No Ruby Slippers this week!!! (Aug 7)

Hey hey kids,

Ruby Slippers has been pre-empted for a live broadcast from the Habari Africa festival (Harbourfront, Toronto)

Sorry about that. Will be back next week, promise!💗

Ruby Slippers Radio July 31 7-8 pm

 

Hey hey everybody

Leopold's Apple ... Electric Cheese

Recipe ... Eric Schenkman*

Youth Is Wasted on The Young ... Fury in the Slaughterhouse (intro by Melanie)

Trust ... Chapter 33*

Born To Break Even ... Doghouse Rose*

Panic at Wreck Beach ... Tyson*

It Leaks Out ... Weather Happy

Melt Melt ... The Something Ain't Rights

You're So Wired ... Lowsunday

Angry ... Church of Trees*

Vertebrae (Dicepeople remix) ... Deflexity

Morning and Night ... The Night Parrots

What A Time ... Strange Plants*

Bed of Quiet ... Josaleigh Pollett

Get Up Get Ready ... Ryan Bissell*

Summer's Almost Gone (extro) ... The Goods

Thx for listening

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers Radio July 24 7-8 pm

 

Hey hey everybody!

Here's the playlist.

Big Fizz ... MADMADMAD

Lost Mu Guiding Light Again ...Tiny Magnetic Pets

Modern Sixties Queen ... Victorella*

Riding High ... Divisionaries*

Rock On ... Born at Midnite*

Good Run ... Fiver*

Darkest Hour ... Liv Wade*

Social Dopamine ... Ark Identity*

Dollar Tree Dreams ... Bluebloods*

Everybody's Gonna Get It On ... Fast Orange

You Can't See Me (This Low) ... Zoon*

Winter Dream, Forward and Heavy ... No Museums*

Newest Film ... Potions*

One More Day ... Wanting * 

Red and Blue Lights ... Ace Martens*

Arc ... These Heavy Lights*

Gilligan Eternal Devotional Hymn ... BENBENEK (extro)

Thanks for listening

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers Radio July 17 7-8 pm

 

Hey hey everybody

Here is the playlist.

At Your Door ... Junior Dad*

Satellite ... Space Bud*

Great Clips ... Ace Martens*

Night Crawling ... Pennan Brae*

Technicolor Dreams ... Justin Maki*

Diggin' In The Crates ... Flytrap*

Get It ... Flytrap*

Buttermilk ... Chemical Dreams/John Orpheus* 

You Know I'm No Good (Amy Winehouse cover) ... Rolling Stones (intro by Melanie)

Poltergeist ... Jia*

Change Your Mind ... Postfun*

Le Grand Tour ... Fauxmo*

Shiver ... Fever Ray

Down In The Hole ... Benjamin Russell*

Soothe ... Todd Rundgren

Benedictus (extro) ... The Strawbs

Thanks for listening

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers Radio July 10 7-8 pm

 

Hey hey everybody!

Here's the playlist.

Luna ... The Certs

Garbage Truck ... Keddies Resort

One Last Blow ... Guided By Voices

You're No Good ... Die Toten Hosen (intro by Melanie0

Okay Charles ... Phrequed*

Genius ... Tom Tom Club

Age of Muralcide ... Telehealth

Whamp Skunk ... Binoculars*

With No Light ... Queen of Swords*

Goth and Exhausted ... Ritual Dictates*

Castlevania ... The Haunted Youth

FM ... Steely Dan

Wanting on Air ... of Montreal

Hpw Did You Know ... Austra*

Friday Night Fur ... Devours*

Scape Goat ... Odonis Odonis * (extro)

Thx for listening

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers Radio July 3 7-8 pm

 

Hey Hey everybody!

Here's the playlist.

All Fall Down ... Sam Reid

Avalanche of Love ... Witch

Halfway ... Picklejuice*

Born To Break Even ... Doghouse Rose*

I Remember You ... Keb' Mo' (intro by Melanie)

Dogwater ... Blu Beach Band *

Break My Soul ... Thomas Duxbury*

Dead Birthday ... Museums

The Friday of Our Lives ...Sparkle Blood *

Wake up At Noon ... Kill Chicago*

Tonight ... TeethOut*

Ghost To a Ghost ... Northcote*

Junk Drawer ... Logan Richard *

The Prism ... Ellevator*

Ketchup ,,, La Securite*

Punching the Flowers ... Death Cab For Cutie (extro)

Thx for listening

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers Radio June 26 7-8 pm

Hey hey everybody!

Here's this week's playlist.

