Citr -- Exploding Head Movies

With the year drawing to a close, it's time to summarize the past twelve months; in lieu of a best-of/festive playlist, consider this simply a review. Main soundtrack profile will be on Emile Mosseri's The Last Black Man in San Francisco but we also tackle unprofiled music from Motherless Brooklyn and Us amongst other recent faves. 1. Matias Aguayo: 2019 (Support Alien Invasion, 2019) Cómeme/Crammed Discs 2. Loscil: Equivalent 1 (Equivalents, 2019) Kranky 3. Minimal Violence: InDreams [Cardopusher remix] (InDreams, 2019) Technicolour/Ninja Tune 4. Powder: New Tribe (Powder in Space, 2019) Beats in Space 5. Kornél Kovács: Szombat (Stockholm Marathon, 2019) Studio Barnhus 6. Thom Yorke: Dawn Chorus (Anima, 2019) XL 7. Jacques Greene: Distance (Dawn Chorus, 2019) LuckyMe 8. Kaytranada: Dysfunctional [instrumental] (Dysfunctional single, 2019) RCA 9. Lizzo: Juice (Cuz I Love You, 2019) Nice Life/Atlantic 10. Tame Impala: Patience (Patience single, 2019) Modular 11. Plains Apparition: Decade's Trace [Cryosauna r

As winter sets in the northern hemisphere, it's time to think of colder places, like space. James Gray's film Ad Astra will be profiled, scored primarily by Max Richter with some assistance from Lorne Balfe. We also try to tackle as much of the Vancouver concert scene in advance of Christmas, the end of the year and the end of the decade (for some). 1. Blue Hawaii: Prepare for Flight (Tenderness, 2017) Arbutus 2. Public Service Broadcasting: E.V.A (The Race for Space, 2015) Test Card 3. Segue: Mirage (The Island, 2019) Silent Season 4. Laurel Halo: Crush (Hyperswim, 2019) Hyperdub/Williams Street 5. Goldie: Angel (Timeless, 1995) Metalheadz/FFRR 6. K-X-P: Nimetön Tie, Pt. 3 (IV, 2019) Svart 7. KLP: Heater (Giver, 2019) Cereus 8. The Chemical Brothers: Out of Control [The Avalanches' Surrender to Love mix] (2019) Virgin 9. Vangelis: Memories of Green & Blade Runner Blues [film edit] (Blade Runner - EMS Recombination [Japanese tracks], 1982) Tyrell 10. Doomsquad: The Last Two Palm Trees in LA (Let Yourself Be

Batten down the hatches, crew! This boat lists towards Mark Korven's score to the 2019 film The Lighthouse so all hands on deck as we weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen! O and there are sports updates, cap'n. 1. Spirit of the West: Save This House (Save This House, 1990) WEA 2. Jacques Greene: Say Nothing (3024 FYE3 12", 2019) 3024 3. Sudan Archives: Iceland Moss (Athena, 2019) Stones Throw 4. Moon Duo: Eye 2 Eye (Stars are the Light, 2019) Sacred Bones 5. William Gum-Boot & Lawrence Wiffin: Psychic (Synthetic Music, 1978) Auvidis 6. Necking: Boss (Cut Your Teeth, 2019) Mint 7. Woolworm: Hold the Bow (Awe, 2019) Mint 8. Malibu: Lost at Sea (One Life 12", 2019) Joyful Noise 9. Frankiie: Compare (Forget Your Head, 2019) Paper Bag 10. Rachael Dadd: Connected to the Rock (Flux, 2019) Memphis Industries 11. Lindstrøm: As If No One is Here (On a Clear Day I Can See You Forever, 2019) Smalltown Supersound 12. Mount Eerie & Julie Doiron: Belief Pt.2 (Lost Wisdom Pt.2, 2019) P.W. Elverum & Sun 13. Leonard Cohen: It's

