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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 39 days 6 hours 26 minutes
episode 16: Ep. #16: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
I always love speaking to Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy a.k.a. Will Oldham. This past February, Dawn McCarthy and Bonny Billy released an LP called What the Brothers Sang, a collection of songs originally recorded by the Everly Brothers.
episode 15: Ep. #15: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion + catl.
A chat with Judah Bauer, Jon Spencer, and Russell Simins at Call the Office in London, ON about the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion‘s adventures in the high water of Calgary and how the media can manipulate their message. Also, Toronto’s catl.
episode 14: Ep. #14: Tiësto
International electronic music superstar Tiësto and I have a frank, open chat about why EDM has exploded over the last few years, his new release, Club Life: Volume 3 Stockholm, drinking with Giorgio Moroder, why people don’t really like Daft Punk,
episode 13: Ep. #13: Sloan’s Jay Ferguson & Chris Murphy & Photographer Catherine Stockhausen
In celebration of the new murderecords 7″ singles 1993-1998 photo/music book, Sloan’s Chris Murphy and Jay Ferguson and photographer Catherine Stockhausen discuss murderecords and Halifax music history. For more info about this episode,
episode 12: Ep. #12: WondaGurl + Simone Schmidt of the Highest Order
16 year-old Brampton, Ontario producer WondaGurl talks about being on Jay-Z’s new album and the Highest Order’s Simone Schmidt discusses music festival culture (they played the Toronto Urban Roots Festival last night) and leaving Facebook.
episode 11: Ep. #11: Maestro Fresh Wes + Diamond Rings
Canada’s king of hip-hop (sorry Drake), Maestro Fresh Wes and I have a chat about the 25th anniversary of his colossal hit single, “Let Your Backbone Slide ,” how to keep Canadian audiences engaged with rap music, and his great,
episode 10: Ep. #10: Sled Island & Calgary’s flood + Houndmouth + Derek Christoff on James Gandolfini + Mike Belitsky of the Sadies
Weird tone to this one. Drew Marshall of the Sled Island music festival gives a firsthand account of the flooding that has devastated Calgary and forced Sled Island to cancel its plans, Matt Myers of the U.S.
episode 9: Ep. #9: David Yow
Today you can hear my conversation with David Yow about his new solo LP, Tonight You Look Like a Spider. David is an amazing man who used to sing in bands like Scratch Acid, the Jesus Lizard, and Qui among others.
episode 8: Ep. #8: Joshua Kloke on the Tragically Hip and ‘Escape is at Hand’
Ah, the Sunday evening podcast launch. Social media suicide! It’ll be worth it though. On this episode, I head down to the Speed River in Guelph to speak to Tragically Hip superfan, Joshua Kloke, who is celebrating the release of his memoir about the b.
episode 7: Ep. #7: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
One of my favourite bands ever is the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and they’ve got a few Canadian tour dates coming up soon (including Sled Island this week and Ontario shows next month). I called up Jon Spencer for a chat about what things have been li.