Citr -- Exploding Head Movies

gak's on the road or in the air again so for the 15th episode in our all-ambient series, he recaps some of the music that fits under the ambiguous genre banner. 01. Voice of Hearing: Breathespace (Breathespace, 2024) self-released 02. Tsrono: Shift 01 (Shift, 2024) Not Yet Remembered 03. Deborah Martin & Erik Wøllo: Voices of Nature (Kinishba, 2024) Spotted Peccary 04. Fhae: 2001 (2024) self-released 05. Adam Wiltzie: Tissue of Lies (Eleven Fugues for Sodium Pentothal, 2024) Kranky 06. Laraaji: Ocean [Glimpse] (Glimpses of Infinity, 2024) Numero Group 07. Colonial Skyway: Rain Like Sixty (Until Satellites Collide, 2024) Submarine Broadcasting Company 08. God Body Disconnect: Nostalgia Park 1986 (Dreams to be Buried In, 2024) Cryo Chamber 09. Mark Hjorthoy: A Heart Full of Hollow Wounds (Anthology of Experimental Music from Canada, 2024) Unexplained Sound Group 10. Aphex Twin: Th1 [evnslower] (Selected Ambient Works: Volume II [expanded], 2024) Warp 11. Stefan Smulovitz: Maple Seed Pods (Bow & Br

25 shy of your standard BR selection, in celebration of the subatomic particle the quark, we offer six channels in six directions so make you listen to this with a couple friends and each of your ears can focus on different elements on this the 1 000 072nd birthday of art. TOP FLAVOUR t1. Au Vol: The Garden of Forking Paths (The Garden of Forking Paths, 2022) self-released t2. Bill Nace: Les Echos [Piece for Tuba] (Through a Room, 2022) Drag City t3. Body/Dilloway/Head: Body/Erase (Body/Dilloway/Head, 2021) Three Lobed t4. Alvin Lucier & the Brandeis University Chamber Chorus: Toshi Ichiyanagi's Extended Voices (Extended Voices, 1968) CBS t5. Coin Gutter: Asthmatics of Failure (Asthmatics of Failure, 2010) Panospria t6. Faith Coloccia & Philip Jeck: Mycorrhizæ (Stardust, 2021) Touch t7. Annie Gosfield: EWA7 - Part 1, Rotation/The Rails to Fürth/From Lever to Wheel Revolution, Translation, Cylinders/The Unaflow Principle/Friction (Flying Sparks & Heavy Machinery, 2001) Tzadik t8. Dick Maaijmakers: Ach

In honour of gak's 17th anniversary on CITR 101.9FM Vancouver BC, we dive into a favourite film: 1984's The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension with a score by Michael Boddicker. 01. Mitzi Gaynor: Happy Anniversary (Happy Anniversary OST, 1959) Top Rank 02. Botany Bay: Winter Wolfpack Serenade (Thanksgiver, 2024) Submarine Broadcasting Co. 03. Abigail Lapell: Anniversary Song (Anniversary, 2024) Outside Music 04. Elephant Stone: The Spark (Back into the Dream, 2024) Fuzz Club 05. Juice Joint: Tortoise Shell (Juice Joint [cassette version], 2024) self-released 06. Destroyer: Bologna [w.Fiver] (Dan's Boogie, 2025) Merge 07. Japanese Breakfast: Orlando in Love (For Melancholy Brunettes & Sad Women, 2025) Dead Oceans 08. Hiromasa Suzuki: Romance (Wonderful Guys, 1975) Nippon Columbia 09. Devours: Sports Car Era (Sports Car Era, 2025) Surviving the Game 10. Dax Pierson: For the Angels (Nerve Bumps: A Queer Divine Dissatisfaction, 2021) Dark Entries/Ratskin 11. CFCF: Not Gonna Let Me

