Citr -- Exploding Head Movies

In case you’ve never heard them before, relive some old holiday episodes in lieu of new material over the holidays. Like regifting but if it’s new to you, it’ll work. Original airdate & link to playlist: December 21 2009: https://www.citr.ca/radio/radio-free-gak/episode/20091221/ December 19 2011: https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20111219/ Sound FX during new segues: soundbible.com

For our final episode of 2018, it's time for the 11th annual renegade Yuletide show! Featuring all types of carols to counter what you've overheard elsewhere, plus music tied to The Grinch (old & new), the Rankin-Bass production of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Emmet Otter. We'll bang on tong-tinglers, blow our foo-flounders! We'll crash on jang-jinglers and bounce on boing-bounders! 1. The Fall: [We Wish You] A Protein Christmas (A Protein Christmas EP, 2003) Action 2. Sarah Davachi: Evensong (Gave in Rest, 2018) Ba Da Bing 3. Beatles: 1968 (The Beatles' 1968 Christmas Record, 1968) Lyntone 4. Beak> [Merry Xmas] Face the Future (Face the Future single, 2017) Invada 5. Human Music: Ice Palace (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada VII, 2015) The Line of Best Fit 6. Energy Slime: It's Cold (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada 9, 2017) The Line of Best Fit 7. Bored Décor: Santa Baby (A Very Merry Christmas from Bored Décor, 2017) self-released 8. Teen Daze: Song for Christmas (2017) self-released 9. Ziemba: Christmas Unlullaby (The Longest

With 2018 winding down, it's time to review the year that is about to close. We'll look back on some of the film scores profiled in the past twelve months, so don't expect a best-of, more a recap. 1. Parquet Courts: Wide Awake! (Wide Awake! 2018) Rough Trade 2. Laurel Halo: Nahbarkeit (Raw Silk Uncut Wood, 2018) Latency 3. Rolling Blackout Coastal Fever: Mainland (Hope Downs, 2018) Sub Pop 4. Snail Mail: Speaking Terms (Lush, 2018) Matador 5. Anna Meredith: Honeyed Words (Eighth Grade OST, 2018) Columbia 6. Chris-a-riffic: I Followed You 'cuz It Made Sense When I was Twenty (Post-Season, 2018) self-released 7. Courtney Barnett: Nameless, Faceless (Tell Me How You Really Feel, 2018) Mom+Pop/Milk!/Marathon Artists 8. Bjørn Torske: Kickrock (Kickrock/Blue Call single, 2018) Smalltown Supersound 9. Munya: If I'm Gone Tomorrow [It's Because of Aliens] (Delmano EP, 2018) Luminelle 10. US Girls: Velvet 4 Sale (In a Poem Unlimited, 2018) 4AD 11. Lone: Temples (Ambivert Tools: Volume 3, 2018) R&S 12. Sink Ya Teeth: P

As 2018 enters its final month, it's time to profile one of the best film scores of the year as we listen to Radiohead's Thom Yorke and his soundtrack to the remake of Suspiria. 1. Tolpamin: Just Deserts in Your Final ffflllaaassshhh (Ringtones 1, 2016) self-released 2. Emergency Broadcast Network: Behaviour Modification/We Will Rock You [Bipartisan mix] (Behaviour Modification single, 1992) TVT 3. Concubine: Hail Eros (2018, 2018) self-released 4. Ricky Jay & Richard Greene: The Fiddler (Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys, 2006) Anti- 5. How to Dress Well: Running Back [CFCF remix w.Cadence Weapon] (2013) self-released 6. Stomu Yamash'ta: Poker Dice (The Man Who Fell to Earth OST, 2016) UMC 7. Charles Bradley: Stay Away [w.Menahan Street Band] (Black Velvet, 2018) Dunham/Daptone 8. Flying Lotus: See Thru to U [w.Erykah Badu] (Until the Quiet Comes, 2012) Brainfeeder 9. Szun Waves: Constellation (New Hymn to Freedom, 2018) The Leaf Label 10. Milk: Melty (Mattress Ranch, 2018) self-release

