gak's back from Japan and he's back in the thick of things as it's time for our annual Oscars profile series! The nominees for the 97th Academy Awards were announced belatedly whilst he was away so with 4 weeks to tackle the nominees, our 1st profile looks at Volker Bertelmann's score from Conclave & Daniel Blumberg's music from The Brutalist, both up for best original score. We also talk about the Los Angeles fires that impacted the usual awards schedule as many artists have lost homes this January. 01. Fucked Up: Year of the Snake [Container remix] (Year of the Snake 12", 2017) Tankcrimes 02. IKSRE & Anthène: Cumulus (Seasons Shifting, 2023) Polar Seas 03. David Lynch: And Light Shines (The Big Dream [deluxe edition], 2013) Sacred Bones/Sunday Best 04. Marianne Faithfull: Last Song (Before the Poison, 2005) Naïve 05. Chad Allan & the Expressions: Made in England (Hey Ho: What You Do to Me, 1965) Quality/Legend/True North 06. Brave Belt: Crazy Arms, Crazy Eyes (Brave Belt, 1971) Reprise 07. Lennie de Ice: We are I.E. [original extended edit] (We are I.E. 12", 1992) self-released 08. Helena Hauff: Humanoid Fruit (Multiply Your Absurdities 12", 2024) Tresor 09. Front Line Assembly: Heatmap [w.Cardinal Noire] (Mechviruses, 2025) Artoffact 10. Cookin' Soul: Madlib [outro] (MF Doom Tribute, 2021) self-released 11. Madlib: The New Normal (Sound Ancestors, 2021) Madlib Invazion 12. Empress Of: Kiss Me [w.Rina Sawayama] (For Your Consideration, 2024) Giant 13. Cola: Pulling Quotes (The Gloss, 2024) Fire Talk 14. LaSalle Quartet: Arnold Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht Op. 4, 1st Bar - Sehr Langsam [w.Donald McInnes & Jonathan Pegis] (Transfigured Night & String Trio, 1984) Deutsche Grammophon 15. Brijean: Scenic Route (Macro, 2024) Ghostly International 16. Socool: Willow (Becomes Music, 2024) self-released 17. Au Vol: Tokyo Swirls (Chernobyl Birds EP, 2019) Broken Tessitura 18. Yasuko Agawa: Tokyo (Night Line, 1983) Invitation 19. Tony: Twilight Freeway (Blue Gray, 1981) King 20. Cristobal Tapia de Veer: Babygirl (Babygirl OST, 2024) A24 21. Sky Ferreira: Leash (Leash [from Babygirl OST], 2024) A24 22. Alberto Iglesias: Snow is Falling Upon the Living and the Dead (The Room Next Door OST, 2024) Quartet 23. Robin Carolan: Covenant (Nosferatu OST, 2024) Sacred Bones 24. Volker Bertelmann: Overture of Conclave (Conclave OST, 2024) Back Lot 25. Volker Bertelmann: Tears (Conclave OST, 2024) Back Lot 26. Volker Bertelmann: Route of Fear (Conclave OST, 2024) Back Lot 27. Volker Bertelmann: Postlude of Conclave (Conclave OST, 2024) Back Lot 28. Daniel Blumberg: Overture [Ship] (The Brutalist OST, 2024) Milan 29. Daniel Blumberg: Erzsébet (The Brutalist OST, 2024) Milan 30. Daniel Blumberg: Building Site (The Brutalist OST, 2024) Milan 31. Joni James, David Terry & his Orchestra: Spring Will Be a Little Late this Year (My Foolish Heart, 1956) MGM There's lots more going on but this is the time we have. Get ready for Fundrive 2025: https://www.donatetocitr.ca/ [email protected] www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire

gak remains on the road and he lacks the future vision to anticipate what, let alone when, the Oscar nominations will be, so you're getting an outsider Japan experience via John Williams' score to 2005's Memoirs of a Geisha amidst some older gems that never it to air despite years in waiting. For those unfamiliar with geisha, these are Japanese women trained in performing arts to entertain people with music, conversation & other skills. There's a misinterpretation that they also tackle less classy forms of entertainment due to mistranslations into English. 01. N.i.c.o.l.e: Geisha (2014) self-released 02. Phonogenic: Mizumono (Hobo Dots 12", 2015) Turquoise Blue 03. Forest Swords: Exalter (Compassion, 2017) Ninja Tune 04. Maria Minerva: The Sound (Will Happiness Find Me?, 2012) Not Not Fun 05. Blank Banshee: Enso (Gaia, 2020) Hologram Bay 06. Lucy Gooch: Stalagmites & Helictites (Rushing EP, 2020) Past Inside the Present 07. Tigerwing: Weight of Want [2.0] (I Want to Rip Your Heart Out, 2014) self-released 08. Teen Daze: Shibuya Again (Themes for a New Earth, 2017) Flora 09. Gloin: Winter Abroad (We Found This, 2022) Mothland 10. Monashee: Snow (2023) self-released 11. Dave Grusin: Hokkaido (Out of the Shadows, 1982) JVA/Arista 12. Joni Void & Maya Kuroki: Vis-age (Age EP, 2023) self-released 13. Satin Jackets: Lost in Japan [w.Niya