Apologue Podcast

Brenna Red is the founding member, guitarist and lead singer of The Last Gang. The Last Gang have been a band since the 2000’s. It wasn’t until 2017 when the band got some recognition through touring with the help of Fat Wreck Chords releasing their last three albums. the Last Gang is on Tour this summer and will be stopping in Toronto, Montreal and places in between! Tour dates are HE...

Luke Pabich is a founding member and guitar player for Santa Cruz’s Good Riddance. Good Riddance has been touring th world since 1995. They started as a band in the late 80’s. Catching the attention of Fat Mike and Fat Wreck Chords, they were on their way with their first release “For God and Country”. I met up with them in the summer of 1995 when I became they’re Can...

Aston Stephens is a UK based independent record label owner. Boss Tuneage Records has been putting out music for well over 30 years. Aston and I met by chance I think through either Brock Pytel or John Kastner in the early 2000’s. Aston put out the first Four Square Record titled “When Weeks Were Weekends” in the fall of 2001. I do know that Aston and I might have talked on the p...

Wasting Time  is a pop punk quartet from Toronto, Canada that has been plugging away since 2017.  The band plays their brand of melodic, sonic chaos and are inspired by bands such as Alkaline Trio, No Use For A Name, and MxPx. They’ve since released an album, a couple EPs, several singles and have shared the stage with Smoking Popes, Direct Hit and Young Rochelles.   Once More Witho...

The Von Tramps  are an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2015. The group is fronted by guitarist/vocalist Jenna Enemy and features Chelsea Oxborough on guitar and Krissandra Anfinson on bass. The band emerged from the Minneapolis underground punk scene and first gained notoriety for their high-energy live shows and irreverent behavior. The Von Tramps  have an e...

The band’s energetic front man Georgij Makazaria and his vibrant appearance inspires people to bounce frenetically, dance,pogo and scream their heads off. He is supported by the precise rhythm and driving force of drums, bass and guitar as well as the melody coming from violin, sax and the potete (a unique bass-trumpet). Together, the talented musicians follow their passion for live music and the...

Tino Valpa is the lead singer and founder of Dover, New Hampshire’s “the Cryptics”. The Cryptics Have been releasing albums since 2009. they are presently on tour in the states. the music scene and touring scene have taken major blows in the last few years. Bands like the Cryptics need to tour to make money so they can live. Tino is a lifer and will always be pushing for new road...

Eric Fundingsland is an independent documentary film maker, a punk rock musician and a dad. Starting later in life as a touring musician, Eric realized that touring in a van is not as glamorous as he thought. After meeting plenty of other bands that have had similar experiences, he decided to do a documentary film about it called “Why am I Doing This (a film about touring)” The project...

In this episode y buddy Lee and I recap the Beatles “Get Back” three part series that is streaming on Disney Plus. We take a somewhat deep dive into our favourite parts of the documentary. Get Back was made up from many hours of lost footage from the original Doc by the same name that was filmed in 1969. The original movie was criticized for showing a downside of the Beatles as well as...

Aaron Pendergast is a documentary film maker who is making a movie on the Blasting Room. The Blasting room is a Recording studio based in Fort Collins, Colorado that was founded by Bill Stevenson of The Descendents. Over the last 27 years, some of the biggest names in punk music have trusted a tiny, bare-bones, space in Fort Collins, Colorado to record, mix and master their stuff.  The Blasti...

Dave Genn is a multi-instrumentalist that is presently playing in Canada’s own 54-40. Dave got his start in the early 90’s playing in in DSK, then Keys in Art Bergmann’s band. He had some time playing with Canada’s Matt Good in the Matt Good Band. Apart from playing in 54-40, Dave is a producer and song writer living in Vancouver. dave and I ran into each other while I was...

JAMES SULLIVAN – frontman and guitar player of London’s garage-pop trio MORE KICKS and apocalypse-pop supergroup SUSPECT PARTS has just released his debut solo album LIGHT YEARS .   In November 2020, after repeated album delays and touring cancellations due to the pandemic, Sullivan found himself stuck at home writing LIGHT YEARS  as a self-imposed distraction. “In that car crash of a ye...

Ron Sexsmith is a Canadian Singer/Songwriter that has released over 17 albums since 1985. Sexsmith’s songs have been performed and recorded by a number of well-known musicians, including Elvis Costello, Feist, Rod Stewart, and Emmylou Harris . His song “Secret Heart” has been covered by Rod Stewart, Feist, and Nick Lowe. Sexsmith co-wrote “Bran...

Clint Westwood  releases a fresh take on one of his singles and some other quarantine musical gems on Mannequin Vanity Records  — “Return to the Mothership” is coming out on August 27th. We are pleased to announce that Clint Westwood had emerged from the vaults of quarantine with some old tunes re-imagined and re-recorded for this strange new world. “Return to the Mothership&...

Desperate Acts  emerges as a fresh band with confident, passionate, yet gritty melodies. Their debut album, coming out September 10th on SBÄM (Worldwide) and Kings Road (US) titled ‘State Secrets’ is a call to start paying closer attention beyond your own backyard.   Singer Matt Keil explained, “I think the recurring theme is being aware of constant, abject horror in the worl...

Autogramm is a synth-driven, power-pop trio from Chicago & Vancouver drawing influences from the likes of The Cars, The Go Go’s, Gary Numan, 20/20 and Devo. The band members are Jiffy Marx of Brooklyn’s Hard Drugs and Vancouver’s Blood Meridian, CC Voltage of Berlin’s Dysnea Boys, London’s Loyalties and Vancouver’s Black Halos and Spitfires, and The Silo of Vancouver’s Black Mountain, Li...

he Late Great Charlie Borski, releasing their debut full-length album  Watch Out For Spiders  on July 2nd – just before kicking off their first Southern US Tour. Self-described as “Theatrical Folk Pop” The Late Great Charlie Borski combines the drama and intensity of musical theatre with the down-to-earth goodness of folk music. This band delivers a powerful musical punch with two lead v...

The Real Sickies have been busy during the plague and are back with a few new offerings! The newest is “Love is For Lovers” with an accompanied video “Communication Breakdown”. if you love bands like Chixdiggit and the Ramones, this is your band!. Love is for lovers is out on July 9 Band Camp: https://realsickies.bandcamp.com/album/love-is-for-lovers Facebook: https://www.f...

Dany Laj and the Looks have released their hotly anticipated third full-length album “Ten Easy Pieces” via We Are Busy Bodies Records. Soaked in enough song writing craft and melody to make even Brian Wilson blush, Dany Laj and the Looks have produced a genre straddling album sure to please even the most discerning of music listeners.  Sidekicks Dany Laj and Jeanette Dowling are known for the...

Vancouver music scene veteran and bass player for The Zolas, dwi has just released his debut single and video for “Freak N Out”. This is the first offering from dwi’s upcoming EP, set for release in September on Light Organ Records. The video for “Freak N Out” takes the listener through a psychedelic dreamscape where dwi snakes through pockets of dark and light, rain and shine, and even dances wit...

Kevin Pettigrew is a sound designer and audio mixer for film and television. Kevin has been in the business for over ten years now after changing his career from the video game world and carpentry before. Kevin and I worked together for a few years at the theatre and his brand of humour is something I really enjoy and can relate to. Also a wonderful guest and conversation! Thanks Kevin Small house...

Berlin-based German punk band Circus Rhapsody has an exciting summer planned with a full album release, several music videos, and singles. Circus Rhapsody is a band that is hard to stick in just one genre — they combine punk/world/folk/rockabilly/ska and many other genres. One theme is overarching: the band is a LOT of fun. In May the band will be releasing two singles and a video off their...

Scott Radinsky is the lead singer and founding member of “Pulley”. Pulley have been playing music since the mid 90’s. Scott was the original singer for Ten foot Pole and left to pursue a career in major league baseball as well as start his own band. After dealing with the last year and a half of cancelled shows, Pulley decided to start a series of reimagined versions of older son...

Steven Rawles is the lead singer and founding member of Calgary’s “Belvedere”. Belvedere was formed in 1995 and have been putting out quality albums ever since. The band took a small break around 2005 and Steven started a side project. Belvedere reformed in 2012 and have gone through a few member changes since then. Their new album “Hindsight is the new 6th sense” out...

Jay Mirus spent the first part of his life working for Much Music as a videographer. He had a daily segment on FAX for Much West. Jay always made time for the underdogs in the scene and gave them a voice on a national level. An amazing conversation with an important person in the indie music scene in Canada. Thanks Jay! There’s also an awesome story at the end of the episode!! instagram Brou...