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All the holidays are upon us as Bloomsday and Juneteenth have passed, then National Indigenous Peoples Day and Midsummer approach. We'll tackle all that along with Joe Strummer's score to the 1987 film Walker plus a preview of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. 1. Fontaines DC: Bloomsday (Skinty Fia, 2022) Partisan 2. Brian John McBrearty: Second Story Tune (Blue Twenty-Three, 2017) Blue Tapes 3. Charlotte Cardin: Daddy (Phoenix, 2021) Cult Nation/Atlantic 4. Gladys "Fatso" Bentley: June-Teenth Jamboree (Bob Dylan: Radio Radio - Theme Time Radio Hour: Volume 2, 1920) Mischief Music 5. Anthony Davis, James Newton & Abdul Wadud: Juneteenth (I've Known Rivers, 1982) Gramavision 6. They Might Be Giants: Moonbeam Rays (Book, 2021) Idlewild 7. "Weird Al" Yankovic: Hardware Store (Poodle Hat, 2003) Volcano/Way Moby 8. Moat Bells: Circles in June (Bones of Things, 2022) A Person Disguised as People 9. Men I Trust: Ante Meridiem (Untourable Album, 2022) Return to Analog 10. Jr. Gone Wild: I Don't Kn

The actor Ray Liotta (1954-2022) was a distinctive force, so amongst various highlights, we'll profile music from Martin Scorsese's 1990 epic Goodfellas and then the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. He did amuse us so. 1. Mahotella Queens: Wozani Mahipi (Next Stop...Soweto: Volume 2, 2010) Strut 2. Jamani Duo: Open Window (Timeline, 2021) self-released 3. Julee Cruise: Rockin' Back Inside My Heart (Floating into the Night, 1989) Warner Bros 4. Syl Johnson: Different Strokes (Dresses Too Short, 1968) Twilight/Numero Group 5. Holy Fuck: No Error (Deleter, 2020) Holy Ef/Last Gang 6. Bobby Oroza: I Got Love (The Otherside, 2022) Big Crown 7. Kaina: Blue [w.Helado Negro] (It Was a Home, 2022) City Slang 8. Joe Hisaishi: Mononoke Hime (Symphonic Suite: Mononoke Hime, 1997) Studio Ghibli/Milan 9. Joe Hisaishi: Princess Mononoke Theme [instrumental] (Princess Mononoke OST, 1997) Studio Ghibli/Milan 10. Ludovico Einaudi: Almost June (Underwater, 2022) Decca 11. Ludovico Einaudi: Underwater (Underwat

In tribute to actor William Hurt (1950-2022), we profile a wide swath of the actor's films, primarily focusing on John Barry's sultry score to the 1981 neo-noir Body Heat and selected music from 1998's sci-fi puzzler Dark City amongst other film scores. 1. Kamikaze Nurse: Aileen (Stimuloso, 2022) Mint 2. Mount Maxwell: Senescent Vivarium (Senescent Vivarium, 2022) Hotham Sound 3. Iggy Pop: The Passenger (Lust for Life, 1977) RCA 4. Depeche Mode: Any Second Now [Voices] (Speak & Spell, 1981) Mute 5. Depeche Mode: Pimpf (Music for the Masses, 1987) Mute 6. The Judds: Why Not Me (Why Not Me, 1984) RCA Nashville 7. The Tragically Hip: Wheat Kings (Fully Completely, 1992) MCA 8. M Netchai: Wedding Melodies for Drymba (Music of Ukraine, 1951) Ethnic Folkways 9. Kate Bush: Running Up That Hill [A Deal with God] (Hounds of Love, 1985) EMI 10. Tori Amos: Flowers Burn to Gold (Ocean to Ocean, 2021) Decca 11. Ólafur Arnalds: Still/Sound (Some Kind of Peace, 2020) Decca/Mercury 12. Charlotte Day Wilson: Kee

