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Erik Denno and brothers James Wall and John Wall discuss their work together in Kerosene 454 and the Solid Brass reissue of their second album, Came By To Kill Me, the band’s history, the roads that brought them from Arizona to D.C. to California, getting into punk rock, touring with Hoover and filming some of their sets, the connection between their album art and the film The Crow, how they relate to the music and lyrics they created decades ago, whether they might play together again, other future plans, and much more.

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I recently shared a new conversation with the band Regulator Watts, so it now seems fitting to share an older talk I had with their distant cousin, Reggie Watts, the gifted comedian, musician, and actor. Reggie and I first spoke on Wednesday May 9, 2012, at 3 PM ET, ostensibly about his then new special, A Live at Central Park, but we also covered his comedic and musical influences, his interest in Canadian television, opening for Conan O’Brien on his Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour 2010, which I saw at Massey Hall, a question from Nick Flanagan, a forthcoming television adaptation of the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast he was co-starring in, and other things too.

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Melanie St. Pierre-Bednis, Neil Bednis, and Fraser McClean from Casper Skulls discuss their new album Kit-Cat, the TV show character Frasier Crane, the significance of alt-rock radio and MuchMusic on young minds, Robert Frost poems and being goth, the Bunnies in Berlin record made at the Romano brothers’ studio in Welland, moving from stark post-punk to heartfelt indie-rock, loving bands like Sonic Youth and Silver Jews, inspirations like “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, a Richard Hell biography, and There Will Be Blood, upcoming shows, writing new songs, other future plans, and much more!

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Alex Dunham and Areif Sless-Kitain from Regulator Watts discuss The Mercury LP, Alex building a new house in Minnesota, Areif’s stint drumming in Bluetip and his love of Hoover, why Hoover broke up and how Regulator Watts began, the cinematic nature of the band’s sound, Regulator Watts reconvening recently and recording new songs at Electrical Audio, whether this means the band might play shows again, other future plans, and much more!

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On Tuesday August 21, 2012, at 3:30 pm ET, I spoke with Josh Tillman, who’d left a popular band called Fleet Foxes to venture out on his own. He called himself Father John Misty and earlier that spring, Sub Pop had released his acclaimed debut album, Fear Fun. Josh and I had a talk about its meta- and philosophical themes, why he name dropped people like Neil Young and Jean-Paul Sartre, the novel he’d written, why he left Fleet Foxes, his interest in comedy, what his favourite Bob Dylan song was and under appreciated and over discussed aspects of Dylan’s work, future plans, and more. 

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Patti Smith (2007) – Teaser

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Marlaena Moore discusses Because You Love Everything, leaving Edmonton for Montreal, being tall among the smaller, playing bass in a garage rock band, why imposter syndrome can be a form of narcissism, working with “Monty” Munro and Chris Dadge, Chad VanGaalen’s way of life, loving Sarah McLachlan and Annie Lennox, being at peace with death, the Cherish This Tour with Land of Talk, working on new songs, other future plans, and much more!

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Daryl Hall is here discuss to his latest album D, historic home preservation and restoration, working with the Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart, classic rock radio and how legacy artists stay vital, why he started the inventive, award-winning web series Live from Daryl’s House and its current status, working with Robert Fripp on 1980’s Sacred Songs and his interest in outsider music, what he makes of contemporary pop singing, working with younger artists, whether he misses working with John Oates, touring a lot, other future plans, and much more.

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Van Dyke Parks (2010) – Teaser

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On April 12, 2007, I had two phone calls with Patti Smith for a print piece about both her then-new album, Twelve, which features her interpretations of songs by other artists, and her life and work. We were originally only meant to speak once but, after a publicist cut us off after 25 minutes, Patti told me she found my questions thoughtful, asked for my phone number, and promised to call me later that night to talk further, after she was done the press junket she was on. Roughly four hours later, she called me back and we spoke for another 35 minutes. I still marvel at this kindness and respect she displayed to me, a young, green journalist she felt some connection with. We were both ailing with a stubborn, recurring cough and cold that day, which we commiserated over, but we also talked about Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan, how Donald Trump and other real estate developers were ruining New York City, Robert Mapplethorpe’s role in her work, gravitating to male musicians, losing her husband Fred “Sonic” Smith and balancing work and raising a family, what the future held, and more.

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Dan Bejar discusses the new Destroyer album Dan’s Boogie, why he feels better about this album than his last one, expressing opinions to collaborator John Collins without saying a word, whether or not he thinks Jim Morrison is still alive and well in Syracuse, New York, collaborating with Fiver’s Simone Schmidt and why they’re one of the best singers working today, his interest in Italian crooners and jazz musicians, improvising lyrics about the Houston Rockets and orgies, quoting Bob Dylan and Scott Walker, dark comedy and getting older, playing shows, other future plans, and much more.

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Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock discuss their new book Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story Of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival, living among bears, whether Guitar World journalists are required to shred, why their book Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion and Michael Azerrad’s Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981–1991, led them to Lollapalooza’s rise and fall, activism, credibility and selling out, why many artists who played or agreed to play Lollapalooza were not into it, Guided by Voices destroying Beastie Boys in backstage basketball games, the infamous year Metallica headlined, why Kim Thayil wrote the foreword, if this book could be more than a book, other future plans, and much more.

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Back in September, 2010, I had the tremendous opportunity to interview Van Dyke Parks on two occasions. The second time was live before an audience at Pop Montreal. The first time was over the phone for the Mich Vish Interracial Morning Show!, which I co-hosted with my wife Michelle. Here for you now, as it aired on September 29, 2010, is my radio interview with Van Dyke Parks. 

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Eliza Niemi is back to discuss her wonderful new solo album Progress Bakery, her creative life post-Mauno, why she’s been focusing more on cello and the creative and collaborative opportunities it’s providing her, working closely with Dorothea Paas and Louie Short, dealing with a frightening illness alone while completing a residency in New Mexico, Dogman, fireflies, and other creatures and themes on her new album, playing shows, writing new songs, other future plans, and much more. 

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Kim Thayil from Soundgarden, 3rd Secret, and Nudedragons is here to discuss how the roots of Sub Pop and Seattle’s sound are in Illinois, growing up as Indian guys in a rather white underground rock world, his foreword for the new Lollapalooza book and the festival’s positive and negative impacts on independent culture, the story behind 3rd Secret, whether people got Soundgarden’s sense of humour, if Soundgarden’s members will play together again, fascinating updates about Soundgarden material recorded before Chris Cornell’s tragic death, Cornell’s remarkable coordination as a singer playing complex guitar parts, future plans, and much more.

