Citr -- Exploding Head Movies

In honour of Finnish Independence Day today, we celebrate one of my homeland's most wonderful exports: the Moomin! Tove Jansson's characters have been adapted into multiple television & film adaptations, so we'll sample many of the sounds found in that valley, along with the rest of Finland and some of its Canadian diaspora. All responsibilities are only a nuisance. YKSI/ The Tragically Hip: Montreal [live] (Saskadelphia EP, 2021) Universal KAKSI/ Loscil: Orta (Clara, 2021) Kranky KOLME/ Wallgrin: Silver Trail (2021) Heavy Lark NELJÄ/ The New Pornographers: The Fake Headlines (Mass Romantic, 2000) Mint VIISI/ Tor: Inkeri (Oasis Sky, 2021) Eleuthera KUUSI/ Bahamas: Can't Complain (Sad Hunk, 2020) Brushfire SEITSÄMÄN/ Apollo Ghosts: Flamingo (Local Delivery Only, 2020) self-released KAHDEKSAN/ Nathan Shubert: Lappeenranta (When You Take Off Your Shoes, 2019) Bigo & Twigetti YHDEKSÄN/ Armahain: Kolme (Being Human, 2016) self-released KYMMENEN/ Niemi: Joella (Spiraalit/Spirals, 2020) Bafe's Factory/Nor

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) was primarily known as a painter but he also dabbled in film & music, which intersect in Downtown 81, originally released in 2000 after some rework. Along with the mutant disco & no wave sounds of the Lower East Side, we'll also mark Hanukkah, some recent deaths and events in Vancouvertown as 1st Advent has also passed. 01. Hiss Golden Messenger: Hanukkah Dance (O Come All Ye Faithful, 2021) Merge 02. Sarah Davachi: Abeyant (Antiphonals, 2021) Late Music 03. Yo La Tengo: Eight Candles (Hanukkah+, 2019) Verve Forecast 04. Club Sofa: This Hanukkah (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada XI, 2019) The Line of Best Fit 05. Kilometre Club: I Have a Little Dreidel (A Lasting Light: Ambient Hanukkah, 2021) Sound Meditation 06. Lee Maracle, Chuck D & Neo-Mafia: R U Uncomfortable (Your Silence Will Not Protect You: Volume 1, 1989) Maya Music 07. Margo Guryan: Don't Go Away (Take a Picture, 1968) Bell 08. Huevos Rancheros: Evacuation (Dig In!, 1995) Mint 09. Dave Frishberg: I'm Hip (Dave Frishber

It's amazing to think that 50 years into their career, Sparks keep building up momentum. Your favourite band's favourite band are the subject of the 2020 documentary The Sparks Brothers along with providing the story and songs to Leos Carax's 2021 film Annette, so our profile focuses on Russell & Ron Mael. #1 The Books: We Bought the Flood (The Way Out, 2010) Temporary Residence #2 Jex Opolis: Soft Guidance [Insomnia mix] (Bad Timin' Volume II, 2021) Good Timin' #3 DijahSB: Head Above the Waters (Head Above the Waters, 2021) AWAL #4 Taabu: The Flood [w.DJ Dem Ones] (Bellows, 2021) self-released #5 Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet: The Flood Waters were Upon the World (Noah OST, 2014) Nonesuch #6 The Schomberg Fair: The Fire, The Flood (Providence EP, 2012) Slick Monkey #7 Neko Case: Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, 2006) ANTI- #8 Alexandre Desplat: Evacuation (The Midnight Sky: Music from the Netflix Film, 2020) ABKCO #9 Yoko Kanno & The Seatbelts: Tank [Power of Kung Fo

