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492 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago -Join gak as he explores music from the movies, tunes from television and any other cinematic source, along with atmospheric pieces, cutting edge new tracks and strange old goodies that could be used in a soundtrack to be. The spotlight swings widely to encompass composers, genres and other categories, but all in the name of discovery and ironclad whimsy.
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XHM #692 - "Lo, an alchemy of fungus & folly" (2024 April 15)
April 16, 2024 01:59 - 111 MBgak'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 Giddens: Mountain Hymn (The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2 OST, 2019) Lakeshore/Rockstar Ga...
XHM #691 - "Floating in the moonshadow" (2024 April 08)
April 09, 2024 02:00It'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) Scissor Tail 03 - Wata Igarashi: Subterranean Life (Agartha, 2023) Kompakt 04 - Midden: S...
XHM #690 - "Excruciating shred mucus" (2024 April 01)
April 02, 2024 01:59 - 111 MBBased on recent legislation from the governments of North Karelia (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, 2019) Guruguru 03! Fucked Up: Quality Second [Orbital] (Cops 7", 2023) self-released 04! Palm Oil: Ga...
XHM #689 - "Arrakis boogaloo" (2024 March 25)
March 26, 2024 01:59 - 114 MBIt'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: Sechs Musikalische Biographien, 1990) Brain 03. Shubostar & Terr: Brave New World (2024) DGTL 04. ...
XHM #688 - "Lunar lancing" (2024 March 18)
March 19, 2024 02:00 - 112 MBAward 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. Apollo Ghosts: Karaoke (Local Delivery Only, 2020) self-released 04. Molly Sarlé: Human (Karao...
XHM #687 - "Dreams take flight [with crazy teeth]" (2024 March 11)
March 12, 2024 02:00 - 110 MBOur 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: Mouvements Cycloniques des Regions Temperees (IDIL Music Award 2024, 2024) Unexplained Sounds Group 03. ...
XHM #686 - "Downwind from the fallout of history" (2024 March 04)
March 05, 2024 02:00 - 111 MBOur 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) Cadet 05. Chronotype Project: Arctic Spring (Free Ambient Electronic Sampler 37, 2024) S...
XHM #685 - "Oklahoma ain't always OK" (2024 February 26)
February 27, 2024 02:03 - 110 MBThe 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 & Abdul Wadud: After You Said Yes (I've Known Rivers, 1982) Gramavision 3. Mojo Nixon & Skid R...
XHM #684 - "Five generations of snakes tried to greet him" (2024 February 19)
February 20, 2024 02:00 - 113 MBIt'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 (Programming Aids 7", 1964) Capitol 0.2 Lol Tolhurst, Budgie & Jacknife Lee: Los Angeles [w.James Mur...
XHM #683 - "The word & the page" (2024 February 12)
February 13, 2024 01:58 - 114 MBFor 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) Voice Recordings 03. Joseph Koo: The Way of the Dragon [w.Mike Remedios] (Way of the Dragon OS...
XHM #682 - "This radio station proposes to you" (2024 February 05)
February 06, 2024 02:00 - 111 MBPart 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: Love is a Long Road (Full Moon Fever, 1989) MCA 02. Pender Street Steppers: The Glass City ...
XHM #681 - "A steampunk resurrection bodice ripper" (2024 January 29)
January 30, 2024 02:01 - 110 MBThe 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 Spritz (Late Summer Compilation: Volume 10 - Pt I, 2020) Lagasta 03. Chai: We the Female! (Chai, 2023...
XHM #680 - "Quacking through straws" (2024 January 22)
January 23, 2024 01:59 - 114 MBgak 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 and the Spirit of the Clouds (Conjuring: Viola Music of David Jaeger, 2023) Redshift 03 - Jackson...
20-24 Ho-urs of Radi-o Art: Hrs N° 13 & 14 - "shtuchna shpakivnya dlya myrnykh trutniv/an artificial aviary for peaceful drones" (2024 January 17)
January 17, 2024 18:59 - 110 MBgak's back with a spacious yet spacy mix that takes elements from synthesized bird noises and mixes it with drones, particular in honour of Catherine Christer Hennix (1948-2023). Sponges & buckets sold separately; bring the noise. 00. gak: intro DRONE QUARTER: A1. Constellation425: Undecided (Drone Day, 2023) self-released A2. Lawrence English & Werner Dafeldecker: Tropic of Carpicorn Pt I (Tropic of Carpicorn, 2023) Hallow Ground A3. V Vecker Ensemble: Torpor (Acedia Phrase, 2023) Hotha...
XHM #679 - "Take the wheel; I already could use a getaway" (2024 January 15)
January 16, 2024 01:59 - 114 MBWe mark the calendar year properly now as we profile Michael Small's soundtrack to the 1978 film The Driver in honour of the actor Ryan O'Neal (1941-2023). We also pay tribute to another Ryan (1976-2024) whilst recapping the recent Emmys in relation to music. 01. Novi Split: This Will Be Our Year (Covers Anthology, 2021) Cake Party 02. bvdub: Geometries of Water (Slowly Shifting Lakes, 2023) Past Inside the Present 03. The Be Good Tanyas: The Littlest Birds (Blue Horse, 2000) Nettwerk 04...
XHM #678 - "Feel the glamour of pink plastic" (2024 January 08)
January 09, 2024 02:02 - 111 MBBefore we charge into the new year properly, let's look back at the past 12 months as we try to make sense of 2023. Our soundtrack profile will be on the smash film Barbie in all the doll's many forms. 01. PJ Harvey: I Inside the Old Year Dying (I Inside the Old Year Dying, 2023) Partisan 02. Wata Igarashi: Floating Against Time (Agartha, 2023) Kompakt 03. Knower: Do Hot Girls Like Chords (Knower Forever, 2023) self-released 04. Sparks: Veronica Lake (The Girl is Crying in Her Latte, 202...
XHM #677 - "Peace on earth & goodwill to more than just shareholders" (2023 December 25)
December 22, 2023 02:00 - 110 MBChristmas Day means the 1st true day of the 12 days of Christmas. It's also the morning when most open presents and then the afternoon of family visits. With all that in mind, this pre-recorded episode, marking the 16th annual alternate-Yuletide carol episode assembled in the central realms of Canada, profiles music from the 1989 holiday classic National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Podcast subscribers, you're getting this early. Santa said. 01. Mike Campbell: Season's Greetings (Season'...
XHM #195 [REDUX] - "Kindness to animals and your buddies" (2013 December 18)
December 19, 2023 02:00 - 75.1 MBFrom the Exploding Head Archives, this episode from 2013 celebrates the holidays in its own loopy fashion. This predates a single film theme, opting to hop around a fair bit. This includes the highly undocumented yet required December listening version of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas that aired on CBC radio some 30 years ago. Merry Crimble one and dang y'all! 01! George Slater: The Wassail Song (Peace Tower Christmas/Carillon Noël, 1979) Tapestry 02! gak: XHM #195 - Kindness to animals a...
XHM #676 - "Plutonium poetry battered our hearts" (2023 December 11)
December 12, 2023 01:59 - 114 MBFor the 5th night of Hanukkah, we pay tribute to the physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, the subject of the 2023 Christopher Nolan film about the creation of the atom bomb. The score by Ludwig Göransson is starting to receive acclaim, so amongst that profile, we'll ease into nuclear themes and recapping the year about to end. 001. Massive Attack: Angel (Mezzanine [20th Anniversary Remastered Edition], 2019) Virgin 002. Mark Shreeve: Flagg (Legion, 1985) Jive Electro 003. Yo La Tengo: Sinatra ...
