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 wi...
3 Jul 201344min
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 ...
27 Jun 20131h 6min
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...
25 Jun 201348min
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 ...
23 Jun 201329min
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 J...
19 Jun 201334min
Ep. #6: Mark Andersen on the Clash + Kid Koala on Space Cadet
On this episode, I take a closer look at the final years of one of the best rock band of all time, the Clash. While some fans and critics dismiss them, a new book called We Are the Clash: The Last Sta...
14 Jun 201359min
Ep. #5: Exclaim! Editor James Keast at a Blue Jays game
My friend and colleague James Keast invited me to a Jays game on Sunday and it seemed like a great place for us to talk about jocks vs. music nerds, his work at Exclaim!, his role at the Polaris Music...
11 Jun 20131h
Ep. #4: Jim Guthrie band D.C. road trip featuring NPR’s Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton
I drove down to Washington D.C. with Jim Guthrie and his band (Samir Khan, Jordan Howard, Randy Lee, Marshall Bureau, and J. J. Ipsen) so they could record a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR for All Songs Con...
6 Jun 20131h 1min
