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CITY SLANG — 223 episodes
SOOK-YIN LEE
PHIL ELVERUM aka THE MICROPHONES aka MOUNT EERIE
MINI SLANG 8: CINDY LEE
MOTORISTS
DEADBEAT BEAT
WOOLWORM vs NECKING
CITY SLANG SELECTIONS: Sloan
SLOAN!
PEACE AND LOVE: an important City Slang announcement
MINI SLANG 7: Heather Rappard, director, photographer, video artist!
CITY SLANG SELECTIONS: BIG EYES
BIG EYES!
CITY SLANG SELECTIONS: Deliluh
All 90s tunes, all hour!
DELILUH! (Plus: we won an award!)
MICHAEL DEFORGE!
Alexandra Streliski!
Bleu Nuit
N0V3L
VICTIME!
MIKE KROL returns
TELEPHONE EXPLOSION & MORNING TRIP
PILL!
BEST OF 2018! Featuring Peach Kelli Pop, Chad VanGaalan, Nap Eyes, Faith Healer, Dead Soft, & more!
PROTOMARTYR returns!
EXPANDA FUZZ and CHUO Funding Drive!
WLMRT!
DEAD SOFT!
All new music, all hour!
MINI SLANG 6: Andrew of WALK A MILE RECORDS!
LONELY PARADE!
Boyhood!
MINI SLANG 5: Bonnie Doon tour diary!
Lié!
BBQT! aka The Turkey Dump episode!
HIT BARGAIN
MINI SLANG 4: We call James Lindsay of PLEASENCE RECORDS + hangover stories
VINYL VAULT! All vinyl episode from the depths of the CHUO archive
MINI SLANG 3: We call Alex from EGG PAPER FACTORY + grocery store chronicles
VEHICLE PARTY!
MINI SLANG 2: We change the name + we call GINA of BONNIE DOON
PEACH KELLI POP!
SHITTY SLANG 1: What's SHITTY SLANG? + Peach Kelli Pop preview!
THE AVULSIONS!
All Canadian music, all hour!
CHAD VANGAALEN!
NAP EYES!
Label showcase!
FAITH HEALER!
PRE NUP!
PONY!
Tribute to Peter Eichhorn of P. Trash Records
New segment: DECADES! Best songs from '78/'88/'98/2008!
PETRA GLYNT!
JULIE DOIRON!
WHIMM
Funding drive/BEST OF 2017!
All music all hour!
PARTNER!
WALTER SCHREIFELS of Gorilla Biscuits, Youth of Today, Quicksand, Rival Schools, & Dead Heavens!
THE 2017 HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR!
WEAVES!
METZ return to the show!
JAY ARNER!
Back-to-school local music spotlight PT 2!
Back-to-school local music spotlight!
WEEDRAT!
Rest of the Best 3: Alex Calder, Tough Age, Hooded Fang, Needles//Pins, Casper Skulls, BBQT, and Dunes
The FAKE PUNK episode!
HOODED FANG / PHÈDRE
CASPER SKULLS
NEEDLES//PINS!
BONNIE DOON!
THE SHIVERETTES!
LAB COAST!
The great MOTHERHOOD bowl-off!
CROSSED WIRES!
MEGA EPISODE: the premiere of PENTAGON BLACK NO.2!
SIMPLY SAUCER and JESSE LOCKE!
LEATHER JACUZZI!
LONELY PARADE!
JAMC covers, Ottawa hardcore, perfect songs, and MORE!
Best of ... 2015!? With a beloved reoccurring CITY SLANG character!
BEST OF 2016!
DUCHESS SAYS!
FLASHER!
WHITE LUNG!
DOXX!
SIEVEHEAD!
REST OF THE BEST vol 2 featuring TOUGH AGE, RHYTHM OF CRUELTY, UN BLONDE, JAY ARNER, PROTOMARTYR, and CENTURY PALM!
Live, all-vinyl, funding drive episode from The Record Centre!
CITY SLANG At The Gallery: with BEN JENSEN & IMOGEN REID
SPOTLIGHT ON LOCAL MUSIC! All Ottawa, all hour!
YVES JARVIS! (Formerly Un Blonde)
JAY ARNER and JESSICA DELISLE of Jay Arner/Energy Slime/Retail Nightmares!
SNEAKS and PIPPA!
PLASMALAB and THE DREARIES!
GUN OUTFIT!
PROTOMARTYR!
TOUGH AGE!
CHANDRA!
THE MEMBRANES!
DIAT!
JUICE BOX talk gopher museums and commemorative pope plates!
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY!
Rest of the best featuring MIKE KROL, DILLY DALLY, CENTURY PALM, POP 1280, and PAVILION!
Pop. 1280 plug their Ottawa show!
POP. 1280 talk Star Trek and spread nasty rumours!
FREAK HEAT WAVES!
PAVILION talk fast food and play the question game!
Fine-art croissants SOUPCANS take acid in New York!
