XHM #781 - "Anghodar farar kardam/khili doydam" (2026 March 23)

Pivoting back to hard reality, with much of the world's focus on Iran, we finally dig into music from that country. We'll explore some recent reissued pop music from the diaspora and explore films such as A Girls Walk Home Alone at Night and Universal Language. 01. Kassa Overall: Ready to Ball (Animals, 2023) Warp 02. Jon Porras: Fields (Achlys, 2025) Shelter Press 03. Country Joe & the Fish: An Untitled Protest (Together, 1968) Vanguard 04. Bill Can: Back Brake (2024) self-released 05. John Barry: Alone Again (The Ipcress File OST, 1965) Decca 06. Bruce McCulloch: Life is for Livin' [w.Kevin McDonald] (Dark Purple Slice, 2026) Tront 07. Weatheradio: XLJ890 Kenora Ontario Forecast [ID] (Weatheradio, 2012) Environment Canada/WPGNE 08. Richard Horowitz: Never Tech No Foreign Answer (Eros in Arabia, 1981) Ethnotech 09. gak: V32 Farsi Numbers Station [w.jamming, 2026 March 22] (Shortwave Mornings, 2026) self-released 10. Dan Greenall: V32 Farsi Numbers Station [w.jamming, 2026 March 06] (2026) The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive 11. Alexandre Desplat: A Spy in Tehran (Argo OST, 2012) Watertower 12. Ginger Beef: Golden Hour [remix w.KtheChosen] (2026) self-released 13. D Tiffany: Forests (Each Morning, 2025) Optimo 14. Mohammad Reza Mortzavi: Swamp (Nexus 12", 2025) Latency 15. Vire: Crisis is Now (Electronic Flowers single, 2025) self-released 16. Holger Czukay: Persian Love (Persian Love 7", 1979) Barclay 17. Boys Noize: Sh5b0mbe (Hyytup single, 2026) Ones & Zeros 18. Leila Forouhar: Hamsafar [Fellow Traveler] (Tehrangeles Vice: Iranian Diaspora Pop 1983-1993, 2025) Discotchari 19. Parastoo Ahmadi: Balal Balalbom (This is Tehran? 2021) 30M 20. Ehsan Abdipour: Sorna Lorestan (This is Tehran? 2021) 30M 21. Radio Tehran: Gelaye (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night OST, 2015) Death Waltz/Mondo 22. Bei Ru: Hishe Ayn Ore? [Remember That Day?] (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night OST, 2015) Death Waltz/Mondo 23. Olivier Bernet: Persépolis Theme (Persépolis OST, 2007) EMI/Delabel/Amanita 24. Siavash Amini: Spiraling PM (Caligo, 2025) Room40 25. Saba Alizâdeh: Women of Fire [w.Sanam Maroufkhani] (Temple of Hope, 2025) 30M 26. Hossein Alizâdeh: Solitude I [from The Chaste Love] (Film Music, 2000) self-released 27. Hossein Alizâdeh: Arg Bam [from Iran is My Land] (Film Music, 2000) self-released 28. Hossein Alizâdeh: Lamentation & Banquet [from A Time for Drunken Horses] (Film Music, 2000) self-released 29. Majid Entezami: Bazgasht (Bouye Pirahane Yousef [The Scent of Joseph's Coat] OST, 1995) The Orchard Enterprises 30. Amir Amini & Christophe Lamarche Ledoux: The Long Walk into Winnipeg (Universal Language OST, 2025) Fifth House 31. Amir Amini & Christophe Lamarche Ledoux: Pearls Opal (Universal Language OST, 2025) Fifth House 32. Amir Amini & Christophe Lamarche Ledoux: The Dark Divine (Universal Language OST, 2025) Fifth House 33. Amir Amini & Christophe Lamarche Ledoux: In Âaab (Universal Language OST, 2025) Fifth House 34. Gordon Grdina's Haram & Marc Ribot: Dulab Bayati (Night's Quietest Hour, 2022) Attaboygirl 35. Don Thompson & His West Coast Friends: It Might as Well Be Spring (Days Gone By, 1982) Atlas Nowruz mabarak! radiofreegak@gmail.com www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire