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Week 2 of our annual Academy Awards profiles looks again at the music from 2025's Sinners, which has two musical nominations amongst its records 16 total: one song & Ludwig Göransson's score. Prepare for plenty of blues as we also pay tribute to one of the hosts of CITR's Code Blue program: Paul Hunter (1951-2026). 01. Mitch & Mickey: Kiss at the End of the Rainbow (A Mighty Wind OST, 2003) DMZ/Sony/Columbia 02. Satan is My Brother: Static (Close Your Eyes, See Black, 2026) Dissipatio 03. Blue Moon Marquee: Put Your Feathers On [w.Northern Cree] (Get Your Feathers Ready, 2025) self-released 04. Angelique Francis: Sugarcane Jukejoint (Not Defeated, 2025) self-released 05. Los Straitjackets: Juke Joint Compound (Encyclopedia of Sound: Volume 2, 2005) Lovecat 06. Honeybear the Band: I Was Wrong (I Was Wrong, 2025) self-released 07. Jeff Healey: One Foot on the Gravel (Road House: The Lost Soundtrack, 2024) Mondo/Sony 08. T Griffin: Architecture of Noise (The Proposal OST, 2021) Constellation 09. Peter

The nominees for the 98th Academy Awards were announced last Thursday. Thus begins our annual Oscar season profiles! We begin with Jerskin Fendrix's nominated score from Bugonia as we also explore some of the new additions into the public domain for 2026. >>>>> 01. The Besnard Lakes: In Hollywood (The Besnard Lakes are the Ghost Nation, 2025) Full Time Hobby 02. Stellarium: Sidereal Trailblazers (Infinite Vector, 2024) Exosphere 03. Louis Prima, Sam Butera & the Witnesses: Just a Gigolo [I Ain't Got Nobody, w.Keely Smith] (The Wildest! 1956) Capitol 04. Bing Crosby, Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra: On the Sunny Side of the Street (1946) Decca 05. Grateful Dead: Dark Star [excerpt] (Zabriskie Point OST, 1970) MGM 06. Black Midi: Years Ago (Schlagenheim, 2019) Rough Trade 07. gak: Amelia Laughing [chopped & screwed] (2022) unreleased 08. Skott: Amelia (Always Live for Always, 2020) Dollar Menu/Cosmos Music 09. Kerrie: Together in a Rural Place (Echoes of the Live Wire, 2025) Tresor 10. Varna GL: Kal

Since 2026 still has some spillover from the previous year, we'll hear selections from Tom Rowland's score to the 2025 limited TV series Mussolini: Son of the Century as we try to find cheer in a world refusing to ditch past bad habits. 01. Dry Cleaning: Evil Evil Idiot (Secret Love, 2026) 4AD 02. Bellbird: Blowing on Embers (The Call, 2025) Constellation 03. Olivia Boring: Too Much Tom Petty (The Woods, 2026) Boring 04. Jody Glenham: Overtime (2026) Nettwerk 05. Sababa 5: 2025 (Nadir, 2025) Batov 06. Jo Passed: Precious Word (Away, 2026) Youth Riot 07. Computer: Now in a Vacuum (Station on the Hill, 2025) Dine Alone 08. 747: Expo (Pacific Spirit EP, 2025) Aquaregia 09. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson: Murder of Crows (Live Like the Sky, 2025) You've Changed 10. Austra: Chin Up Buttercup (Chin Up Buttercup, 2025) Domino 11. Cadet: Hey I've Seen This One, It's a Classic! (Stay Groovy, 2025) Neo Motel 12. Harachan: Paradise (Paradise EP, 2025) Brown Cheese 13. Sean Nicholas Savage: Promises #1 (Death

