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There have been hopes to share the soundtrack to 1971's cult classic Harold & Maude for a long time but with the passing of Bud Cort (1948-2026), we've got some Cat Stevens amidst other tributes & concert previews in Vancouver. Let's count all the crickets. 01. Neil Sedaka: Bad Blood (The Hungry Years, 1975) Rocket Record 02. Parris: Why Can't Rabbits Wear Cowboy Boots (Passionfruit EP, 2024) Can You Feel the Sun 03. Seals & Crofts: My Fair Share (One on One OST, 1977) Warner 04. Reverend Jesse Jackson & Jacqueline Schwab: Eulogy for Jackie Robinson/Steal Away [piano] (Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns OST, 1994) Elektra Nonesuch 05. Rick Maddocks: Imperial Suite (Blue Horse Opera, 2025) self-released 06. Horsebath: Only in My Dreams (Another Farewell, 2025) Strolling Bones 07. Horsegirl: 2468 (Phonetics On and On, 2025) Matador 08. Parlor Greens: Eat Your Greens (Emeralds, 2026) Colemine 09. The Cactus Blossoms: Statues (Every Time I Think About You, 2024) Walkie Talkie 10. Skullcrusher: Maelstrom (

Pivoting back to hard reality, with much of the world's focus on Iran, we finally dig into music from that country. We'll explore some recent reissued pop music from the diaspora and explore films such as A Girls Walk Home Alone at Night and Universal Language. 01. Kassa Overall: Ready to Ball (Animals, 2023) Warp 02. Jon Porras: Fields (Achlys, 2025) Shelter Press 03. Country Joe & the Fish: An Untitled Protest (Together, 1968) Vanguard 04. Bill Can: Back Brake (2024) self-released 05. John Barry: Alone Again (The Ipcress File OST, 1965) Decca 06. Bruce McCulloch: Life is for Livin' [w.Kevin McDonald] (Dark Purple Slice, 2026) Tront 07. Weatheradio: XLJ890 Kenora Ontario Forecast [ID] (Weatheradio, 2012) Environment Canada/WPGNE 08. Richard Horowitz: Never Tech No Foreign Answer (Eros in Arabia, 1981) Ethnotech 09. gak: V32 Farsi Numbers Station [w.jamming, 2026 March 22] (Shortwave Mornings, 2026) self-released 10. Dan Greenall: V32 Farsi Numbers Station [w.jamming, 2026 March 06] (2026) The Sho

The 98th Academy Awards were handed out on Sunday so as we wrap up award season, we'll recap who won and we'll profile the score from the Best International Feature Film: Hania Rani's soundtrack from Sentimental Value. Everybody's famous, except me. 01. Rubel: Reckoner (Beleza, Mas Agora a Gente Faz o Que Com Isso?, 2025) Mr Bongo 02. Jonny Greenwood: I Need the Greeting Code/Operation Boot Heel/The French 75 (One Battle After Another OST, 2025) Nonesuch 03. Ludwig Göransson: Why You Here/Before the Sun Went Down [w.Miles Caton]/Together Forever (Sinners: Original Score, 2025) Watertower 04. Max Richter: Who Are You Looking For? (Hamnet OST, 2025) Decca 05. HUNTR/X, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & Cast: Golden [Glowin' version] (Golden EP, 2025) Visva/Republic/UMG 06. Alexandre Desplat & Eldbjørg Hemsing: Body Building (Frankenstein OST, 2025) Netflix 07. Marinero: Hollywood Ten (La La La, 2025) Sub Pop 08. Laufey: Castle in Hollywood (A Matter of Time, 2025) Vingolf/AWAL 09. Nino Rota: The Awards (T