Wells] (2018) self-released 14. Toyohirakumin: We Arrived in Sapporo (Music in the Air, 2024) Dream Catalogue/Tiger Blood Tapes 15. Visible Cloaks, Yoshio Ojima & Satsuki Shibano: Anata (Freakwys: Volume 15 - Serenitatem, 2019) Rvng Intl. 16. Aiko Tomi: Mute Me (2022) self-released 17. Von Spar, Eiko Ishibashi, Joe Talia, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto: II (Bureau B 2024, 2024) Bureau B 18. Mitski: Stay Soft (Laurel Hell, 2022) Dead Oceans 19. Takara Araki: Harder (2020) self-released 20. Masaaki Ohmura: A Touch of Temptation (You Gotta Chance OST, 1985) SMS 21. Masahiro Takahashi: East Chinatown Stroller (Humid Sun, 2023) Telephone Explosion 22. H Takahashi: Construction (Calliope, 2022) Hotham Sound 23. Shiho Yabuki: Energy Flow [Ki No Nagare] (Love Lies Bleeding OST, 2024) A24 24. Mieko Shimizu: Think like a Swarm (My Tentacles, 2024) Street Furniture 25. Masaaki Hirao: Original Main Title (Lady Snowblood OST, 1973) Teichiku 26. Akira Ifukube: Main Title from The Big Boss (100th Anniversary: Toho Film Music File, 1959) Toho 27. Toshiki Kadomatsu: Snow Lady Fantasy (Hatsu Koi 12", 1985) Air 28. Shoko Igarashi: Snow Land (Onsen Music, 2024) Tigersushi/62 29. The Lords of Percussion: Geisha Girl (Music from Patch Cord Productions, 2020) Sacred Bones 30. Night's Disgrace: Little Geisha (Night's Disgrace, 1983) World 31. Joe Hahn & Alec Puro: Onnabugeisha (Blade of the 47 Ronin OST, 2022) Back Lot Music 32. John Williams: Finding Satsu (Memoirs of a Geisha OST, 2005) Sony Classical 33. John Williams: Sayuri's Theme (Memoirs of a Geisha OST, 2005) Sony Classical 34. John Williams: Going to School (Memoirs of a Geisha OST, 2005) Sony Classical 35. John Williams: The Garden Meeting (Memoirs of a Geisha OST, 2005) Sony Classical 36. Yusef Lateef: The Plum Blossom (Eastern Sounds, 1962) Moodsville 37. Neil Swainson: Kyushu (Fire in the West, 2022) Cellar Fundrive 2025 is live! https://www.donatetocitr.ca/ Consider Exploding Head Movies as an inspiration if you do donate. [email protected] www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire

gak's on the road or in the air again so for the 15th episode in our all-ambient series, he recaps some of the music that fits under the ambiguous genre banner. 01. Voice of Hearing: Breathespace (Breathespace, 2024) self-released 02. Tsrono: Shift 01 (Shift, 2024) Not Yet Remembered 03. Deborah Martin & Erik Wøllo: Voices of Nature (Kinishba, 2024) Spotted Peccary 04. Fhae: 2001 (2024) self-released 05. Adam Wiltzie: Tissue of Lies (Eleven Fugues for Sodium Pentothal, 2024) Kranky 06. Laraaji: Ocean [Glimpse] (Glimpses of Infinity, 2024) Numero Group 07. Colonial Skyway: Rain Like Sixty (Until Satellites Collide, 2024) Submarine Broadcasting Company 08. God Body Disconnect: Nostalgia Park 1986 (Dreams to be Buried In, 2024) Cryo Chamber 09. Mark Hjorthoy: A Heart Full of Hollow Wounds (Anthology of Experimental Music from Canada, 2024) Unexplained Sound Group 10. Aphex Twin: Th1 [evnslower] (Selected Ambient Works: Volume II [expanded], 2024) Warp 11. Stefan Smulovitz: Maple Seed Pods (Bow & Brush: 12 Scores of Nadina Tandy, 2024) Redshift 12. Ingrid N: Behind the Veil of Mystery (Uummannaq: The Melting Heart of Greenland, 2024) Adventurous 13. Passepartout Duo & Inoyama Land: Strange Clouds (Radio Yugawara, 2024) Tonal Union 14. Fennesz: A Man Outside (Mosaic, 2024) Touch/Fairwood 15. Hiroshi Ebina: The Darkness of the Night (Into the Darkness of the Night, 2024) Kitchen Label 16. 1Wasn't: Timeless Sound (Normal, 2024) & Options 17. Zaké & Anthène: Regeneration (Regeneration, 2024) Floralia 18. Merely & Malibu: E22 (Essential Mixtape, 2024) Year0001 19. White Poppy: Kiss of Peace (Ataraxia, 2024) Not Not Fun 20. Mary Lattimore & Walt McClements: Nest of Earrings (Rain on the Road, 2024) Thrill Jockey 21. Pan-American & Kramer: Floating Island (Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic on Redding Road, 2024) Shimmy-Disc 22. Shabason, Krgovich & Sage: Gloria (Shabason, Krgovich & Sage, 2024) Idée Fixe [email protected] www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire

25 shy of your standard BR selection, in celebration of the subatomic particle the quark, we offer six channels in six directions so make you listen to this with a couple friends and each of your ears can focus on different elements on this the 1 000 072nd birthday of art. TOP FLAVOUR t1. Au Vol: The Garden of Forking Paths (The Garden of Forking Paths, 2022) self-released t2. Bill Nace: Les Echos [Piece for Tuba] (Through a Room, 2022) Drag City t3. Body/Dilloway/Head: Body/Erase (Body/Dilloway/Head, 2021) Three Lobed t4. Alvin Lucier & the Brandeis University Chamber Chorus: Toshi Ichiyanagi's Extended Voices (Extended Voices, 1968) CBS t5. Coin Gutter: Asthmatics of Failure (Asthmatics of Failure, 2010) Panospria t6. Faith Coloccia & Philip Jeck: Mycorrhizæ (Stardust, 2021) Touch t7. Annie Gosfield: EWA7 - Part 1, Rotation/The Rails to Fürth/From Lever to Wheel Revolution, Translation, Cylinders/The Unaflow Principle/Friction (Flying Sparks & Heavy Machinery, 2001) Tzadik t8. Dick Maaijmakers: Achter de Schermen [film music] (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-63, 2004) Basta t9. Brigitte Barbu: Ray Z (Muzak pour Ascenseurs en Panne, 2020) Circus Company BOTTOM FLAVOUR b1. Koichi Watanabe: Amoebas (Electronic Music 1979-1980, 2002) Doppelganger b2. Modelo62 & Scordatura Ensembles: Phill Niblock's Exploratory, Rhine Version, Looking for Daniel (Looking for Daniel, 2024) Unsounds b3. Bell Dreams: A Durable Hour (2023) self-released b4. Jan St Werner: Molocular Meditation [w.Mark E Smith] (Molocular Meditation, 2020) Editions Mego b5. Deep Listening Band: Phantom (Deep Listening, 2021) Important b6. Kid Baltan: Mechanical Motions (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-63, 2004) Basta UP FLAVOUR u1. The Composers Collective Big Band: Arriving at St Clair West Station (The Toronto Project, 2023) self-released u2. C Circo: Persistent Moment (OEM Compilation I, 2020) Ottawa Experimental Music u3. Christopher Chaplin: The Feathered Girl (Door 1 Door 2, 2024) Fabrique u4. Fred Judd: Sound Materials - Spoken Letter from Fred Judd to Tom Dissevelt (Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music from Philips Research Laboratories 1956-63, 2004) Basta u5. Jack Spicer: from The Holy Grail "The Book of the Death of Arthur" (Totally Corrupt: The Dial-a-Poem Poets, 1976) Giorno Poetry Systems u6. Joel Chadabe: Jack in January (Chadabe & Moog, 2017) Electronic Music Foundation u7. Land of Talk: Indistinct Conversations ([Indistinct Conversations], 2020) Saddle Creek u8. Léo Kupper: Electro-poème 1963-64 (Complete Electronic & Voices Works 1961-74, 2022) Sub Rosa u9. Neko Fureku: Dreams of Death (Her Death, 2019) self-released uA. Ron Geesin: Hiding Haul of Voices, Hail! (Right Through, 1977) self-released uB. César Bolaños: Intensidad y Altura (Tránsitos Sónicos: Música Electrónica y Para Cinta de Compositores Peruanos 1964-1984, 2024) Buh uC. Socotra Soundscapes: 2013-03-14 Khissa di Nasseeb/Fish Market (Socotra Soundscapes: Field Recordings from the Archipelago, 2017) Shortwavemusic uD. Talking Pictures: Shiny Stockhausen (The Mirror with a Memory, 1997) Red Toucan uE. Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gesang der Jünglinge (Forbidden Planets: Music from the Pioneers of Electronic Sound, 1955) Chrome Dreams uF. Bernard Parmegiani: La Roue Ferris (Violostries, 2020) Recollection GRM uG. The Silence Industry: A Background of Constant Surveillance (The Crawling Eye single, 2024) Aenaos uH. William Basinski: O My Daughter, O My Sorrow (Lamentations, 2020) Temporary Residence uI. John Cage & Lejaren Hiller: HPSCHD [1967-1969] for Harpsichords & Computer-Generated Sound Tapes (HPSCHD/String Quartet No. 2, 1969) Nonesuch DOWN FLAVOUR d1. Vanessa Amara: 13-03-2016 (Like All Mornings, 2017) Posh Isolation d2. Ingrid N: Duet with a Whale (Uummannaq: The Melting Heart of Greenland, 2024) Adventurous d3. Lawrence English & Werner Dafeldecker: Tropic of Capricorn Pt II (Tropic of Capricorn, 2023) Hallow Ground d4. Toni Dimitrov: Against Civilization (Dystopian 001, 2022) Élan Vital d5. Sarah Davachi & Ariel Kalma: Adieu la Vie (Intemporel, 2019) Black Sweat d6. Suzanne Ciani: A Sonic Womb Pt VI (A Sonic Womb: Live Buchla Performance at Lapsus, 2020) Lapsus d7. Valentina Goncharova: Silence (Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996, 2024) Light in the Attic d8. Katrina Krimsky: Stella Malu [solo piano, live @ Creative Music Studio, Woodstock NY] (1980, 2023) Unseen Worlds d9. William Basinski & Janek Schæfer: Pt V (...on Reflection, 2022) Temporary Residence dA. Alessandro Ragazzo: Paesaggio 05 (Cinque Studi sul Paesaggio, 2020) Dissipatio dB. John Oliver: Drip Drumming (Rubble Drum, 2024) self-released dC. ffffftttt!!!! ksdifwwwhfhdfjjj!!!! (ffffftttt!!!!, 