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Exploding Head Movies

CiTR & Discorder Magazine

Join gak as he explores music from the movies, tunes from television and any other cinematic source, along with atmospheric pieces, cutting edge new tracks and strange old goodies that could be used in a soundtrack to be. The spotlight swings widely to encompass composers, genres and other categories, but all in the name of discovery and ironclad whimsy.

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XHM #325 - "Pleasantries and hot panda milk" (2016...

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2016/08/16

Hop aboard the X-1 as we profile JG Thirlwell, some of his work from Foetus along with his score to the Cartoon Network series The Venture Brothers, including music off the recently released 2nd volume. Go Team Venture!1. Grimes: Medieval Warfare (Suicide Squad OST, 2016) Atlantic/Warner Bros2. Loner: Crab Park (Chapel Sound Compilation: Volume 1, 2015) Chapel Sound3. Eli Muro: Orphan's Son [w.Meghan Eliza] (Dreamtime Hunter EP, 2014) Jellyfish4. Akanak: Catch (Chapel Sound Compilation: Volume 1,

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121:32

XHM #324 - "Please call him Mister Marshall" (2016...

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2016/08/09

A weirder episode than usual as we pay tribute to creator/director Garry Marshall (1934-2016), focusing on his sitcoms from the 1970s: Happy Days and one of its spinoffs, Laverne & Shirley.1. Jim Haas: Theme from Happy Days (Happy Days OST, 1975) ABC2. Memoryhouse: Knife in the Water (Soft Hate, 2016) Beko/self-released3. Project Pablo: Beaubien Dream (Beaubien Dream, 2016) SOBO4. Zomby x Burial: Sweetz (Sweetz 10", 2016) Hyperdub5. Le Roi Crocodile: Summer with You (JPN 2006, 2015) self-released6

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XHM #323 - "Rise above the raw sewage" (2016 August 01)

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2016/08/02

With the Rio Olympics starting in a few days, it's time for a biannual tradition with Brazilian music, profiling Luis Bonfa & Antonio Carlos Jobim's groundbreaking score to the 1959 film Black Orpheus.1. Funk 'n Lata & Ivo Meirelles: Sambadrone (Red Hot & Rio, 1996) Antilles/Verve2. Tor: Let Me Down (Drum Therapy, 2012) Loci3. Tim Hecker: Violet Monumental I (Love Streams, 2016) 4AD/Paper Bag4. Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra: Einojuhani Rautavaara's Symphony No 7, Movement II - Molto Allegro

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XHM #322 - "Ensconced in glamour" (2016 July 25)

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2016/07/26

This episode is to be played at maximum volume. With Pride Week in effect, we got our act together and stitched together a long-overdue profile on Todd Hayne's 1998 glam rock ode Velvet Goldmine, a little late to honour David Bowie but this is for the fans. We also look at the life of Alan Vega (1938-2016) as we don feather boas.1. Prince: Controversy [single version] (Controversy, 1981) Warner Bros2. Jeremy Greenspan & Borys: But Wait There's More (But Wait There's More single, 2016) Jiaolong3

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XHM #321 - "Augmented restraint" (2016 July 18)

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2016/07/19

Mondkopf and Karsten Fundal scored the Welsh/Danish 2015 film Bridgend, so we'll have a moody electronic/orchestral profile. Otherwise, Vancouver band Kubla Khan swung by the station and made their live radio debut with songs off their new self-titled EP.1. Tom Anthony: Theme from 3-2-1 Contact [2nd version] (3-2-1 Contact, 1983) Children's Television Workshop2. Kim Fowley: The Trip (The Trip single, 1965) Corby3. Angel Rada: Basheeba (Venezuela 70, 2016) Soul Jazz4. Kubla Khan: Dreamer [live]

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XHM #320 - "Follow the royal rainbow" (2016 July 11)

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2016/07/12

For the benefit of several listeners, we go into some of the music from the first 2 games from the Katamari video game series. gak's back from vacation and is partially aware of all the things that need to be rolled up on earth. 1. Electric Youth: Final Girl (Innerworld [deluxe edition], 2014) Secretly Canadian/Last Gang2. Lnrdcroy: Freedom for Antboy II (UNTHANK008 10", 2015) Unthank3. Kaytranada: Breakdance Lesson No.1 (99.9%, 201 6) XL4. Bernardino Femminielli: Plaisirs Américains (Plaisirs

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XHM #319 - "Control option command" (2016 July 04)