gak raced back from out east so this haphazardous episode profiles Joe Hisaishi's score from the iconic Studio Ghibli film My Neighbour Totoro whilst previewing the 2022 edition of Vancouver's Music Waste festival. You can smell the jet lag. Ichi, ni, san, yon, go! 1. Otoboke Beaver: Yakitori (Super Champon, 2022) Damnably 2. ToToro: Cats Eggs (Tings in Boots 3, 2019) Push & Run 3. Joseph Shabason: So Long (The Fellowship, 2021) Western Vinyl/Telephone Explosion IV. The Gap Band: You Dropped a Bomb on Me [12" single edit] (Gap Band IV, 1982) Total Experience 5. Mtume: Juicy Fruit (Juicy Fruit, 1983) Epic 6. Koichi Sugiyama: Overture (Symphonic Suite Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, 2019) King 7. The Golden Age of Wrestling: Rottweiler (Matriarch/Rottweiler [Double A side single], 2021) Surviving the Game 8. Apollo Ghosts: But I'll Be Around [acoustic] (Pink Tiger, 2022) You've Changed 9. King Cobb Steelie: Pass the Golden Falcon (Junior Relaxer, 1997) EMI 10. Midnight Oil: Nobody's Child

It's Victoria Day up Canada way and as gak jets off in multiple directions, this prerecorded episode promises to go Everything Everywhere All at Once (score by Son Lux). 1. Folklore Ensemble of the Village of Stena, Tomashpol District, Vinnitsa Region, Podolie: We're Starting a Curved Dance [Springtime Round Dance] (Ukrainian Music: Anthology of Folk Music, 2011) Melodiya 2. Richard Reed Parry: New Descent (The Nest OST, 2021) Music on Vinyl 3. Young Thug: Big Tipper [w.Lil Keed] (So Much Fun, 2019) 300 Entertainment/Atlantic 4. Nigo: Come On, Let's Go [w.Tyler the Creator] (I Know Nigo!, 2022) Republic 5. Surprise Chef: Spring's Theme (Velodrome 7", 2022) Big Crown 6. Tom Tom Club: Lorelei (Tom Tom Club, 1981) Sire 7. The Beaches: Let's Go (Future Lovers EP, 2021) Universal Canada 8. Cortico: Swell (Aeolia, 2019) self-released 9. Molchat Doma & Ploho: Po Krayu Ostrova (Post-Punk 2021, 2021) Artoffact 10. The Tranzmitors: It's Not Your Call (You Get Around 7", 2010) Dirtnap 11. Chris Hauer: Night

May is Asian Heritage Month so we'll tackle a classic by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa that inspired part of Star Wars: 1958's The Hidden Fortress as scored by Masaru Satoh. We also pay tribute to a lot of fallen drummers as of late amongst talking concerts in the Lower Mainland this week. As with CITR's web server, podcasts are working again. 1. Jacques Greene: Taurus (Fantasy EP, 2022) LuckyMe 2. Moe Koffman: Taurus Rising (Live at George's, 1975) GRT 3. Kalush Orchestra: Stefania (Eurovision 2022 Selection, 2022) Sony 4. Faction: Obligatory War Song (Through the Window, 1982) 96 Tapes 5. Tomoyasu Hotei: Battle without Honour or Humanity (Kill Bill: Volume 1 OST, 2003) A Band Apart/Maverick/Warner 6. Toshiaki Tsushima: Yagyu Conspiracy (The Yagyu Conspiracy OST, 1978) Toho 7. Ash Ra Tempel: Daydream (Deutsche Elektronische Musik 1: Experimental German Rock and Electronic Music 1972-83, 2010) Soul Jazz 8. Klaus Schulze: Satz - Gewitter [Energy Rise/Energy Collapse] (Irrlicht, 1972) Ohr 9. The Wi

