CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

With Easter & Passover this past weekend, along with the recent death of Jóhann Jóhannsson, we'll mix up prior plans with his collaborative score with fellow Icelander Hildur Guðnadóttir to the 2018 biblical film Mary Magdalene. 1. Chromeo: Juice [Purple Disco Machine remix] (Juice: Remixes, 2017) Atlantic 2. Pender Street Steppers: Raining Again (Pender Street Steppers 12", 2017) Mood Hut 3. Alvv...

Neo Tokyo is set to explode anew. With a recent new vinyl edition of the score to the 1988 anime classic Akira, it's time to look again at Geinoh Yamashirogumi's gamelan-inspired music. Synthy Japanese music ensues along with other Asian influences. 1. Yaeji: After That (EP2, 2017) Godmode 2. Hiroshi Yoshimura: Tokyo Bay Area (Pier & Loft, 1983) 17853 3. Zizi Raimondi: Supafresh (Bye Bye Club, 201...

Our belated profile on the Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969-2018), featuring some of his scorework along with other neoclassical pieces and collaborations. 1. Symphony of Science: The Big Beginning (Symphony of Science: Collector's Edition, 2013) self-released 2. Jóhann Jóhannsson: IBM 729 II Magnetic Tape Unit (IBM 1401: A User's Manual, 2006) 4AD 3. Chris-a-riffic: Fresh Bruise (Post-S...

Black Panther has been massive in 2018 so we'll have selections from Kendrick Lamar's soundtrack and Ludwig Göransson's score to the Marvel film. We kick off the show with a live performance and interview with Vancouver act Dream Cars to start off the show. 1. Nilüfer Yanya: Baby Luv (Do You Like Pain EP, 2018) Blue Flowers/ATO 2. Anthéne: Black Flowers (Astrid, 2018) Assembly Field 3. Dream Cars...

The 90th Academy Awards were handed out on Sunday, so we'll recap the winners and profile a score to a film shut out by all the Oscar proceedings: Jon Brion's music from Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird. 1. Alexandre Desplat: You'll Never Know [w. Renée Fleming] (The Shape of Water OST, 2017) Decca 2. Sarah Neufeld: A Long Awaited Scar (The Ridge, 2016) Paper Bag 3. Alexandre Desplat: Watching Ruth (The S...

Our fifth Oscar profile this year as we do another take on Hans Zimmer's nominated score from Dunkirk plus a song from Marshall, ending our listen of all the nominees leading up to the 90th Academy Awards next Sunday. This episode is compact, lean and slightly more digestible than usual; please enjoy. Once more into the breach! 1. Goldfrapp: Faux Suede Drifter (Silver Eye, 2017) Mute 2. Pender Str...

Part IV of our annual Oscar profile charges on as we hear selections from Carter Burwell's nominated score to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and a song from Mudbound that's nominated for Best Original Song. Woof! 1. The All Star Schnauzer Band: Angry Young Schnauzer (The Good Jacket presents: Vancouver Special, 2000) Mint 2. Loscil: Straw Dogs (Monument Builders, 2016) Kranky THREE Jenn...

Part III of our annual Oscar profile as we dive into John Williams' nominated score from Star Wars: The Last Jedi along with a nominated song from Coco. We also discuss the far too early death of Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969-2018) -- expect a proper memorial in March. 1. Kendrick Lamar & The Weeknd: Pray for Me (Black Panther: The Album, 2018) Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope 2. Jóh...

Part II of our annual Oscar profile listens to Alexandre Desplat's nominated score from The Shape of Water, this year's leading film. There's also a nominated song from The Greatest Showman, some bands from the upcoming Winter Waste show and the 2017/18 winner of CITR's battle of the bands Shindig! 1. Ty Segall: The Main Pretender (Freedom's Goblin, 2018) Drag City 2. Atrum Machina: Static; Liquid...

The nominees for the 90th Academy Awards were announced last week, so our annual profile on the nominated best song & scores starts this week. We'll begin with Jonny Greenwood's 4th score with Paul Thomas Anderson on his film Phantom Thread. We also have music from Call Me By Your Name, something not quite for I, Tonya plus the finalists for the 34th edition of CITR's Shindig! 1, Radiohead: Daydre...

Back to Hawkins Indiana we go with Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein's score to the 2nd series of the Netflix hit Stranger Things. 1. Shaun Frank: Upsidedown (2017) Ultra 2. Concubine: PB&J (Kingfisher EP, 2016) self-released 3. Tune-Yards: Heart Attack (I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life, 2017) 4AD 4. John Maus: Walls of Silence (Screen Memories, 2017) Ribbon 5. Valiska: Heavy Riser (On Pause, 20...

The Fluxist Robert Filliou declared in 1963 that one million years beforehand on January 17th, a person dropped a dry sponge into a bucket of water, thus creating art. CITR celebrates art's birthday every year with a marathon broadcast - my humble slice of the sonic pie looks at the Fluxists and eulogizes Pierre Henry (1927-2017) & Mike Vainio (1963-2017). 1. Ken Nordine: Set Up (Allied High Fidel...

gak marks 10 years at CITR with an appropriate episode tied to a great movie about the Manchester music scene and Factory Records: 2002's 24 Hour Party People. There has been a marked improvement since 2008 though your host remains prone to silly gaffes, intentional or otherwise. 1. The Yardbirds: Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (Happenings 45rpm, 1966) Columbia/Epic 2. Jason Forrest: 10 Amazing Yea...