Back Again ... Among Legends*

Blowing Up Things In The Woods ... The Dirty Nil*

Movie Rock ... madfolk*

Clean ... Poolgirl*

Secret Shopper ... The Get Alongs*

Just For Show ... The Certs

Lady In The Moon ... Satellite Birdhouse*

Only You Could ... The Metal Byrds

Woah ... Hillsboro*

Over and Over ... Worthy/ Zeplin (intro by Melanie)

Always On Your Side ... Ryan Gaio*

TV In The Afterlife ... Hair Control*

Give Me More ... Softklub*

Digging a Hole ...Zuffalo*

I Wish I Was French ... The Puncturists

And The Song Goes .. Carol Medina * (extro)

Thx for listening

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers Radio June 19 7-8 pm

 

Hey hey everybody!

Here's the playlist.

Caterpillar Song ... Tia McGraff *

2 or 3 ... The Lemon Twigs

Rose for Emily ... The Zombies

Bring Me Some Water ... T. H. & The Boneshakerz (intro by Melanie)

Good Trouble ... Samantha Martin and Delta Sugar*

Don't Do It ... Yassin & Sean Terrio*

Fireflys ... Scarlett Macfarlane *

Boxcar Baby ... Matty Simpson*

Gun ... Dark Hearts

Bet On Me ... Ryan Gaio*

Kindly Be Cruel ... You Citizen

Dreamless Sea ... Iron Kingdom*

Name Dealer ft. Tommy Aldridge ... Tonic Breed

Deathwish ... The Haunted Youth

Long Way Through Doom ... Keegan Powell*

Dancing On The Moon ... Greg Clarke and the Madvarks* (extro)

Thx for  listening!

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers Radio June 12 7-8 pm

Hey hey everybody!

Here's the playlist (nuff said)

Wildlife (Riigs remix) ... radarbase

Your Dreams Explode ...Antipole, Pedro Code and Ja'kob

Giorgio is My Boyfriend .... I Fiorucci *

Alice Magic ....Jacqui Hunt

Hey Man ... Andreas Diehlmann Band (intro by Melanie)

More ... Bree Taylor

Light of the Phoenix ... Dahlia Wakefield *

Evergreen (for Grassy Narrows) ... F-105*

Be My Only ... For Ernest * (made me cry)

Winter Lullaby ... Imaginary Expedition *

NineFortyFive ...pMad

The Witness ... Josaleigh Pollett

Gnawing at the Cage ... Red Output*

Lightening Is My Girl ... Aug Der Maur*

Time Killing ... Strange Plants (extro)

Thx for listening and supporting this station.

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers Radio June 5 7-8 pm

 

Hey hey everybody!

Thanks again for your support of CIUT with our membership drive.

Here's this week's playlist

The Last Time ... radarbase

As Alive As You Need Me To Be ... Nine Inch Nails

Do Ya Think I'm Sexy (Rod Stewart cover) ... Fair Panic

Final Bow ... Revel In The Chaos *

Snakes and Ladders ... Doll*

Strong Inside ... Death By Love

Ghosts of Men ... Famous Strangers*

Quaranteen ... Sons of Butcher*

Drives Us ... Greystone Canyon

Mr. Oxford ... Thomas Duxbury and New Mother Nature*

Garden of Ashes ... Fuses*

Grimalkin Tom ... Jetstream Pony

Star Ride ... Barry Walsh

Moonlight Desires ... Golden Mile *

Bitter Truth and Honesty ... Church of Trees *

This is Not Heaven ... Lowsunday (extro)

Thx for listening

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers Radio May 29 7-8 pm Membership Drive

Hey hey everybody.

If you wish to donate to keep this show and everyone else on the air, the donation lines are open this week at 416-926-7800  or you can just donate on www.ciut.fm by clicking on the donate button.

 Thanks in advance!

Here's the playlist for this show.

Doomed Again ... The Anti-Queens*

Immigrant Song (cover) ... Greystone Canyon

Five Woolly Mammoths ... Howdytoons*

Ride Em On Down ... 5 Neat Guys*

Common Denomintor ... Genevieve Racette * (intro by Melanie)

Steeltown Handy ... Sons of Butcher *

Ice Cold ... Brass Camel*

Stardom and Death ... Lola Dutronic*

Some Kind of Armour ... Satellite Birdhouse*

Edge of the Edge ... Ace of Wands*

Going Going Gone Gone ... Drakulas

Algorhythmic Meltdown ... Athletes with Glasses*

Tunnel Love ... Frank Mighty*

Dissonant Hearts ... Pick a Piper*

Heresy ... Nine Inch Noize (extro)

Thx for listening

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers Radio May 22 7-8 pm

 

Hey hey everybody!

Only a week until the Membership Drive and everyone at CIUT is charged up!