gak walks without rhythm as to not attract the worm. With Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's scifi series Dune finally out in theatres (though just Part One for now), we'll profile Hans Zimmer's score from that film along with Toto's soundtrack to David Lynch's failed though charming 1984 version. 1. The Luvmenauts: Spice Always Flows (Extravehicular Activity EP, 2021) Do Right! Music 2. Mas Aya: Key (Máscaras, 2021) Telephone Explosion 3. Kaytranada: Oh No [w.Estelle] (BUBBA, 2019) RCA 4. TOPS: Party Again (2021) self-released 5. Umberto: Threat Level Assessment (Archenemy OST, 2021) Milan 6. The Weather Station: Atlantic (Ignorance, 2021) Fat Possum 7. Sam Tudor: Dance Call (Two Half Words, 2021) Creative BC 8. Demetrio Cecchitelli: Nuance 01 (Nuance, 2021) Élan Vital 9. The Cowboy Junkies: Desire Lines (Ghosts, 2020) Latent Recordings 10. Faye Webster: A Dream with a Baseball Player (I Know I'm Funny Haha, 2021) Secretly Canadian 11. Wodwo: Low-Sung (You Only Call Me When There'

With the latest James Bond film No Time to Die finally screening in theatres after a pandemic delay, we profile Hans Zimmer's nostalgic score to 007's latest adventure. We also touch upon other spy themes as we catch up on non-horror news, paying tribute to Chicago house legend Paul Johnson, production music library maestro Alan Hawkshaw, lyricist Leslie Bricusse and one misunderstood shark. 001 Thomas Newman: Day of the Dead [w.Tambuco] (Spectre OST, 2015) Decca/Universal Music Classics 002 JLK & Babysitter: All Saints Down (II, 2013) Resurrection 003 All Saints: Rock Steady [MSTRKRFT remix] (Rock Steady single, 2006) Parlophone 004 Paul Johnson: Hear the Music (Hear the Music 12", 1996) Peacefrog 005 Alan Hawkshaw: Troubleshooter 2 (Move with the Times, 1973) KPM 006 Alan Hawkshaw: Dave Allen at Large (Mo'Hawk: The Essential Vibes & Grooves 1967-1975, 2003) RPM 007 Alan Hawkshaw: The Night Rider (The Sound Gallery: Volume 1, 1995) Scamp 008 Explosions in the Sky: Autumn (Big Bend: An Original Sound

With Hallowe'en this Sunday, this episode truly brings the horror as we profile David Julyan's score to the 2011 film The Cabin in the Woods. This I offer in humility and fear. 01. Trailer: Last House on the Left (Exploitation Radio Spots, 1972) Funky Frolic 02. The Velvet Underground & Nico: All Tomorrow's Parties (The Velvet Underground: A Documentary Film by Todd Haynes OST, 2021) Republic 03. Fail & Hendekagon: Rust IV (Rust, 2021) Adventurous Music 04. The Zanies: The Blob (The Blob 7", 1958) ERA 05. Alan Hawkshaw: The Yeti (Great Mysteries of the World, 1981) Bruton 06. Alan Hawkshaw: Ouija (Great Mysteries of the World, 1981) Bruton 07. Beak> Oh Know (Oh Know/Ah Yeh, 2021) Invada 08. Vulgar, You! Muy Tornado (Fais-Mois Cuire, Fais-Moi Jouir, 2011) self-released 09. Kilometre Club: I Wanna Seance with Somebody [Who Haunts Me] (Spooky Season 2, 2021) Subway Delay Due To Track Maintenance 10. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: Hand of God (Carnage, 2021) Goliath 11. Bat for Lashes: Vampires (Lost Girls

October horrors continue in the lead up to Hallowe'en as we look into the mirror and call the Candyman, both the 2021 version scored by Robert AA Lowe and the 1992 original by Philip Glass. 1. Bob Stone: Sweet Talking Candyman [1st version] (Beyond the Valley of the Dolls OST, 2004) 20th Century Fox 2. Lyra Pramuk & Kara-Lis Coverdale: Returnless (Delta, 2021) Bedroom Community 3. Tirzah: Colourgrade (Colourgrade, 2021) Domino 4. Ethel Cain: Unpunishable (Inbred EP, 2021) Daughters of Cain FIVE! T Griffin: Void Room and Reliquary (The Proposal OST, 2021) Constellation 6. ACTORS: Strangers (Acts of Worship, 2021) Artoffact 7. Andrew Weatherall: All the Little Things [That Make Life Worth Living] (A Pox on the Pioneers, 2009) Rotters Golf Club 8. Être Ensemble: E (CLOSE, 2021) A Red Thread 9. Ghost Twin: Candle (2021) Artoffact 10. Hildegard: Jour 4 (Hildegard, 2021) Chivi Chivi 11. John Oliver and Stefan Östersjö: Aerial (Isolation Journal, 2020) self-released 12. Mourning Coup: Ishtar (Solidarity

