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With their massive sonics and anthemic pop songwriting, Woolworm is an arena rock band that just so happens to perform in DIY venues. Their music, which somehow seamlessly combines shoegaze, Britpop, post-punk, hardcore and black-metal into an impossibly cohesive sound, is the sum of their parts. Heather Black pounds her bass like she’s ripping a basement punk set before delivering sweet vocal harmonies straight out of the C86 compilation. Nick Tolliday pummels his drums with the reckless abandon of the hardcore scene that birthed the band. All the while, dual guitarists Alex Pomeroy and Giles Roy offer intricate, complex riff interplay as often as they stomp their pedals and break into hard-hitting power chords. “People seem to be rightfully wary of rock in general,” frontman Giles Roy says, admitting that his band’s complicated genre blending is rooted in the familiar. “I like the underdog feeling.” That scrappiness is self-evident, but make no mistake: Woolworm are anything but underdogs. The band’s thir

Vancouver’s fast-rising, dream-pop quintet Blonde Diamond (formerly Youngblood) is reimagining the live-music experience with their palpable, unapologetic, atmospheric vibe and performance. What started as a creative outlet for front-woman, Alexis Young, Blonde Diamond has now received international recognition for their “simultaneously dreamy and vicious” sound led by powerhouse vocals and ethereal instrumentals. Crowds surrender to the Karen O-like frantic energy and Debbie Harry-esque magnetism. This world-class wrecking crew has toured extensively across Canada, Europe, Australia, the US, and India, sharing bills with Portugal. the Man, Broken Social Scene, CCR, and Chromeo, as well as sold-out Commodore Ballroom shows in Vancouver with Bishop Briggs and Mother Mother. They were named a must-see band at Toronto’s Canadian Music Week, BreakOut West and Australian Music Week 2016, as well as playing festivals FOCUS Wales and The Great Escape (UK), Reeperbahn (Germany), and NH7 Dotin (India) among many othe

CiTR's very own host of "Feeling Sounds" performs songs from her debut album "Irrationale".

Sarah's many artistic projects all orbit around the main project of survival - whether in conversation, performance, writing, or dance her voice rings through loud and clear as a fierce force for empathy and change. In her music, Sarah Jickling marries shimmering pop melodies to sharp, candid lyrics about her personal struggles with bipolar disorder. As a touring performer in BC high schools with the BC Schizophrenia Society’s Reach Out Psychosis program she uses music and humour as a tool to deliver practical, destigmatizing education about mental illness. In her newest creative practice, pole dancing and aerial silks, Sarah has turned a coping mechanism into a venue for conversations about shame and body positivity. On The Family Curse, Sarah explores mental illness within families and intergenerational trauma, and documents her childhood experiences and revelations about her family’s history of bipolar disorder.

Duot Bior Ajang aka Atorry Badmind is a South Sudanese musician who just moved to Vancouver in 2013. His music career began in 2010 and he's recorded over 40 songs in different genres ranging from Hip Hop, Reggae, Dancehall and Trap among others.

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. Instagram: @pukesword

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).

Right before Halloween in October 2018, Sigh did a live performance in studio for Thunderbird Radio Hell. Sigh is Dorothy, Shelby, Morgan and Jen - who first joined forces as a Cranberries cover band for the Halloween cover show in 2017. Their sound is languid, tender and melancholy- perfectly summed up by their name - sigh. On the show they discuss covering the Cranberries and Shania Twain, the peculiar phenomenon of sighing and they play a long game of family feud.

Cathy Schultes is 19, uses she/they pronouns, and plays guitar with her whole heart. She visited the station to play some powerful queer/trans/gender-nonconforming anthems in studio with Myles Black. She talks about being yourself on stage, trying to feel beautiful, rewriting highschool songs and just generally being an angel. Follow her on Instagram @cathythebrave

Vancouver Supergroup Garbage Dreams plays everything off their new album and then some! They discuss the mysteries of egg punk, their hopes and dreams, and welcome Santa Claus into the studio.

Vancouver Supergroup Garbage Dreams plays everything off their new album and then some! They debate whether their music is Classic Rock, Medieval New Wave, or somewhere on a spectrum between Chain Punk and Egg Punk. They also discuss their hopes and dreams :) The first half of a special holiday song is played.