It's a conversation with young pop-punkers [The Brotherhood & Co.](http://www.facebook.com/TheBrotherhood.wpg/) (two of 'em, anyway) about their project’s roots, which go back almost 10 years, getting into the local music scene as adults, the business of marketing a band in this dystopic techno-future, and much more! This episode is brought to you by our friends at [The Park Theatre](http://myparktheatre.com/).
Progressive folk-rock-punk foursome [The Gerry Hatricks](http://thegerryhatricks.bandcamp.com/releases) are on the verge of releasing their excellent self-titled debut EP, so we sat down in a dog-filled living room to talk all about it. The group, which is an extension and expansion of frontman Gerrit Delaquis' solo sound, discusses the songs' complexity and technicality, the process of recording and writing the EP, and a lot more. They also perform four acoustic songs, and since – at the time t...
On Sept. 29, we held our second annual [Manitoba Podcast Festival](http://www.facebook.com/mbpodfest/) at the Park Theatre. This year's event was a big success, in part, because of the networking format we set up, which allowed podcasters, listeners, and everyone else to meet and share with local creators in every possible genre. This episode is a compilation of some of the conversations I had over the course of the afternoon with some of the participants, including (in chronological order): [Tr...
It's a wide-ranging interview with a quiet icon of Winnipeg's music scene, [Mike Koop](http://www.youtube.com/user/deathcureseverything) (The Bonaduces, The Leftists, The Kicker, Cheerleader, Buick 6, etc.) We talk about his (great) country gospel album, his bands’ place in Winnipeg’s musical continuity, the everlasting appeal of the CD format, and much more! This episode is brought to you by our friends at [The Park Theatre](http://myparktheatre.com/). It’s also brought to you by MCMA Award-nom...
Acclaimed Celtic-folk singer-songwriter/fiddler/harpist/etc. [Lizzy Hoyt](http://lizzyhoyt.com/) has a big show coming up at the WECC Oct. 9 with her trio. We met up at a coffee shop for a conversation about her experience as a (relative) newcomer to Winnipeg’s music scene, her interest in writing about Canadian history – which earned her a royal honour – and much more! Lizzy's latest record, New Lady on the Prairie, is available at her shows or for [order online](http://lizzyhoyt.com/store). Th...
In the late '90s, I played in a ska band called [Grandpa's Army](http://www.witchpolice.com/2009/04/every-grandpas-army-song-ever.html), and my old friend Alex Seville was the keyboard player. Alex has been living in San Francisco for the past few years, where he’s not playing music, but is – in a turn surprising to anyone who knew him in Winnipeg – participating in freestyle rap-based improv. We talk about all of that, plus the weird creative projects we did back in the day (including a [docume...
Folk/jazz/spaghetti western(?) trio [Casati](http://www.casatiband.com/) are set to release their new LP, ‘[This is Just to Say](http://www.facebook.com/events/484950899026910/)’, at a show Sept. 25! We hung out and talked about the record, the ukulelessance, covering heavy topics while playing generally upbeat instruments, and much more! This episode is brought to you by our friends at [The Park Theatre](http://myparktheatre.com/), who are hosting the second annual [Manitoba Podcast Festival](h...
Capital-F folk duo [The New Customs](http://www.thenewcustoms.com/) are set to release their new LP, Selling Religion on Government Street in early October, so we hung out at a Tim Hortons near the airport for a podcast. Dale and Emma have been hustling hard at this acoustic storytelling business for a number of years now, and their indie-folk sound reflects the genre's ins and outs, including its ability to put across a a serious political message with a mellow backing. Check 'em out [Oct. 3 at...
Prairie singer-songwriter [Del Barber](http://delbarber.com/) is about to release a fantastic new album, [Easy Keeper](http://delbarber.com/album/1069833/easy-keeper), which is the culmination of a rollercoaster few years that saw him forced to kickstart his career from scratch after a decade of building it up. We talk about his descriptive, sincere storytelling, his new perspective on the music business, finding peace with his place in the world, and much, much more. This is only Del's [second ...
Winnipeg expat Allan Hanley, perhaps best known locally in his DJ guise as Turtilian, is back with [Parts Project](http://www.facebook.com/partsmusicproject/), a new creative outlet that puts him in the driver's seat playing live electronic music. Parts Project is in town Saturday, Sept. 14 for a [live show](http://www.facebook.com/events/729894617463939/) with a number of familiar faces from his old Winnipeg crew, as well an electronic music workshop the following weekend. It's a fun conversati...
