Citr -- Exploding Head Movies

School is almost back in session so this week's lesson looks at recent music from Thom Yorke, ranging from new projects, Radiohead covers and his score to 2024's Confidenza. We waltz around other academic subjects, Polaris Prize nominees, acts playing in Vancouver this week and another CITR's host's 25th anniversary on air. Books open, pencils out, devices away, laptops charged. 01. Soulwax: Teachers (Nite Versions, 2005) PIAS 02. Yu Su: Avanvera (2024) Music from Memory 03. Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs: College Girl (1959) Selwyn 04. Transvestimentals: F.A.B. (Transvestimentals, 1998) self-released 05. Philip Glass: First Day of School (Notes on a Scandal OST, 2006) Rounder/Decca 06. Julie Arsenault: Homeschool (Nothing Sweeter, 2023) Son Canciones 07. Bob & Doug McKenzie: School Announcements (Great White North, 1981) Anthem/Mercury 08. Lau Nau: We Were the Kids (Land Without God OST, 2019) Fonal 09. Tijuana Bibles: High School Ring (Apartment Wrestling, 2000) Trophy 10. Exotic Adrian Str

Appropriate for the end of summer, gak finally tackles a long-promised episode devoted to the 1980s Japanese genre known as city pop. The entire playlist should be considered ultrasmooth with acts clearly inspired by this resurrected & imported style. Perfect for driving away from the city and to the beach. Ichi, ni, san, yon, go! 00. BGM 01. Miki Matsubara: Mayonaka no Door/Stay with Me (Paradise Beach, 1983) See-Saw/Pony Canyon 02. Joseph Shabason: 15-19 (The Fellowship, 2021) Western Vinyl/Telephone Explosion 03. Angela Bofill: On & On (Something About You, 1981) Arista 04. Gary Wright: Dream Weaver (The Dream Weaver, 1975) Warner Bros 05. Laura Karpman: Dreamweaver (Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed OST, 2024) Lakeshore 06. Moon King: Go to My Head (Roses EP, 2024) Arbutus 07. Bridal Party: Pool (Cool Down, 2022) self-released 08. CFCF: Marike (You Can Live Forever OST, 2023) CFCF 09. Teen Daze: Backyard (Elegant Rhythms, 2024) Plancha 10. Light Blending In: Solitude (2024) self-released

Tying back to ancestral lands, gak's back and he found a compilation of songs from the films of the Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki so you've got a dry pan, rollicking episode coming up. 01. The Chills: I Love My Leather Jacket (Kaleidoscope World, 1986) Flying Nun/Creation 02. Yoo Doo Right: SMB (A Murmur, Boundless to the East, 2022) Mothland 03. John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers: Crawling Up a Hill (1964) Decca 04. Kinky Friedman & the Texas Jewboys: Asshole from El Paso [live] (Old Testaments & New Revelations, 1992) Fruit of the Tune 05. Absolutely Free: Take One (Two Cares Due None OST, 2020) Boiled 06. Atli Örvarsson: Silo Main Theme (Silo: Season 1 OST, 2023) Apple 07. Yoko Kanno & The Seatbelts: Cat Attack Pt. I [w.A-Sha Mai Yamane] (Cowboy Bebop: Soundtrack From The Netflix Series, 2021) Milan 08. Larry Collins: T-Bone (1962) Columbia 09. The Beaches: Shower Beer (Blame My Ex, 2023) self-released 10. NOBRO: AI Sexbots (Set Your Pussy Free, 2023) Dine Alone 11. Unessential Oils: Distrust

For your belated British Columbia Day enjoyment, we pay tribute to music associated with the films of Canadian actor Donald Sutherland (1935-2024) & Shelly Duvall (1949-2024) amidst other mourning material in this pre-recorded episode. 01. Harvey Keitel & Tim Roth: Let's Get a Taco (Reservoir Dogs OST, 1992) MCA 02. DVTR: Les Olympiques (2024) Lisbon Lux 03. Kilometre Club: Jasper AB (Let Us Compare Geographies, 2024) Élan Vital 04. Louise Burns: Jasper (The Midnight Mass, 2009) Light Organ 05. Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra: Mountains on Fire (Follow My Lead, Lead Me to Follow, 2012) self-released 06. Antón García Abril: Parque Nacional Jasper (El Hombre y La Tierra: Banda Sonora Original de la Serie de TVE, 1974) Quartet 07. Harry Nilsson: He Needs Me [w.Shelly Duvall] (Popeye: The Harry Hilsson Demos, 1980) Varèse Sarabande 08. Gerald Busby: Final Credits (3 Women OST, 2021) Wave Theory 09. Krzysztof Penderecki: Polymorphia [excerpt] (The Exorcist OST, 1973) Warner 10. Bob Newhart: Nobody Will Ev