It is now 2025 and as we scan for fiction set in this once futuristic year, we'll profile bits from Ramin Djawadi's score to the 2013 kaiju film Pacific Rim. We also catch up on the recently deceased and some work that has now entered the public domain in some parts of the world. It was a matter of time we had to learn to fight monsters so lasso up your robots! 01. Dramatis: Oh! 2025 (For Future Reference [expanded edition], 2022) Rocket Record Co. 02. Contaqt/Bell Dreams: Red (Terroirs, 2024) People Places Records 03. Ann Savoy: Gabie's New Year's Lament (Another Heart, 2024) Smithsonian Folkways 04. Linda Lavin: Theme from Alice (Television's Greatest Hits: Volume 6, 1996) TVT 05, Jimmy Carter: 1976 Washington Political Campaign advert (Politicking: Volume 1, 2011) Funky Frolic 06. The Allman Brothers Band: In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (Idlewild South, 1970) Capricorn 07. Nikki Giovanni: Ego Tripping (The Reason I Like Chocolate, 1976) Folkways 08. Nino Rota: O Happy Dagger [the Death of Juliet] (Ro

As this confounding year draws to a close, we'll do our annual recap of the past 12 months in review. Along with some of the artists & songs that defined 2024, we'll profile Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow's score to that year's film Civil War. 01. Jessica Pratt: The Last Year (Here in the Pitch, 2024) City Slang 02. Kristen Roos: Nova (Universal Synthesizer Interface: Volume III, 2024) Hotham Sound 03. Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee (Diamond Jubilee, 2024) Realistik Studios 04. Apollo Ghosts: No One Knows Your Mind (Amethyst, 2024) You've Changed 05. Jackson Ramsey: Tropical Drone (Tropical Drone, 2024) Fanta 06. P:ano: Days Swing (Ba Ba Ba, 2024) COQ 07. The Softies: California Highway 99 (The Bed I Made, 2024) Father/Daughter 08. Yoo Doo Right: Spirit's Heavy but Not Overthrown, Pt. I (From the Heights of Our Pastureland, 2024) Mothland 09. Waxahatchee: 3 Sisters (Tigers Blood, 2024) Anti- 10. MJ Lenderman: You Don't Know the Shape I'm In (Manning Fireworks, 2024) Anti- 11. Kilometre Club: Light [in T

For our 17th annual counter-Christmas carol episode, we plunge deep into some of Dimitri Tiomkin's score that was cut from the 1946 holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life as we mark the festive season with our usual mix of snark, candour, grief & joy. 01. Tito Jackson: Season's Greetings (Season's Greetings from Motown Records 7", 1973) Motown 02. En Attendant Ana: Close Your Mouth Because Christmas is the Day! (En Attendant Ana Sings Christmas, 2024) self-released 03. Fflwcs: Let Nothing You Dismay (Christmas Shopping 1989, 2024) self-released 04. Al Jarreau: Peggy Virginia (Smooth and Soulful Christmas, 2006) YMC 05. Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66: The Christmas Song (Something Festive, 1968) A&M 06. Quincy Jones: Greensleeves and All That Jazz (The Italian Job OST: 50th Anniversary Expanded Edition, 1969) Paramount 07. Martin Mull: Santafly [w.the Sondra Baskin Glee Club] (Santafly 7", 1973) Capricorn 08. The Smothers Brothers: Swiss Christmas (Curb Your Tongue, Knave! 1963) Mercury 09. Khruangbin:

The drawing to the close a year allows us to look back a bit to the past 12 months but also ahead to the coming new calendar. We'll juggle mostly Canadian songs amidst all this reflection with a profile on Seth A Smith's scores from The Crescent and Tin Can. Warning: levels may be hot at the start so adjust volume accordingly. Not sure what changed on the board but feedback galore. 01. Freak Heat Waves: Music Has an Interesting Power (Mondo Tempo, 2023) Mood Hut 02. Stillwaves: I'm Haunted (Undiagnosed, 2023) Safe Sounds 03. Kristen Roos: Feight (Universal Synthesizer Interface: Volume III, 2024) Hotham Sound 04. Jody Glenham: The Local (Still Here EP, 2024) self-released 05. Kylie V: Golden (Crash Test Plane, 2024) Royal Mountain 06. Norman McLaren: Loops (Rythmetic: The Compositions of Norman McLaren, 2024) Phantom Limb/We are Busy Bodies/NFB 07. ?Numb?Dame? Good Luck is for Suckers (This One is for You, 2024) self-released 08. Daft Punk: Aerodynamic (Discovery, 2001) Daft Life/ADA/Warner France

