Noise Complaint

Garret T. Willie and his band perform live at CiTR before their show at the WISE Hall in Vancouver. https://garrettwillie.com/ About Garret: Garret T. Willie is an old soul masquerading as an uncommonly wise, weathered, witty and world-weary 23-year-old. He's about to give rock 'n' roll a formidable 21st -century kick in the ass with plenty of wild, heartbreaking, and hilarious stories to share in...

Aisia, Yasna, Tariq and Jasper host the Creative Writing 411 for their end-of-semester songwriting showcase live at CiTR.

Ines from Gobstopper hosts ? NUMB ? DAME ? live at CiTR.

This week are joined by the amazing Avery Sloane to listen to some fun tunes, chat about the joy of making music with your best friends, and much more! "This initiative is made possible by the Community Radio Fund of Canada."

Ines (of CiTR's Gobstopper) hosts Muppet Boys live in studio at CiTR.

This week on Noise Complaint we have a performance and an interview with Iris, ALSO KNOWN AS SUBLIME !!! AKAsublime is a Music Producer, DJ and sound composer based somewhere in so called “Vancouver/Canada” . AKAsublime is also the founder of Unity Arts Collective, A space and platform made for and by QTBIPOC / BIPOC Artists within “Canada”. AKAsublime also owns N0-Guidance - Records which is a mu...

Local band Rosemary Ginger visits the station to perform some tunes! Listen to their latest singles here: https://rosemaryginger.bandcamp.com/album/ocean-in-between *This initiative is made possible by the Community Radio Fund of Canada.*

Amanda has collaborated on many interdisciplinary theatre based works, which have brought her to perform and present work at the SMUSH Gallery (Jersey City), On The Boards (Seattle), the Fury Factory Festival of Ensemble and Devised Theatre (San Francisco) and Summerworks (Toronto). Past devised works include Once She Dries (Meagan Woods/Nancy Cohen), New Societies and Champion (re:current theatre...

Aisia and Jasper are joined by UBC Creative Writing Department's Tariq Hussain and his students for their end-of-semester songwriting showcase.

Jasper is joined by local musician, community organizer and One City city council candidate with Ian Cromwell. Learn more about Ian: https://vancouver.iancromwell.ca/ https://www.localslounge.ca/ https://www.onecityvancouver.ca/

CiTR is joined in-studio by student from CRWR411, Tariq Hussain's songwriting class to take over CiTR 101.9FM and share some of their songs written during the 2021 semester. ft. performances by 1. Rayne Weinstein (she/he/they) - Warsaw 2. Lara Yildirim (she/they) - Alec 3. Gabrielle Elena (she/her) - Let Me Miss You Again 4. Kaila Johnson (she/they) - Wednesday Nights 5. MacKenzie Sewell (she/they...

Jasper is joined by Tariq Hussain and his songwriting class, who share some of their songs written during the 2020 semester. Spencer Oakes--Motorcade Tarene Thomas--Lullaby Gabrielle Rutman--The Believing Valie Madejska--June Eleanor Panno--Burnt Toast Cole Klassen--Camping Prayer Edie Chunn--Leave It Up To You Claudine Yip--Where Do They Go Ethan Wescoatt--The Cloud Sea Emma Leck--Butterflies

Vancouver artist Ruby Singh phones in to talk about his new pan-cultural Sufi Hip-Hop project Jhalaak which released its debut self-titled album in May. Spanning two continents, Jhalaak brings together the powerful sounds of Qawaali (devotional Sufi music from Pakistan and India), Hip-Hop, and EDM. Jhalaak met under the constellations of the Vancouver summer sky in 2014 when the Indian musicians f...

Janny Banai's couchwalker grew up into an album with the all-too-eager help of heartbreak, uncertainty and questions to do with faith. Each song embodies a timeless longing of the soul for mutual understanding and deep connection. Alas, throughout Jenny flutters from one couch to the next; from one conversation to the next, feeling wholly affected by the state of the world, of her friends and of h...

North Vancouver’s George Nixon released his debut EP in 2012 – a dark, alt. country dream called Ghosts on the Road. Described as sombre acoustic blues and country-noir, his music has a traditional folk sound laced with vivid urban imagery and a dusty, gritty edge that makes it feel modern, a bit punk, and incredibly unique.

This is part one of two of my conversation with lié - we got cut short due to a scheduling conflict, but stay tuned for part two which was taped in the music office, directly after this conversation.

Tune Builders, founded by Vancouver-based David Beckingham, singer-songwriter and guitarist for Juno-nominated Vancouver band Hey Ocean, offers a musical mentorship and songwriting program for youth who want to experience playing in a band. Whether beginner or advanced, we believe anybody who is interested should get to experience playing musical instruments, songwriting, recording and performing...

Lucid swings by CiTR to perform some songs from his debut EP "Unfufilled" and Alex de Boer makes a special guest appearance!

With their massive sonics and anthemic pop songwriting, Woolworm is an arena rock band that just so happens to perform in DIY venues. Their music, which somehow seamlessly combines shoegaze, Britpop, post-punk, hardcore and black-metal into an impossibly cohesive sound, is the sum of their parts. Heather Black pounds her bass like she’s ripping a basement punk set before delivering sweet vocal har...

Vancouver’s fast-rising, dream-pop quintet Blonde Diamond (formerly Youngblood) is reimagining the live-music experience with their palpable, unapologetic, atmospheric vibe and performance. What started as a creative outlet for front-woman, Alexis Young, Blonde Diamond has now received international recognition for their “simultaneously dreamy and vicious” sound led by powerhouse vocals and ethere...

CiTR's very own host of "Feeling Sounds" performs songs from her debut album "Irrationale".

Sarah's many artistic projects all orbit around the main project of survival - whether in conversation, performance, writing, or dance her voice rings through loud and clear as a fierce force for empathy and change. In her music, Sarah Jickling marries shimmering pop melodies to sharp, candid lyrics about her personal struggles with bipolar disorder. As a touring performer in BC high schools with...

Duot Bior Ajang aka Atorry Badmind is a South Sudanese musician who just moved to Vancouver in 2013. His music career began in 2010 and he's recorded over 40 songs in different genres ranging from Hip Hop, Reggae, Dancehall and Trap among others.

Gal Gracen talks about the origins of his new album, Fantasy Gardens, and performs an intimate set in studio A.

Sleepy G plays a dreamy set and then talks (mostly) about Bright Eyes with Jasper.