Though a new year is upon us, we need to take one last look at 2017 before kicking its sorry keister to the curb. Along with selections from some of the best music from the past 12 months, we also profile the wide array of sounds from Twin Peaks: The Return, the limited series by David Lynch. 1. Timber Timbre: Bleu Nuit (Sincerely Future Pollution, 2017) Arts & Crafts 2. Colin Stetson: Spindrift (...

Our annual tradition continues as we dig up all manners of rogue carols that aren't typically heard anywhere else. Along with some new gems and tributes to the recently deceased, we go with a holiday classic for our soundtrack profile: Michael Kamen's music from 1988's Die Hard. Welcome to the party, pal! 1. Adam West: Batman - The Lost Christmas Episode (Kevin & Bean: The Real Slim Santa, 2000) K...

20 years ago, the first game in the Grand Theft Auto video game series came out. From a simple sandbox permise, the series has ballooned into one of the largest franchises, so we'll dive into its various radio stations across the earlier games. 1. Slumpussy: Gangster Friday (Grand Theft Auto: Original Video Game Soundtrack, 1997) BMG Interactive 2. Badbadnotgood: Cashmere (IV, 2016) Innovative Lei...

To honour Finland on its 100th Centennial this week, this show is primarily Finnish. We'll span multiple genres and include songs from recent films like The Other Side of Hope and Tom of Finland. Oi maamme Suomi! YKSI Mieskuoro Huutajat: Her Suomi (10th Anniversary Concert, 1998) Bad Vugum KAKSI E.R. Roberts: Large Volume of Water Added to Rocks (Moods for Sauna: Volumes 1 & 2, 2017) self-released...

There have been several deaths in the music world recently, so we'll primarily focus on the Italian-Argentine composer Luis Bacalov (1933-2017) and his Oscar-winning score to the 1994 film il Postino. There will be other tributes, along with the usual mix of who's playing in town and new music. 1. The Beatles: Helter Skelter (The Beatles "White Album", 1968) Apple 2. Colin Stetson: Like Wolves in...

With Mogwai playing in Vancouver this week, we listen to some of the Scottish post-rock act's music, including selections from their score to the 2016 documentary Atomic. The guitars return after a few weeks of synths. 1. storc: One Woman, Two Eyes (storc, 2017) self-released 2. Trentemoller: November (Fixion, 2016) In My Room 3. Flying Lotus: Siren Song [w. Angel Deradoorian] (You're Dead! 2014)...

Part 2 of our Blade Runner profile, jumping ahead to 2049 with this year's sequel to the 1982 original. Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch provide the Vangelis-influenced score to Denis Villeneuve's film, replacing previously hired composer Johann Johannsson. 1. Yaeji: Drink I'm Sippin' On (EP2, 2017) Godmode 2. Audioglider: Moulin Bessou'ed (Subaquamarine, 2016) Section 3. Essaie Pas: Futur Parle (...

A new life awaits you with part 1 of a Blade Runner profile series: going back to 1982 with Vangelis' outstanding score to the Ridley Scott adaptation. We'll touch upon the weird history of the soundtrack release and the bootlegs that arose. 1. John Williams: Ladd Company Fanfare (Blade Runner: EMS Recombination [definitive edition], 1982) Tyrell 2. Fever Ray: Falling (Plunge, 2017) Rabid 3. Herma...

It's Devil's Night, so as you prepare your candy dishes and repair your costumes from Hallowe'en proper, we have all forms of eerie music, including Jerry Goldsmith's Oscar-winning score to the 1976 horror film The Omen. Be very afraid... 1. Fantômas: The Omen/Ave Satani (The Director's Cut, 2001) Ipecac 2. Audacity 2.0 & Photoshop 6.0: Erin Gee's MG_0036&0037-64bitfloat (Musicworks 126, 2011) Mus...

Hallowe'en's horror month continues but in an arch way as we look at Kurt Weill's music and Bertolt Brecht's & Elisabeth Hauptmann's text for The Threepenny Opera. German cabaret and other sinister vibes right this way... 1. The Tragically Hip: Locked in the Trunk of a Car (Fully Completely, 1992) MCA 2. Do Make Say Think: War on Torpor (Stubborn Persistent Illusions, 2017) Constellation 3. The Tr...

As Hallowe'en Horror Month continues, with the 40th anniversary of Dario Argento's Italian giallo film Suspiria, we'll listen to some cuts of Goblin's score that I haven't played before. Spooky synths mix in with all that prog action. 1. Easy Going: Fear (Fear, 1979) Banana/Unidisc 2. Mike Oldfield: Foreign Affair [Mater Suspiria Vision Mindfuck remix] (2010) self-released 3. Kelela: LMK (Take Me...

Happy Thanksgiving! As we wrap up our VIFF profiles, we dive into our regular October series on horror films. However, we'll start on the Broadway side with Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. 1. John Roberts, H Jon Benjamin & Bob's Burgers: Kill the Turkey (The Bob's Burgers Music Album, 2017) Sub Pop 2. A Tribe Called Red: Burn Your Village to the...