XHM #675 - "Blood & oil mix way too often" (2023 December 04)
December 05, 2023 01:59 - 112 MBThis episode crams a lot in: CITR's Shindig finales happen this week; some other recent deaths & Robbie Robertson's posthumous score to Martin Scorsese's 2023 film Killers of the Flower Moon. 1. Monty Python: Henry Kissinger (Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album, 1980) Charisma/Arista 2. V Vecker Ensemble: Atonement (Acedia Phase, 2023) Hotham Sound 3. The Pogues: Whiskey You're the Devil (The Stiff Records B-Sides: 1984-1987, 2023) Warner Bros 4. Killing Joke: Change [live] (The...
XHM #674 - "Styling highly (yes) with the total forgive action" (2023 November 27)
November 28, 2023 02:01 - 110 MBHip hop music started in South Bronx, NYC back in August 1973 and in fifty years, it's become a dominant form in pop music. This episode brazenly tries to recap it all, though with highlights on recent acts, Vancouver performers and then multiple soundtracks, primarily from the early 1980s with films like Wild Style & Style Wars amidst others like Krush Groove & Deep Cover. This is the birthday message. 1. Isaac Hayes: Theme from Shaft [Take 2, live] (Soul'd Out: The Complete Wattstax Col...
XHM #673 - "Foreheads through the century & hitting on all sixes" (2023 November 20)
November 21, 2023 02:04 - 113 MBAs 2023 draws to a close in just over a month, we look a hundred years hence to 1923. Amongst indicative recordings that have survived all that time, we profile Charlie Chaplin's score to one of his silent films of that era The Pilgrim (kinda redone in the 1950s). Hoopty-doo, let's blouse! 01. Roger Whittaker: Mammy Blue (Roma OST, 2018) Sony Masterworks 02. Bell Orchestre: Open Organ (As Seen Through Windows [special edition], 2023) Erased Tapes 03. Cygnets: Everything Counts (Covers, 202...
XHM #672 - "French Arizona from space" (2023 November 13)
November 14, 2023 02:01 - 114 MBWith both the actors' & writers' strikes over, we can play catch up on newish films as we dig into Wes Anderson's latest Asteroid City. High winds have messed with a bit the radio station's tech so behind the scenes, there's chicken wire & hay to prop things up and we sound great as always despite what the weather has wrought. 1. DJ Shadow: Ozone Scraper (Action Adventure, 2023) Mass Appeal 2. Tangerine Dream: Asteroid Agenda (Ultima Thule, 1972) Purple Pyramid 3. Pulp: Acrylic Afternoons...
XHM #671 - "People make you reign" (2023 November 06)
November 07, 2023 02:00 - 111 MBgak's back after some food poisoning so with Hallowe'en done, it's time to harken back to recent travels with a show that explores Glasgow, Islay & Scotland, profiling John Barry's score to the 1971 film Mary, Queen of Scots. 1. Orange Juice: Rip It Up (Rip It Up, 1983) Polydor 2. Melanie de Biasio: Alba (Il Viaggio, 2023) PIAS 3. Choir of Young Believers: Patricia's Thirst (Rhine Gold, 2012) Ghostly Int'l 4. Felt: Ballad of the Band (Ballad of the Band 12", 1986) Creation 5. Primal Sc...
XHM #670 - "The kids are all white, not all right at all" (2023 October 23)
October 24, 2023 01:59 - 112 MBIt's been a while since we've profiled the music of John Carpenter so as we count down to Hallowe'en, we'll listen to music from a recent compilation of reworked themes from his past films and then profile the score he did with Dave Davies for the 1995 adaptation of Village of the Damned. Sinister sons & deadly daughters abound. 01. Claudio Simonetti & Daemonia: Mater Lacrimarum [end titles w.Dani Filth] (La Terza Madre: Colonna Sonora del Film, 2007) Medusa 02. Constellation425: Carpenter...
XHM #669 - "Nothing in abundance but absolute pleasure" (2023 October 16)
October 17, 2023 02:01 - 111 MBHallowe'en Horror Month continues here as we get properly glammy and camp with Richard O'Brien's subversive music from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. 1. Castle If: Suspension (Drivin' Easy EP, 2023) self-released 2. Deek Watson & The Brown Dots: At Our Fireplace (Bow-Wow-Wow 10", 1949) Manor 3. Nadja: Funkspiel Pt I (Nalepa, 2022) Midira 4. The Black Angels: Firefly (Wilderness of Mirrors, 2022) Partisan 5. Kiefer: My Disorder (It's Ok, B U, 2023) Stones Throw 6. Kiefer: Doomed (It's ...