"The eighth sea is the one we sail above us all" gak's back, live, for 24 Hours of Radio Art, emphasizing the radio part of the art. In honour of the 75th anniversary of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the 100th anniversary of the BBC broadcast of The Shipping Forecast, he weaves old transmissions tied to freely available information with attempts at local nautical news as various bursts of Morse code bounce around throughout with occasionally useful information. In light of recent news, old Venezuelan shortwave recordings bleed in with Greenlandic themes, so prepare to dot and dash the afternoon away. All Morse code, both pre-recorded, programmed live or then performed live with typos by gak except Radio Qatar: Oscar (Shortwave Nights, 2026) gak RADIO FREE EUROPE & OTHER GEOGRAPHIES CHANNEL A1. Radio Free Europe: Commentary (1980) A2. YVBFM: August 31 @ 21720 kHz [with Jamming] (1980) A3. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Czechoslovakian Service, September 14 (1980) A4. Radio Liberty: August 3

gak marks 18 years on air at CITR -- 16 with this show name -- though we'll mute any celebration for now in light of a crazy year thus far, paying tribute to Rob Reiner (1947-2025) with music associated with his films, including 1984's mockumentary This is Spinal Tap. 01. Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner: America's Economic Plight (2000 & Thirteen, 1973) Warner Bros 02. Ween: Crappy Anniversary Jimmy (Chocolate & Cheese [deluxe edition], 2024) Elektra 03. Aphex Twin: #18 (Selected Ambient Works: Volume II [expanded], 2024) Warp 04. The Shocking Pinks: 18 (Mathematical Warfare, 2005) Flying Nun 05. Le Tigre: My My Metrocard (Le Tigre, 1999) Mr Lady/Wiiija 06. Alice Sara Ott: Nocturne No.18 in F Major [H.62, molta moderato] (John Field: Complete Nocturnes, 2025) Deutsche Grammophon 07. Brigitte Bardot: Tu Veux ou Tu Veux Pas (La Belle et le Blues, 2020) Ace/P-Vine 08. François Capri et Son Orchestre: Sidonie [w.Brigitte Bardot, from Vie Privée] (Bardot on Film, 1962) Moochin' About 09. Georges Arvanitas & Les

We begin a new year with an overdue profile on music from Norman McLaren and the National Film Board of Canada. We all made it this far. 01. Ctznshp: The New Year (Lost Loves: A Collection of Rarities, 2025) self-released 02. Kara-Lis Coverdale: Curve Traces of Held Space (Changes in Air, 2025) Smalltown Supersound 03. Housecat: Falling (The Porch Orange EP, 2024) Carpet Shart 04. Girl Nobody: Paper Doll (Zed: Live off the Floor, 2003) CBC 05. Light Blending In: Rebirth (Heart Full of Flowers, 2026) self-released 06. Daphni: Waiting So Long [w.Caribou] (Butterfly, 2026) Jiaolong 07. Alli Hayes: Two Point 0 (2024) self-released 08. Wasn't: Time and Infinite (Time and Infinite, 2025) & Options 09. Men I Trust: Billie Toppy (Equus Caballus, 2025) self-released 10. Surf Hat: Surf Hat Ranch (Surf Hat Ranch, 2024) self-released 11. The Nausea: Finis (Requiem, 2024) Absurd Exposition/Buried in Slag and Debris 12. Bloom Effect: Second Sight (Oscilón EP, 2025) Kingfisher Bluez 13. Sophia Stel: All Seven

For the 5th day of Christmas, your troop dove into the Exploding Head Vaults for a supersized episode featuring holiday episodes from 2010 & 2012. Since those were the 90 minutes days, you're getting 3 hours of merriment repackaged as an experiment in case you're still feeling festive. Proper playsheets for what you've heard from the Yuletide Vaults: XHM #47 - "MMXmas: Turkey and pistols carved out of wood" (2010 December 20): https://www.citr.ca/listen/exploding-head-movies/20101220-2 XHM #146 - "Grumpy cat ate all the tinsel" (2012 December 17): https://www.citr.ca/listen/exploding-head-movies/20121217-2 1. The Luvmenauts: Christmas Soul (A Luvmenauts Christmas II, 2017) self-released 2. gak: XHM #47 "MMXmas: Turkey and pistols carved out of wood" (Exploding Head Movies, 2010) CITR 3. Booker T & the MGs: Sweet Little Jesus Boy (In the Christmas Spirit, 1966) Stax 4. gak: XHM #146 - "Grumpy cat ate all the tinsel" (Exploding Head Movies, 2012) CITR 5. Dexter Gordon: The Christmas Song (The Panther!

