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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 #305 - "What a way to paint a railroad " (2016...

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2016/03/29

gak's on business in India so along with longer pieces, let's mark his travel with some of the Bollywood selections from Wes Anderson's 2007 film The Darjeeling Limited.1. Sapna Mukherjee: Pyar Do Pyar Lo from Janbaaz (The Best of Bollywood: 15 Classic Hits from the Indian Cinema, 2003) Hip-O/Universal2. Heartbeat(s): Eastside (Forever Violet EP, 2016) Loveless3. Sinfonieorchester Basel: Movement VI - V2 Schneider [Dennis Russell Davies: conductor] (Philip Glass' Symphony No. 4: Heroes, 2012) Orange

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119:45

XHM #304 - "Combining the crimefighting power of...

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2016/03/22

Time for some B-movie stoner rock as we profile the 2014 Canuxploitation film Wolfcop and its score by Saskatoon's Shooting Guns. Any howling you may hear did not originate from this programming so watch your back, bush party attendee.1. TV on the Radio: Wolf Like Me (Return to Cookie Mountain, 2006) 4AD2. Shooting Guns: Doomlight Desires (Barn Burner 7", 2015) RidingEasy3. Fuck Buttons: Brainfreeze (Slow Focus, 2013) ATP4. Wooden Shjips: Other Stars (Back to Land, 2013) Thrill Jockey5. Malcom

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XHM #303 - "Speedboat to salvation" (2016 March 14)

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2016/03/15

Sir George Martin (1926-2016) had a profound influence on music due to his time producing the Beatles, so in honour of his life, we profile some of his novelty releases, instrumental themes, his score to the James Bond film Live and Let Die plus some Yellow Submarine.1. CITR: I've Suffered for My Music (S.U.B. Pop Compilation, 1993) CITR2. Duffy: Live and Let Die (War Child presents Heroes, 2009) Parlophone3. Common Vernacular: 32 Rue de Navarin (2014) self-released4. Dead Moon: Dead Moon Night

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XHM #302 - "Black belt on barstools" (2016 March 07)

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2016/03/08

Celebrating 40 years breathing air, gak takes some time to catch up on Black History Month (February, he's late) whilst anticipating International Women's Day with music from Pam Grier's blaxploitation films Foxy Brown, Coffy & Friday Foster. 1. Jimmy Carter: Political Campaign for President (Politicking: Volume 1, 2011) Funky Frolic2. Silver Dapple: I Hate My Birthday (I Hate My Birthday EP, 2014) FORCHRISTSAKE3. James Murphy for IBM: Match 140 [remix] (Remixes Made with Tennis Data, 2014) IBM4. DJ

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121:33

XHM #301 - "The prettiest week of our lives" (2016...

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2016/03/01

It's Leap Day for CITR's 2016 edition of the Fundrive! As part of our Oscar recap, we put the spotlight on Howard Shore's score to the winner of the Best Picture: Spotlight.http://citr.ca/donate1. Tom Holkenborg [aka Junkie XL]: Claw Trucks [extended version] (Mad Max: Fury Road OST, 2015) Watertower2. Lnrdcroy: Terragem (UNTHANK008 10", 2015) Firecracker3. Ennio Morricone & the Czech National Symphony Orchestra: Neve (Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight OST, 2015) Third Man/Decca4. Ryuichi

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124:40

XHM #300! "No word on what happened to the labyrinth...

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2016/02/23

The 88th Academy Awards are handed out this Sunday (February 28) so since we heard all the nominated scores, it's time for all the original songs that were nominated. Along with representing films like Spectre, 50 Shades of Grey, The Hunting Ground, Racing Extinction and Youth, it's also time for our belated tribute to David Bowie (1947-2016) with his connection to film.1. A Tribe Called Quest: Award Tour (Midnight Marauders, 1993) Jive2. Pour le Plasir: The Movie (Tin Machine EP, 2015) Blue

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XHM #299 - "Department of external affairs" (2016...

