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Keeper E. aka Adelle Elwood goes 20 or 20 discussing; her love of the east coast; learning to play violin at the age of 3; tiny violins; piano and classical music; the desire to learn "cool" instruments; studying classical music; writing songs as rebellion; Bach's irrelevance; Made In Heights and Sylvan Esso's influence on The Sparrows All Find Food ; her debut album The Sparrows All Find Food ; s...

Micah Brown aka Pillea goes 20 or 20 discussing: heading east; the musical might of Prince Edward Island; living on islands, including Montreal; his past musical projects; his new musical project, Pillea ; Pillea 's debut album Swell ; "Great Success"; priorities and sacrifices; the eternal greatness of Jimmy Eat World, Motion City Soundtrack and The Weakerthans; emo; the inspiring music of Oso Os...

JayWood goes 20 or 20 discussing: growing up in Winnipeg; sleepless nights listening to Hot 103; Sugar Ray; the Winnipeg rock scene; the surprising diversity of Winnipeg's music community; shredding; Sugar Ray again; the evolution of JayWood; re-recording and re-releasing his he EP Some Days ; the sickness of his live band; writing for them; live shows; writing feel-good tunes; ignoring genre; Gor...

Dorothea Paas goes 20 or 20 discussing: growing up in Toronto; going to church; how cool it was to have a house band at church; finding a musical community (free from church) in Kingston; finding a sonic direction in Kingston; CFRC; the long road to Anything Can't Happen ; the music that inspired Anything Can't Happen ; surprising musical changes; avoiding traditional musical structures; lyric wri...

TOVI goes 20 or 20 discussing; the Red Deer music scene; learning classical piano and jazz; wanting to rock; writing rock; going solo; moving to Toronto; her new EP Hard Feelings ; the sick drums on her new EP Hard Feelings; genre-melding; Gorillaz; making bagels and much more. Featured Tracks: "Hard Feelings", "This Could Have Been A Love Song" Recommended Artists: Emma Beko, Alyson McNamara

Tryal aka Alex Samaras goes 20 or 20 discussing: memories; finding, not choosing, a career in music; being a doer; his new album DogGone ; recording in lockdown; his extended musical family; writing songs; the practice of performing; acknowledging audiences; being inspired by actors and dancers; covering Radiohead; covering Sondheim; Toronto's musical community and much more. Featured Tracks: "Cam...

It's a meeting of the Macs as Mac Rogers goes 20 or 20 discussing: his path to jazz; ditching business and switching to music; the musical might of Humber College music grads; his new EP Where Stems Meet Noise ; Mac and Devon Savas's "home to creations of an unbridled, cathartic nature" sibblinghumanbuddypal ; trust; Toronto's history of community-minded music making; inviting audiences in; arrang...

Jenna, Lauren and Emily of Virgo Rising go 20 or 20 discussing Winnipeg, Rock City; their origin story; Emily learning about The Weakerthans; their debut EP Sixteenth Sapphire ; writing music; their signs; my sign; before bed routines; pandemic past times and more. Featured Tracks: "Molly Ringwald Dances in the Front Row", "Headlights", "Back of a Head, Body of a Couch", "Juice" Recommended Artist...

AKA the one where Mac auditions to be Hobby 's manager. Cam and Steve (from Hobby ) go 20 or 20 discussing: why they need a manager; being a band in Toronto; Haliburton; "Haliburton"; naming their new album Weed ; their new album Weed ; weed; "lo-fi"; the lack of harmonies on Weed and what they are going to do about it; the best road trip CDs; playing live in a glass box maybe and much more. Featu...

RAY HMND goes 20 or 20 discussing: Brampton being the underdog to the world's hip-hop underdog (Toronto); the growing sense of community in underground, GTA hip-hop; collaborating with the featured artists on Komorebi; being inspired by K-OS and Jelleestone (and Drake); what "Komorebi" means to him; his new mixtape Komorebi ; finding his sound; blending his rapping and singing and much more. Featu...

All three member's of Arm's Length go 20 or 20 discussing: Trenton, Belleville and Kingston; connecting via haircut; bonding over heavy music; their connection to Ontario emo, punk and hardcore past and present, including, but not limited to, Counterparts and Avril Lavigne; their new EP Everything Nice ; the success of the video for their song "Garamond"; writing about what you know; their rapidly...

Kylie V goes 20 or 20 discussing: growing up on the west coast; their musical history; writing songs; their high-definition new record Big Blue ; working with Harley Small of Peach Pit; Bright Eyes; why Gen Z is so good at sharing their feelings; hope; outrunning climate change; their friends and much more. Featured Tracks: "510", "Big Blue", "A Story If You Want It", "Solace" Recommended Artists:...

