CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

One of the widely consume scores this year is Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross' industrial dance music from Challengers. Though tennis themes were thought of for this episode, amidst plenty of techno, gak's behind on some club classics from 2024 and it's time to prep the Polaris nominee profiles so we've got light summer vibes. 01. Rasputina: Saline the Salt Lake Queen (Frustration Plantation, 2004...

Ryan Faulconer (1976-2024) was a key friend all these years. We lost him too soon in January so in a celebration of his life, we feature some of his favourite songs and then Jeff Beal's score to 2001's Pollock, a film that spoke dearly to him. 01. Hayden: Trees Lounge (Trees Lounge OST, 1996) MCA 02. Phill Niblock: Two Lips 1 (Touch Five, 2013) Touch 03. Jonathan Richman: Government Centre (Jonath...

Going back to Canada Day 2013, this repeat broadcast gets all rural with the headbanger FUBAR film series, eh. Original details & episode: https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20130701/ This one has been tightened up a bit and some birds got into it. Give'r! 1. Stompin' Tom Connors: Roll On Saskatchewan (Meets Big Joe Mufferaw, 1970) Dominion 2. Wayne Henderson & Freedom...

gak's in Utah for work & fun so this episode way off the active podcast feed from 10 years ago dives into spoken word with a spotlight on Ken Nordine (1920-2019) back when he was alive and still doing radio beat poetry. 00. gak & Gregory Gan yak it up 01. Potatohead People: Pete Sakes (Mellowtunes EP, 2012) Jellyfish 02. Calamalka: Auterzonik (Shredders Dub, 2006) Plug Research 03. Tom Wai...

Actress Cindy Morgan (1954-2023) provided a partial impetus to look at the world of Tron again and we'll combine Wendy Carlos' score from the 1982 original with Daft Punk's 2010 sequel Tron: Legacy as we project the future of this cult series. RUN * 10 Chaka Khan: Fate (What Cha' Gonna Do for Me, 1981) Warner Bros 20 Canadian Electronic Ensemble: Whale Oil (Canadian Electronic Ensemble, 2019) Arto...

Roger Corman (1926-2024) was a trailblazer in producing & occasionally directing American independent cinema, so we'll touch upon only a handful of cues from films that came from his studios. 01. Ramones: Rock'n Roll High School (Rock'n Roll High School OST, 1979) Sire/Warner Bros 02. Yoo Doo Right: The Failure of Stiff, Tired Friends (A Murmur, Boundless to the East, 2022) Mothland 03. The Sh...

gak's back from New York so as he dug through films set in the Big Apple, he opted for a Puerto Rican flair with the 1993 film Carlito's Way. For Vancouverites, Music Waste is this weekend so we also spotlight some of the local acts performing in this long-running festival. 01. Eli Escobar: NY So Hi (Up All Night 12", 2014) Night People NYC 02. Shabason & Gunning: Measures of Fog (Ample Habita...

This pre-recorded episode goes more new age than ambient, so consider this Part 14.5 of our sorta soothing & serene sounding series, mostly in a Greek vein as we profile some of the soundtrack work of Yanni. 0.1 Nathan Shubert: Maybe Borealis (2024) self-released 0.2 Terre Thaemlitz: Tranquilizer [excerpt] (Tranquilizer: 30th Anniversary Restored & Expanded Edition, 2024) Comatonse 0.3 Ric...

For your Victoria Day (or Whit Monday) enjoyment, we profile Montreal's CFCF and his score to the 2022 Canadian queer indie film You Can Live Forever. 01. Thundercat: Thousand Knives (A Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto: To the Moon and Back, 2022) Milan 02. Ryuichi Sakamoto: 20220214 (12, 2023) Commmons/Milan 03. Yellow Magic Orchestra: Behind the Mask (Solid State Survivor, 1980) Alfa 04. Juicy Fruits...

Amidst a profile on some of Steve Albini's (1962-2024) recording work and tributes to other recently deceased folks, we profile an interesting collaboration between Cypress Hill's DJ Muggs & experimental musician Dean Hurley for the 2023 sci-fi film Divinity. 01. Shellac: Canada (Live at Cat's Cradle, Carrboro: August 30, 2006) self-released 02. Sunn O))): Novæ (Life Metal, 2019) Southern Lord...

In honour of the character actor M. Emmet Walsh (1935-2024), we profile Carter Burwell's score from perhaps Walsh's largest role (and the Coen Brothers' debut): 1984's Blood Simple in this deceptively neo-noir styled episode. 01. Clarence "Frogman" Henry & Paul Gayten: Ain't Got No Home (Ain't Got No Home 7", 1956) Argo 02. Bell Orchestre: Making Time (House Music, 2021) Erased Tapes 03. The S...

gak's back after a fortnight in a swamp with a profile on the Toronto band Absolutely Free and their score to the 2016 independent film Two Cares Due None. 01. Count Floyd: The Gory Story of Duane & Debbie (Count Floyd 12", 1982) RCA 02. Ian William Craig: Blue Suit Glitch (Music for Magnesium_173 OST, 2022) FatCat 03. Pierre Kwenders: No No No [w. Vanyfox] (No No No Remixes, 2023) Arts &...

gak's back from staring at things blocking the sun so the genres shift to mostly folk as we profile Jim Williams' songs from the soundtrack to the 2013 film A Field in England. 01. Waxahatchee: Right Back to It (Tigers Blood, 2024) Anti- 02. Amanda Whiting: Facing the Sun (The Liminality of Her, 2024) First Word 03. Rhiannon Giddens: Wrong Kind of Right (You're the One, 2023) Nonesuch 04. Rhiannon...

