasting Light: Ambient Hanukkah, 2021) Sound Meditation 06. Lee Maracle, Chuck D & Neo-Mafia: R U Uncomfortable (Your Silence Will Not Protect You: Volume 1, 1989) Maya Music 07. Margo Guryan: Don't Go Away (Take a Picture, 1968) Bell 08. Huevos Rancheros: Evacuation (Dig In!, 1995) Mint 09. Dave Frishberg: I'm Hip (Dave Frishber

It's amazing to think that 50 years into their career, Sparks keep building up momentum. Your favourite band's favourite band are the subject of the 2020 documentary The Sparks Brothers along with providing the story and songs to Leos Carax's 2021 film Annette, so our profile focuses on Russell & Ron Mael. #1 The Books: We Bought the Flood (The Way Out, 2010) Temporary Residence #2 Jex Opolis: Soft Guidance [Insomnia mix] (Bad Timin' Volume II, 2021) Good Timin' #3 DijahSB: Head Above the Waters (Head Above the Waters, 2021) AWAL #4 Taabu: The Flood [w.DJ Dem Ones] (Bellows, 2021) self-released #5 Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet: The Flood Waters were Upon the World (Noah OST, 2014) Nonesuch #6 The Schomberg Fair: The Fire, The Flood (Providence EP, 2012) Slick Monkey #7 Neko Case: Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, 2006) ANTI- #8 Alexandre Desplat: Evacuation (The Midnight Sky: Music from the Netflix Film, 2020) ABKCO #9 Yoko Kanno & The Seatbelts: Tank [Power of Kung Fo

gak walks without rhythm as to not attract the worm. With Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's scifi series Dune finally out in theatres (though just Part One for now), we'll profile Hans Zimmer's score from that film along with Toto's soundtrack to David Lynch's failed though charming 1984 version. 1. The Luvmenauts: Spice Always Flows (Extravehicular Activity EP, 2021) Do Right! Music 2. Mas Aya: Key (Máscaras, 2021) Telephone Explosion 3. Kaytranada: Oh No [w.Estelle] (BUBBA, 2019) RCA 4. TOPS: Party Again (2021) self-released 5. Umberto: Threat Level Assessment (Archenemy OST, 2021) Milan 6. The Weather Station: Atlantic (Ignorance, 2021) Fat Possum 7. Sam Tudor: Dance Call (Two Half Words, 2021) Creative BC 8. Demetrio Cecchitelli: Nuance 01 (Nuance, 2021) Élan Vital 9. The Cowboy Junkies: Desire Lines (Ghosts, 2020) Latent Recordings 10. Faye Webster: A Dream with a Baseball Player (I Know I'm Funny Haha, 2021) Secretly Canadian 11. Wodwo: Low-Sung (You Only Call Me When There'

With the latest James Bond film No Time to Die finally screening in theatres after a pandemic delay, we profile Hans Zimmer's nostalgic score to 007's latest adventure. We also touch upon other spy themes as we catch up on non-horror news, paying tribute to Chicago house legend Paul Johnson, production music library maestro Alan Hawkshaw, lyricist Leslie Bricusse and one misunderstood shark. 001 Thomas Newman: Day of the Dead [w.Tambuco] (Spectre OST, 2015) Decca/Universal Music Classics 002 JLK & Babysitter: All Saints Down (II, 2013) Resurrection 003 All Saints: Rock Steady [MSTRKRFT remix] (Rock Steady single, 2006) Parlophone 004 Paul Johnson: Hear the Music (Hear the Music 12", 1996) Peacefrog 005 Alan Hawkshaw: Troubleshooter 2 (Move with the Times, 1973) KPM 006 Alan Hawkshaw: Dave Allen at Large (Mo'Hawk: The Essential Vibes & Grooves 1967-1975, 2003) RPM 007 Alan Hawkshaw: The Night Rider (The Sound Gallery: Volume 1, 1995) Scamp 008 Explosions in the Sky: Autumn (Big Bend: An Original Sound

With Hallowe'en this Sunday, this episode truly brings the horror as we profile David Julyan's score to the 2011 film The Cabin in the Woods. This I offer in humility and fear. 01. Trailer: Last House on the Left (Exploitation Radio Spots, 1972) Funky Frolic 02. The Velvet Underground & Nico: All Tomorrow's Parties (The Velvet Underground: A Documentary Film by Todd Haynes OST, 2021) Republic 03. Fail & Hendekagon: Rust IV (Rust, 2021) Adventurous Music 04. The Zanies: The Blob (The Blob 7", 1958) ERA 05. Alan Hawkshaw: The Yeti (Great Mysteries of the World, 1981) Bruton 06. Alan Hawkshaw: Ouija (Great Mysteries of the World, 1981) Bruton 07. Beak> Oh Know (Oh Know/Ah Yeh, 2021) Invada 08. Vulgar, You! Muy Tornado (Fais-Mois Cuire, Fais-Moi Jouir, 2011) self-released 09. Kilometre Club: I Wanna Seance with Somebody [Who Haunts Me] (Spooky Season 2, 2021) Subway Delay Due To Track Maintenance 10. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: Hand of God (Carnage, 2021) Goliath 11. Bat for Lashes: Vampires (Lost Girls