With the 98th Academy Awards to be handed out on Sunday and we've already covered all the nominated songs & scores, we'll go with one that was on the shortlist but tied to a film with 9 other nominations: Daniel Lopatin [aka Oneohtrix Point Never] and his music from Marty Supreme. gak also deals with getting old and then going long. 01. Charanga 76: Music Trance (12", 1979) TR 02. Plastikman: Ping Pong (Closer, 2003) Novamute/M_nus 03. Hannah Harlacher: Colour Me Tired (Rattlesnake EP, 2026) self-released 04. Field Music: Daylight Saving (Open Here, 2018) Memphis Industries 05. DMX Krew: Daylight Saving (You Exist, 2016) Hypercolour 06. Jane Inc: I'm Alive!!! (A Rupture A Canyon A Birth, 2025) Telephone Explosion 07. Thundercat: I Wish I Didn't Waste Your Time (Distracted, 2026) Brainfeeder 08. Grand Kahuna: Hawai'i 5-0 (Grand Kahuna II EP, 2015) self-released 09. Wednesday: Gary's II (Bleeds, 2025) Dead Oceans 10. Dry Cleaning: Gary Ashby (Stumpwork, 2022) 4AD 11. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet:

Not only is it Week 6 of our annual Oscars profile but it's also CITR's annual FUNDRIVE! As I profiled the 5 nominees for Best Original Song, which ties into a discussion of KPop Demon Hunters and a few other South Korean jams, if you're in a position to contribute, please visit http://donatetocitr.ca to help us raise CAD$20 000 to keep the station more than just humming. All the desks check in. This episode was going to have way more but I had lots of pitches to offer so we'll follow up with the loftier ideas in an upcoming show. 01. Spinal Tap: Gimme Some Money (This is Spinal Tap OST, 1984) Polydor 02. Chxmeras: Second Sight (Second Sight EP, 2025) Apparatus 03. Bar Italia: Fundraiser (Some Like It Hot, 2025) Matador 04. Afternoon Bike Ride: See Me Old (Running with Scissors, 2025) Friends of Friends 05. Miami Nights 1984: Dividends (Cosmopolis, 2025) self-released 06. Desire: Love on the Air (Games People Play, 2025) Italians Do It Better 07. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein: WSQK (Stranger Things 5:

For our final Oscar-nominated score profile, leading up to next month's Academy Awards, we listen again to cues from Jonny Greenwood's work from Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, up for 13 Oscars in total. We'll dabble in Radiohead-adjacent works & covers whilst also looking at what else is going on in our conflicted world. Your host is running every minute these two hours...running into trouble. Safety ain't guaranteed, hold on. 01. Robert Duvall: Napalm in the Morning (Apocalypse Now OST, 1979) Elektra 02. Steely Dan: Dirty Work (Can't Buy a Thrill, 1972) ABC 03. John Zorn & the William Winant Percussion Group: Curling II (John Zorn's Olympiad, 2026) Tzadik 04. Jesse Jackson: Let Everybody Stand and Join Hands [live] (Soul'd Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection, 2023) Craft/Stax 05. The Pace-Setters: Push On Jesse Jackson [extended] (Los Angeles Soul: Kent-Modern's Black Music Legacy, 2015) Kent Soul 06. Muslimgauze: Maskara (Muslimlahore, 2026) Staalplaat 07. De la Soul: The Pack

It's Week 4 of our annual Oscars profile and first time nominee Max Richter has had a strong presence in modern classical music. His score to Hamnet ties into a lot of themes surround Family Day, Mardi Gras, Carnaval & the incoming Year of the Fire Horse. 01. Crosstown Traffic: Love Your Family (Party People 12", 1979) DC 02. Horse Lords & Arnold Dreyblatt: Impulse Array (FRKWYS Volume 18: Extended Field, 2025) RVNG Intl 03. Tucker Zimmerman: Running, Running from Moment to Moment (Ten Songs, 1969) Regal Zonophone 04. Dialogue: I Go to Funerals (Harold and Maude OST, 1971) Island 05. Ruth Gordon & Bud Cort: If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out [vocal version] (Harold and Maude OST, 1971) Island 06. Quincy Jones: Manha de Carnaval/Morning of the Carnival (Big Band Bossa Nova, 1962) Mercury 07. Professor Longhair: Go to the Mardi Gras (1959) Ron 08. Boco: Running the Mardi Gras (2016) Big Crown 09. Laura Cannell: Summon the Ghost Horses (The Mediæval Drone Society, 2026) Brawl 10. Garbage: Chinese Fi