With the recent passing of the Marvel writer/editor/promoter Stan Lee (1922-2018), we delve into the world of superheroes, primarily tied to Spider-Man and the wild music from the 1960s animated TV series. 'Nuff said! 1. Paul Soles: Let's Get This Show on the Road Gang (Spider-Man from the KPM Vaults, 1968) Funky Frolic 2. Boba Fettucini: Radioactive Spider [w.Stan Lee, intro] (The Amazing Spider-Man: My Amazing Spidey Breaks, 2008) Mon Mothma 3. Ken Nordine: A Good Year for Spiders (A Transparent Mask, 2001) Asphodel 4. Khotin: Levi's Synth (Beautiful You, 2018) Khotin Industries 5. Neko Case: Runnin' out of Fools (Blacklisted, 2002) Anti-/Mint 6. Destroyer: Ivory Coast (Ken, 2017) Merge 7. Sarah Davachi: Gilded (Gave in Rest, 2018) Ba Da Bing! 8. Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox: No Diggity [w.Ariana Savalas] (Historical Misappropriation, 2014) self-released 9. [unknown Inuit DJ] Marijuana Humour (She Be She Strike, 1982) bootleg 10. 1five1: Voodoo (1five1, 2018) Bedroomer 11. T.Nile: Note to Self [w.Sad

Two film composers died recently, so we'll pay tribute to some of their music: Italy's Stelvio Cipriani (1937-2018) & France's Francis Lai (1932-2018). We'll also honour the work of legendary author/screenwriter William Goldman (1931-2018) along with processing all manners of recent news. gak shoots for the stars and misses by a wide mark. 1. Beth Orton & The Chemical Brothers: I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain (I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain single, 2018) Lost Leaves 2. Bézier: d. Quelle (Cosmologist 12", 2016) Hnytrx 3. Low Leaf: DNA Feelz (PRiMiTiVA EP, 2018) Fresh Selects 4. Low: Fly (Double Negative, 2018) Sub Pop 5. Matthew Bridgham & Augustine Mayuga Gonzales: Fall [The Smell of Mushroom] (Stardew Valley Piano Collections, 2018) Materia Collective 6. Pistol Annies: Got My Name Changed Back (Interstate Gospel, 2018) RCA Nashville 7. DeNova: Gimme (Paper Thin EP, 2015) self-released 8. Roy Clark: Texas Twist (Lightning Fingers of Roy Clark, 1963) Capitol 9. Neil Young: Homefires [CSNY Doom tour] (Sad

In honour of Remembrance Day, marking the 100th anniversary of the Armistice Treaty that ended World War I, we'll go back 20 years to John Williams' score to Saving Private Ryan. 1. The Conet Project: Bugle (Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations, 1997) Irdial 2. Museum of Love: Marching Orders (Marching Orders single, 2018) self-released 3. NOFVNCITY: The Antidote (VNITY, 2018) WEATNU 4. Young Fathers: Nest (White Men are Black Men Too, 2015) Big Dada 5. Clan of Xymox: Masquerade (The Guest: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2014) J-2 6. Ben Frost: A Sharp Blow in Passing (The Centre Cannot Hold, 2017) Mute 7. Nervous Operator: Culebra (Yield to the Night, 2014) MLX 8. The Besnard Lakes: You Make Loving Fun (Rumours Revisited: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac’s Classic 1977 Album, 2013) Mojo 9. Martti Pokela: Marraskuu/November (The Tradition of Kantele: Volume 2, 1969) Finlandia 10. Regina: Unessa (Soita Mulle, 2011) Friendly Fire 11. Creaks: Daydream (Daydream single, 2014) Value 12. Fatima al Qadiri: Blow