Cellist & composer Hildur Guðnadóttir has had a busy 2019, so we'll profile some of her recent scorework, primarily from the recent Batman film Joker and the HBO historical drama Chernobyl. 1. Ellis Drane & His Jazz Orchestra: The Live! with Murray Franklin Theme (Songs from Live! with Murray Franklin EP [from 'Joker'], 2019) WaterTower 2. Negativland: Limbo (True False, 2019) Seeland 3. LOUVER: C-A6 (Carbon-Arc EP, 2019) A Person Disguised as People 4. Don Cherry: I Walk (Disco Not Disco: Leftfield Disco Classics from the New York Underground [remastered], 2019) Strut 5. Sleater-Kinney: Love (The Centre Won't Hold, 2019) Mom + Pop 6. Patrick Cowley: Before Original Sin (Mechanical Fantasy Box, 2019) Dark Entries 7. The Cinematic Orchestra: Wait for Now [w.Tawiah] (Wait for Now single, 2019) Ninja Tune 8. TNGHT: Serpent (II, 2019) Warp/LuckyMe 9. Clams Casino: Rune (Moon Trip Radio, 2019) self-released 10. Eugene Mirman: America is Better than Abortion (God is a Twelve-Year Old Boy with Asperger's, 2009) Su

In honour of Remembrance Day, we go back to 1993 to cover the stark effects of war as we profile John Williams' score to Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Schindler's List. 1. The Avalanches: Saturday Night Inside Out [w.David Berman & Father John Misty] (Wildflower, 2016) Astralwerks 2. Devours: Avalon (Avalon EP, 2015) self-released 3. Lightning Dust: 3AM/100 Degrees (Spectre, 2019) Western Vinyl 4. Necking: Go Getter (Cut Your Teeth, 2019) Mint 5. Colleen: November (A Flame My Love, A Frequency, 2017) Thrill Jockey 6. Woolworm: Awe (Awe, 2019) Mint 7. Destroyer: Crimson Tide (Have We Met, 2020) Merge/Dead Oceans 8. Marcello Giombini: November (Synthomania, 1973) CAM 9. Blue Hawaii: Still I Miss U (Open Reduction Internal Fixation, 2019) Arbutus 10. Otha: I'm on Top (2018) self-released 11. Psychic Health: Cathedral (Psychic Health, 2015) Time No Place 12. Tigerwing: Open Air (Overflow EP, 2019) self-released 13. Algiers: Hymn for an Average Man (The Underside of Power, 2017) Matador 14. Montag: Une tête da

gak's back from Europe and quite jetlagged. In honour of one of the countries he visited, we profile the music from the German television series Babylon Berlin. Let the music be awesome for you as your host learns to get out of the damn way. 1. The Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra: Stars and Rockets [David Holmes mix] (Come Get It I Got It, 2002) 13 Amp 2. Kim Gordon: Air Bnb (No Home Record, 2019) Matador 3. Mary Lattimore & Mac McCaughan: I (New Rain Duets, 2019) Three Lobed 4. Stereolab: Italian Shoes Continuum (Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night: Expanded Edition, 2019) Duophonic 5. Charlotte Crow: Statue of David (Surrealist Bedroom, 2015) self-released 6. Vangelis: Theme from 'De Nuremberg a Nuremberg' (De Nuremberg a Nuremberg OST, 1989) Off World 7. Sleepy Gonzales: Sinking (The Joy of Painting, 2018) self-released 8. The Babe Rainbow: Supermoon (Double Rainbow, 2018) 30th Century 9. Apollo Ghosts: Hannibal's Alps (Living Memory, 2019) self-released 10. Oblomov: Carson City (Demos, 20

