Hooked on Sonics

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HOOKED ON SONICS is yer weekly dose of indie rock, post-punk, power pop, shoegaze, math rock, noise pop, post-hardcore and anything with loud geetars...with sometimes a little alt-country, post rock and hip hop tossed into the mix.  Hosted by Omar "Crash" Goodness and a rotating cast of guests, we basically bring you what we think is the best in new underground rock along with your requests and various regular features such as:

  • Sonics Selection – The best new track of the week…
  • Track From Way Back – Just like what it sounds like, a golden oldie of yore…
  • Hooked on Sonics Hidden Gem – A tune, band, or album, that “shoulda been a contenda”, but sadly got ignored…
  • Canadian Indie Rock Classic – A golden oldie of the canadian variety…
  • 90’s Classique – the now infamous/listener fave - a minor hit/one hit wonder from that fave era of ours…

Having trained numerous CJLO DJs, as well as capped CJLO.com's online listenership, HOOKED ON SONICS has been a mainstay on CJLO's schedule for some time and has played host to live performances from the likes of Julie Doiron, Fucked Up, Chuck Ragan, Zola Jesus, North of America, the Posies, Murder by Death, Wintersleep, Picastro, Pattern is MovementDan Sartain, and featured up and coming Canadian talent like PS I Love You, Uncut, AIDS Wolf, You Say Party! We Say Die!, Two Koreas, and many, many more.

Tune in for sessions and interviews with other established and new artists, record previews, and other features. Drop us a line to get on the Sonics Mailing list, or if you want to make a request - md-alt [at] cjlo [dot] com


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*NEW* February 24, 2011 - MUPPETS / SEASAME STREET CHARACTERS HOST! - A CJLO and Sonics fan favourite, it's as ridiculous as it sounds. Kermit sits in for Omar and guests like Elmo, Cookie Monster, Miss Piggy, even the Count and more show up! Must be heard to be believed!  Kermit even sends out Hum's "Green to Me" to the late great Jim Henson. We're posting this in in time for Jim Henson's 75th Birthday and the newly released Muppets movie.  Happy 75th Jim. A whole slew o' people miss you.

*all Muppets & Seasame Street characters, names, etc are copyright and owned by either the Jim Henson Company, Disney, and/or the Seasame Workshop.  The imitation of any of the characters herein is solely for the sake of parody and does not reflect any of the above company's views or opinions (no, we don't really know what Kermit and Elmo think of Radiohead's "King of Limbs").

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December 12, 2010 -  This one is honestly one of my favourite episodes of the show ever, and one of the most fun as Sonics contributor Nana Dawson-Andoh returns with another installment of "Nana Knows Best", and fellow CJLO staffers Lachlan , Gareth and Brian gather around for another "Ivory Tower" discussion - this time on boxsets!  

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November 18, 2010 - Andrew Sisk of Coco et Co. drops in, and Lachlan and Brian drop by for the 1st installment of our "Ivory Tower" discussion series.

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August 19, 2010 - CJLO and Sonics friends Bethany Pickard and Nana Dawson-Andoh drop by to select the playlist, and new segment "Nana Knows Best" is premiered as well as the call-in advice segment "Dear Bethany".  We also explore the phenomena known as "The Bethany Calls".


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au palaispathos
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fugazifull disclosure
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holecredit in the straight world
luise popblack cat
wye oakmother - danzig cover
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curve missing link - request
lushhypocrite - request
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bridge and tunnelcooked books
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SONICS SELECTION - Walter Schriefels and the gang are back with a new Rival Schools record called Pedals due out in March of 2011.  The whole original lineup is back intact and it looks like the band is well on it's way to carry the momentum their debut album United by Fate had implied.  Here's an early taste of what's hopefully something that's gonna...