Week 3 of our annual Academy Awards profile looks at Alexandre Desplat's Oscar nominated score to Guillermo del Toro's 2025 adaptation of Frankenstein. gak also offers a pronounciation guide to all the Finnish athletes participating at the Milano Cortina Winter Sports Thing. We've got a single channel and we're thriving on it. It's alive! 01. Frankenstein: This is the Fiend (Trick or Treat: Volume 6, 1935) Ghaas 02. Wisp: If Not Winter (If Not Winter, 2025) Music Soup/Interscope 03. Tim Hecker: Sunset Key Melt (Shards EP, 2025) Kranky 04. Sudan Archives: A Bug's Life (The BPM, 2025) Stones Throw 05. Bon Iver: Naeem [Can't Hear You Crying] (Live from La Prima Estate Festival, Lido di Camaiore, Italy, June 17 2023, 2026) self-released 06. Ross from Friends: XXX Olympiad (Tread, 2021) Brainfeeder 07. Cub: My Flaming Red Bobsled (Come Out Come Out [30th Anniversary edition], 2026) Mint 08. AloneKitty: Fade In and Out (Sad Not Sad, 2025) Mint 400 09. Alessandro Cortini: Ritmo 5 (Il Mostro: Colonna Sono

Week 2 of our annual Academy Awards profiles looks again at the music from 2025's Sinners, which has two musical nominations amongst its records 16 total: one song & Ludwig Göransson's score. Prepare for plenty of blues as we also pay tribute to one of the hosts of CITR's Code Blue program: Paul Hunter (1951-2026). 01. Mitch & Mickey: Kiss at the End of the Rainbow (A Mighty Wind OST, 2003) DMZ/Sony/Columbia 02. Satan is My Brother: Static (Close Your Eyes, See Black, 2026) Dissipatio 03. Blue Moon Marquee: Put Your Feathers On [w.Northern Cree] (Get Your Feathers Ready, 2025) self-released 04. Angelique Francis: Sugarcane Jukejoint (Not Defeated, 2025) self-released 05. Los Straitjackets: Juke Joint Compound (Encyclopedia of Sound: Volume 2, 2005) Lovecat 06. Honeybear the Band: I Was Wrong (I Was Wrong, 2025) self-released 07. Jeff Healey: One Foot on the Gravel (Road House: The Lost Soundtrack, 2024) Mondo/Sony 08. T Griffin: Architecture of Noise (The Proposal OST, 2021) Constellation 09. Peter

The nominees for the 98th Academy Awards were announced last Thursday. Thus begins our annual Oscar season profiles! We begin with Jerskin Fendrix's nominated score from Bugonia as we also explore some of the new additions into the public domain for 2026. >>>>> 01. The Besnard Lakes: In Hollywood (The Besnard Lakes are the Ghost Nation, 2025) Full Time Hobby 02. Stellarium: Sidereal Trailblazers (Infinite Vector, 2024) Exosphere 03. Louis Prima, Sam Butera & the Witnesses: Just a Gigolo [I Ain't Got Nobody, w.Keely Smith] (The Wildest! 1956) Capitol 04. Bing Crosby, Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra: On the Sunny Side of the Street (1946) Decca 05. Grateful Dead: Dark Star [excerpt] (Zabriskie Point OST, 1970) MGM 06. Black Midi: Years Ago (Schlagenheim, 2019) Rough Trade 07. gak: Amelia Laughing [chopped & screwed] (2022) unreleased 08. Skott: Amelia (Always Live for Always, 2020) Dollar Menu/Cosmos Music 09. Kerrie: Together in a Rural Place (Echoes of the Live Wire, 2025) Tresor 10. Varna GL: Kal

