Kliph Nesteroff discusses his intriguing new book, Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars , the life of an author in a time when people seem to be reading less, strange yet predictable historical cycles, media literacy and the lack thereof, some of the new taboos, 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 . Related episodes:...
Nov 28, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Aaron Goldstein discusses his band Espanola and their new album, Espanola, Again , what it was like touring with Willie Nelson in Kathleen Edwards’ band, why and how he became such a sought-after pedal steel player, the blurry line between producing and writing a song, writing about displacement, southern rock from southern Ontario, 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 Wo...
Nov 23, 2023•1 hr 6 min
In their first ever interview, Fez Gielen , Ali Hendra , Loris Kecaj and Lauren Spear from MAYBEL discuss their wonderful new and second album, Gloam , loving Montreal but moving away, working with producer Jonas Bonnetta from Port William Sound /Evening Hymns, folk singer Bob Dylan from Minnesota, how this band first met and began working together, obsessions, classical music, bluegrass, Nirvana, and O Brother, Where Art Thou?, MAYBEL’s future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon ,...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 23 min
Kurt Vile discusses his lovely new EP, Back to Moon Beach , Philly, Boston, and Atom and His Package, pandemic prescience, writing songs that show love for George Jones, Dead Milkmen, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and David Berman, our personal connections to Berman, Silver Jews, and Purple Mountains, interacting with Neil Young, bringing your children to work, our shared love for the late Dallas Good and the Sadies, working with Cate Le Bon, tour , other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on...
Nov 16, 2023•1 hr 12 min
Gregg Turkington discusses his collaboration with Erik Paparozzi on the wonderful new album, Neil Hamburger Presents Seasonal Depression Suite , why a Christmas-themed concept record set in a chain hotel works so well, surveys, reviews, and why customers get so entitled at hotels and motels, Frank Sinatra’s Watertown and David Berman’s songwriting, serious artists who are very funny, the star-studded and collaborative nature of this release, Bob Dylan’s Desire and working with Scarlet Rivera, ot...
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 16 min
Pete Stahl discusses the celebratory, star-studded new album, DC Special , by Scream , the heartbreaking, recent passing of founding member Kent Stax, Dave Grohl’s pre-Nirvana role in Scream and his engagement with the band since, working at the longstanding location of Inner Ear before the studio was displaced, our shared love of the people in Fugazi, the strange cycle of similar socio-political lyrical themes within over 40 years of Scream songs, whether Scream can continue on without Stax, ot...
Nov 09, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Jon Dore discusses his November 2023 tour of the Canadian Prairies , wanting to move from Alaska to Ottawa, his incredible partner, his recent and great CBC show, Humour Resources , whether audience feedback has ever made him reconsider a joke, what the term “post-pandemic” actually means right now, why Tom Green and vish need to talk, gambling with Norm Macdonald, a new comedy special and a new podcast, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Books...
Nov 08, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Nicole Rampersaud and Off World ’s Sandro Perri discuss their respective new albums, Saudade and 3 , how they first met in Toronto and where they each live now, barbecue liberation and Grub-a-Dub, swan songs and other bird activities, the sounds of nature and surprising people with the sounds of their instruments, being a dub bub and the role of a producer in songwriting, temporality and nostalgia, the maybe end of Off World and new solo Sandro music, touring together , other future plans, and m...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 24 min
Roy Wood Jr. discusses headlining a coast-to-coast Just for Laughs tour across Canada in November, the World Series, being on the road and learning a lot about Canada, why he left his correspondent role on The Daily Show and whether he’s still interested in hosting it, the fragile state of late night TV and other ways comedians thrive these days, his work on Better Call Saul , performing at the 2023 White House Correspondents Dinner and what President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris s...
Nov 04, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Geordie Gordon discusses his excellent, reflective new solo album, Tambourine , writing about his teenage years playing music and contemplating his sexuality, loving sad songs, his role in U.S. Girls and seeing an important show by the Hidden Cameras, growing up in the closet in a university town, pondering his next record, playing shows , 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....
