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Sonics - Sessions/Interviews

It was an ABSOLUTE pleasure having the guys from Bristol, UK's IDLES in the CJLO environment the morning after a sweaty show in Montreal March 22, 2018.  They recorded a great four song set for us, and then we talked about western culture's strange relationship with grief, catharsis through performing live, and connecting with their audience.  Be sure to check out the video links below for more content!

Songs:
● IDLES - "Faith In The City" (CJLO Sonics Session)
● IDLES - "Mother" (CJLO Sonics Session)
● IDLES - "Benzocaine" (CJLO Sonics Session)
● IDLES - "Well Done" (CJLO Sonics Session)

Session engineered and mixed by Patrick McDowall

Video available here:
● Interview - https://youtu.be/HchmFlYpY7M
● BONUS Chocolate Milk Taste Test w/ IDLES - https://youtu.be/dSHFONeZKow

● "Faith In The City" (CJLO Sonics Session) - https://youtu.be/InUiyeAvS00
● "Mother" (CJLO Sonics Session) - https://youtu.be/4HDkNTm4OLw
● "Benzocaine" (CJLO Sonics Session) - https://youtu.be/UL2Bs95zQ28
● "Well Done" (CJLO Sonics Session) - https://youtu.be/gtjHUQ_XiG

Filmed by Simon New, edited by Shin Ling Low, sound by by Patrick McDowall

IDLES - http://www.idlesband.com
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Sonics Session - IDLES

Eve Parker Finley and Nick Schofield both came by the Oven at CJLO on March 16, 2024 to record respective sessions.  Seeing how the two have collaborated extensively, I figured it'd be a neat idea to talk to them both at the same time about working together, how they approach their music, and discussing their own individual and collaborative artistic processes.  This was a really nice and insightful chat with, in my opinion, two of Canada's most interesting musical artists.  Full session videos also linked below!

Songs:
● Eve Parker Finley - "Forest Meditation" (CJLO Sonics Session)
● Nick Schofield - "One Day" (CJLO Sonics Session)
● Eve Parker Finley - "Wait for Me" (CJLO Sonics Session)
● Nick Schofield - "Untitled" (CJLO Sonics Session)
● Eve Parker Finley - "Fall into Me" (CJLO Sonics Session)

Session engineered and mixed by Zack Bruce

Video available here:
● Eve Parker Finley Full Session Video - https://youtu.be/bW5lZYIYoRQ
● Nick Schofield Full Session Video - https://youtu.be/FYozLdi-dpE

Filmed and edited by Sam Roberts, sound by by Zack Bruce

Eve Parker Finley - https://www.eveparkerfinley.com/
Nick Schofield - https://nickschofield.com/

Sonics Session - Eve Parker Finley & Nick Schofield

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Sonics - Full Episodes

Truly one of my favourite Sonics Sessions, it was wonderful to have Glenn Jones by the CJLO studios April 4, 2016 to talk to him about his life and craft.  We covered a lot of ground from grief, being a caregiver, his work with Jeff Fahey, and his interesting style of playing guitar with alternate tunings and partial capos.  

Full set - https://soundcloud.com/hookedonsonicsradio/sets/sonics-session-glenn-jones
Session engineered and mixed by Patrick McDowall

Glenn Jones - www.thrilljockey.com/artists/glenn-jones
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Glenn Jones - "Flower Inside Out" (CJLO Sonics Session)

After playing a show for the '05 Pop Montreal, Canada's Maritime legends North of America stopped by the CJLO studios on October 2, 2005.  A huge favourite of Hooked on Sonics, the band tore through a set of three classics that managed to get us a noise complaint, a small price to pay for what I think is one of the best sessions we've ever had.

Full set - https://soundcloud.com/hookedonsonicsradio/sets/sonics-session-norts

Session engineered and mixed by Marko Jakopanec

North of America - https://northofamerica.bandcamp.com/

CJLO - SONiCs Session 10-2-05

North of America - "Voting No on the Warming of Antarctica" (CJLO Sonics Session)

Slowdive recently celebrated the fifth anniversary of the release of their phenomenal comeback self-titled album - figured this'd be a great time to get this interview online.  I chatted with Christian and Simon May 6, 2017 backstage before they took their set at L'Olympia.  We covered a lot of ground from how the band decided to get back together, the writing and recording process for that album, and eventually recognizing the legacy they left behind when they initially parted ways.

Huge thanks to Hannah and Harlan @ Secretly Group for setting this up!

Songs:
● Slowdive - "Everyone Knows" from Slowdive (2016)
● Slowdive - "Alison" from Souvlaki (1993)
● Slowdive - "Star Roving" from Slowdive (2016)
● Slowdive - "Sugar for the Pill" from Slowdive (2016)
● Slowdive - "Miranda" from Pygmalion (1996)
● Slowdive - "Falling Ashes" from Slowdive (2016)
● Slowdive - "When the Sun Hits" from Souvlaki (1993)

Slowdive - http://www.slowdiveofficial.com/
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Hooked on Sonics - Interview w/ Slowdive

Spoke to Jake Duzsik from shapeshifting band HEALTH, a longtime CJLO fave.  We talked about the band's progression in sound from their early days in the L.A. noise scene, the evolution of their DISCO remix series and their recent collaborations, band dynamics, and finally returning to the road after 2 years.  

Thanks to Ola Mazzuca at Indoor Recess for setting this up!

