Hail! Discordia!

What's up citizens of Discordia! Zoie and Izzy hop in the studio today for love and giggles and the last episode before our summer hiatus. We dive into Discorder's issue 446 and talk about what it means to bear witness. Part of our witnessing this season was patterns between indie duo True Mountain Laurel's debut and our dear friend Dylan Grace, so we bring Dylan on for an interview. We also shout out Julie Shoemaker's delicious hoppy adventure through beer-town. Tune in for some fun, festivity, and early summer fanfare!! <33

It's that magical time of the year, FUNDRIVE! If you don't already know, Fundrive is our annual station fundraiser. We come to you with a week of programming, new merch, and events up the wazzoo. This year's theme issssss: CiTR Rocks my World! (Created by our dear Creative Director, who you know very well, Izzy!). The vibe is retro-futurism, space age, like if the Jetsons had a septum. Our goal is to raise $20,000 to support the station in meeting the needs of our ever evolving membership, in an ever evolving world <3 You can donate at: donatetocitr.ca This month on Hail! Discordia!, we go through the February/March 2026 issue of that swaggy mag, Discorder. Hear tunes from kers, who just won Shindig, our battle of the bands. We also spend some time talking about Lorem Ipsum: a conversation with Asher Penn, a piece by Inés Allegra (illustrations by Jules Francisco, photos courtesy of Asher Penn). And of course, we take a second to travel back in time to the origins of Hail! Discordia! We hope to catch you at the finale on Friday at the Painted Ship. There will be DJs, karaoke, and drinks a-flowing. Sounds like a great night to me! See you thereeeeeee!

Discordiansssss! We are coming to you live in the split-screened issue of Discorder Magazine. Together, we bid farewell to 2025 and say hellooooooo to 2026 (thank god you're here). With New Year's comes resolutions and deliberate changes, which call upon our agency. Will things actually get done, or will they float on by? In this episode, we ask the question: Do we happen to life, or does it happen to us? Both? Neither? Give and Take? In what ways? And soooo on and soooo forth, we chit and chat, we play some tunes with sprinkles of philosophy by the lovely voices of the CiTR Student Exec.

Beautiful citizens of Discordia, tune in for a mise-en-scène outside the famous Koerner’s Pub at our very own interview set. November 6th brought us Extra! Extra!, a Blank Vinyl Project x Discorder Magazine collab event themed after ‘30s journalism and featuring four bands from our fall Discorder issue: New Meds, The Magic Triangle, Slowicide, and Gadfly. We interviewed each band between sets and added our favorite track from each of them for your listening pleasure. Present as always are our giggles and our ad-libs. Tune in and chill out with this one! Catch us next month ✌️

In this sunny dry leafy moody October we welcome you back to Hail! Discordia! Discorder Magazine brought us a jam-packed musical issue this season with many wonderful features from local music festivals such as Bass Coast, Music Waste, Green Auto Fest, Trooper Fest, and Sled Island. Zoie and Izzy open October’s episode with a meditation on how love blurs reality, and the bubble of a music festival can do the same thing. Conversation ensues about what makes art more real for us, and ourselves more real for participating in art. Dreamy tunes and electronic beats are featured as well. As always, thank you for listening. Tune in to dream on our wavelength <333

Hayyyyy people of Discordia!! Zoie and Izzy are back for our final year of school with a September episode full of musical fun. We didn’t release an August/September issue of Discorder this year, so we went back over some of the June/July issue and played our absolute favorite Under Review tunes for ya. We also added to the best of what we’ve HEARD and the best of what we’ve SEEN with the best of what we’ve EXPERIENCED!We re-capped our summers and discussed our energy for the changing seasons. Tune in for some good beats and good vibes, and to hear us giggle as usual. Big love always!! Catch us in October :)