Since 2026 still has some spillover from the previous year, we'll hear selections from Tom Rowland's score to the 2025 limited TV series Mussolini: Son of the Century as we try to find cheer in a world refusing to ditch past bad habits. 01. Dry Cleaning: Evil Evil Idiot (Secret Love, 2026) 4AD 02. Bellbird: Blowing on Embers (The Call, 2025) Constellation 03. Olivia Boring: Too Much Tom Petty (The Woods, 2026) Boring 04. Jody Glenham: Overtime (2026) Nettwerk 05. Sababa 5: 2025 (Nadir, 2025) Batov 06. Jo Passed: Precious Word (Away, 2026) Youth Riot 07. Computer: Now in a Vacuum (Station on the Hill, 2025) Dine Alone 08. 747: Expo (Pacific Spirit EP, 2025) Aquaregia 09. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson: Murder of Crows (Live Like the Sky, 2025) You've Changed 10. Austra: Chin Up Buttercup (Chin Up Buttercup, 2025) Domino 11. Cadet: Hey I've Seen This One, It's a Classic! (Stay Groovy, 2025) Neo Motel 12. Harachan: Paradise (Paradise EP, 2025) Brown Cheese 13. Sean Nicholas Savage: Promises #1 (Death

"The eighth sea is the one we sail above us all" gak's back, live, for 24 Hours of Radio Art, emphasizing the radio part of the art. In honour of the 75th anniversary of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the 100th anniversary of the BBC broadcast of The Shipping Forecast, he weaves old transmissions tied to freely available information with attempts at local nautical news as various bursts of Morse code bounce around throughout with occasionally useful information. In light of recent news, old Venezuelan shortwave recordings bleed in with Greenlandic themes, so prepare to dot and dash the afternoon away. All Morse code, both pre-recorded, programmed live or then performed live with typos by gak except Radio Qatar: Oscar (Shortwave Nights, 2026) gak RADIO FREE EUROPE & OTHER GEOGRAPHIES CHANNEL A1. Radio Free Europe: Commentary (1980) A2. YVBFM: August 31 @ 21720 kHz [with Jamming] (1980) A3. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Czechoslovakian Service, September 14 (1980) A4. Radio Liberty: August 3

gak marks 18 years on air at CITR -- 16 with this show name -- though we'll mute any celebration for now in light of a crazy year thus far, paying tribute to Rob Reiner (1947-2025) with music associated with his films, including 1984's mockumentary This is Spinal Tap. 01. Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner: America's Economic Plight (2000 & Thirteen, 1973) Warner Bros 02. Ween: Crappy Anniversary Jimmy (Chocolate & Cheese [deluxe edition], 2024) Elektra 03. Aphex Twin: #18 (Selected Ambient Works: Volume II [expanded], 2024) Warp 04. The Shocking Pinks: 18 (Mathematical Warfare, 2005) Flying Nun 05. Le Tigre: My My Metrocard (Le Tigre, 1999) Mr Lady/Wiiija 06. Alice Sara Ott: Nocturne No.18 in F Major [H.62, molta moderato] (John Field: Complete Nocturnes, 2025) Deutsche Grammophon 07. Brigitte Bardot: Tu Veux ou Tu Veux Pas (La Belle et le Blues, 2020) Ace/P-Vine 08. François Capri et Son Orchestre: Sidonie [w.Brigitte Bardot, from Vie Privée] (Bardot on Film, 1962) Moochin' About 09. Georges Arvanitas & Les

We begin a new year with an overdue profile on music from Norman McLaren and the National Film Board of Canada. We all made it this far. 01. Ctznshp: The New Year (Lost Loves: A Collection of Rarities, 2025) self-released 02. Kara-Lis Coverdale: Curve Traces of Held Space (Changes in Air, 2025) Smalltown Supersound 03. Housecat: Falling (The Porch Orange EP, 2024) Carpet Shart 04. Girl Nobody: Paper Doll (Zed: Live off the Floor, 2003) CBC 05. Light Blending In: Rebirth (Heart Full of Flowers, 2026) self-released 06. Daphni: Waiting So Long [w.Caribou] (Butterfly, 2026) Jiaolong 07. Alli Hayes: Two Point 0 (2024) self-released 08. Wasn't: Time and Infinite (Time and Infinite, 2025) & Options 09. Men I Trust: Billie Toppy (Equus Caballus, 2025) self-released 10. Surf Hat: Surf Hat Ranch (Surf Hat Ranch, 2024) self-released 11. The Nausea: Finis (Requiem, 2024) Absurd Exposition/Buried in Slag and Debris 12. Bloom Effect: Second Sight (Oscilón EP, 2025) Kingfisher Bluez 13. Sophia Stel: All Seven

