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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!

It's time to return to the spice as we listen to Hans Zimmer's score to Dune: Part Two from director Denis Villeneuve. Along with other sonic inspirations from Frank Herbert's novels, we also profile a documentary about a failed adaptation: 2013's Jodorowsky's Dune with music by Kurt Stenzel. 01. Hot Chip: Freakout/Release (Freakout/Release, 2022) Domino 02. Klaus Schulze: Frank Herbert (X: Sechs Musikalische Biographien, 1990) Brain 03. Shubostar & Terr: Brave New World (2024) DGTL 04. Elkka: Make Me (Prism of Pleasure, 2024) Ninja Tune 05. Wands of the Minor Arcana: Dirge of the Druid King (Into the Gloaming Isle, 2023) self-released 06. Marie Davidson: Y.A.A.M. (2024) Deewee 07. Bolis Pupul: Kowloon (Letter to Yu, 2024) Deewee 08. Fatima al Qadiri: Mojik [Your Waves] (Gumar EP, 2023) Hyperdub 09. JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown: Fentanyl Tester (Scaring the Hoes, 2023) AWAL/Peggy 10. The Last Poets: On the Subway (The Last Poets, 1970) Douglas 11. Jake Ferguson & Malcolm Cotto: Dune (Emotions Run Dry,

Award season is over so we play catch up with recent news as look at the Canadian director Norman Jewison (1926-2024) and cues from his groundbreaking films, focusing mostly on 1987's Moonstruck with music by Dick Hyman. 01. John Cale: Moonstruck [Nico's Song] (Mercy, 2023) Domino 02. Gerald Fried: The Discotheque Affair (The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV Series: Volume 1, 2002) Film Score Monthly 03. Apollo Ghosts: Karaoke (Local Delivery Only, 2020) self-released 04. Molly Sarlé: Human (Karaoke Angel, 2019) Partisan 05. Kilometre Club: Springtime Bloom [Centre of Attention rework] (Open Skies rework single, 2023) Imaginary North 06. Mary Timony: Looking for the Sun (Untame the Tiger, 2024) Merge 07. Mannequin Pussy: I Got Heaven (I Got Heaven, 2024) Epitaph 08. CFCF: Bridge (You Can Live Forever OST, 2023) self-released 09. De Flore: Encore un Peu (Encore un Peu EP, 2024) self-released 10. Cœur de Pirate: C'était Salement Romantique [reprise] (2023) Bravo Musique 11. Mort Garson: Love is a Garden (Jour

Our 7th & final part of our our annual Oscars profiles as award season draws to a close as we talk about who won! The 96th Academy Awards were handed out last night and amongst the winners, we hear selections from Joe Hisaishi's score from the Best Animated Feature from Studio Ghibli: The Boy and the Heron. 01. Benny Sings: Movie Star (Young Hearts, 2023) Stones Throw 02. Richard Bégin: Mouvements Cycloniques des Regions Temperees (IDIL Music Award 2024, 2024) Unexplained Sounds Group 03. Ludwig Göransson: Oppenheimer (Oppenheimer OST, 2023) Back Lot 04. Billie Eilish: What Was I Made For? (Barbie the Album: Best Weekend Ever Edition, 2023) Atlantic 05. Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt: What Was I Made For? [epilogue] (Barbie OST, 2023) Waxwork/WaterTower 06. Jerskin Fendrix: Bella II (Poor Things OST, 2023) Milan 07. Laura Karpman: Winner (American Fiction OST, 2023) Sony 08. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band: P.I.M.P. (55, 2016) Truth & Soul 09. Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky & Roisee: Am I Dreaming (Spider-Man: Acros

Our 6th part of our annual Oscars profiles does another check-in on Ludwig Göransson's Academy Award nominated score to Oppenheimer. 01. Oppenheimer Analysis: Men in White Coats (New Mexico, 1982) Minimal Waves 02. Osmanthus: Bloom (Between Seasons, 2024) self-released 03. Parliament: I Call My Baby Pussycat (Osmium, 1970) Invictus 04. Marlena Shaw: Liberation Conversation (The Spice of Life, 1969) Cadet 05. Chronotype Project: Arctic Spring (Free Ambient Electronic Sampler 37, 2024) Spotted Peccary 06. Silent Servant: M-87 (In Memoriam, 2023) Tresor 07. The Soft Moon: Dead Love (The Soft Moon, 2010) Captured Tracks 08. James Horner: Main Titles from 48 HRS (48 HRS OST, 1982) Intrada 09. Lætitia Sadier: Don't Forget You're Mine (Rooting for Love, 2024) Drag City/Duophonic Super 45s 10. Modern Cosmology [Lætitia Sadier & and Mombojó]: Making Something (What Will You Grow Now? 2023) Duophonic Super 45s 11. William Tyler: Pisces Backwards (New Vanitas, 2020) Merge 12. Parlour Panther: Chosen Fam (