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Ben Disaster is here to discuss Real Sickies and their new album Under a Plastic Bag, his weekly CJSR radio show, This is Pop, festive DIY kitchen parties on the east coast of Canada and the uniquely different Alberta vibe, the girl in grade three who gave him a mixtape that changed his life when he was in kindergarten, feeling rather informed when you’re involved in underground culture, being a fan of Green Day as a kid and then becoming friendly with Billie Joe Armstrong after he said he likes Real Sickies, working with Josh Wells from Autogramm, field recording trains and burying your phone in dirt, the new album’s dark but empowering themes, new music, shows, other future plans, and much more. 

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Nels Cline returns to discuss his new album and band, Nels Cline: Consentrik Quartet, empathetic collaboration and op art, composition and improvisation in music and also in films like 1953’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, a James Brandon Lewis observation about what experienced players bring to in-the-moment music-making, the role of stage wear, having your name in your band’s name, not loving guitar solos, Wilco news, what’s next for his own work, other future plans, and much more.   

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I’ve had the good fortune of interviewing Bob Mould a couple of times in my life. In honour of his new album, Here We Go Crazy, here’s a previously unreleased conversation we had at 1:30 PM ET on Wednesday, June 25, 2014, about his album Beauty & Ruin.

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Ariel Sharratt and Mathias Kom from the Burning Hell are back to discuss their new album, Ghost Palace, DIY home renovations and instructional videos on YouTube, writing songs about death and the apocalypse but in a super fun way, how we strangely can find time for leisure during horrible events and post through everything, sci-fi and prescient art, nostalgia, disassociation, and song lyric misinterpretation, the collaborative framework of this new album, its stunning artwork, replacing social media with physical zines, touring, other future plans, and much more.

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Owen Williams from the Tubs discusses their excellent album, Cotton Crown, DADGAD guitar tuning and affinities for artists like Big Star, Richard Thompson, and SZA, how the humour in his music can be overlooked for its sentimentality, his unique musical upbringing and penchant for misbehaviour as a young teen, processing his mother’s suicide, his prose writing background, starting Perfect Angel Press, and updates about two of his novels, what Gob Nation is all about and spitting on people, Sonic Youth and Superchunk allusions, touring, working on a new album, other future plans, and much more.

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Emmalia Bortolon-Vettor and Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor from Bonnie Trash are back to discuss their new album Mourning You, the narrative aspects of Emma’s instrumental pieces, Sara’s personal lyrics, and track list typography on Mourning You, how to get revenge on death, Diamanda Galás, comedy in horror, and kissing symbolism, Emma Howarth-Withers and Dana Bellamy joining as the rhythm section, Sara’s octopad liberation but not yet performing like Michael Stipe and Eddie Vedder, touring, writing new songs, other future plans, and much more.

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Peter Ames Carlin is here to discuss his new book, The Name of This Band is R.E.M., his background as a fledgling musician and culture writer, developing lovely rapports with Brian Wilson and Bruce Springsteen but not so much with Paul Simon, why he wanted to write a definitive book about the rather private R.E.M. and why they chose to participate only from a distance, the quiet manner in which R.E.M. broke up and also why they seem to be popping up a lot these days, Carlin’s forthcoming book about Springsteen, other future plans, and much more.

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Steve Moriarty from the Gits is here to discuss his book, Mia Zapata & The Gits: A Story of Art, Rock, and Revolution, his literary influences, his issues with the true crime industry and why he wanted to tell the Gits’ story from his own perspective, the band’s unique rhythm section and why the Gits still stand out, a chaotic attempt to hang out with Nirvana and speak with Kurt Cobain when their bands played together, love from Kathleen Hanna and the Gits’ influence on subsequent bands, the Sub Pop reissue of their debut album Frenching the Bully, future plans, and much more.   

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Andy Cohen and Tim Midyett from Silkworm discuss the new Developer reissue, our shared experience at a memorial for Steve Albini this past summer where Joel RL Phelps joined them for their first Silkworm set together in 30 years, monumental news about upcoming Silkworm shows, revisiting Developer’s lyrical themes and Albini’s sounds, rarities, including a Bob Dylan song performed with Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus, Midyett’s band Mint Mile making a new album with Albini a week before he died and what his loss means to Silkworm, forthcoming solo music, other future plans, and much more.

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Mark Ibold and Scott Kannberg from Pavement, director Jed I. Rosenberg, and producers Jeffrey Lewis Clark and Brian Thalken discuss Louder Than You Think: A Lo-Fi History of Gary Young and Pavement, our states of being near the strange top of 2025, their respective experiences knowing Gary and playing in the Fall of Christianity and Pavement, Mark’s memory of Scott’s socks-and-Birkenstocks stage wear and first encountering Gary, how this film was conceived of and navigating Gary’s alcoholism and ill health to interview him, marionettes, LSD, and Pavement puppets, Gary’s remarkable drumming, another new Pavement song that appears in this film, future plans, and much more.

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Gianmarco Soresi is here ahead of his Biltmore Cabaret Just for Laughs Vancouver shows on February 17 and 18, and discusses recurring crowd work characters, moving to L.A. just before the recent wildfires, what air travel bits really tell us about capitalism and bureaucracy, America wanting to overtake Canada, perspectives on Broadway and theatre that pops, creating socially conscious, political comedy that actually makes everyone laugh, why politicians cozying up to wealthy comedians and podcasters like Joe Rogan seems not good, why someone like Michelle Wolf should be celebrated, something special he’s taping at The Elysian Theater in L.A. from February 13-16, other future plans, and much more.

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Richard Davies is here to discuss Composition Book, the new album by the Moles, life in New England and a fascination with the sharks there and in Australia, how his lifelong hearing impairment has impacted his work as a lawyer and musician, telling relatable stories before an audience and a jury, his questions about my own trajectory and work and a Beatles tangent, a new song with nods to Bob Dylan and Chuck Berry, his long and active handwritten letter correspondence with Robert Pollard from Guided by Voices and other insights about Bob, tour dates with Tobin Sprout, other future plans, and much more.