Iceland is on the mind as we profile a few recent posthumous releases by composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, including 2 film scores from Chinese films that are now streaming in North America: Blind Massage & The Shadow Play. We also talk about concerts in Vancouver this week as we play catchup from the CITR web server outage, including the Verboden Festival. Jónsi: Salt Licorice [w.Robyn] (Shiver, 2020) Krúnk Sigur Rós: Rembihnútur [Liminal re-work by Paul Corley] (@0, 2021) Ahead of our Time Fontaines DC: A Hero's Death [Soulwax remix] (2021) Partisan Future Islands: Plastic Beach (As Long As You Are, 2020) 4AD Sigur Rós: 65º27'29.1'N 15º31'56.0'W (Route One, 2018) Krúnk bbno$: Mathematics (2022) self-released !!! My Fault (Wallop, 2019) Warp Deborah Martin & Jill Haley: Verdant Sanctuary (The Silence of Grace, 2021) Spotted Peccary Adult. Our Bodies Weren't Wrong (Becoming Undone, 2022) Dais Minimal Violence: Untitled Dream Sequence (InDreams, 2019) Technicolour Gazelle Twin: Triumph (Welcome to the Bl

Long desired & finally aired, this episode tried to avoid the feeling of devouring six bowls of colourful cereal on a Saturday morning by keeping the cartoony side towards the back third. Still, there's plenty of Carl Stalling's music from the original Warner Brothers' cartoons amongst other frantic music from films & TV both old & new amongst the usual frim fram. 1. Alabaster dePlume: The Sound of My Feet on This Earth is a Song to Your Spirit (Gold: Go Forward in the Courage of Your Love, 2022) International Anthem 2. Shackleton: Something Tells Me/Pour Out Like Water (Departing Like Rivers, 2021) Woe to the Septic Heart! 3. The Poppy Family: Happy Island (Which Way You Goin' Billy, 1969) London 4. Meat Loaf: Hot Patootie [Bless My Soul] (The Rocky Horror Picture Show OST, 1975) Ode/A&M 5. The Dust Brothers: Abort Mission (Fight Club OST [Special Edition], 1999) Restless/Mondo 6. Orchestra Harlow: Horsin' Up (Orchestra Harlow Presenta a Ismael Miranda, 1968) Fania 7. Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queen

For our 600th episode as Exploding Head Movies (DC for the Romans, 698 for long-time radio free gak listeners), we go mostly Gallic with music from Wes Anderson's 2021 film The French Dispatch. The podcast gods were amenable since I couldn't record this episode from home so we are successfully relying on the rebuilt server talking to the station logger properly to present what I feared would be a lost episode. Allons-y! 1. Sault: Reality (Air, 2022) Forever Living Originals 2. King Cobb Steelie: Technique (Project Twinkle, 1994) Lunamoth 3. King Cobb Steelie: Triple Oceanic Experience (Project Twinkle, 1994) Lunamoth 4. Guy Lafleur: Marquer un But (Lafleur! [edition français], 1979) 5. Showman & The Thunderous Staccatos: RP600 (Locked in to Surf & Rock'n Roll Instrumentals: Volume 1, 1996) Alopecia 6. Anchoress: Psychobabble (Stay Positive, 2022) Early Onset 7. Peach Pit: Drips on a Wire (From 2 to 3, 2022) Columbia 8. Nathan Shubert: Pub in London [51.538°, -0.045°] (Field Recordings: Volume 1, 2019

With the passing of the actress Monica Vitti (1933-2022), we listen to a wide range of music associated with her films, ranging from comedies to Michaelangelo Antonioni's moody new wave films. There were also a lot of concerts happening in Vancouver that week -- for podcast listeners, it's not so relevant anymore -- but it's a full raft of the usual mayhem. 1. Le Rose: Monica Vitti (Le Rose, 2010) Pippola 2. Johnny Hammond: Big Sur Suite (Higher Ground, 1974) Kudu 3. The Magnetic Fields: I've Got a Date with Jesus (Quickies, 2020) Nonesuch 4. Destroyer: Eat the Wine, Drink the Bread (Labyrinthitis, 2022) Merge 5. Mono: To See a World (Pilgrimage for the Soul, 2021) Pelagic/Temporary Residence 6. Jon Spencer & The Hitmakers: Junk Man (Spencer Gets It Lit, 2022) In the Red 7. Night Court: Boat in Idle (Nervous Birds! One, 2021) Debt Offensive/Snappy Little Numbers 8. Apocalyptica: Path (Death Stranding: Songs from the Video Game, 2020) Mondo/Masterworks 9. Snail Mail: Glory (Valentine, 2021) Matador

