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 (?!)

Mapping Montreal Music: Hochelaga is an episode of a podcast series by CJLO 1690 AM that examines the musical history of Montreal, borough by borough. I recorded, produced, edited, and voiced a beginner's (and anglophone) look at the storied borough of Hochelaga Maisonneuve and its fighting spirit against gentrification. 

Mapping Montreal Music: Hochelaga

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"?

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

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.

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