2013) Munt CHARM FLAVOUR c1. cub\cub: The Obligation to Endure (Radiant Crush, 2022) Subexotic c2. Ensemble neoN: To Two Tea Roses (Niblock/Lamb, 2019) Hubro c3. Phill Niblock: A Third Trombone (YPGPN, 2002) XI c4. Rodrigo Ambriz: Et Voice la Flèvre (Anthology of Experimental Music from Mexico, 2020) Unexplained Sounds Group c5. Rusalka: You Bleed (Blood Comes Anyway EP, 2013) Absurd Exposition c6. Lia Kohl: Ice Cream Truck, Tornado Siren (Normal Sounds, 2024) Moon Glyph c7. Louis & Bebe Barron: Main Titles & Ouverture [Aus: Alarm im Weitall] (Forbidden Planets: Music from the Pioneers of Electronic Sound, 2009) Chrome Dreams c8. Colette Broeckaert, Sebastian Berweck & Martin Lorenz: Bernard Parmegiani's Stries, 1st Movement "Strilento" (Stries, 2021) Mode c9. Cavern of Anti-Matter: EN-54 [Branch Circuit] (In Fabric OST, 2020) Duophonic cA. Konstruktivits: Film-o-Sonik (Psykho Genetika, 1983) Third Mind cB. Lucrecia Dalt: Atmospheres Touch (Anticlines, 2018) Rvng Intl. cC. Panagiotis Mina: Pligí Chorís Deilinó [Wound without Sunset] (No More War Pigs, 2022) Industrial Coast cD. Sleepy Gonzales: Lifeguard (Smashville Tennessee, 2021) self-released cE. Sukitoa o Namau: When I Tripped and Hit My Head on the Sink of the Love Hotel (Alternate African Reality: Electronic, Electroacoustic & Experimental Music from Africa & the Diaspora, 2020) Syrphe cF. [unknown] Shoe Vendors, Central Market (Uchronia: Field Recordings from Alternate Realities, 2015) Sahel Sounds cG. Zilgi: Bunch of Basement Noise (Longlegs OST, 2024) Milan/Mutant cH. Isao Tomita: Whistle & Chime - The Art of Sound Creation (Clair de Lune [ultimate edition], 2012) Denon STRANGE FLAVOUR s1. Dot Matrix Orchestra: Control to Efficiency (?) s2. Dot Matrix Orchestra: Efficiency (?) s3. The User: . (Symphony #2 for Dot Matrix Printers, 2002) Asphodel s4. The User: %$>>@ (Symphony #2 for Dot Matrix Printers, 2002) Asphodel s5. Unaccompanied Digestive Organs: Barbie Knows Your Name 2.0 Pt II (One by One, the Stars Were Going Out, 2020) self-released s6. Nathan Shubert: Amsterdam Canal [52.367°, 4.884°] (Field Recordings: Volume 1, 2019) self-released s7. Unaccompanied Digestive Organs: Barbie Knows Your Name 2.0 Pt III (One by One, the Stars Were Going Out, 2020) self-released s8. B Michaael: Bleach, Sweat & Tears (Aapril, 2020) self-released s9. Unaccompanied Digestive Organs: Barbie Knows Your Name 2.0 Pt IV (One by One, the Stars Were Going Out, 2020) self-released sA. Vangelis: Invisible Connections (Invisible Connections, 1985) Deutsche Grammophon sB. Eric Chenaux: 3 Stars on Mountain of Doom (2021) Constellation sC. Unaccompanied Digestive Organs: Barbie Knows Your Name 2.0 Pt V (One by One, the Stars Were Going Out, 2020) self-released sD. Unaccompanied Digestive Organs: Barbie Knows Your Name 2.0 Pt VII (One by One, the Stars Were Going Out, 2020) self-released sE. Cola Wars: The Shade (Audio: An Experimental Noise Compilation, 2020) Excellent Jacket sF. Unaccompanied Digestive Organs: Barbie Knows Your Name 2.0 Pt VIII (One by One, the Stars Were Going Out, 2020) self-released sG. Nathan Shubert: GVB Ferry, Amsterdam [52.382°, 4.903°] (Field Recordings: Volume 1, 2019) self-released sH. Unaccompanied Digestive Organs: Barbie Knows Your Name 2.0 Pt IX (One by One, the Stars Were Going Out, 2020) self-released sI. The User: +}}}}}}} (Symphony #2 for Dot Matrix Printers, 2002) Asphodel sJ. The User: }.}@}.@.}@}. (Symphony #2 for Dot Matrix Printers, 2002) Asphodel [email protected] www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire

In honour of gak's 17th anniversary on CITR 101.9FM Vancouver BC, we dive into a favourite film: 1984's The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension with a score by Michael Boddicker. 01. Mitzi Gaynor: Happy Anniversary (Happy Anniversary OST, 1959) Top Rank 02. Botany Bay: Winter Wolfpack Serenade (Thanksgiver, 2024) Submarine Broadcasting Co. 03. Abigail Lapell: Anniversary Song (Anniversary, 2024) Outside Music 04. Elephant Stone: The Spark (Back into the Dream, 2024) Fuzz Club 05. Juice Joint: Tortoise Shell (Juice Joint [cassette version], 2024) self-released 06. Destroyer: Bologna [w.Fiver] (Dan's Boogie, 2025) Merge 07. Japanese Breakfast: Orlando in Love (For Melancholy Brunettes & Sad Women, 2025) Dead Oceans 08. Hiromasa Suzuki: Romance (Wonderful Guys, 1975) Nippon Columbia 09. Devours: Sports Car Era (Sports Car Era, 2025) Surviving