XHM #668 - "Always in the eternal deep end" (2023 October 09)
October 10, 2023 01:59 - 110 MBCanadian Thanksgiving is upon us all, so we go with a Canadian option here for this pre-recorded episode: Tim Hecker and his score to the 2023 Brandon Cronenberg scifi horror film Infinity Pool. Hallowe'en Horror Month continues. 1. Laurel Halo: Late Night Drive (Atlas, 2023) Awe 2. Waclaw Zimpel: Infinite Grey (Train Spotter, 2023) The State51 Conspiracy 3. Loscil & Lawrence English: Black (Colours of Air, 2023) Kranky 4. Blake Hargreaves: You Can Pray Once You Co-operate 1 (Gitmo/Camp ...
XHM #667 - "Listen to the deafening night" (2023 October 02)
October 03, 2023 01:59 - 115 MBOctober is nigh so our annual horror month beings in honour of Hallowe'en. Amidst more Vancouver International Film Festival previews, we'll profile Tangerine Dream's score to the 1987 vampire western Near Dark. 1. The Cramps: Fever (Near Dark OST, 1987) Varèse Sarabande 2. Redshift: Nails (Down Time, 1999) Champagne Lake 3. Aysanabee: We Were Here (Watin, 2022) Ishkodé 4. Cub: Someday [live] (Live on Thunderbird Radio Hell, October 1, 1992) CITR 5. Hugo Montenegro: Illya (Original Musi...
XHM #666 - "They're just numbers written on your appendage" (2023 September 25)
September 26, 2023 02:00 - 109 MBFor our 666th episode under this show name -- we're actually 764 now in our total CITR history so we're safe for a wee while -- we'll dip a bit early into our usual October horror themes with selections from Marc Wilkinson's score to the 1971 British folk horror film Blood on Satan's Claw. Doom and/or gloom will ensue. 1. Delia Derbyshire & Brian Hodgson: A5 (The Legend of the Hell House OST 7", 1973) Cheddar Brothers 2. Brian Berdan & Robert Downey Jr: Route 666 (Natural Born Killers OST,...
XHM #665 - "The constellations within you" (2023 September 11)
September 12, 2023 01:59 - 110 MBOur 13th all-ambient episode primarily profiles Brian McBride (1970-2023) and some of the music he made either solo or in Stars of the Lid. We also preview parts of the Vancouver New Music Vox Organi Festival next month. Pre-recorded for your end of summer salve. ONE. Ra/Sol: Artist's Meditation [w.EZ Naive] (2023) self-released TWO. Brian Eno: Floating on Sleep's Shore (Top Boy OST, 2023) Netflix Music THREE. IKSRE & anthéne: Lungs (Seasons Shifting, 2023) anthéne FOUR. Aidan Baker & Mat...
XHM #664 - "Paging Dr. Cucumber" (2023 September 04)
September 05, 2023 01:58 - 113 MBIt's Labour Day so as school comes to mind, as does fall so we'll hear selections from The Blasting Company's soundtrack to the sublimely autumnal animated miniseries Over the Garden Wall. We'll also touch upon the start to a lot of concerts in town, wrap up our 2023 Polaris Prize nominees profile a bit early and pay tribute to game show host Bob Barker through The Price is Right production library music. Come on down! 01. Lime: I Don't Wanna Lose You [remix] (12" Classics, 1993) Unidisc ...
XHM #663 - "Why soot the sky with future diamonds" (2023 August 28)
August 29, 2023 01:58 - 114 MBgak's back from multiple locations so this week's profile previews the 2023 edition of the Victory Square Block Party in Vancouver before nestling into some of the soundtrack from the TV series Justified. 1. Public Service Broadcasting: People Will Always Need Coal (Every Valley, 2017) PIAS Recordings 2. Sarah Davachi: 1 for Harpsichord (For Harpsichord/For Pipe Organ & String Trio, 2020) Late Music 3. MA$$ANK: Margarita (Once More, with Feeling, 2023) Fanta 4. Devon Parkin: Manic Grace ...