October horrors continue in the lead up to Hallowe'en as we look into the mirror and call the Candyman, both the 2021 version scored by Robert AA Lowe and the 1992 original by Philip Glass. 1. Bob Stone: Sweet Talking Candyman [1st version] (Beyond the Valley of the Dolls OST, 2004) 20th Century Fox 2. Lyra Pramuk & Kara-Lis Coverdale: Returnless (Delta, 2021) Bedroom Community 3. Tirzah: Colourgrade (Colourgrade, 2021) Domino 4. Ethel Cain: Unpunishable (Inbred EP, 2021) Daughters of Cain FIVE! T Griffin: Void Room and Reliquary (The Proposal OST, 2021) Constellation 6. ACTORS: Strangers (Acts of Worship, 2021) Artoffact 7. Andrew Weatherall: All the Little Things [That Make Life Worth Living] (A Pox on the Pioneers, 2009) Rotters Golf Club 8. Être Ensemble: E (CLOSE, 2021) A Red Thread 9. Ghost Twin: Candle (2021) Artoffact 10. Hildegard: Jour 4 (Hildegard, 2021) Chivi Chivi 11. John Oliver and Stefan Östersjö: Aerial (Isolation Journal, 2020) self-released 12. Mourning Coup: Ishtar (Solidarity

For your Canadian Thanksgiving enjoyment, this perfectly tailored episode will ease with the digestion of any meals whilst reminding of you others as we profile Ludwig Göransson & Nathan Matthew David's electro score to the 2018 horror comedy Slice. I. The Murk Family with Accompanist Betty Bowman: We Gather Together (Holiday Musicale, 196?) MFM II. Gordon Grdina's Nomad Trio: Thanksgiving (Nomad, 2020) Skirl III. Butthole Surfers: Turkey & Dressing (After the Astronaut, 1998) Capitol IV. Black Sabbath: Cornucopia (Vol. 4 [Super Deluxe version], 2021) Rhino/Warner Bros V. Beatchild: Unselfish Desires (Unselfish Desires EP, 2021) BBE Music VI. Hot 8 Brass Band: Get Up [Diesler remix] (Hot 8 Remixes, 2008) Tru Thoughts VII. The Meters: Oh, Calcutta! (Look-Ka Py Py, 1969) Josie/Jubilee VIII. EMS Synthi 100: Movement 4 (DEEWEE Sessions Vol. 01, 2020) Deewee/The Vinyl Factory IX. LaBelle: Peace with Yourself (Moon Shadow, 1972) Warner Bros X. Bush Tetras: Too Many Creeps (Too Many Creeps 7", 1980) 99

As we kick off our annual Hallowe'en Horror Month for the first October episode of 2021, we profile Mark Korven's score from the 2016 film The VVitch. We also continue with our 40th Vancouver International Film Festival profiles and pay tribute to Cabaret Voltaire's Richard H Kirk (1956-2021). 1. Bijou Noir: Start a Revolution (Expatriarch, 2021) Give/Take 2. Ricardo Villalobos: Neunachi (Neunachi EP, 2020) Rawax 3. Cabaret Voltaire: Split Second Feeling (Red Mecca, 1981) Rough Trade 4. Cabaret Voltaire: Billion Dollar (Shadow of Funk, 2020) Mute 5. Richard H Kirk: Oneski (Virtual Dreams: Ambient Explorations in the House & Techno Age 1993-1997, 2020) Music from Memory 6. A Number of Names: Sharevari (Do You Have the Force? Jon Savage's Alternate History of Electronica 1978-82, 1981) Caroline True 7. Visage: Tar (Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection [Special Dance Mix Album], 1980) Polydor 8. Laura Karpman & Raphael Saadiq: Sundown Town (Lovecraft Country: Soundtrack from the HBO Original Series, 2