Stepping out of our 20th century rut a bit, we profile Mark Jenkin's score to the 2019 film Bait. We also start looking at 2024 in review and preview your Shindig finalists as part of CITR's annual battle of the bands competition here in Vancouver. 01. Taylor Swift: 'tis the Damn Season (Evermore, 2020) Republic 02. Kohellus: Kalanvihreä (Anthology of Electroacoustic Music from Finland, 2023) Unexplained Sounds Group 03. Kendrick Lamar: Squabble Up (GNX, 2024) PGLang/Interscope 04. Schoolboy Q: Ohio [w.Freddie Gibbs] (Blue Lips, 2024) TDE/Interscope 05. The Sabres of Paradise: Tow Truck [Depth Charge mix] (Versus, 1995) Warp 06. Depth Charge: Depth Charge [Han Do Jin] (Nine Deadly Venoms, 1994) Vinyl Solution 07. Philip Glass: It Was Always You, Helen (The Music of Candyman, 2001) Orange Mountain 08. Angèle Dubeau: Candyman Suite (Signature Philip Glass, 2023) Analekta 09. Brijean: Breathe (Macro, 2024) Ghostly International 10. Pearl & the Oysters: Cruise Control (Planet Pearl, 2024) Stones Throw

Actor Teri Garr (1944-2024) was a very funny person, so this episode will tread lightly amongst some of her famous film roles amidst some TV fare associated with some other recently departed folks. 01. Sade Adu: Young Lion (Transa, 2024) Red Hot 02. Christine Jensen: Here's That Rainy Day (Day Moon, 2023) Justin Time 03. James Darren: Gidget (Album N°1, 1959) Colpix 04. Jack Jones: The Love Boat Theme (TV's Greatest Hits, Volume 3: 70s & 80s, 1979) TVT 05. Charles Dumont: La Course D'Auto [from "Trafic"] (Stereo Ultra, 1998) Big Cheese 06. Edith Piaf: Les Flonflons du Bal (Potpourri par Piaf, 1961) Capitol 07. Vic Flick: Nightraider (Action!, 1973) Amphonic 08. James Horner: End Title (The Lady in Red OST, 2024) Intrada 09. Cold Specks: How It Feels (Wandering in the Wild EP, 2024) Mute/Secret City 10. Katie Tupper: Outside the Gate (2024) Arts & Crafts 11. Peggy Lee & Cole Schmidt: Mercy (Forever Stories of Moving Parties, 2024) Earshift 12. Jamie XX: All You Children [w.the Avalanches] (In Wav

Quincy Jones (1933-2024) had a massive impact on pop culture in the service of music. We've been overdue on a profile on Q for ages so we'll skim across his various film scores, jazz sessions & other production work. Q0. Dream Warriors: My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style (And Now the Legacy Begins, 1991) 4th & B'way/Island/Polygram Q1. Loscil: Dusk Gale (Umbel, 2024) Frond Q2. Kathleen Edwards: Fools Ride (Total Freedom, 2020) Dualtone Q3. Nia Nadurata: Practice (Still Living with My Parents EP, 2025) Arts & Crafts Q4. White Poppy: Ataraxia (Ataraxia, 2024) Not Not Fun Q5. Busty & the Bass: Caribou (Karneval EP, 2023) Arts & Crafts Q6. Esthero: That Girl (Breath from Another, 1998) Work Q7. Colin Fisher: Sanctum (Reflections of the Invisible World, 2021) Halocline Trance Q8. Badbadnotgood & Tim Bernardes: Poeira Cosmica (2024) Innovative Leisure/XL Q9. Amy Winehouse: It's My Party [w.Quincy Jones] (Q Soul Bossa Nostra, 2010) Qwest/Interscope QA. Quincy Jones with Harry Arnold & his Swedish

