CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

I may not be a do-gooder, but I done good now and then. Podcasts will be getting slowly asynchronous as repairs are made, so caveat emptor. Under these paving stones, this will be your beach: 1. Kendrick Lamar: These Walls [w. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat] (To Pimp a Butterfly, 2015) Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope 2. Kid Aristides: Heart of Dorkness (Screwed by the Man EP, 2014) Metatron 3. Gr...

And regardless of the calendar, we should celebrate of International Women's Day every day. 1. Luscious Jackson: Under Your Skin (Fever In Fever Out, 1996) Grand Royal/Capitol 2. Guidewire: Motion to the Sea (Fertility EP, 2015) self-released 3. Lizzy Mercier Descloux: Funky Stuff (Mambo Nassau, 1981) ZE 4. The Beginning of the End: Funky Nassau, Pt 1 (Funky Nassau, 1971) Alston 5. Flying V Temple...

Donate now! http://citr.ca/fundrive Or call in: +1.604.822.8648 during regular broadcast hours. 1. National Association of Broadcasters: Theatre of My Mind (unknown) 2. Erik Richter: Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (Harvey Birdman OST, 2000) Adult Swim 3. Antonio Sánchez: Doors and Distance/Night Chatter/Schizo (Birdman [or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance] OST, 2014) New Regency/Milan 4. Antoni...

Your companion paint-by-numbers foolscap should arrive by the time you download this. The 87th Annual Academy Awards will be issued in Hollywood this Sunday. And I need to prerecord next week's show so you're gonna have to wait a fortnight for my usual winners' profile. 1. Kelly Haigh: Sheep (Country Western Star starring Kelly Haigh with Frances the Singing Dog, 2010) Darling 2. Azeda Booth: Ram...

Thanks again to Chris Anthony and Leonardo Coelho for visiting. 1. Matmos: Messages from the Unseen World [w. David Tibet] (For Alan Turing EP, 2006) Vague Terrain 2. Valiska: Midnight, False Creek (Shifts, 2013) Unit Structure Sound Recordings 3. Still Creek Murder: Stripes (To Shreds, 2014) self-released 4. The Schomberg Fair: I Won't Be Afraid (I Won't Be Afraid, 2014) self-released 5. Sebastiá...

Happy woodchuck day! Hope spring arrives soon below but remains winter in the mountains. Gotta ski. 1. The Runaways: Cherry Bomb (The Runaways, 1976) Mercury 2. Tangerine Dream: Desire (Heartbreakers OST, 1985) Virgin 3. Kim Fowley: Bubblegum (Outrageous, 1968) Imperial 4. Kim Fowley: Dancing All Night (International Heroes, 1973) Capitol 5. Alan Hawkshaw: A Man Alone (The Road Forward, 1977) KPM...

Love that pipe organ. 1. Astrowind: Lost and Found on the Moon (Fresh Wind in the Valley of Dreams, 2008) Musica Excentrica/Silent Flow/Fluttery 2. Loscil: Angel of Loll (Sea Island, 2014) Kranky 3. Elaquent: The Official (Green Apples and Oranges EP, 2014) Urbnet 4. Captain Murphy: Cosplay (Adult Swim Singles Program, 2014) Williams Street 5. Telequanta: Hidden Characters (Metaverse, 2014) Data G...

Naturally, I thought about including "Everything is Awesome" from The Lego Movie but it's Martin Luther King Junior Day in the States, so there's only one way to go. The theory of everything is awesome? What? 1. Radiohead: Everything in its Right Place [Gigamesh remix] (2009) self-released 2. CFCF: Oil (Ghostly Swim 2, 2014) Williams Street/Ghostly International 3. Death from Above 1979: Cheap Tal...

Who knew I could make it this far. Based on life outside radio, I'm lucky I don't fall asleep during th-ZZZZZzzzz... Happy something to ye? 1. Brian Eno: Seven Deadly Finns (Seven Deadly Finns 7", 1974) Island 2. Phaeleh: Seven (Somnus, 2014) Undertow 3. The Gaslamp Killer: Seven Years of Bad Luck for Fun [w. Dimlite] (Breakthrough, 2012) Brainfeeder 4. Thundercat: Seven (Apocalypse, 2013) Brainfe...

