Exploding Head Movies

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) Decca
10. Paykan: Khayal Dilbar (Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World's Music, 2020) Dust-to-Digital
11. Samuel E Wright: Kiss the Girl (The Little Mermaid OST: The Legacy Collection, 1989) Disney
12. Michael Giacchino: Carl Goes Up (Up OST, 2009) Disney/Pixar
13. Dominique Fils-Aimé: Fall and All (Three Little Words, 2021) Ensoul
14. Klô Pelgag: Rémora (Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs, 2020) Coop Les Faux-Monnayeurs/Secret City
15. SUSS: Home (Promise, 2020) Northern Spy
16. Cadence Weapon: Skyline (Parallel World, 2021) eOne
17. Halsey: Honey (If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, 2021) Capitol
18. Missing Organs: Requiem for an Open Return (Undiscovered, 2014) Power Moves
19. Marie Davidson & L'Œil Nu: Renegade Breakdown [Jessy Lanza remix] (2021) Ninja Tune
20. Lateef Lawal, Michael Kenneth Williams & Omari Forman-Bey: "Omar Comin'!" (The Wire: And All the Pieces Matter - Five Years of Music from The Wire, 2008) Nonesuch
21. Domaje: Way Down in the Hole (The Wire: And All the Pieces Matter - Five Years of Music from The Wire, 2008) Nonesuch
22. Mikis Theodorakis: Finale [to Yelasto Pedi]/Life Goes On (Z OST, 1969) CBS
23. Mikis Theodorakis: Show Shop Vinyl (Serpico OST, 1973) Paramount
24. Omar Khorshid: Zorba (With Love, 1977) Voice of Lebanon
25. Arcade Fire: [instrumental] (In the Attic: 2001 Demos, 2001) bootleg
26. Arcade Fire: Can't Let Go of You (In the Attic: 2001 Demos, 2001) bootleg
27. Richard Reed Parry: The House (The Nest OST, 2021) Music on Vinyl
28. Bell Orchestre: Movement (House Music, 2021) Erased Tapes
29. Win Butler, Régine Chassagne & Owen Pallett: Arlington (The Box OST, 2009) promo
30. Win Butler, Régine Chassagne & Owen Pallett: Library (The Box OST, 2009) promo
31. Win Butler, Régine Chassagne & Owen Pallett: Kidnapping (The Box OST, 2009) promo
32. Barrie Gledden, Tim Reilly & Jason Pedder: Racing Turtles (2013) Audio Network
33. Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett: Photograph (Her OST, 2021) Milan
34. Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett: Milk & Honey #2 (Her OST, 2021) Milan
35. Scarlett Johansson & Joaquin Phoenix: The Moon Song [film version] (The Moon Song single, 2014) WaterTower
36. Arcade Fire: When You Know You're Gonna Die (Her OST [unofficial], 2013) promo
37. Mario Pavone & Dialect Trio +1: Face Music (Blue Vertical, 2021) Out of Your Head