Whether it's Remembrance Day, Armistice Day or Veterans' Day where you are, it's a time to think of wars. We're overdue on some Max Steiner and his music from the 1941 classic Casablanca as people seem to keep fleeing right wing extremists over the years. [Something's not right here; stand by if you did download this since it doesn't match went on air at present.] 01. Kay Starr: Holiday (Programming Aids from Capitol 7", 1964) Capitol 02. Speaker Music: African American Disillusionment with Northern Democracy Continues to Smolder in Every Negro who has Settled Up North after Knowing Life in the South (Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry, 2020) Planet Mu 03. Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few: Amerikkka the Ugly (The World is on Fire, 2024) Division 81 04. The Dead Milkmen: Grandpa's Not a Racist [He Just Voted for One] (Quaker City Quiet Pills, 2023) The Giving Groove 05. Bobo Jenkins: Democrat Blues (1954) Chess 06. Tartamudo: Taking Democracy [by Strategy] (Respiro EP, 2020) Ouver 07. John Mulaney: There

With Hallowe'en over, we turn to lighter though somber topics. In honour of singer/actress/dancer Mitzi Gaynor (1931-2024), we breeze across some of her musicals, mostly focusing on her songs from the Rodgers/Hammerstein 1957 film adaptation of South Pacific. 01. Caterina Valente: Ol'Man River (Sweet Beat, 1968) Decca/London 02. Gohj-ji & Simple Machines: Seen (2020) self-released 03. Barbara Dane: Insubordination (FTA! Songs of the GI Resistance, 1970) Paredon/Smithsonian Folkways 04. Grateful Dead: Unbroken Chain (From the Mars Motel, 1974) Rhino/Warner 05. Bell Dreams: Daphnis [live] (Moons, 2023) self-released 06. Kacey Musgraves: Jade Green (Deeper Well, 2024) MCA Nashville/Interscope 07. Kaia Kater: Often as the Autumn (Strange Medicine, 2024) Free Dirt 08. Quincy Jones: The Eyes of Love [instrumental] (Banning OST, 1967) La-La Land 09. Jonah Yano: The Language of Coincidence (Jonah Yano & the Heavy Loop, 2024) Innovative Leisure 10. P:ano: Spani (Ba Ba Ba, 2024) COQ 11. Roy Hargrove: Kam

Hallowe'en Horror Month closes with a profile of Daniel Hart's score to the 2017 film A Ghost Story. There'll also be songs about gggghosts, wolfmen, bad vampires & what originally was ggggoing to be campiness but there was a backlogggg of dark music so you're ggggetting actual spookiness. 01. Ken Nordine & the Jacksons: Can You Feel It [w.video spoken intro] (Can You Feel It, 1980) Epic/CBS 02. The Jacksons: Can You Feel It (Triumph, 1980) Epic/CBS 03. Mount Shrine: Ghostly (Lost Loops Collection, 2023) Cryo Chamber 04. The Guess Who: Clap for the Wolfman (Road Food, 1974) RCA Victor 05. Randy Fuller: Wolfman (It's Love, Come What May 7", 1966) Mustang 06. The Ghouls: Voo Doo Juice (Dracula's Deuce, 1964) Capitol 07. Ronnie Cook & the Gaylads: Goo Goo Muck (1962) Audan 08. Count Floyd: Count Floyd is Back (Count Floyd 12", 1982) RCA 09. The Sabres of Paradise: Haunted Dancehall (Haunted Dancehall, 1994) Warp 10. cumgirl8: Hysteria! (The 8th Cumming, 2024) 4AD 11. Throbbing Gristle: Scabs & Saws