With the Major League Baseball season starting last week, this episode pays tribute to that pasttime with a profile on James Horner's score to the 1989 sports fantasy Field of Dreams. We also recognize Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022) with songs from his 1971 film The Last Picture Show. Podcast subscribers: yep, citr.ca was offline for a month so you'll see all the recent episodes starting popping up in your feed and on your devices as we play catch up. 1. Mira Calix: Fundamental Things (Absent Origin, 2021) Warp 2. Brother Superior: Trini Groove (A New Beginning, 1978) Mabel 3. Slow: Against the Glass (Against The Glass EP, 1985) Zulu 4. The Sadies: Stop and Start (2021) Dine Alone 5. The Ventures: 2000 Pound Bee (The Versatile Ventures, 1967) Liberty 6. Fine Mist: I Could Shout [w.Nick Krgovich] (CITR Pop Alliance: Volume 2, 2011) CITR 7. Altin Gün: Ordunun Dereleri (Yol, 2021) Glitterbeat 8. Ron Grainer & His Group: Happy Joe [Signature Tune from Comedy Playhouse] (Happy Joe 7", 1962) Pye 9. Black

With awards season over, it's time an overdue Part 8 of our all-ambient episodes, this time focusing on soothing sounds that came out last year. 1. Kaleema: Ambrosia (Útera, 2021) Wonderwheel 2. Area 3: Whale (Amb, 2021) Khotin Industries 3. M Crook & Oxherding: Shelter in Place (Shelter in Place, 2021) self-released 4. A Winged Victory for the Sullen: The Celestial City (Invisible Cities/Le Città Invisibili, 2021) Artificial Pine Arch Manufacturing 5. Connect_icut: Lonely in the House (Talisman, 2021) CSAF 6. Christina Chatfield: Nameless Islet (Sutro, 2021) Mysteries of the Deep 7. These Liminal Days: Space 1.1 (Empty Spaces 1, 2021) self-released 8. Deborah Martin & Jill Haley: The Stillness of Forest Bathing (The Silence of Grace, 2021) Spotted Peccary 9. Carlos Niño & Friends: Cloud Prayer (The Lagniappe Sessions, 2021) Aquarium Drunkard 10. Dean Hurley: Val Verde Horizon (Concrete Feather, 2021) Boomkat Editions/Sacred Bones 11. Kuma: Twelve Words for Cosmos (A Beautiful Use of Negative Spac

Our Oscar season draws to a close as the 94th Academy Awards were handed out yesterday in a wild ceremony. Along with a recap of the winners, we'll profile Marius De Vreis' score from this year's Best Picture: Coda. 1. Emilia Jones: Beyond the Shore (CODA OST, 2021) Republic 2. Loscil: Clara (Clara, 2021) Kranky 3. Hans Zimmer: Leaving Caladan (Dune OST, 2021) WaterTower 4. Hans Zimmer: Ornithopter (Dune OST, 2021) WaterTower 5. Hans Zimmer: Visions of Chani (Dune OST, 2021) WaterTower 6. Billie Eilish: No Time to Die (No Time to Die OST, 2021) Darkroom/Interscope 7. The 5th Dimension: Don't Cha Hear Me Callin' to Ya [Live at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival] (Summer of Soul ...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised OST, 2022) Legacy/Sony 8. Jonny Greenwood: Viola Quartet (The Power of the Dog OST, 2021) Lakeshore 9. Austra: I Am Not Waiting (HiRUDiN, 2020) Domino 10. Beach House: Once Twice Melody (Once Twice Melody, 2022) Sub Pop 11. Germaine Franco: El Camino de Mirabel (Encanto OST, 2