It's Pride Week in Vancouver so amidst mostly LGBTQ+ programming, we'll profile the 1982 indie scifi film Liquid Sky. 01. Richard Simmons: Live It (Reach, 1982) Elektra 02. B Trust: I Hate My Body [extended instrumental] (2017) self-released 03. Honey Dijon: Le Femme Fantastique [w.Josh Caffe] (Black Girl Magic, 2022) Classic 04. Elkka: Right Here (Prism of Pleasure, 2024) Ninja Tune 05. Boney M: Silly Bones [edit] (Horse Meat Disco Pt II 12", 2009) Horse Meat Disco 06. Gina X Performance: Kaddish (Love Lies Bleeding OST, 2024) A24 07. Sylvester: I Need Somebody to Love Tonight (Stars, 1979) Fantasy 08. Patrick Cowley: Homenaje a Patrick Cowley Pt I (Do You Have the Force? Jon Savage's Alternate History of Electronica 1978-82, 2021) Caroline True 09. Fever Ray: Shiver [Ivory remix] (2023) Rabid 10. Loraine James: My Take (Building Something Beautiful for Me, 2022) Phantom Limb 11. I Jordan: Butterlick (I Am Jordan, 2024) Ninja Tune 12. DijahSB: Don't Touch! (The Flower That Knew, 2023) Lowly 13.

One of the widely consume scores this year is Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross' industrial dance music from Challengers. Though tennis themes were thought of for this episode, amidst plenty of techno, gak's behind on some club classics from 2024 and it's time to prep the Polaris nominee profiles so we've got light summer vibes. 01. Rasputina: Saline the Salt Lake Queen (Frustration Plantation, 2004) Instinct 02. John Noseda: Our Time Will Come Again [Cinematic Sunset Trip] (Late Summer Compilation Volume 10: Part II, 2020) Lagasta 03. Bambii: One Touch (Infinity Club EP, 2023) Innovative Leisure 04. Charlotte Cardin: Puppy (99 Nights, 2023) Cult Nation 05. Khotin: Mornings II (Alterac Acid single, 2024) Khotin Industries 06. Otha: I Hate You in the Morning (2024) self-released 07. Jayda G: Heads or Tails (Guy, 2023) Ninja Tune 08. Kilometre Club: Nanaimo BC (Let Us Compare Geographies, 2024) Élan Vital 09. Sofia Kourtesis: Si Te Portas Bonito (Madres, 2023) Ninja Tune 10. Tiga, Hudson Mohawke & Channel

Ryan Faulconer (1976-2024) was a key friend all these years. We lost him too soon in January so in a celebration of his life, we feature some of his favourite songs and then Jeff Beal's score to 2001's Pollock, a film that spoke dearly to him. He had a show called Super Sonic Vision on CILU 102.7FM in Thunder Bay for a few years. I hope someone recorded at least one of his shows. 01. Hayden: Trees Lounge (Trees Lounge OST, 1996) MCA 02. Phill Niblock: Two Lips 1 (Touch Five, 2013) Touch 03. Jonathan Richman: Government Centre (Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, 1976) Beserkley 04. Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins: Melt Your Heart (Rabbit Fur Coat, 2005) Team Love/Rough Trade 05. Badly Drawn Boy: Delta [Little Boy Blues] (About a Boy OST, 2002) Twisted Nerve/XL 06. Tegan & Sara: God Help Yourself [demo] (Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy, 2020) not on label 07. The Be Good Tanyas: Lakes of Pontchartain (Blue Horse, 2000) Nettwerk 08. Atomic Seven: Highschool Knee (...Something

Going back to Canada Day 2013, this repeat broadcast gets all rural with the headbanger FUBAR film series, eh. Original details & episode: https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20130701/ This one has been tightened up a bit and some birds got into it. Give'r! 1. Stompin' Tom Connors: Roll On Saskatchewan (Meets Big Joe Mufferaw, 1970) Dominion 2. Wayne Henderson & Freedom Sounds: Soul Sound System (Soul Sound System, 1968) Atlantic 3. Slim Whitman: By the Waters of the Minnetonka (Slim Whitman Sings, 1956) Imperial 4. Slim Whitman: I Remember You (Travelin' Man, 1966) Imperial 5. The Incredible Bongo Band: I Can't Get No Satisfaction (Bongo Rock: The Story of the Incredible Bongo Band, 1974) Strut 6. Devo: Can't Get No Satisfaction (Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, 1978) Warner Bros 7. Devo: Gates of Steel (Freedom of Choice, 1980) Warner Bros 8. Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra: In the Arms of Love (The Wonder of You, 2000) Direct Source 9. Basement Jaxx: Cish Cash [w.Siouxsi

gak's in Utah for work & fun so this episode way off the active podcast feed from 10 years ago dives into spoken word with a spotlight on Ken Nordine (1920-2019) back when he was alive and still doing radio beat poetry. 00. gak & Gregory Gan yak it up 01. Potatohead People: Pete Sakes (Mellowtunes EP, 2012) Jellyfish 02. Calamalka: Auterzonik (Shredders Dub, 2006) Plug Research 03. Tom Waits: What's He Building in There? (Mule Variations, 1999) Anti- 04. E-men: In the Movie Now [w.Nicole Blackman] (2004) ? 05. Connect_icut: Carrion Pecking (Crows & Kittiwakes Wheel & Come Again, 2013) Rev.Lab/Aagoo 06. Howie B: Take Your Partner by the Hand [w.Robbie Robertson] (Turn the Dark Off, 1997) Polydor 07. King Missile: Detachable Penis (Happy Hour, 1992) Atlantic 08. Keith Mansfield: Extravaganza (Love's Themes, 1976) KPM 09. National Lampoon: Deteriorata (Radio Dinner, 1972) Blue Thumb/MCA 10. John Cooper Clarke: Beasley Street (Snap, Crackle & Bop, 1980) Epic 11. Kyle Bobby Dunn: Sedentary II (Fragment

Actress Cindy Morgan (1954-2023) provided a partial impetus to look at the world of Tron again and we'll combine Wendy Carlos' score from the 1982 original with Daft Punk's 2010 sequel Tron: Legacy as we project the future of this cult series. RUN * 10 Chaka Khan: Fate (What Cha' Gonna Do for Me, 1981) Warner Bros 20 Canadian Electronic Ensemble: Whale Oil (Canadian Electronic Ensemble, 2019) Artoffact 30 Françoise Hardy: Comment Te Dire Adieu (Comment Te Dire Adieu, 1968) Vogue 40 The Pack A.D: Teenage Crime (Positive Thinking, 2016) Cadence 50 Mary Lattimore & Walt McClements: Stolen Bells (Rain on the Road, 2024) Thrill Jockey 60 Debby Friday: To the Dancefloor (2024) Sub Pop 70 Devours: XY (2024) Surviving the Game 80 Light Blending In: Nostalgia (Enter the Void 2 Mix, 2022) Lunar Light Guardians 90 Tess Roby: Up 2 Me (Ideas of Space, 2022) Ssurroundss 100 Jessica Pratt: Get Your Head Out (Here in the Pitch, 2024) City Slang 110 Ben Chatwin: Dolmen (Verdigris, 2024) Dis-nter 120 Cindy Lee:

Roger Corman (1926-2024) was a trailblazer in producing & occasionally directing American independent cinema, so we'll touch upon only a handful of cues from films that came from his studios. 01. Ramones: Rock'n Roll High School (Rock'n Roll High School OST, 1979) Sire/Warner Bros 02. Yoo Doo Right: The Failure of Stiff, Tired Friends (A Murmur, Boundless to the East, 2022) Mothland 03. The Sherman Brothers: One Man Band (Mary Poppins OST: Special Edition, 2014) Disney 04. Richard M Sherman: Let's Go Fly a Kite [pre-demo] (Saving Mr Banks OST, 2013) Disney 05. The Sherman Brothers: The Fundamental Element (Bedknobs & Broomsticks OST, 1971) Disney 06. Duane Eddy: Rebel Rouser (Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel, 1958) Jamie 07. Sadies: Translucent Sparrow (Favourite Colours, 2004) Outside Music 08. Pokey Lafarge: One You, One Me (Rhumba Country, 2024) New West 09. Gordon Grdina: Oddly Enough (Oddly Enough: The Music of Tim Berne, 2022) Attaboygirl 10. Beak> Windmill Hill (>>>>, 2024) Invada 11. Shell

gak's back from New York so as he dug through films set in the Big Apple, he opted for a Puerto Rican flair with the 1993 film Carlito's Way. For Vancouverites, Music Waste is this weekend so we also spotlight some of the local acts performing in this long-running festival. 01. Eli Escobar: NY So Hi (Up All Night 12", 2014) Night People NYC 02. Shabason & Gunning: Measures of Fog (Ample Habitat, 2024) Séance Centre 03. David Sanborn: Anything You Want (Hideaway, 1979) Warner Bros 04. David Sanborn: Day Dream (Glengarry Glen Ross OST, 1992) Elektra 05. David Sanborn, Eric Clapton & Michael Kamen: The Weapon (Lethal Weapon OST, 1987) Warner Bros 06. Apollo Ghosts: Sunset Over IKEA (Amethyst, 2024) You've Changed 07. Be Afraid: ICBC (The End Looks Like Prosperity, 2023) Kingfisher Bluez 08. Sleuth: Somewhere Fast (Gold, 2020) Lost Sound Tapes/Jigsaw 09. Jackson Ramsey: Sneak (Tropical Drone, 2024) Fanta 10. La Lune: Despondent (Disparity 12", 2024) Kingfisher Bluez 11. Future Star: Judgement Card (Wh