As Hallowe'en Horror Month continues, we'll double dip with selections from Pino Donaggio's score to the 1st ever Stephen King film adaptation, 1976's Carrie, then getting more recent, 2024's Longlegs by Zilgi. Twice the creepiness! 01. Paul Zaza & Carl Zittrer: Tonight is Prom Night (Prom Night OST, 1980) RCA 02. Sarah Davachi: The Crier's Choir (The Head as Form'd in the Crier's Choir, 2024) Late Music 03. Kris Kristofferson: The Kelly's Keep Comin' (Ned Kelly OST, 1970) United Artists 04. Johnny Cash: Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down (The Johnny Cash Show, 1970) Columbia 05. Golden Brown: October (Golden Brown plays Golden Brown EP, 2020) self-released 06. Nemahsis: I Borrow Happiness from Tomorrow (Verbathim, 2024) self-released 07. Mustafa the Poet: Gaza is Calling (Dunya, 2024) Jagjaguwar 08. Ava Rasti: Wound (The River, 2024) 130701 09. Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Broken Spires at Dead Kapital (No Title as of 13 February 2024; 28 340 Dead, 2024) Constellation 10. We are Winter's Blue and Radiant

Zombies are the menu for Canadian Thanksgiving as we listen to selections of both European & North American soundtracks to George A Romero's 1978 satire Dawn of the Dead. 01. Pulp: Turkey Mambo Momma [1981] (The Peel Sessions, 2006) Island/Universal 02. George Thomson: Bold Turkey (Phood/Stay EP, 1998) Stickman 03. Contact Tetherball: Cold Turkey (The Real Songs Were the Friends We Made Along the Way, 2023) self-released 04. Annie Anxiety: Turkey Girl (Soul Possession, 1984) Corpus Christi/Southern/Dais 05. Vince Guaraldi Quintet: Peppermint Patty [bonus mix] (A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving OST: 50th Anniversary Edition, 2023) Lee Mendelson 06. Charlie Houston: Cranberry (2023) Arts & Crafts 07. Yasuko Agawa: Gravy (Gravy, 1984) Invitation 08. Botany Bay: Imago (Thanksgiver, 2024) Submarine 09. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul: Thank You (Topical Dancer, 2022) DeeWee 10. Helado Negro: Thank You for Ever (Far In, 2021) 4AD/Private Energy 11. Quincy Jones: Something's Cookin' (The Italian Job OST: 50th

October is at last here so it's time for our annual horror month in the countdown to Hallowe'en! We being with a profile on the odd prog rock soundtrack to the wonderfully bizarre 1977 Japanese film Hausu (House), originally intended for last year so amidst numerous acts performing in Vancouver this week, we start spooky season in a wild fashion. 01. Justice: One Night/All Night [w.Tame Impala] (Hyperdrama, 2024) Because Music 02. Clark: Autumn Linn (Body Double, 2022) Warp/Throttle 03. Sunset Rubdown: All Alright (Always Happy to Explode, 2024) Pronounced Kroog 04. Luna Li: Alone But Not Lonely (Duality, 2022) In Real Life 05. The Hang-Ten Hangmen: Zombie Stomp (After the Storm EP, 2022) self-released 06. Brittany Howard: I Don't (What Now, 2024) Island 07. Michael Kiwanuka: I've Been Dazed (Kiwanuka, 2019) Polydor/Interscope 08. Brian Gibson: Mica (Thrasher OST, 2024) Bank Robber 09. Kiesza: When Boys Cry (Crave, 2020) Zebra Spirit Tribe 10. Lido Pimienta: Coming Thru (Miss Colombia, 2020) Anti-

Every year, Canada marks a National Day of Truth & Reconciliation based on the mistreatment of indigenous peoples, particularly with their children placed into settlers' residential schools to remove their culture. This episode features artists & themes associated with Turtle Island's inhabitants, with music from the films Black Robe & Killers of the Flower Moon. 01. Snotty Nose Rez Kids: Red Future [w.Electric Fields] (Red Future, 2024) Savage Mob/Sony 02. Joseph Fire Crew: Legend of the Warrior (Legend of the Warrior, 2002) Makoché 03. The Halluci Nation: Remember [w.John Trudell & Black Bear Singers] (One More Saturday Night, 2021) Radicalized 04. A Tribe Called Red: We are the Halluci Nation (We are the Halluci Nation, 2016) Radicalized/Pirates Blend 05. Deborah Martin & Erik Wøllo: Prayer Song (Kinishba, 2024) Spotted Peccary 06. Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra: Live Laugh Decolonise [w.Chelsea Watego, BADASSMUTHA, Nima Doostkah & Rivermouth] (2024) self-released 07. Uyarakq: Lenapehoking Back (Len