gak finally remembers, remembers the 5th of November as we profile Dario Marianelli's score to the 2005 film adaptation of Alan Moore's V for Vendetta. 1. November Group: Volker (Work That Dream 12", 1985) A&M 2. Iceage: The Day the Music Dies (Beyondless, 2018) Escho 3. Daniel Avery: Diminuendo (Song for Alpha, 2018) Phantasy Sound 4. Odonis Odonis: Vision (No Pop, 2017) Telephone Explosion V. J Mascis: See You at the Movies (Elastic Days, 2018) Sub Pop 6. Unsung: Novembered (Touched by an Angle, 2014) Crash Symbols 7. Midge: November (Still Receiver, 2018) UUR Audiovisual 8. Julia Holter: Whether (Aviary, 2018) Domino 9. Matthew Bridgham & Augustine Mayuga Gonzales: Fall [Raven's Descent] (Stardew Valley Piano Collections, 2018) Materia Collective 10. Grizzly Bear: Neighbours (Painted Ruins, 2017) RCA 11. The Ramblin' Ambassadors: Rat Creek (Vista Cruiser Country Squire, 2008) Mint 12. Huevos Rancheros: El Toro Muerto Con Queso (Muerte del Toro, 2000) Mint 13. Anybodys: Nevertheless (Necessity of Contrast,

Hallowe'en Horror Month concludes as we profile Jóhann Jóhannsson's final score: the gloriously insane Panos Cosmatos 2018 film Mandy. A certain man of the wolf breed interrupts the proceedings; throat lozenges are dispensed. 1. Soulwax: Essential One (Essential, 2018) Deewee/PIAS 2. Souns: Tree Falls [w.Hawah] (Smoke single, 2014) Panospria 3. Fred Schneider & The Shake Society: Monster (Fred Schneider & The Shake Society, 1984) Warner Bros 4. Iggy Pop: Monster Men (Space Goofs OST, 1997) Virgin 5. John Carpenter: Bela Lugosi (Lost Themes II, 2016) Sacred Bones 6. John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies: Halloween Theme (Halloween OST, 2018) Sacred Bones 7. Lindstrøm & Jenny Hval: Bungl [Like a Ghost] (It's Alright Between Us As It Is, 2017) Smalltown Supersound 8. Luke Vibert: Halloween [original mix] (Halloween 12", 2014) Hypercolour 9. The Method Actors: Hallowe'en (This is Still It, 2010) Acute 10. Lindi Ortega: Afraid of the Dark (Liberty, 2018) Shadowbox 11. Kensington Gore: Hyborian Witch (Ken

Le Matos score the 2018 horror mystery Summer of '84 for a prerecorded horror as Hallowe'en month continues. This episode was recorded at Exploding Global Headquarters, powered by the wonder that is gin. 1. Cherushii: Manic [w.Kara Marie, deep version] (Manic EP, 2016) self-released 2. Magic Touch: Strongbow & Spliffs [w.Roche] (2014) XLR8R 3. Wallgrin: O Harpy (Bird/Alien, 2018) Heavy Lark 4. Cœur de Pirate: Malade (En Cas De Tempête, Ce Jardin Sera Fermé, 2018) Dare To Care 5. Marie Davidson: Lara (Working Class Woman, 2018) Ninja Tune 6. LCD Soundsystem: Oh Baby (American Dream, 2017) DFA/Columbia 7. The Present Moment: A New Day (Loyal to a Fault, 2012) Chondritic/Desire/Mannequin 8. RAMZi: Oxum (Phobiza Volume 3: Amor Fati, 2018) FATi 9. Jarboe: Lavender Girl (Sacrificial Cake, 1995) Young God/Alternative Tentacles 10. Crocodiles: All My Hate and My Hexes are for You (Sleep Forever, 2010) Fat Possum 11. Es.tereo & Hatti Vatti: Kolours (Maps, 2016) Absys 12. Actress: Birdcage (Ghettoville, 2014) Werk Dis