For your Canadian Thanksgiving enjoyment, this perfectly tailored episode will ease with the digestion of any meals whilst reminding of you others as we profile Ludwig Göransson & Nathan Matthew David's electro score to the 2018 horror comedy Slice. I. The Murk Family with Accompanist Betty Bowman: We Gather Together (Holiday Musicale, 196?) MFM II. Gordon Grdina's Nomad Trio: Thanksgiving (Nomad, 2020) Skirl III. Butthole Surfers: Turkey & Dressing (After the Astronaut, 1998) Capitol IV. Black Sabbath: Cornucopia (Vol. 4 [Super Deluxe version], 2021) Rhino/Warner Bros V. Beatchild: Unselfish Desires (Unselfish Desires EP, 2021) BBE Music VI. Hot 8 Brass Band: Get Up [Diesler remix] (Hot 8 Remixes, 2008) Tru Thoughts VII. The Meters: Oh, Calcutta! (Look-Ka Py Py, 1969) Josie/Jubilee VIII. EMS Synthi 100: Movement 4 (DEEWEE Sessions Vol. 01, 2020) Deewee/The Vinyl Factory IX. LaBelle: Peace with Yourself (Moon Shadow, 1972) Warner Bros X. Bush Tetras: Too Many Creeps (Too Many Creeps 7", 1980) 99

As we kick off our annual Hallowe'en Horror Month for the first October episode of 2021, we profile Mark Korven's score from the 2016 film The VVitch. We also continue with our 40th Vancouver International Film Festival profiles and pay tribute to Cabaret Voltaire's Richard H Kirk (1956-2021). 1. Bijou Noir: Start a Revolution (Expatriarch, 2021) Give/Take 2. Ricardo Villalobos: Neunachi (Neunachi EP, 2020) Rawax 3. Cabaret Voltaire: Split Second Feeling (Red Mecca, 1981) Rough Trade 4. Cabaret Voltaire: Billion Dollar (Shadow of Funk, 2020) Mute 5. Richard H Kirk: Oneski (Virtual Dreams: Ambient Explorations in the House & Techno Age 1993-1997, 2020) Music from Memory 6. A Number of Names: Sharevari (Do You Have the Force? Jon Savage's Alternate History of Electronica 1978-82, 1981) Caroline True 7. Visage: Tar (Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection [Special Dance Mix Album], 1980) Polydor 8. Laura Karpman & Raphael Saadiq: Sundown Town (Lovecraft Country: Soundtrack from the HBO Original Series, 2

This jam-packed episode will attempt to recap the music category winners from the recent Emmy awards whilst standing by for a live announcement of the 2021 Polaris Music Prize winner. Our main profile will be on Montreal act Le Matos and their score to the web series Exode. Buckle it up; it'll be quite the rodeo. 1. Willie Dunn: School Days (Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology, 2021) Light in the Attic 2. Melvin Van Peebles and Earth, Wind & Fire: Sweetback's Theme (Sweet Sweetback's Badaasssss Song OST, 1971) Stax 3. Marcus Mumford & Tom Howe: Ted Lasso Theme (Ted Lasso OST, 2020) WaterTower 4. Bo Burnham: Look Who's Inside Again (Inside: The Songs, 2021) self-released 5. Ludwig Göransson: Open the Door (The Mandalorian: Season 2 - Volume 2 [Chapters 13-16] OST, 2020) Walt Disney 6. Blake Neely: Main Title (The Flight Attendant: Season 1 OST, 2020) WaterTower 7. Carlos Rafael Rivera: Main Title (The Queen's Gambit: Music from the Netflix Limited Series, 2020) WaterTo