As a bonus to recent podcast listeners, this Hallowe'en episode from 2016, set to re-air in 2019 but didn't due to technical issues, is available. "WOLFMAN GAK guesthosts this All Hallowed Eve episode as regular host gak is asleep somewhere. All manners of spooky sounds from this raspy-voiced legend of radio as he overpowers all procedures, though he ran low on whiskey and throat lozenges." Full details: https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20161031/

gak's on the road for work so this prerecorded episode features Mica Levi's eerie score to the 2019 South American film Sonos. Not horror in concept but totally in sound. Plenty of Thom Yorke here too since he plays in Vancouver the night this airs on the radio. 1. Sloan: Money City Maniacs (Navy Blues, 1998) Murderecords 2. Concubine: Decenter (2018, 2018) self-released 3. Thom Yorke: Not the News (ANIMA, 2019) XL 4. Thom Yorke: The7th7th7th7thson (Suspiria OST [unreleased material], 2019)XL 5. Thom Yorke: The Universe is Indifferent (Suspiria OST, 2018) XL 6. Jeremy Dutcher: Qonute (Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, 2018) self-released 7. Sampha: Treasure (Beautiful Boy OST, 2018) Warner Bros 8. Blank Banshee: Fluid (Metamorphosis, 2019) Hologram Bay 9. Danny Brown: Belly of the Beast [w.Obongjayar] (uknowhatimsayin¿, 2019) Warp X. XXXTentacion: Moonlight (?, 2018) Bad Vibes Forever 11. Plains Apparition: Orb Levitation (Encrypt, 2019) self-released 12. Velvet Negroni: Wine Green (Neon Brown, 2019) 4AD 13. Sink

On this Canadian Thanksgiving episode, we continue with our October horror theme by delving into some of the music tied to the teenage werewolf film series Ginger Snaps. Keep your turkeys safe outdoors; gobble gobble! 1. Stereolab: Brakhage (Dots and Loops: Expanded Edition, 2019) Duophonic 2. Yu Su: Words without Sound (Roll with the Punches 12", 2019) Second Circle 3. Little Eva: Let's Turkey Trot (Let's Turkey Trot 7", 1963) Dimension 4. The King Khan Experience: Turkey Ride (Turkey Ride, 2019) Ernest Jenning/Khannibalism 5. Angelo Badalamenti: Deer Meadow Shuffle (Twin Peaks: Limited Event Series OST, 2017) Rhino 6. Bloodstone: Natural High (Jackie Brown OST, 1997) Maverick/A Band Apart 7. Robert Forster & Tiny Lister Jr: Dialogue - "Catch a Movie" (Jackie Brown, 1997) A Band Apart 8. Graham Bond Organization: Harmonica (There's a Bond Between Us, 1965) Columbia 9. Graham Bond Organization: Camels & Elephants (There's a Bond Between Us, 1965) Columbia 10. Gladys Knight & The Pips: Mr Welfare Man (Claudin

The return of October means the month long dive into horror film scores! We kick things off with some vintage spooky sounds via Hans Erdmann's partially recovered music from FW Murnau's 1922 classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror paired with a metafictional account of that film shoot from Dan Jones' score to 2001's Shadow of the Vampire. We conclude our Vancouver International Film Festival profile and offer our usual mix of live music in town, new releases & eulogies as gak fights off the flu. 1. Public Enemy: Fight the Power [radio edit] (Do the Right Thing OST, 1989) Motown 2. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross: Outside (Bird Box: Original Score [abridged web edition], 2018) self-released 3. Ride: R.I.D.E. (This is Not a Safe Place, 2019) Wichita/PIAS 4. PUP: Full Blown Meltdown (Morbid Stuff, 2019) Little Dipper/Rise 5. Apollo Ghosts: Western Red Cedar (Living Memory, 2019) self-released 6. Oh Sees: The Daily Heavy (Face Stabber, 2019) Castle Face 7. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Fireflies (Ghosteen, 2019) Bad Se