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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, 2021) Stone Woman
11. Nadia Struiwigh: Dreaming about Rollercoasters (Pax Aurora, 2021) Nous'klaer Audio
12. Men I Trust: Oh Dove (Untourable Album, 2021) self-released
13. Jasper Sloan Yip: August (Strange Calm/Blushing Autumn, 2021) self-released
14. The Upsetters: Scratch the Dub Organizer (Scratch and Company, Chapter 1: The Upsetters, 1981) Clocktower
15. Lee Perry & Prince Buster: Call on Me (Ernest Ranglin & Prince Buster's All Stars split 7", 1967) Olive Blossom
16. Lee "Scratch" Perry & Junior Byles: Dreader Locks (Dreader Locks 7", 1974) Dip
17. Parris Bowens: Avengeance (2018) self-released
18. Chromatics: Touch Red [on Film] (Faded Now, 2020) Italians Do It Better
19. LEATHERS: Missing Scene (Reckless EP, 2021) Artoffact
20. Anthéne: Light Shade (Collide, 2020) Home Normal
21. Gilligan Moss: Ferris Wheel [w.Rebecca & Fiona] (Gilligan Moss, 2021) Foreign Family Collective
22. Giant Claw: Earther (Mirror Guide, 2021) Orange Milk
23. Robert Walter's 20th Congress: Beat Bop (The Lagniappe Sessions #3, 2021) Aquarium Drunkard
24. Mach-Hommy: Folie Á Deux [w.Westside Gunn & Keisha Plum] (Pray for Haiti, 2021) Griselda
25. Scotch Rolex: Afro Samurai [w.Don Zilla] (Tewari, 2021) Hakuna Kulala
26. The RZA: The Empty 7 Theme (Afro Samurai OST, 2007) Ample Soul
27. Flying Lotus: Actually Virtual (Flamagra, 2019) Warp
28. Yuzo Kayama: Black Sand Beach (Black Sand Beach, 1998) No Tyme
29. Flying Lotus: Black Gold [w.Thundercat] (Yasuke OST, 2021) Warp
30. Flying Lotus: Fighting Without Honour (Yasuke OST, 2021) Warp
31. Flying Lotus: War Lords (Yasuke OST, 2021) Warp
32. Flying Lotus: Your Armour (Yasuke OST, 2021) Warp
33. Flying Lotus: Between Memories [w.Niki Randa] (Yasuke OST, 2021) Warp
34. Bruce Harris Quartet: Satellite (Soundview, 2021) Cellar
35. Dexter Gordon: August Blues (Tangerine, 1975) Prestige

Did this episode have its own missing scene?
O the perils of faulty monitors...

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gak's back from a crazy long trip, helping with one move as he sorts his own. Amongst some catch-up 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 Avalanches: The Noisy Eater [w.Biz Markie] (Wildflower, 2016) Modular/Astralwerks
12. Biz Markie: Biz's Beat of the Day #1 (Yo Gabba Gabba! Music is Awesome, 2009) Filter US
13. Can: Return (Don't Say No 7", 1977) Harvest/EMI Electrola/Virgin
14. Freddie Scott: [You] Got What I Need (Got What I Need 7", 1968) Shout
15. Blackalicious: Changes (Melodica EP [Japanese version], 1994) Solesides/Mo'Wax
16. DJ Shadow: Untitled Heavy Beat [Part 1 & 2] (The End of Violence OST, 1997) Outpost
17. DijahSB: Moving with the Tides [w.Ray HMND] (Head Above the Waters, 2021) AWAL
18. The Simpsons: Like Father, Like Clown [medley] (Go Simpsonic with the Simpsons, 1999) Rhino
19. Kiefer: Everybody Loves the Sunshine [w.Theo Croker] (Between Days, 2021) Stones Throw
20. Maria Dunn: Ontario Song (Joyful Banner Blazing, 2021) Distant Whisper
21. Sturgill Simpson: The Storm (Cuttin' Grass, Volume 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions, 2020) High Top Mountain
22. Carlo: The Return (Carlo, 2018) self-released
23. The Prowlers: Rock Me Baby (Early Canadian Rockers: Volume 2, 1957) Neptoon
24. The Seeds of Time: My Home Town (The History of Vancouver's Rock & Roll: Volume 3 - Afterthought, 1970) Vancouver Record Collectors Association
25. The Hang Ten Gallon Hats: The Legend of Chubb Bonanza (Giddy Up Surfboard, 2021) Dive In
26. Matt Berry: Summer Sun (The Blue Elephant, 2021) Acid Jazz
27. Laurie Anderson: Time to Go [for Diego] (New Music for Electronic & Recorded Media, 1977) 1759 Arch
28. Connect_icut: First Dream (Talisman, 2021) CSAF
29. Natalie Holt: TVA (Loki: Volume 1 OST, 2021) Hollywood
30. Natalie Holt: Loki Green Theme (Loki: Volume 1 OST, 2021) Hollywood
31. Natalie Holt: Reset Charges (Loki: Volume 1 OST, 2021) Hollywood
32. Natalie Holt: Lokius (Loki: Volume 2 OST, 2021) Hollywood
33. Natalie Holt: Secret Hide Out (Loki: Volume 2 OST, 2021) Hollywood
34. Natalie Holt: He Who Remains (Loki: Volume 2 OST, 2021) Hollywood
35. Vince Guaraldi Trio & Bola Sete: Little Fishes (From All Sides [remastered], 1998) Fantasy
36. Oscar Peterson & Milt Jackson: Reunion Blues (Reunion Blues, 1971) Verve

