Douglas Andrew McCombs discusses his lovely and fascinating first solo album, VMAK<KOMBZ<<<DUGLAS<<<6NDR7<<< , recording new music with Tortoise , his whole life in Illinois and how he got into Devo via Saturday Night Live and punk through Devo, learning to play music just by doing it, a handy phone recording app, David Pajo, John Hughes, and The Breakfast Club, his new band Black Duck, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the...
Nov 29, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Christine Fellows discusses her beautiful new album Stuff We All Get and its complementary stop-motion animation films, her husband John K. Samson’s love of weaving and new name, their new Vivat Virtute imprint, hard drives and other technological ups and downs, pet politics and feeding spiders, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG . F...
Nov 24, 2022•1 hr 15 min
Emmalia Bortolo-Vettor and Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor discuss the haunting new Bonnie Trash album, Malocchio , the state of Guelph music venues and ideas about improving musicians’ lives, the supernatural stories within their family history that inform their new album, the voice of their late grandmother, Nonna Maria, goth, post-punk, and horror film scores, JAWS , future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts...
Nov 22, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Natalie Mering discusses her work as Weyes Blood and her lovely new album, And In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow , sports, God, Narcissus, consumer capitalism, the internet, religion, blame, parenting, siblings, the Kids in the Hall, comedy, selfishness, her sound, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG . Follow vish online . Support this show http://supp...
Nov 17, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Alexis Fleisig and Scott McCloud of Soulside on the band’s first album in 33 years, A Brief Moment in the Sun , growing up in Washington D.C. and their role in the Dischord Records community, sharing a split-single with a 17 year-old Dave Grohl, Soulside and Fugazi, why Girls Against Boys emerged after Soulside split, how singer/lyricist Bobby Sullivan makes the political personal, touring, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the...
Nov 15, 2022•1 hr 29 min
Bill Nace discusses his stirring new album Through a Room , his musical life in places like Jersey, Philadelphia, and western Massachusetts, playing on his own and in collaboration, working on various things during a pandemic, playing a donut pipe, punk and jazz, his label Open Mouth Records , trippy album art by Daniel Higgs, Kim Gordon and a new Body/Head release, touring, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Pla...
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Ezra Furman discusses her wondrous new album, All of Us Flames , and the trilogy it concludes, opposition and galvanization in life and art, reflecting upon her life as a Jewish, trans woman, her relationship with her audience, Ally Sheedy, The Breakfast Club , and a Nick Lowe song, touring, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG ....
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Alec MacKaye on his band Hammered Hulls , their unique sound, and their new album Careening , the early days of Dischord Records and his bands the Faith and Untouchables , why he resumed writing songs and performing, recording with his brother Ian MacKaye and Don Zientara , multilayered lyrics, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG . Follow vish online . S...
Oct 27, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Jeremy Greenspan discusses the new Junior Boys album, Waiting Game , getting over the virus and life in Hamilton, Ontario, other collaborations, how electronic musicians jam, making a record and a studio with Bob Weston ’s help, loudness in mixing, mastering, and the world, eavesdropping for lyrics, touring, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black W...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Lance Sampson discusses the excellent new Aquakultre album, Don’t Trip , Halifax hurricane living, a concept record about love and family, vintage soul and R&B, being less visible, supporting the George Dixon Centre , new music, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG . Follow vish online . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kont...
Oct 20, 2022•1 hr 19 min
Eric Bachmann and Eric Johnson discuss Reason in Decline , the first new Archers of Loaf album in 24 years, why the band’s past has no bearing on its present, working on music together again, writing about living in America, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG . Follow vish online . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreativ...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr
Jay Ferguson , Andrew Scott , Patrick Pentland , and Chris Murphy of Sloan discuss the inspirations and stories behind and making of each and every song on Steady , the thirteenth album by one of the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG . Follow vish online . Support this show http://supporter.acas...
Oct 13, 2022•3 hr 5 min
Julianna Riolino on her stunning solo debut album, All Blue , life in Daniel Romano’s Outfit , theatricality and the Who, loving country, timeless music and longevity, Jay-Z, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney, wondrous wordplay and reflective songs, spirituality, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG . Follow vish online . Support this show ht...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Jessica Moss discusses her new album, Galaxy Heart , and its related predecessor, Phosphenes , persistence, Jim White, Thierry Amar, and Mary Margaret O’Hara, working too much, closing one chapter and starting another, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG . Follow vish online . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kont...
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 21 min
Elizabeth Stokes and Jonathan Pearce of the Beths discuss their latest album, Expert in a Dying Field , New Zealand life, busking, word-y lyricists, and garage blues guitar, the evolution of metal, Stokes’ remarkably poignant and witty wordplay, loving comedy and collaborating on songs, their magical four-part vocal harmonies, therapeutic art, Breakfast and Travel Updates , current and future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Pla...
