CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

As the Lower Mainland heads back to classes, we profile Arcade Fire's adjacent score work, tied to films like Her, The Box and The Nest. We also touch upon Z, Serpico, The Wire and Up tied to recent news whilst gak is as prepared as he was for the first day of school (ergo, barely). 1. Sam & Dave/Win Butler, Régine Chassagne & Owen Pallett: Stay in School/Opening (gak blend, 2021) self-released 2....

Flying Lotus does the score to LeSean Thomas' alternate history anime Yasuke. We also pay tribute to drummer Charlie Watts, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Parris Bowens and the band Chromatics. gak just moved houses this week and is likely making little sense. 1. The Rolling Stones: Undercover of the Night (Undercover, 1983) self-released 2. Dream Dolphin: Take No Michi (Heisei No Oto: Japanese Left-field P...

gak's back from a crazy long trip, helping with one move as he sorts his own. Amongst some catch-up on news and road themes, we profile Natalie Holt's score from the Marvel TV series Loki. 1. Sparks & Jane Wiedlin: Cool Places (In Outer Space, 1983) Atlantic 2. Dogs versus Shadows: You are Here (You are Here/You are Not a Ghost/DVS, 2021) Submarine Broadcasting Company 3. Witch Camp (Ghana): I Mus...

It's Pride Week again in Vancouver, so for this LGBTQ2SIA+ episode, we'll profile k.d. lang's score to the 1993 film Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. 1. The Gossip: Standing in the Way of Control [Soulwax Nite version] (Standing in the Way of Control, 2006) Kill Rock Stars/Back Yard 2. Coil: Alternative Theme from Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex (The Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex +2, 2019) Musique Pour La...

After sixteen long months, gak returns to live radio as CITR reopens to some programmers as BC's Covid-19 situation improves. We profile the director Richard Donner (1930-2021) and music from his 1978 superhero defining film Superman along with the duduk player Djivan Gasparyan (1928-2021) and some of his film score appearances. Mistakes will be made right next to history! 1. Hello: New York Groov...

Jon Hassell (1937-2021) was a trumpetter and composer of what he called "fourth world" music. Along with his own evocative pieces, we'll hear some of his contributions to scores by Ry Cooder and Peter Gabriel. 1. Talking Heads: Houses in Motion [edit] (Remain in Light, 1981) Sire 2. Kalte: Stenothermic (Morphology, 2020) self-released 3. Virginia Wing: Moon Turn Tides (private LIFE, 2021) Fire 4....

It's July and this week, we'll profile Gazelle Twin's score to the film Nocturne, part of the Amazon series Welcome to the Blumhouse. Most of the selected songs are odd and jolty. -01- KPT: Absolution (Obliterate, 2021) Give/Take -02- B.Michaael: A Part of Heat (A Part of Heat, 2021) self-released -03- Fleck E.S.C: Responsible Grown Up (Responsible Grown Up, 2021) Woodwork -04- Acid Youth: Citrus...

Good day, eh? With Canada Day this week, this episode's topic is the Great White North as we profile Bob & Doug McKenzie and the soundtrack to the 1983 SCTV offshoot film Strange Brew. Comedy abounds, both intentional and otherwise. 1A. Combustible Edison: Strange Brew (Four Rooms OST, 1995) WEA/Elektra 2A. Bob & Doug McKenzie: Welcome to Our Radio Show (Guest DJs, 1980) KZAP 3A. Eugene Mirman, Ho...

June 21 is Indigenous Peoples' Day, along with the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, we spend a good portion of this episode honour those who lived first on hallowed grounds, which has added relevance this year in light of the continued horrors that Canada's residential schools have wrought on countless generations. We profile BC Smith's soundtrack to the 1998 film Smoke Signals and prev...

The score to the 2018 British horror In Fabric was done by Cavern of Anti-Matter and it came out last year, so we'll finally do our overdue profile on that Stereolab-adjacent score amongst other odd tunes. We also talk about Vancouver's Music Waste Festival, the band Sparks, musician Joni Sadler, actor Charles Grodin and electronic pioneer Joel Chadabe. 1. The Chemical Brothers: The Darkness That...

The actor Dame Diana Rigg (1938-2020) was mostly known for her work in the British spy TV series The Avengers but she ruled the roost in George Lazenby's only film as James Bond as we profile Sir John Barry's score to the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Plenty of other secret agent film songs zip by in what likely sounds like the coolest party I'll never escape from. 001 Bell Orchestre:...

Laurel Halo scored the 2018 experimental documentary Possessed, which came out as a soundtrack last year, so this week profiles this wild electronic composer. We also talk Laurie Anderson, the Beats in Space radio show and eulogize Yoshi Wada and Franco Battiato. 1. Laurie Anderson: Big Science (Big Science, 1982) Warner Bros 2. Loscil: Lines (Faults, Coasts, Lines, 2020) self-released 3. Tornado...