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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 Tune
11. Devours: Dick Disciple (Two Kids single, 2021) self-released
12. Pleasure Jail: Love Has Boundaries (Love Has Boundaries EP, 2021) Hot Flush
13. Perfume Genius: Whole Life [Jaakko Eino Kalevi remix] (Immediately Remixes, 2021) Matador
14. Paula E. Sheppard, Anatole Gerasimov & Helena Zvereva: Me and My Rhythm Box (Liquid Sky OST, 1983) Z-Films
15. Ivan Zoloto: The Door is Open (Pleasure Prison, 2021) School of the Arts
16. case/lang/veirs: Why Do We Fight (case/lang/veirs, 2016) Anti-
17. k.d. lang: Theme from Valley of the Dolls [Junior Vazquez 7" mix] (makeover, 2021) Nonesuch
18. k.d. lang: Or Was I (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues OST, 1993) Sire/Warner Bros
19. k.d. lang: Apogee (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues OST, 1993) Sire/Warner Bros
20. k.d. lang: Lifted by Love (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues OST, 1993) Sire/Warner Bros
21. k.d. lang: Overture (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues OST, 1993) Sire/Warner Bros
22. k.d. lang: Ride of Bonanza Jellybean (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues OST, 1993) Sire/Warner Bros
23. k.d. lang: Cowgirl Pride (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues OST, 1993) Sire/Warner Bros
24. k.d. lang: Myth (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues OST, 1993) Sire/Warner Bros
25. Le Tigre: Deceptacon [DFA remix] (Remix 12", 2001) Mr Lady

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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 Hisaishi: The Return (Spirited Away OST, 2001) Studio Ghibli
12. Dawn Pemberton: Freedom Time (Say Somethin', 2014) Do Right!
13. Charlotte Day Wilson: I Can Only Whisper [w.Badbadnotgood] (Alpha, 2021) Stone Woman
14. Ennio Morricone: Return to Life (Fateless OST, 2005) EMI
15. The Weather Station: Separated (Ignorance, 2021) Fat Possum
16. Tough Age: Giueseppe Pizzeria (Pizza Punks 7", 2021) Mint
17. Joseph Shabason: Escape from North York (The Fellowship, 2021) Western Vinyl/Telephone Explosion
18. Magdalena Bay: Chaeri (Mercurial World, 2021) Luminelle
19. Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen: Like I Used To (2021) Jagjaguwar
20. Oneohtrix Point Never: Where Does Time Go (Returnal, 2010) Editions Mego
21. Linda November: Galaxy Glue (The Incredible Shrinking Woman OST, 1981) Universal
22. Andrew Powell & Alan Parsons: Wedding Music (Ladyhawke OST, 1985) GNP Crescendo
23. Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton & Davis Sanborn: The Jumper/Rog & Riggs Confrontation (Lethal Weapon OST, 2002) Bacchus Media Group
24. John Williams: Growing Up (Superman OST: Remastered & Expanded, 1978) Warner Archives/Rhino
25. John Williams: Crime of the Century (Superman OST: Remastered & Expanded, 1978) Warner Archives/Rhino
26. John Williams: Finale and End Title March (Superman OST: Remastered & Expanded, 1978) Warner Archives/Rhino
27. The Lyndhurst Orchestra, Gavin Greenaway, Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard: Duduk of the North (Gladiator OST: 20th Anniversary Edition, 2020) Decca
28. Graeme Revell & Tim Simeonec: Believe in Angels (The Crow score, 1994) Varèse Sarabande
29. Djivan Gasparyan: I Will Not Be Sad in This World (I Will Not Be Sad in This World, 1989) Opal
30. Grant Green: Now's the Time (Slick! Live at Oil Can Harry's, 2018) Resonance