The 1st of our two repeat profiles is in the cards for the 5th part of our annual Oscar profile as we hear different cues from the late Robbie Robertson's nominated score to Killers of the Flower Moon. We hear additional indigenous voices too amongst others who have recently left us. The time has come. 1. A.S.O: My Baby's Got It Out for Me (A.S.O, 2023) Low Lying 2. Anthony Davis, James Newton & Abdul Wadud: After You Said Yes (I've Known Rivers, 1982) Gramavision 3. Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper: Elvis is Everywhere (Bo-Day-Shus!!! 1987) Enigma 4. The Dead Milkmen: Punk Rock Girl (Beelzebubba, 1988) Enigma 5. Flat Duo Jets: Madagascar (Flat Duo Jets, 1989) Dog Gone 6. MC5: Borderline (Kick Out the Jams, 1969) Elektra 7. John Oswald: Mother (69 Plunderphonics 96, 2001) Fony/Seeland 8. Blush to the Snow: Shift 06 (Shift, 2024) Not Yet Remembered 9. Apollo Ghosts: Fake Nurse (Amethyst EP, 2024) You've Changed 10. The Smile: Friend of a Friend (Wall of Eyes, 2024) XL 11. Armando Trovaioli: Oscar is the

It's Family Day in parts of Canada, so for our 4th part of our annual Oscars profile, we not only hear selections from John Williams' nominated score to Indiana Jones & The Dial of Destiny, but we also circle back through the rest of his music from the adventure film series. gak is jet lagged from all the red lines that pop up on the map as he flew a lot last week. 0.1 Ray Anthony: Holiday (Programming Aids 7", 1964) Capitol 0.2 Lol Tolhurst, Budgie & Jacknife Lee: Los Angeles [w.James Murphy] (Los Angeles, 2023) PIAS 0.3 Biliana Voutchkova: Biliana (Looking for Daniel, 2023) Unsounds 0.4 Kool & the Gang: Ladies' Night (Ladies' Night, 1979) De-Lite 0.5 The Isley Brothers: Fight the Power (The Heat is On, 1975) T-Neck/Epic 0.6 Cold Grits: It's Your Thing (1969) ATCO 0.7 Tokyo Police Club: Bambi (Champ: 10th Anniversary Edition, 2021) Mom+Pop/Dine Alone/Memphis Industries 0.8 boygenius: Not Strong Enough (The Record, 2023) Interscope 0.9 The Bill McBirnie Trio: Yes Indeed! (Find Your Place, 2013) Ext

For the 3rd part of our annual Oscars profile, we listen to selections from Laura Karpman's nominated score to American Fiction. We also touch upon the lunar new year, acts playing in Vancouver and actor/director Carl Weathers (1948-2024). Thanks again to everyone who donated to 2024 Fundrive! 01. Beth Gibbons: Floating on a Moment (Lives Outgrown, 2024) Domino 02. Matty: Yessss (Arkive, 2021) Voice Recordings 03. Joseph Koo: The Way of the Dragon [w.Mike Remedios] (Way of the Dragon OST, 1972) Tam 04. Mort Garson: Western Dragon Pt 1 (Journey to the Moon and Beyond, 2023) Sacred Bones 05. Allison Burik: Be the Dragon (Realm, 2024) self-released 06. Feist: Borrow Trouble (Multitudes, 2023) Polydor 07. The Rural Alberta Advantage: Our Youth (The Rise & The Fall, 2023) Saddle Creek 08. Castle If: Rabbit Hole (Darknet EP, 2023) self-released 09. Gilla Band: Backwash (Most Normal, 2022) Rough Trade 10. Pottery: Smooth Operator (No. 1, 2019) Royal Mountain 11. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band: Touchdown (Th