We dip into the Ennio Morricone archives to bring you il Maestro's score to the bleak 1968 Western The Great Silence. We also pay tribute to actors Jean-Paul Belmondo & Nino Castelnuovo, composer R Murray Schafer and wrap up our 2021 Polaris Prize nominee profile on a mostly indifferent Canadian Election Day. 1. storc: Now (II, 2019) Birdface 2. The OBGMs: Cash (The Ends, 2020) Black Box 3. Do Make Say Think: Return, Return Again (Stubborn Persistent Illusions, 2017) Constellation 4. Mustafa: Ali (When Smoke Rises, 2021) Regent Park Songs 5. TOBi: Silhouette [w.LOONY] (Elements: Volume 1, 2020) RCA 6. The Hang Ten Gallon Hats: Lonesome Desert Wail (Giddy Up Surfboard, 2021) Dive In 7. Desperate Journalist: Fault (Maximum Sorrow! 2021) Fierce Panda 8. Anita Lane: Sugar in a Hurricane (Dirty Pearl, 1993) Mute 9. Sarah Davachi: Chorus Scene (Antiphonals, 2021) Late Music 10. TV Sets: Teen Sleep (2021) self-released 11. The Northern Belle: Gemini (We Wither, We Bloom, 2020) Die With Your Boots On 12.

As the Lower Mainland heads back to classes, we profile Arcade Fire's adjacent score work, tied to films like Her, The Box and The Nest. We also touch upon Z, Serpico, The Wire and Up tied to recent news whilst gak is as prepared as he was for the first day of school (ergo, barely). 1. Sam & Dave/Win Butler, Régine Chassagne & Owen Pallett: Stay in School/Opening (gak blend, 2021) self-released 2. White Denim: Queen of the Quarantine (World as a Waiting Room, 2020) Radio Milk 3. Iñigo Vontier: Lugar Querido (Late Summer Compilation: Volume 10 Part II, 2020) Lagasta 4. Grade School: Favourite Sweater (Keep You Sane 7", 2021) Kingfisher Bluez 5. UV-TV: Overcast Forever (Always Something, 2021) PaperCup 6. Danny Elfman: Main Theme from Back to School (Music For A Darkened Theatre: Film & Television Music - Volume 1, 1990) MCA 7. Mdou Moctar: Taliat (Afrique Victime, 2021) Matador 8. Altin Gün: Yekte (Yol, 2021) Glitterbeat 9. Nicholas Britell: The War in Afghanistan/His Magnum Opus (VICE OST, 2018) Decc

Flying Lotus does the score to LeSean Thomas' alternate history anime Yasuke. We also pay tribute to drummer Charlie Watts, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Parris Bowens and the band Chromatics. gak just moved houses this week and is likely making little sense. 1. The Rolling Stones: Undercover of the Night (Undercover, 1983) self-released 2. Dream Dolphin: Take No Michi (Heisei No Oto: Japanese Left-field Pop from the CD Age 1989-1996, 2021) Music from Memory 3. Tonk: Condo (Songs to Glorify the Peasant and His Tractor, 2020) self-released 4. The Garrys: Sintaluta (Get Thee to a Nunnery, 2021) Grey 5. Shiken Honzo: Spirits are Gods (Fate Worlds, 2021) Inperspective 6. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson: Viscosity (Theory of Ice, 2021) You've Changed 7. Zoongideewin: Vibrant Colours (Bleached Wavves, 2020) Paper Bag 8. Greg Andersen: Everything Stopped (Another World: Music from Tomomi on the Farm OST, 2021) self-released 9. Erez Zobary: How (To Bloom, 2021) self-released 10. Charlotte Day Wilson: If I Could (ALPHA,