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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: Patterned Formation (Fir Wave, 2021) My Own Pleasure
14. Eli Keszler: Rot Summer Smoothes (Icons, 2021) LuckyMe
15. CR Gillespie: In Soft Water (Tracings in Honey, 2021) Séance Centre
16. Brian Eno & Jon Hassell: Delta Rain Dream (Fourth World: Volume 1 - Possible Musics, 1980) Editions EG/Polydor
17. Brian Eno: Decline and Fall [from O Nome Da Morte] (Film Music 1976-2020, 2020) Opal/UMC
18. Jon Hassell: Blues Nile (Vernal Equinox, 1978) Lovely Music Ltd.
19. Jon Hassell: Gift of Fire (Fourth World: Volume 2 - Dream Theory in Malaya, 1981) Editions EG
20. Terry Riley: In the Summer (Le Secret de la Vie OST, 1974) Philips
21. Jon Hassell: Ndeya (Listening to Pictures: Pentimento Volume 1, 2018) Ndeya
22. Jon Hassell: Moons of Titan (Seeing Through Sound: Pentimento Volume 2, 2020) Ndeya
23. Ry Cooder: Don't Even Know She Got One [Echoplex mix] (The End of Violence OST, 1997) Outpost
24. Jon Hassell, Gregg Arreguin, Jamie Muhoberac & Peter Freeman: Amsterdam Blue [Cortege] (The Million Dollar Hotel OST, 2000) Island/Interscope
25. Ry Cooder: You Think It's On Now (Trespass OST, 1993) Sire/Warner Bros
26. Peter Gabriel: Sketchpad with Trumpet and Voice (Birdy OST, 1985) Charisma/Virgin
27. Peter Gabriel: Passion [w.Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan] (Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ, 1989) Geffen
28. Hymns57: Hireath (Torschlusspanik, 2021) Élan Vital
29. Bang on a Can All-Stars: Louis Andriessen's Hout (Gigantic Dancing Human Machine, 2003) Cantaloupe

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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 Specchio (Scuro Chiaro, 2021) Mute
-14- Bogdan Raczynski: Net Assets (Debt EP, 2020) Unknown to the Unknown
-15- Gong Gong III: Some Kind of Demon [Yu Su remix] (Phantom Rhythm Remixed, 2021) Wharf Cat/bié
-16- Kuma: Your Red Sky at Night (How to Shoot Somebody Who Outdrew You, 2021) Soundtracking the Void
-17- G.E.S: Hipinterval 1 & 2 (V/A Test Pressing III: Muscut XX, 2020) Muscut
-18- Taabu: Ooey Gooey [w.Haviah Mighty] (Bellows, 2021) self-released
-19- Gazelle Twin aka "Trash Generation": History (Cyberpunk 2077: Radio, Volume 2 OST, 2020) Lakeshore
-20- Paul Leonard-Morgan: Trouble Finds Trouble (Cyberpunk 2077: Original Game Score, 2020) CD Projekt Red
-21- Gazelle Twin: Moira's Sacrifice (Welcome to the Blumhouse: Nocturne OST, 2020) Invada
-22- Gazelle Twin: The Book (Welcome to the Blumhouse: Nocturne OST, 2020) Invada
-23- Gazelle Twin: Invocation (Welcome to the Blumhouse: Nocturne OST, 2020) Invada
-24- Gazelle Twin: Assurance (Welcome to the Blumhouse: Nocturne OST, 2020) Invada
-25- Gazelle Twin: Golden Light (Welcome to the Blumhouse: Nocturne OST, 2020) Invada
-26- Gazelle Twin: Unflesh (Welcome to the Blumhouse: Nocturne OST, 2020) Invada
-27- Gazelle Twin: Juliet's Sacrifice (Welcome to the Blumhouse: Nocturne OST, 2020) Invada
-28- Gazelle Twin: Vivian's Fall (Welcome to the Blumhouse: Nocturne OST, 2020) Invada
-29- Gazelle Twin & NYX: Folly (Deep England, 2021) NYX Collective
-30- Arve Henriksen: Biding Time (The Timeless Nowhere, 2019) Rune Grammofon

