CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

Marking eleven years to the day he debuted, gak lets the sunshine in with another weird little show. Along with profiles on actor/director Penny Marshall (1943-2018) and lyricist Norman Gimbel (1927-2018), we'll get all musical with selections from Broadway composer Galt MacDermot (1928-2018), particularly his famous work Hair. 1. The Chemical Brothers: MAH (MAH single, 2019) Virgin EMI/Astralwerk...

A new dawn awaits you, along with a new year. We touch upon some Blade Runner along with a tribute to the Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley (1955-2018). The main focus will be on David Byrne and his band Talking Heads as a complete version of the True Stories soundtrack came out before 2018 ended. We also have Byrne's Oscar-winning score with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su to 1987's The Last Emperor. 1. Vange...

In case you’ve never heard them before, relive some old holiday episodes in lieu of new material over the holidays. Like regifting but if it’s new to you, it’ll work. Original airdate & link to playlist: December 21 2009: https://www.citr.ca/radio/radio-free-gak/episode/20091221/ December 19 2011: https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20111219/ Sound FX during new segues: soundbi...

For our final episode of 2018, it's time for the 11th annual renegade Yuletide show! Featuring all types of carols to counter what you've overheard elsewhere, plus music tied to The Grinch (old & new), the Rankin-Bass production of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Emmet Otter. We'll bang on tong-tinglers, blow our foo-flounders! We'll crash on jang-jinglers and bounce on boing-bounders! 1. The F...

With 2018 winding down, it's time to review the year that is about to close. We'll look back on some of the film scores profiled in the past twelve months, so don't expect a best-of, more a recap. 1. Parquet Courts: Wide Awake! (Wide Awake! 2018) Rough Trade 2. Laurel Halo: Nahbarkeit (Raw Silk Uncut Wood, 2018) Latency 3. Rolling Blackout Coastal Fever: Mainland (Hope Downs, 2018) Sub Pop 4. Snai...

As 2018 enters its final month, it's time to profile one of the best film scores of the year as we listen to Radiohead's Thom Yorke and his soundtrack to the remake of Suspiria. 1. Tolpamin: Just Deserts in Your Final ffflllaaassshhh (Ringtones 1, 2016) self-released 2. Emergency Broadcast Network: Behaviour Modification/We Will Rock You [Bipartisan mix] (Behaviour Modification single, 1992) TVT 3...

With the recent passing of the Marvel writer/editor/promoter Stan Lee (1922-2018), we delve into the world of superheroes, primarily tied to Spider-Man and the wild music from the 1960s animated TV series. 'Nuff said! 1. Paul Soles: Let's Get This Show on the Road Gang (Spider-Man from the KPM Vaults, 1968) Funky Frolic 2. Boba Fettucini: Radioactive Spider [w. Stan Lee, intro] (The Amazing Spider...

Two film composers died recently, so we'll pay tribute to some of their music: Italy's Stelvio Cipriani (1937-2018) & France's Francis Lai (1932-2018). We'll also honour the work of legendary author/screenwriter William Goldman (1931-2018) along with processing all manners of recent news. gak shoots for the stars and misses by a wide mark. 1. Beth Orton & The Chemical Brothers: I Never Asked to Be...

In honour of Remembrance Day, marking the 100th anniversary of the Armistice Treaty that ended World War I, we'll go back 20 years to John Williams' score to Saving Private Ryan. 1. The Conet Project: Bugle (Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations, 1997) Irdial 2. Museum of Love: Marching Orders (Marching Orders single, 2018) self-released 3. NOFVNCITY: The Antidote (VNITY, 2018) WEATNU 4. Young...

gak finally remembers, remembers the 5th of November as we profile Dario Marianelli's score to the 2005 film adaptation of Alan Moore's V for Vendetta. 1. November Group: Volker (Work That Dream 12", 1985) A&M 2. Iceage: The Day the Music Dies (Beyondless, 2018) Escho 3. Daniel Avery: Diminuendo (Song for Alpha, 2018) Phantasy Sound 4. Odonis Odonis: Vision (No Pop, 2017) Telephone Explosion V. J...

Hallowe'en Horror Month concludes as we profile Jóhann Jóhannsson's final score: the gloriously insane Panos Cosmatos 2018 film Mandy. A certain man of the wolf breed interrupts the proceedings; throat lozenges are dispensed. 1. Soulwax: Essential One (Essential, 2018) Deewee/PIAS 2. Souns: Tree Falls [w. Hawah] (Smoke single, 2014) Panospria 3. Fred Schneider & The Shake Society: Monster (Fred Sc...

Le Matos score the 2018 horror mystery Summer of '84 for a prerecorded horror as Hallowe'en month continues. This episode was recorded at Exploding Global Headquarters, powered by the wonder that is gin. 1. Cherushii: Manic [w. Kara Marie, deep version] (Manic EP, 2016) self-released 2. Magic Touch: Strongbow & Spliffs [w. Roche] (2014) XLR8R 3. Wallgrin: O Harpy (Bird/Alien, 2018) Heavy Lark 4. C...