It's our 18th annual counter-Christmas carol episode where we find holiday hymns & seasonal songs outside of what you're hear endlessly elsewhere. We'll dig into Oscar Peterson's jazzy score to the 1978 thriller The Silent Partner, resume where we left off with Danny Elfman's songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas and generate good cheer for us all. Never mind the reindeer, get back here horse! 01. Paul Shaffer: Holiday Greetings (The Best for '89 from the Entire Capitol Family, 1989) Capitol 02. The Cast of Twin Peaks: The Twelve Days of Christmas (Feel the Warmth of Kevin & Bean’s Wonderful World of Christmas, 1990) KROQ 03. Kilometre Club: It Doesn't Snow in Toronto Anymore (It Doesn't Snow in Toronto Anymore, 2025) Imaginary North 04. Annie Ensemble: A New Deal for Christmas (Annie: Original Broadway Cast Recording, 1998) Sony/Columbia/Legacy 05. Bobby Sherman: Goin' Home [Sing a Song of Christmas Cheer] (The Very Best of Bobby Sherman, 1970) Varèse Sarabande 06. Yarbrough & Peoples: Christma

As folks start going into holiday mode, let's review some of the music that helped define 2025 along with one film score: Jonny Greenwood's soundtrack to Paul Thomas Anderson's film One Battle After Another. Pardon some of the audio wonkiness early on in this show; we managed to get an old mixing setup working again but a cable needed to be replaced on the fly. 01. Brandon Roberts & Nicholas Britell: Main Title Theme [from Episode 9] (Andor: Season 2 OST - Volume 3, 2025) Walt Disney 02. Theodore Shapiro: The Ballad of Ambrose & Gunnel (Severance: Season 2 OST, 2025) Lakeshore 03. Rosales: Half-Light IV (Half Light, 2025) Home Normal 04. Computer: Concrete Vehicles (Station on the Hill, 2025) Dine Alone 05. Bananahaus: Black Hole (Grounders, 2025) Mono Tapes 06. Maitro: Rearview Sunset (Car Showroom 3, 2025) Tiger Blood Tapes 07. The Hausplants: Into Equilibrium (Into Equilibrium EP, 2025) self-released 08. Ribbon Skirt: Deadhorse (Bite Down, 2025) Mint 09. Claude Lavender: Through the Years (Pure

As 2025 winds down, we'll explore some of the year already but we'll profile some of Gazelle Twin's recent music, particularly with the 2024 TV series Mudtown. 01. Rec Centre: Lion Eats a Gazelle (Maxed Out! 2023) self-released 02. Todd Terje: Ragysh (Ragysh 12", 2025) Running Back 03. Pop Staples, Albert King & Steve Cropper: Tupelo Pt. I (Jammed Together, 1969) Stax 04. Jimmy Cliff: Many Rivers to Cross (The Harder They Come OST, 1972) Island 05. Anthéne & Simon McCorry: Standing Silent (Wellspring, 2025) Home Normal 06. Kers: Self Deprecation (Monachopsis, 2021) self-released 07. HUNTR/X: Golden (K-Pop Demon Hunters OST, 2025) Netflix/Republic/Sony 08. Naked Flames: Hunter Gatherer (Wall I Was, 2025) self-released 09. Lucrecia Dalt: The Common Reader [w.Juana Molina] (A Danger to Ourselves, 2025) Rvng Intl. 10. Bernardino Femminielli: Jeux de Régression (Jeux de Régression/Requiem d'un Maître-Chien single, 2025) Maximum Exposure 11. Barker: Cosmic Microwave (Stochastic Drift, 2025) Smalltown Su