All info for donation is on the website www.ciut.fm! And you can enter the early bird draw for tickets to the Griffin Poetry event (and receive the top 4 books on the awards list) by donating to CIUT by Sunday May 24!

Also, for those who still are intending to go to the event at Lee's Palace for Ceol Kids on Saturday May 23, tickets are available at the door. All details are at www.ceolkids.com

Now for the playlist

Washed Away ... Antipole/Pedro Code

Euphoria ... Animal Toxic*

The Bodies Are Under The Bus Again ... The Noise Who Runs

Push The Button ...apaull*

High Rollers ...TIGA*

Planet Fungus ... Forming*

Thick as Thieves ... Georgia Crandon (intro by Melanie)

Rock Collector ... The Zummers*

Letting Go ... Deardarkhead

lobotomy & u ... LOLO*

King of All My Dreams ... Phantasia*

Wish You Were Here ... Incubus

One Cold Afternoon ... The Night Parrots

Breathe In Breathe Out ... Martin Larose *

Quiet Part Out Loud ... Jammer's Waffle House * (extro)

Thx for listening

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers Radio May 15 2026 7-8 pm

Hey hey everybody!

Welcome to the show! 

A few announcements before we start the playlist:

Ceolkids (www.ceolkids.com) is having its Toronto Community Music School fundraiser at Lee's Palace on May 23. 

25 songs chosen by supporters of this wonderful initiative will be performed by volunteer indie artists and you could be there! There are tickets available on the website or at the door.  (I still have a few spots on the guestlist which were gifted to Ruby Slippers for our support. Email me at carolbonciut@ciut.fm)

AND this spring membership drive for CIUT starts on May 25. For all details for how to donate, info to enter a special draw with an early bird donation and - most exciting news- two t shirt designs for donations of $125 or more by none other than RUNT! (see his awesome work on Lee's Palace) please go to www.ciut.fm.

Here we go

Last Call (for Rock N Roll) ... Highway

H/A/C/K ... Among Legends*

Lesser of Evils ... Counterfits*

White Off Your Nose ... Drakulas

Bleeding Out ... Faiyaz and the Wasted Chances*

Sweet Little Caroline ... Jesse Roper*

Heartthrob ... City Builders *

Wrongs and Rights ... Sophie Chassee (intro by Melanie)

How Can You Sleep ... The Vlade *

Take Me To The Show ... Thunderor*

The Flame ... Red Output*

Don't Get Out Of Line ... Lucha Luna

Flat World ... 64 Funnycars*

The Little Things You Do ... Modesty Blaise

Force of Habit ... MOONRIIVER *

Tulip ... Beau Nectar fr. Vox Rea*

Burn Upon It ... Ace of Wands *

Suffering (Mike's way) ... Teen Suicide (extro)

Thx for listening

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers Radio May 8 7-8 pm



Hey hey everbody!

This is the playlist for Friday

Double Dip ... Lufeh*

I See You Looking Out My Door ...Tombstones In Their Eyes

Heresy ...Nine Inch Noize

Friction ...TIGA*

Smilodon ... Howdytoons*

Radiator ... Pastel Blank*

Antigravity ... Metric*

The City Is Falling ... Lights*

Old Dirt Road ... Dizzy Dudes (intro by Melanie)

Some Kind of Armour ... Satellite Birdhouse*

Frame of Mind ... Sea of Lettuce*

Berlin ... Quiet Light

Rocker (live at the Cameron House) ... Bandcalledmax*

Too Real ... Paste*

Wu-Tang ... They Might Be Giants (extro)

Thanks for listening.

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers Radio May 1 7-8 pm

 

Hey hey everybody!

As I mentioned last week the event of the year, Ceol Kids, will be at Lee's Palace on May 23.

It puts the "fun" in "fundraising" and all proceeds go to support music programs for kids.

I have been gifted a few passes to the event and to qualify, just drop me a line at carolbonciut@ciut.fm

Winners will be notified by email. 

Good luck to one and all.

Now, for the playlist

Makin' Bacon ...Sons of Butcher *

Black Agnes ... The Real McKenzies*

Not Too Late ... Patricia Vonne (intro by Melanie)

Natural Disaster ... Dealbreaker*

This Town ... Sigh Die*

Stranger Now ... Wintersleep*

Prayertaker ... TRAITRS*

Freefall ... Diamondtown*

triple triple ...pinksnail*

Ice Box ... Holy F*ck*

Spirit of Time ... Tinlicker

Ginger Lemonade ... Good Kid*

Shadowboxing ... Electric Lemonade*

Fallow ... Ian Flare*

Six Ways to Sunday ... John Lewitt*

Hopeless ... Me and My Friend*

Cowboy Dreams (ft. Cat Clyde) ... Boy Golden*

Lightning ... Show Pony * (extro)

Thx for listening

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers Radio April 24 7-8 pm

Hey hey everybody!