Since we've wrapped up our profiles on the best original scores for this Sunday's Academy Awards, Part 6 of our annual Oscar episodes focuses on the nominated songs from the films No Time to Die, Encanto, King Richard, Belfast & Four Good Days. We'll touch upon some songs that missed the cut and then pay tribute to Canadian director (1963-2021) with music from some of his films & television series. 1. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul: It Hit Me (Topical Dancer, 2022) Deewee/Because Music 2. No Translation: The Place of Flowers (Rust & Remain, 2022) A Red Thread/Katuktu 3. Cluster: Oh Odessa (Curiosum, 1981) Sky 4. D-Drifters-5: Today I am Leaving for the Battle (D-Drifters-5 Sing and Play Traditional and Original Ukrainian Songs, 1964?) V/MSC 5. Aasthma: Fragments (A Dove has Spread Her Wings: Relief for Ukraine, 2022) Northern Electronics 6. Reba McEntire: Somehow You Do (Somehow You Do - Single from the Motion Picture Four Good Days OST, 2021) Rocking 'R/MCA Nashville 7. Van Morrison: Down to Joy (B

For the 5th part of our annual Oscar profiles, we'll listen again at Hans Zimmer's score to Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Dune since it became nominated since we last spoke about it. We'll also a lot of live music options in Vancouver this week as pandemic mandates lift amongst more Ukrainian music and tributes to the recently deceased. 1. Dragobrath: Intro (Fra Myrer Taake, 2010) Eastside 2. The Chieftains: The Foggy Dew [w.Sinéad O'Connor] (The Long Black Veil, 1995) RCA Victor 3. Thomas Kotcheff: Foggy Dew (Frederic Rzewksi: Songs of Insurrection, 2020) Coviello Contemporary 4. Spada & Korolova: Be Strong (2022) Armada Electronic Elements 5. 6th Crowd: Sokolonko (2022) self-released 6. Yan Cook: Hacked (Dnepr_Vancouver 1.0 EP, 2015) Reclaim Your City 7. Betty Davis: Game is My Middle Name (Betty Davis, 1973) Just Sunshine 8. Ann Peebles: If We Can't Trust Each Other (I Can't Stand the Rain, 1973) Hi Records 9. The Bo-Keys: Hi Roller (Got to Get Back!, 2011) Electraphonic 10. Todd Rundgren & S

Part IV of our annual Oscars profile looks at Alberto Iglesias' nominated score to Pedro Almodóvar's 2021 film Parallel Mothers. We also pay tribute to Mark Lanegan (1964-2022) and the continued Ukraine resistance. 1. PJ Harvey: Ballad of the Soldier's Wife (September Songs: Music of Kurt Weill, 1997) Sony Classical 2. Robert Fripp: Elegy [Nashville 2006 March 1] (Music for Quiet Moments, 2021) Discipline Global Mobile/Panegyric/Wowow/Inner Knot 3. The Polka Drifters: A Soldier's Lament (Ukrainian Times, ????) Ukrainian 4. Mickey & Bunny: Out Behind the Barn (Mickey and Bunny sing This Land is Your Land, 1964) V Records 5. Mike Domish Orchestra: Ukrainian Hopak (Alpine Polka, ????) Alpine/RCA Victor 6. Ummagma: Ty i Ya (Caravan single, 2019) self-released 7. Montag: Sunflower (Des Cassettes et un Walkman Jaune, 2009) self-released 8. Paul Leonard-Morgan & Philip Glass: Tales from the Loop [theme] (Tales from the Loop OST, 2020) Mondo/Hollywood 9. Squid: Peel St. (Bright Green Field, 2021) Warp 10.

As Oscar season continues, we dive into Nicholas Britell's nominated score to Adam McKay's satire Don't Look Up. We also explore music associated with a defiant Ukraine and wars since apparently, a pandemic wasn't enough strife on this planet. Go invade yourself; we aren't doomed despite how the sky feels. 1. Gavin Friday: You Me and World War Three (Shag Tobacco, 1995) Island/Polygram 2. Aidan Baker: Jigras (The Sheep Look Up, 2022) Bibliotapes 3. Valentin Silvestrov via Radio Ukraine International [UKR]: The Dream [05/20/2005, 7440 kHz ~0200 UTC] (ShortWaveMusic 2005-2008, 2005) Myke Weiskopf 4. Blakkr Nið: Odessa [w.King Brude] (Holy Visions, 2015) self-released 5. Valentina Goncharova: Passageway to Eternity (Recordings 1987-1991: Volume 1, 2020) Shukai 6. Vassyl Yemetz: Z Ukrainskyce Stepiw (Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World's Music, 2020) Dust-to-Digital 7. Zeellia: Oj Tam U Polju Dub Horyt (Zeellia, 1998) self-released 8. Gail Archer: Chacona (Chernivtsi: Contemporary Ukrain