gak's back from a crazy long trip, helping with one move as he sorts his own. Amongst some catchup on news and road themes, we profile Natalie Holt's score from the Marvel TV series Loki. 1. Sparks & Jane Wiedlin: Cool Places (In Outer Space, 1983) Atlantic 2. Dogs versus Shadows: You are Here (You are Here/You are Not a Ghost/DVS, 2021) Submarine Broadcasting Company 3. Witch Camp (Ghana): I Must Build a New Home (I've Forgotten Now Who I Used to Be, 2021) Six Degrees 4. Jack Pine & The Fire: Home (Jack Pine & The Fire, 2011) self-released 5. Sanford Ponder: Thunder Bay (Tigers are Brave, 1986) Private Music 6. Tourist Board Sask: Experience Regina (2008) self-released 7. The Pack AD: BC is on Fire (We Kill Computers, 2010) Mint 8. Toshiro Mayuzumi: Olympic Finale (Tokyo Olympiad 1964 OST, 1965) Monument/Campi-Editore 9. Biz Markie: Make the Music with Your Mouth, Biz (Goin' Off, 1988) Cold Chillin' 10. Beastie Boys: The Biz vs. The Nuge (Check Your Head, 1992) Capitol/Grand Royal 11. The Avalanc

It's Pride Week again in Vancouver, so for this LGBTQ2SIA+ episode, we'll profile k.d. lang's score to the 1993 film Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. 1. The Gossip: Standing in the Way of Control [Soulwax Nite version] (Standing in the Way of Control, 2006) Kill Rock Stars/Back Yard 2. Coil: Alternative Theme from Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex (The Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex +2, 2019) Musique Pour La Danse 3. Cerrone: Love in C Minor (Love in C Minor, 1976) Cotillion/Atlantic 4. Le Knight Club: Chérie d'Amoure (Gator 12", 2001) Crydamoure 5. THP Orchestra: Weekend Two Step (#2 Tender is the Night, 1978) Butterfly/RCA Victor 6. Dax Pierson: Adhesion (Nerve Bumps: A Queer Divine Dissatisfaction, 2021) Dark Entries/Ratskin 7. Jackpot: Brief Encounter (Rvng of the Nerds: Volume 9 12", 2009) Rvng Intl. 8. Phillip & Lloyd: Keep On Moving (Disco Demands: Part 6, 2020) BBE Disco 9. YUF-O: Prance = Prance (You Eff Ohh 12", 2021) Superconscious 10. India Jordan: Only Said Enough (Watch Out! 12", 2021) Ninja Tun

After sixteen long months, gak returns to live radio as CITR reopens to some programmers as BC's Covid-19 situation improves. We profile the director Richard Donner (1930-2021) and music from his 1978 superhero defining film Superman along with the duduk player Djivan Gasparyan (1928-2021) and some of his film score appearances. Mistakes will be made right next to history! 1. Hello: New York Groove (Keep Us Off the Streets, 1976) Bell 2. Heiki: Provincial Dread (Dub Town, 2021) Paper+Sound 3. Washed Out: Don't Give Up (Paracosm, 2013) Sub Pop 4. Toro y Moi: Empty Nesters (What For?, 2015) Carpark 5. Richard Reed Parry: What We've Always Wanted (The Nest OST, 2021) Music on Vinyl 6. Meryem Aboulouafa: Welcome Back to Me (Meryem, 2020) Animal63 7. Aoleon Askari: Come Back Home (2021) self-released 8. Chris Hauer: Return Home (Minor Sleep Deprivation EP, 2015) self-released 9. Hinds: Take Me Back (The Prettiest Curse, 2020) Mom+Pop 10. John Sebastian: Welcome Back (Welcome Back, 1976) Reprise 11. Joe

Jon Hassell (1937-2021) was a trumpetter and composer of what he called "fourth world" music. Along with his own evocative pieces, we'll hear some of his contributions to scores by Ry Cooder and Peter Gabriel. 1. Talking Heads: Houses in Motion [edit] (Remain in Light, 1981) Sire 2. Kalte: Stenothermic (Morphology, 2020) self-released 3. Virginia Wing: Moon Turn Tides (private LIFE, 2021) Fire 4. Jennifer Castle: Monarch Season (Monarch Season, 2020) Paradise of Bachelors 5. Paradise Cinema: Liberté (Paradise Cinema, 2020) Gondwana 6. Lightman Jarvis Ecstatic Band: Red Champs (Banned, 2021) Flemish Eye/ANTI- 7. Tennyson: Face the Night (Different Water, 2019) self-released 8. Divide and Dissolve: Mental Gymnastics (Gas Lit, 2021) Invada 9. LOONY: Ours (Soft Thing EP, 2021) AWAL 10. Janette King: Cool Me Down [w.DijahSB] (What We Lost, 2021) Hot Tramp 11. Hélène Vogelsinger: Reminiscence (Reminiscence, 2021) Modularfield 12. Yu Su: Touch-Me-Not (Yellow River Blue, 2021) bié 13. Hannah Peel: Patte