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2016/07/05

A pre-recorded episode tied to Daniel Pemberton's score to the Danny Boyle's biopic about the Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.1. Teen Girl Scientist Monthly: Summer Skin (Modern Dances, 2013) self-released2. Project Pablo: Closer (Beaubien Dream, 2016) SOBO3. Jolin Ras: Something About You (2015) self-released4. Shaunic: Mo $ (Chapel Sound Compilation: Volume 1, 2015) Chapel Sound5. Pearson Sound: Crank Call (Pearson Sound, 2015) Hessle Audio6. People Tanning: I Don't Want to Be a Nuisance (On the

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XHM #318 - "Faith in chaos theory" (2016 June 27)

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2016/06/28

We turn our clocks back to 1998 as we go electronic before diving into Clint Mansell's first score for Darren Aronfsky's 1998 debut Pi. These are the numbers in a certain order:1. Montag: Set Adrift on a Memory of You (Des Cassettes et un Walkman Jaune, 2009) self-released2. Paulo J Ferreira Lopes: Norte (Feeze, 2013) Atrito-AfeitoTHREE POINT Odonis Odonis: Nervous (Post Plague, 2016) Telephone Explosion4. Doomsquad: Pyramids on Mars (Total Time, 2016) Bella Union 5. Unfollow: Half Blu (Blue

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XHM #317 - "Fuel-injected juice-inside machine" (2016...

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2016/06/21

For your summer solstice needs (or winter for you antipodeans), we enter the wastelands to listen to music from Mad Max, The Road Warrior & Beyond Thunderdome. Your Ayatollahs of Rock and Rollas:1. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Brenda (Orange, 1994) Matador2. Marie Davidson: Kidnap You in the Desert (Un Autre Voyage, 2015) Holodeck3. Jessy Lanza: VV Violence (Oh No, 2016) Hyperdub4. The Besnard Lakes: Pressure of Our Plans (A Coliseum Complex Museum, 2016) Outside Music5. Savant: Stationary Dance

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XHM #316 - "Granite poems" (2016 June 13)

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2016/06/14

Nicolas Jaar's alternative soundtrack to the 1969 Armenian film The Colour of Pomegranates anchors this goofy little episode, ranging from the recently rejigged Levitation Vancouver festival, a wide array of French songs and other weirdness for a very loose experience.1. Bobby Curtola: Fortune Teller (Mr. Personality, 1962) Tartan2. Omega: Kérgeskezű Favágok/Callous-handed Woodcutters (10 000 Lépés, 1969) Qualiton3. Dada Plan: Helpless (The Madness Hides, 2015) Kingfisher Bluez4. Thee Oh Sees: Devil

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XHM #315 - "Asteroids taunt me" (2016 June 06)

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2016/06/07

May was originally going to be primarily video game month but news cycles happened so this straggler of a profile on the weird game Flywrench will tackle a selection of the vital Los Angeles underground bass scene.1. The Avalanches: Frankie Sinatra [w.Danny Brown & MF Doom, extended mix] (Wildflower, 2016) Modular/Astralwerks/XL/EMI2. Olin: People Fix (From Iceland 12", 2016) Giegling3. Project Pablo: Follow It Up [Dandana mix] (I Want to Believe 12", 2015) 1080p 4. AT/NU: Shift (Psi Grove, 2014)

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XHM #314 - "Perry Mason's Hawaiian shirt collection"...

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2016/05/31

Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet play Vancouver for the first time in decades this week, so we play tribute to the instrumental trio with music from The Kids in the Hall, along with rarities, covers and other odd material.1. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Unwatchable (Sport Fishin': The Lure of the Bait, The Luck of the Hook, 2016) Yep Roc2. The Cure: Lovesong (Disintegration, 1989) Elektra3. David Julyan: Colorado Springs (The Prestige OST, 2006) Hollywood4. Merle Haggard & The Strangers: Colorado

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XHM #313 - "Music is our vital apparatus" (2016 May 23)

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2016/05/24

From the relaxation vault to the enrichment centre, for Victoria Day, we have music from the Portal video game series direct from the Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory. Hold your Weighted Companion Cube tightly as you listen.This is a triumph.1. Savages: TIWYG (Adore Life, 2016) Matador2. Teen Daze: Another Night (A World Away EP, 2015) Plancha3. Breakbot: Shades of Black (By Your Side, 2012) Ed Banger4. Yeasayer: Henrietta (Fragrant World, 2012) Secretly Canadian5. Padded Cell: Signal

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XHM #312 - "Home in the clouds of sound" (2016 May 16)

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2016/05/17

We pause our video game soundtrack month to commemorate the life of the Japanese composer and synth pioneer Isao Tomita with a panoply of his orchestral and moogy music from film, TV and space.Ichi, ni, san, shi, go.1. Isao Tomita: Premiere Arabesque (Snowflakes are Dancing, 1974) RCA2. Teen Daze: Tokyo Winter (Paradiso EP, 2014) self-released3. Andy Stott: New Romantic (Too Many Voices, 2016) Modern Love4. Anohni: 4 Degrees (Hopelessness, 2016) Rough Trade/Secretly Canadian5. Moderat: Rusty Nails

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XHM #311 - "Each man kills the screen he loves" (2016...