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Margaret Cho is here to discuss her album Lucky Gift, her February 16 Live and LIVID! tour date at Just For Laughs Vancouver, her experience with the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires and our increasingly hot planet, the socio-political state of the USA, its impact on her stand-up tour, and whether or not total losers can be beaten if they keep winning, her parents’ love of music and comedy concerns, Korea’s collective comedians, inspirations like Sandra Bernhard and Billy Bragg, how Tim Heidecker may have perfected the comedy/music tour, writing songs in tribute to Robin Williams and Nex Benedict, whether she’ll do a full music-oriented tour, and much more. 

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Brian Case discusses the new FACS album Wish Defense, when we met in Edmonton, St. Louis musical mentors, seeing Fred Armisen’s band Trenchmouth, loving underground Chicago rock music and key British post-punk bands, a shared adoration for Hoover, exploring duality via Naomi Klein, why FACS recorded Wish Defense with Steve Albini, his perspective on Steve’s demeanour and behaviour during what was sadly his final session, how they and Electrical Audio colleagues dealt with Steve’s sudden death by honouring and finishing the work he’d started, FACS tour dates, other future plans, and much more.

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James Brandon Lewis returns to discuss the new James Brandon Lewis Trio album, Apple Cores, playing with Josh Werner and Chad Taylor, Werner’s Wu-Tang Clan connections, Buffalo-based inspirations like Rick James and Soulive, significant works by A Tribe Called Quest and Black Star, how Don Cherry and Amiri Baraka are reflected on this new record, touring with the Messthetics again and what encountering their audience has meant for him, other future plans, and much more.

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In my most recent Kreative Kontrol newsletter, I mentioned that I’d done a long-form interview with Will Oldham about his 2019 album, I Made a Place, but it was only used for a print piece, not for this podcast because, at the time, he was feeling ambivalent about being on pods. Sometime in the last couple of years, I asked Will if I could share this phoner, and he said yes, so here it is finally, virtually unedited.

The conversation lasted about an hour and took place on Monday, September 29, 2019 at 11:00 AM ET, and you’ll hear us discussing topics like, me attempting to call him using the telephone app on my MacBook, as I often did at the time, but for some reason my computer perplexingly launched a program I’d never used before called Zoom, the return of Bonnie “Prince” Billy music after a long absence, the albums of songs he made written by the likes of the Everly Brothers, Merle Haggard, Susanna, and Mekons, wariness about oversaturated streaming culture, recording a Ramones song with David Berman (who’d died on August 7, just weeks before this conversation) and thoughts on DCB, Will’s love of Jake Xerxes Fussell, the Oldham family’s lengthy history with and a then-recent pilgrimage to Hawaii, and much more.

The wonderful new Bonnie “Prince” Billy album, The Purple Bird, is out now!

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Matt Dresdner and Andy Kessler from the Gits are here to discuss the 2025 Sub Pop reissue of their excellent 1992 debut album, Frenching the Bully, moving to Seattle in 1989 before Nirvana broke, youthful record store hangouts, rock god encounters, CBGBs shows, and seeing Descendents, why Andy initially despised Matt, recalling their late bandmate Mia Zapata, where the Gits might’ve taken their music, if they see their influence in younger musicians, whether there’re more stories to tell about the Gits, a Bob Dylan tangent, this weekend’s Gits celebrations, future plans, and much more. 

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Will Oldham is back to discuss the excellent new Bonnie “Prince” Billy album, The Purple Bird, stoves and broilers, Lori Damiano’s album art, first encountering producer David “Ferg” Ferguson, our lengthy 2006 hangout, singing one of his own songs as a duet with Johnny Cash in a vocal booth, marvelling at great conversationalists, why me and my family think this new album is all hits, “Cowboy” Jack Clement and why a song about gun violence is a polka, pondering water, why living and trying to make a living isn’t in vain, new song updates, touring, other future plans, and much more.

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The first time I interviewed Will Oldham, it was in-person at a Toronto café on August 19, 2006. He’d played an in-store at Rotate This (Queen & Bathurst location) earlier in the day, and I was told I had 25 minutes to ask him about his then new album, The Letting Go. It was a magazine assignment, but I also planned to use it for my young campus/community radio show, and so we pretended we were live on the air, early on a Wednesday morning (it aired on September 13, 2006). I abided by the 25-minute limit, turning my minidisc recorder off once the interview was done. Will and I then chatted in that noisy café for close to three more hours. In a way, we’ve been bonded ever since, having had many of the most enjoyable, insightful conversations I’ve had with anyone since I began interviewing people for a living.  

The new Bonnie “Prince” Billy album, The Purple Bird, is out January 31, 2025. There’s a connection between how this record was made and that long, informal talk Will and I had, so I thought I’d share my first interview with him.

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André Ethier is back to discuss his new album, Cold Spaghetti.., personal fitness routines and preferences, musical theatre and cultural adaptation in songwriting, art galleries, museums, and colonialism, compensation, labour, and attribution, caterpillars as a muse, Sandro Perri as a muse, revisiting indie-rock recordings made as a teen, contemplating new songs, other future plans, and much more.

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Nigel Chapman and Josh Salter from Nap Eyes stop by for a talk about their new album, The Neon Gate, working remotely and living in a house together, producer Rene Wilson and the synthesized, electronic drum sounds on this record, people swapping instruments and a tremendous guitar part that recalls Nels Cline, adapting poetry for new song lyrics, two bands called Quivers, an appointment with Dr. Cool, writing new songs, touring a lot, playing in Edmonton at Winterruption on January 22, other future plans, and much more.

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Garba Touré and Oumar Touré from Songhoy Blues discuss their new album, Héritage, our previous encounters when they played shows in Guelph, Ontario, fleeing a civil war and Sharia law in Timbuktu and how safe they feel playing music in Mali, the sound and themes of their new album, stories about each and every song, touring, other future plans, and much more.

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Madi Diaz is here to discuss the one-year anniversary of her Grammy-nominated album, Weird Faith, our Office Hours Live connection, humour, spirituality, love and other things that ground her, how her album and planning this interview cheered me up recently, the surprising resonance of her song “God Person,” her family life and being home schooled, picking up on a thread from my recent Dorothea Paas interview, how she got into music, an update about the new record she’s making with Gabe Wax, other future plans, and much more.  

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Loel Campbell and Michael “Turk” MacNeil from Contrived are here to discuss Addicted to Sadness, the band’s first album since 2008, growing up in Stellarton, Nova Scotia and bonding over music, the Dependent Music community, how Brian Borcherdt often shared new music discoveries with friends, key producers like Charles Austin and Andy Magoffin, when Wintersleep blew up and people moved to Montreal, Turk’s unique skills as a narrative lyricist, why Contrived is a going concern again, what’s next for the band, other future plans, and much more. 

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Daryl Johns is here to discuss his new self-titled album, how an elevated bed is a marker of adulthood, missing Jersey, why Sting cannot possibly be the same guy who was in the Police, how musical technique ebbs and flows in popular music, how he’s been bringing his studio sound to the stage, genre signifiers like “diner rock” and “bubble gum country,” loving sitcom theme music and 1980s sounds, playing shows in New York City, writing new songs, other future plans, and much more.

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Paul Bellini and Scott Thompson return to discuss Valley of Song, the new album by Mouth Congress, recent Kids in the Hall shows featuring banned material, the fate of Amazon Prime’s Kids in the Hall series, Bubby and the Mouth Congress band, Sandinista! by the Clash and making a double-LP, singing influences like Johnny Cash and Buck 65, sexuality, urban myths, and gerbiling, the Gabors vs. the Kardashians, Scott addressing the school shooting he survived in Brampton, Ontario, reflecting upon family, what’s next for Mouth Congress and Kids in the Hall, other future plans, and much more.

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Maddee Ritter is here to discuss their debut album, Songs of Love & Death, a possible move to the United States and the best ways to know a city, growing up in a music-loving Toronto household, finding their own influences like Ella Fitzgerald and Feist, writing songs about lost love and grieving a friend, and how the sensations for each are very similar, the dynamic sound of this new album, new music, other future plans, and much more.

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Elijah Wald is here to discuss the new Bob Dylan film, A Complete Unknown, which is based on his 2015 book, Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties, Dylan tweeting praise for his book, being from Dylan’s world, why the Newport Folk Festival became a generational nexus point for music in the 1960s, his access to unreleased Newport audio and film footage by the likes of Murray Lerner, what he makes of A Complete Unknown’s depictions of real people and events, how it’s more brooding than the comical Dylan and Joan Baez really were, his new book about Jellyroll Morton, other future plans, and much more.

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Thanks to Bob Nastanovich, Rebecca Clay Cole from Pavement is here to discuss her Elephant 6 Recording Co. community, Pavement’s influence on it, and the recent and painful losses they’ve endured, the rise of Neutral Milk Hotel, how she got into playing music and embraces "sideman" roles, the beginning and end of her supergroup Wild Flag and Stephen Malkmus’ quiet role in that, joining Pavement and her thoughts about the various aspects of the forthcoming film Pavements, which she is in, current projects like Clay Cole, future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #165: Bob Nastanovich of Silver Jews

Ep. #74: Stephen Malkmus

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Alex Ross Perry, Scott Kannberg, and Robert Greene are here to discuss their film Pavements, whether or not it's a comedy, documentary subjects who reflect pluralities, how the band reacted to aspects of the in-progress film they saw, who was responsible for giving the film its final narrative structure, deceptive complexity and intellectual malarkey, why it’s good that Pavement maniacs are already seeing and contemplating this strange film, the forthcoming Pavements soundtrack and a significant Pavement announcement, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #481: David Berman

Ep. #392: Stephen Malkmus

Ep. #373: Pavement’s Bob Nastanovich and Steve West

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Ep. #74: Stephen Malkmus

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Tim Heidecker returns to discuss his lovely album, Slipping Away, effective ways to discuss your work these days, mid-life, narrative voices on his album, and its themes of hope, dread, empathy, family, and unease, American politics and elite paternalism, his song “Bottom of the 8th” and metaphors about protecting your kids from uncertain endings, why it can be “cool” to be “normal,” the video for "Well's Running Dry," his January tour with special guests like Neil Hamburger and Kyle Mooney, Office Hours Live news, other future plans, and much more.    

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Franz Nicolay from the Hold Steady is here to discuss his new book, Band People: Life and Work in Popular Music, once living in Toronto and how couples in the creative arts and humanities support each other, balancing passion and pragmatism in the music business, how musicians tend to communicate and miscommunicate, getting credit and valuing cultural labour, whether musicians can truly jam remotely, what’s next for his writing and music work, other future plans, and much more.

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Nancy Urich and Seth A. Smith are here to discuss their band Dog Day and new album, A T-Shirt with Writing on It, their filmmaking pursuits and origin stories, the differences and similarities between the strained material conditions that musicians and people in the film industry share in streaming times, why their previous band the Burdocks was a bit weird, the unique architecture of HomeSkull, which is their house and creative hub, how their young son Woody collaborates with them, “Weird Al” Yankovic and prepared accordion, what’s next for their film work and Dog Day, other future plans, and much more. 

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Thanks to listener and Patreon subscriber Brian Mock, Bill Stevenson from Descendents/ALL/The Blasting Room studios is here to discuss his road from Hermosa Beach to Fort Collins, smart ways to tour America’s quadrants, how he met Keith Morris as a kid because of fishing and his father’s influential, tireless work ethic, why his kids asked him to teach them about making music, psychology and a health update, American politics and elitism, his thoughts on Filmage, the documentary about his life’s work, updates on the new Descendents album and tour dates, what’s next for ALL, other future plans, and much more.        

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Jason Narducy is here with remarkable stories about the magical return of his childhood band Verböten, their new album, and opening for Frank Black at the Metro in Chicago on January 25 and 26, 2025, being in the KISS Army, playing R.E.M. songs with Michael Shannon in Athens, Georgia, with actual members of R.E.M., singing at a Chicago Bulls game and later encountering Michael Jordan up close, knowing Steve Albini and their final meaningful interaction at Steve’s studio, Electrical Audio, playing songs just added to Superchunk sets, punk rock lyricism, touring the R.E.M. project again, other future plans, and much more.

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David Pajo returns to discuss Papa M's Ballads of Harry Houdini and provide insights about each song, reflecting upon the profound memorial gathering for Steve Albini that we attended this past July and also Steve’s talents and knowledge-sharing generosity, embracing improvisation and never touching a computer to make his new record, how playing in Tortoise still informs his work, unsettling songs and horror movies, reissuing Slint's Tweez and releasing Aerial M's Peel Sessions, making new music, touring with Gang of Four, other future plans, and much more. 

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Adam Sturgeon and Daniel Monkman from OMBIIGIZI discuss their new album Shame, life in Ontario and Manitoba and some of the better Canadian provinces to live in, the biting tone, exploration of improvisation, and math rock influences that seeped into their latest songs, why being on a supportive record label is important, how figures like Marek Tyler have been positive leaders to Indigenous musicians in Canada, notions of tokenism and post-commodity, what’s next for this band and their individual pursuits, and much more.

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At my invitation, Steve Albini appeared on Kreative Kontrol at least once a year since its inception in 2013. We started a tradition where we spoke just ahead of annual, poverty alleviation Letters to Santa live events, such as the gala they’re holding on November 23, 2024, at the Brookfield Zoo Chicago: Discovery Center, featuring Jeff Tweedy, Fred Armisen, and Kim Deal among others. To maintain the tradition and spirit of the talks we had, I plan to feature archival interviews I conducted with Steve over the years, presenting them here ahead of Letters to Santa events for as long as possible. Here’s the second radio interview we ever did. It took place in the early summer of 2007 and was ostensibly about the then new Shellac album, Excellent Italian Greyhound, and touched upon local radio fame, Martina Navratilova, people who film concerts instead of participating in them, Canada, SCTV, John Peel, and more.

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My first Steve Albini interview (2006)

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Filmmaker Lance Bangs and Pavement’s Bob Nastanovich discuss the new film Pavements, how they met in the early 1990s when Lance began filming shows by the likes of Pavement, the Replacements, and Nirvana, his mentor Jem Cohen, the story behind Lance’s 2002 Pavement DVD/documentary Slow Century, what Kurt Cobain said to Bob at the Reading Festival that Nirvana invited Pavement to play, what David Berman yelled at the Lollapalooza audience that infamously flung mud and rocks at Pavement, why Bob thinks adding Rebecca Clay Cole as a member is the most interesting thing about recent Pavement tours, unusual depictions of Pavement and their crew and why releasing Alex Ross Perry’s Range Life biopic was reconsidered by all involved, how Pavement’s members really feel about the project, what’s next for Pavement, Bob, and Lance, other future plans, and much more.  

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Dorothea Paas on the sound and substance of Think of Mist, spending more time in Rochester, NY, listening to and making notes about records by Sade and Hiroshi Yoshimura, writing things down and listening to lectures, the sense of self and losing one’s ego, sublimation and sexuality, serious personas and having a sense of humour, tour dates, writing new songs, other future plans, and much more.

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I’m holding a Patreon membership drive November 14 to 21, 2024 with a goal of reaching 600 paid subscribers, with as many new subs at the $6 and higher monthly tiers as possible!

During this seven-day membership drive, I have some particularly unique gifts that I’ll be drawing for, among all existing and new $10 and above subs at the end of this campaign. Special and one-of-a-kind pieces of art, music, and merch were contributed by Lou Barlow, Rick White, Lori Damiano, John Samson Fellows, Chad VanGaalen, and Electrical Audio!

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Ed Kuepper and Mudhoney’s Mark Arm from The Saints ’73-’78 discuss the new (I’m) Stranded box set, how they’d never ever met in person (at the time we recorded this), why Mark was asked to sing in the Saints and what the band has meant to him, how the Saints got started and their early interest in Elvis, Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, why AC/DC and their success in Australia didn’t much motivate the Saints, how Mark first heard the Saints and whether or not they’re unheralded, why Ed and Mark’s music strikes a good balance between aggression and humour, what’s special about this box set, an Ed and Jim White collaboration, what’s next for the Saints and Mudhoney, tour dates, other future plans, and much more.

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Kristin Thomson and Jenny Toomey from Tsunami are here to discuss their band’s new 5LP box set, Loud Is As, living in upstate New York with the AC on in October and also living in Philadelphia but being from Canada, loving hockey but not liking sports, how they first met via punk and Positive Force, the band Geek, touring with Superchunk, and starting Simple Machines Records, Dischord and the D.C. music community, nostalgia vs. longing, the contents of their Numero Group box set, touring again, other future plans, and much more.  

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Oliver Ackermann from A Place to Bury Strangers is back to discuss their uniquely packaged new album Synthesizer, the latest audio inventions in production at Death by Audio, why the Synthesizer album cover includes a circuit board that anyone can use to create their own synthesizer, the pros and cons of the Biden Administration’s CHIPS Act for a small batch electronics manufacturer, the new album’s abrasive sound and lyrical themes exploring interpersonal dynamics, alienation, and relentlessness, how we connect art to the artists who create it, tour dates, other future plans, and much more.

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Shellac's "Watch Song" by The Messthetics, James Brandon Lewis, Land of Talk, & Vish Khanna

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Oren Ambarchi discusses his trio with Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin and their latest album, Ghosted II, living in Berlin and Winnipeg, Drag City Chicago pizza advice, when he lived in New York for stints as a young man until he was broke from buying records and seeing shows by Cecil Taylor and Miles Davis, why Stephanie Stone woke John Zorn up to meet Oren and be friends with him ever since, his work with Jim O’Rourke and Alvin Lucier, forthcoming projects and shows, other future plans, and much more. 

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Phil Elverum is here to discuss the new Mount Eerie album, Night Palace, moving back to Washington State after a period living in New York, immersion in your community with family and friends, home ownership and having a sense of place, wealth accumulation and land back, singing and talking to animals, dating songs like journal entries, elaborate album packaging, parents and Palace Brothers, meditation and loving Eric’s Trip and Rick White’s artwork, a complementary book, future plans, and much more.   

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Eric's Trip - A Love Supreme

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Heather O’Neill returns to discuss her latest novel, The Capital of Dreams, a fairy tale about a young girl fleeing a genocidal invasion in a fictional European region, armed only with a pivotal piece of outspoken literature penned by her infamous mother while accompanied by a talking, opinionated goose, how the book’s socio-cultural and political themes echo WWII, but also resonate with current events, and the erasure of citizens and their culture, how Heather’s difficult upbringing and complicated relationship with motherhood and parenting are reflected in this work, why tea and teacups work as a metaphor, cultural capital and the black market, an extensive Canadian tour, new projects, other future plans, and much more.   

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Grasshopper from Mercury Rev is here to discuss their new album, Born Horses, his time in Buffalo, NY, its vibrant live music scene, and shopping for music-related items in Canada, collaborations and interactions with members of The Band, exploring poetry recitation, celebrating animals, their freedom, and human duality, writing about mental health, his film studies background and making cinematic music, upcoming work by Mercury Rev, other future plans, and much more.  

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Tim Kasher from Cursive is here to discuss their new album, Devourer, its lyrical themes and why imperialism was on his mind, why the “you” in Cursive songs is often actually addressing himself, how people are navigating a golden age and glut of information, maintaining the status quo and denying reality, loving and hating oneself, being on a new label to expand your music community, touring with Cursive, other future plans, and much more.       

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Ep. #377: Land of Talk

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Steve Holmes from American Football is back to discuss American Football (25th Anniversary Edition) and American Football (Covers), Chicago pizza, a brief history of American Football, why Mike Kinsella is overdue for his flowers, having fans like the 1975 and Phoebe Bridgers, the fascinating story of the now iconic American Football house in Illinois that adorns their album art and the fact that the band now owns that house, updates on new music by American Football, and much more.

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Sam Nicholson from the Australian indie-rock band Quivers is here to discuss their brilliant Merge Records debut, Oyster Cuts, life in Tasmania and down under, an inadvertent Pavement allusion and recent encounter with Mark Ibold, how Quivers wound up on Merge and Sam’s affection for Calgary’s Chad VanGaalen, surviving cancer as a child and hanging out with Ringo Starr from the Liverpool-based band, the Beatles, covering grief, joy, telephones, technology, and more in his songs, the Wiggles and music inclusivity, when Quivers played Guelph and I wasn’t there, current and future tour dates in North America and beyond, other future plans, and much more. 

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WE ARE WINTER’S BLUE AND RADIANT CHILDREN’S Mat Ball (BIG|BRAVE), Jonathan Downs (Vervain, Rhubarb), Efrim Manuel Menuck (godspeed you! black emperor, ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT), and Patch One (Vervain, Pond 1000, Greef) discuss their new album, No More Apocalypse Father, starting a band with people you’ve never met before, an affinity for winter, parents, children, and patriarchy, when Michael Jackson dangled his baby Blanket over a balcony and how the concept of a family can be exploited, singing lullabies in a baritone and having empathy, spectating atrocities from afar, denying reality and having hope, what’s next for WAWBARC, other future plans, and much more.

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All Wild Things Are Shy is Richard Laviolette’s final album and was released posthumously one year after he sought MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) on September 5, 2023. To provide more insight about its creation and Richard’s state of mind in writing and recording these songs while struggling with Huntington’s disease and the sudden onset of accelerated, severe symptoms, I organized a discussion with his partner and collaborator sophia bartholomew, the record’s lead instrumentalist, Rich Burnett, producer Scott Merritt, and artistic advisor and You’ve Changed Records label manager, Steven Lambke. We love Richard and will never forget him.

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Stephen Malkmus and Matt Sweeney discuss their band the Hard Quartet and its new, self-titled debut LP, living in places like Chicago and New York City, the memorial weekend event for Steve Albini that Matt and I attended in Illinois this past July and playing complicated games of dice, the friendship that Stephen and Matt shared with the late David Berman and fresh perspectives on the time Berman, Stephen, and Bob Nastanovich infamously heckled Nirvana, how the Hard Quartet all became friends and eventually started this band where all the guitarists take turns playing bass, the stories behind some of the songs and sounds by the Hard Quartet, the Edmonton Oilers and Neil Young’s iconic father, the late hockey writer, Scott Young, Matt’s amazing video series Guitar Moves, what’s next for the Hard Quartet, other future plans, and much more. 

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Jonah Falco returns to discuss the brilliant new Jade Hairpins album, Get Me the Good Stuff, his work-related education and academic background, writing deeply reflective yet catchy songs about his aging parents and middle age, the development of his British dialect as a Canadian living on boats, where the “wrong pop” of Jade Hairpins comes from, stories about the ambitious 24 hour livestream that Fucked Up held recently where they publicly wrote, recorded, and released a new album in one day, Jade Hairpins’ live line-up and tour dates, other future plans, and much more.

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Marek Tyler discusses his work as ASKO and self-titled debut album, first concerts and early, formative drumming influences like Stewart Copeland, Larry Mullen Jr., Brendan Canty, and Mac McNeilly, pretending you know how to play instruments to start bands, music media and pointing people to significant but marginalized artists, entering the rock music realm as a person of colour, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and following familial protocols, bringing ASKO to life on-stage, other future plans, and much more.    

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Spencer Krug discusses Always Happy to Explode, which is the first Sunset Rubdown album in 15 years, the various islands he’s called home and why he appreciates the solitude of island living, how touring can impact musicians and create interpersonal obstacles, why his bands tend to take long breaks, why his latest songs might relay so much empathy and contemplation about the impact that working has on life, things to listen to while running, fantastical storytelling and rewatching legacy TV shows, going back on tour, a Wolf Parade update, other future plans, and much more. 

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Joel Plaskett returns to discuss his dreamy, solitary new album, One Real Reveal, the retail space he and friends set up in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, consisting of his studio, a record store, a coffee shop, and a bookstore, singularity and multitudes, poetry, journeys, and dreams, his classic solo debut, In Need of Medical Attention, romance and travelling, middle age, technology, and atomization, why we need tension and letting go, getting into Nick Cave and paying homage to favourite artists, how his long tour for One Real Reveal will be staged, other future plans, and much more.

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The Jesus Lizard Week ’24 concludes with Duane Denison discussing the Jesus Lizard’s new album RACK, why Nashville has been so enticing for musicians looking for a home, working as a guitar teacher and providing remote lessons to students, why he thought to employ quality control measures in writing new songs in the Jesus Lizard, whether or not the band ever contemplated making RACK with previous collaborators like the late Steve Albini, some of the guitar players and musical heroes he pays homage to on the new album, his golden era for the Jesus Lizard, touring again, writing new songs, other future plans, and much more.

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The Jesus Lizard Week ’24  is still going with Mac McNeilly discussing the Jesus Lizard’s new album RACK, building a home studio, navigating how political correctness and being decent to other people works, his interest in preserving vintage drums and teaching music students, why he left the Jesus Lizard when he did and why he came back, the stamina and fitness it takes to play drums in this band, how he came up with his parts on RACK, touring again, other future plans, and much more. 

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The Jesus Lizard Week ’24 continues with David Wm. Sims discussing the band’s new album RACK, recent music festival experiences, the significance of the Jesus Lizard’s close friendships, his own golden era in the band, how and why they chose to write and record RACK the way they did, what may become of the songs that were captured but didn’t make the album, his penchant for coming up with fresh bass parts by playing along to music made by people like War and Wu-Tang Clan, why he is contemplating moving out of the United States of America, upcoming tour dates, other future plans, and much more. 

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The Jesus Lizard Week ’24 begins with David Yow discussing the Jesus Lizard's new album RACK, loving Los Angeles but moving out of the United States of America, his writing practice these days and those few but notable people who’ve contributed to lyrics in the Jesus Lizard over the years, how the late Lhasa de Sela and also Led Zeppelin influenced his vocals and writing on RACK, working on his singing in his old band Qui, and how he almost fronted a reconstituted Nirvana for an event a few years ago, other future plans, and much more.  

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John Early is here to discuss his brilliant comedy special and album, Now More Than Ever, life in Los Angeles and how Toronto works as a city in a province in Canada, the talented Lemon Squares band, his remarkable skills as a singer and taking up guitar with a little help from the Beatles, how his talents were honed singing hymns in church, anarchy and normalcy, his working relationship with Kate Berlant, getting into Neil Young and why one of his songs is a surprising centrepiece in his new special, how the HBO version and record differ and complement each other, what are we all really doing on the internet, his comedy and music heroines, Vicky with a V, Bernie Sanders, and American politics, hitting the road for a tour with all new comedy and new songs, other future plans, and much more. 

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Brendan Canty, Joe Lally, Ian MacKaye, and Guy Picciotto from Fugazi and filmmaker Jem Cohen discuss their 1999 documentary, Instrument, how it was captured using film technologies of the time, how live and interview footage was used to reflect the band’s inventive music-making, insights about memorable moments from the film, its remarkable soundtrack, Jem’s focus on audience portraiture and commentary, the basketball hoop, what may become of the longer edit of Instrument and film footage we haven’t yet seen, Fugazi’s most iconic song, and much more.     

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Sarah Houle, Shane Ghostkeeper and JOYFULTALK’s Jay Crocker discuss their work together on the new Ghostkeeper album, C​î​payak Joy, their history as friends and collaborators, Shane’s fascinating and initially discouraging foray into music-making after devoting his youth to playing hockey, Jay’s focus on passion and creativity over musical proficiency, what prompted Sarah to explore synthesized drums over the louder, real thing, how hip-hop, R&B, and electronic music influenced C​î​payak Joy, its lyrical themes and music videos, a planned companion release, other future plans, and much more.

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Jon Benjamin is here to discuss The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of The (Unproduced) Film…The Jazz Daredevil, the H in his name, his Massachusetts roots, attending a Guelph Storm hockey game, the Edmonton Oilers and the Boston Celtics, working from home and how recording sessions for Archer and Bob’s Burgers differed, why he should consider playing the Guelph Jazz Festival and the Jazz Daredevil’s overall perspective on jazz, the story and cast of characters behind this new soundtrack, which is an unusual soundtrack, trying to make this Jazz Daredevil movie, perhaps with Daniel Day-Lewis attached, what’s next for the Jazz Daredevil, other future plans, and more.    

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Tom Mullen discusses his Washed Up Emo podcast and archival enterprise, working for different labels and conceiving of the video chronicling the road Bob Dylan might have taken from Greenwich Village to Big Pink, getting Jeff Bridges to narrate it and also to join Facebook, a fascinating promo project about Jeff Buckley, bringing Fred Armisen together with members of the Clash for a Funny or Die bit, why he started Washed Up Emo, what emo even means these days, news about the latest season of Washed Up Emo, other future plans, and much more.

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Lou Barlow and John Davis from the Folk Implosion discuss their first album in 25 years, Walk Thru Me, the significance of college and community radio, punk rock humour and intellectualism exhibited by Gerard Cosloy and Steve Albini, John’s early collaborative relationship with Will Oldham and why he didn’t appear on his first album, how Lou and John first met, how the Folk Implosion’s name is an homage to/dig at the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, working on the soundtrack for the controversial 1995 film, KIDS, why the Folk Implosion ended and why it’s back, touring, making new music, other future plans, and much more.    

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Al Tuck and Aaron Comeau discuss their work together on Tuck’s latest records, Tuck’s recent triple-disc, Water, Blood & Whiskey, making records inside of transport truck trailers and school portables, the days when the people were small and few and finally recording a song that Al debuted some 20 odd years ago, family stories and familial connections to Leonard Cohen, recording a few takes all at the same time, coffee breaks, improvisation and not fielding questions, smartphones and why the Earth might be flat, having children who sing, the Main St. Music Library, new Al Tuck albums, other future plans and much more.  

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“Weird Al” Yankovic returns to discuss his new single “Polkamania!,” life in Los Angeles, the tenth anniversary of Mandatory Fun, why the relative popularity of vinyl hasn’t altered his stance to not make any more full-length albums, the surprising popularity of and critical acclaim for the 2022 biopic, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story and his bond with actor Daniel Radcliffe, what keeps him busy beyond music, his love for sketch comedy and prospective projects, touring again, other future plans, and much more.  

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Jay Arner and Jessica Delisle discuss their band Energy Slime and self-titled full-length debut, Planet Perfect, the sentimental attachment they have for their impractical apartment, a huge announcement by Jay about a major change in his life, the significance of this realization and how it has impacted Jessica, relying on humour to ward off existential despair and make fun art, the Pet Shop Boys and horses, the moon and ZZ Top, the “Bongo Dance” and giving up your podcast, a profoundly funny new music video, tour ideas, other future plans, and much more.

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Mike Haliechuk from Fucked Up discusses the band’s new album, Another Day, its place in the band’s apparent “Day” album series, which may or may not have begun with 2023’s One Day, the 24-hour live stream of a studio session the band will participate in starting at 1:00 PM ET on August 6, 2024, which you can watch on Fucked Up’s YouTube channel, playing at MergeFest and the band’s future with Merge Records, working midnight shifts, forthcoming records by Fucked Up, tour, other future plans, and much more.

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Amanda MacKaye and Jeff Barsky discuss their band Bed Maker and self-titled debut, the good and weird things about living where they do, how DIY culture has impacted the value of craftsmanship, actual community and internet information sharing, poetry and animal cruelty, imposter syndrome and great singers like Johnny Rotten, Amy Taylor, and Steve Albini, future plans, and much more!

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Ryan Kattner discusses the new Man Man album, Carrot on Strings, his recent move from California to New York and the many places he has lived, his love of film and his interactions with and roles he’s had in the movie business, the 2024 NBA Finals and players he finds appealing, wanting to write a stadium anthem, our love for Stephen Malkmus and Pavement, future and hope for future film and music projects, tour dates, other future plans, and much more.

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Rick White, Mike Belitsky, and Travis Good discuss their new album, Rick White and the Sadies, Ontario heat waves, a parrot gender reveal, how Rick and the Sadies began working together, wonderful drummers like Mark Gaudet and Gary Young, inadvertently naming new songs the same names as other people’s songs, how the late Dallas Good appears in people’s dreams, visions, and in other ways, contemplating playing live shows but also, a post-recording update to report that Rick White and the Sadies are playing at the Great Hall in Toronto on September 6, 2024, other future plans, and much more.    

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Cory Hanson and Robbie Cody discuss the new Wand album, Vertigo, the California heat, the Kendrick Lamar / Drake feud, buying a large amount of recording gear using crypto and other financial planning advice, Bob Dylan’s 2024 tour behind the 2012 album Tempest, the history of Wand, cinema, film noir, and physical media, making a Wand record in a very different, improvisational manner, admirable production work by the likes of Bill Schnee and Jim O’Rourke, directing an emotional vocal take, abiding by the doomsday clock, touring with Red Hot Chili Peppers, other future plans, and much more. 

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Janel Leppin and Anthony Pirog discuss their new Janel and Anthony double-record, New Moon in The Evil Age, Leppin’s Ensemble Volcanic Ash: To March Is To Love, and Pirog’s The Hunger Artist, growing up and moving around a lot, living in small houses in a forest, being both grunge and rockabilly kids and meeting in high school, how they respectively began pursuing cello and guitar and the road from classical and composition-based music to improvisation, singing and songwriting, the state of music and protesting to preserve it, other future plans, and much more!

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Chris Corsano discusses his new album, The Key (Became The Important Thing [& Then Just Faded Away]), his life in New Jersey and what we can learn about it from The Sopranos, dementia, psychedelia, and how a mind can be altered, imagination, illness, and art-making, the now infamous episode of this show that Chris was on with his band Rangda just prior to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, our shared admiration for the double bassist William Parker, a relaxation trick, the projects we each have going with Mike Watt, other future plans, and much more.   

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Laura Jeffery, Josh Salter, Andre Charles Thériault, and Cole Woods from Laughing discuss their debut album, Because It’s True, our previous interactions and how this band formed around a democratic principle of four singers and songwriters who can swap instruments where necessary, their love of power pop and bands like Big Star, the Replacements, and Pavement, writing clever, biting songs about love and being outside, making their album with Faith Healer’s Renny Wilson, promoting Montreal businesses like Pizza Bouquet and Star Bar, what’s next for Laughing and the members’ respective pursuits, other future plans, and much more!

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Tim Kinsella discusses the elaborate new Joan of Arc box set, A Window & A Mirror, his Chicago upbringing and how he and his brother, Mike Kinsella from American Football, first got into playing music, their band Cap’n Jazz and its post-breakup mythological status, Tim’s relationship with music journalism and his public personas, punk rock and rebellious conservatism, times I saw the Promise Ring and Joan of Arc in southern Ontario in the mid-to-late 90s, why Joan of Arc might sound more normal these days, the band Tim Kinsella & Jenny Pulse and their next album, an upcoming reunion show by Cap’n Jazz and why Tim would love to write new songs with them, other future plans, and much more.

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Steven Hyden discusses his excellent new book, There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born in the U.S.A.’ and the End of the Heartland, the state of music and cultural criticism, how film critics have long had more cachet than music critics, the various and confusing ambiguities in the work and life of an American like Bruce Springsteen, how the Boss rejected his most successful album and got lost in the 1990s just as Nirvana were rejecting their own most successful album, why Springsteen’s narrative voice became more inward, why he and America were never the same after Born in the U.S.A., a fascinating alternate history of Bruce events, Steven’s tour dates, other future plans, and much more.

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Nick Thorburn discusses the new Islands album, What Occurs, whether or not it concludes a trilogy, why he chose to make an album on Vancouver Island for the first time and also its unique, live-off-the-floor recording style with Adam Halferty and Evan and Geordie Gordon, a bad basketball injury and air guitar, paraphrasing John Lennon and/or Pusha T, conceptual lyrics and David Geffen’s Jackson Pollock, whether or not Islands has reached its end, the pros and cons of running a Patreon crowdfunding initiative, uncertain future plans, and much more.

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Doug Gillard from Guided By Voices discusses the band’s 41st album, Strut of Kings, living in Queens and a Joey Ramone encounter, how Robert Pollard writes and shares songs with the rest of GBV and how his collaboration with Doug has evolved over three decades, loving Canadian comedy and sharing a flight with Kids in the Hall’s Dave Foley, late night TV talk show performances on Open Mike with Mike Bullard, loving Conan O’Brien and writer-performers like Robert Smigel and Brian Stack, appearing on Late Night with Conan O’Brien the night Bill Hader made his panel debut, what got Doug into music and the love he and Bob share for the Beatles, why Bob doesn’t really do radio or podcast interviews these days, GBV tour dates, another Doug solo album, other future plans, and much more.  

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Adam Goren and Brian Sokel from Dead Best discuss their album Second and its lyrical themes, growing up together and now living right next to each other, a Guelph house show my old band Captain Copilot played with Atom and His Package in 1999 before I randomly ran into Adam in Philadelphia a year later, finally having Adam on the show after conversations I’ve had about Atom and His Package with guests like Chris Gethard, Kurt Vile, and Pissed Jeans’ Matt Korvette, being straight edge in grade one and high school reunions, getting into punk and DIY culture and infusing it all with comedy, why a number of post-hardcore bands in the 1990s seemed to be named after American historical figures except for Franklin, playing shows, other future plans, and much more.

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Ted Leo discusses the 20th anniversary tour behind Shake the Sheets and the album's contemporary resonance, moving back to New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen’s enduring influence and the realistic aspects of The Sopranos, punk rock influences and dark songs living in sunny arrangements, loving early Beatles and being part of the Dischord Records community in D.C., dense lyricism in rock and hip-hop, the isolation and exhaustion that inspired Shake the Sheets, how the Foreign Correspondents came about and why more people should listen to Michael Pagliaro, touring more, other future plans, and much more. 

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