Strangeways - City Park Radio

28/08/2023

OH HEY, ANOTHER ONE 🕷

Catholic Spit. Alien S*x Fiend. Kentucky Vampires. Disjecta Membra.
11pm AEST. City Park Radio. 103.7 FM & 96.5 FM + online streams.

Strangeways. We have too many stops, but at least they're full.

31/07/2023

Ten minutes til the next morbid milestone!
Let's get amphibian with Labcoat Fiasco 🐸💀

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12/06/2023

Eyes (and ears) peeled, it's Monday once more!

Prepare to go blind with desire as we delve into the sonorous Diavol Strâin, the sultry Bellwether Syndicate, and the ever-so-slightly sinful Alien S*x Fiend - all from 11pm tonight 👀

Strangeways: lost in a forest & can't see it for the trees, brought to you by City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online

29/05/2023

Terror from above! 🦇

The latest of our Strangeways minions, Daisy is all ears for a jam-packed showcase of hellish delights - with brand-new madness from California's own Cult Strange, blistering riffs from Christ vs. Warhol & the cutting vocals of Virgin in Veil, there's something for every appetite!

Strangeways: even forces of darkness need interns, brought to you by City Park Radio

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online.

22/05/2023

THE STATE OF THE STRANGE

Hey weirdos, it's been some time.
Maybe too much time. Sorry about that.

So where in all the nine hells have I been?

The short answer: working 6-7 days a week was dissolving me into a puddle of fine goo. Neglected everything. Highly unprofessional.

The long answer: broadcasting has carried on as normal, with the major exception being the posting of recorded content (this is more of a platform issue, however, and will be brought up to date once resolved). All socials activity was thoroughly waylaid due to extraneous workload/serious lack of sleep, including all inbox messages. Massive grovelling apologies, especially for the latter.

The fun answer: world goff day innit 💀

Tonight from 11pm AEDT, we'll be throwing down some of our show favourites (looking at you Chiffon Magnifique/Nox Novacula/Altar De Fey), as well as talking into a microphone in a soundproof room of some sort.

Strangeways: back from the dead & straight to your head, courtesy of City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM and online.

17/10/2022

The spring moon is waxen, clear and on high;
a sure portent that the grim times are most nigh...

Tune in, brave traveller, at the 11th night hour
(by phone or by wireless, or some psychic power)
We've Slags and LEATHERS, vast CAVEs of cold,
The Cure for all ailments, if such claims aren't too bold.

So come all and sundry, come forth and regret,
Strangeways are upon us, but they'll be stranger yet...

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online 🦇

03/10/2022

Saving all that daylight for someone who needs it? So are we.

Come on down to the dark side of the park - we've got Killing Joke, Dead Can Dance & some fresh new nasty from Skeletal Family 💀

Strangeways: in dungeon and den from 11pm, courtesy of City Park Radio

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online.

29/08/2022

Well now, that's a bit special...

Tonight's program marks one full year of fear, 52 consecutive weeks of aural ruination & cultural education (in spite of the occasional plague). Thank you all, every last one of you weirdos, for staying tuned each Monday cycle 🖤

From 11pm, we'll be celebrating with a smattering of the good gristle - from Cocteau Twins to Clan of Xymox, Sad Lovers to Siekiera, there's something on offer for every degenerate.

Strangeways: ageing oh so disgracefully, courtesy of City Park Radio

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online 🦇💀

22/08/2022

Stop, drop, it's gothic pop!

Tune in now for House Of Harm, Graveyard Club & Drab Majesty, as well as some brand new stuff from NIGHT SINS 💀

Strangeways: always outnumbered & never outshunned, courtesy of City Park Radio

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online.

15/08/2022

Once upon a late night weekly, from the desk of wireless speaky,
Came a loathsome spectre none could well ignore.
Bereft of sun & solemn slumber, those waking few would wait in wonder,
Wonder what sort of putrid sounds lay in store.

'Tis Monday night, you heard that right --
and this week makes one in five full score.

Strangeways: only this, and nothing more.

27/07/2022

25/07/2022

Monday malady? Time for some melody.

Secret Shame. Keluar. Vandal Moon. Tears for the Dying.

Strangeways: from plague dome to catacomb, we pierce every ear & chill every bone - brought to you by City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online 💀💀💀

18/07/2022

It's a chill wind blowing through your Monday, what shall it bring?

Kentucky Vampires. Merciful Nuns. Fear Atomic. DR. ARTHUR KRAUSE.