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2016/05/10

Car 11-K, advise dispatch that video game month continues by profiling 1940s era music and Andrew Hale's score to the 2011 video game LA Noire. 1. Sparks: Beat the Clock (No.1 in Heaven, 1979) Virgin/Elektra2. Babel: Beg (Alphabeta 3: Organizm, 2015) Arachnidiscs3. Radiohead: Burn the Witch (A Moon Shaped Pool, 2016) XL4. Owen Pallett: The Riverbed (In Conflict, 2014) Domino/Secret City5. Isao Tomita: Golliwog's Cakewalk [Children's Corner, No. 6] (Clair de Lune, 1974) RCA6. Arcade Fire: Soft Power

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XHM #310 - "The lost souls alliance beckons" (2016...

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2016/05/03

If anyone died this week, perhaps they sought guidance to the 9th Underworld, which is where this week's soundtrack profile bases itself as we look at the remastered score to the video game Grim Fandango, which itself was rereleased recently.1. Wolf Parade: Little Golden Age (Expo 86, 2010) Sub Pop2. Strangling Fruit: Raft Without Paddle (Strangling Fruit EP, 2015) self-released3. Preoccupations: March of Progress (Viet Cong, 2015) Sub Pop4. She-Devils: Where There's No One (She-Devils EP, 2015)

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XHM #309 - "May we all live to see the dawn" (2016...

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2016/04/26

The hits keep on coming, though not the way we expect. Prince (1958-2016) has left us here, so we have covers, early songs, B-sides and soundtracks, particularly the lesser known songs from 1984's Purple Rain.1. Prince & The Revolution: Let's Go Crazy (Purple Rain OST, 1984) Warner Bros2. Guidewire: The Churn (Surges EP, 2015) self-released3. Catholic Girls: Berlin (Psychic Woman, 2015) Shake!4. Alvvays: Atop a Cake (Alvvays, 2014) Royal Mountain/Polyvinyl5. Monty Alexander: Chameleon (Monty Strikes

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XHM #308 - "Have you seen this boy at Tech Noir?"...

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2016/04/19

Travel back in time to the time of cyborg invasions. Brad Fiedel's scores to 1984's The Terminator & 1991's sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day are given their due, along with plenty of touring acts that drift towards more machine-driven mayhem.1. Guns'n Roses: You Could Be Mine (Use Your Illusion II, 1991) Geffen2. Arturo Sandoval: Blackbird (I Got No Kick Against Modern Jazz - A GRP Artists' Celebration of The Beatles, 1995) GRP3. The Beatles: Hey Bulldog (Yellow Submarine OST, 1969) Apple4. Paul

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XHM #307 - "If only the dairy council knew" (2016...

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2016/04/12

Set the butter aside and slide a bottle down the table -- we profile Gato Barbieri (1932-2016) & his score to the controversial 1972 film Last Tango in Paris. Also a tip of the hat and a pour of wine for Merle Haggard (1937-2016). Qu'est-ce qui passe?1. Leon Haywood: I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You (Come and Get Yourself Some, 1975) 20th Century 2. Gotan Project: Last Tango in Paris (La Revancha del Tango, 2001) Ya Basta/XL3. Merle Haggard: Mama Tried (Mama Tried, 1968) Capitol4. Merle Haggard &

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XHM #306 - "Find me by dirigible" (2016 April 04)

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2016/04/05

gak's back from India; along with a weird sonic tour of the sub-continent, there are tributes to Garry Shandling, Phife Dawg & Keith Emerson. There's a weird metal break halfway through that wasn't intentional but kinda fun as a departure.1. Kalyanji Anandji & Dan the Automator: Theme from Don (Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars & Sitars, 1998) Motel2. Les Fontaines: Canandaa (Magic Touch, 2013) Paper + Sound3. Anoushka Shankar: Boat to Nowhere (Land of Gold, 2016) Deutsche Grammophon4. Mychael Danna:

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