For the 5th day of Christmas, your troop dove into the Exploding Head Vaults for a supersized episode featuring holiday episodes from 2010 & 2012. Since those were the 90 minutes days, you're getting 3 hours of merriment repackaged as an experiment in case you're still feeling festive. Proper playsheets for what you've heard from the Yuletide Vaults: XHM #47 - "MMXmas: Turkey and pistols carved out of wood" (2010 December 20): https://www.citr.ca/listen/exploding-head-movies/20101220-2 XHM #146 - "Grumpy cat ate all the tinsel" (2012 December 17): https://www.citr.ca/listen/exploding-head-movies/20121217-2 1. The Luvmenauts: Christmas Soul (A Luvmenauts Christmas II, 2017) self-released 2. gak: XHM #47 "MMXmas: Turkey and pistols carved out of wood" (Exploding Head Movies, 2010) CITR 3. Booker T & the MGs: Sweet Little Jesus Boy (In the Christmas Spirit, 1966) Stax 4. gak: XHM #146 - "Grumpy cat ate all the tinsel" (Exploding Head Movies, 2012) CITR 5. Dexter Gordon: The Christmas Song (The Panther!

It's our 18th annual counter-Christmas carol episode where we find holiday hymns & seasonal songs outside of what you're hear endlessly elsewhere. We'll dig into Oscar Peterson's jazzy score to the 1978 thriller The Silent Partner, resume where we left off with Danny Elfman's songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas and generate good cheer for us all. Never mind the reindeer, get back here horse! 01. Paul Shaffer: Holiday Greetings (The Best for '89 from the Entire Capitol Family, 1989) Capitol 02. The Cast of Twin Peaks: The Twelve Days of Christmas (Feel the Warmth of Kevin & Bean’s Wonderful World of Christmas, 1990) KROQ 03. Kilometre Club: It Doesn't Snow in Toronto Anymore (It Doesn't Snow in Toronto Anymore, 2025) Imaginary North 04. Annie Ensemble: A New Deal for Christmas (Annie: Original Broadway Cast Recording, 1998) Sony/Columbia/Legacy 05. Bobby Sherman: Goin' Home [Sing a Song of Christmas Cheer] (The Very Best of Bobby Sherman, 1970) Varèse Sarabande 06. Yarbrough & Peoples: Christma

As folks start going into holiday mode, let's review some of the music that helped define 2025 along with one film score: Jonny Greenwood's soundtrack to Paul Thomas Anderson's film One Battle After Another. Pardon some of the audio wonkiness early on in this show; we managed to get an old mixing setup working again but a cable needed to be replaced on the fly. 01. Brandon Roberts & Nicholas Britell: Main Title Theme [from Episode 9] (Andor: Season 2 OST - Volume 3, 2025) Walt Disney 02. Theodore Shapiro: The Ballad of Ambrose & Gunnel (Severance: Season 2 OST, 2025) Lakeshore 03. Rosales: Half-Light IV (Half Light, 2025) Home Normal 04. Computer: Concrete Vehicles (Station on the Hill, 2025) Dine Alone 05. Bananahaus: Black Hole (Grounders, 2025) Mono Tapes 06. Maitro: Rearview Sunset (Car Showroom 3, 2025) Tiger Blood Tapes 07. The Hausplants: Into Equilibrium (Into Equilibrium EP, 2025) self-released 08. Ribbon Skirt: Deadhorse (Bite Down, 2025) Mint 09. Claude Lavender: Through the Years (Pure