Part II of our annual Oscars profile collides with CITR's main annual event: FUNDRIVE so we'll hop along the themes of weddings and Las Vegas as we hear from the 5 nominees for Best Original Song along with some that missed the cut. Visit https://donatetocitr.ca today and pledge to Fundrive 2024 and tell'em Exploding Head Movies sent ya! Say it as we hover ahead on bended knee: YES! 01. Tom Petty: Love is a Long Road (Full Moon Fever, 1989) MCA 02. Pender Street Steppers: The Glass City (The Glass City 12", 2015) Mood Hut 03. Junior Boys: Yes II (Waiting Game, 2022) City Slang 04. Daphni: Yes I Know (Jiaolong, 2012) Merge 05. Connect_icut: Yes! Darkness (Dodecapentaton, 2021) CSAF 06. Clark: Wedding (Sus Dog, 2023) Throttle 07. Land of Talk: Marry It (Performances, 2023) Saddle Creek 08. Tommy Buick: Wedding March (A Ukrainian Wedding, 1964?) V 09. Jessy Lanza: Casino Niagara (Love Halluciation, 2023) Hyperdub 10. Jackie Lynn: Casino Queen (Jacqueline, 2020) Drag City 11. Trees Speak: Amnesia Tr

The nominees for the 96th Academy Awards were announced last week so it's that time of year: our annual Oscars profiles on the nominated original songs & scores! First up: Jerskin Fendrix's beguilingly quirky music from Yorgos Lanthimos' adaptation of Poor Things. 01. David Holmes & Raven Violet: Blind on a Galloping Horse (Blind on a Galloping Horse, 2023) Heavenly 02. Brian Ring: Aperol Spritz (Late Summer Compilation: Volume 10 - Pt I, 2020) Lagasta 03. Chai: We the Female! (Chai, 2023) Sub Pop/Otemayon 04. The Shangri-Las: Leader of the Pack (Leader of the Pack, 1964) Red Bird 05. Henry Mancini: The Windmills of Your Mind (The Piano, Orchestra & Chorus of Henry Mancini, 1969) RCA Victor 06. Jean Knight: What One Man Won't Do, Another Man Will (1976) Open 07. Basement Jaxx: A Possibility [w.Amp Fiddler] (Scars, 2009) XL 08. Joseph LoDuca, Jeff Grace & Orchestra: Angelo Badalamenti's A Late Quartet/Bidding Farewell (A Late Quartet OST, 2012) Decca 09. Isola: Aquarius (LP1, 2023) Smartdumb 10. Pe

gak marks 16 years at CITR 101.9FM with another profile on the film score work of Ennio Morricone: 1971's Giù la Testa (aka Duck, You Sucker!) amidst the other mix of glitter and doom. Somehow we made this far. Somehow you made it here too. Can't do this without you. 01 - Tennessee Ernie Ford: Sixteen Tons (Asteroid City OST, 2023) ABKCO 02 - Elizabeth Reid & Alison Bruce Cerutti: Constable and the Spirit of the Clouds (Conjuring: Viola Music of David Jaeger, 2023) Redshift 03 - Jackson Ramsey: Good News (Tropical Drone, 2024) Fanta 04 - DJ Shadow: You Played Me (Action Adventure, 2023) Mass Appeal 05 - DJ Shadow: High Noon (Preemptive Strike, 1997) Mo' Wax/FFRR 06 - Nadah El Shazly: Claustrophobic Love (Les Damnés Ne Pleurent Pas OST, 2024) Asadun Alay 07 - Al Fajer Group: 3an al Umniyat (Al Dajer/The Dawn, 2022) Majazz Project 08 - Wendy Carlos: Love Theme (Tron OST, 1982) CBS 09 - Ghost Twin: Babes in the Woods [Touching remix] (Artoffact Records 2022 Sampler, 2022) Artoffact 10 - À La Mode: C