Songs:
● HEALTH - "DIE SLOW" (from GET COLOR)
● HEALTH - "STONEFIST" (from DEATH MAGIC)
● HEALTH - "FEEL NOTHING" (from VOL. 4 :: SLAVES OF FEAR)
● HEALTH - "ISN'T EVERYONE" w/ Nine Inch Nails (from DISCO4 PART II)
● HEALTH - "GNOSTIC FLESH/MORTAL HELL" w/ Backxwash & Ho99o9 (from DISCO4 PART II)
● HEALTH - "CRIMEWAVE" (from HEALTH)
● HEALTH - "MASS GRAVE" w/ Soccer Mommy (from DISCO4 PART I)

HEALTH - www.youwillloveeachother.com/
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Hooked on Sonics - Interview w/ HEALTH

Lots of ground covered in this episode.  We talk about ways you can help the people of Gaza, do a little CJLO Funding Drive post-mortem with CJLO General Manager Allison and Program Director Cam, Jim Ward of Sparta and At the Drive-In fame calls in to chat about the Sparta "Wiretap Scars" anniversary tour, and we pay tribute to the 10th anniversary of Lou Reed's passing.

● Autolux - "23 Watt Apple Juice" (Intro)

*talk break*	

● Cloud Nothing - "Final Summer"
● Guided by Voices - "The Race is On, The King is Dead"
● Momma	"Divine Hammer" (Breeders cover)
● New Pornographers - "Letter to an Occupant" (CJLO Classique '03)

*talk break - ways to help gaza*

● Fugazi - "Facet Squared" (Track from Way Back '93)
● Shotmaker - "Controller Controller"
● At the Drive-In - "Pattern Against User"
● Bad Religion - "Tiny Voices"

*talk break - ways to help gaza*

● IDLES - "Dancer"
● mclusky - "To Hell with Good Intentions"

*talk break - cjlo funding drive post-mortem w/ allison and cam*

~hour break~

*talk break - cjlo funding drive post-mortem w/ allison and cam*

● Moneen - "Are We Really Happy with Who We Are Right Now?" (CJLO Classique '03)
● Sparta - "Cut Your Ribbon" (CJLO Classique '02)

*talk break - jim ward from sparta calls in*

● Sparta - "Collapse"
● Sparta - "Super Unison" (Drive Like Jehu cover)

● Velvet Underground - "I'll Be Your Mirror"
● Velvet Underground - "Heroin"

*talk break - 10 years since lou reed passed away*

● Cowboy Junkies - "Sweet Jane" (Velvet Underground cover)

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Hooked on Sonics - 2023-11-02 - Jim Ward/Sparta Calls In, Lou Reed Tribute, Fund Drive Chat, & Gaza

Jim Ward of Sparta (also of Sleepercar and formerly of At the Drive-In) called into the show to talk about revisiting the songs of "Wiretap Scars" for the album's current 20th anniversary tour.  We also spoke at length about late producer Jerry Finn's influence, and how important an influence Rick Froberg and Drive Like Jehu were on Jim's music.

Thanks to Sarah @ Grandstand Media for setting this up!

Songs:
● Sparta - "Cut Your Ribbon"
● Sparta - "Collapse"
● Sparta - "Super Unison" (Drive Like Jehu cover)

Sparta - https://www.sparta.band/
Let's Get A Drink with Jim Ward - Ep 5 w/ Rick Froberg - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOn1xOzST1o
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Hooked on Sonics - Interview w/ Jim Ward (Sparta)

Lina Zdruli, the Montreal delegate for the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, drops by to talk about the flotilla, what its mission is, her experience working in the occupied territories, and how to get involved.

Songs:
● Robert Ascroft w/ Ruth Radelet - "Fading Photograph"
● Brother Ali - "Uncle Sam Goddamn"
● Massive Attack - "Safe from Harm"

For more info on the Freedom Flotilla:
Freedom Flotilla Coalition - https://freedomflotilla.org/
Canada Boat to Gaza - https://canadaboatgaza.org/

Ways to help the situation in Palestine and Gaza:
Call your local MP as well as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (613.992.4211) and Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly (514.383.3709) and demand an immediate ceasefire and to allow aid into Gaza.

As well you can donate to the following orgs:
-Amnesty International
-Human Concern International
-Human Rights Watch
-Palestine Children's Relief Fund
-Red Cross / Red Crescent

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Hooked on Sonics - Interview w/ Lina Zdruli (Freedom Flotilla)

Eve Parker Finley and Nick Schofield both came by the Oven at CJLO on March 16, 2024 to record respective sessions.  Seeing how the two have collaborated extensively, I figured it'd be a neat idea to talk to them both at the same time about working together, how they approach their music, and discussing their own individual and collaborative artistic processes.  This was a really nice and insightful chat with, in my opinion, two of Canada's most interesting musical artists.  

Session engineered and mixed by Zack Bruce

Full set - https://soundcloud.com/hookedonsonicsradio/sets/sonics-session-eve-parker-finley-nick-schofield

Video available here:
● Eve Parker Finley Full Session Video - https://youtu.be/bW5lZYIYoRQ
● Nick Schofield Full Session Video - https://youtu.be/FYozLdi-dpE

Filmed and edited by Sam Roberts, sound by by Zack Bruce

Eve Parker Finley - https://www.eveparkerfinley.com/
Nick Schofield - https://nickschofield.com/

Eve Parker Finley - "Forest Meditation" (CJLO Sonics Session)

Nick Schofield - "Untitled" (CJLO Sonics Session)

Nick Schofield - "One Day" (CJLO Sonics Session)

Eve Parker Finley - "Fall Into Me" (CJLO Sonics Session)

Eve Parker Finley - "Wait for Me" (CJLO Sonics Session)

Hooked on Sonics - Session & Interview w/ Eve Parker Finley & Nick Schofield

Got in a bit late but we still managed to bring some fuzztastic tunes, chat about CJLO's Funding Drive coming up, and tip our hats to a few records celebrating anniversaries.  Also paid tribute to local writer and musician Robyn Fadden who sadly passed away.