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2016/02/16

Not only do we have the 5th and final nominee for Best Original Score, Carter Burwell's Carol, Vancouver band Milk stops by and plays a live set. There's a rambolic interview with them (and Soft Serve head Kyle), poor jokes, sports & a contention about a Discorder review.1. Les Paul & Mary Ford: Smoke Rings (Bye Bye Blues!, 1952) Capitol2. Scuba: Solitary Confinement (Phenix 2 12", 2014) Hotflush3. Boats: Movie Scores We Hummed (Cannonballs Cannonballs! 2010) Kill Rock Stars4. Neil Richardson:

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XHM #298 - "Take me to the other riverside" (2016...

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2016/02/09

Oscar season continues with the 4th nominated soundtrack nominated for Best Original Score: Thomas Newman's music for Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies. We'll also dance about comedy, celebrate the Year of the Monkey and put blips and bloops in your magnetic mind.1. Casey Mecija: Gonna Gun (Psychic Materials, 2016) self-released2. Marie Davidson: Insomnie (Un Autre Voyage, 2015) Holodeck3. Jessy Lanza: It Means I Love You (Oh No, 2016) Hyperdub4. Tiyiselani Vomaseve: Vanghoma (Shangaan Electro: New

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XHM #297 - "On-ramp to the border" (2016 February 01)

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2016/02/02

Our 3rd Oscar profile on this extended episode looks at Jóhann Jóhannsson's music from Sicaro, up for a Best Score Award amongst others. We also have Vancouver/Olympia band Underpass live in the show amidst tributes to the recently deceased.Jefferson Starship: Jane (Freedom at Point Zero, 1979) Grunt/RCASidewinder: Quest (Dnepr_Vancouver 1.0, 2015) Reclaim Your CityJefferson Airplane: Today (Surrealistic Pillow, 1967) RCA VictorCrosby, Stills & Nash: Wooden Ships (Crosby Stills & Nash, 1969)

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EPISODE 296: "GAK STRIKES BACK" (2016 January 25)

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2016/01/26

Oscar season continues with a profile on John Williams' latest addition to the Star Wars saga: The Force Awakens. As a bonus, there's also his score from the original Star Wars sequel, The Empire Strikes Back; Holst's big classical influence on George Lucas' series; some spacy David Bowie and a couple acts associated with the Vancouver Push International Performing Arts Festival.1. John Williams & The London Symphony Orchestra: Twentieth Century Fox Fanfare With CinemaScope Extension (Star Wars

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XHM #295 - "GR8FUL" (2016 January 18)

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2016/01/19

Nicely timed for my 8th anniversary on air here at CITR, it's Oscar season! So here's the Oscar-nominated (and Golden Globe-winning) score from Ennio Morricone to Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight. So much love to go around and then hide.1. The Clash: Hateful (London Calling, 1979) CBS/Epic2. Ron Hardly: Plus Hate (Worth It, 2014) Aural Sects3. The BB Guns: Baby, I Hate You (Baby I Hate You EP, 2013) Marineville4. The Hives: Hate to Say I Told You So (Veni Vidi Vicious, 2000) Burning

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60:02

24 Hrs of Radio Art - "War of the Worlds" by Sara...

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2016/01/17

Bonus episode: I couldn't come up with anything for this year's celebration of art's birthday, but I did appear on Sara Lapsley's adaptation of H.G. Wells "War of the Worlds", most famously made into a radio play by Orson Welles. Along with me, there are appearances from Jon Wurster, Kaj Korvela and Jane Turner.

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XHM #294 - "Resilience under shifting stars" (2016...

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2016/01/12

The film won 3 Golden Globes this past Sunday but its score is ineligible for an Oscar due to "too many composers". We look at The Revenant and some music from Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto. This supersized episode also dissects New Order's Blue Monday and mourns David Bowie (1947-2016) -- expect a longer profile later once I get more sleep than this long show.1. David Bowie: The Man Who Sold the World (The Man Who Sold the World, 1970) Mercury2. Shiro Sagisu: Heisoku no Kakudai (The End of

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XHM #293 - "To every corner of the earth" (2016...