gak's back with a spacious yet spacy mix that takes elements from synthesized bird noises and mixes it with drones, particular in honour of Catherine Christer Hennix (1948-2023). Sponges & buckets sold separately; bring the noise. 00. gak: intro DRONE QUARTER: A1. Constellation425: Undecided (Drone Day, 2023) self-released A2. Lawrence English & Werner Dafeldecker: Tropic of Carpicorn Pt I (Tropic of Carpicorn, 2023) Hallow Ground A3. V Vecker Ensemble: Torpor (Acedia Phrase, 2023) Hotham Sound A4. Martin Küchen & Sophi Agnel: The Gould Passage (Detour Tunnels of Light, 2023) Thanatosis A5. Mount Maxwell: Ages (Littlefolk, 2023) Hotham Sound A6. Pantayo: Basta (Ang Pagdaloy, 2023) Telephone Explosion A7. Dev-i-Ant: The Path I No Longer Follow (Progression of the Wolf, 2023) Reverse Alignment A8. Aarniseppä: Dance of Gnomes (Anthology of Electroacoustic Music from Finland, 2023) Unexplained Sounds Group A9. KMRU: Dissolution Grip (Dissolution Grip, 2023) OFNOT AA. Geneva Skeen: Leveled Ground, Bott

We mark the calendar year properly now as we profile Michael Small's soundtrack to the 1978 film The Driver in honour of the actor Ryan O'Neal (1941-2023). We also pay tribute to another Ryan (1976-2024) whilst recapping the recent Emmys in relation to music. 01. Novi Split: This Will Be Our Year (Covers Anthology, 2021) Cake Party 02. bvdub: Geometries of Water (Slowly Shifting Lakes, 2023) Past Inside the Present 03. The Be Good Tanyas: The Littlest Birds (Blue Horse, 2000) Nettwerk 04. Jonathan Richman: Hey There Little Insect (Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, 1976) Beserkley 05. Quincy Jones: Sanford & Son [The Streetbeater] (You've Got It Bad Girl, 1973) A&M 06. Donny Hathaway: Maude (Television's Greatest Hits - Volume III: 70s & 80s, 1987) TVT 07. Mason Williams & Nancy Ames: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Theme (Television's Greatest Hits - Volume II: More TV Themes from the 50s & 60s, 1986) TVT 08. Lynn F Kowal: Original Theme from Homicide: Life on the Street (Homicide: Life on the

Before we charge into the new year properly, let's look back at the past 12 months as we try to make sense of 2023. Our soundtrack profile will be on the smash film Barbie in all the doll's many forms. 01. PJ Harvey: I Inside the Old Year Dying (I Inside the Old Year Dying, 2023) Partisan 02. Wata Igarashi: Floating Against Time (Agartha, 2023) Kompakt 03. Knower: Do Hot Girls Like Chords (Knower Forever, 2023) self-released 04. Sparks: Veronica Lake (The Girl is Crying in Her Latte, 2023) Island 05. Blank Banshee: Lost Angles (4D, 2023) Hologram Bay 06. Sofia Kourtesis: Cecilia (Madres, 2023) Ninja Tune 07. Overmono: So U Kno (Good Lies, 2023) XL 08. Light Blending In: Heartbeat (2023) self-released 09. Jessy Lanza: Midnight Ontario (Love Hallucination, 2023) Hyperdub 10. Jayda G: I Got Tired of Running [interlude] (Guy, 2023) Ninja Tune 11. Jayda G: Meant to Be [Todd Edwards remix, edit] (2023) Ninja Tune 12. Yu Su: Pardon (I Want an Earth EP, 2023) Pinchy & Friends 13. Isola: Last Winter (LP1

Christmas Day means the 1st true day of the 12 days of Christmas. It's also the morning when most open presents and then the afternoon of family visits. With all that in mind, this pre-recorded episode, marking the 16th annual alternate-Yuletide carol episode assembled in the central realms of Canada, profiles music from the 1989 holiday classic National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Podcast subscribers, you're getting this early. Santa said. 01. Mike Campbell: Season's Greetings (Season's Greetings from Motown Records 7", 1973) Motown 02. Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Bill Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray, Christopher Guest, Michael O'Donoghue, Harold Ramis, Anne Beatts, Gilda Radner & Paul Shaffer: Kung Fu Christmas [a Motown Parody] (Greatest Hits of The National Lampoon, 1972) GRT/Visa/Passport 03. Plains Apparition: First Snowfall Together (Late to the Afterthoughts, 2023) self-released 04. Shane MacGowan & the Popes: Christmas Lullaby (Christmas Party EP, 1996) ZTT 05. Gordon Lightfoot: Song for a Winter