TV FREAKS return to drink a jar of tequila with us!
Less talk, more synthesizer freakout!
CENTURY PALM!
MIKE KROL returns to the show!
DILLY DALLY!
OLD AND WEIRD vs HEAVEN FOR REAL!
THE GREAT CITY SLANG PUKE OFF! The grossest clips from the history of the show!
ALL MUSIC EPISODE featuring our new summer reading program, #PUNKSNOTREAD
Berserktown spotlight and compilation mania! AN ALL MUSIC EPISODE!
CHASTITY BELT takes the CITY SLANG questionnaire!
GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH!
Summer vacation is over! Our hosts are back with an all-music episode!
RHYTHM OF CRUELTY!
CONCEPT EPISODE! Will Travis and Emmanuel make it to the studio in time to record the episode?!
NERVOUS TALK vs TOUGH AGE and FIST CITY in a quiz-show face off!
Season finale! New timeslot, same killer tunes!
Funding drive time! We play highlights, plus an all-time classic bleepfest!
SCREAMING FEMALES and ANAMAI!
Festival spotlight, plus a set of songs picked by NOTS!
NOTS join us to talk about playing on morning TV and partying in Memphis!
Less talk, more rock! All tight jams, all hour!
PALE LIPS play pinball and get interviewed!
THE LAURAS are on the show! Plus, we play the NAME GAME!
FOOD FIGHT! It's our all-food episode!
Katie of PRIESTS talks cable access performances, Taylor Swift, and more!
BEST OF 2014 part 2! Our hosts broadcast their favourite moments FROM THE FUTURE!
BEST OF 2014 part 1! Our hosts broadcast their favourite moments FROM THE FUTURE!
DIRTY BEACHES aka LAST LIZARD answers our burning questions!
Interviews with MOSS LIME and BLONDE ELVIS!
BONNIE DOON vs HSY!
BRAZILIAN MONEY talks to us about Pizza Underground and frat parties!
POTTY MOUTH gets interview from CMJ! Plus our favourite split records!
SPOOKY HALLOWEEN TUNES and an interview with NEW FRIES!
MERCHANDISE and LOWER face off in a parking lot!
We interview SOLIDS and MERCHANDISE! Plus an Ottawa Implosion giveaway!
MONOMYTH VS NAP EYES! Two of CITY SLANG'S fave bands face off in an alleyway with hilarious results!
EMMANUEL AND TRAVIS REUNITE TO PLAY UK THRASHERS AND NEW TUNES!
Travis and Alanna spin tunes, plus ANAMAI gets interviewed!
CHAD VANGAALEN takes on VIET CONG'S TRASH TALK!
Robbie of RUBBER BROTHER RECORDS delivers the funniest CITY SLANG questionnaire yet! IT'S NUTS!
ZAKARY SLAX gets hungry and talks pizza, burgers, and schawarma!
Jackson of SHEER AGONY tells us about psychedelic sham marriages and drunk times on camera!
BONNIE DOON can't stop talking about pizza!
PREOCXUPATIONS and MAC DEMARCO on this week's episode!
STRANGE ATTRACTOR! MOTHER'S CHILDREN! Interviews galore!
TWEENS, VACATION, and KING'S QUEST take the CITY SLANG questionnaire in the thrilling conclusion of our Ottawa Explosion blowout!
Ottawa Explosion blowout featuring TV FREAKS, Bonnie Doon, and Dad Jokes!
OTTAWA EXPLOSION SPECIAL! Hear a buncha bands playing the killer annual festival!
THEE AHS talk filthy sign language, prom, Jonathan Richman, and RESPOND TO YOUTUBE COMMENTS!
ABSOLUTELY FREE gives us a Frank Zappa primer! We cover National Drone Day! AND MOOOOOORE!
Montreal's SHE'S talk to us about defying death and writing Dad rock tunes!
Mike of HOSEHEAD records and FIRST BASE talks fuck ups and breaking knees to release records!
Spotlight on A Reference Of Female-Fronted Punk Rock: 1977-89!!!
THE YIPS join us in studio to talk about rave ghost and their secret past as CHILD GOLF PRODIGIES!
LIVE EPISODE! A cavalcade of stars are harassed by Emmanuel and Travis! Bruised Tongue spin tunes! AND MORE!
FUNDING DRIVE! Loads of crazy tunes and prizes!
THE BEVERLEYS talk porn bloopers and get crashed by HSY! Plus funding drive season is upon us!
PAUL JACOBS talks about cartoons, weed, and how his house burning down drove him to skateboarding
We play a buncha new tunes, including a NEW SEGMENT with NEW TAPES and a NEW THEME!
ODONIS ODONIS talk about breakfast, children's TV, and the worst of the worst VHS movies!
BRUISED TONGUE break into the studio and take over the show!
KAPPA CHOW talks Sackville, and gets quized on Japanese mythical creature the KAPPA!
TV FREAKZ talk to us about Hamilton, The Beatles, and buying candy!