Change of plans as we dive into the meta-radio found on Quentin Tarantino's 9th film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, harkening back to when the hippie dream ended. We also continue with our Vancouver International Film Festival synopses and other autumn goings-on. 1. Syd Dale: Ready for Action [The Illustrated Man advert] (Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood OST, 2019) Sony/Columbia 2. Lana Del Rey: The Greatest (Norman Fucking Rockwell! 2019) Polydor/Interscope 3. Olivier Latry: JS Bach's Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079 - Ricercare a 6 (Bach to the Future, 2019) La Dolce Volta 4. Serge Gainsbourg: Scenic Railway (Gainsbourg Confidentiel, 1963) Philips 5. Maukku: Meeting gak (2013) self-released 6. The Soul Investigators: Rag Doll Pt. 1 [w.Nicole Willis] (Fat Slice o'Funk, 2006) Invada 7. Robotalco: Bubble Rhodes (Callisto, 2019) 100% Silk 8. Danny Brown: Dirty Laundry (uknowhatimsayin¿, 2019) Warp 9. Ice Cube: My Summer Vacation (Death Certificate, 1991) Lench Mob/Priority 10. Quantic: September

Autumn's picking up steam as the Vancouver International Film Festival starts this week, New Forms Festival happens over the weekend and so many acts in town. Main profile will be on PJ Harvey's recent soundtrack work for All About Eve & The Virtues. 1. Haviah Mighty: Bag Up (13th Floor, 2019) self-released 2. Watering: Tall Basser (Songs, 2015) self-released 3. Nitzer Ebb: Let Your Body Learn (That Total Age, 1987) Mute/Geffen/Warner Bros 4. Minimal Violence: June Anthem (InDreams, 2019) Technicolour 5. Jade Statues: in ur eyes i see so much more (2014) self-released 6. Aurora Halal: Fattal 22 (Liquiddity, 2019) Mutual Dreaming 7. D. Tiffany: Tiffany Sway (D. Tiffany, 2014) 1080p 8. Phil Western: Shallow Breathing (No Love Lost, 2018) self-released 9. Nilüfer Yanya: Baby Blu (Miss Universe, 2019) ATO/PIAS 10. Vampire Weekend: Harmony Hall (Father of the Bride, 2019) Columbia 11. Blaine L Reininger: Autumn Shore (The Godfather of Odd: A Hardy Fox Tribute, 2019) Klanggalerie 12. Cigarettes After Sex: Heavenly

It's been a while since we've had a profile on the seminal film scorer Ennio Morricone. Let's go back fifty years to Sergio Leone's genre-definite Western, 1969's Once Upon a Time in the West. We also pay tribute to Austin's Daniel Johnston (1961-2019) and preview some of the bands playing on UBC campus for free & live on CITR this week. gak thinks you have two horses too many for this show (bang bang). What is real? 1. Hot Chip: Melody of Love (A Bath Full of Ecstasy, 2019) Domino 2. Sarah Davachi & Ariel Kalma: Le Temps Spiral (Intemporel, 2019) Black Sweat 3. Daniel Johnston: Walking the Cow (Hi, How Are You, 1983) self-released/Stress/Homestead 4. Daniel Johnston: True Love Will Find You in the End (Retired Boxer, 1984) Stress 5. Flying Lotus: Takashi (Spontaneous/Takashi 12", 2019) Warp 6. Men I Trust: Days Go By (Oncle Jazz, 2019) self-released 7. Sigh: Magpie (Images, 2019) self-released 8. The Ramblin' Ambassadors: Sixty Seconds to What? (Avanti, 2003) Mint 9. Harley Small: Apartments (2019) self-re

The legendary animator Richard Williams (1933-2019) worked on many films during his career but he made his mark with the mixed-live action 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Along with Alan Silvestri's noir yet cartoony score, we'll highlight some acts playing in town this week, including those at the Westward Music Festival, amongst other new songs & end of summer vibes. 1. Mr Merlot: Love's Going to Get You Again (City Sex: Volume 2, 2019) Smooth Effects 2. Loscil: Equivalent 2 (Equivalents, 2019) Kranky 3. Dead Quiet: The Sorceress (Artoffact Records Sampler, 2019) Artoffact 4. Black Mountain: High Rise (Destroyer, 2019) Jagjaguwar 5. Elobrian Sunrise: With You (SVMMER SVN: Volvme 7, 2019) Svnset Waves 6. Owen Pallett: Chorale (In Conflict, 2014) Domino/Secret City 7. Lissie: Everywhere I Go (Why You Runnin' EP, 2009) Fat Possum 8. Wilson Tanner: My Gull (II, 2019) Efficient Space 9. Megamall: First Floor Apartment (Demos, 2019) self-released 10. Nice Apple: Are You Still There (This Time Nice Apple is Au