● Autolux - "23 Watt Apple Juice" (Intro)
● Parannoul - "Beautiful World"

*talk spot - program director cam sits in!*

● Killing Joke - "Total Invasion" (CJLO Classique '03)
● Gang of Four - "At Home He's a Tourist" (Track from Way Back '79)

*talk spot - cash money cam fills us in on cjlo's upcoming funding drive events*

● Galaxie 500 - "On the Floor" (Noise NY version)
● Ritchot Texties - "Heaven"
● Unwound - "October All Over"
● Superchunk - "Driveway to Driveway" (30th anniversary)

*talk spot - ways to help gaza, lebanon, etc*

● Sweet Pill - "Blood" (Request)

~hour break~

● Interpol - "Evil" (20th anniversary remaster)

*talk spot - anniversaries everywhere*

● Touche Amore - "Hal Ashby"
● Frail - "Firecracker"
● mewithoutYou - "Nice and Blue pt2"
● Death from Above 1979 - "Turn it Out XX"

*talk spot - death from above touring the 20th anniversary of "you're a woman, i'm a machine"*

● Andrew Sisk - "Turn Inside"
● Son Volt - "Medicine Hat"
● MJ Lenderman - "Joker Lips"
● Marika Hackman - "Slime"

*talk spot - rip robyn fadden*

● Warm Wave - "Center of Gravity"

*talk spot - ways to help gaza, lebanon, etc*

● Hole - "Gutless"

Tributes to Robyn Fadden
https://delve.mcgill.ca/read/remembering-robyn-fadden/
https://mtlreviewofbooks.ca/robyn-fadden-rip/
https://complexeaeterna.com/avis-de-deces/2024/robyn-leah-langley-fadden/

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Hooked on Sonics - 2024-10-03 - So Many Anniversaries...

Lots of buds drop by as Louis from Solids calls in to talk about the band's three reunion shows. CJLO GM Lisa and CJLO PD Cam also stop in to chat about CJLO happening, Denis Dirty Work talks new Mogwai, and the Maiden Voyagers also hang out for a bit.  

● Autolux - "23 Watt Apple Juice" (Intro)

*talk spot - slowdive is coming!*

● Slowdive - "Everyone Knows"
● Tanukichan - Circles"
● Yoo Doo Right - "Lost in the Overcast"
● Glixen - "Sick Silent"

*talk spot - solids reunion shows a-comin'!*

● Solids - "Over the Sirens"
*talk spot - louis from solids calls-in!*
● Solids - "Fog Friends" (Live Sonics Session)
*talk spot - louis from solids calls-in!*
● Solids - "Fleeting Memories" (Hawkes cover)

*talk spot - cjlo gm and pd lisa and cam give the state of the station address*

● Beverly Glenn Copeland - "Harbour"

~hour break~

● Hawkes - "Clarity is Failed" (Hidden Gem '08)
● Touche Amore - "Goodbye for Now" (w/ Julian Baker)
● Blood Brothers - "Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck" (Track from Way Back '04)

*talk spot - ways to help gaza*

● No Man - "Can't Kill Us All"
● Paint it Black - "Past Tense Future Tense" (CJLO Classique '08)
● Drug Church - "Business Ethics"
● Mil-Spec - "The Days Don't End" (request)

*talk spot - muuuusique*

● Cindy Lee - "Dreams of You"
● Horsegirl - "2468"
● Matthew Sweet - "What Matters" (Track from Way Back '99)

*talk spot - denis dirtywork stops by!*

● Mogwai - "Lion Rumpus"

*talk spot - maiden voyage hangs out*

● Drive Like Jehu - "Good Luck in Jail" 

Solids - https://solids.bandcamp.com/music
Hawkes - https://hawkesmtl.bandcamp.com/album/demo-xxviii
Pump Up the Volume Vinyl and Vidéoclub - https://www.instagram.com/pump.up.the.volume.records/
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Hooked on Sonics - 2024-11-21 - Louis from Solids calls in

CJLO Program Director Cam sits in to chat about the recent Godspeed You! Black Emperor show and our thoughts on MTelus as a venue, "Transistor Sister" host Allison calls in to discuss her rivalry with Cam and his "War on Christmas", we chat about ways you can help those in need in Gaza, gush about the lovely Maktaba Bookstore in Old Montréal, drop the news about the big CJLO 25th Anniversary Party, and the Maiden Voyage kids drop by with some yuletide spirit.  Plus all the fuzzy tunes your heart desires!