After one complicated yet fun trip to Los Angeles, gak profiles music associated with actor Alain Delon (1935-2024). The Vancouver International Film Festival starts on Thursday but there's a large live performance component this year so we profile musicians from film. There are other concerts happening and a swath of AOR/yacht rock/city pop here too in a very loose episode. 01. Dalida & Alain Delon: Paroles Paroles (Julien, 1973) Orlando/Sonopresse 02. Louis de Mieulle: Soundfrieze (Defense Mechanisms, 2011) self-released 03. Sheila: LA [Los Angeles] (On Dit..., 1983) New Era 83/EastWest/Warner 04. Yasuko Agawa: LA Night (Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1976-1986, 2019) Light in the Attic 05. Nicolas Godin: Concrete & Glass (Concrete & Glass, 2020) Because/NCLS 06. Air: Remember [David Whitaker version] (Moon Safari: 25th Anniversary edition, 2024) Parlophone 07. Brian Eno: Top Boy Theme (Top Boy OST, 2023) Beat/Opal/Netflix 08. Eiko Ishibashi: Drive My Car (Drive My Car OST, 2022)

In the wake of more recent reissues from the vast discography of new wave icon Nash the Slash, this profile mostly dips into his post-FM days. On the soundtrack front, we recap the recent Emmy winners plus pay tribute to actor James Earl Jones (1931-2024) & kora player Toumani Diabaté (1965-2024). 01/ Jeff Bennett: The Morning Report [w.Rowan Atkinson, James Earl Jones & Evan Saucedo] (The Lion King Collection [deluxe edition], 2011) Walt Disney 02/ Nash the Slash: Blind Windows/Countervail (Dreams & Nightmares, 1979) Cut-Throat/World 03/ James Earl Jones: Band 1, Scene 8 (Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones, 1971) Caedmon 04/ Supergenius: Your Powers are Weak Old Man (Star Wars Breakbeats, 1998) Suckadelic 05/ James Earl Jones: The Stars [Mufasa interlude] (The Lion King: The Gift, 2019) Parkwood/Columbia 06/ John Williams & The London Symphony Orchestra: Darth Vader's Death (Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack Anthology, 1993) Arista 07/ Toumani Diabaté & Ali Farka Touré: Al Ga Bani (Desert B

On any given Monday, gak presents an eclectic mix of music and boy howdy, we've got a doozy for you. In honour of Richard Horowitz (1949-2024), we profile his score to the 1999 film Any Given Sunday, so we're blending 4th world music with sports themes. Are you ready for some adventure? KICKOFF 01. André Mathieu & Victor Vogel: Olympic Chimes (Games of the XXI Olympiad - Montréal, 1976) Polydor 02. Sam Spence & John Facenda: Get the Man (The Power & The Glory: Original Music & Voices of NFL Films, 1998) Tommy Boy 03. Luke Requena: The Salamander's Ascent (Calliope, 2022) Hotham Sound 04. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: Blame It on the Weather (Omnium Gatherum, 2022) KGLW 05. Tokyo Police Club: Young Vincent Price (Champ: 10th Anniversary Edition, 2021) Dine Alone/Mom + Pop/Memphis Industries 06. The Ramblin' Ambassadors: Hemi Has Beems/Dogs of Mischief (Por el Atajo Instromundial 7", 2024) Ghost Highway 07. Kaytranada: Witchy [w.Childish Gambino] (Timeless, 2024) RCA 08. P:ano: A Bit of Coquitlam (