HELLOOOOOOOO DISCORDIANS!!!! We are back with another episode for ya in the ~heat of the summmerrrrrr~ (that’s a Brockhampton reference for you there). We’re going through the best of what we’ve READ and the best of what we’ve HEARD this month (~you get the beeeeest of both worlds~<3) This episode we had an enriching interview with Nicole Yeung about the intersection of art and politics through the lens of accessibility. Find Nicole’s piece, “All Access Pass No. 2: The Thing Between Art and Politics” (Ft. Stefan Sunadan Honisch, Illustration by Ysabel Gana) in the June/July 2025 issue of Discorder. Then, we took a looooong hour and a half flight over to Sled Island!! Sled Island is an annual music festival that happens across the city of Calgary, Alberta. Huge shout out to Alicia, our incoming Discorder Exec and in-house Calgarian, who you’ll hear from in this episode. We moshed, we crowd surfed, we danced our little hearts out. Hear our *soundscaped* journey through the Al that is Berta. Love youuuuu, until next time!

HellooooooOOOO! This was our Fundrive fillin, we went on air and raised some $$$$ for CiTRRRR! With friends Jenna, Molly, and a pop-in from Serena, Zoie and Izzy gabbed about love songs and zodiacs. Tune in for a love filled episode <333

WE ARE SO BACK BABYYYY, first episode of Season 3!!! Zoie and Izzy are back from their hiatus to talk about the December/January 2025 issue of Discorder. We talk about novelty, hobbies, and how our relationships with the things that feed us change overtime. You’ll hear readings from 2 contributors of this issue. The first is Tasha Hefford, Discorder’s editor-in-chief, who wrote a fabulous editor’s note. The second is Selin Berktas, writer of Entropic Fields of Displacement. We highly recommend reading this issue in full. We end our show with playing some of our beloved “VSCO Girl” music from the over-saturated years of 2018 & 2019 <333

This is the ONE YEAR-ISH ANNIVERSARY OF HAIL DISCORDIA, WOOOOO In this episode, we went on an ADVENTURE - we walked from UBC campus to Stanley Park (15km) in a day! We vlogged our journey (expect a video before the end of the semester lol), and kiki'd about themes and questions from this latest issue along the way. We chat about the trumpet epidemic of the 2010s, our dream music festival line-ups, things we'd have in our dream houses if money wasn't real, and soooo much more! We had an incredible time with this episode! HEAD TO OUR INSTAGRAM @hail.discordia and let us know either: a) Your favorite 2010 song that participated in the trumpet, b) Your dream music festival line-up (real or fake, dead or alive), c) What ultra-niche room/facility you would have in your dream home? Love y'all so deeply, keep up with our new YOUTUBE Hail Discordia (@HailingDiscordia) for our video, the release will be announced on our Instagram <333

Waddup Discordians!! Zoie and Izzy are back with a fun little episode for you. Today, we talked about language and how it impacts the way we move through the world. Whether it be the literal language you speak or the colloquial phrases you use, how does language connect us? We talked about language and identity, emotions, queerness, gender, perception, and soooo much more. We also sent out a survey gathering your friendship lingo and reacted live in the studio, and BOY did we have a good time (thanks to everyone who submitted <333). So much love <3

Waddup Discordia listeners, do we have a treat for you!! This week, we had the delight of interviewing Small Crush, a band from San Leandro, California (Zoie's hometown!). This was their first back time in Vancouver after 5 years. Just before their electric show at Green Auto Zone, we piled into the back of the band's tour van and got to chatting with Logan, the lead singer. We covered hometown nostalgia, writing dynamics in a band, tagging the Red Gate bathroom, albums one would bring into a bunker if the world was ending, and, of course, how Small Crush came to be. Step into the scene with us on this one - you'll hear openers in the background, us messing with car roof lights, and giggles all around. Back in the studio, Zoie and Izzy continued the chat and covered finding peace in the temporary. We luv u all <3

Waddup Discordia listeners, do we have a treat for you!! This week, we had the delight of interviewing Small Crush, a band from San Leandro, California (Zoie's hometown!). This was their first back time in Vancouver after 5 years. Just before their electric show at Green Auto Zone, we piled into the back of the band's tour van and got to chatting with Logan, the lead singer. We covered hometown nostalgia, writing dynamics in a band, tagging the Red Gate bathroom, albums one would bring into a bunker if the world was ending, and, of course, how Small Crush came to be. Step into the scene with us on this one - you'll hear openers in the background, us messing with car roof lights, and giggles all around. Back in the studio, Zoie and Izzy continued the chat and covered finding peace in the temporary. We luv u all <3

Helloooo Discordia citizens! Zoie and Izzy reporting to you with a blast from the past. This episode, we went through Discorder Magazine Archives of the 80s/90s. We talked about the recurring questions of humanity over time, zeitgeists, and lessons of the world. Tune in and get thinking ??