The CJLO 25th Anniversary Party - Jan 10, 2025 @ Sala Rosa
feat. Land of Talk, Bodywash, and Dresser
DJ sets from No Joy, Flat Cola
Hosted by Eve Parker Finley
Get your tix here - https://www.blueskiesturnblack.com/show/landoftalk2025

Maktaba Bookstore - https://www.maktaba.online/en/

● Autolux - "23 Watt Apple Juice" (Intro)

*talk spot - i miss title fight*

● Title Fight - "Chlorine"
● Hilsboro - "Fell"
● Tucana - "Sun's Coming Up"

*talk spot - cam talks godspeed and mtelus*

● Godspeed You! Black Emperor - "Baby's in a Thundercloud" (bed)
● Big Brave - "I Felt a Funeral" (bed)

*talk spot - allison calls in to talk to cam*

● MY DISCO - "Turn"
● FACS - "Wish Defense" (request)
● METZ - "Light Your Way Home"

*talk spot - 12 days of Steve Albini*

● Feeling Figures - "Imagine Nations" (request)
● Guided by Voices - "Rhine Jive Click" (Track from Way Back '96)

~hour break~

● 9Million - "The Trick"
● Solids - "Haze Away"
● Ducks Ltd - "Grim Symmetry" (request)

*talk spot - ways to help gaza*

● Narcy - "Swords" (request)
● Kendrick Lamarr - "Squabble Up"
● Fraud Perry - "Not Sexy"
● Kim Gordon - "Bangin' on the Freeway"

*talk spot - you gaze, i gaze, we all shoegaze*
	
● forty winks - "Spurs"
● Wisp - "Pandora"
● Ellis - "It'll Be Alright"
● Housewife - "Divorce"

*talk spot - cjlo 25th anniversary party!*

● Land of Talk - "Some Are Lakes" (CJLO Classique '08)

*talk spot- maiden voyage*

● The Pom-Poms- "Star Spangled Banner"

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Hooked on Sonics - 2024-12-12 - Talkin' Godspeed and New Narcy Double LP

The last live Sonics show for 2024 with a stack of CJLO guests.  We talk about about International Emo Day, CJLO Program Director Cam and Music Director Aviva discuss the Top 100 played records on CJLO for 2024, "Transistor Sister" host Allison drops by to chat about some of her faves of 2024, CJLO alum Denis also hangs out to discuss some of his discoveries of the year.

The CJLO 25th Anniversary Party - Jan 10, 2025 @ Sala Rosa
feat. Land of Talk, Bodywash, and Dresser
DJ sets from No Joy, Flat Cola
Hosted by Eve Parker Finley
Get your tix here - https://www.blueskiesturnblack.com/show/landoftalk2025

CJLO Top 100 of 2024 - http://www.cjlo.com/articles/cjlo-year-end-top-100-2024
CJLO Staff Best of 2024 - http://www.cjlo.com/articles/cjlos-best-2024

● Autolux - "23 Watt Apple Juice" (Intro)

*talk spot - national emo day???*

● Sunny Day Real Estate - "Seven" (Track from Way Back '94)
● Shotmaker - "Shortwave Radio"
● Frail - "Firecracker"
● Rites of Spring - "Deeper Than Inside" (Track from Way Back '85)

*talk spot - cjlo top 100 review w/ aviva and cam!*

● The Wesleys - "I've Been Waiting" (bed)
● Cadence Weapon - "Press Eject" (bed)
● Kee Avil - "Felt" (bed)
● MJ Lenderman - "She's Leaving You"
● Cindy Lee - "Baby Blue"

*talk spot - allison drops by to chat about her faves of 2024*

● Ducks Ltd - "On Our Way to the Wave"

~hour break~

● Mount Eerie - "Night Palace"

*talk spot - allison and aviva talk mt eerie and kim gordon*

● Kim Gordon - "BYE BYE"
● IDLES - "POP POP POP" w/ Danny Brown

*talk spot - denis drops by to talk about his faves and discoveries of 2024*

● METZ - "No Reservation / Love Comes Crashing"
● Ritchot Textiles - "Weight"
● Hotline TNT - "Had 2 Try"

*talk spot - denis hangs*

● Sunken - "10k" (Sonics Selection)

*talk spot - happy holidays y'all*

● Guided by Voices - "Surgical Focus" (Track from Way Back '99)

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Hooked on Sonics - 2024-12-19 - CJLO Top 100 of 2024 w/ Friends & Nat'l Emo Day (?!)

On the previous Sonics episode we focused on the top played records on CJLO in 2024 along with some of our staff's picks, this week we dive into my favourite songs and albums of 2024 and somehow manage to cram most of them into one episode hahaha.  Onwards and upwards into 2025!

● Autolux - "23 Watt Apple Juice" (Intro)

*talk break - faves of 2024 / let's gooooooooo*

● Hot Water Music - "Burn Forever"
● Drug Church - "Demolition Man"
● Chat Pile - "Frownland"
● Big Brave - "Quotidien : Solemnity"

*talk break - faves of 2024 / ways to help gaza*

● Godspeed You! Black Emperor - "Grey Rubble - Green Shoots"
● The Cure - "Warsong"
● Diiv - "Raining on Your Pillow"
● Wisp - "Pandora"
● Sumac - "Yellow Dawn" (bed)

*talk break - cjlo program director cam's faves of 2024*

● Kee Avil - "Gelatin"

~hour break~

● MJ Lenderman - "She's Leaving You"
● Waxahatchee - "Right Back to It" (w/ MJ Lenderman)

*talk break - faves of 2024 / I miss loud waxahatchee, but I also love alt country waxahatchee…*

● Kendrick Lamarr - "Squabble Up"
● Narcy - "Community" (w/ Nico Is, Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli, Issa Ali, Donnel Rawlings, & Mo Amer)
● Brother Ali and unJUST - "Manik" (w/ Casual & Aesop Rock)
● Kim Gordon - "BYE BYE"
● Soft Kill - "Fools"
● Barnacle - "Waiting"

*talk break - faves of 2024 / "waiting" maybe the best closing track of 2024?*

● METZ - "Light Your Way Home" (w/ Amber Webber)
● Cindy Lee - "Dreams of You"
● Arooj Aftab - "Raat Ki Rani" (bed)

*talk break - faves of 2024 / my parents would be shocked that i'm listening to urdu music*

● Mustafa - "Name of God"

*talk break - faves of 2024 / mustafa is amazing, brat summer ruled*

● Charli XCX - "Sympathy is a Knife"

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Hooked on Sonics - 2025-01-23 - Faves of 2024

Really touching all the bases on this episode, from clubby indie pop, to post hardcore, to dreamy indie rock, to the usual shoegaze fuzziness.  CJLO PD Cam also drops by to talk about CJLO events and the new Swans record, tune in!