One-half of hard-touring emo punks [Screaming at Traffic](http://screamingattrafficmusic.bandcamp.com/) are back on the podcast for the first time in a [couple of years](http://witchpolice.podiant.co/e/wr243-screaming-at-traffic-355899a22c1f04L/). We talked about their new, [Jordan Voth](http://witchpolice.podiant.co/e/wr253-jordan-voth-3595e2cd37a52a/)-produced LP, ‘[I Don’t Like Sports](http://screamingattrafficmusic.bandcamp.com/album/i-dont-like-sports)’, some unusual merch, their dual-front...
It's a conversation about music and politics with singer-songwriter turned electoral candidate [Adrien Sala](http://www.mbndp.ca/adriensala), NDP Candidate for St. James, who is running for the MLA gig in my neck of the woods. We talk about his transition from the Times Change(d) scene to the campaign trail, the changing demographics of Manitoba politics, Winnipeg’s obsession with roots music and a lot more. The episode features some excellent songs from the two albums by Adrien's old roots grou...
This episode is an interview with Mike and Trevor from Winnipeg death/thrash metal outfit [Endless Chaos](http://endlesschaos1.bandcamp.com). It's a fun conversation about making metal catchy, sticking with it through multiple lineup changes, and much more! This episode is brought to you by our friends at [The Park Theatre](http://myparktheatre.com/), who are hosting the second annual [Manitoba Podcast Festival](http://www.facebook.com/mbpodfest) Sept. 29. It’s also brought to you by [Trevor Fis...
Bassist, music teacher, and YouTuber Aaron Bacon isn't new to the podcast – he's been on Witchpolice Radio before as a member of both [Dizzy Mystics](http://witchpolice.podiant.co/e/35c82ec809bf42/) and [Aphelion](http://witchpolice.podiant.co/e/368a3bad6675d2/) – but we've never talked about this project before. [Bacon's Bass Place](http://www.facebook.com/BaconsBassPlace/) is Aaron's all-purpose online presence for teaching bass techniques, vlogging, podcasting, and a lot more. We have a conve...
Local punks [Yer Mum](http://yermum.bandcamp.com/releases) reminded me of just how much *fun* punk rock can be, and how much I miss playing in a band with this amount of energy and ridiculousness. It's a really fun conversation about skateboarding, drinking, touring, dogs and more, recorded at “The Whorehouse"... plus some live performances! This episode is brought to you by our friends at [The Park Theatre](http://myparktheatre.com/), who are hosting the second annual [Manitoba Podcast Festival...
I spent some time with an absolute legend for this episode. Iconic reggae artist [Luciano](http://lucianomessenjah.com/) was in town, live and direct from Jamaica, for a performance Aug. 23 at the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain. Although I had [interviewed Luciano four or five years ago](http://witchpolice.podiant.co/e/3519538383436eL/), that was over the phone, and this was my first time meeting The Messenger in person. He's an artist with an unbelievably deep catalogue and international acc...
Ever since I discovered the weird world of the [Famous Sandhogs](http://thefamoussandhogs.bandcamp.com/) a few years back, I've been curious about its anonymous creator's identity and motives behind the project. We come a little closer on this episode (but no spoilers, I still don't know who he actually is).It's an interview over the phone, in which we talk about his vast catalogue, the deep levels of research and mythology, his recent (masked, of course) live show, and more. If you're looking f...
[FreakingSnap](http://freakingsnap.bandcamp.com/) is an extremely prolific local electronic/experimental artist. He's released over 400 albums (and counting), and as we discuss on this episode, it's all building to an eventual goal. We talk about how/where to delve into such an epic catalogue, about the differences between live on-stage recordings and basement jams, being nervous performing improvised pieces, and much more. This episode is coming out on a notable date for Chris, too... kinda. It...
As many of you know, I like to host intimate little house shows in my back yard each summer. This episode of the podcast is the recording of one of the sets from our most recent back yard gig. This is a set by the show's headliner, Australian avant-cellist [Rob Knaggs](http://www.robknaggs.com/). Rob was back in Manitoba for the first time in quite a while (hear him talk about going home to Oz on a [previous interview](http://witchpolice.podiant.co/e/36da6f44a8cef6/) podcast), and he played a de...
When I transferred the huge Witchpolice archive over to the current hosting site, about 50 episodes from 2013-2014 got missed. Although they've always been available, buried on the old Witchpolice site, they've never been formally discoverable on podcast platforms like Spotify or Apple Podcasts. I [recently asked listeners](http://www.facebook.com/WitchpoliceRadio/posts/2248282975270760) which of these lost episode(s) they'd like to hear re-released, this one – with Julia Ryckman, a/k/a [Slatter...
As many of you know, I like to host intimate little house shows in my back yard each summer. This episode of the podcast is the recording of one of the sets from our most recent back yard gig. This set is by Brazilian-Canadian samba/bossa nova duo [Sarau Carioca](http://www.saraucarioca.com/), who I was really excited to have on the bill. They're doing something very different from anything we'd had at a house show before, and their mellow, gorgeous melodies are a must-listen... even if you don'...
[One of Us](http://oneofus204.bandcamp.com/) is relatively new to the Winnipeg music scene as a band, but the band members are longtime veterans of the local punk rock community, having played in punk bands for decades. We talk about their sound, the undying appeal of melodic hardcore, their upcoming gigs – including a [Jarvis fire benefit](http://www.facebook.com/events/2550501931647873/[text](http://)) and dream gigs opening for the likes of Propagandhi and Good Riddance – and a lot more. Ther...
As many of you know, I like to host intimate little house shows in my back yard each summer. This episode of the podcast is the recording of one of the sets from our most recent back yard gig. Folk duo [Two Crows for Comfort](http://www.twocrowsforcomfort.com/) played a fantastic set of songs, primarily from their highly-recommended debut album, 17 Feet'. I've seen them a few times in a few different contexts now, and they seem like one of those versatile groups that could probably play a show a...
The fellas in [Heartsleeve](http://www.facebook.com/heartsleevemb) may be relatively new to the local scene, but they have their banjos n’ mandos n’ more sound well honed. I hung out with them in a terrifying (yet lovely) porch in the middle of nowhere for a conversation about their folk-with-a-twist sound, covering the Mars Volta with a banjo, playing as a full band vs. basic acoustic duos or trios, and much more. Plus, they performed four songs live, and since they don't have any formal record...
As many of you know, I like to host intimate little house shows in my back yard each summer. This episode of the podcast is the recording of one of the sets from our most recent back yard gig, which happened this past Saturday. Singer-songwriter [Lana Winterhalt](http://www.lanawinterhalt.com/) released one of my favourite albums of 2018, and in this live set, she shows that her songs are equally as powerful when stripped down to just an acoustic guitar and a vocal FX pedal. I'll be releasing ea...
[Holy Void](http://holyvoidband.bandcamp.com/), a self-described "nightmare-inducing psychedelic quartet" is set to release a new full-length album on Transistor 66, so bassist Danny Hacking is on the show to talk spooky vibes, that elusive Winnipeg sound, and much more! [Transistor 66](http://www.transistor66.com/) is the city's undisputed champion of record labels, and with the release of the 'Naught LP', Holy Void adds to their deep, wonderful catalogue of records from Winnipeg and beyond. He...
It's the 400th episode of Witchpolice Radio, which means it's OF COURSE the one where I've lost my voice and am wheezing out my questions. Thankfully, the guest on this episode, [Joe Boy Rock](http://joeboyrock.bandcamp.com/releases) of local hip-hop duo [Machina II](http://soundcloud.com/machinaii/), has a lot of insightful things to say about the local music scene, rap, DIY, and a lot more. This episode is brought to you by [Howl at the Moon](http://howlatthemoonfest.com/), Manitoba’s newest a...
It's an interview with Winnipeg comedian [Cory Falvo](http://www.instagram.com/corybantiasm/) about the upcoming Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival production, [Commando: The Radio Play](http://www.winnipegfringe.com/performer-detail.aspx?kw=Ditch+Water+Theatre). I don’t usually cover the Fringe Festival, because it’s kind of out of my wheelhouse, but this project has a classic Arnold Schwarzenegger flick turned into a radio play, AND Cory will be performing all the sound effects live with a pile ...
It's a phoner with former Winnipegger [Henry Beckwith](http://www.henrytours.ca/), currently based in Toronto and touring Canada and the world as a front-of-house audio guy and tour manager for an impressive list of nationally-known artists (his clients include Basia Bulat, Dan Mangan, Wintersleep, Terra Lightfoot, American Football, and more). Henry and I played in a short-lived reggae band together about 15 years ago, and it has been cool to watch his progress over the years (from afar) as he ...
If this is your first time listening to Witchpolice Radio, turn back now! This isn't a regular interview with a local musician. It's a crossover episode with my friends Stefan and Shena of the brand-new [Thick n' Sweaty](http://thicknsweaty.podbean.com/) podcast, so the regular format is pretty much thrown out the window. We talk podcasting, Stefan’s history as a wrestler, as host of the now-defunct [Ever Sick Podcast](http://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/yua2j-390a6/Ever-Sick%21-Podcast-with-S...
