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CITY SLANG

A weekly Arts and Music podcast
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Travis interviews Sook-Yin Lee about loss, the pandemic, and surviving the four walls of your own home for a year. Plus we discuss great films with a single location, Herman Hesse, cooking face masks in Instant Pots, and bad karaoke memories. *
Travis and Emmanuel talk to the charming PHIL ELVERUM of THE MICROPHONES and MOUNT EERIE! We cover precisely why The Grateful Dead sucks, scoring free things at the dump, and nerding out over Eric's Trip. Plus we get deep on Phil's highschool r
Travis talks to Patrick Flegel of CINDY LEE and WOMEN about obscure Japanese movies, which Cormac Mccarthy novels suck, and why pop music is boundless.
We've got Toronto's MOTORISTS on the show! We get sidetracked with an extensive discussion about Jim Carrey, and which cartoons were adapted from rated R movies... but then get into the meat of the episode: Motorists handpick a car-themed set l
We interview Detroit's Deadbeat Beat outside of Cinqhole in Ottawa! We get deep into record nerd talk about King Crimson, Sparks, and 7" records with a single song on both sides. Plus we discuss shooting videos outside of nuclear power plants,
Absolutely wild episode. After a surprise family reunion at a Woolworm/Necking show in Ottawa, we put both bands through the CITY SLANG questionnaire! We learn some wild first shows from Russia, a hilarious heckle from the Richmond Night Market
Chris Murphy picks a set of three tunes, including Guided By Voices, The Kinks, The Velvet Underground, and Thrush Hermit! Plus a story about the time Sloan played a Guided By Voices cover at a Guided By Voices show, and a bonus tune from Chris
Chris Murphy of SLOAN joins us out of nowhere, invoked like a Canadian demon after we spoke about them during our 90s episode! Emmanuel has a wide-ranging conversation with Chris about how his hardcore and punk past informed Sloan, their Nirva
Big announcement! Emmanuel got a sweet new job like a total dummy, and it means from now on we're PODCAST-ONLY, and will no longer air on campus and community radio! But we're not going anywhere, and we have a giant new episode for you out now
A Mini Slang episode that got lost in the archive is resurrected! You might remember the amazing video for Tough Age's "Me in Glue" from a few months ago. Well, we loved it and got in touch with director Heather Rappard to discuss the video, he
In this bonus episode, Kait of BIG EYES picks a set of 3 tunes, including The Nice, and fellow Long-Islanders Blue Oyster Cult and The Lemon Twigs! Plus we put together a set inspired by our interview with Kait, including the Cheap Trick song t
Kait Eldridge of BIG EYES joins us after her show at BLACK SQUIRREL BOOKS to discuss the obscure sci-fi she found, the historic event that nearly killed Cheap Trick in Ottawa, her unlikely gateway band, and we somehow discuss Magic: The Gatheri
In this CITY SLANG SELECTIONS bonus episode, last episode's guest Deliluh picks three tracks to play on the show! It's a wild set spanning the three genres of music: Country, Italian electronic, and Members of The Fall.
It's our 90s episode! A full hour of the most 90s indie/college/underground rock, including a big set of cancon classics, lesser known gems, and a monumental Australian alt-rock hit that will you probably haven't heard, but it's about to blow y
DELILUH joins us to discuss ghosts, screwdriver toilets, playing in an abandoned subway station, what bands they'd boot off a cliff, and Michael Caine's coked out birthday! PLUS, it's the episode where we win an award! The NCRA awarded us with
Comic book artist Michael DeForge joins us to talk about sneaking Montreal icons into Adventure Time, Magic: The Gathering, karaoke strategies, and a hilarious story about meeting underground comix legends when he was 12! Plus we play tunes fro
Less rock more Bach! Emmanuel talks to neoclassical Pianist Alexandra Streliski about making classical music accessible, how DIY communities influenced her, and not wanting to work in the classical industry! Plus she picks a set of her influenc
Bleu Nuit join us to discuss their new album and formative late night Québécois TV! We talk French Simpsons, Bleu Nuit (the erotic TV series), and something NAMED "Call TV" that absolutely blows our minds!  PLUS we call a special guest from the
NOVEL join us from a ferry to Victoria! We untangle the Crack Cloud collective, talk about signature pies, band dogs, Tetsou The Iron Man, and taking “inspiration” from the Maxell cassette logo!
We talk to VICTIME live from a bathroom in Québec!  We discuss their recent tour, NOT taking acid in the catacombs, how to get European punks to stop smoking indoors, and they walk us through how to successfully call out a festival for gender d
The great MIKE KROL returns! One of our favourite guests joins us to discuss the burden of jean fits, what to do with a mannequin head of yourself, visiting Jack Black's house, and how to find the perfect explosion sound. PLUS a comprehensive c
Steve Sidoli (Teenanger) joins us to discuss the label he co-runs, TELEPHONE EXPLOSION and their new ambient/new age/optimistic re-issue imprint MORNING TRIP. Steve runs us through the re-issue process, the state of selling records in 2019, and
PILL join us to discuss the secret history of the dog on their cover art, crashing a state-funded artist squat in Germany, the secret members of their band (Sheila 1 and 2), and introducing their supergroup parents at the MOMA! Plus Travis goes
It's our BEST OF 2018 EPISODE! Bask in some of the funnest moments of the year with some of our favourite people: Peach Kelli Pop meets Danzig (with a Mike Krol cameo) Prenup hang out with Colin Hanks (with a Queen Latifah cameo) Lié gets Henry
Protomartyr returns! CITY SLANG correspondent Ev interviews Protomartyr frontman Joe Casey about working with other bands (including their Kim Deal collaboration), forgetting to write your lyrics down, hating the mosh pit, and learning your #1
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