Part 2 of our annual Oscar nominee profile dives into the world of Encanto, the recent Disney film with a nominated score by Germain Franco and a song by Lin-Manual Miranda. We also profile plenty of associated Colombian and Latin urban music amidst tributes to Dallas Good, Bappi Lahiri and the completed Beijing Olympics. Happy Family Day! 1. Spoon: The Hardest Cut (Lucifer on the Sofa, 2022) Matador 2. Mount Maxwell: Entropics (Senescent Vivarium, 2022) Hotham Sound 3. The Sadies: Wasn't Born to Follow (Tremendous Efforts, 2001) Outside Music 4. The Sadies: Message to Belial (2022) Dine Alone 5. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Memories of Gay Paree (Sport Fishin': The Lure of the Bait, The Luck of the Hook, 1993) Cargo/Jetpac 6. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: The Jehrney (Sport Fishin': The Lure of the Bait, The Luck of the Hook, 2016) Yep Roc 7. Bappi Lahiri: Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja [w.Parvati Khan] (Disco Dancer OST, 1982) EMI/His Master's Voice 8. The Roots: The Seed [2.0, extended radio edit w

Oscar season is upon us again, so since the nominees for the 94th Academy Awards were announced last week, we bring our profiles on the nom'd scores and songs by focusing on Jonny Greenwood's score to the 2021 film The Power of the Dog, allowing us to also discuss other recent soundtrack work by the Radiohead member for films like Spencer and Licorice Pizza. It's also Valentine's Day and our first episode after CITR's recent Fundrive, so prepare to bask in the love. 1. Tsunxmi: Station ID (Broken on Reflection, 2021) GIVE/TAKE 2. Lady Wray: Thank You (Piece of Me, 2021) Big Crown 3. T Gowdy: Emerald Teeth (Corona Borealis Longplay Single, 2020) Constellation 4. Snail Mail: Valentine (Valentine, 2021) Matador 5. Mitski: Valentine, Texas (Laurel Hell, 2022) Dead Oceans 6. Yes/And: More Than Love (Yes/And, 2021) Driftless 7. Ada Lea: My Love 4 U is Real (One Hand on the Steering Wheel, The Other Sewing a Garden, 2021) Saddle Creek 8. Delilah Montagu: Love Me with All Your Heart (Moominvalley OST, 2019)

It's Fundrive time again at CITR! This year's theme is "Plenty of Fish in the Sea...Eye Tea Arrrrr" so amongst some vague piscine themes, we'll profile music from Edgar Wright's latest film, 2021's Last Night in Soho. If you can, donate today during the month of 2022 February: https://www.citr.ca/donate Fundrive programming will go until February 10th. Des chansons pour des poissons: 1. The Marvelettes: Too Many Fish in the Sea (The Marvelettes Greatest Hits, 1964) Motown 2. Yves Léveillé: Une Nuit Sur Soho (Soho, 2006) Effendi 3. Damien Jurado: WKRP in Cincinnati (Lagniappe Sessions, 2019) Aquarium Drunkard 4. The Sports: Who Listens to the Radio (Don't Throw Stones, 1979) Mushroom/Arista 5. Danny Elfman: Big Fish (Music for a Darkened Theatre - Film & Television Music: Volume 3, 2009) MCA 6. Mr Scruff: Fish (Keep It Unreal, 1999) Ninja Tune 7. Cub: Go Fish [live] (Live from Thunderbird Radio Hell: 1992 October 01, 1992) CITR 8. John Lurie: Ahhh... Fishing (Fishing with John OST, 1998) Strange