For your Victoria Day transmission, we pay tribute to the Spanish composer Antón García Abril (1933-2021) with selections from his score from the film Texas Adios and the TV series El Hombre Y La Tierra. We also remember Bay City Roller Les McKeown, actor Helen McCrory, singers Anita Lane & Fredi and astronaut Michael Collins. 1. Bay City Rollers: Ain't It Strange (Rollin', 1974) Bell 2. Connect_i...

gak missed 24 Hours of Radio Art earlier this year, so with a 17th landing on a Monday at long last, experience 2 hours of experimental music along with some kitchen appliance silliness. 0. gak: interview with the dishwasher (2021) self-released [in para//e/ with] /. The Avalanches: Star Song. IMG (We Will Always Love You, 2020) Modular 2a. Robert Filliou: Whispered History of Art [excerpt] (Fluxu...

Along with a preview of this year's Vancouver Doxa Documentary Film Festival, we pay tribute to the French director Bertrand Tavernier (1941-2021) and we feature some of the jazzy sounds from his 1986 film 'Round Midnight. 1. Squid: Documentary Filmmaker (Bright Green Field, 2021) Warp 2. Laurie Spiegel: Three Modal Pieces - III. A Myth [1983] (Obsolete Systems, 2001) Electronic Music Foundation 3...

With the Oscars done, we focus on smaller films. In this mostly electropop episode, we profile Electric Youth & Pilotpriest's score to the 2020 Canadian scifi horror Come True. 1. The Conet Project: 555 Konec (The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations, 1997) Irdial 2. Electric Youth: Modern Fears [Pilotpriest Come True version] (Come True OST, 2021) Milan 3. Pilotpriest: Forgiven...

Oscar season is over and gak gambled on the right film in the short turnaround to airtime. In honour of its Best Picture win during the 93rd Academy Awards, we profile Chloé Zhao's film Nomadland along with the Oscar winning score to Soul and the best original song from Judas & The Black Messiah. 1. Kamasi Washington: Announcement (Becoming OST, 2020) Young Turks 2. Nomadland Cast: On the Road Aga...

For our 5th & final Oscar nominees profile, we listen once more to Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross with their nominated score from the Pixar film Soul. We also hear the final nominated song from the film The Life Ahead. We also pay tribute to War bassist BB Dickerson, actors George Segal & Jessica Walter and Blue Peter singer Paul Humphrey. 1. Sharon Musgrave: Giving You Everything [radio...

Part 4 of our annual Oscar music profile for your April listening, focusing on Trent Reznor's & Atticus Ross' nominated score from Mank along with the nominated song from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. gak thinks like he's over his non-Covid cold but it sure doesn't sound like it. Roll sound, speed! 1. Dry Cleaning: Strong Feelings (New Long Leg, 2021) 4AD 2. Heiki: April Dub (Du...

Part 3 of our annual Oscar music profile for your April listening, focusing on James Newton Howard's nominated score from News of the World along with the nominated song from The Trial of the Chicago 7. We also pay tribute to synthesizer pioneer Malcolm Cecil, musician/cartoonist Gary Leib and welcome a weird baseball season. 1. World News: Descenending (Descenending single, 2021) Safe Sounds 2. T...

Part two of our annual Oscar music profile is here, focusing on Terence Blanchard's nominated score from Spike Lee's latest film Da 5 Bloods along with the nominated song from One Night in Miami... We also pay tribute to jazz bassist Paul Jackson, French producer Jean Pierre Masseira & the recent shooting in Boulder, Colorado. 1. The Headhunters: God Made Me Funky [w. The Pointer Sisters] (Surviva...

The nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards were announced last monday, so over the next five weeks, we'll do our annual profile on the nominees for Best Original Score & Song. First up in our Oscar business: Minari & Judas and the Black Messiah. (Pardon any odd tonal shifts between dialogue and songs.) 1. Beck: Hollywood Freaks (Midnite Vultures, 1999) DGC 2. Khotin: Dream Mentor (Dream Mentor EP, 2...

As Daft Punk have broken up, we pay tribute to the humans behind the masks with selections from their 28 year career, including their work from the films Tron: Legacy and Electroma. Remixes, covers, samples & only one bad French vocoder attempt: the back half of this episode shows their prowess as they became a force in pop culture. 01. Breakwater: Release the Beast (Splashdown, 1980) Arista 0...

Monday marks International Women's Day, so for our 7th installment of all-ambient episodes, the future will be all female too. 1. Emily A Sprague: Water Memory Poem (Water Memory/Mount Vision, 2019) Rvng Intl. 2. Chika Asamoto: Obsession (Gypsy Moon, 1988) Columbia 3. Pauline Anna Strom: Spatial Spectre (Spectre, 1984) Trans-Millenia Consort Recordings 4. Pauline Anna Strom: The Eighteen Beautiful...

Ringo the greyhound recently crossed the rainbow bridge so in that good boy's honour, we have Ennio Morricone's scores from the 1965 spaghetti westerns A Pistol for Ringo and The Return of Ringo. 1. Lorne Greene: Ringo (Welcome to the Ponderosa, 1964) RCA Victor 2. Shabason, Krgovich & Harris: The Flowers in My Parents' Yard (Florence, 2021) Idée Fixe 3. Akron/Family: Onward, Trainstop, Bookmark (...