Helloooo Discordia citizens! Zoie and Izzy reporting to you with a blast from the past. This episode, we went through Discorder Magazine Archives of the 80s/90s. We talked about the recurring questions of humanity over time, zeitgeists, and lessons of the world. Tune in and get thinking ⚡️

This month, we came to you live from the studio again. But we included a special treat: a pre-recorded interview with Sophie Galloway, who interviewed Canadian artist, Devours! Sophie's interview and photography is featured in the October/November episode of Discorder Magazine. We talked with Sophie about her experience working with Devours, and the ways that artistic expression can serve as a hub for the “big feelings”. And then we had ANOTHER special treat: our dear friend William joining us in the studio! We chatted about the important of childhood favourite songs - why our favourite things stick with us the way they do, and what’s important about the transportive quality of music. ANDDD we heard from our lovely listeners about their own relationship with music — the gift that just keeps on giving. We shared, we giggled, we analyzed, and we fawned over Tyler the Creator’s furniture. Listen up and enjoy!! We will indeed be taking a break for December. We need our beauty rest and so do you. Get excited to hear us welcome the new year in January! Yay 2014!

In this episode, we're coming to you liveeeee (for the first time ever)!! We had a lovely chat with Kiana, who interviewed the futuristic android-like musician Vot and turned it into a stellar article for the October/November Discorder Magazine issue. Vot's self-titled album, VOT, takes the listener to the year 4044 and asks the deeper questions about what we as humanity owe to our future. We covered themes surrounding society and technology, including the use of tech as a form of escapism, how the essence of humanity may change with innovation, and if we're cyborgs???? Tune in for a good-ol' ponder-sesh, and hear us discuss research articles along with our own thoughts on these topics. We'll see you next time on November 23rd <3!!

[Content Warning: Mentions of Sex and Sexual Themes] This episode, we take a dive into the topic of comfort zones: the spaces, people, and environments that make us feel safe and contribute to our growth in identity. Listen to us chat with Willow, who wrote the piece “Feminine Creature” for Discorder Magazine. The piece follows Willow’s experience at Switch, a sex club in Vancouver made by and for queer and trans individuals. We talk with Willow and their friends Britton and Jenna about the importance of a place like Switch and the ways spaces and events can contribute to one’s identity. In the theme of spaces that make us feel good, we close out the episode with a reading by Thomas McLeod of his piece for Discorder Magazine, which covered one of the Music Waste festival days. Tune in for some fun sounds, tunes, and conversation. See ya next month:)

This episode, we discuss what it means to "perfect" something in the creative process. What is "mastery"? Can it be achieved? How is it objective or subjective? All that good stuff. We also talk with Emma Watson who covered the band Rinse Dream and gives us some fun insights. Lastly, you can enjoy some thoughts from our friends. :) <3 Rinse Dream is a Vancouver punk project that utilizes experimental sampling in their music. Listen to their album SPACES on BandCamp or other streaming services. The band was featured in Discorder's June/July 2023 issue.

In this episode Xinyue facilitates an artist panel in conversation with Basha A. El-Hindy, Milena Carrasco, and Ricky Castanedo. Tune in to hear from 3 local individuals who contribute to the Discorder magazine in the form of text, images, and directorial skills, and listen to them discuss the fascinating relationship between authorship and visibility.

Hail! Discordia! is the (loose) translation of Discorder Magazine where co-hosts Xinyue Liu and Sam Llorente take articles and turn them into sound pieces. But it's much more than that. Hail! Discordia! is a home for artists to explore their craft and connect to their work more deeply. Local artists are invited to perform and speak about their work, while Sam & Xinyue do readings and weave in music for the ultimate sound feast. If you're interested in music, films, poetry, or any other art medium... Get your ears ready and tune in.