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Sonics - Full Episodes

1 Jailbreak Blues

And random bunch of ones and zeros and... something else...

Binary Chant Demo 1

The Uplifting Bell Ends - Travellin’ Home
Dead Horses - Macabro
The Daggermen - You Were Meant To Be
Woodfield Rd. Allstars - Flying Crow Feather
Lee Paradise ft. New Chance - Not Practical
Ghost Funk Orchestra - Why?
Sababa 5 - Lizarb
Prism Shores - Diving Bell
Snapped Ankles - The Fish Needs A Bike
Dumb - Excuse Me?
Leatherette - Fiesta
Veronik - Anómala
Snake Chain - RU
Snake Lips - Happy Anxious
The Mighty Mocambos - Ghost Walk
Shirley Hurt - Problem Child
Pye Corner Audio - Pocket Disco
Sort Of Damocles - Juno 60 Senior’s Discount
The Plastic Youth - Big Thief
Los Palms - Scared Of Saturday Nights
#SweetSkaSounds
Gil Scott-Heron - Home Is Where The Hatred Is

Pressure Drop Show, 3rd October 2022

About 3 Minutes Of Jabbering

Over the past decade, Montreal’s Braids — musicians Taylor Smith, Raphaelle Standell-Preston, and Austin Tufts — have devoted themselves to exploring their art together, making for one of the more daring and fluid catalogs in contemporary experimental pop. On their fifth album, Euphoric Recall, Braids abandoned strategy, burned it down, and realized their love record.

Standell-Preston appeared on @ashestoashescjlo to talk about the LP, composing string arrangements for the first time, and "getting a lot of purpose" from performing live.

Original air date: May 30, 2023
Photo: Melissa Gamache

Braids Interview || Ashes to Ashes

The 23rd edition of the Suoni Per Il Popolo music festival will take place from June 1 to 23, 2023 in several of Montreal's legendary venues. The annual music festival celebrates music and arts for the culturally curious and the musically inclined. Their fresh programming will feature local, national and international artists covering a number of genres that include free jazz, avant-rock, noise/post-punk, avant-folk, and afro-futurism.

As a proud partner of the left-of-centre festival, CJLO took the time to talk to Suoni director of operations Penny Pattison about her role, what makes the festival unique, and much more.

Original air date: May 30, 2023

For more information:
https://suoniperilpopolo.org/

Suoni Per Il Popolo Interview || CJLO 1690AM

Jessy Lanza calls Love Hallucination, her latest record, her “trust fall.” Having just moved from the Bay Area to sunny LA, the singer-producer steps into a newfound confidence and personal authenticity.  From club-ready songs to more downbeat and sultry works, Love Hallucination reminds us of falling into depths of love but being self-assured enough to trust one’s instincts.

Lanza appeared on @ashestoashescjlo to talk about the record, whether she sees herself as a mentor to potential artists, and if she'd ever do YouTube "how to" videos.

Songs played: "Limbo," "Marathon," "Don't Leave Me Now"

Original air date: August 1, 2023
Photo: Trent Tomlinson

Jessy Lanza Interview || Ashes to Ashes

On 'Coming Up, Crocus,' the debut EP from Montreal artist Sophie Ogilvie, change is always already in motion. The release chronicles how one season passes into the next, how a relationship resolves itself into something gone. Drawing on jazz, R&B, and 90s alternative, Ogilvie’s songwriting is simultaneously cool and vulnerable, soft and hard-hitting, delicate and dramatic.

Ogilvie appeared on @ashestoashescjlo to talk about the EP, dramatic music, and her academic side.

Songs played: "Milk Glass," "New Friend"

Original air date: October 3, 2023
Photo: Hamza Abouelouafaa

Sophie Ogilvie Interview || Ashes to Ashes

After building up a cult-like fanbase over the past year with a steady wave of irresistible album singles, Midwestern darling and imminent pop star Chappell Roan delivered her highly anticipated debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess last month. A technicolor celebration of self-discovery and transformation, the record tracks Roan’s cinematic journey of falling in queer love for the first time, while embracing all the messy and imperfect moments in-between.

Roan appeared on @ashestoashescjlo to talk about the LP, the paradoxes of pop music, and why she believes she hasn't written her best song yet.

Songs played: "Red Wine Supernova," "Hot to Go!," "Pink Pony Club," "Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl"

Original air date: October 10, 2023
Photo: Ryan Lee Clemens

Chappell Roan Interview || Ashes to Ashes

Montreal dancefloor mavens @lecouleur are back with Comme dans un penthouse, their latest album out on @lisbon-lux-records. Featuring an electronic, nu-disco sound à la Todd Terje and reminiscent of Fujiya & Miyagi’s early 2000’s Krautrock, this new album is irresistibly suspenseful. Using Barbara, a character from their 2016 album P.O.P. as a symbol of our collective thirst for excitement, this eight track speed train of an album will transport you to a realm of icy desire.