● Autolux - "23 Watt Apple Juice" (Intro)

*talk spot - let's roooooooolllll*

● Purity Ring - "Many Lives"

*talk spot - in da club*

● Au Palais - "Pathos"
● Gold and Youth - "Jewel"
● Desire - "Dream Girl"
● yeule - "Evangelic Girl Is a Gun"

*talk spot - crank it urp*

● Casket Lottery - "Nightsong"
● The Last Mile - "Give It a Name"
● Mclusky - "People Person"
● mewithoutYou - "January 1979"

*talk spot - cjlo pd cam sits in and we talk swans etc*

● Swans - "Red Yellow"

~hour break~

● Common Holly - "Terrible Hands"

*talk spot - new common holly coming, check out her sonics session/interview from 2019 here - https://soundcloud.com/hookedonsonicsradio/sonics-session-intrvw-w-common-holly-2019-10-23

● Nennen - "I Am Trying to Understand"
● Bells Larsen - "My Brother and Me"
● Soccer Mommy - "Driver (stripped)"

*talk spot - a.b.g: always be gazin'*

● Forty Winks - "Commie BF"
● Julie - "Catalogue"
● Loveliescrushing - "Babysbreath"
● Blanket Shore - "Waves"

*talk spot - k.o.g: keep on gazin'*

● My Bloody Valentine - "She Found Now"
● Autolux - "Subzero Fun"
● M(h)aol - "DM:AM"

*talk spot - autolux's 'future perfect' is required listening*

● Superchunk - "Is It Making You Feel Something"

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Hooked on Sonics - 2025-06-05 - Running the Fuzzy Gamut

Lots of guests passing thru the CJLO On Air studio this episode - CJLO GM Lisa and PD Cam sit in to talk about britpop and Montreal Jazz Fest; CJLO Hip Hop MD Sam pops in to chat about Nas' "Illmatic" and the upcoming CJLO Hip Hop Show; and CJLO buds Denis and Allison hang out to discuss the band Pavement and the recently released Alex Ross Perry "documentary" on the band.

● Autolux - "23 Watt Apple Juice" (Intro)

*talk spot - Oasis is back, bruv*

● Oasis - "Morning Glory"
● Men I Trust - "Husk" (bed)

*talk spot - Talkin' Oasis, britpop, the Beatles, and Jazz Fest w/ Lisa and Cam*

● Arooj Aftab - "Diya Hai"
● Nas - "N.Y. State of Mind"

*talk spot - CJLO Hip Hop MD Sam hangs out to talk Nas' Illmatic and the upcoming CJLO Hip Hop show*

● Quinton Barnes - "Black Noise"
● TV on the Radio - "Staring at the Sun" (CJLO Classique '04)

*talk spot - TVOTR CJLO Classiiiique*

● Wet Leg - "Catch These Fists" (request)

~hour break~

● Superdrag - "Keep It Close to Me"

*talk spot - Talkin' "Predator" (wut?) w/ Denis and Allison*

● Husker Du - "Makes No Sense At All" (live Jan 30)
● Lemonheads - "Deep End"
● Spite House - "Desert"

*talk spot - Husker Du and SST catalogue*

● Pavement - "Cut Your Hair"
● Pavement - "Stereo" (bed)

*talk spot - talking about Pavement w/ Allison and Denis*

● Pavement - "Stop Breathing" (bed)

*talk spot - talking Pavement and "Pavements" w/ Allison and Denis*

● Pavement - "And Don't Cry" (bed)
● Pavement - "Serpentine Pad" (bed)

*talk spot - talking "Pavements" and Wowee Zowee w/ Allison and Denis*

● Pavement - "Brinx Job" (bed)
● Pavement - "Grave Architecture" (bed)
● Pavement - "Kennel District" (bed)
● Pavement - "Date with Ikea" (bed)

*talk spot - talking "Pavements" and "Harness Your Hopes" w/ Allison and Denis*

● Pavement - "Harness Your Hopes"

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Hooked on Sonics - 2025-07-03 - Pavement(s)

Celebrating CJLO's annual Hip Hop for Life programming with a full hip hop Sonics episode.  CJLO alum Denis drops by for the ride with his picks and chat about 90s acid-jazz and how A Tribe Called Quest capped their career off, and former CJLO PD and Hip Hop MD Brian Holidae calls in to talk about Clipse, Wu-Tang and Run the Jewels, and the "Finding Your Voice: Building & Monetizing A Podcast for Black Creators" workshop he is doing for Desta 7/19.

● Autolux - "23 Watt Apple Juice" (Intro)

*talk spot - Hip Hop for Life @ CJLO!*

● Wu Tang Clan - "Bring Tha Ruckus"

*talk spot - talkin' Freddie Gibbs and "Lethal Weapon 2" (wut?!) w/ Denis*

● Freddie Gibbs and the Alchemist - "1995"
● Brother Ali - "Head Heart Hands"
● Guru - "Living in this World" w/ Sweet Sable (30th anniversary!)