Hello 2015! I'm so excited for this episode; I can't wait for you to hear it. Then maybe wear it on a T-shirt. 1. Alan Silvestri: Main Title from Back to the Future Pt II (Back to the Future Pt II OST, 1989) Geffen 2. Guidewire: Coordinated Pt II (demo, 2014) self-released 3. Sonic Youth: Skip Tracer (Washing Machine, 1995) DGC 4. Speedy Ortiz: Everything's Bigger (Real Hair EP, 2014) Carpark 5. H...

2014 has been ready to be kicked to the curb for so long. What a weird year; bring on 2015. Here's the festive forty-four, I guess. There are a lot of other acts missing so don't consider the best. 1. The Black Keys: Year in Review (Turn Blue, 2014) Nonesuch 2. Darkside: What They Say (What They Say/Gone Too Soon single, 2014) self-released 3. Alvvays: Archie, Marry Me (Alvvays, 2014) Royal Mounta...

Yuletide is upon us yet again, so for this annual festive tradition, it's time to curl up around the fire and listen to Ryuichi Sakamoto's score to 1983's Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence. Not so much on the informative chatter, but you did get a guest appearance from Val Cormier, hostess of the Folk Oasis (Wed 8-10pm on CITR.ca Pacific). And for the rest of this Festivus::: 1. KITT the Amazing Car of...

Man I'm jet lagged. Manila is far away fun but busy. Godspeed, Gregory Gan & 4'33". You brought a lot of otherwise unheard music on air. 1. Astro Screamer: Escapes (Astro Screamer EP, 2014) self-released 2. Sun Ra: Intergalactic Motion (Outer Spaceways Incorporated, 1968) Black Lion 3. Sonar Quartett: Marc Sabat's Euler Lattice Spiral Scenery for String Quartet [Movements 1 & 2] (The Theory of Hap...

Hopefully this show can appear. Next week: XHM will be pre-empted for 24 Hours of Student Power. Folk Oasis airs 8-10pm Pacific Wednesday nights on CITR: 101.9 FM in Vancouver or http://www.citr.ca Follow Val: http://twitter.com/folkoasis The songs, so I was eventually told by the DJ Land robot: Hotdog - Manila (Greatest Hits) Seelenluft feat. Michael Smith - Manila (Ewan Pearson remix) Mongo Sant...

Mahubay. I'm in Manila. This playlist looks awesome. Gregory Gan's 4'33" - Experiments in Happiness is regularly heard before my show on CITR: Mondays 6-7pm Pacific. His show is on Twitter: @CITR_433, along with the website: http://www.theoryofhappiness.com/p/433.html Michael Nyman - Opening Theme (The Man with the Movie Camera (soundtrack)) RZA - Opening Theme (Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (...

Happy Remembrance Day! We'll have fill-ins until I'm back from Manila but podcasting will continue. T-minus 5, 4, 3, 2: 1. Mutwawa: Lamashtu Pazuzu (Lamashtu Pazuzu, 2012) Chaotic Noise Productions 2. Dan Galway: Latest Triumphs (Human Feelings CD-R, 2012) self-released 3. Vinyl Williams: Higher Worlds (Lemniscate, 2012) No Pain In Pop/Salonislam 4. Maria Minerva: Galaxy (Histrionic, 2014) Not Not...

Life is surface noise. Aloha. 1. The Big Ben Hawaiian Band: Honolulu (On the Beach at Waikiki, 1963) Fiesta/Columbia 2. The Big Ben Hawaiian Band: Paradise (On the Beach at Waikiki, 1963) Fiesta/Columbia 3. The Big Ben Hawaiian Band: On the Beach at Waikiki (On the Beach at Waikiki, 1963) Fiesta/Columbia 4. Ladies K: Waikiki (Punch-Drunk Love OST, 2002) Nonesuch 5. Masha Qrella: Hawaii (Analogies,...