XHM #662 - "Today's secret words are 'biker bar blitz'" (2023 August 21)
August 22, 2023 01:59 - 110 MBThis pre-recorded episode pays tribute to two recently deceased artists: Paul Reuben (1952-2023) and the music associated with the films & TV shows associated with his character Pee-wee Herman, then Robbie Robertson (1943-2023), guitarist/songwriter for The Band -- subject of the Martin Scorsese 1976 documentary The Last Waltz -- and occasional film scorer. 1. Les Baxter: Quiet Village (Ritual of the Savage, 1951) Capitol 2. Waivestate: Yellowknife (Sprout Sessions, 2022) self-released 3....
XHM #661 - "Another street fight, another cigarette, another killer blonde, another man dead" (2023 August 14)
August 15, 2023 01:59 - 112 MBIt was a Monday like any other. The clock on the wall read 7:00 as PI GAK surveyed the crime blotter for his next case... Nicely timed whilst the Vancouver Cinematheque is doing its annual film noir programming, this hard-boiled episode looks back at the dark jazzy vibes of those post-WWII movies. 1. Anita Kert Ellis: Put the Blame on Mame (Gilda OST, 1999) The Soundtrack Factory 2. Alex Lefaivre Quartet: Sin City (Naufragés, 2021) Factor 3. Burial: Unknown Summer (Infirmary split single...
XHM #660 - "Icarus knows about flying too high" (2023 August 07)
August 08, 2023 02:00 - 112 MBIt's a Canadian holiday today. In honour of the Czech author Milan Kundera (1929-2023), we'll profile music from the 1988 film adaptation of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. 1. Grand Analog: Unbearable Lightness (Modern Thunder, 2014) Feel Up 2. The Allegorist: Whispers of the Wind [Die Wilde Jagd rework] (TEKHENU Retold, 2023) Awaken Chronicles 3. Sinéad O'Connor: I Want Your [Hands on Me] (The Lion and the Cobra, 1987) Ensign/Chrysalis 4. Massive Attack: Special Cases [w.Sinéad O'C...
XHM #659 - "An earring in the sink" (2023 July 31)
August 01, 2023 01:59 - 110 MBVancouver's Pride week is upon us, so in honour of the Lower Mainland LGBTQ+ community, this pre-recorded episode dances around and profiles Don Davis' score from the 1996 Wachowskis' film Bound. 1. Janelle Monáe: Lipstick Lover (The Age of Pleasure, 2023) Atlantic 2. Patrick Cowley: Timelink (Muscle Up, 2015) Dark Entries 3. Peter Batah: Nobody's Stopping You [vocal version] (Nobody's Stopping You 12", 1981) Unidisc 4. Gino Soccio: Turn It Around [vocal version] (Turn It Around 12", 198...
XHM #658 - "I serve no spoon gaggers before their time" (2023 July 24)
July 25, 2023 02:00 - 112 MBUnlike last episode, we won't fully throwback to the early eighties but we have two teen comedies on the docket this week: 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High and 1983's Valley Girl. 1. Russell Louder: Head Over Heels (Ever New, 2020) Ever New 2. Floating Points: Vocoder (Someone Close, 2022) Ninja Tune 3. Tears for Fears: Pale Shelter (The Hurting, 1983) Mercury/Phonogram 4. Tears for Fears: The Tipping Point (The Tipping Point, 2022) Concord 5. Eldorado: Fantastic Man's Drumdown (Comp...