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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-released
9A. Joe Walsh: Waffle Stomp (Fast Times at Ridgemont High OST, 1982) Full Moon/Asylum
10A. Jacob Shea: Canadian Black Bears (Seven Worlds One Planet OST: Expanded, 2020) Silva Screen
11A. Julien Baker: Heatwave (Little Oblivions, 2021) Matador
12A. Bob & Doug McKenzie: A Word from Our Sponsor (Guest DJs, 1980) KZAP
13A. Cherlene: Danger Zone [w.Kenny Loggins] (Cherlene: Songs from the TV Series Archer, 2014) FX Networks
14A. Antón García Abril: Cataratas Virginia (El Hombre y la Tierra: Banda Sonora Original de la Serie de TVE, 1974) Sello Discográfico RTVE
15A. Japanese Breakfast: Be Sweet (Jubilee, 2021) Dead Oceans
16A. Shonen Knife: Eat It (Dr Demento Covered in Punk, 2018) Demented Punk/Caf Muzeck
17A. Lenny Breau: Toronto (Five O'Clock Bells, 1979) Adelphi
18A. The Linda Lindas: Claudia Kishi (2020) self-released
19A. Les Shirley: Korben Dallas (Les Shirley, 2019) self-released
20A. Gia Margaret: Lakes (Mia Gargaret, 2020) Dalliance/Orindal
21A. Suzanne Ciani: Summer (Liberator single, 2014) Cache Cache
22A. Bob & Doug McKenzie: Empties (Guest DJs, 1980) KZAP
23A. Slay-52's: Raining Lobsters (2020) self-released
24A. Dan Golding: Claude Debussy's Préludes - Book 1, L. 117: Minstrels (Untitled Goose Game OST, 2020) Iam8bit
25A.Rochelle Jordan: Dancing Elephants (Play with the Changes, 2021) Young Art
26A. Charlotte Fabro: Let Me Be That One for You (2020) Asiatic
27A. Sunnesther: Hymns to This Fucking World (Anthology of Experimental Music from Mexico, 2020) Unexplained Sounds
28A. Ellen McIlwaine: Higher Ground (The Real Ellen McIlwaine, 1975) Kot'Ai
29A. Willie Dunn: O Canada! (Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology, 2021) Light in the Attic
30A. Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog: Maple Leaf Rage (Hope, 2021) Yellowbird
31A. Bob & Doug McKenzie: To Our Loyal Listeners (Guest DJs, 1980) KZAP
32A. Bob & Doug McKenzie: Take Off (The Great White North Album, 1981) Anthem
33A. Bob & Doug McKenzie: Lower 48/Geddy Lee (BBC Rock Hour Special, 1982) London Wavelength
34A. Deltron 3030: National Movie Review (Deltron 3030, 2000) 75 Ark/Tommy Boy
35A. Charles Fox: Bob Broke Your Beer (Strange Brew [score], 1983) promo
36A. Charles Fox: No Brakes (Strange Brew [score], 1983) promo
37A. Bob & Doug McKenzie: This Isn't Our Second Album (The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie in Strange Brew, 1983) Anthem
38A. Bob & Doug McKenzie: Welcome to Our Movie/Space Mutants (The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie in Strange Brew, 1983) Anthem
39A. Bob & Doug McKenzie: Mutants of 2051 II (The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie in Strange Brew, 1983) Anthem
40A. Bob & Doug McKenzie: I Didn't Do It, You Knob (The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie in Strange Brew, 1983) Anthem
41A. Charles Fox: Intermission (Strange Brew [score], 1983) promo
42A. Ian Thomas, Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie in Strange Brew, 1983) Anthem
43A. Bob & Doug McKenzie: I Did It, You Knob (The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie in Strange Brew, 1983) Anthem
44A. Cory Weeds: Find and Dandy (The Many Deeds of Cory Weeds, 2010) Cellar Live
45A. Sun Ra & His Myth Science Arkestra: We Travel the Spaceways (When Sun Comes Out, 1963) El Saturn
46A. Bob & Doug McKenzie: Show's Over/New Theme II (Guest DJs, 1980) KZAP