The unofficial end to summer ties into Labour Day as the start to a new school year is nigh. Let's pretend it's still a carefree time with jetboats and tropical freedom as we dig into Jan Hammer's glorious synth score to the 1980s Miami Vice series. No Lambos with learners here; gak is a professional grade driver and he'll guide you along these stops this episode: 1. Exposé: Point of No Return (Exposure, 1987) Arista/Pantera 2. Project Pablo: Low Wings (Low Wings EP, 2018) Verdicchio 3. Bon Iver: Sh'Diah (i,i 2019) Jagjaguwar 4. Roxy Music: Main Thing (Avalon, 1982) EG/Polydor 5. Bonus Points: Jet Skis & Gelato (2018) self-released 6. Rick Ross: Summer Reign [w.Summer Walker] (Port of Miami 2, 2019) Epic/Maybach 7. Beatchild & The Slakadeliqs: The Only Difference [Dirty Soul mix, w.Justin Nozuka] (The Only Difference single, 2019) BBE 8. Sleep: The Sciences (The Sciences, 2018) Third Man 9. Blanck Mass: House vs. House (Animated Violence Mild, 2019) Sacred Bones 10. Electric Youth: Arawa (Memory Emotion, 2

In honour of actor Peter Fonda (1940-2019), we hop on our choppers & go back fifty years to his New Hollywood defining film: 1969's Easy Rider. We also touch upon soundtracks from other films of his: The Wild Angels, Race with the Devil, The Trip & The Limey. 1. Aretha Franklin: The Weight (This Girl's in Love with You, 1970) Atlantic 2. Nick Storring: Nothing Seems to Rhyme (Gardens, 2014) Scissor Tail 3. The National: Quiet Light [w.Eve Owen] (I Am Easy to Find, 2019) 4AD 4. Orville Peck: Roses are Failing (Pony, 2019) Sub Pop 5. Dixie's Death Pool: Coco Dame (Twilight, Sound Mountain, 2017) Leisure Thief 6. Tonk: Silt (2019) self-released 7. Sylvia Wrath: Dog Song (2019) self-released 8. Luvoon: Pineapple (Lonely God, 2019) self-released 9. Biawanna: Take You Back (2018) self-released 10. Michel Colombier: Sunday (Michel Colombier, 1979) Chrysalis 11. Jay Som: Superbike (Anak Ko, 2019) Polyvinyl 12. Vivian Girls: Damaged (Vivian Girls, 2008) Mauled by Tigers 13. Bogdan Raczynski: 220 s3d (Rave 'till You C

With the recent passing of bossa nova pioneer João Gilberto (1931-2019), it's time for our semi-regular Brazilian-theme episode. This time around, we'll go all over the map and amongst the soothing guitars and scorching sambas, we'll share some songs from the Tropa de Elite film series amongst other imaginary movies. gak attempts to isolate all growing disasters to little good. 1. Daphni: Sizzling (Sizzling EP, 2019) Jiaolong 2. C.Diab: Young Hums (Beacons, 2014) self-released 3. Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Bosses Hang (Luciferian Towers, 2017) Constellation 4. Teen Daze: Perfect Day for a Swim (SVMMER SVN: Volume 7, 2018) SVNSET WAVES 5. Chris-a-Riffic: I Was Around Before Any of You Were Born (Treats, 2019) self-released 6. Snail Mail: Heat Wave (Lush, 2018) Matador 7. Bonus Points: Nine to Five (Eventide, 2018) self-released 8. HMLT: Lost [w.Kei-Li] (Need You, 2019) Urbnet 9. Doomsquad: Aimless (Let Yourself Be Seen, 2019) Bella Union 10. Cassius: Summer (Dreams, 2019) Caroline 11. Lizzo: Boys (Boys sing