Oct 04, 2022•1 hr 17 min
José Miguel Contreras talks about the new By Divine Right double LP, Otto Motto , the state of Ontario cities, getting reviewed in Newfoundland, the Smiths and the Cure, regaining lost momentum, Shotgun Jimmie , future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG . Follow vish online . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See ...
Sep 29, 2022•59 min
Keith Morris talks about the new OFF! album and movie, Free LSD , writing songs and film scripts about conspiracy theories with Dimitri Coats, live streams, public library research vs. using the computer, the JFK assassination, why OFF! has a new line-up now, Area 51, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG . Follow vish online . Support this show http...
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr
Iain Reid discusses his poignant and chilling new novel, We Spread , how senior citizens can perceive and can be perceived, genre signifiers and “fiction,” elder care, ageism, and a fixation on youth and immortality, working with Charlie Kaufman, Saoirse Ronan, and having your books turned into films, Weird Nightmare , future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG . Fo...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Marisa Anderson discusses her wondrous new solo album, Still, Here , collaborating with others and collaborating with herself, a fascinating relationship with piano, mindfulness and not always knowing, folk traditions and how history makes the present make sense, loneliness and grieving, touring again, other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United...
Sep 20, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Randy Randall from No Age discusses the band’s new album People Helping People , Los Angeles, Edmonton, and New Zealand, the inspirational work of Ian MacKaye, Dischord Records, and Fugazi, seeing and learning from Sonic Youth, messing with electricity, his own solo work , touring again , other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG . Follow ...
Sep 15, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Kate Beaton discusses her masterful new graphic novel memoir, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands , life as a young woman in the Fort McMurray, Alberta camps, crippling student debt, capitalism, the cost of living, and moving away to make ends meet, when boomtown industries go bust, mental health in the labour force and #metoo, drawing her own real life story, the pony , other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Co...
Sep 13, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Laurie Kilmartin on performing at Just for Laughs Toronto , California living, the Queen’s passing, becoming a comedian and writing for Conan O’Brien, losing her mom to COVID-19, late night talk shows and attention spans, the Jackie and Laurie Show podcast, being maligned on Fox News for no good reason, appearing on Gutsy with Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E...
Sep 09, 2022•49 min
Daniel Romano talks about the rock opera scale of the new Daniel Romano's Outfit record, La Luna , the band’s recent touring experiences and their Live at Lee’s concert film, composition and production details and why Joel Plaskett may be underrated, theosophy and the theory of everything, remembering working and hanging out with Dallas Good of the Sadies , a new Ancient Shapes single and album, future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Books...
Sep 06, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Doug Marstch talks about Built to Spill and their debut LP for Sub Pop, When the Wind Forgets Your Name , loving and leaving Boise, Idaho, his band’s fluid membership and current Brazilian collaborators, thoughts on his own songwriting, musicianship, and singing, psychedelics and dreams, rock and reggae, new songs, tour dates, other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S....
Sep 01, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Kee Avil discusses her stirring Constellation Records debut, Crease , improvisation and prepared instruments and vocals, music school and jazz, DIY touring and pop flourishes, sonic and visual collaborators, touring, the Guelph Jazz Festival , other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG . Follow vish online . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreativ...
Aug 30, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Bret McKenzie goes deep on the making of his solo debut, Songs Without Jokes , growing up a music fan in Wellington, New Zealand, writing serious songs that are still funny, sharp songwriters and a 1980s vibe, his killer studio band, Dire Straits and the War on Drugs, global warming and the pandemic, lightening up, Flight of the Conchords updates, tour dates, other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. S...
Aug 26, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Brandon Miguel Valdivia on Mas Aya and making the album, Máscaras , London, Ontario and the Guelph Jazz Festival , drumming and percussion, outspoken music and making music as a political act, the hardships of his people in Nicaragua, making new solo music and with Lido Pimienta , playing Purple City Music Festival , other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Bla...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Kelly McMichael on her 2022 Polaris Music Prize-nominated debut album Waves , how she began playing music and her formal studies, the Guelph, Toronto, and St. John’s music communities, working with Jake Nicoll and touring in Sarah Harmer’s band, loving and learning from Land of Talk, touring again, future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG . Fol...
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 15 min
Jeremy Gaudet and Brian Murphy talk about the new Kiwi Jr. album Chopper , working with first-time producer Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade and vocalist Dorothea Paas, songwriting tips from Mike Watt and John K. Samson, The Masked Singer and Kobe Bryant’s final home game, touring again, future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG . Follow vish online ...
Aug 11, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Ian Blurton discusses the ambitious production, metal/punk rock sound, chorus of voices, and intricate lyricism on Second Skin by Ian Blurton’s Future Now , using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio , Neil Young’s gear, and Randy Bachman’s vintage guitars, Blue Rodeo drummer Glenn Milchem’s ferocious double kick, Toronto the good, album art and the different Canadian and U.S. Second Skin vinyl, playing a show , new songs, future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the B...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 14 min