*talk spot - talkin' Guru's "Jazzmatazz" with Denis and Clipse*

● Clipse - "P.O.V." w/ Tyler the Creator

*talk spot - Brian Holidae calls in to chat re Clipse's great new record "Let God Sort Them Out"*

● Clipse - "E.B.I.T.D.A."

~hour break~

*talk spot - Brian talks about his upcoming "Building & Monetizing A Podcast" workshop and what Desta does for the black community*

*talk spot - talkin' Wu-Tang and Run the Jewels w/ Brian

● Run the Jewels - "Run the Jewels" (CJLO Classique '13)
● Narcy - "The Narcissists"

*talk spot - Denis loves Billy Woods*

● Billy Woods - "Checkpoints"
● Backxwash - "History of Violence"
● clipping. - "Welcome Home Warriot" w/ Aesop Rock
● El-P - "Run the Numbers" w/ Aesop Rock (CJLO Classique '07)
● Fraud Perry - "Pied Piper"

*talk spot - talkin' Tribe w/ Denis*

● A Tribe Called Quest - "The Space Program"

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Hooked on Sonics - 2025-07-17 - Hip Hop for Life w/ Denis DirtyWork and Brian Holidae

We welcome a VERY special guest on this episode - Katie! Katie, aka my wife, was a former broadcaster and station manager at CJLO and we revive her old show "Wrong Side of the Bed" to play some of her faves from 2005-2007, when she was filling CJLO's airwaves with dancey post-punk bangers.  Take a trip down CJLO memory lane, chatting about some of the bands she befriended over those years, and some former CJLO volunteers and staffers from that golden era of CJLO radio.

● Autolux - "23 Watt Apple Juice" (Intro)

*talk spot - Katie's old show*

● Death from Above 1979 - "Romantic Rights"
● controller.controller - "Sleep Over It"

*talk spot - whatever happened to Ambulance LTD?*

● Ambulance LTD - "Heavy Lifting"
● The Stills - "Still in Love Song"
● Uncut - "Understanding the New Violence"

*talk spot - meeting at the DFA79 show way back when, and Uncut were righteous dudes - RIP Ian*

● Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Date with the Night"
● Thunderbirds Are Now! - 
● Les Savy Fav - "The Sweat Descends"

*talk spot - Katie saw Les Savy Fav with the Hold Steady and Thunderbirds Are Now! in Australia thanks to a tip from former CJLO DJ Alex Huynh*

● Kiss Me Deadly - "Dance 1"

~hour break~

● TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me"

*talk spot - hi fives to former CJLO PD Alex Rabot, You Say Party We Say Die ruled - RIP Devon*

● You Say Party We Say Die - "Monster"
● Magneta Lane - "Constant Lover"
● Tokyo Police Club - "Nature of the Experiment" w/ Lexi Valentine

*talk spot - getting the hang of radio again, missing the rad gals from Magneta Lane*

● The Walkmen - "The Rat"
● Bloc Party - "Banquet"
● Metric - "Monster Hospital"

*talk spot - hi fives to Amrew host of the "Limelight"

● The Raveonettes - "Sleepwalking"
● Pretty Girls Make Graves - "Pirate Pedastal"
● Silversun Pickups - "Future Foe Scenarios"
● Wolf Parade - "Fancy Claps"

*talk spot - hi fives to "Apologies to Queen Mary", Katie signing off

● M83 - "Teen Angst"

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Hooked on Sonics - 2024-05-09 - "Wrong Side of the Bed" Takeover

We're joined again live in the studio with former community radio veteran Dr. Nana Dawson-Andoh, PhD who shares her current music faves and offers listeners advice - cuz after all "Nana Knows Best".  Tune in to hear some no-treatment-advice on self care to avoid burn out, navigating the perils of social media, bearing witness to the pain and suffering of others, workplace issues, relationship red flags, dealing with friends flaking on plans, and more!

Plus CJLO PD Cam also drops by to discuss "advertising ideas" for CJLO and with a tale from his recent camping adventure!

● Autolux - "23 Watt Apple Juice" (Intro)

*talk spot - Nana in the studio!*

● IDLES - "Dancer"
● METZ - "Light Your Way Home"
● Fontaines DC - "In the Modern World" (request)

*talk spot - Nana Knows Best!*

● Molly Nilsson - "Palestine (Somewhere Over the Rainbow)"
● La Femme - "Cool Colorado"
● Chromatics - "Cherry"

*talk spot - Nana Knows Best!*

● Slowdive - "Kisses"
● Molchat Doma - "Son"

~hour break~

● PJ Harvey - "This is Love"

*talk spot - State of the Station w/ Cam & Nana Knows Best!*

● Baby Rose w/ BADBADBNOTGOOD - "Caroline"

*talk spot - Nana Knows Best w/ Cam's insane hurricane camping trip*

● HEALTH - "We Are Water" (CJLO Classique '09)

*talk spot - Nana Knows Best*

● Hermanos Gutierez - "Low Sun"

*talk spot - Nana Knows Best!*

● Peggy Gou - "1+1=11"

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Hooked on Sonics - 2024-08-22 - Nana Knows Best!

This episode kinda ended up as the perfect thesis statement for the show as we dip our toes in all things fuzzy within the realms of indie rock, post hardcore, power pop, and of course shoegaze, along with a stroll through some new local hip hop.  We chat a bit about Steve Aoki's punk roots, Refused retiring, and more importantly, we ask the question - is Catherine Wheel's "Black Metallic" the shoegaze "Stairway to Heaven"???  Get involved in your community elections!