XHM #657 - "RFG #000" (2023 July 17)
July 18, 2023 01:59 - 113 MBIn a belated station anniversary angle, this episode plays with a concept I've thought of before and that's looking back at a year in time. I opted for 2007 as a sorta proto-radio free gak episode where I try to tackle the year in song and recap the Oscar nominees and winner for film score. 00. Kay Starr: Station Anniversary (Programming Aids 7", 1964) Capitol 01. Jane Birkin: Jane B (Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg, 1969) Fontana 02. Marc-E: Tides (2022) self-released 03. Alan Palomo: Nud...
XHM #656 - "Calling up from special area codes" (2023 July 10)
July 11, 2023 02:01 - 111 MBAlong with a preview of the return of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, we profile Mellow's soundtrack to the 2001 film CQ and get some lighter summer fare into your ears. This episode operated at half capacity in light of channel locks but hey, campus radio rolls on. gak sits down for the 1st time in almost a decade. Da da da. 1. PJ Harvey: A Child's Question, July (I Inside the Old Year Dying, 2023) Partisan 2. Air: Modular Mix (Premiers Symptômes, 1999) Source/Virgin 3. Devours: The W...
XHM #655 - "Sandy shores that stretch for centuries" (2023 July 03)
July 04, 2023 01:59 - 110 MBPart 12 of our all-ambient series goes under the water and through the desert with a mix of ethereal sounds to evoke the ocean and Americana amidst some tributes to Roger Payne, Manuel Göttsching & Robert Black. 1. Kilometre Club: Quiet Summer (Lake Dream, 2023) Slow Echo 2. Takashi Kokubo & Andrea Esperti: Whales of Sirius (Music for a Cosmic Garden, 2023) WRWTFWW 3. Frank Watlington, Roger Payne & Katharine Payne: Solo Whale/Slowed-Down Solo Whale/Tower Whales/Distant Whale (Songs of t...
XHM #654 - "Unlimited summers in your city" (2023 June 26)
June 27, 2023 02:00 - 112 MBOne sign of summer in Vancouver is the International Jazz Festival, so this dense episode will profile some of the jazzy and non-jazzy acts playing in town this week. We also preview another local event, the Khatsahlano Street Party, and profile Barry White's soundtrack to the 1974 blaxploitation film Together Brothers. 1. Jonathan Richman: SA [w.Kelly Houston] (SA!, 2018) Blue Arrow 2. Bob James: One Mint Julep (Three, 1976) CTI 3. Pink Mountaintops: Nikki Go Sudden (Peacock Pools, 2022)...
XHM #653 - "Cetacean express/Ka eke au i te tohora" (2023 June 19)
June 20, 2023 01:57 - 112 MBKia ora! Though midsummer and National Indigenous Peoples Day loom in Canadians' minds, this episode extends towards the southern hemisphere as we also celebrate the Maori. Amongst music from Turtle Island to Aotearoa, we profile Lisa Gerrard's music from the 2002 film Whale Rider. 1. Yamantaka/Sonic Titan: Whalesong (Uzu, 2013) Suicide Squeeze/Paper Bag 2. Area 3: Whale (Amb, 2021) Khotin Industries 3. Mort Garson: Moon Journey (Journey to the Moon and Beyond, 2023) Sacred Bones 4. Elle...
XHM #652 - "Two masters enter; they both leave" (2023 June 12)
June 13, 2023 02:00 - 111 MBWith the recent deaths of singer Tina Turner (1957-2023) & composer Bill Lee (1928-2023), we'll profile both powerhouse artists, including a focus on Lee's scores for the early films of his son Spike Lee. 1. Wallgrin: Every Fall, I Fall in Love (Yet Again the Wheel Turns, 2022) self-released 2. Matthew Tavares & Leland Whitty: Living Water Assembly (Visions, 2020) Mr Bongo 3. Ike & Tina Turner: Cussin', Cryin' & Carryin' On (The Soul Anthology, 2006) Redline 4. Tina Turner: The Acid Qu...