Here is this week's playlist

Our Lady of the Sad Adventure ... Leah Callahan

In The Blink Of An Eye ... My New Band Believe

To Love Somebody ... Holly Humberstone (intro by Melanie)

Frogman ... Motorists*

Bright City Lights ... Weird Nightmare*

death spiral ... Tiger Really

Spooky Action ... The New Pornographers*

Electric Beams ... Pranatricks*

Goddam ... Les Louanges*

Stairway to Nowhere ... King Tuff

Rockstar (The Mirror) ... Can't Believe*

Smile Upon Me ... Passion Pit

Lines ... High Home*

Stranger Now ... Wintersleep* (extro)

Thx for listening

*Cancon

For more information about Ceolkids, please go to www.ceolkids.com

Ruby Slippers Radio Apr 17 7-8 pm

Hey hey everybody!

Here is the playlist (heavy on the heavy to start but then things change...)

How To Say It ... Pink Leather Jackets *

Serve Me Some Crime ... Noir Addiction

Radio Smash ... Black Market Heart 

I Am Dust ... Gary Numan

Shapeshifter (Live) ... 5th Projekt*

Everything Works ... Miracle Fortress *

Soft Skin ... Professir*

I Believe In You ... Ladytron

What's On Your Mind ft. Poolside ... Arkells*

The Awakening ft. Nagavalli ...XANIMAL

End of Days (Rob Preuss remix) ... Church of Trees*

I'm Ready Now ... Wilfred N and the Grown Men*

Play With The Wild ... The Outfit*

Skeletons ... Sinematic* (extro)

Thx for listening

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers Radio April 10 7 pm

 

Hey hey everybody!

Here's the playlist.

War on War ... Frenchy and the Punk

Maybe Probably Never ... Em Armstrong *

Bunteto ... Dirty Shirt

He Commands the Sun and the Stars ... Lufeh

Hand It Over ... Nina Hagen and Daniel Welbat (intro by Melanie)

Taking Drugs in Space ... Open Up

Unafraid ... Andrew Spice*

Flushed Chest ... Joan As Police Woman

New Punk ... Leah Callahan

Sike Witch ... Damaged Bug

The Ones Who Are Gone ... Imaginary Expedition *

Smooth Skin ... The Couriers*

Stay Out Of The Basement ... Allegories*

Stuck on Me ... Church of Trees *

The Chosen ... Gary Numan (extro)

Thx for listening

*Cancon

Ruby Slippers Radio April 3 7 pm

Hey hey everybody.

Here's the playlist for this week.

Knight Rider ... Animal Tonic*

Get A Rest ... Bossanova Frankenstein*

Without You ... Nighthymn*

Afterlife ... Harm & Ease *

Ride On ... Concrete Beds of Roses (Betonierte Rosenbeete) (intro by Melanie)

Empty Handed ft. City and Colour ... Ariel Posen*

Winter Lullaby ... Imaginary Expedition *

The Woods ... Olivia Boring*

The Smoke ... Ora Cogan *

Black River ... Ace of Wands*

The Labyrinth (Live) ... 5th Projekt*

Mao  & Stalin ... Red Orkestra*

Supervillian ... Beached Out*

Martian Love Song ... Cymatimancy*

Real Man ... Todd Rundgren*

Anxiety ... Sixpoints * (extro)

Thx for listening

*Cancon

 

Ruby Slippers Radio Mar 25 7-8 pm

 

Hey hey everybody!

First of all I want to extend a long overdue very special thanks to Alex from Dreaming in Stereo for the lovely intro each week! Your curated playlist inspires me and I am so lucky to call you my friend!

Here's this week's show playlist.

Bandoleros ...Mariachi Ex Bronx

Stop The War ... Harry Eley

Hold My Tongue ... THNDR*

Last Summer ... H-Blockx (intro by Melanie)

Duck and Cover ... Laughing Sickness*

Boot Straps ... PLZ Respond*

Second Chances ... Ghostform*

Pick Me Up When I Fall ... Friday Project*

It's A Rough Life ... 54-40*

A Different Light ... Bibi Club*

Dreaming Myself Away ...Otheose*

Volume ... Caribou*

Best of the Worst ... Fleur Electra*

Bruises On The Peach ... googly eyes

Carol Mountain ... Modesty Blaise

Nothing But Love ... Brian Wilson

Real Man ... Todd Rundgen (extro)

Thx for listening

*Cancon