Actor Tatsuya Nakadai (1932-2025) recently passed away so as he reflect on his life, we dive into perhaps his most iconic role in Akira Kurosawa's 1985 epic Ran with a score by another icon: Toru Takemitsu. 01. Masaru Satoh: Unosuke [The Gunman] (Yojimbo OST [extended], 1961) MGM 02. DJ Koze: Brushcutter (Music Can Hear Us, 2025) Pampa 03. Toru Takemitsu: Music from "Woman in the Dunes" (Film Music by Toru Takemitsu 4: Hiroshi Teshigahara's Films, 1991) JVC 04. Daphni: Clap Your Hands (Josephine single, 2025) Jiaolong 05. C Circo: Genus [Socool remix] (kind:Music, 2025) self-released 06. Blawan: SickElixir (SickElixir, 2025) XL 07. Takuya Nakamura: BonJah (Caged Bird Flying EP, 2024) Deer Trap 08. Pacific Spirit: Bleak Affirmation (Canada House EP, 2025) Pacific Rhythm 09. Soccer96: Crystal Pyramid (Inner Worlds, 2022) Moshi Moshi 10. Dawn to Dawn: Yours to Know (2024) Ssurroundss 11. Neko Furēku: Watashi no Kokoro o Hikisaku [Tearing My Heart Out] (Kanojo No Shi, 2019) self-released 12. CR Gille

With the recent passing of actress Claudia Cardinale (1938-2025), we dig into her career, focusing on one film in particular: Federico Fellini's 1963 meta-film 8½ with a score by Nino Rota. Asa nisi masa, no half measures. 01½ Ornella Vanoni: L'appuntamento (Appuntamento con Ornella Vanoni, 1970) Ariston 02½ Luis Fernando Amaya: Beastiario Cinco [for Viola & Electronics] (Nacen en Silencio, 2025) Aurora 03½ Primal Scream: Burning Wheel [single edit] (Vanishing Point, 1997) Creation/Reprise 04½ The Stone Roses: Fools Gold (The Stone Roses: 20th Anniversary Edition, 2009) Silvertone/RCA 05½ Howard Shore: Heaven (Collector's Edition: Volume 1, 2009) Howe 06½ Honeymoon Killers: Histoire à Suivre (Les Tueurs de la Lune de Miel, 1981) Crammed Discs 07½ Maude Audet: Les Joues Usées (2025) Bravo Musique 08½ Marina Mello: Transborder (Deságua, 2025) Buh 09½ Malibu: Watching People Die (Vanities, 2025) Year0001 10½ Sadé Awele: Intuition (Intuition EP, 2024) self-released 11½ Dave Guy: Morning Glory (Rub

The latest part of the Tron series is 2025's Tron: Ares with a film score by Nine Inch Nails so we'll dive into the grid via the sea of simulation. 01. Robyn: Dopamine (2025) Young/Konichiwa 02. Formula Vee: One (Two Boxes, 2025) self-released 03. Steve "Silk" Hurley & Keith Nunnally: Jack Your Body [Hardfloor radio edit] (Jack Your Body EP, 1986) Underground 04. Dillinja & Clarky: Sinewave (Sinewave 12", 1993) Cybotron 05. Wata Igarashi: One for EM (My Supernova 12", 2025) Dekmantel 06. Charlotte de Witte: Higher (Charlotte de Witte, 2025) Kntxt 07. Orbital & Tilda Swinton: Deepest (Radiccio EP, 2025) London 08. Loscil: Arrhythmia (Lake Fire, 2025) Kranky 09. Yu Su: Foundry (Foundry 12", 2025) Short Span 10. Kelly Lee Owens: Ascend (Kelly EP, 2025) d2h 11. Castle If: Not Safe for Life (Darknet EP, 2023) self-released 12. Ladytron: I Believe in You (2025) Nettwerk 13. Teen Daze: Moving Forward (2025) Easy Listening 14. Pacific Coliseum: Breath Dance (Dreaming in Paradise EP, 2025) Rhythm Sectio