This pre-recorded episode goes more new age than ambient, so consider this Part 14.5 of our sorta soothing & serene sounding series, mostly in a Greek vein as we profile some of the soundtrack work of Yanni. 0.1 Nathan Shubert: Maybe Borealis (2024) self-released 0.2 Terre Thaemlitz: Tranquilizer [excerpt] (Tranquilizer: 30th Anniversary Restored & Expanded Edition, 2024) Comatonse 0.3 Richard Bégin: Lavrador (Lavrador, 2024) Reverse Alignment 0.4 Greg Andersen: Open Skies (Another World: Music from Tomomi on the Farm, 2021) self-released 0.5 Li Yilei: Conch, Soap & Whistle (Nonage, 2024) Métron 0.6 Field Works: By the Woods, We Say (Maples, Ash & Oaks: Cedars Instrumentals, 2021) Temporary Residence 0.7 Emily A Sprague: Woven (Hill, Flower, Fog, 2020) Rvng Intl 0.8 Iasos: Lueena Coast (Inter-dimensional Music, 1975) Unity 0.9 Iasos: Angel Play (Inter-dimensional Music, 1975) Unity 1.0 Iasos: Crystal Petals (Inter-dimensional Music, 1975) Unity 1.1 Sussan Deihim & Richard Horowitz: Desert Equati

For your Victoria Day (or Whit Monday) enjoyment, we profile Montreal's CFCF and his score to the 2022 Canadian queer indie film You Can Live Forever. 01. Thundercat: Thousand Knives (A Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto: To the Moon and Back, 2022) Milan 02. Ryuichi Sakamoto: 20220214 (12, 2023) Commmons/Milan 03. Yellow Magic Orchestra: Behind the Mask (Solid State Survivor, 1980) Alfa 04. Juicy Fruits: Jenny wa Gokigen Naname (Drink!, 1980) Blow Up 05. Peter Berring & Brian Griffiths: Goku's Curse (Dragonball OST [USA Edition], 1996) Super Tracks Music Group 06. Peter Berring & Brian Griffiths: Main Title (Dragonball OST [USA Edition], 1996) Super Tracks Music Group 07. The Visitors: Theme from The Wild Angels [w.Barbara] (The Wild Angels OST, 1966) Tower/Capitol 08. Davie Allen & the Arrows: Blue's Theme (The Wild Angels OST, 1966) Tower/Capitol 09. Bry Webb: Modern Mind (Run with Me, 2023) Idée Fixe 10. Ride: Chrome Waves (Going Blank Again, 1992) Creation/Sire/Reprise 11. Iasos: Formentera Sunset C

Amidst a profile on some of Steve Albini's (1962-2024) recording work and tributes to other recently deceased folks, we profile an interesting collaboration between Cypress Hill's DJ Muggs & experimental musician Dean Hurley for the 2023 sci-fi film Divinity. 01. Shellac: Canada (Live at Cat's Cradle, Carrboro: August 30, 2006) self-released 02. Sunn O))): Novæ (Life Metal, 2019) Southern Lord 03. Pixies: Cactus (Surfer Rosa, 1988) 4AD 04. PJ Harvey: 50ft Queenie (Rid of Me, 1993) Island 05. Ben Frost: Meg Ryan Eyez (The Centre Cannot Hold, 2017) Mute 06. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Fortune Telling Chicken (Sport Fishin': The Lure of the Bait, The Luck of the Hook, 1993) Cargo/Jetpac 07. Metz: Drained Lake (Strange Peace, 2017) Sub Pop/Royal Mountain 08. Dirty Three: Authentic Celestial Music (Ocean Songs, 2015) Touch & Go 09. Joanna Newsom: Cosmia (Ys, 2006) Drag City 10. Sussan Deihim & Richard Horowitz: Got Away (Desert Equations: Azax Attra, 1986) Crammed Discs 11. Richard Horowitz & Niza