This jam-packed episode will attempt to recap the music category winners from the recent Emmy awards whilst standing by for a live announcement of the 2021 Polaris Music Prize winner. Our main profile will be on Montreal act Le Matos and their score to the web series Exode. Buckle it up; it'll be quite the rodeo. 1. Willie Dunn: School Days (Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology, 2021) Light in the Attic 2. Melvin Van Peebles and Earth, Wind & Fire: Sweetback's Theme (Sweet Sweetback's Badaasssss Song OST, 1971) Stax 3. Marcus Mumford & Tom Howe: Ted Lasso Theme (Ted Lasso OST, 2020) WaterTower 4. Bo Burnham: Look Who's Inside Again (Inside: The Songs, 2021) self-released 5. Ludwig Göransson: Open the Door (The Mandalorian: Season 2 - Volume 2 [Chapters 13-16] OST, 2020) Walt Disney 6. Blake Neely: Main Title (The Flight Attendant: Season 1 OST, 2020) WaterTower 7. Carlos Rafael Rivera: Main Title (The Queen's Gambit: Music from the Netflix Limited Series, 2020) WaterTo

We dip into the Ennio Morricone archives to bring you il Maestro's score to the bleak 1968 Western The Great Silence. We also pay tribute to actors Jean-Paul Belmondo & Nino Castelnuovo, composer R Murray Schafer and wrap up our 2021 Polaris Prize nominee profile on a mostly indifferent Canadian Election Day. 1. storc: Now (II, 2019) Birdface 2. The OBGMs: Cash (The Ends, 2020) Black Box 3. Do Make Say Think: Return, Return Again (Stubborn Persistent Illusions, 2017) Constellation 4. Mustafa: Ali (When Smoke Rises, 2021) Regent Park Songs 5. TOBi: Silhouette [w.LOONY] (Elements: Volume 1, 2020) RCA 6. The Hang Ten Gallon Hats: Lonesome Desert Wail (Giddy Up Surfboard, 2021) Dive In 7. Desperate Journalist: Fault (Maximum Sorrow! 2021) Fierce Panda 8. Anita Lane: Sugar in a Hurricane (Dirty Pearl, 1993) Mute 9. Sarah Davachi: Chorus Scene (Antiphonals, 2021) Late Music 10. TV Sets: Teen Sleep (2021) self-released 11. The Northern Belle: Gemini (We Wither, We Bloom, 2020) Die With Your Boots On 12.

As the Lower Mainland heads back to classes, we profile Arcade Fire's adjacent score work, tied to films like Her, The Box and The Nest. We also touch upon Z, Serpico, The Wire and Up tied to recent news whilst gak is as prepared as he was for the first day of school (ergo, barely). 1. Sam & Dave/Win Butler, Régine Chassagne & Owen Pallett: Stay in School/Opening (gak blend, 2021) self-released 2. White Denim: Queen of the Quarantine (World as a Waiting Room, 2020) Radio Milk 3. Iñigo Vontier: Lugar Querido (Late Summer Compilation: Volume 10 Part II, 2020) Lagasta 4. Grade School: Favourite Sweater (Keep You Sane 7", 2021) Kingfisher Bluez 5. UV-TV: Overcast Forever (Always Something, 2021) PaperCup 6. Danny Elfman: Main Theme from Back to School (Music For A Darkened Theatre: Film & Television Music - Volume 1, 1990) MCA 7. Mdou Moctar: Taliat (Afrique Victime, 2021) Matador 8. Altin Gün: Yekte (Yol, 2021) Glitterbeat 9. Nicholas Britell: The War in Afghanistan/His Magnum Opus (VICE OST, 2018) Decc

Flying Lotus does the score to LeSean Thomas' alternate history anime Yasuke. We also pay tribute to drummer Charlie Watts, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Parris Bowens and the band Chromatics. gak just moved houses this week and is likely making little sense. 1. The Rolling Stones: Undercover of the Night (Undercover, 1983) self-released 2. Dream Dolphin: Take No Michi (Heisei No Oto: Japanese Left-field Pop from the CD Age 1989-1996, 2021) Music from Memory 3. Tonk: Condo (Songs to Glorify the Peasant and His Tractor, 2020) self-released 4. The Garrys: Sintaluta (Get Thee to a Nunnery, 2021) Grey 5. Shiken Honzo: Spirits are Gods (Fate Worlds, 2021) Inperspective 6. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson: Viscosity (Theory of Ice, 2021) You've Changed 7. Zoongideewin: Vibrant Colours (Bleached Wavves, 2020) Paper Bag 8. Greg Andersen: Everything Stopped (Another World: Music from Tomomi on the Farm OST, 2021) self-released 9. Erez Zobary: How (To Bloom, 2021) self-released 10. Charlotte Day Wilson: If I Could (ALPHA,