● Autolux - "23 Watt Apple Juice" (Intro)

*talk break - clooooakroom rules*

● Cloakroom - "Esther Wind"

*talk break - ways to help gaza, put palestine on the ballot*

● Mogwai - "Fanzine Made of Flesh"
● Kestrels - "Dream of You in Black"
● Superchunk w/ Rosali - "Bruised Lung"
● Cap'n Jazz - "Little League" (Track from Way Back '95)
● Swimming - "You Smell Like Phys Ed"

*talk break - steve aoki loves cap n' jazz, hip hop time*

● Narcy w/ Thanks Joey - "The Narcissists" (request)
● Naya Ali - "The Heist"
● Fraud Perry - "Not Sexy"
● Backxwash - "9th Heaven"

*talk break - refused are dead (check out an old interview I did with dennis in 2020 - https://on.soundcloud.com/ITene7OLmjY7iNTmtm*

● Refused - "New Noise" (Track from Way Back '98)

*talk break - refused brought out daryl and jon from snapcase in buffalo!*

● Snapcase - "Caboose" (Track from Way Back '97)

~hour break~

● Helmet - "I Know" (30th anniversary of Betty!)

*talk break - happy 30 years of helmet's "betty"*

● The Last Mile - "Anything"
● Bob Mould - "When Your Heat is Broken"
● She's Green - "Graze"
● Sunsick Daisy - "It'll Be Alright"
● Guided by Voices - "Atom Eyes" (Track from Way Back '96)
● Sharp Pins - "Every Time I Hear"

*talk break - power pop lives!*

● Men I Trust - "Husk"
● Knitting - "Nite Lite"
● Pinback - "True North"
● Seam - "Hey Latasha" (Track from Way Back '95)
● Kallsup - "Golfstrommen"

*talk break - the shoegaze stairway to heaven? yes.*

● Catherine Wheel - "Black Metallic" (Track from Way Back '92)

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Hooked on Sonics - 2025-03-27 - The Shoegaze "Stairway to Heaven"?

Asides from fronting synth pop band Desire, Montreal born L.A. resident Megan Louise is the brains behind influential record label Italians Do It Better, home to all of Johnny Jewel's projects (Chromatics, Desire, Symmetry, etc) as well as newer acts like Tess Roby and Farah.

I got to sit down with Megan (in a very noisy café, sorry for the background noise!) November 16, 2018 when she was visiting for M for Montreal, to discuss how she juggles a huge list of responsibilities doing practically everything at the label and her love for managing IDIB, its artists, and the defacto family it has become.  And, yes, there's a bunch of Dear Tommy talk.

Songs:
● Chromatics - "Back From the Grave"
● Tess Roby - "Given Signs"
● Chromatics - "I Can Never Be Myself When You're Around"
● Glass Candy - "Digital Versicolor"
● Farah - "Into Eternity"
● Desire - "Under Your Spell"
● Desire - "Saturday"

Italians Do It Better - https://italiansdoitbetter.com/
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Hooked on Sonics - Interview w/ Megan Louise of Desire/Italians Do It Better

Indiana post-hardcore trio Cloakroom mix a lot of influences and genres (shoegaze, folk, doom, stoner rock) into a thick and dreamy racket for only three people.  

They dropped by CJLO's The Oven in October of 2017 to record a three song set for "Hooked on Sonics" and talk about their recording process, songwriting, and juggling being in a band and having a normal life.

Songs:
● Cloakroom - "Seedless Star" (Sonics Session)
● Cloakroom  - "Time Well" (Sonics Session)
● Cloakroom - "The Passenger" (Sonics Session)
Session engineered and mixed by Patrick McDowall

Video availaible here:
"Seedless Star" - https://youtu.be/8Lu9OnjTbB8
"Time Well" - https://youtu.be/9k25DjzZKew

Cloakroom - http://cloaknet.org/
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Hooked on Sonics - Session & Interview w/ Cloakroom

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)

Indiana post-hardcore trio Cloakroom mix a lot of influences and genres (shoegaze, folk, doom, stoner rock) into a thick and dreamy racket for only three people.

They dropped by CJLO's The Oven in October of 2017 to record a three song set for "Hooked on Sonics" and talk about their recording process, songwriting, and juggling being in a band and having a normal life.

Session engineered and mixed by Patrick McDowall

Video availaible here:
"Seedless Star" - youtu.be/8Lu9OnjTbB8

Cloakroom - cloaknet.org/
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Cloakroom - Seedless Star (CJLO Sonics Session)

I wanted to do something special for CJLO's "Hip Hop for Life" celebratory week, so I managed to dig up this gem of a session from the Sonics archives, going way back to April 11, 2010.

This was a real special session - at the time pretty much everyone at CJLO was a huge Ali fan, and leading up to the Montreal date of the tour he was on at the time, he had done two interviews to hype it up on our airwaves and was featured in a column in the dearly departed local arts weekly the Montreal Mirror that was written by a former CJLO volunteer.  When I noticed a hint of a last minute possibility for a session based on his routing, I quickly contacted our pal Jess at Co-Sign who reached out immediately to Rhymesayers.  Within a few hours we had the whole thing planned - a day before he'd be in Montreal.

The day of the session, EVERYONE crowded into the Oven's control room, to witness the master at work - volunteers, staff, and broadcasters from all genres at the station.  It was really nice.  Asides from recording two session tracks of songs from the album he was supporting then, "Us" (which has recently been reissued for it's 10th anniversary - https://tinyurl.com/yca8yrsa), he entertained my "challenge" and dropped an on the spot improvised and totally spontaneous freestyle (!) over Autolux's "Turnstile Blues" - it was unbelievable, and we were losing our minds watching him do it.  But it was the conversation after that was the cherry on top - sitting in the Oven with Ali and discussing a wide range of topics, from his embrace of Islam, race and ethnic relations, politics, Minneapolis, and identity.

