Noise Complaint

With Live shows from Mexico City to Haida Gwaii, an East Coast US tour supporting The Charlatans UK, recording with Jason Corbett of Jacknife Sound, and signing to Paper Bag Records, The journey of FRANKIIE over the last year has been non-stop. Their forthcoming album Forget Your Head marries the lush qualities of Big Thief with an intimate antithetic approach reminiscent of Heart. Reverb drenched...

Marvin Tontiwachwuthikul Chan, better known by his stage alter-ego Merv xx Gotti, is the singer of of WCMA-nominated Canadian hip-hop/R&B duo, Samurai Champs, as well as Artistic Director of Canadian collective-label, Trifecta Sound Co. With Samurai Champs, Merv xx Gotti has toured internationally to the US, UK, and Europe, performing in festivals such as South by Southwest (SXSW) (Austin, TX), No...

Chersea is a one-of-a-kind expressionist inspired electro-pop artist who’s music stimulates the mind, body, and soul. Over the past couple years she has shared the stage with the likes of Brian Wilson, Rich Aucoin, Allen Stone, and MOBY and her live performances have been viewed by thousands all over the world.

pukesword swings by CiTR for a live performance and an interview with Jasper. Instagram: @pukesword

Sam performs some new songs and chats with Jasper about her work, her process, and so much more.

Biawanna performed live in the CiTR lounge then sat down in studio with Myles Black to talk about paying tribute to her family, writing about toxic relationships, how songs can be therapeutic time-capsules, and the inspiration in collaborating with other musicians.

Local punk heartthrobs Necking played a batch of new tracks from their forthcoming album and then sit down for an interview with Myles Black. They talk about collaborative writing, how the angrier Melissa feels the softer she plays, how it can be easier to sing something to everyone than to say something to one person, and how they're looking forward to a season of Monster trucks and drinking beer...

Recorded in "Devoursland" AKA Jeff Cancade's apartment, this episode was originally produced as part of CiTR's day of Pride programming in 2018. Jeff and Myles talk about the Vancouver music scene, queerness, coming out at 25, and why Devours is more Punk than Electronic.

Maneater is Dan Awng, Lindsay Stewart and Lauren Nelson. They played a live, somewhat unplugged set in the CiTR lounge back in February, (shoutout to the crowd of students that gathered :) They talk about Hell, which man they would actually eat and how, writing pop songs with sadness, and how they're a good band, not an evil band (with the exception of Dan).

Right before Halloween in October 2018, Sigh did a live performance in studio for Thunderbird Radio Hell. Sigh is Dorothy, Shelby, Morgan and Jen - who first joined forces as a Cranberries cover band for the Halloween cover show in 2017. Their sound is languid, tender and melancholy- perfectly summed up by their name - sigh. On the show they discuss covering the Cranberries and Shania Twain, the p...

Cathy Schultes is 19, uses she/they pronouns, and plays guitar with her whole heart. She visited the station to play some powerful queer/trans/gender-nonconforming anthems in studio with Myles Black. She talks about being yourself on stage, trying to feel beautiful, rewriting highschool songs and just generally being an angel. Follow her on Instagram @cathythebrave

Vancouver Supergroup Garbage Dreams plays everything off their new album and then some! They discuss the mysteries of egg punk, their hopes and dreams, and welcome Santa Claus into the studio.

Vancouver Supergroup Garbage Dreams plays everything off their new album and then some! They debate whether their music is Classic Rock, Medieval New Wave, or somewhere on a spectrum between Chain Punk and Egg Punk. They also discuss their hopes and dreams :) The first half of a special holiday song is played.

Fake Fruit stopped by in the middle of their West Coast tour to perform in the CiTR Lounge! They play some old favourites, book ended by new unreleased songs. They also talk about writing together, forming a band with good nice music nerds, self-care on tour, del taco, and comic book art. https://fakefruitmusic.bandcamp.com/

Prxncxss Aprntly is a four piece experimental glam-punk sexbeat grunge band from Vancouver. Daniele Hurley is on vocals, Ryan Schwab is on guitar, Nic Hughes is on Bass, and Penelope Parker is on drums. They are part of the Red Gate Arts Collective, and all four band members are involved in multiple projects. Their other projects include: Red Circle, Snorlax, Maskara, Group Vision, and experimenta...

Hope, Co-Founder of Rudegang Entertainment and Status Krew, visited the CiTR Lounge on January 14th 2019 to rap and talk about his upcoming album: Red Man. He performed unreleased tracks, including "100 Million" which was written in support of Wet'SuWet'En and Unist'ot'en. Follow Hope, Staus Krew and Rudegang Entertainment on social media for updates on future releases. You can donate funds to Uni...

Noise Complaint, coming January 18th from CiTR 101.9FM and Discorder Magazine. We bring you performances and interviews with some of our favourite Vancouver artists.