It's a beauty in its own way.

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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 Pity the Country (Theory of Ice, 2021) You've Changed
8. Kinnie Starr: Over the Water/Gandlee Sah Isdii (Edge of the Knife/SGaawaay K’uuna OST, 2020) Apopria
9. Zoongide'ewin: Bleached Wavves (Bleached Wavves, 2020) Paper Bag
10. Madisyn Whajne: Summer Love (Save Our Hearts, 2020) Summer Love
11. John Oliver & Stefan Östersjö: Mountain Spirits (Isolation Journal, 2020) self-released
12. Status/Non-Status: Genocidio (1, 2, 3, 4, 500 Years EP, 2021) You've Changed/Grizzlar
13. TJ Felix: I Used to Pick Berries Here with My Mom (I Used to Pick Berries EP, 2021) self-released
14. Sinikka Langeland: Kantele Prayer I & II (Wolf Rune, 2021) ECM
15. Gájanas: Hušša Sisa/Into the Racket (Cihkkojuvvon/Hidden, 2021) Bafe's Factory/Nordic Notes
16. Iskwé: Interlude [Stars mix] (The Stars EP, 2021) self-released
17. Mark Dwane: Solstice Ritual (The Monuments of Mars, 1988) Orbian
18. Vanille: Solstice (Soleil '96, 2021) Bonbonbon/Return to Analog
19. St Vincent: The Melting of the Sun (Daddy's Home, 2021) Loma Vista
20. Brian Bennett: Solstice (Voyage: A Journey into Discoid Funk [expanded edition], 2021) Cherry Red
21. Lorde: Solar Power (2021) Universal New Zealand
22. Ulali: All My Relations (Smoke Signals OST, 1998) TVT Soundtrax
23. Faraji Heritage Experiment: Solstice (Mwili, 2021) Cascade
24. BC Smith: Fry Bread (Smoke Signals OST, 1998) TVT Soundtrax
25. BC Smith: Hippy Arnold (Smoke Signals OST, 1998) TVT Soundtrax
26. BC Smith: Breaking Bottles (Smoke Signals OST, 1998) TVT Soundtrax
27. BC Smith: Charles Bronson (Smoke Signals OST, 1998) TVT Soundtrax
28. BC Smith: Victor's Run Suit (Smoke Signals OST, 1998) TVT Soundtrax
29. BC Smith & Ulali Wahjeeleh-Yihm: Forgive Our Fathers Suite (Smoke Signals OST, 1998) TVT Soundtrax
30. Chris McCann: Will, Pt VIII (Will, 2019) self-released
31. Blue Moon Marquee: Hard Times Hit Parade (Bare Knuckles & Brawn, 2019) Folc
32. Jill Barber: Le Monde est Beau (Entre Nous, 2020) Outside Music
33. François Houle 4: Big Time Felter (Recoder, 2020) Songlines
34. Cat Toren: Soul (Spiritual Jazz 13: Now! Part 1 - Modern Sounds for the 21st Century, 2021) Jazzman

This settler tried.

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The score to the 2018 British horror In Fabric was done by Cavern of Anti-Matter and it came out last year, so we'll finally do our overdue profile on that Stereolab-adjacent score amongst other odd tunes. We also talk about Vancouver's Music Waste Festival, the band Sparks, musician Joni Sadler, actor Charles Grodin and electronic pioneer Joel Chadabe.