Hallowe'en horror month continues as we profile the highly eclectic soundtrack to the 1994 dark satire Natural Born Killers. Industrial symphonies abound. 1. Actors: Crosses (It Will Come to You, 2018) Artoffact 2. Kalte: Chemotrophs (Glaciations, 2009) Dark Winter 3. The Pack AD: Thomas Hardy (Dollhouse, 2017) Cadence 4. Lindi Ortega: Pablo (Liberty, 2018) Shadowbox/Soundly 5. Donato Dozzy: For Arnaud (The Loud Silence, 2015) Further 6. The Shacks: Texas (Haze, 2018) Big Crown/Orchard Music/Rough Trade 7. The Black Angels: I'd Kill for Her (Death Song, 2017) Partisan 8. Mondkopf: Locked (The Last Tales, 2016) In Paradisum 9. Mushy: I Don't Care (Breathless, 2012) Mannequin 10. FET.NAT: Trust Cops (Gaoler EP, 2017) Boiled 11. Classic UFO Hunter: Coming to Get Us (Earth Evasion, 2015) Mutefakemusic 12. Mourning Coup: Inner Eye (Light House, 2009) self-released 13. Vandal Moon: Baby Sounds (Wild Insane, 2018) Starfield 14. Olekranon: Dynel (Aphelion, 2014) Inam 15. Odonis Odonis: Nasty Boy (No Pop, 2017) Telep

Eeriely appropriate for visiting family & friends for Thanksgiving, we continue on with our horror month leading up to Hallowe'en with Michael Abels' score to Jordan Peele's 2017 thriller Get Out. 1. Cast: It's Thanksgiving for Everybody (The Bob's Burgers Music Album, 2017) Sub Pop 2. Jolin Ras: Northvan Drive-by (Northern Lights EP, 2015) self-released 3. Grouper: Thanksgiving Song (Grid of Points, 2018) Kranky 4. The Constantines: Thank You for Sending Me an Angel (Thank You for Sending Me an Angel 7", 2014) Sub Pop 5. Shaolin Afronauts: Shaolin Theme (Flight of the Ancients, 2011) Freestyle 6. The RZA & Howard Drossin: The Last Battle (The Man with the Iron Fists OST: Deluxe Ultra Pak, 2012) Soul Temple 7. Raekwon: Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang (Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang, 2011) Ice H2O/EMI 8. El Michels Affair: Shaolin Brew (Return to the 37th Chamber, 2017) Big Crown 9. Apollo Ghosts: Shaolin Barhop (Forgotten Triangle EP, 2009) Catbird 10. The Grapes of Wrath: Misunderstanding (Brave New Wave Sessions, 2018) CBC/Artof

It's the start to our semi-regular annual horror month! In the lead-up to Hallowe'en, we'll focus on scary scores for the rest of October and we start with Steve Moore's music from the 2014 indie thriller The Guest. 1. Khotin: Welcome (Beautiful You, 2018) Khotin Industries 2. Chorus: M Sunne (Black Paradise, 2014) self-released 3. Gary Numan: Stories (Dance, 1981) Beggars Banquet 4. Kid Koala & Emiliana Torrini: Satellite (Music to Draw to: Satellite, 2017) Arts & Crafts 5. Kid Koala & Emiliana Torrini: Nightfall (Music to Draw to: Satellite, 2017) Arts & Crafts 6. Wayne Lavallee: Indian Man (The Road Forward OST, 2018) National Film Board of Canada 7. Jeremy Dutcher: Sakomawit (Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, 2018) self-released 8. Teen Daze: An Alpine Forest (Themes for a New Earth, 2017) Flora 9. Paupière: Elle et Lui (Jeunes Instants EP, 2017) Lisbon Lux 10. Suuns: Moonbeams (Felt, 2018) Secretly Canadian 11. RAMZi: Bibwel Intro [w.Asael] (Phobiza Volume 3: Amor Fati, 2018) FATi 12. Mitski: Why Didn't You S