We tried this last year but station upgrades around that time meant things went sideways so it's take two of our Remembrance Day profile tied to Max Steiner's score from the legendary 1942 film Casablanca. Less political, limited repetition and new memories will be made. You must remember this, properly now. This could be XHM #717.1 but it's mostly redone. 01. Bambii: Remember [w.Ravyn Lenae & Scrufizzer] (Infinity Club II, 2025) Because Music 02. Mary Lattimore & Walt McClements: The Poppies, the Wild Mustard, the Blue-Eye Grass (Rain on the Road, 2024) Thrill Jockey 03. Pleasure Planet: Remember [in Dreams] (Pleasure Planet, 2024) Self:Timer 04. Vic Chesnutt: Dick Cheney (Skitter On Take-Off, 2009) ADA/Vapor 05. Nicholas Britell: The Iraq War Symphony (Vice OST, 2018) Decca Classics 06. John Williams: Lost in Space (Television's Greatest Hits of the '50s & '60s, 1986) TVT 07. Les Baxter: Lassie (Television's Greatest Hits: Volume 4, 1996) TVT 08. Sigur Rós: Skel (Átta, 2023) Krúnk 09. The Halluc

Playwright & director Robert Wilson (1941-2025) had an enormous impact on avant-garde theatre so we'll explore music associated with his works, particularly a few with Tom Waits. We also play catchup post-Hallowe'en horror on various fronts. 01. The Specials: Everybody Knows (Protest Songs 1924-2012, 2021) Island/Universal 02. John Oliver: Promise (Cool Take, 2017) self-released 03. Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway: Back Together Again (Roberta Flack featuring Donny Hathaway, 1980) Atlantic 04. Diane Keaton, Natalie Mosco & Suzannah Norstrand: Black Boys (Hair: Original Broadway Recording, 1988) RCA Victor 05. Nino Rota: Kay (The Godfather Pt II OST, 1974) ABC 06. Nun Gun: Stealth Empire [w.Mark Stewart] (Mondo Decay, 2021) Witty Kiwi 07. Ruth Lyon: November (Poems & Non Fiction, 2025) Pink Lane 08. Mark Isham: The Park (Justified: City Primeval OST, 2023) Madison Gate 09. Feist: The Park (The Reminder, 2007) Arts & Crafts/Interscope 10. Finn Wolfhard: Everytown There's a Darling (Happy Birthday, 20

Our annual Hallowe'en Horror Month concludes this week with a film that confuses holidays but has become a seasonal fave: 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Themes collide as we figure out what night to dress for. 01. Neko Case: Baby, I'm Not [A Werewolf] (Neon Grey Midnight Green, 2025) Anti- 02. Clarice Jensen: In Holiday Clothing, Out of the Great Darkness Pt. I (In Holiday Clothing, Out of the Great Darkness, 2025) 130701/Fatcat 03. Water from Your Eyes: Playing Classics (It's a Beautiful Place, 2025) Matador 04. Desire: Behind the Mask (Lost River OST, 2015) Italians Do It Better 05. Laurel Halo: Atlas (Atlas, 2023) Awe 06. Lil Baby & Gunna: Drip Too Hard (Drip Harder, 2018) YSL/Quality Control/Motown/Capitol 07. DJ Roderick & DJ Jose Gonzalez: Bailalo Rocky [w.Ariadne Arana] (2025) self-released 08. Keith Mansfield: World Series (BBC Sporting Themes, 1979) BBC 09. Rondellus: Rotæ Confusionis [Wheels of Confusion] (Sabbatum: A Mediæval Tribute to Black Sabbath, 2003) The Music Cartel 10. So

Hallowe'en Horror Month continues in earnest as we explore the human body & celebrity skin via EC Woodley's score to the 2012 film Antiviral. 01. Ace Frehley: Rip It Out (Ace Frehley, 1978) Casablanca 02. Lea Bertucci: Warp & Weft (Resonant Field, 2019) NNA Tapes 03. D'Angelo: Unshaken (Red Dead Redemption 2 OST, 2019) Lakeshore 04. Garbage: Afterglow (I Think I'm Paranoid single, 1998) Mushroom 05. Chxmeras: Formline (Second Sight EP, 2025) Apparatus 06. Ada Lea: Somebody is Walking Into the Water (When I Paint My Masterpiece, 2025) Saddle Creek 07. Destroyer: I Materialize (Dan's Boogie, 2025) Merge 08. Paolo Rustichelli: Black Tunnel [M19] (Scream! Italian Horror Soundtrack Music, 2025) Decca 09. In Mirrors: Boy Moonlight (2025) self-released 10. Leathers: Crash (Ultraviolet, 2024) Artoffact 11. Yasunao Tone: Book14-3348 (Musica Simulacra, 2011) Atak 12. Geese: Trinidad (Getting Killed, 2025) Partisan/PIAS 13. Miki Berenyi Trio: Gango (Tripla, 2025) Bella Union 14. Marina Mello: Transborder