As 2025 winds down, we'll explore some of the year already but we'll profile some of Gazelle Twin's recent music, particularly with the 2024 TV series Mudtown. 01. Rec Centre: Lion Eats a Gazelle (Maxed Out! 2023) self-released 02. Todd Terje: Ragysh (Ragysh 12", 2025) Running Back 03. Pop Staples, Albert King & Steve Cropper: Tupelo Pt. I (Jammed Together, 1969) Stax 04. Jimmy Cliff: Many Rivers to Cross (The Harder They Come OST, 1972) Island 05. Anthéne & Simon McCorry: Standing Silent (Wellspring, 2025) Home Normal 06. Kers: Self Deprecation (Monachopsis, 2021) self-released 07. HUNTR/X: Golden (K-Pop Demon Hunters OST, 2025) Netflix/Republic/Sony 08. Naked Flames: Hunter Gatherer (Wall I Was, 2025) self-released 09. Lucrecia Dalt: The Common Reader [w.Juana Molina] (A Danger to Ourselves, 2025) Rvng Intl. 10. Bernardino Femminielli: Jeux de Régression (Jeux de Régression/Requiem d'un Maître-Chien single, 2025) Maximum Exposure 11. Barker: Cosmic Microwave (Stochastic Drift, 2025) Smalltown Su

Actor Tatsuya Nakadai (1932-2025) recently passed away so as he reflect on his life, we dive into perhaps his most iconic role in Akira Kurosawa's 1985 epic Ran with a score by another icon: Toru Takemitsu. 01. Masaru Satoh: Unosuke [The Gunman] (Yojimbo OST [extended], 1961) MGM 02. DJ Koze: Brushcutter (Music Can Hear Us, 2025) Pampa 03. Toru Takemitsu: Music from "Woman in the Dunes" (Film Music by Toru Takemitsu 4: Hiroshi Teshigahara's Films, 1991) JVC 04. Daphni: Clap Your Hands (Josephine single, 2025) Jiaolong 05. C Circo: Genus [Socool remix] (kind:Music, 2025) self-released 06. Blawan: SickElixir (SickElixir, 2025) XL 07. Takuya Nakamura: BonJah (Caged Bird Flying EP, 2024) Deer Trap 08. Pacific Spirit: Bleak Affirmation (Canada House EP, 2025) Pacific Rhythm 09. Soccer96: Crystal Pyramid (Inner Worlds, 2022) Moshi Moshi 10. Dawn to Dawn: Yours to Know (2024) Ssurroundss 11. Neko Furēku: Watashi no Kokoro o Hikisaku [Tearing My Heart Out] (Kanojo No Shi, 2019) self-released 12. CR Gille

With the recent passing of actress Claudia Cardinale (1938-2025), we dig into her career, focusing on one film in particular: Federico Fellini's 1963 meta-film 8½ with a score by Nino Rota. Asa nisi masa, no half measures. 01½ Ornella Vanoni: L'appuntamento (Appuntamento con Ornella Vanoni, 1970) Ariston 02½ Luis Fernando Amaya: Beastiario Cinco [for Viola & Electronics] (Nacen en Silencio, 2025) Aurora 03½ Primal Scream: Burning Wheel [single edit] (Vanishing Point, 1997) Creation/Reprise 04½ The Stone Roses: Fools Gold (The Stone Roses: 20th Anniversary Edition, 2009) Silvertone/RCA 05½ Howard Shore: Heaven (Collector's Edition: Volume 1, 2009) Howe 06½ Honeymoon Killers: Histoire à Suivre (Les Tueurs de la Lune de Miel, 1981) Crammed Discs 07½ Maude Audet: Les Joues Usées (2025) Bravo Musique 08½ Marina Mello: Transborder (Deságua, 2025) Buh 09½ Malibu: Watching People Die (Vanities, 2025) Year0001 10½ Sadé Awele: Intuition (Intuition EP, 2024) self-released 11½ Dave Guy: Morning Glory (Rub