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2016/01/05

To kick off a new year, it's time to listen to Disasterpeace. Along with his music from the recent indie horror film It Follows, there will be his chiptune score from the 2012 indie video game FEZ. Hello 2016, goodbye Lemmy (& Scott & JB). 1. CITR: A Date That Will Live in Infamy (SUB Pop, 1963) CITR2. Radiohead: Spectre (2015) unreleased3. AT/NU: Subsurface [extended mix] (PSI Grove, 2014) 1080p4. DJ Shadow: Swerve (2015) Liquid Amber [forthcoming release]5. Teen Daze: Célébrer (2015)

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XHM #292 - "A festive fifteen, riding eternal, all...

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2015/12/22

Our annual year-in-review episode, taking songs that defined the past twelve months, along with the score to the key film of 2015 -- Mad Max: Fury Road, as composed by Junkie XL. What a lovely year.1. The Chemical Brothers: Go [w.Q-Tip] (Born in the Echoes, 2015) Virgin EMI/Astralwerks2. Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld: The Rest of Us (Never Were the Way She Was, 2015) Constellation3. Beck: Dreams (Dreams single, 2015) Capitol/Fonograf4. Grimes: Artangels (Art Angels, 2015) 4AD5. Ladyfrnd: Adieu

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XHM #291 - "Bubblegum Beethoven" (2015 December 14)

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2015/12/15

Now time for a personal favourite: Vince Guaraldi and his music from not just A Charlie Brown Christmas, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, but other Peanuts media, including other TV specials and film. Plenty of melodic jazz for the young at heart, whether you were a Snoopy fan or not. There are other Christmas songs to counterprogram against your usual mainstream selection."Who cares about money?!? This is ART, you blockhead! This is great music I'm playing, and playing great music is an

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EPISODE 290: "TOSHI STATION BLUES" (2015 December 07)

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2015/12/08

It is a time of impatience. Years of waiting for a profile on the legendary JOHN WILLIAMS and his music from the 1977 film STAR WARS is finally rescued from the clutches of obscurity by the rogue music dealer KORGA IKTHU aboard the scrappy starship C.I.T.R. However, after some distracting asteroids and related audio material, the ship overheats as Korga plots a controlled crash into an uncharted sound system...1. The London Symphony Orchestra: 20th Century Fox Fanfare [conductor: John Williams]

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XHM #289 - "Kites in a hurricane" (2015 November 30)

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2015/12/01

Let's go on about the mechanism and touch upon Bonds new (Spectre) and Bonds old (From Russia with Love). Plus the Big Joy Festival and Mint Records' Ridiculously Early Christmas Party this weekend. Let me be the author of all your pain and then scribble some happy doodles in the margins.1. David Arnold & Natacha Atlas: From Russia with Love (Shaken & Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project, 1997) East West2. OKPK: Blacklight (2010, 2013) Low Indigo3. OKPK: Twinned [live] (2015) self-released4

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XHM #288 - "Shaking the stick of justice" (2015...

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2015/11/24

Do I look like I sailed through space on a synthi-biscuit? Judge Dredd is our theme, as we dish out bits from released scores from Alan Silvestri and Paul Leonard-Morgan and unreleased ones from Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow. gak also plays a bad ukulele badly; he should feel bad.These are your new laws:1. Fink Bros: Mutants in Mega City One [Mutie mix] (Mutants In Mega-City One 12", 1985) Zarjazz2. Tim Hecker: Apondalifa (Norberg single, 2015) Room403. Tim Hecker: Prism (Virgins, 2013)

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XHM #287 - "Picking up the pieces and building a new...

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2015/11/17

There have been better weeks. As unplanned go, along with what has happened in Paris, Baghdad, Lebanon, Egypt & Kenya this week, this partially improvised show looks at Allen Toussaint (1938-2015) and a score half-done earlier this week: Fumio Hayasaka's music from The Seven Samurai.1. Panda Bear: Untying the Knot (Mr Noah EP, 2014) Domino 2. Suuns & Jerusalem in My Heart: 2amoutu I7tirakan (Suuns & Jerusalem in My Heart, 2015) Secretly Canadian3. Eagles of Death Metal: Save a Prayer (Zipper Down,

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