For your Thanksgiving enjoyment, in contrast to past holiday episodes that aided with digestion, this one is designed to help with any harvest meal prep. However, amidst all the food-related songs, it's heavily pizza related for those who eschew roast beasts or rote beets. Our soundtrack profile is horror-adjacent with Nima Fakhara's score to the 2020 action thriller Becky. Lots of questions, exclamations and bitches, so very on-brand for a Canadian holiday. 01. Susan Raye: Thanksgiving (Merry Christmas/Happy New Year 7", 1970) RCA 02. Thundercat: Children of the Baked Potato [w.Remi Wolf] (2025) Brainfeeder 03. Hugh Fraser: Thank You Very Much (Bonehenge! 2004) Boathouse 04. Fan Death: Jealousy [strings] (Demos, 2000s?) self-released 05. The Olivia Tremor Control: A Peculiar Noise called Train Director (Black Foliage: Animation Music - Volume 1, 1999) Blue Nose/Flydaddy 06. Bitchin Bajas: Skylarking (Inland See, 2025) Drag City 07. Stereolab: Fed Up with Your Job? (Fed Up with Your Job/Constant &

It's October so it's time for our annual Hallowe'en Horror Month! One of the big films in 2025 is Sinners, so we get bloody & bluesy with Ludwig Göransson's music from Ryan Coogler's latest. We also press on with our Vancouver International Film Festival previews, particularly on the live front. 01. Nourished by Time: Automatic Love (The Passionate Ones, 2025) XL 02. Loscil: Lake Fire (Lake Fire, 2025) Kranky 03. Julianna Barwick & William Tyler: Drift of the Jenny (2025) self-released 04. Mychael & Jeff Danna: Dad (Onward OST, 2020) Disney 05. Claire Rousay: Just [w.M Sage] (Little Death, 2025) Thrill Jockey 06. Claire Rousay: VI (The Bloody Lady, 2024) Viernulvier 07. Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe: Music Box (Candyman OST, 2021) Waxwork/Back Lot 08. Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Ariel Kalma: Mille Voix (Frkwys 12: We Know Each Other Somehow, 2014) RVNG Intl 09. Dominique Fils-Aimé: Tall Lion Down [live] (Live at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, 2025) Ensoul 10. The Organ: A Sudden Death (Grab That

In honour of the actor Graham Greene (1952-2025) along with Canada's National Day of Truth & Reconciliation, we span indigenous themes with some soundtracks tied to Greene's films, particularly from the one he received an Oscar nomiation for: Dances with Wolves. We also preview the upcoming Vancouver International Film Festival in a bonkers episode that your host turned into a stampede. 01. Massive Attack vs Mad Professor: Eternal Feedback [Sly dub] (No Protection, 1995) Wild Bunch/Virgin 02. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma: Summer's End (Sitting on the Moon, 2025) Mexican Summer 03. Verses GT: Intention (Verses GT, 2025) Luckyme 04. Magdalena Bay & Grimes: Image [Grimes special] (2024) Mom+Pop 05. Nap & Charming Ultra: El Llanto [Dub for] (Solidarity, 2020) self-released 06. Elisapie: Uummati Attanarsimat [Heart of Glass, remix] (Inuktitut Remixes, 2025) Bonsound 07. Aysanabee: Gone Baby Gone (Edge of the Earth, 2025) Ishkōdé 08. Robbie Robertson: Too Much Dynamite (Killers of the Flower Moon OST, 2023) Masterw