Later that night at his Montreal show, Ali remarked from the stage that his visit to the CJLO studios felt like "hanging out with a bunch of old friends".  We couldn't have said it better, Ali.  You're always welcome in our home.

Songs:
● Brother Ali - "Uncle Sam Goddamn"
● Brother Ali - "The Preacher" (Sonics Session)
● Brother Ali - "Mourning in America"
● Brother Ali - "De La Kufi" ft. Talib Kweli
● Brother Ali - "Tight Rope" (Sonics Session)
● Brother Ali - "Our Own Light"
● Brother Ali - Freestyle Over Autolux's "Turnstile Blues" (Sonics Session)

Session engineered by Brian Hastie and Lachlan Fletcher and mixed by Lachlan Fletcher
Autolux freestyle produced by Omar Sonics

Video availaible here:
"The Preacher" - https://youtu.be/FMwsbvsN60k
"Tight Rope" - https://youtu.be/UZ2WfjBWmNE
Freestyle Over Autolux's "Turnstile Blues - https://youtu.be/BhwUMvtsdQ0

Filmed and edited by Omar Sonics

Brother Ali - https://rhymesayers.com/artists/brotherali
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Hooked on Sonics - Session & Interview w/ Brother Ali

Brother Ali - The Preacher (CJLO Sonics Session)

It was an ABSOLUTE pleasure having the guys from Bristol, UK's IDLES in the CJLO environment the morning after a sweaty show in Montreal March 22, 2018.  They recorded a great four song set for us, and then we talked about western culture's strange relationship with grief, catharsis through performing live, and connecting with their audience.  

Full set - https://soundcloud.com/hookedonsonicsradio/sets/sonics-session-idles
Session engineered and mixed by Patrick McDowall

Video availaible here:
● Interview - https://youtu.be/HchmFlYpY7M
● BONUS Chocolate Milk Taste Test w/ IDLES - https://youtu.be/dSHFONeZKow

● "Faith In The City" (CJLO Sonics Session) - https://youtu.be/InUiyeAvS00
● "Mother" (CJLO Sonics Session) - https://youtu.be/4HDkNTm4OLw
● "Benzocaine" (CJLO Sonics Session) - https://youtu.be/UL2Bs95zQ28
● "Well Done" (CJLO Sonics Session) - https://youtu.be/gtjHUQ_XiG

Filmed by Simon New, edited by Shin Ling Low, sound by by Patrick McDowall

IDLES - http://www.idlesband.com
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IDLES - "Well Done" (CJLO Sonics Session)

IDLES - "Benzocaine" (CJLO Sonics Session)

It was an ABSOLUTE pleasure having the guys from Bristol, UK's IDLES in the CJLO environment the morning after a sweaty show in Montreal March 22, 2018.  They recorded a great four song set for us, and then we talked about western culture's strange relationship with grief, catharsis through performing live, and connecting with their audience.  

Full set - https://soundcloud.com/hookedonsonicsradio/sets/sonics-session-idles
Session engineered and mixed by Patrick McDowall

Video availaible here:
● Interview - https://youtu.be/HchmFlYpY7M
● BONUS Chocolate Milk Taste Test w/ IDLES - https://youtu.be/dSHFONeZKow

● "Faith In The City" (CJLO Sonics Session) - https://youtu.be/InUiyeAvS00
● "Mother" (CJLO Sonics Session) - https://youtu.be/4HDkNTm4OLw
● "Benzocaine" (CJLO Sonics Session) - https://youtu.be/UL2Bs95zQ28
● "Well Done" (CJLO Sonics Session) - https://youtu.be/gtjHUQ_XiG

Filmed by Simon New, edited by Shin Ling Low, sound by by Patrick McDowall

IDLES - idlesband.com
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IDLES - "Mother" (CJLO Sonics Session)

IDLES - "Faith In The City" (CJLO Sonics Session)

It was an ABSOLUTE pleasure having the guys from Bristol, UK's IDLES in the CJLO environment the morning after a sweaty show in Montreal March 22, 2018.  They recorded a great four song set for us, and then we talked about western culture's strange relationship with grief, catharsis through performing live, and connecting with their audience.  Be sure to check out the video links below for more content!

Songs:
● IDLES - "Faith In The City" (CJLO Sonics Session)
● IDLES - "Mother" (CJLO Sonics Session)
● IDLES - "Benzocaine" (CJLO Sonics Session)
● IDLES - "Well Done" (CJLO Sonics Session)
Session engineered and mixed by Patrick McDowall

Video availaible here:
● Interview - https://youtu.be/HchmFlYpY7M
● BONUS Chocolate Milk Taste Test w/ IDLES - https://youtu.be/dSHFONeZKow
● "Faith In The City" (CJLO Sonics Session) - https://youtu.be/InUiyeAvS00
● "Mother" (CJLO Sonics Session) - https://youtu.be/4HDkNTm4OLw
● "Benzocaine" (CJLO Sonics Session) - https://youtu.be/UL2Bs95zQ28
● "Well Done" (CJLO Sonics Session) - https://youtu.be/gtjHUQ_XiG
Filmed by Simon New, edited by Shin Ling Low, sound by by Patrick McDowall

IDLES - http://www.idlesband.com
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Hooked on Sonics - Session & Interview w/ IDLES

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