All work and no play; that's me. And a reminder: the numbers don't always add up. Here's Johnny! 1. Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind: Main Title from The Shining (The Shining OST, 1980) Warner Bros 2X Wizard of: Face I (Face/Skeleton, 2014) Digitalis 3X Gold Zebra: Love, French, Better (Gold Zebra, 2014) Visage Musique 4. Cosmetics: Soft Skin (Olympia... Plus, 2013) Captured Tracks 5. Castle If: Intro...

Indiana Jones! Going back to 1981 for John Williams' score to the 1st film in the series: Raiders of the Lost Ark. We also profile newish music-related films, bands playing in Vancouver and the start of Shindig! 1. Paul Revere & the Raiders: I'm Not Your Stepping Stone (Midnight Ride, 1966) Columbia 2. Jeff Healey: Indiana (Adventures in Jazzland, 2004) Stony Plain/Healeyophonic 3. Dada Plan: Long...

Along with some longform electronica, Prairie punk & visiting acts, this episode will give you a taste of ham between the ears for your mind to enjoy. 1. Mas Ysa: Why (Worth EP, 2014) Downtown 2. Machinedrum: Rise N Fall (Vapor City, 2013) Ninja Tune 3. 22:22: Tap Dance (Travel Music EP, 2012) East Van Digital 4. Eli Muro: Dreamtime Hunter (Dreamtime Hunter EP, 2014) Jellyfish 5. Mind Dynamics: Pr...

The punctuation that represents my mind state during this monitoring/reporting episode is the interrobang. Other punctuation marks may also represent the creative words dispensed at the various computers responsible for certain logging functions. OH BOY! RADIO SHOP TALK! TELL ME MORE ABOUT SOCAN! 0. {SOMETHING THE AUTO DJ WANTED TO PLAY FROM BIRDY NAM NAM!? WHY??} 1. Thom Yorke: A Brain in a Bottl...

A modest break from the all electronic episodes as of late as post punk, full-on punk and other gazy sounds seep in on this grey autumn day. 1. The Juan Maclean: A Place Called Space (In a Dream, 2014) DFA 2. The Field: Comenius Garden (Adult Swim Singles Program, 2012) Williams Street 3. Programm: Like the Sun (Discovery Series 1: Field Trip split, 2014) Scion Sessions 4. Cat Power: Sun (Sun, 201...

The emphasis with this episode will be purely the music as the host bit off more than he could chew and went for gusto. Mayor gusto! Folk Oasis airs 8-10pm Pacific Wednesday nights on CITR: 101.9 FM in Vancouver or http://www.citr.ca Follow Val: http://twitter.com/folkoasis Sexy in Van City airs 10-11pm Pacific after Folk Oasis on the same frequency. This episode does not constitute the usual topi...

We also celebrate 10 years of Hyperdub and the upset victory of Tanya Tagaq's Polaris Music Prize which happened mid-show. 1. Aphex Twin: Minipops 67 [120.2, Source Field mix] (Syro, 2014) Warp 2. YlangYlang: Temporary Opalescent Death (Blossom, 2014) Lava Church 3. Kode9: Xingfu Lu (Hyperdub 10.1, 2014) Hyperdub 4. DJ Spinn: All My Teklife (Hyperdub 10.1, 2014) Hyperdub 5. DJ Rashad & Gant-Man: A...

He's yesterday news! He's lousy! He stinks! He's all jacks, no aces! 1. Tiga: Bugatti (Bugatti single, 2014) Turbo 2. Hieroglyphic Being: [untitled] (Imaginary Soundscapes, 2013) + + + 3. Juilliard String Quartet: Morton Subotnick's A Fluttering of Wings [excerpt from The Double Life of Amphibians] (Ascent Into Air, 1984) Nonesuch 4. Exception Error D000: Sidewinder Servo [for Morton Subotnick] (A...