In honour of the character actor M. Emmet Walsh (1935-2024), we profile Carter Burwell's score from perhaps Walsh's largest role (and the Coen Brothers' debut): 1984's Blood Simple in this deceptively neo-noir styled episode. 01. Clarence "Frogman" Henry & Paul Gayten: Ain't Got No Home (Ain't Got No Home 7", 1956) Argo 02. Bell Orchestre: Making Time (House Music, 2021) Erased Tapes 03. The Spinners: Ghetto Child (Spinners, 1973) Atlantic 04. David Soul: Silver Lady (Playing to an Audience of One, 1977) Private Stock 05. Flight 426: Theme from Starsky & Hutch (High Octane Hammond, 2013) CDBaby 06. The Mission: Wasteland (God's Own Medicine, 1986) Mercury 07. Total Chroma: Mind in Statis [w.Carrellee] (Lapland, 2023) Negative Gain 08. The Go! Team: Junior Kickstart (Thunder, Lightning, Strike, 2004) Memphis Industries 09. The Go! Team: Gemini (Get Up Sequences Part Two, 2023) Memphis Industries 10. Tei Shi: QQ [Quédate Queriéndome] (Valerie, 2024) The Orchard 11. Thiago Desant: Rainfall to Desert

gak's back after a fortnight in a swamp with a profile on the Toronto band Absolutely Free and their score to the 2016 independent film Two Cares Due None. 01. Count Floyd: The Gory Story of Duane & Debbie (Count Floyd 12", 1982) RCA 02. Ian William Craig: Blue Suit Glitch (Music for Magnesium_173 OST, 2022) FatCat 03. Pierre Kwenders: No No No [w.Vanyfox] (No No No Remixes, 2023) Arts & Crafts 04. mk.gee: Candy (Two Star & the Dream Police, 2024) R&R 05. Blank Banshee: Trojan Horse (4D, 2023) Hologram Bay 06. Annie-Claude Deschênes: Culinary Security (Les Manières de Table, 2024) Italians Do It Better 07. 47soul: Run [w.the Synaptik & Tamer Nafar] (Semitics, 2020) Cooking Vinyl 08. Ataraxia: I Ching (The Unexplained: Electronic Musical Impressions of the Occult, 1975) RCA Victor 09. Cindy Lee: Lockstepp (Diamond Jubilee, 2024) Realistik Studios 10. Dream/Loss: Seconds (Lower Ground, 2024) self-released/Thankless 11. ilkae: Muoviset Pilvet (Primer, 2013) Eerik Inpuj 12. Wallgrin: Arrow to the Win

gak'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 Games 05. Daniel Lanois, Daryl Johnson, Joseph Maize, Darryl Hatcher & Rhiannon Giddens: Moonlight (The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2 OST, 2019) Lakeshore/Rockstar Games 06. Leyla McCalla: Scaled to Survive (Sun Without the Heat, 2024) Anti- 07. José Gonzalez: Head On (Local Valley, 2021) City Slang/Mute 08. Thievery Corporation: Saudade (Saudade, 2014) Eighteenth Street Lounge 09. Chastity Belt: Tethered (Live Laugh Love, 2024) Suicide Squeeze 10. Jenn Grant: Hello Everyone [Ceasefire Now] (2024) self-released 11.

It'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: Subterrane (Nothing New Under the Sun, 2023) Bent Window 05 - RL Huber: Illusion (Animam Edere EP, 2023) self-released 06 - Meg Mulhearn & Belly Full of Stars: Saros (Conjunctions, 2023) Fallen Moon 07 - IKSRE & anthéne: Falling Stars (Seasons Shifting, 2023) anthéne 08 - Kilometre Club: After All, It is Well [w.The Goodnight Project] (Open Skies, 2023) Imaginary North 09 - Mount Shrine: Unradiant Approach (Lost Loops Collection, 2023) Cryo Chamber 10 - Sebby Kowal: Another Day (Formations, 2023) Lontano 11 - Rudy Ad

Based 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: Garden Sheers (Palm Oil, 2017) self-released 05! Greasebeast: Lacrimosa (Moncton Isn't So Bad, 2015) Stay in Touch 06! Health: Children of Sorrow (Rat Wars, 2023) Loma Vista 07! Los Straitjackets: The Wild Mouse (The Further Adventures of Los Straitjackets, 2009) Yep Roc 08! Flint: Mouser (Brof Ken Piano EP, 2013) Pint-Sized 09! Ahna: Pull the Trigger (Perpetual Warfare, 2015) Neanderthal Stench/Choking Hazard 10! Elysium Echoes: Ozymandius (Vancouver Metal Compilation: Volume I, 2016) Vancouver Metal Compilation 11!