It's Part 14 of our all-ambient series and we circle back to some of the noteworthy releases from 2023 aside from some astronomical business. Astronomical business meant hopes to have this in time for the solar eclipse so you have to schedule your own sun blocker for maximum enjoyment. 01 - Transponder: Totality (Empire of the Eclipse, 2024) Synphaera 02 - Talk West: Abode (Black Coral Sprig, 2023...

Based on recent legislation from the governments of North Carelia (Finland) & Northwestern Ontario (Canada), we've had to viciously & suddenly change formats, so it's mostly blistering guitars with a metal focus going forward now. Who'd've thought the first of the month would've wrought this? 01! Tenacious D: The Metal (The Pick of Destiny, 2006) Epic 02! Dhidalah: Jovian Sky (Threshold, 2...

24It's time to return to the spice as we listen to Hans Zimmer's score to Dune: Part Two from director Denis Villeneuve. Along with other sonic inspirations from Frank Herbert's novels, we also profile a documentary about a failed adaptation: 2013's Jodorowsky's Dune with music by Kurt Stenzel. 01. Hot Chip: Freakout/Release (Freakout/Release, 2022) Domino 02. Klaus Schulze: Frank Herbert (X: Sech...

Award season is over so we play catch up with recent news as look at the Canadian director Norman Jewison (1926-2024) and cues from his groundbreaking films, focusing mostly on 1987's Moonstruck with music by Dick Hyman. 01. John Cale: Moonstruck [Nico's Song] (Mercy, 2023) Domino 02. Gerald Fried: The Discotheque Affair (The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV Series: Volume 1, 2002) Film Score Monthly 03. Ap...

Our 7th & final part of our our annual Oscars profiles as award season draws to a close as we talk about who won! The 96th Academy Awards were handed out last night and amongst the winners, we hear selections from Joe Hisaishi's score from the Best Animated Feature from Studio Ghibli: The Boy and the Heron. 01. Benny Sings: Movie Star (Young Hearts, 2023) Stones Throw 02. Richard Bégin: Mouvem...

Our 6th part of our annual Oscars profiles does another check-in on Ludwig Göransson's Academy Award nominated score to Oppenheimer. 01. Oppenheimer Analysis: Men in White Coats (New Mexico, 1982) Minimal Waves 02. Osmanthus: Bloom (Between Seasons, 2024) self-released 03. Parliament: I Call My Baby Pussycat (Osmium, 1970) Invictus 04. Marlena Shaw: Liberation Conversation (The Spice of Life, 1969...

The 1st of our two repeat profiles is in the cards for the 5th part of our annual Oscar profile as we hear different cues from the late Robbie Robertson's nominated score to Killers of the Flower Moon. We hear additional indigenous voices too amongst others who have recently left us. The time has come. 1. A.S.O: My Baby's Got It Out for Me (A.S.O, 2023) Low Lying 2. Anthony Davis, James Newton &am...

It's Family Day in parts of Canada, so for our 4th part of our annual Oscars profile, we not only hear selections from John Williams' nominated score to Indiana Jones & The Dial of Destiny, but we also circle back through the rest of his music from the adventure film series. gak is jet lagged from all the red lines that pop up on the map as he flew a lot last week. 0.1 Ray Anthony: Holiday (Pr...

For the 3rd part of our annual Oscars profile, we listen to selections from Laura Karpman's nominated score to American Fiction. We also touch upon the lunar new year, acts playing in Vancouver and actor/director Carl Weathers (1948-2024). Thanks again to everyone who donated to 2024 Fundrive! 01. Beth Gibbons: Floating on a Moment (Lives Outgrown, 2024) Domino 02. Matty: Yessss (Arkive, 2021) Voi...

Part II of our annual Oscars profile collides with CITR's main annual event: FUNDRIVE so we'll hop along the themes of weddings and Las Vegas as we hear from the 5 nominees for Best Original Song along with some that missed the cut. Visit https://donatetocitr.ca today and pledge to Fundrive 2024 and tell'em Exploding Head Movies sent ya! Say it as we hover ahead on bended knee: YES! 01. Tom Petty:...

The nominees for the 96th Academy Awards were announced last week so it's that time of year: our annual Oscars profiles on the nominated original songs & scores! First up: Jerskin Fendrix's beguilingly quirky music from Yorgos Lanthimos' adaptation of Poor Things. 01. David Holmes & Raven Violet: Blind on a Galloping Horse (Blind on a Galloping Horse, 2023) Heavenly 02. Brian Ring: Aperol...

gak marks 16 years at CITR 101.9FM with another profile on the film score work of Ennio Morricone: 1971's Giù la Testa (aka Duck, You Sucker!) amidst the other mix of glitter and doom. Somehow we made this far. Somehow you made it here too. Can't do this without you. 01 - Tennessee Ernie Ford: Sixteen Tons (Asteroid City OST, 2023) ABKCO 02 - Elizabeth Reid & Alison Bruce Cerutti: Constable an...