Nov 02, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Maximilian Turnbull discusses the new Badge Époque Ensemble album, Air, Light & Harmony , and this past spring’s Radiant Music by Symphony Orchestra , touring and speaking with toddler twins and also Bill Callahan, composing and also composting music, sampling your own work and conceptual complexity, working with his friend Michael Rault, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad’s Donuts....
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Marc Masters discusses his fascinating new book, High Bias –The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape , why we fixate on music formats, the democratization of sound, why cassettes are still revered and collected around the world, tapers, the Grateful Dead, and Sonic Youth, how tapes foretold modern notions of on-demand music portability, what might be next for sound carriers and makers, book tour dates , other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Book...
Oct 26, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Michael Azerrad discusses his wonderful new book, The Amplified Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana , interviewing Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, and Krist Novoselic for the original Come As You Are book and his subsequent friendship with the band, the truth and rock mythology, self-consciousness and indifference about perception, Kurt’s clinical conditions, how he seemed so relatable, shame, collage, and other recurring motifs in Nirvana’s work, jamming with Nirvana, citing certain podcasts, possib...
Oct 24, 2023•1 hr 30 min
Joseph Shabason discusses his fascinating new concept album, Welcome to Hell , which rescores the classic, 1996 skateboarding video of the same name, his own skating history and how jazz, punk, and free improvisation relate to the sport, reclaiming public spaces, the amazing look and sound of skate videos and legends like Ed Templeton, bail sections, skate parks, tour dates , other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Pl...
Oct 19, 2023•1 hr 15 min
Markus Floats discusses the lovely Fourth Album , working in Montreal, shifting from solitary to collaborative work with Egyptian Cotton Arkestra, fixed and fluid art, a koan by Fred Moten, problems and solutions, tarot cards and astrology, darkness and hope, playing shows, 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 sho...
Oct 17, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Jessica Jalbert and Rene Wilson discuss their band Faith Healer and brilliant new album, The Hand That Fits the Glove , strange Edmonton birds, why it’s been six years since they last released an album, working with many other people, intentionality and confidence, dogs and a specific dog, going viral, huge life news, 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. a...
Oct 12, 2023•1 hr 28 min
Elizabeth Powell discusses the new Land of Talk album Performances , caregiving and a culturally-rich upbringing, experimenting with their singing voice, trading guitar in for keys, gender fluidity, abuse, and the lack of protection in music communities and infrastructures, voyeurism, objectification, and dress codes, sitcoms like Family Ties , the Twin Peaks theme song, reflecting on who they are and who they are becoming, Patreon treats , other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on ...
Oct 10, 2023•1 hr 29 min
Monty Messex discusses the new reissue of My Crazy Life by DFL , seeing early shows by and becoming friends with members of Black Flag, the Germs, and Guns ‘N’ Roses, making music with the likes of Izzy Stradlin, Carla Bozulich, and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz, being in Beastie Boys’ social circle, signing with Epitaph as punk went mainstream again, what makes “Crazy” Tom Davis so crazy, touring, making a new album, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik ,...
Oct 05, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Kelley Deal and Josephine Wiggs from the Breeders discuss Last Splash (30th Anniversary Original Analog Edition) and the making of this landmark album in 1993, Local Rabbits and Protomartyr , photo curation, archiving, and social media pros and cons, how they first came to know each other and collaborate, how the success of Last Splash impacted the band, Kelley on playing a sewing machine and making a quilt, J Mascis singing lead, things that are also in Canada, touring , writing new music, othe...
Oct 03, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Ariel Engle discusses the brilliant new album, XO Skeleton , by La Force , Paris and fandom, family ties that bind, grief and reflection, making heavy pop music, cynical mysticism, working with Andrew Whiteman, Shahzad Ismaily, and Warren Spicer, cigar box guitars, "Song a Day" and Feist, touring, 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 . Fo...