the Game 10. Dax Pierson: For the Angels (Nerve Bumps: A Queer Divine Dissatisfaction, 2021) Dark Entries/Ratskin 11. CFCF: Not Gonna Let Me Go (You Can Live Forever OST, 2023) self-released 12. Frankie Beverly & Maze: Joy & Pain (Joy & Pain, 1980) Capitol 13. Rich Homie Quan: Walk Thru [w.Problem] (I Promise I Will Never Stop Going In, 2013) TIG Entertainment 14. VIRE: Modern Haves (Modern Haves/Lost Dimes, 2024) self-released 15? Future & Metro Boomin: We Still Don't Trust You [w.The Weeknd] ( We Still Don't Trust You, 2024) Freebandz/Boominati/Epic/Republic 16. Snotty Nose Rez Kids: Murder She Wrote (Red Future, 2024) Savage Mob 17! Badge Époque Ensemble: Bowls (Air, Light & Harmony, 2023) Telephone Explosion 18. Regularfantasy's Rendezvous: Talk to Me [w.Kristian North] (Alt House EP, 2024) Rendezvous 19. Shugorei: Roboto (2024) self-released 20. Jun Fukamachi: Ouverture de "Midnight Dive" (Midnight Dive: Music from Inspiration "Water & Light" by Masahiro Kasai, 1998) 21. Minako Yoshida: Midnight Driver (Monochrome, 1980) Alfa 22. Chiemi Manabe: Untotooku (Fushigi Shoujo, 1982) CBS/Sony 23. Phil Famous: Toyota Town (Plastix, 1982) Bruton 24. Neon Indian: Toyota Man (2019) Mom + Pop 25. Mac DeMarco: 20200817 Proud True Toyota (One Wayne G, 2023) Mac's Record Label 26. Yoko Ono & the Great Learning Orchestra: Bicycle Piece for Orchestra (Selected Recordings from Grapefruit, 2025) Karlrecords 27. Buckaroo Banzai & the Hong Kong Cavaliers: Banzai Jam (Buckaroo Banzai OST, 1984) Planet Ten 28. Michael Boddicker: Nobody Cumz in Here (Buckaroo Banzai OST, 1984) Planet Ten 29. John Lithgow: Where Are We Going... (Buckaroo Banzai OST, 1984) Planet Ten 30. Michael Boddicker: Motorcycle Chase (Buckaroo Banzai OST, 1984) Planet Ten 31. Christopher Lloyd: It's Not My Planet... (Buckaroo Banzai OST, 1984) Planet Ten 32. Michael Boddicker: Team Banzai Theme (Buckaroo Banzai OST, 1984) Planet Ten 33. Peter Weller & Cast: President on Line One... (Buckaroo Banzai OST, 1984) Planet Ten 34. Michael Boddicker: End Credits [long version] (Buckaroo Banzai OST, 1984) Planet Ten 35. Arooj Aftab: Zameen (Night Reign, 2024) Verve Happy furniture anniversary! There you are! [email protected] www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire

It is now 2025 and as we scan for fiction set in this once futuristic year, we'll profile bits from Ramin Djawadi's score to the 2013 kaiju film Pacific Rim. We also catch up on the recently deceased and some work that has now entered the public domain in some parts of the world. It was a matter of time we had to learn to fight monsters so lasso up your robots! 01. Dramatis: Oh! 2025 (For Future Reference [expanded edition], 2022) Rocket Record Co. 02. Contaqt/Bell Dreams: Red (Terroirs, 2024) People Places Records 03. Ann Savoy: Gabie's New Year's Lament (Another Heart, 2024) Smithsonian Folkways 04. Linda Lavin: Theme from Alice (Television's Greatest Hits: Volume 6, 1996) TVT 05, Jimmy Carter: 1976 Washington Political Campaign advert (Politicking: Volume 1, 2011) Funky Frolic 06. The Allman Brothers Band: In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (Idlewild South, 1970) Capricorn 07. Nikki Giovanni: Ego Tripping (The Reason I Like Chocolate, 1976) Folkways 08. Nino Rota: O Happy Dagger [the Death of Juliet] (Romeo & Juliet OST, 1968) Capitol 09. Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi: Amazing Grace (They're Calling Me Home, 2021) Nonesuch 10. Dorothea Paas: Diver (Think of Mist, 2024) Telephone Explosion 11. Myriam Gendron: Look Down that Lonesome Road (Mayday, 2024) Feeding Tube/Thrill Jockey 12. Sylvia Woods: Angelic Hymn/Twelth Night Song (3 Harps for Christmas, 1985) Tonmeister 13. Julie Beth Napolin: Pray for the Living (Only the Void Stands Between Us, 2024) Silver Current 14. Tristwch y Fenywod: Llwydwyrdd (Tristwch y Fenywod, 2024) Night School 15. Loraine James: Toujours [w.KMRU] (New Year's Substitution 3 EP, 2025) self-released 16. Jay Holy: Ice Age (Forest City Series: Volume 6, 2025) A Person Disguised as People 17. Joshua Idehen: Mum Does the Washing (Mum Does the Washing EP, 2024) Big Wednesday 18. Ross from Friends: Epiphany (Epiphany EP, 2019) Brainfeeder 19. Hildegard: Pour Your Heart Out (Jour 1596, 2024) Chivi Chivi 20. Baby Rose & Badbadnotgood: Weekness (Slow Burn EP, 2024) Secretly Canadian 21. Sarah Neufeld, Richard Reed Parry & Rebecca Foon: Slow New Year (First Sounds, 2024) Envision/One