Finally back live in the CJLO studios after nearly 2 1/2 years to the day since the studio had to close due to COVID restrictions and our last live studio episode aired - pretty jazzed!  Here's a batch of some fuzzy tunes to keep your ears sparking.  

Keep staying safe out there and wear your masks!

Playlist:
● Autolux - "30 Watt Apple Juice" (Intro)	
*talk break*

● Afghan Whigs - "I'll Make You See God"
● Archers of Loaf - "In the Surface Noise"
● Ombiigizi - "Cherry Coke"
*talk break*

● Yuragi - "While My Waves Wonder"
● Slowdive - "Everyone Knows"
● Soccer Mommy - "Shotgun" - request
● Momma - "Speeding 72"
					
● Narcy - "Data Rights (ft Shams)"
● Dalek - "Good"
*talk break*

● Killer Mike	 - "Run (ft Young Thug)"
● Brother Ali - "Uncle Sam Goddamn"
● Immortal Technique - "Civil war (ft Killer Mike, Brother Ali, and Chuck D)"

~hour break~

● Drive like jehu - "New Math"
● Hot snakes - "XOX"		
● Pinback - "From Nothing to Nowhere"
● Plosivs - "Hit the Brakes"
*talk break*

● Gutser - "The Spilling Joke"
● Tragedy - "Conflicting Ideas"
● Dirty Tricks - "Vaccination"

*talk break - Denis calls in*

● Vaux - "Cocaine James" - request
● Weird Nightmare - "Darkroom" - request
● Sugar - "Tilted"
● Marked Men - "Wait Here, Wait for You"
*talk break*

● Beachy Head - "Hiddensea"
● Tennis System - "Summer Sweater"
*talk break*

● Kestrels - "Waiting"

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Hooked on Sonics - 2022-07-14 - Back in the Studio!

Taking part in CJLO's One World Week and celebrating our listeners from from far and wide with an assortment of shoegaze and dreampop that spans the globe. Hit play and join in as we Phileas Fogg it across the world stopping in all sorts of countries along the way to hear their interpretation of the swirly sounds of the genre. Crank it uuuurp.

Playlist:
● Autolux - "30 Watt Apple Juice" (Intro)
*talk break*

● We Need Secrets - "How You Remember" (Canada)
● Kraus - "Anyone" (USA)
*talk break*

● Margaritas Podridas - "Parabrisas" (Mexico)
● Seatemples - "M.I.S." (Chile)
● el morabba3 - "Ma Indak Khabar" (Jordan/Palestine)
*talk break*

● Soviet Soviet - "Endless Beauty" (Italy)
● Alcest - France - "Je suis d'ailleurs" (France)	
● Jesu - "Wolves" (UK)
● Slow Crush - "Glow" (Belgium)
*talk break*

● Molly - "The Fountain of Youth" (Austria)

~hour break~

● Nadja - "Dark Circles" (Germany/Canada)
*talk break*

● Epo-555 - "Hyberschlieb" (Denmark)
● Mumrunner - "Foe" (Finland)
● pinkshinyultrablast - "Dance AM" (Russia)
*talk break*

● Lo! Peninsula - "Battleships" (India)
● eunhadan - "Tender is the Night" (South Korea)
● Seventeen Years Old And Berlin Wall - "Prism" (Japan)
*talk break*

● Skullsquadron - "Everyday You're Away" (Australia)
● Fazerdaze - "Come Apart" (New Zealand)
*talk break*

● Silver Dapple - "Slipstitch" (Quebec)

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Hooked on Sonics - 2022-07-28 - One World Week (International Shoegaze/Dreampop)

Finally some new sessions! Along with the usual smattering of tunes, we've got brand new session tracks with Apollo Ghosts and Tough Age, and singer/songwriter Andrew Sisk calls in to talk about the one-off Share reunion show, the band's history, what it means to be part of a local music scene, and touches on the influence of, in my opinion, the most important independent rock band in Canadian history - Eric's Trip.

● Autolux - "23 Watt Apple Juice" (Intro)
*talk break*

● Alvvvays - "Easy On Your Own?"
*talk break*

● Blessed - "Anything"
● American Analog Set - "Kindness of Strangers"
● Momma - "Medicine"
● Damone - "Overchay With Me"
*talk break*
					
● Spite House - "Dying Leaves"
● Sweetmess - "Shells"
● Ovlov - "Baby Shea"
*talk break*

● Share - "The Great Before"
*Andrew Sisk calls in*
● Share - "Won't Be Long" (CJLO Session)

~hour break~
		
● Andrew Sisk - "Treelines"		
*talk break*

● Apollo Ghosts - "Pink Tiger" (CJLO Sonics Session)		
● Apollo Ghosts - "Morning Voice" (CJLO Sonics Session)		
● Apollo Ghosts - "Pink Boys" (CJLO Sonics Session)		
● Apollo Ghosts - "Spilling Yr Guts" (CJLO Sonics Session)		
*talk break*

● Tough Age - "Which Way Am I?" (CJLO Sonics Session)		
● Tough Age - "Give It A Day" (CJLO Sonics Session)		
● Tough Age - "Getting Closer" (CJLO Sonics Session)		
*talk break*

● Big Brave - "Half Breed"
● Sumac - "What have I Done? Pt 1"
*talk break*

● mewithoutYou - "Julia (or, 'Holy to the LORD' on the Bells of Horses)"

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Hooked on Sonics - 2022-08-11 - Andrew Sisk Calls in and Apollo Ghosts & Tough Age Sessions

A veritable buffet of genres on this episode along with some Greg Dulli love, a tribute to the 25th anniversary of Mariah Carey's "Butterfly" (...seriously), and some words on the wonderful band Unwound.  Also, happy birthday, Nick Cave!