With the recent passing of the Nobel & Pulitzer prize winning author Toni Morrison (1931-2019), we'll profile Rachel Portman's score to the 1999 film adaptation of the novel Beloved. We'll also tip our hats to The Meters' Art Neville (1937-2019) & Silver Jews' David Berman (1967-2019). 1. Beyoncé, Tierra Whack, Moonchild Sanelly & Nija: My Power (The Lion King: The Gift, 2019) Parkwood/Columbia 2. Segue: Deep Current (The Island, 2019) Silent Season 3. Potatohead People: Single Life [w.Bunnie] (2019) Bastard Jazz 4. Jody Glenham: War on This World (2019) self-released 5. The Meters: Funky Miracle (Look-Ka Py Py, 1969) Josie 6. The Meters: Look-Ka Py Py (Look-Ka Py Py, 1969) Josie 7. The Neville Brothers: Voodoo (Yellow Moon, 1989) A&M 8. The Meters: Here Comes the Meter Man (The Meters, 1969) Josie 9. Purple Mountains: All My Happiness is Gone (Purple Mountains, 2019) Drag City 10. Silver Jews: Trains Across the Sea (Live on WFMU, 2008) WFMU 11. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Riparian (2016) Western Vinyl 12. Colte

It’s a civic holiday on Canada, marking the middle of the North American summer. Very appropriate to scare you with Bobby Krlic’s score to Ari Aster’s horror film Midsommar. We also pay tribute to actor Rutger Hauer (1944-2019) and composers Michael Colgrass (1932-2019) & Bob Johnston (1926-2019). gak also comes in hot from Tofino and it shows. 1. Deerhunter: Death in Midsummer (Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared, 2019) 4AD 2. Vangelis: Wounded Animals (Blade Runner - EMS Recombination: Definitive Edition, 1982) Tyrell 3. Vangelis: Roy Pushes a Nail through His Hand (Blade Runner - EMS Recombination [Japanese tracks], 1982) Tyrell 4. Vangelis: Tears in Rain [w.Rutger Hauer] (Blade Runner OST, 1994) EastWest/Atlantic 5. Vangelis: The Prodigal Son Brings Death (Blade Runner - EMS Recombination: Definitive Edition, 1982) Tyrell 6. Holly Herndon: Crawler (Proto, 2019) 4AD 7. Childish Gambino: Summertime Magic (Summer Pack EP, 2018) Wolf+Rothstein/Liberator Music/RCA 8. Bonus Points: Summer Romance (Lost i

For Pride Week in Vancouver, this episode is all LGBTQIA2S+, whether based on performer or subject matter. Main profiles will be on M83's score to the recent French queer thriller Knife + Heart, Coil's rereleased soundtrack to The Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex, some Wendy Carlos and more. 1. Dusty Springfield: That's The Kind of Love I've Got for You [extended version] (It Begins Again, 1978) United Artists/Mercury 2. Emily A Sprague: Water Memory 1 (Water Memory/Mount Vision, 2019) RVNG Intl. 3. Florist: Today I'll Have You Around (Emily Alone, 2019) Double Double Whammy 4. Kylie V: Strathcona (Lotus Eater, 2018) self-released 5. Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Old Melody (Keyboard Fantasies, 2017) Invisible City/Seance Centre 6. Non La: Yr Man (Demos, 2019) self-released 7. The Trolls: Power Strangers (Treasure Mountain EP, 2017) self-released 8. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Exit from Vince Lombardi High School (Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham, 1991) Jet Pac/Cargo 9. Biawanna: Chances [w.Des Hume] (2019) self-rel