1. The Chemical Brothers: The Darkness That You Fear [HAAi remix] (The Darkness That You Fear single, 2021) Virgin EMI
2. Sam Shalabi & Stefan Christoff: Vardar River Song (Rodina, 2013) Howl!
3. Sparks: Barbecutie (Kimono My House [21st Century Editions], 1974) Island
4. Sparks: iPhone (A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip, 2020) BMG
5. Nennen: Harbour (Alcrete split cassette, 2014) Misery Loves Co
6. Lungbutter: Health (Mands split cassette, 2014) Misery Loves Co
7. Yoo Doo Right: A Certain Sense of Disenchantment (Don't Think You Can Escape Your Purpose, 2021) Mothland
8. Autotelia: Floating Island of the Gods (I, 2020) Rocket Recordings
9. Linkwood & Other Lands: Shapes (Face the Facts, 2020) Athens of the North
10. Joe Raposo: Piggy's Fantasy ["Miss Piggy"] (The Great Muppet Caper OST, 1981) Atlantic
11. Danny Elfman: Main Titles (Midnight Run OST, 1988) MCA
12. Kylie V: A Story If You Want It (Big Blue, 2021) self-released
13. Tonk: Horse Knowledge (Songs to Glorify the Peasant and his Tractor, 2020) self-released
14. Emily A Sprague: Horizon (Hill, Flower, Fog, 2020) Plancha
15. ADULT. Have I Started at the End (Perception is/as/of Deception, 2020) Dais
16. Hildegard: Jour 3 (Hildegard, 2021) Chivi Chivi
17. Light Blending In: Sitting Under the Cedar Tree (The Prettiest Flowers Have the Sharpest Thorns, 2021) Midwest Collective
18. Nicholas Krgovich: Burst-Neighbourhood Song (This Spring: Songs by Veda Hille, 2021) Tin Angel
19. N0V3L. STRANGER (Non-Fiction, 2021) Meat Machine
20. Colin Stetson: Peaches! (HP Lovecraft's Color Out of Space OST, 2020) Waxwork/Sony Classical/Milan
21. Erika de Casier: Someone to Chill With (Sensational, 2021) 4AD
22. Virginia Wing: 99 North (private LIFE, 2021) Fire
23. Bobby Krlic: Hårga, Collapsing (Midsommar OST, 2019) Milan
24. Leon Vynehall: An Exhale (Rare, Forever, 2021) Ninja Tune
25. ISOLA. Ischia [Main mix] (EP1, 2020) Godmode
26. Cat Toren's Human Kind: Garment of Destiny (Scintillating Beauty, 2020) Panoramic
27. Stereolab: Heavenly Van Halen [Pinball] (ABC Music: Radio 1 Sessions, 2002) Strangefruit
28. Stereolab: Household Names (Switched On: Volume 4 - Electrically Possessed, 2021) Duophonic/Warp
29. Cavern of Anti-Matter: Melody in High Feedback Tones (Void Beats/Invocation Trex, 2016) Duophonic
30. Cavern of Anti-Matter: The Dress Perspective [demonstration] (In Fabric OST, 2020) Duophonic
31. Cavern of Anti-Matter: ZinZan's Avec Moi (In Fabric OST, 2020) Duophonic
32. Cavern of Anti-Matter: Night Fabric (In Fabric OST, 2020) Duophonic
33. Cavern of Anti-Matter: Metric 36 (In Fabric OST, 2020) Duophonic
34. Cavern of Anti-Matter: Mannequin Mass (In Fabric OST, 2020) Duophonic
35. Matthew Tavares & Leland Whitty: Awakenings (Visions, 2020) Mr Bongo
36. Joel Chadabe: Blues Mix (Electronic Voyages: Early Moog Recordings 1964-1969, 2019) Waveshaper Media

Addendum: Charles Grodin's singing voice was dubbed in The Great Muppet Caper. I need to find him singing somewhere truly.

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