It's been a while since we've had both John Barry and a space theme, so we'll mix both together with the super dark 1979 Disney live-action film The Black Hole. (We'll save Moonraker for another time.) 1. Cast: Hello! (The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording, 2011) Ghostlight 2. Amon Tobin: Encounter on Io [Lee Gamble reshape] (Dark Jovian EP, 2015) Ninja Tune 3. Eleanor Friedberger: Make Me a Song (Rebound, 2018) Frenchkiss 4. Japanese Breakfast: 12 Steps (Soft Sounds from Another Planet, 2017) Dead Oceans 5. Attileo Mineo: Welcome to Tomorrow [instrumental] (Man in Space with Sounds, 1959) World's Fair 6. Chvrches: Graffiti (Love is Dead, 2018) Goodbye/Virgin EMI 7. Childish Gambino: Summertime Magic (Summer Pack EP, 2018) Wolf+Rothstein/Liberator Music/RCA 8. Dixie's Death Pool: Some Kind of Desolation (Twilight, Sound Mountain, 2017) Leisure Thief 9. Parquet Courts: Total Football (Wide Awake! 2018) Rough Trade 10. Crime: Hot Wire My Heart (Hot Wire My Heart 7", 1976) Crime 11. Peter Thomas

Looking through past episodes, we've never done a proper profile on the legendary disco producer Giorgio Moroder. We correct that this week as we go back 40 years to his Oscar-winning score to Midnight Express. 1. Chromeo: Just Friends [w.Amber Mark] (Head Over Heels, 2018) Atlantic 2. Chad Munson: Infinity Mirror (Albedo, 2014) Magnetic Domain 3. Rachid Taha: Rock el Casbah (Tékitoi, 2004) Barclay/Universal 4. Nese Karaböcek: Yali Yali [Todd Terje edit] (2016) self-released 5. Eddie Warner: Telex (Progressive Percussions, 1968) L'Illustration Musicale 6. Telex: Moskow Diskow (Looking for Saint Tropez, 1978) RKM/Sire/Disques Vogue 7. Sink Ya Teeth: Glass [album mix] (Sink Ya Teeth, 2018) Hey Buffalo 8. Cherushii: Wild Abandon (Nobody's Fool EP, 2015) self-released 9. Kellarissa: Hey Hey Rosé (Ocean Electro, 2018) Mint 10. Ocean City Defender: Perfect Wish (2018) self-released 11. Light Blending In: Repetition of Weeks (Last Word, 2018) Downpour Spirit 12. Chaos in the CBD: Common Unity [w.Archie Pelago] (Mi

Peter Ricq is one half of the local electro act Humans. Ricq also made his full-length directoral debut this year with the comedic horror film Dead Shack, so we'll profile Humans' score to that film amongst acts playing this week's Westward Music Festival. 1. The Juan Maclean: What Do You Feel Free About? (What Do You Feel Free About? single, 2018) DFA 2. E.R. Roberts: Very Hot Sauna No. 2 (Moods for Sauna 1 & 2, 2017) self-released 3. Kelela: Jupiter (Take Me Apart, 2017) Warp 4. Louise Burns: Who's the Madman (Young Mopes, 2017) Light Organ 5. Richard Behrke & Jake Holmes: Chevelle (Music from Building a Better Way: The 1974 Chevrolet Announcement Film, 1974) Chevrolet/HEA 6. Necking: Ford Commercial (Meditation Tape, 2017) self-released 7. Tough Age: Everyday Life (Shame, 2017) Mint 8. David Bowie: Moss Garden (Heroes, 1977) RCA Victor 9. Leon Bridges: Bad Bad News (Good Thing, 2018) Columbia/Sony 10. Mac Miller: Dang! [w.Anderson.Paak] (The Divine Feminine, 2016) Warner Bros 11. Clams Casino: One Last T

Labour Day means the return of school. What better way to kick off a year of education with selections from Anna Meredith's score to the 2018 film Eighth Grade. 1. Nova Nova vs. Joy Division: Love Will Tear Us Apart (Love Will Tear Us Apart 7”, 2002) Curious Fox 2. Pacific Coliseum: Ocean City (Ocean City, 2017) Coastal Haze 3. Childish Gambino: Feels Like Summer (Summer Pack EP, 2018) Wolf+Rothstein/Liberator Music/RCA 4. Video Age: Pop Therapy (Pop Therapy, 2018) Inflated 5. Jóhann Jóhannsson: End of Summer, Pt. 3 [w.Hildur Guðnadóttir] (End of Summer, 2015) Sonic Pieces 6. Wolf Saga: Keep Dancing (2017) self-released 7. Kellarissa: The Radio (Ocean Electro, 2018) Mint 8. Light Blending In: Ever Know (Last Word, 2018) Downpour Spirit 9. Nicholas Krgovich: I Don't Know (In an Open Field, 2017) Tin Angel 10. Leon Patriz: Eclipses (Virtual Reality, 2018) self-released 11. Ensemble Modern: Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians, Section 1 (Music for 18 Musicians, 1998) BMG Classics/RCA Red Seal 12. Primetime: Pe