XHM #651 - "Treacherous anniversary grapes" [RFG 12 + XHM 174] (2023 June 05)
June 06, 2023 01:59 - 110 MBFor CITR's 85th anniversary, as I have taken up 18% of your Monday early evenings over that lifespan, this episode is an awkward Venn diagram of two episodes (2008 & 2013) that attempted profiles on one of my favourite film scores -- 1973's Black Belt Jones -- as both times, you can witness that raw campus radio vibe as inexperience battles then subsequent technical flaws. One day, I will do Jones right. Advisory: any product, service or event cited has long since expired. Original episod...
XHM #160 [REDUX] - "Almost as sweet & hot as you'd expect" (2013 April 01)
May 30, 2023 02:00 - 110 MBThis encore presentation of what originally aired 2013 April 1st attempted a ruse whereby per a new mandate, no music after 1950 could be played. This fell apart quickly for most fools but the overall vibe felt apt, especially as this May marks CITR's 85th anniversary so I've become a historic moment, or belong in a museum. Maybe both or perhaps a sick ward since I have a non-Covid summer cold; 23 skidoo! Full details: https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20130401/ 1. ...
XHM #650 - "You leave New York and you dream of hot dogs in the desert" (2023 May 22)
May 23, 2023 01:59 - 112 MBIt's Victoria Day up Canada Way so we'll kinda continue with an Ennio Morricone thread but veer away from westerns and into crime, mostly focusing his Oscar-nominated score to the 1991 film Bugsy. 1. Thundercat & Tame Impala: No More Lies (2023) Brainfeeder 2. Talk West: Willow and the Dogwood (Black Coral Sprig, 2023) Scissor Tail 3. Savages: Sad Person (Adore Life, 2016) Matador 4. Dilly Dally: Colour of Joy (2023) self-released 5. Zachary Gray: Apropos (Forest City Series: Volume 5, ...
XHM #649 - "Hot tears of disconnection" (2023 May 15)
May 16, 2023 02:00 - 112 MBIt's been a while since we've heard some Ennio Morricone, so we'll dig up selections from the score to the 1966 spaghetti western The Big Gundown. We present the settling of scores and the wisdom of faith amidst a big old heat wave, so ride on, little ponies. Fun fact: The soundtrack to The Big Gundown didn't come out until 1968 because the soundtrack to another 1966 film, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, became very popular (as most of you know). As noted during the episode, the same orchestr...
XHM #648 - "Supernatural marvels" (2023 May 08)
May 09, 2023 02:00 - 114 MBNostalgia sets in for a moody episode as we pay tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023) and Harry Belafonte (1927-2023). The focus will be more on the latter as we listen to some calypso, mento and other Caribbean genres and of course, some of his songs from the 1988 comedy Beetlejuice. We also touch upon Vancouver's Verboden Festival this week along with other concerts in town when not running off to Venezuela. 1. The Guess Who: Lightfoot (Wheatfield Soul, 1969) Nimbus/RCA Victor 2. Gord ...
XHM #647 - "Oto to kankyo no kankei" (2023 May 01)
May 02, 2023 01:59 - 110 MBPart 11 of our all-ambient series focuses on two longform pieces by Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952-2023) from art installations. 1, Kilometre Club: Lake Dream (Lake Dream, 2023) Slow Echo 2, Marta Salogni & Tom Relleen: Internal Logic II (Music for Open Spaces, 2023) Hands in the Dark 3, Rose Bolton: Nine Kinds of Joy (Slow, Quiet Music in Search of Electric Happiness, 2022) Redshift 4, Patricia Wolf: Springtime in Croatia (See-Through, 2022) Balmat 5, Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto: Glass (Glass...
XHM #646 - "This must be the prettiest loaf in the bread aisle" (2023 April 24)
April 25, 2023 01:58 - 114 MBWe had been awaiting the sad inevitability of the death of Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952-2023), so though the way was prepared, it took some time to prepare a profile the long career of the legendary Japanese composer. From Yellow Magic Orchestra to many a score to other side projects, we do our best in his honour. 1. All Hands Make Light: Waiting for the Light to Quit (Darling the Dawn, 2023) Constellation 2. Nils Frahm: Right Right Right (Music for Animals, 2022) Leiter/BMG 3. Everything But t...