SOOK-YIN LEE
CITY SLANG
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.
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PHIL ELVERUM aka THE MICROPHONES aka MOUNT EERIE
CITY SLANG
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.
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MINI SLANG 8: CINDY LEE
CITY SLANG
Travis talks to Patrick Flegel of CINDY LEE and WOMEN about obscure Japanese movies, which Cormack Mccarthy novels suck, and why pop music is boundless.
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MOTORISTS
CITY SLANG
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 list and give us the lowdown on each song.
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DEADBEAT BEAT
CITY SLANG
We interview Detroit's Deadbeat Beat outside of Cinqhole in Ottawa!
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WOOLWORM vs NECKING
CITY SLANG
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, and a harrowing tale of stolen handsome sheet ghost at a Halloween party!
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CITY SLANG SELECTIONS: Sloan
CITY SLANG
Chris Murphy picks a set of three tunes, including Guided By Voices, The Kinks, The Velvet Underground, and Thrush Hermit!
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SLOAN!
CITY SLANG
Chris Murphy of SLOAN joins us our of nowhere, invoked like a Canadian demon after we spoke about them during our 90s episode!
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PEACE AND LOVE: an important City Slang announcement
CITY SLANG
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!
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MINI SLANG 7: Heather Rappard, director, photographer, video artist!
CITY SLANG
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, her video for Old and Weird (a City Slang fave), and the time the only way out of making a bad video was to make an even shittier music video! It's a classic tale of directing.
info_outlineIt'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 your mind! The whole episode is just an elaborate excuse to play it!
Plus lots of reminiscing about taped over VHSs and long-defunct MuchMusic programming.
We play these tunes:
Archers of Loaf - Icky Mettle - Web In Front
Eric's Trip - Peter EP - Happens All The Time
Sloan - Peppermint EP - Sugartune
Thrush Hermit - Smart Bomb EP - You Got An Answer
Thrush Hermit - Smart Bomb EP - Hated It
The Killjoys - Starry Today - I Hate Everyone
Mystery Machine - 10 Speed - Brand New Song
hHead - Jerk - Answers
Doughboys - Crush - Fix Me
You Am I - Sound As Ever - Berlin Chair
Sebadoh - Bakesale - Careful
Sebadoh - Bakesale - Rebound
Superchunk - Here's Where The Strings Come In - Animated Airplanes Over Germany
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream - Mayonnaise