Hallowe'en horror month continues as we profile the highly eclectic soundtrack to the 1994 dark satire Natural Born Killers. Industrial symphonies abound. 1. Actors: Crosses (It Will Come to You, 2018) Artoffact 2. Kalte: Chemotrophs (Glaciations, 2009) Dark Winter 3. The Pack AD: Thomas Hardy (Dollhouse, 2017) Cadence 4. Lindi Ortega: Pablo (Liberty, 2018) Shadowbox/Soundly 5. Donato Dozzy: For A...

Eeriely appropriate for visiting family & friends for Thanksgiving, we continue on with our horror month leading up to Hallowe'en with Michael Abels' score to Jordan Peele's 2017 thriller Get Out. 1. Cast: It's Thanksgiving for Everybody (The Bob's Burgers Music Album, 2017) Sub Pop 2. Jolin Ras: Northvan Drive-by (Northern Lights EP, 2015) self-released 3. Grouper: Thanksgiving Song (Grid of Poin...

It's the start to our semi-regular annual horror month! In the lead-up to Hallowe'en, we'll focus on scary scores for the rest of October and we start with Steve Moore's music from the 2014 indie thriller The Guest. 1. Khotin: Welcome (Beautiful You, 2018) Khotin Industries 2. Chorus: M Sunne (Black Paradise, 2014) self-released 3. Gary Numan: Stories (Dance, 1981) Beggars Banquet 4. Kid Koala & E...

It's been a while since we've had both John Barry and a space theme, so we'll mix both together with the super dark 1979 Disney live-action film The Black Hole. (We'll save Moonraker for another time.) 1. Cast: Hello! (The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording, 2011) Ghostlight 2. Amon Tobin: Encounter on Io [Lee Gamble reshape] (Dark Jovian EP, 2015) Ninja Tune 3. Eleanor Friedberger:...

Looking through past episodes, we've never done a proper profile on the legendary disco producer Giorgio Moroder. We correct that this week as we go back 40 years to his Oscar-winning score to Midnight Express. 1. Chromeo: Just Friends [w. Amber Mark] (Head Over Heels, 2018) Atlantic 2. Chad Munson: Infinity Mirror (Albedo, 2014) Magnetic Domain 3. Rachid Taha: Rock el Casbah (Tékitoi, 2004) Barcl...

Peter Ricq is one half of the local electro act Humans. Ricq also made his full-length directoral debut this year with the comedic horror film Dead Shack, so we'll profile Humans' score to that film amongst acts playing this week's Westward Music Festival. 1. The Juan Maclean: What Do You Feel Free About? (What Do You Feel Free About? single, 2018) DFA 2. E.R. Roberts: Very Hot Sauna No. 2 (Moods...

Labour Day means the return of school. What better way to kick off a year of education with selections from Anna Meredith's score to the 2018 film Eighth Grade. 1. Nova Nova vs. Joy Division: Love Will Tear Us Apart (Love Will Tear Us Apart 7”, 2002) Curious Fox 2. Pacific Coliseum: Ocean City (Ocean City, 2017) Coastal Haze 3. Childish Gambino: Feels Like Summer (Summer Pack EP, 2018) Wolf+Rothst...

gak's back and profiling the composer Patrick Williams (1939-2018) and scores from his films Cuba and Breaking Away. We also pay tribute to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin (1942-2018). 1. Aretha Franklin: Think (Aretha Now, 1968) Atlantic 2. A Silver Mt Zion: For Wanda (He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corners of Our Rooms, 2000) Constellation 3. Aretha Franklin: One...

Following up our recent profile on The Handmaiden, we swing from past oppression to eerily prescient dystopic future oppression with two different scores tied to adaptations of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale: Ryuichi Sakamoto's score from the 1990 film adaptation and Adam Taylor's music from the the television series. 1. 79.5: Boy Don't Be Afraid (Predictions, 2018) Big Crown 2. Midori Taka...

For your British Columbia Day broadcast, which lines up nicely with Vancouver Pride activities, our profile will be on the score to the 2016 South Korean erotic thriller The Handmaiden. 1. Robyn: Missing U (Missing U single, 2018) Interscope/Island/Konichiwa 2. Minimal Violence: Mass (Rapids: The 2015 Sessions 12", 2017) Jungle Gym 3. Awwful: Human (Human EP, 2017) self-released 4. Freddie James:...

Connecting a bit with last week's episode with Portishead, this week's profile is on Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury's recent score to the Alex Garland scifi horror Annihilation. 1. Golden Ages: Africa (Africa EP, 2010) self-released 2. Boards of Canada: Kid for Today (In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country EP, 2000) Warp 3. Jayda G & Alexa Dash: Diva Bitch (Diva Bitch 12", 2018) Freakout Cult 4. St...

Paul Wright's 2017 documentary Arcadia uses 100 years of film footage to highlight England's relationship with nature. The score by Adrian Utley (Portishead) & Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) came out digitially this summer, so prepare to bask in idyllic wonder with unusual sounds. 1. CITR: Nothing Hits the Spot... (S.U.B. Pop, 2015) CITR 2. Otha: One of the Girls (One of the Girls single, 2018) self-rel...

Long in the docks but appropriate for the summer weather, it's our yacht rock episode! Going back to the timeframe of 1976-1984 when the West Coast pop sound introduced smooth adult-oriented music to the airwaves, mixing soul, jazz, R&B and rock together with pristine production and light catchy vocals. We'll include some of the music that appeared in the cult online video series that gave Yacht R...