Little Independent 22. WUT: Mingling with the Thorns (Mingling with the Thorns, 2024) Happy Happy Birthday to Me 23. Fake Fruit: Mucho Mistrust (Mucho Mistrust, 2024) Carpark 24. Dean Hurley: Final Suite (The Mystic OST, 2023) Sacred Bones 25. Jerry Jeff Walker: Public Domain (Ridin' High, 1975) MCA 26. Keely Smith: What is This Thing Called Love? (Swingin' Pretty, 1959) Capitol 27. Canadian Brass: Ain't Misbehavin' (Swing That Music: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong, 2009) Opening Day 28. Ray Parker & Tom Szczesniak: Theme from The Adventures of Tintin (The Adventures of Tintin OST, 1991) Le Studio Ellipse/StudioCanal 29. Harry Nilsson: I'm Popeye the Sailor Man (The Popeye Demos, 1980) Varèse Sarabande 30. Anthony Willis: Life & Death Suite (M3GAN OST, 2023) Waxwork/Universal 31. Ramin Djawadi: Pacific Rim [w.Tom Morello] (Pacific Rim OST, 2013) WaterTower/Sony Classical 32. Ramin Djawadi: The Shatterdome (Pacific Rim OST, 2013) WaterTower/Sony Classical 33. Ramin Djawadi: Mako [w.Priscilla Ahn] (Pacific Rim OST, 2013) WaterTower/Sony Classical 34. The Flaming Lips: Riding to Work in the Year 2025 [You're Invisible Now] (Zaireeka [combined version], 1997) Warner Bros HAPPY NEW YEAR, GET IN THE SEA. [email protected] www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire

As this confounding year draws to a close, we'll do our annual recap of the past 12 months in review. Along with some of the artists & songs that defined 2024, we'll profile Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow's score to that year's film Civil War. 01. Jessica Pratt: The Last Year (Here in the Pitch, 2024) City Slang 02. Kristen Roos: Nova (Universal Synthesizer Interface: Volume III, 2024) Hotham Sound 03. Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee (Diamond Jubilee, 2024) Realistik Studios 04. Apollo Ghosts: No One Knows Your Mind (Amethyst, 2024) You've Changed 05. Jackson Ramsey: Tropical Drone (Tropical Drone, 2024) Fanta 06. P:ano: Days Swing (Ba Ba Ba, 2024) COQ 07. The Softies: California Highway 99 (The Bed I Made, 2024) Father/Daughter 08. Yoo Doo Right: Spirit's Heavy but Not Overthrown, Pt. I (From the Heights of Our Pastureland, 2024) Mothland 09. Waxahatchee: 3 Sisters (Tigers Blood, 2024) Anti- 10. MJ Lenderman: You Don't Know the Shape I'm in (Manning Fireworks, 2024) Anti- 11. Kilometre Club: Light [in Times of Need] (Light, 2024) self-released 12. Jack J: Pink Shoes, Pt. I (Blue Desert, 2024) Mood Hut 13. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Joe Goddard: Neptunes (Neptunes EP, 2024) Domino 14. Tony Price: Requiem for the Ontario Science Centre ( Requiem for the Ontario Science Centre 12", 2025) Maximum Exposure 15. Agoria: I Feel Good (Unshadow, 2024) Sapiens 16. Teilz & Channel Tres: Type of Girl, Pt. II (Type of Girl EP, 2024) Smartdumb 17. Modern Norman: The Frogs (Disposable Heroes of Hit Em, 2024) Suitably Bizarre 18. Magdalena Bay: Death & Romance (Imaginal Disk, 2024) Mom + Pop 19. Justice: Neverender [w.Tame Impala] (Hyperdrama, 2024) Genesis/Virgin/Because/Ed Banger 20. Hans Zimmer: Eclipse (Dune: Pt II OST, 2024) Mutant/WaterTower 21. Big Brave: Not Speaking of the Ways (A Chaos of Flowers, 2024) Thrill Jockey 22. Kim Gordon & Model Home: Razzamatazz (2024) Matador 23. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross: Match Point (Challengers OST, 2024) Milan 24. Beth Gibbons: Oceans (Lives Outgrown, 2024) Domino 25. Beak> Secrets (>>>>, 2024) Invada 26. Splashgirl & Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe: Enthropist (More Human, 2024) Hubro 27. Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow: Headshot (Civil War OST, 2024) A24 28. Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow: Refugees (Civil War OST, 2024) A24 29. Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow: Body Pit (Civil War OST, 2024) A24 30. Dimitri Tiomkin: Auld Lang Syne [alternate] (It's a Wonderful Life OST: 75th Anniversary Edition, 1946) La-La Land/Paramount 31. Chappell Roan: Good Luck, Babe! (2024) Amusement We may dread it but bring on 2025. The only way forward is through. [email protected] www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire

For our 17th annual counter-Christmas carol episode, we plunge deep into some of Dimitri Tiomkin's score that was cut from the 1946 holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life as we mark the festive season with our usual mix of snark, candour, grief & joy. 01. Tito Jackson: Season's Greetings (Season's Greetings from Motown Records 7", 1973) Motown 02. En Attendant Ana: Close Your Mouth Because Christmas is the Day! (En Attendant Ana Sings Christmas, 2024) self-released 03. Fflwcs: Let Nothing You Dismay (Christmas Shopping 1989, 2024) self-released 04. Al Jarreau: Peggy Virginia (Smooth and Soulful Christmas, 2006) YMC 05. Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66: The Christmas Song (Something Festive, 1968) A&M 06. Quincy Jones: Greensleeves and All That Jazz (The Italian Job OST: 50th Anniversary Expanded Edition, 1969) Paramount 07. Martin Mull: Santafly [w.the Sondra Baskin Glee Club] (Santafly 7", 1973) Capricorn 08. The Smothers Brothers: Swiss Christmas (Curb Your Tongue, Knave! 1963) Mercury 09. Khruangbin: A Calf Born in Winter (The Holdovers OST, 2023) Backlot/Focus Features 10. Count Floyd: Reggae Christmas Eve in Transylvania (Count Floyd 12", 1982) RCA Victor 11. Alex Cuba: Christmas Made for Love (2023) Caracol 12. Anita Eccleston: Long Nights [Gala remix] (Winter Gala, 2024) self-released 13. Future Star: Santa Must Have Winter Tires (2024) self-released 14. Thelma Houston: Season's Greetings (Season's Greetings from Motown Records 7", 1973) Motown 15. Bat for Lashes: Christmas Day (The Dream of Delphi, 2024) Mercury KX 16. Brock Reid: Mariah Carey Echoes in a Mall at Night (Holidazed to You: An Eternal Bummer Christmas - Volume 5, 2024) Eternal Bummer 17. Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom: You're All I Want for Christmas (A Peace of Us, 2024) Carpark 18. Tatsuro Yamashita: Christmas Eve [English version] (Christmas Eve: 30th Anniversary Edition, 2013) MMG/Moon 19. Prophet of Jupiter: Joulu (It's Christmas Time! Volume VII, 2021) Retro Promenade 20. Elliot Maginot: Waiting on Christmas (2024) Les Disques Audiogramme/Orchard Enterprise 21. Vanille: As-tu Vue le Père Noël? (2024) self-released 22. Ben Folds: Waiting for Snow (Sleigher, 2024) New West 23. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (Opus, 2024) Milan 24. Laraaji: Bethlehem [Glimpse] (Glimpses of Infinity, 2024) Numero Group 25. Black Sun High Desert: For the Occasion of the Winter Solstice (Tilts & Rotations/Of Land & Sky, 2024) Not Yet Remembered 26. Anita Ellis & The Balladeers: Christmas is a Feeling in Your Heart (Christmas is a Feeling in Your Heart 78rpm, ?) A Beverly 27. Kay Starr: Christmas (Programming Aids from Capitol 7", 1964) Capitol 28. Kay Starr: [Everybody's Waiting for] the Man with the Bag (1950) Capitol 29. Allison Burik: Solstice II [Cycles] (Realm, 2024) self-released 30. Bing Crosby: The Secret of Christmas (Say One for Me OST, 1959) Columbia 31. John Oswald: White (xMas, 2024) Mystery Tapes 32. The Ramsey Lewis Trio: Snowfall (More Sounds of Christmas, 1964) Argo 33. Dimitri Tiomkin: Main Title [film version] (It's a Wonderful Life OST: 75th Anniversary Edition, 1946) La-La Land/Paramount 34. Dimitri Tiomkin: Search for Money (It's a Wonderful Life OST: 75th Anniversary Edition, 1946) La-La Land/Paramount 35. Dimitri Tiomkin: Clarence's Arrival (It's a Wonderful Life OST: 75th Anniversary Edition, 1946) La-La Land/Paramount 36. Oscar Peterson: Christmas Waltz (An Oscar Peterson Christmas, 1995) Telarc 37. Artie Shaw & his Orchestra: When Winter Comes (The Holdovers OST, 2023) Backlot/Focus Features It's a wonderful podcast; give it a chance. [email protected] www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire

The drawing to the close a year allows us to look back a bit to the past 12 months but also ahead to the coming new calendar. We'll juggle mostly Canadian songs amidst all this reflection with a profile on Seth A Smith's scores from The Crescent and Tin Can. 01. Freak Heat Waves: Music Has an Interesting Power (Mondo Tempo, 2023) Mood Hut 02. Stillwaves: I'm Haunted (Undiagnosed, 2023) Safe Sounds 03. Kristen Roos: Feight (Universal Synthesizer Interface: Volume III, 2024) Hotham Sound 04. Jody Glenham: The Local (Still Here EP, 2024) self-released 05. Kylie V: Golden (Crash Test Plane, 2024) Royal Mountain 06. Norman McLaren: Loops (Rythmetic: The Compositions of Norman McLaren, 2024) Phantom Limb/We are Busy Bodies/NFB 07. ?Numb?Dame? Good Luck is for Suckers (This One is for You, 2024) self-released 08. Daft Punk: Aerodynamic (Discovery, 2001) Daft Life/ADA/Warner France 09. Plains Apparition: Pace of a Flashback (Late to the Afterthoughts, 