Sep 28, 2023•1 hr 15 min
Tommy Stinson discusses the wonderful new box set, Tim: Let it Bleed Edition by his old band, the Replacements , touring Canada in October with Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys in the Campfire and the stories behind the songs on their new album, Wronger , John Doe and Bob Dylan, the state of American life and writing new songs about it, loving Canada, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , plus Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Granda...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Bob Mehr , Jason Jones , and Ed Stasium provide an exclusive and detailed perspective about their work together on the revelatory new box set, Tim: Let it Bleed Edition by the Replacements , 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 . Follow vish online . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast....
Sep 21, 2023•1 hr 37 min
Sam Morril discusses his upcoming stand-up dates including a JFL Toronto stop on September 21 , being a terrible driver and growing up in a blended family in Manhattan, how our parents measure our success, getting into comedy and admiring John Mulaney, attention spans and Oppenheimer vs. Barbie , telling David Letterman why he offers some specials to fans for free, corporate delays and greed, his 2020 pandemic-induced Up on the Roof special, what he knows and thinks about Canada, an update about...
Sep 19, 2023•1 hr 12 min
Nick Thorburn discusses his band Islands and their new, sunny/dark album, And That's Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs , making a musical trilogy, creative people striking and speaking out about cultural exploitation, pivoting in the modern age, John Lennon and Robert Smith, how to remain optimistic, always living near large bodies of water, making beats for people like Fat Tony, touring again , other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet ...
Sep 14, 2023•1 hr 6 min
In his first interview in nearly a decade, Buck 65 explains his self-imposed exile from hip-hop and why he’s back, incredible recent albums like 2022’s King of Drums and 2023’s Super Dope and making beats in secret, giving up space for other artists, attracting the attention of a New York Yankees scout as a kid and making a triumphant return to baseball as a middle-aged man, working with Controller 7 and asking Vincent Gallo for permission to create Billy , rapping his ass off, releasing more re...
Sep 12, 2023•1 hr 47 min
Allison Russell discusses her celebratory, thoughtful new album The Returner , the heady success of her 2021 debut, Outside Child , an update about her forthcoming memoir and its structure, Back to the Future and other trilogies, the power of the Rainbow Coalition, the right-ward shift of politics and fighting fascism with facts, loving The Sound of Music , inspiring work by Roberta Flack, Mavis Staples, Minnie Riperton, and Prince, her friendship with Brandi Carlile and their recent collabs wit...
Sep 07, 2023•1 hr 14 min
The great Richard Laviolette died on September 5, 2023. I remember and celebrate Richard as a friend, a colleague in my community, and as a collaborator. Featuring radio interviews my wife and I conducted with Richard in 2006 and 2011, and a song I recorded with Richard and friends in 2018. For more information, read Richard's wonderfully written death notice , a record review I wrote in 2006, a 2017 article I wrote about him in a local Guelph newspaper, and listen to his lone appearance on Krea...
Sep 06, 2023•1 hr 49 min
Sean Michaels discusses his compelling, contemporary novel, Do you remember being born? , the time we shared a helicopter ride in the Yukon, the late poet Marianne Moore’s life and how it inspired this book, his exploration and use of ChatGPT and A.I. to tell this story, what Nick Cave and Marc Maron might have wrong about such technology, collaboration, his book tour , other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Gra...
Sep 05, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Jarrett Evan Samson talks about his band Tough Age and their new album, Waiting Here , leaving Ontario for western Canada, how the climate is changing, GBV, R.E.M., and Flying Nun, loving comics and the cinema vs. superhero movies debate, a brief history of Tough Age and its different configurations, continuity and a Jesse Locke update, working with new labels, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , an...
Aug 29, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Julia Steiner discusses her band Ratboys and their eclectic, emotionally charged new album, The Window , living in places like Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky, her mother’s influential Beatles and Sheryl Crow CDs, a Bob Dylan detour, loving Wilco, Chad VanGaalen, and Sufjan Stevens, exploring grief and grieving on The Window , upcoming tour dates , other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grand...
Aug 22, 2023•1 hr 9 min
