Episodes

The Ongoing Concept is wonderfully bizarre, with their music often heading in four different directions simultaneously. It’s sound is loud, brash, brilliant, and grabs everyones attention. Dawson Scholz shares about this “band of brothers”.

Joe Lengson comes to The Antidote to speak about his transition from the metal of MyChildren MyBride to his new creation, The Woodsman’s Babe. We’ll have Joe tell us whether his music is folk or something entirely different.

Controversial and often misunderstood, Showbread returns with their final album, Showbread is Showdead. Josh Dies, frontman of Showbread, meets with The Antidote for a talk about the innovative music created by this raw rock phenomenon.  

Jason Dunn, former front man for Hawk Nelson, and song mate Niamh Willis, create superb acoustic music. Jason & Niamh meet with us in the studio with their musical history and a live set.  

Local musician and inspired vocalist, Meagh Culkeen, brings her eclectic music to The Antidote. Meagh shares about her art and whether the LGTBQ community is finding acceptance in our Christian culture.

American Arson creates a massive, driving rock sound with just two performers and zero backing tracks. Evan and Jesse join us for a talk about their innovative style and origin series EP’s.

The Antidote delivers our top ten list of the greatest releases of 2015. Be ready for some big surprises. Agree or disagree? Add your comments. Feature image courtesy Gareth Williams. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gareth1953/

Spoken word performances are both unusual and dramatically inspiring. It creates an intimate level with the audience that’s rarely achieved with traditional music. Sol Graffiti meets with The Antidote to discuss their art.

Long term hard rockers, Spoken, have just released their 8th album, “Breathe Again”. Matt Baird comes for a visit to share about what inspired their greatest release.

Christmas comes to The Antidote. Traditional and some not so traditional seasonal classics (and an oddity or two) carries us to our celebration of Christ’s birth. Photo by Jazmin Million. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jazminmillion/

In 2014 Silent Planet delivered The Night God Slept, one of the greatest of metal albums. It brilliantly illustrates our predominately misogynistic society from the view of women over the past century. Garrett Russell, Silent Planet’s vocalist and lyricist, visits with The Antidote to discuss the album.

The music of Falling Up has evolved dramatically over the years. Experimental, prog rock, core rock, ambient pop, and indie rock have all been used to describe their music at various points over the past dozen years. Now the music ends. Lead vocalist Jessy Ribordy joins us to share music …

South Africa based punk band The Old-timers, deliver urgent and emotion-filled music that peels back layers of societal grime to reveal the redemptive nature of God’s mercy, grace and love. The Antidote meets with Donovan DeNecker to talk about their new twin EP’s.

’68 is a guy bashing his drums, while another dude wields a guitar like a percussive weapon while howling into a mic. Josh Scogin (formerly of both The Chariot and Norma Jean) speaks with The Antidote about his new band, ’68.

Christians view war from two different perspectives, the physical and the spiritual. In honour of Remembrance Day, The Antidote pays musical tribute to both mindsets. Photo courtesy the Canadian War Museum, photo S. Darby, CWM2012-0013-0048-Dm. The morse code image reads in English and French: “Lest We Forget, N’oublions jamais”

Curious about Arms For Elephants? The band brings their own brand of post-hardcore with a touch of alt rock to The Antidote. We met with vocalist/guitarist Fletch Archerd to talk about the band, their debut album My Judas Scene and how they came up with the name Arms For Elephants.

As a Halloween special on The Antidote, lead vokill-ist Wretched of Grave Robber joins us. The band terrifies the masses as they deliver a unique feel to their hard-hitting brand of horror punk with their message of the Reanimator.

When was the last time you heard some honest rock & roll? Cardboard Kids delivers it with incredible hooks along with a touch of R&B, blues, and southern rock. The Antidote sits down with Jake Germany and Austin Cunningham to talk about their music and their upcoming EP High.

South Western Ontario’s Among Titans and xDEFIANTx of Los Angeles meet with The Antidote for a back to back hardcore feature. Find out about these incredible bands as we speak with their vocalists.

Is My Epic really epic? Absolutely. Discover why their post-hardcore/rock mix is stunning, vital and rebellious as we speak with band members Aaron Stone and Jeremiah Austin.

Alternative/indie rockers Author, comes to The Antidote. Trevor Bartlett, lead vocalist speaks with us about their new album, Of Brighter Days and shares why some of that material is so dark.

The Antidote begins its fifth year of its critical look into the artistry of musicians with a Christian worldview. Tune in for a wide range of music as we feature artists who are making an impact. Photo credit/ aotaro / Foter / CC BY  

mewithoutYou will go down in history as creating some of the most artistic and dramatic music of this generation. We explore their music from their early days to their latest release, Pale Horses.

Trouper arose from the ashes of the La De Les and has carried forward with their mix of incredibly diversified music. They meld elements of ambient, alternative, shoegaze, rock and electroacoustic into an exotic sound that is uniquely their own. Join The Antidote as we meet the band and their music.

Manafest blurs the boundaries between rap, hip-hop, rock, and pop. Manafest meets The Antidote for a frank conversation about the music business, going independent, and his upcoming album Reborn.