Steeven Chouinard and Patrick Gosselin, two-thirds of the trio, appeared on @ashestoashescjlo to talk about the LP, concept albums, and what hasn't changed about the band after 15 years together.

Songs played: "À la rencontre de Barbara (feat. Standard Emmanuel)," "Addiction," "Autobahn," "Sentiments nouveaux"

Original air date: September 19, 2023
Photo: Andy Jon

Le Couleur Interview || Ashes to Ashes

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

Most of the second half of this episode is a tribute to my friend JP Matte who was a local musican in such great bands as Selfmademan and the Diamond Sea.  We talk about JP, his great musical taste and some of the wonderful music he made in his life.  

We also talk about the Polaris Song Prize shortlist, premiere a great new political hardcore band from Boston called Cold Snap, and CJLO GM Lisa and PD Cam swing by to talk Pavement and sparkling water vs ice cream (?!) and the usual loud guitars and fuzzy pop songs. 

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

*talk spot - heeeeere we gooooooooo*

● Sleater Kinney - "The Fox" (CJLO Classique '05)
● Wednesday - "Pick Up That Knife"
● Nothing - "Vertigo Flowers"
● How Much Art - "PR"

*talk spot - hxc will never die but you will*

● Propagandhi - "At Peace"
● Cold Snap - "Immolation"
● Raised Fist - "Breaking Me Up"
● IDLES - "Rabbit Run"

*talk spot - polaris song prize shortlist*

● Ribbon Skirt - "Wrong Planet:
● Alex G - "Oranges"
● Pavement - "In the Mouth of a Desert" (Track from Way Back '91)

*talk spot - lisa and cam come on to discuss pavement, ice cream, and sparkling water*

● Imperial Teen - "Water Boy" (Track from Way Back '96)

~hour break~

● Mustafa - "Gaza is Calling"

*talk spot - polaris song prize shortlist, ways to help gaza*

● Mumrunner - "Violet"
● Blankenberge - "New Rules"
● Karma Glider - "Love Bleeds"
● No Joy - "My Crud Princess"

*talk spot - RIP JP Matte*

● Jawbreaker - "Save Your Generation"
● Selfmademan - "Steel Toe Amputee"

*talk spot - RIP JP Matte*

● Diamond Sea - "Jailbreak Blues"

*talk spot - RIP JP Matte*

● METZ - "Light Your Way Home"

Jean-Pierre Matte - https://mountroyalcem.com/obituary/22455-jean-pierre-matte/
Diamond Sea - https://soundcloud.com/diamond-sea-1

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Hooked on Sonics - 2025-07-31 - Tribute to JP Matte

The usual fuzzy goodness on this episode along with tributes to Rorika Loring of the great nugaze heroes Fleeting Joy and Mani of the legendary Stone Roses who both sadly passed away.  CJLO GM (Live Laugh) Lisa also drops by to talk about turning 30.  Tune in!

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

*talk spot - let's goooooo

● Nothing - "Cannibal World"
● No Joy - "I Hate That I Forget What You Look Like"
● They Are Gutting a Body of Water - "Baeside K"
● Uncut - "Stay Gold"

*talk spot - congrats to jon and val from uncut/magneta lane for getting married!

● Magneta Lane - "Burn"
● Die Spitz - "Punishers"
● Monster Magnet - "Negasonic Teenage Warhead" (30th anniversary!)

*talk spot - monster magnet reissues!

● Charlie XCX and John Cale - "House" (request)
● Kee Avil - "Felt"
● Mandy, Indiana - "Magazine"
● Just Mustard - "We Were Just Here"

*talk spot - mbv is back, baby

● My Bloody Valentine - "Soon"

~hour break~

● Fleeting Joys - "Go and Come Back"
*talk spot - tribute to rorika loring of fleeting joys
● Fleeting Joys - "The Good  Kind of Tomorrow"
*talk spot - tribute to rorika loring of fleeting joys
● Fleeting Joys - "Something in Your Melody"
*talk spot - tribute to rorika loring of fleeting joys
● Fleeting Joys - "You Want To"

*talk spot - cjlo gm lisa drops by to talk about turning 30!

● George Clanton - "I Been Young" (request)

*talk spot - rip mani of the roses

● Stone Roses - "I Wanna Be Adored"
● Primal Scream - "Kowalski"

*talk spot - rip mani

● Besnard Lakes - "Chemin de la Baie"

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Hooked on Sonics - 2025-11-27 - Tributes to Rorika Loring / Fleeting Joys and Mani / Stone Roses

Yer weekly dose of indie rock, post-punk, power pop, shoegaze, math rock, noise pop, post-hardcore and anything with loud guitars...with some extras tossed into the mix. Hosted by Omar Sonics and a rotating cast of guests.

thursdays 4-6pmET on cjlo1690am / www.cjlo.com

Hooked on Sonics - 2025-07-31 - Tribute to JP Matte

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