A JAY REATARD retrospective! Plus new tunes from STICK SHIFT RECORDS and BRUISED TONGUE!
Best of CITY SLANG 2013 part 2!
Best of CITY SLANG 2013 part 1!
NICK FLANAGAN of COMEDY and BRUTAL KNIGHTS talks to us about gross injuries, strip clubs, and hair care!
The great WEED helps Travis recreate an interview! It's a weird one!
DOG DAY's SETH SMITH talks about Woofy, chickens, and LOWLIFE!
New tunes, Craft Singles, and a Fun Boy Club House tribute! RIP, FBCH!
Our hosts are back playing CRAZY TUNES, including Audacity, S.H.I.T., Nervous Talk, and more!
Andy of CROSSS and CRAFT SINGLES tells us about almost blowing up a car! Plus a music tribute to Tom Scharpling!
THE FAMINES tell us about #bangersrevisited and the ultimate party foul!
HSY tells us about weed, ghosts, and frankensteins!
TEENANGER talk Rob Ford, Tom Cochrane, acid, and SOUPCANS!
OLD AND WEIRD have a few drinks and answer questions! CROSSS crash the interview!
Tons o' tunes and a quick WTCHS interview!
Eric of KING'S QUEST and DIRTY RECTANGLES talks the most rock and roll moments in video game history!
KETAMINES vs TOUGH AGE! Two bands face off about drugs, self-loathing, and bein' tough!
COUSINS join us from their touring station wagon to talk about burritos across the world!
Ken of DIRTNAP RECORDS talks about turning 14! Plus killer tunes FROM ALL OVER!
TIMMY VULGAR and HUMAN EYE about Detroit and miserable suburban crusty punks!
BONUS: An extra interview with Mike about liquor, Wisconsin, and design! Plus extra tunes!
MIKE KROL joins us to talk about buying fans, his signature sandwich, and SKA! Plus songs from the ARBORETUM FESTIVAL!
AVERAGE TIMES tell us about their wine, Shitty Dad Wine!
PEACH KELLI POP talks to us about partying on mars, dog poop, and perfect banana bread!
A giant set of CITY SONGS! Plus new tracks from weirdo Canadian bands!
MONOMYTH trash talks Halifax bands and talk crappy jobs! Plus 25 years of Sub Pop!
We interview NEEDLES//PINS at the Ottawa Explosion Festival! Things get a little sloppy!
SAM COFFEY & THE IRON LUNGS interviews us while we interview them! Plus a preview of our NEEDLES//PINS interview!
Quit partyin' so hard! Travis plays ALL SOFT ROCK, ALL HOUR!
BONUS: New Swears - Two Darts (live)! Filmed during episode 8.
Raymond of THE FAMINES teaches us Soviet Russian history! Plus a summer preview of LIVE LIVE LIVE rock shows!
We give garage weirdos COLD WARPS an X-FILES quiz and talk about stupid tattoos and Yoo-Hoo!
BOYHOOD joins us in studio! Plus EARTHQUAKE songs to celebrate Ottawa's EARTHQUAKE!
Paul Lawton of THE KETAMINES and ZEBRASSIERES talks to us about getting into trouble on the Internet!
Interviews with BEN JENSEN of WAY BAD/STANDARD ISSUE and IAN THOMPSON of CRICKET CEMETERY!
We kick things off with DC labels WINDIAN and CRICKET CEMETERY! Travis and Emmanuel suffer through lame health problems to bring you hardcore tunes!
WE'VE GOT TWINS! Emmanuel plays a show full of songs with the same title! Which ones are better?!
METZ talk to us about shit talk and phone robbery! Raymond from THE FAMINES returns to drops more history on our heads!
ALL VINYL, ALL NIGHT! We do some digging and spin Ottawa gems, lost classics, and plain trash on vinyl!
SHEARING PINX member and ISOLATED NOW WAVES label head Nic Hughes joins us!
THE NYMPHETS join us to talk about LAURA magazine, Twin Peaks, and Canadian Netflix recommendations!
The charming ROBERTA BONDAR join us in studio to tell stories about crime, cattle prods, and SWAT teams!
Taco maker Total T discusses tacos and cattle prod attacks! Ray of THE FAMINES teaches us a history lesson!
The absolutely bonkers NEW SWEARS join us in studio to perform and improvise a radio drama!
Kristian of BABYSITTER talks to us about Victoria's music scene, human skulls, and vintage butt plugs!
BIG DICK join us in studio to get interviewed by their past selves! Plus an insane interview with NEW SWEARS!
Steve Adamyk of THE STEVE ADAMYK BAND joins us in studio to play tracks from their new LP, Third!
The boys from the BRUISED TONGUE cassette label take over the show and play some intense tunes!
Chris of DIRT CULT records and LOW CULTURE talks shop and tells us what his mom thinks of the new Misfits!
We interview the creators of Weird Canada! Hear the tale of bizarre soft rocker Lewis!