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Sleepy G plays a dreamy set and then talks (mostly) about Bright Eyes with Jasper.

With Live shows from Mexico City to Haida Gwaii, an East Coast US tour supporting The Charlatans UK, recording with Jason Corbett of Jacknife Sound, and signing to Paper Bag Records, The journey of FRANKIIE over the last year has been non-stop.

Their forthcoming album Forget Your Head marries the lush qualities of Big Thief with an intimate antithetic approach reminiscent of Heart. Reverb drenched guitars and intoxicating harmonies have united four women into a dream-rock outfit whose live performances captivates.

Marvin Tontiwachwuthikul Chan, better known by his stage alter-ego Merv xx Gotti, is the singer of of WCMA-nominated Canadian hip-hop/R&B duo, Samurai Champs, as well as Artistic Director of Canadian collective-label, Trifecta Sound Co.

With Samurai Champs, Merv xx Gotti has toured internationally to the US, UK, and Europe, performing in festivals such as South by Southwest (SXSW) (Austin, TX), North by Northeast (NXNE) (Toronto, ON), The Great Escape (Brighton, UK), Reeperbahn (Hamburg, GE), Tallinn Music Week (Estonia), and more.

As Artistic Director of Trifecta Sound Co., Marvin has curated and organized SK-based cultural events such as Trifecta Music Festival, Trifecta Block Party, and Trifecta Concert Series. He is also involved in the creative career development of Trifecta Sound Co.’s artists, which include LOA, Alex Bent + The Emptiness, Denise Valle, VBRTR and Tefrondon.

Chersea is a one-of-a-kind expressionist inspired electro-pop artist who’s music stimulates the mind, body, and soul. Over the past couple years she has shared the stage with the likes of Brian Wilson, Rich Aucoin, Allen Stone, and MOBY and her live performances have been viewed by thousands all over the world.

pukesword swings by CiTR for a live performance and an interview with Jasper.

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Sam performs some new songs and chats with Jasper about her work, her process, and so much more.

Biawanna performed live in the CiTR lounge then sat down in studio with Myles Black to talk about paying tribute to her family, writing about toxic relationships, how songs can be therapeutic time-capsules, and the inspiration in collaborating with other musicians.

Local punk heartthrobs Necking played a batch of new tracks from their forthcoming album and then sit down for an interview with Myles Black. They talk about collaborative writing, how the angrier Melissa feels the softer she plays, how it can be easier to sing something to everyone than to say something to one person, and how they're looking forward to a season of Monster trucks and drinking beer in the sun.

Recorded in "Devoursland" AKA Jeff Cancade's apartment, this episode was originally produced as part of CiTR's day of Pride programming in 2018. Jeff and Myles talk about the Vancouver music scene, queerness, coming out at 25, and why Devours is more Punk than Electronic.

Maneater is Dan Awng, Lindsay Stewart and Lauren Nelson. They played a live, somewhat unplugged set in the CiTR lounge back in February, (shoutout to the crowd of students that gathered :) They talk about Hell, which man they would actually eat and how, writing pop songs with sadness, and how they're a good band, not an evil band (with the exception of Dan).