It's July and this week, we'll profile Gazelle Twin's score to the film Nocturne, part of the Amazon series Welcome to the Blumhouse. Most of the selected songs are odd and jolty. -01- KPT: Absolution (Obliterate, 2021) Give/Take -02- B.Michaael: A Part of Heat (A Part of Heat, 2021) self-released -03- Fleck E.S.C: Responsible Grown Up (Responsible Grown Up, 2021) Woodwork -04- Acid Youth: Citrus (Citrus EP, 2021) self-released -05- Sébastien Guérive: Omega II (Omega Point, 2021) Atypeek -06- djb: Fruit Passage (Blue-Green/Fruit Passage, 2021) Datafruits -07- CFCF: Life is Perfecto (Memoryland, 2021) BGM -08- Faust: Läuft... Heisst das es läuft oder es kommt bald... Läuft (Faust IV, 1973) Virgin -09- Emissive: Constellation of Friends (City of Rooms EP, 2021) self-released -10- Disclosure: Etran [w.Etran Finatawa] (Energy [deluxe edition], 2020) Island -11- Vladislav Delay: Raaha (Rakka II, 2021) self-released -12- Morwell: Delirium (Souls, 2021) self-released -13- Alessandro Cortini: Lo Specchi

Good day, eh? With Canada Day this week, this episode's topic is the Great White North as we profile Bob & Doug McKenzie and the soundtrack to the 1983 SCTV offshoot film Strange Brew. Comedy abounds, both intentional and otherwise. 1A. Combustible Edison: Strange Brew (Four Rooms OST, 1995) WEA/Elektra 2A. Bob & Doug McKenzie: Welcome to Our Radio Show (Guest DJs, 1980) KZAP 3A. Eugene Mirman, Holly Schlesinger, Nora Smith, Loren Bouchard, Wendy Molyneux, Lizzie Molyneux & Bob's Burgers: Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun! (The Bob's Burgers Music Album, 2017) Sub Pop 4A. Claude Desjardins & Eric Robertson: When the World Began (Canada: A People's History OST, 2000) CBC 5A. Joseph C Krause: I Need a Garbage Man in My Life [w.Stashu] (Iztac, 2020) Bumbleplex 6A. The Cosmopolitans: Wild Moose Party ([How to Keep Your] Husband Happy 7", 1980) Shake 7A. Johnny "Big Moose" Walker: Moose Huntin' (Rambling Woman, 1970) BluesWay 8A. Scrambled Debutante: Self-Loathing Love Song (King Kitty Kitty Meow Meow, 2012) self-releas

June 21 is Indigenous Peoples' Day, along with the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, we spend a good portion of this episode honour those who lived first on hallowed grounds, which has added relevance this year in light of the continued horrors that Canada's residential schools have wrought on countless generations. We profile BC Smith's soundtrack to the 1998 film Smoke Signals and preview the now partially live Vancouver International Jazz Festival. 1. Nadjiwan: The Ghosts We Leave Behind (Star Nation, 2021) Heading North 2. Deborah Martin & Jill Haley: Indian Heaven (The Silence of Grace, 2021) Spotted Peccary 3. Snotty Nose Rez Kids: TMZ (Born Deadly EP, 2020) self-released 4. Erica Dee: Smile [Greazu$ & Sinistarr remix] (The 12 Days of Bass Coast, 2015) Bass Coast 5. Limbs of the Stars: Film Song (Heartwarmongering, 2013) Offseason 6. Willie Dunn: Louis Riel (Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology, 2021) Light in the Attic 7. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson: I