● Autolux - "23 Watt Apple Juice" (Intro)
*talk break*

● Samiam - "Lights Out Little Hustler"
● Hot Water Music - "Killing Time"
● Strike Anywhere - "Sunset on 32nd"
● Bad Religion - "We're Only Gonnq Die"
*talk break*

● Afghan Whigs - "My Curse (w/ Marcy Mays)"
● Afghan Whigs - "Domino and Jimmy (w/ Marcy Mays)"
● Greg Dulli - "Paper Thin Hotel (Leonard Cohen cover)"
*talk break*

● Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "The Mercy Seat"
*talk break*

● Blessed - "Redefine"
● Pinback - "Sender"

~hour break~

● Ruth Radelet - "Stranger"
*talk break*

● Mariah Carey - "The Roof"
● Mobb Deep - "Shook Ones Pt II"
● Raekwon - "Criminology (w/ Ghostface Killah)"
● Madvillain - "ALL CAPS"
● Jaylib - "React"
*talk break*

● Lucid Express - "Hotel 65"
● No Joy - "E"
*talk break*

● Broken Social Scene - "Almost Crimes (request)"
● Adam Miller - "The Lucky Star"
*talk break*

● Unwound - "Corpse Pose"

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Hooked on Sonics - 2022-09-22 - Love for Greg Dulli, Nick Cave, Unwound, and Mariah Carey (!?)

Just an average episode of playing connect-the-dots with whatever random facts I can somehow come up with to link the bands. Weaving a Hooked on Sonics quilt if you will - a veritable tapestry of tunes, a salve of sounds, a futon of fuzz to rest your weary head upon...

● Autolux - "23 Watt Apple Juice" (Intro)
*talk break*

● Polvo - "Beggar's Bowl"
● Helium - "Pat's Trick"
● jale - "Not Happy"
● J. Mascis & the Fog - "Same Day (w/ Robert Pollard)"
● Guided by Voices - "Instinct Dwelling"
*talk break*

● Dambuilders - "Burn This Bridge" (Hidden Gem '97)
● Alex G - "Runner"
● Una Rose - "Resolutions"
● PVA - "Bad Dad"
● Interpol - "PDA"
	
~hour break~					

● Hot Cross - "Turncoat Revolution"
● Girls Against Boys - "Super-Fire"
● FACS - "XOUT"
● Sonic Youth - "Eric's Trip"
*talk break*

● Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars - "Gone Gone"
● Drowse - "Wane Into"
● Zoon - "Vibrant Colours"
● Cold Showers - "Silver"
● Au Palais - "Pathos"
*talk break*

● Chromatics - "Night Drive"
● Elliott - "Drive On to Me"
*talk break*

● Thursday - "Turnpike Divides"

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Hooked on Sonics - 2022-10-06 - Sonics Quilt & the Dambuilders

A joint mix by @joni_void and Stefan @spirodon Christoff that will be played at Cinema Politica (https://www.cinemapolitica.org) screenings as people gather for the projection.

Below is the track listing:

1. Steve Sobs - Never Meant To Get Caught
2. R.A.P. Ferreira - Speck
3. Billy Woods - Pollo Rico
4. Roger Robinson & The Black Space Quartet - Count On Me
5. Massive Attack - Euro Zero Zero
6. Noah - Odette
7. HASYMO - Tokyo Town Pages
8. Eiko Ishibashi - Ask Me How I Sleep At Night
9. Simone Peltier - Red Memories
10. Ah! Kosmos @ahkosmos - It Rains Without You
11. Nikita Dembinski - Earth Heater
12. Shalabi Quintet - Vitrola Era (@nickschofield remix)
13. Will Austin - Polemical Blues 2014 side a (excerpt)

Joni Void / Stefan Christoff, Cinema Politica mix

Listen to a conversation with filmmaker Phyllis Ellis on the documentary Category Woman, the film is described this way by HotDocs:

"When 18-year-old South African runner Caster Semenya burst onto the world stage in 2009, her championship was not celebrated, but marred by doubt, and her personal medical records leaked to international media. With some women's naturally high androgen levels deemed a performance advantage, the International Amateur Athletics Federation (now World Athletics) ruled that in order to compete, these female athletes must medically alter their healthy bodies. Category: Woman focuses on four athletes from the Global South who are forced out of competition by these regulations. The public scrutiny and policing of their bodies raises issues of racism, sexism and denial of their fundamental human right—who they are. Following up on her award-winning film Toxic Beauty, Phyllis Ellis exposes an industry controlled by men who put women's lives at risk, while this ongoing policing of women's bodies in sport remains, in a more nefarious way, under the guise of fair play."

Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !

149, Filmmaker Phyllis Ellis on the documentary Category Woman

On Free City Radio this week a conversation with artist and designer Javid Jah who speaks about the ways that alternative cosmologies can be shared and manifested through art. Also on projects that explore ideas and cultural expression from the margins in the context of public space. Specifically Javid speaks about contemporary visions around the role of Islamic inspired art in the context of an artistic practice that involves alternative readings of space in the city. 

This interview came together out of an encounter with Javid in the context of a series of conversations organized by Inspirit Foundation, thank you to Angie Balata. Info on Javid's work: http://javidjah.xyz

Music on this edition is by Narcy.

Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays and broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !

158, Javid Jah on art, public space and alternative cosmologies

Mint Simon is the solo project of the magnetic frontperson of indie-pop band Caveboy. A theatre kid turned pop visionary, Mint exists somewhere between Ferris Bueller and Prince - fusing bold theatricality with infectious pop hooks and radical vulnerability. Their debut EP, Chimera, is a dive into identity, heartbreak, transition, and healing.

Mint appeared on Ashes to Ashes to talk about the EP, performing at Osheaga, and why bridges in pop songs are everything.

Original air date: July 29, 2025

Mint Simon Interview || Ashes to Ashes

Hot on the heels of the release of her latest record, "When I say to you Black Lightning", Montreal songwriter Brigitte Naggar and her band Common Holly dropped by the CJLO studios October 23, 2019 to record a three song set in The Oven and chat about opening up the songwriting approach on this new record and exploring her lyrical ruminations on pain and trauma.

Songs:
● Common Holly - "You Dance" (Sonics Session)
● Common Holly - "Uuu" (Sonics Session)
● Common Holly - "Crazy OK" (Sonics Session)
Session engineered and mixed by Zack Bruce

Video availaible here:
"You Dance" - https://youtu.be/xR20seJftRQ
"Uuu" - https://youtu.be/fVX8XICN7XQ
"Crazy OK" - https://youtu.be/KsU8_BwUM5Q
Full Session - https://youtu.be/g_GweKwjoD8
Filmed and edited by Emilie Kahn, Sound by Zack Bruce
 
Common Holly - https://www.commonholly.com/
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Hooked on Sonics - Session & Interview w/ Common Holly

Sandwiched between the usual tunes and talk, CJLO Program Director Allison O'Reilly sits in to talk about the untimely passing of David Berman (Silver Jews, Purple Mountains) and the impact his songs and lyrics had on so many people - a true storyteller who left an indelible mark and who will be missed.

Playlist:
● Autolux - "30 Watt Apple Juice" (Intro)
*talk break*

● Field Mouse - "Black Hole, Son"
● Pete Yorn w/ Day Wave - "Calm Down"
● Day Wave - "Drag"
● Magneta Lane - "Kissing is Easy"

*talk break - talking sappy w/ cjlo program director allison, rip david berman*
● Silver Jews - "Suffering Jukebox"
● Silver Jews - "Sleeping is the Only Love"
● Purple Mountains - "All My Happiness is Gone"
*talk break - rip david berman w/ cjlo program director allison*
● Silver Jews - "Random Rules"
*talk break - rip david berman w/ cjlo program director allison*
● Silver Jews - "How to Rent a Room"

● Wishkaah - "Honey Nights"
*talk break*

● Mauno - "Vampire"
● Charly Bliss - "Capacity"

~hour break~

● Lungbutter - "Flat White"
● Pacifist - "Pedigreed"
● Snapcase - "Energy Dome" (Track from Way Back '03)
● Norma Jean - "Children of the Dead"
*talk break*

● Alex G - "Gretel"
● Diiv - "Skin Game"
● Sonic Youth - "What We Know"
● Bodywash - "With Heat"
*talk break*

● Snail Mail - "Heat Wave"
● Clairo - "Sofia"
● Chromatics - "Shadow"
● Glass candy - "Beautiful Object"

● Guided by Voices - "Liquid Indian" (Track from Way Back '99)
*talk break*

● Weekend - "Oubliette"

RIP David Berman - https://www.dragcity.com/news/2019-08-12-call-me-from-albemarle
Canada Suicide Prevention Service (CSPS) - Call toll-free 1-833-456-4566 Available 24/7. Text 45645 between 4pm-12am ET daily.
Association québécoise de prévention du suicide - Pour une urgence suicidaire partout au Québec, composez 1-866-APPELLE. Pour la grande région de Montréal, composer (514) 723-4000.
USA - National Suicide Prevention Hotline - Call toll-free 1-800-273-TALK
International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) - https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/North_America/
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Hooked on Sonics - 2019-08-08 - Tribute to David Berman (Silver Jews, Purple Mountains)

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