gak's back and profiling the composer Patrick Williams (1939-2018) and scores from his films Cuba and Breaking Away. We also pay tribute to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin (1942-2018). 1. Aretha Franklin: Think (Aretha Now, 1968) Atlantic 2. A Silver Mt Zion: For Wanda (He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corners of Our Rooms, 2000) Constellation 3. Aretha Franklin: One Step Ahead (One Step Ahead 7", 1965) Columbia 4. Aretha Franklin: Save Me (I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, 1967) Atlantic 5. Giancarlo Barigozzi Group: Theme for Aretha (Rock in the Air, 197?) Eurec/Jump 6. El Michels Affair: Unathi (Unathi 7", 2018) Big Crown 7. The Ba-roz: The Last Time (Eccentric Soul: The Saru Label, 2018) Numero Group 8. Karriem Riggins: Bahia Dreamin' (Headnod Suite, 2017) Stones Throw 9. D.O.A: The Prisoner (Something Better Change, 1980) Can.Friends/Sudden Death/Alternative Tentacles 10. Club Sofa: Cool 4 Me (2017) self-released 11. Plains Apparition: Contact Memorial (Adrift, 2018

Following up our recent profile on The Handmaiden, we swing from past oppression to eerily prescient dystopic future oppression with two different scores tied to adaptations of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale: Ryuichi Sakamoto's score from the 1990 film adaptation and Adam Taylor's music from the the television series. 1. 79.5: Boy Don't Be Afraid (Predictions, 2018) Big Crown 2. Midori Takada: Crossing (Through the Looking Glass, 1983) Palto Flats/WRWTFWW 3. Santigold: Gold Fire (I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Sessions, 2018) Downtown 4. TOPS: Topless (Sugar at the Gate, 2017) Arbutus 5. Ross from Friends: Thank God I'm a Lizard (Family Portrait, 2018) Brainfeeder 6. Essaie Pas: Lights Out (Demain est une autre neut, 2016) DFA 7. Alexia Avina: If I'm the One that You Need (Surrender EP, 2017) Moonboy 8. Valiska: La Tourette [Rooms] (La Tourette, 2014) self-released 9. Peaking Lights: Conga Blue (2016) Two Flowers 10. Daphni: Xian Tian (Joli Mai, 2017) Jiaolong 11. Homework: Yakushima Dreams (Palindrome

For your British Columbia Day broadcast, which lines up nicely with Vancouver Pride activities, our profile will be on the score to the 2016 South Korean erotic thriller The Handmaiden. 1. Robyn: Missing U (Missing U single, 2018) Interscope/Island/Konichiwa 2. Minimal Violence: Mass (Rapids: The 2015 Sessions 12", 2017) Jungle Gym 3. Awwful: Human (Human EP, 2017) self-released 4. Freddie James: Everybody Here Do Your Thing (Freddie James, 1981) Black Sun 5. Pizzicato Five: Darlin' of Discothèque (The Fifth Release from Matador, 2000) Matador 6. Hexen: Crescent Moon (2018) self-released 7. Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Sunset Village (Keyboard Fantasies, 1986) Atlast 8. Laurel Halo: Raw Silk Uncut Wood (Raw Silk Uncut Wood, 2018) Latency 9. A Tribe Called Red: The Light [w.Lido Pimienta] (We are the Halluci Nation, 2016) Radicalized/Pirates Blend 10. Charlotte Day Wilson: Let You Down (Stone Woman EP, 2018) self-released 11. Pye Corner Audio: The Simplest Equation (Run for the Shadows EP, 2016) Lapsus 12. Beach H