XHM #802 - "No one summers like a Canadian" (2026 August 24)

While the season is still in session, we jump on a genre coined from the Beyond Yacht Rock podcast: Camaro Summer with all its 1980s hard rock simple ambitions. This embraces the five pillars of freedom: summer, cars, nights, weekends & rock'n'roll. gak runs you to paradise and back so buckle. 01. Judas Priest: Wild Nights, Hot & Crazy Days (Turbo, 1986) Columbia 02. Union Suit: August August (Held Onto, 2014) self-released 03. Worrywart: Pretty (Hail Mary Baby, 2024) self-released 04. Boymoder: Suffocation Summer (648Queenswailing, 2023) self-released 05. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Fish Sauce (2Kindsa Love single, 1996) Matador 06. Mock Media: Built for Speed (Rat Bastard, 2026) Mac's Record Label 07. Wine Lips: Fried V (TV Dinner, 2026) Stomp 08. Elliott Easton's Tiki Gods: Monte Carlo Nights (Jackie Brown OST, 1997) Maverick/A Band Apart/Warner Bros 09. PUP: Hunger for Death (Who Will Look After the Dogs? 2025) Rise 10. Peaches: Grip (No Lube So Rude, 2026) Kill Rock Stars 11. Barbacoa: Pharoah's Camaro (Pharoah's Camaro, 2021) self-released 12. The Beaches: Last Girls at the Party (c, 2025) AWAL 13. Suzi Quatro: Can the Can (Suzi Quatro, 1973) RAK 14. Jake Holmes: Camaro (Music from Building a Better Way, 1974) Chevrolet 15. Joan Jett: Do You Wanna Touch Me [Oh Yeah] (Bad Reputation, 1980) Blackheart 16. Pat Benatar: All Fired Up (Wide Awake in Dreamland, 1988) Chrysalis 17. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Having an Average Weekend '78 (Sport Fishin' Accessories single, 1993) Cargo/Jetpac 18. Girlschool: Up All Night (Take a Bite, 1988) GWR 19. 45 Grave: Partytime (Sleep in Safety, 1983) Enigma 20. Huevos Rancheros: Branded (Cindy with an S 7", 1992) Lucky 21. Chrissy Steele: Love You 'till It Hurts (Magnet to Steele, 1991) Capitol/Chrysalis 22. Lee Aaron: Danger Zone (Call of the Wild, 1985) Attic 23. Van Halen: Intruder (Diver Down, 1982) Warner Bros 24. Darby Mills: Never Look Back (Flying Solo, 2015) self-released 25. Toronto: Girls Night Out (Girls Night Out, 1983) Solid Gold/MCA 26. Edward Van Halen: Donut City (The Wild Life OST, 1984) MCA 27. Vixen: Streets in Paradise (Rev It Up, 1990) EMI 28. Vixen: Runnin' (Rare Vintage, 2018) Renaissance 29. Journey: 1990's Theme (Tron OST, 1982) CBS/Disney 30. The New Pornographers: Your Daddy Don't Know (Fubar the Album, 2002) Aquarius 31. Night Ranger: This Boy Needs to Rock (Explorers OST, 2026) MCA/Island/Intrada 32. Richard Berhke: Vega GT, Corvette, Camaro (Building a Better Way to See the USA, 1972) Chevrolet 33. Y&T: Summertime Girls (Open Fire, 1985) A&M 34. Hot Date: Do It to You (Spring Break OST, 1983) Warner Bros 35. Elmer Bernstein & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Getting Bombed (Heavy Metal [expanded score], 2024) La-La Land/Asylum/Columbia 36. Don Felder: Heavy Metal [Takin' a Ride] (Heavy Metal OST, 1981) Full Moon/Asylum 37. Riggs: Radar Rider (Heavy Metal OST, 1981) Full Moon/Asylum 38. Sigur Rós: Untitled (Route One, 2017) Krúnk/XL 39. Bonnie Tyler: Here She Comes (Metropolis OST, 1984) Columbia/CBS 40. The Puppini Sisters: Total Eclipse of the Heart (The Birthday Party, 2026) Millionaire 41. Howard Shore: Prologue - One Ring to Rule Them All (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring OST, 2001) Reprise 42. Howard Shore: Main Title (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Season 1 OST, 2022) Amazon/Mondo/Sparks & Shadows 43. Bear McCreary: Nobody Goes Off Trail (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Season 1 OST, 2022) Amazon/Mondo/Sparks & Shadows 44. Bear McCreary: Our History is Now (Outlander: Season 7 [highlights] OST, 2023) Sony Classical 45. Bob & Doug McKenzie: Time for Another Song (BBC Rock Hour Special, 1982) London Wavelength 46. Loverboy: Working for the Weekend (Get Lucky, 1981) CBS What is a weekend, dear dowager? [email protected] www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire