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Sonics - Full Episodes

Denis and Allison join me for on the air hijinks as we chat about the Maritimes, Sled Island and Calgary, new music, and briefly touch on the untimley passing of Sonics fave Rick Froberg.

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

● Pity Sex - "Wind Up"
● Mineral - "Parking Lot" (Track From Way Back '97)
*talk break - sending well wishes and a speedy recovery to ex cjlo'er marko*

● Uncut - "Darkhorse"
● Jimmy Eat World - "A Praise Chorus" 
*talk break - denis and allison on the maritimes*

● jale - "Not Happy"
● COUSINS - "At Odds"
● Thrush Hermit - "On the Sneak"
*talk break - talkin' sled island w/ denis and allison*

● Sunforger - "That’s What I'll Do"

~hour break~

● Slowdive	"Skin in the Game"
*talk break - talkin' new music w denis*

● Chat Pile - "Why"
● Godflesh - "Nero"
● Backxwash - "I Lie Here Buried with my Rings and Dresses" (feat. Ada Rock)
● Portishead - "We Carry On"
*talk break - talkin' records w/ denis*

● Low - "All Night"
*talk break - RIP Rick Froberg*

● Hot Snakes - "Six Wave Hold-Down"

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Hooked on Sonics - 2023-07-20 - Chillin' with Denis & Allison

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

A full episode focused on music from artists who have signed onto the Musicians for Palestine letter to "demand an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian aid in Gaza, and an end to the siege."  We also talk about ways you can help the people of Gaza.  A wide array of artists are on this list, so a lot of fuzzy sounds of solidarity are featured. 

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

*talk break - cam drops by with a nice surprise!*

● Big Brave - "The One Who Bornes a Heavy Load"
● Ky - "Elvin Silverware"

*talk break - lots of local bands signed onto the music for palestine letter*

● Eve Parker Finley - "In the End"
● Markus Floats - "Free Wifi"
● Dot Allison - "Colour Me" (Track from Way Back '99)
● Mandy, Indiana - "Pinking Shears"

*talk break - musicians for palestine statement*

● Hotline TNT - "I Thought You'd Change"
● Fucked Up - "Cicada"
● Luna - "Dear Diary" (Track from Way Back '99)

*talk break*	

~hour break~

● Mogwai - "Ritchie Sacramento"

*talk break - musicians for palestine letter*

● A Place to Bury Strangers - "My Weakness" (CJLO Classique '07)
● Deafheaven - "A Great Mass of Color"
● Blonde Redhead - "Melody Experiment"
● Bodywash - "Massif Central"

*talk break - ways to help gaza*

● Duster - "Inside Out" (Track from Way Back '98)
● Fontaines DC - "I Don’t Belong"
● Clairo - "Closer to You"
● Hayden - "Trees Lounge" (Track from Way Back '96)
● DIIV - "Like Before You Were Born"

*talk break - musicians for palestine and ways to help gaza*

● Asobi Seksu - "Thursday"

Musicians for Palestine - https://musiciansforpalestine.net/
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Hooked on Sonics - 2023-11-23 - Musicians for Palestine

Part 2/2 of our 2023 Fund Drive Spectacular - taking a cruise down CJLO Memory Lane and spinning CJLO Classiques across the 25 years of broadcasting existence of the station. If you still want to donate to CJLO, you can do so at the link below - help continue to power independent community radio!  

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

*talk break - cjlo funding drive!*

● New Order - "Crystal" (2001)
● The Stills - "Still in Love Song" (2003)
● TV on the Radio - "Staring at the Sun" (2004)

*talk break - cjlo funding drive!*

● Beach House - "Sparks" (2015)
● My Bloody Valentine - "She Found Now" (2013)
● Slowdive - "Sugar for the Pill" (2017)
● Mogwai - "Rano Pano" 2011)
● METZ - "Headache" (2014)

*talk break - cjlo funding drive!*

● Read Yellow - "The Association" (2003)

*talk break - cjlo funding drive!*

~hour break~

● Damone - "Overchay with Me" (2003)

*talk break - cjlo funding drive!*

● IDLES - "Grounds" (2020)
● Fucked Up - "Son the Father" (2008)
● Lungbutter - "Vile" (2019)

*talk break - joni sadler forever*

● Besnard Lakes - "Disaster" (2007)
● Nothing - "Vertigo Flowers" (2016)
● Silversun Pickups - "Kissing Families" (2005)
● Soccer Mommy - "Your Dog" (2018)
● DIIV - "Doused" (2015)

*talk break - cjlo funding drive!*

● M83 - "Midnight City" (2011)
● Austra - "The Beat and the Pulse" (2011)

*talk break - cjlo funding drive and the maiden voyagees/voyagers?*

● Autolux - "Turntstile Blues" (2004)

CJLO Funding Drive / Donate - https://cjlofundingdrive.com/
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Hooked on Sonics - 2023-10-26 - Fund Drive and CJLO Classiques! Pt 2/2

Part 1/2 of our 2023 Fund Drive Spectacular - taking a cruise down CJLO Memory Lane and spinning CJLO Classiques across the 25 years of broadcasting existence of the station. If you still want to donate to CJLO, you can do so at the link below - help continue to power independent community radio!  

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

*talk break - cjlo funding drive!*

● Replacements - "Left of the Dial"
● The Organ - "Brother" (2004)
● contrller.controller - "History" (2004)
● TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me" (2006)

*talk break - allison and cam chat funding drive!*

● Walkmen - "The Rat" (2004)
● Wolf Parade - "Shine a Light" (2005)
● Constantines - "Young Offenders" (2001)

*talk break - cjlo funding drive!*

● Blood Brothers - "Set Fire to the Face on Fire" (2006)
● Vaux - "Cocaine James" (2006)

~hour break~

● Cloud Nothings - "Wasted Days" (2012)

*talk break - cjlo funding drive!*

● Hot Snakes - "Braintrust" (2004)
● Women - "Drag Open" (2010)
● Magneta Lane - "Daggers Out!" (2005)
● Death from Above 1979 - "Romantic Rights" (2004)
● HEALTH - "Die Slow" (2009)

*talk break - cjlo funding drive!*

● Pretty Girls Make Graves - "Speakers Push the Air" (2002)
● Uncut - "Darkhorse" (2006)

*talk break - ghosts and cjlo funding drive mayhem w/ maiden voyage!*

CJLO Funding Drive / Donate - https://cjlofundingdrive.com/
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Hooked on Sonics - 2023-10-19 - Fund Drive and CJLO Classiques! Pt 1/2

Another episode focusing on music from artists who have signed onto the Musicians for Palestine letter to "demand an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian aid in Gaza, and an end to the siege".  The second hour is a tribute to the music of Kevin "Geordie" Walker of Killing Joke, who passed away suddenly at the age of 64 - RIP Geordie Walker.

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

*talk break - musicians for palestine*

● Fugazi - "Epic Problem"
● Bikini Kill - "Rebel Girl"
● Black Flag - "Nervous Breakdown"
● Pinkshift - "I'm Gonna Tell My Therapist On You"
● At the Drive-In - "Arcarsenal"
● Thursday - "Turnpike Divides"

*talk break - musicians for palestine statement*

● Una Rose - "Partly"
● Karma Glider - "In Deep Ocean"
● TOPS - "Dayglow Bimbo"
● Ivy - "Thinking of You"
● Still Kicking - "Likely Forever"

*talk break - allison drops by with a state of the station address*

● Nennen - "Villeray"

~hour break~

● Skin Tone - "The Morning of the Launch"

*talk break - ways to help gaza*	

● Killing Joke - "Full Spectrum Dominance" (2023)
● Killing Joke - "Eighties" (1985)

*talk break - rip geordie walker / pitchfork obituary*

● Killing Joke - "Love Like Blood" (1985)

*talk break - rip geordie walker / the wild 90s and killing joke's influence*

● Killing Joke - "Millenium" (1994)
● Damage Manual - "Sunset Gun" (2000)
● Killing Joke - "Wardance" (1980)

*talk break - rip geordie walker / geordie's gear / fellow killing joke members' statement on his passing*

● Killing Joke	"Total Invasion" (2003)

Musicians for Palestine - https://musiciansforpalestine.net/
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Hooked on Sonics - 2023-11-30 - Musicians for Palestine & RIP Geordie Walker (Killing Joke)

Covering a lot of ground on this episode including paying tribute to J Dilla and what would have been his 50th birthday with a short set of my fave tracks of his, Allison drops by to discuss Alvvays' Grammy nominated song "Belinda Says", a slew of new local music, briefly touch on the 30th anniversary of Therapy?'s phenomenal record "Troublegum", and the usual fuzzy loud goodies.

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

*talk break - new les savy fav!*

● Les Savy Fav - "Legendary Tippers"
● Two Koreas - "Cloth Coat Revolution" (CJLO Classique '07)
● controller.controller - "Disco Blackout" (CJLO Classique '04)

*talk break - controller.controller reunion show at the drake 20th!*

● Have a Nice Life - "Sisyphus"
● Wisp - "Your Face"
● Fawning - "Under Your Skin"
● Crushed - "Waterlily"
● Curve - "Missing Link" (Track from Way Back '93)

*talk break - breaking down alvvays' "belinda says" w/ allison*

● Alvvays - "Bilinda Says"

~hour break~

● Homeshake - "CD Wallet"
● IDLES - "Gift Horse"

*talk break - happy 50th birthday j dilla, rip*

● Slum Village - "Fall In Love" (Track from Way Back '00)
● Jaylib - "React" w/ Quasimoto (CJLO Classique '03)
● J Dilla - "Workinonit" (Track from Way Back '06)

*talk break - dilla the goat*

● Cadence Weapon - "Press Eject"
● Markus Floats	"Free Wifi"
● Hua Li - "Cherrier"
● Eve Parker Finlay - "Fall Into Me"
● Nick Schofield - "Meadow"

*talk break - markus got a juno nom, lots of good local stuff coming out, and then we crank it urp*

● Chastity - "Children"
● Therapy? - "Screamager" (Track from Way Back '94)
● Mil-Spec - "The Days Don't End"

*talk break - happy 30th to therapy?'s "troublegum"!*

● Pretty Girls Make Graves - "Sad Girls Por Vida" (Track from Way Back '02)

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Hooked on Sonics - 2024-02-08 - Alvvays Talk & Happy Birthday J Dilla

To show our support for the McGill solidarity encampment for Gaza, CJLO setup a live broadcast from the Roddick Gates on 5/23/24.  On the Sonics portion, we played artists who have voiced support for the Palestinian people, discussed life on the encampment with one of the organizers, ways you can help the people of Gaza,, the concept of divestment, and Montreal artist, rapper, and activist Narcy called in to discuss the importance of protest.

You can hear some more highlights from what was a 5 hour broadcast featuring other shows "Whip Appeal", "REVC", and "Maiden Voyage: here - https://on.soundcloud.com/KPE7gQRYgnaVnh9D9

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

*talk break - live from the encampment*

● Fugazi - "Public Witness Program"
● Strike Anywhere - "SST"
● Turnstile - "Mystery"

*talk break - live from the encampment*

● Sleater-Kinney - "One Beat"
● Barnacle - "Waiting":

*talk break - News staffer Serena interviews an encampment organizer*

● Public Enemy - "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"

*talk break - how to educate yourself re the situation in Gaza and Palestine*

● Cadence Weapon - "Ghosts" (w/ Backxwash)
● Karma Glider - "Sugarcane"

*talk break - CJLO staff talks about Gaza etc*

● Hotline TNT - "I Thought You'd Change"
● Slow Pulp - "Doubt"
● Bodywash - "Comforter"
● Sweetmess - "I Saw You Staring"

*talk break - ways you can help the situation in Gaza and Palestine*

● Mogwai - "Party in the Dark"

*talk break - Cam explains the concept of divestment*

● FACS - "North America Endless"
● Sunforger - "Defeat You"
● Big Brave - "Un chanson pour mon ombre"

*talk break - Narcy calls in from Istanbul*

● Narcy - "American Karma" w/ Todd Rundgren & Jai Electronica
● Arooj Aftab - "Raat Ki Rani"

*talk break - chattin' w/ Steph of "Maiden Voyage"*

● IDLES - "Grounds"

Ways to help the situation in Gaza and Palestine:

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:
-Human Concern International
-Amnesty International
-Red Cross
-Human Rights Watch
-PCRF

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Hooked on Sonics - 2024-05-23 - Live from McGill Gaza Encampment

A mix of new music and various album anniversaries in the first hour, and in the second hour 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.

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

*talk break - program director Cam drops by with the state of the station address*

● Bob Mould - "The War" (10th anniversary of Beauty & Ruin)
● Sunny Day Real Estate - "Seven" (live at London Bridge Studio)
● Unwound - "What was Wound" (30th anniversary of New Plastic Ideas tour)
● Land of Talk - "Speak to Me in Bones" (CJLO Classique '06)

*talk break - upcoming protests for gaza*

● Cadence Weapon - "Connor McDavid"
● Backxwash - "Wake Up"
● Pusha T - "Brambleton"

*talk break*

● Clayborne - "No Words, Only Words"

~hour break~

● Jesus Lizard - "Hide and Seek"
● WORKS - "Entrainment"
● Throwing Muses - "Ruthie's Knocking" (1996)
● IDLES - "Grace"

*talk break*

● Ian Sweet and Porridge Radio - "Everyone's a Superstar"
● Robert Ascroft w/ Ruth Radelet - "Fading Photograph"

*talk break - Lina Zdruli Montreal delegate for the Gaza Freedom Flotilla*

● Brother Ali - "Uncle Sam Goddamn"

*talk break - Lina Zdruli Montreal delegate for the Gaza Freedom Flotilla*

● 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 - 2024-06-06 - Lina Zdruli / Freedom Flotilla to Gaza

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"?

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

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