2023) self-released 10. Boyhood: Magic (Shells EP, 2024) self-released 11. Digits: Wild at Heart [w.Edith Frost] (2024) self-released 12. Mark Korven: What's Happening to Me? (The First Omen OST, 2024) Hollywood/Mutant 13. Tonk: Wax (Thanks for Waiting, 2023) No Sun 14. Kaia Kater: Floodlights (Strange Medicine, 2024) Free Dirt 15. The Hang-Ten Hangmen: After the Storm (After the Storm, 2022) self-released 16. Avi C Engel: Where Does a Moth Go? (Nocturne: Soundtrack for an Invisible Film, 2025) Elephant Shrew 17. The Softies: To You from Me (The Bed I Made, 2024) Father/Daughter 18. The Nausea: Respice Finem (Requiem, 2024) Absurd Exposition/Buried in Slag and Debris 19. Janky Bungag: Brandy (2024) Royal Mountain 20. Midnight News: Sucker Punch (Bad New Days, 2024) Mono Tapes 21. CR Gillespie: The Protagonist as a Child (Tracings in Honey, 2021) Séance Centre 22. The Hausplants: Hypocrite (2024) self-released 23. Bananahaus: Mouse Trap (Welcome to the Bananahaus, 2023) self-released 24. Badbadnotgood: Mid Spiral (Mid Spiral, 2024) XL 25. Kelly McMichael: Open [Hurts to Have a Heart] (After the Sting of It, 2024) LHM 26. The Poison Dart: Lady, I've Been Hoping Long (Get Hot, 2006) Marriage 27. The Poly-Tones: Air (Sauna Music, 2024) Blake Markle 28. Dog Day: Bordering (A T-Shirt with Writing on It, 2024) Fundog 29. Seth Smith: Fish Dream (Lowlife OST, 2013) Fundog 30. Seth A Smith: The Crescent (The Crescent OST, 2018) Cutofftail/Label Obscura 31. Seth A Smith: They Are All Waiting for You (The Crescent OST, 2018) Cutofftail/Label Obscura 32. Seth A Smith: Lullaby (The Crescent OST, 2018) Cutofftail/Label Obscura 33. Seth A Smith: The Last Bell Does Tall (Tin Can OST, 2022) Label Obscura 34. Seth A Smith: Tin Can [Sonata K34] (Tin Can OST, 2022) Label Obscura 35. Seth A Smith: The Chrysalis (Tin Can OST, 2022) Label Obscura 36. Brûlez les Meubles: Argentique (Folio #5, 2024) Circum-Disc From waves to waves, tin cans to SOCAN, we got it all. [email protected] www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire

Stepping out of our 20th century rut a bit, we profile Mark Jenkin's score to the 2019 film Bait. We also start looking at 2024 in review and preview your Shindig finalists as part of CITR's annual battle of the bands competition here in Vancouver. 01. Taylor Swift: 'tis the Damn Season (Evermore, 2020) Republic 02. Kohellus: Kalanvihreä (Anthology of Electroacoustic Music from Finland, 2023) Unexplained Sounds Group 03. Kendrick Lamar: Squabble Up (GNX, 2024) PGLang/Interscope 04. Schoolboy Q: Ohio [w.Freddie Gibbs] (Blue Lips, 2024) TDE/Interscope 05. The Sabres of Paradise: Tow Truck [Depth Charge mix] (Versus, 1995) Warp 06. Depth Charge: Depth Charge [Han Do Jin] (Nine Deadly Venoms, 1994) Vinyl Solution 07. Philip Glass: It Was Always You, Helen (The Music of Candyman, 2001) Orange Mountain 08. Angèle Dubeau: Candyman Suite (Signature Philip Glass, 2023) Analekta 09. Brijean: Breathe (Macro, 2024) Ghostly International 10. Pearl & the Oysters: Cruise Control (Planet Pearl, 2024) Stones Throw 11. Krok: Breath of Night Kyiv (Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996, 2024) Light in the Attic 12. Les Passagers: Tu N'es Pas Seul (2024) Sunset Hill 13. Lou-Adriane Cassidy: Journal d'un Loup-Garou (Cours, Cora, Cours single, 2024) Bravo Musique 14. Badge Époque Ensemble: Andrew Void (The Lagniappe Sessions, 2020) Aquarium Drunkard 15. ?NUMB?DAME? I Love Lesbians [Lesbian Lover] (This One is for You, 2024) self-released 16. Infidelity: Still (Fly, Summer Dragon, 2023) self-released 17. The Goat String Orchestra: Bad Lines (The Goat String Orchestra, 2024) self-released 18. Francis Baptiste: Wita (Senklip, the Trickster, 2024) self-released 19. Ryuichi Sakamoto: The Wuthering Heights (Opus, 2024) Milan 20. Kelly Lee Owens: Dreamstate (Dreamstate, 2024) DH2 21. Maria Minerva: Disko Bliss (Noble Savage 12", 2011) 100% Silk 22. Caterina Barbieri: Fantas Morbida [w.Kara-Lis Coverdale] (Fantas Variations, 2021) Editions Mego 23. Andrzej Korzynski: A Mute Reunion (Diabel OST, 2023) LSD OTB/Finders Keepers 24. Mark Jenkin: Polmeor Rising (Bait OST, 2019) Invada 25. Mark Jenkin: PLC (Bait OST, 2019) Invada 26. Sarah Neufeld, Richard Reed Parry & Rebecca Foon: Georgia (First Sounds, 2024) Envision/One Little Independent 27. Mark Jenkin: Enys Pt II (Enys Men OST, 2023) Invada [email protected] www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire