Ep. #713: Built to Spill
Doug Marstch talks about Built to Spill and their debut LP for Sub Pop, When the Wind Forgets Your Name, loving and leaving Boise, Idaho, his band’s fluid membership and current Brazilian collaborator...
1 Sep 20221h 10min
Ep. #712: Kee Avil
Kee Avil discusses her stirring Constellation Records debut, Crease, improvisation and prepared instruments and vocals, music school and jazz, DIY touring and pop flourishes, sonic and visual collabor...
30 Aug 20221h 6min
Ep. #711: Bret McKenzie
Bret McKenzie goes deep on the making of his solo debut, Songs Without Jokes, growing up a music fan in Wellington, New Zealand, writing serious songs that are still funny, sharp songwriters and a 198...
26 Aug 20221h 11min
Ep. #710: Mas Aya
Brandon Miguel Valdivia on Mas Aya and making the album, Máscaras, London, Ontario and the Guelph Jazz Festival, drumming and percussion, outspoken music and making music as a political act, the hards...
23 Aug 20221h 10min
Ep. #709: Kelly McMichael
Kelly McMichael on her 2022 Polaris Music Prize-nominated debut album Waves, how she began playing music and her formal studies, the Guelph, Toronto, and St. John’s music communities, working with Jak...
16 Aug 20221h 15min
Ep. #708: Kiwi Jr.
Jeremy Gaudet and Brian Murphy talk about the new Kiwi Jr. album Chopper, working with first-time producer Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade and vocalist Dorothea Paas, songwriting tips from Mike Watt and J...
11 Aug 20221h 15min
Ep. #707: Ian Blurton's Future Now
Ian Blurton discusses the ambitious production, metal/punk rock sound, chorus of voices, and intricate lyricism on Second Skin by Ian Blurton’s Future Now, using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, Neil...
9 Aug 20221h 14min
Ep. #706: JOYFULTALK
Jay Crocker discusses his musical origins in Calgary, living in rural Nova Scotia, his band JOYFULTALK and the making and concept of their latest Constellation Records LP, Familiar Science, playing gu...
2 Aug 20221h 12min