Strangeways: on in five minutes' time & struggling to rhyme, courtesy of City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online 💀

11/07/2022

Is that the dolorous mutter of requests unfulfilled? Sounds like it's Monday again 💀

Tune in from 11pm tonight as we explore the mouldering ruins of our audience's hopes and dreams - maybe there's some Reflection Black to be found, or possibly a bit of Danse Society? Rumour has it that The Labcoat Fiasco can be spotted at times, although that may just be dust.

Strangeways: always aiming to displease, courtesy of City Park Radio

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online.

04/07/2022

How many bones are there in the average human skeleton?
Well, how about an entire family of them? ☠️

Tune in from 11pm tonight for a special look at the devilish works of Yorkshire's own Skeletal Family, as well as collaborations with Ghost Dance, The March Violets, Batfish Boys and more.

Strangeways: free from the dome & outside your home, courtesy of City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online.

20/06/2022

Attention gothlings: we interrupt your regularly scheduled misery for a special announcement.

Your resident Minister of Sinister has been sequestered away in the Plague Dome™ for the time being (he is well enough, requesting only Red Bull & medicinal leeches). As such, the mantle of local gothic broadcasting has been bestowed unto a much more chaotic harbinger of hate...

Ministry. Nine Inch Nails. KMFDM. Einstürzende Neubauten.

From 11pm tonight, you can join Ben in the crypt for a once-in-an-unlifetime opportunity: the glorious terror that is INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT 💀

Strangeways: sicker than 14th century Europe, courtesy of City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online.

13/06/2022

What's that lurking in the Monday mists?
Could it be brand new material from Chiffon Magnifique? Perhaps some savage sounds from Ex-VoTo, Disjecta Membra, or Screams For Tina?
You'll just have to tune in from 11pm tonight & find out...

Strangeways: that's probably me in the corner, courtesy of City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online 💀

06/06/2022

A northern wind has winged its frosty way southwards this morose Monday...

Tonight from 11pm, we'll have a scandalously Scandinavian banquet of sounds: from Hemgraven to Henric de la Cour, Agent Side Grinder to Antipole, and everything in between, it's not a show to be missed!

Strangeways: in your ears & freezing your tears, courtesy of City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online 💀🦇

30/05/2022

Frozen from voluminous top to winged tip? 💀🥶
Come bask in the pallid light of local broadcasting from 11pm, where we'll be serving up a foul feast of homegrown villainy (including the likes of Slag Queens, Peak Body & The Labcoat Fiasco) to warm what little cockles remain.

Strangeways: this ain't a scene, it's a goddamn Batcave - brought to you by City Park Radio

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online.

23/05/2022

Already lamenting the loss of World Goth Day?
Let's keep the hearse rolling with a depraved dose of Corpus Delicti, Hemgraven, Rosetta Stone, The Mescaline Babies & more! ⚰️

Strangeways: keeping your scene most unclean from 11pm, courtesy of City Park Radio

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online.

02/05/2022

Ritual Howls? Possibly.
Grave Pleasures? Always.
How about Linea Aspera, Sixth June, Skeleton Hands?
Press your ears to the Monday night aether & find out!

Strangeways: resurrecting in T-minus 10 minutes, courtesy of City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online.

18/04/2022

Easter season driving you batty? Let's fix that.

Tonight from 11pm AEST, it's a fourth filling of horrors most homegrown: with offerings from EXEK to EWAH, Low Life to Laughing Gear, there's something local in the showcase for every sorry soul!

Strangeways: giving up their weekend for your sins, courtesy of City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online.

04/04/2022

In house & ready to go - are you?

Rope Sect. Rata Negra. SPECTRES. Totenwald.

Tonight from 11pm AEST, it's a whole grim gallery of post-punk deepcuts & D-sides. What fun!

Strangeways: it's beginning to look a lot like broadcasting, brought to you by City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online.

28/03/2022

30 episodes. New Bauhaus single. Blind reaction. Let's do this.

Strangeways: always short & never sweet, 11pm every Monday on City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online 🦇

21/03/2022

Behold, something cold from beyond the fold...

Tonight from 11pm AEDT, it's all about coldwave - from TRISOMIE 21 & Blind Delon, to FATAMORGANA & CIUDAD LINEAL (plus a whole lot more), it's certainly not one to miss!

Strangeways: bringing the dark world to your doorstep / trayendo el mundo oscuro a tu puerta / apportant le monde sombre à votre porte, courtesy of City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online ☠️

14/03/2022

Behold, radio!

Daniel Ash. Play Dead. ESSES. UsherHouse (rather fittingly).

Tune in from 11pm tonight for the sixth cursed course in our audience request banquet, plus a look at some of the brand new nasty from CHRISTIAN DEATH 💀🦇

Strangeways: always running by the book, courtesy of City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online.

07/03/2022

It's International Women's Day here in Strangewaysland - although an hour won't come close to cutting it, tonight's all about the female-presenting influences on our morbid little scene!

Tune in from 11pm tonight as we dance oh-so-macabre to the likes of Zanias, Xmal Deutschland, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Second Still & much, much more!

Strangeways: you've heard it on the grapevine, now hear it on City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online.

02/03/2022

Well look what the bat dragged in!

Show #26 is now available, featuring a fearsomely fresh ensemble from Haunt Me, Neila Invo & Occults (not to mention a sneaky preview from the delightful Chiffon Magnifique)!

We're back again next week for a very special episode, so as always:
stay tuned, stay safe, stay strange 🦇🦇
https://www.mixcloud.com/strangewaysCPR/strangeways-show-26-fresh-kills-2022-new-releases/

Strangeways with Declan P on City Park Radio. Feeling frazzled? Let's freshen you up! Featuring tracks from DARK, Kill Shelter, Chiffon Magnifique, Haunt Me and more. Occults - Physical DARK - Desire Harsh Symmetry - Mirror Twin Haunt Me - Watch You Bleed Give My Remains to Broadway - Comfort of the...

28/02/2022

Monday giving you the creepy crawlies? Let's make it worse!

From 11pm AEDT we're featuring a whole unholy host of new singles: with offerings from the likes of DARK, Male Tears & Kill Shelter (as well as a sneaky somethin' from Brisbane's own Chiffon Magnifique), this calamitous cavalcade's on the very bleeding edge of sound!

Strangeways: ask not for whom the pen doth scrawl, brought to you by City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online.

24/02/2022

Is it a retrospective? Yeah, kinda!

Show #25 is now available, featuring some classic Australian post-punk offerings from The Wreckery, WhirlyWirld, The Moodists & Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (as well as a smidge of contemporary goodies from The Native Cats & Dr Sure's Unusual Practice).

But will there be more foul abominations next week? Yeah, likely!

You'll just have to stay tuned, stay safe, and above all, stay strange 💀
https://www.mixcloud.com/strangewaysCPR/strangeways-show-25-what-has-two-wings-six-bells-and-fifteen-feet-homegrown-horrors-3/

Strangeways with Declan P on City Park Radio. Rejoice, for the third helping of horror has hit your hometown! Featuring tracks by The Church, The Wreckery, Plug Uglies, Whirlywirld and more. The Native Cats - Preservation Law The Church - The Unguarded Moment Whirlywirld - Window to the World Bloodl...

21/02/2022

25 episodes in & we're finally swapping to paint pens. Aaaart!

Join us tonight for a third instalment of Homegrown Horrors: with the likes of The Church, Plug Uglies, Nick Cave and Crime and the City Solution on offer, it's set to be a retrospective of fearsomely local proportions!

Strangeways: may contain traces of broadcasting, courtesy of City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online.

16/02/2022

Never forget your emergency supplies, but please remember to promote your show in the meantime 🙃🦇

Monday night saw us venturing forth into the hellish dominion of the New Millennium: with tracks from Cruxshadows, Bella Morte, She Wants Revenge, Blutengel & everything in between, there's a veritable feast of pre-2005 viscera waiting for you in the recording. Go on, you know you want to!

Strangeways: it's enough to set any baby bat's fangs on edge, courtesy of City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online (but hopefully on time)

https://www.mixcloud.com/strangewaysCPR/strangeways-show-24-fear-and-loathing-2000-2005/

14/02/2022

Rather delayed on this one, sorry folks.

Show #23 is now available, featuring tracks from Bales' projects The Wraith & Shadow Age, plus an assortment of California heavy hitters including The Bellicose Minds, Adrenochrome, Mystic Priestess, Detoxi & more.

Remember, donations are still open to help offset the funeral costs - please give if you can: https://gofund.me/07e95bb7

For now, though, please enjoy the show. Vale, Davey.

https://www.mixcloud.com/strangewaysCPR/strangeways-show-23-barbed-wire-somber-rip-davey-bales/

Strangeways with Declan P on City Park Radio. Tonight we paid tribute to one of contemporary deathrock's brightest flames. Vale, Davey. Featuring tracks by The Wraith, Shadow Age, Detoxi, Adrenochrome and more. The Wraith - Ballad of Aeon The Wraith - Dolor Cemetery - The Fan and the Bellows Altar D...

07/02/2022

It's been a rough week.

For those who are unaware, the last few days saw the loss of one of LA deathrock's most passionate vanguards: Davey Bales, lead vocalist for The Wraith & one of the biggest artistic catalysts for this show's creation.

Out of respect for Bales' incredible creative legacy, tonight's program will feature a selection of tracks from The Wraith & Shadow Age, interspersed with a few of California's best & darkest.

Strangeways: for once at a loss for words, brought to you by City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online.
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PS: the band is raising funds for Davey to be interred in Hollywood Forever Cemetery - follow the link in the comments to donate.

01/02/2022

And lo, what delightful discord these plastic stat seeds do sow...

The utter chaos of Show #22 is now available for your enjoyment, featuring THEATRE OF ICE, Ex-VoTo, Selofan, Virgin in Veil & everything in between.

As for next week? Well, loathsome listener, you'll just have to lurk in the shadows & find out 💀

Stay tuned, stay safe, stay strange.
https://www.mixcloud.com/strangewaysCPR/strangeways-show-22-of-dice-and-din-d20-randomiser-special/

Strangeways with Declan P on City Park Radio. 20 songs, 20 sides on the die, 13 chances to make a mess of it all. Roll for initiative! Featuring tracks by Dead Cult, Skeletal Family, Virgin in Veil, Ex-Voto and more. Dead Cult - Ghosts Still Dance ( #17) Killing Joke - Love Like Blood ( #19) Theatre o...

31/01/2022

Greetings gothlings, it's your dread host here.

Due to unfortunate temperature-based circumstances, tonight's pernicious programming shall be conducted at the turbulent whim of Fate's polymer digits.
That's right - from 11pm AEDT tonight, we're rolling for initiative.

20 sides, 20 tracks, 12 chances to make a mess of it all. What fun!

Strangeways: we're in your ears & on your tabletops, courtesy of City Park Radio .

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online.

24/01/2022

Fun fact: cool night air is the optimal climate for your ebony-clad loved ones. It's science, innit.

Show #21 is now available, featuring Night Nail, Eyeless In Gaza, Give My Remains to Broadway, Mekong & more.*

Remember to lodge your requests via Messenger to grab a spot on the next special!

Stay tuned, stay safe, stay strange 🦇
https://www.mixcloud.com/strangewaysCPR/strangeways-show-21-dawn-of-the-request-of-the-behest/

(*may or may not include an entirely unexpected new offering from Melbourne's own HEXRR - dive in to find out!)

Strangeways with Declan P on City Park Radio. It's too hot for a witty caption, sorry. Have some requests instead. Featuring tracks by HEXRR, The Birthday Massacre, Night Nail, Ash Code and more. My Own Burial - Boiling Rain The Birthday Massacre - Dead Moth - Young Future Eyeless In Gaza - Seven Ye...

24/01/2022

All caught up in January's infernal thermal web?

Hante. Panic Priest. The Birthday Massacre. MOTH.

Come cool off from 11pm AEDT, as we refresh ourselves in the inhospitable climes of our audience's requests. Chilling!

Strangeways: not summer's biggest fan (but could certainly use one), courtesy of City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online.

17/01/2022

Done and dusted!

Show #20 is now available, featuring Belgrado, Scarlet's Remains, Pawns, Readership Hostile & more.

Tune in next week for the latest round of egregious audience entries, a fate marginally better than death (but still pretty grim!)

Stay tuned, stay safe, stay strange 💀
https://www.mixcloud.com/strangewaysCPR/strangeways-show-20-deathrock-son-of-deathrock/

Strangeways with Declan P on City Park Radio. It's dismal, it's dreadful, it's a veritable deathrock doppelgänger! Featuring tracks by Anasazi, Kommunity FK, Belgrado, Scarlet's Remains and more. Cemetery - Cask Dead Born Babies - Black Party With Witches Kommunity FK - Hang on to Yourself Anasazi ...

17/01/2022

Dare to dance deathrock's deviant dirge?

Dead Born Babies. Paralisis Permanente. Kommunity Fk. Anasazi.

Dive in from 11pm AEDT, where we'll be dissecting a double feature of deathrock delights 💀

Strangeways: delivering a double decade of daft discmanship, courtesy of City Park Radio.

103.7 FM, 96.5 FM & online.