After a quick look back at Rebecca Black's "Friday," Russell Louder goes 20 or 20 discussing: the musical traditions of Prince Edward Island; their debut album Humor ; developing their vocal and production abilities together; singing; their sense of of humour; preparing for live shows and much more. Featured Tracks: "Home," "Light of the Moon," "Vow" Recommended Artists: Backxwash, Lido Pimienta&n...

Xe Park goes 20 or 20 discussing: her debut EP Daylight ; the hustle and bustle of downtown Toronto; her musical roots; her production heroes; being vulnerable; plans for 2021 and much more. Featured Tracks: "Sacrifices", "Route 42", "What Goes Around (Differences)" Recommended Artists: SV Scorin

Asuquomo goes 20 or 20 discussing; the Ottawa music community; bobbleheads: world building; visual art; his 2020 EPs OT Riddim and DIOBU ; writing music; future plans and much more. Featured Songs: "Don't Be Scared", "Yahweh", "Never Die" Recommended Artists: Omàdá, Bobby Brugal

Freelance writer and DOMINIONATED contributor Laura Stanley and DOMINIONATED's Managing Editor Geoff Parent stop by to discuss the Weather Station's masterful new record Ignorance. We talk about dread, rhythm, community, climate grief and much more.

Rachel Bobbitt goes 20 or 20 discussing her temporary move to Saskatchewan, how she got into music, the evolution of her sound, her new EP And It's the Same , cover songs, The 1975, "Soak Up the Sun", young, female music fans knowing what is up, Scrabble and much more. Featured Tracks: "Again", "Always", "I Miss You" Recommended Artists: Burs, Danny Webster

J Blissette goes 20 or 20 (but not really) discussing all the world's problems, pop punk, guitar music, Radiohead, Blink 182, 100 gecs, isolation, why rock music was a mistake for everyone, including J Blissette, his brilliant new album All Things Considered, Rock Music Was a Mistake , and much more. Featured Tracks: "Bad at This", "Pet Dog", "Cowgrrl"

Lyrique goes 20 or 20 discussing his debut album Poetry Is My Pleasure (P.I.M.P.) , coming to Canada from the Philippines, finding community through music, staying positive, The Game's The Documentary, changing his rap name and much more. Featured Tracks: "Quarantine Flow", "Live Well" Recommended Artist: K-Riz

Montreal via Kitchener producer/crooner/rapper/songwriter Quinton Barnes goes 20 or 20 discussing his new album As a Motherfucker ,  contradictions, "the biz", space, Nina Simone, production, Playboi Carti's Whole Lotta Red and much more. Featured Tracks: "How I Feel", "Visuuur - ei", "Kolibri" Recommended Artist: Backxwash

Michael C. Duguay goes 20 or 20 talking about the year that has past, his album The Winter of Our Discotheque , the long road that lead to it, collaboration, The Winter of Our Discotheque (Resprise) , and much more. Featured Tracks: This City is a Grid,  Leave Me If You Love Me (Brave Moon Rendition) Recommended Artists: Pantayo, Crack Cloud, Zoon, Marlaena Moore, Cedric Noel, Gianna Lauren,...

Kye Clayton goes 20 or 20 discussing Halifax hip hop and his label LDN Records, his prolific year, his album Temporary... , his friend Tristan Reece, his album Sandbox with nelly2drippy , his influences and much more. Featured Tracks: "Life's Hard", "July 26th" Recommended Artist: Luke Berryman

Annie Dorrett of CLT DRP goes 20 or 20 discussing CLT DRP's debut album Without The Eyes , joining the Brighton punk scene as a Canadian, growing into feminism, her unflinching lyrics, Annie's mom, moshing, sick riff dudes, getting played on the BBC and much more. Featured Tracks: Where The Boys Are Recommended Artists: DITZ

Alex Stooshinoff — aka Patient Hands — goes 20 or 20 discussing his new album There Are No Graves Here , field recordings, his unique approach to ambient music, being "big" in Japan, touring in Japan, not touring Canada, the future of touring and making money as a musician and much more. Featured Tracks: Opening, Supper, The Automatic Door, And I Swept the Floor Recommended Artists: Leif Vollebekk...

Casey MQ goes 20 or 20 and discusses his involvement in Club Quarantine, his debut album babycasey , being born in 1991, worshipping boy bands, the psychosexual minefield of  late 90s pop, emo, hyperpop and much more. Featured Tracks: U + Me 4ever , What About Us , The First Song I Ever Wrote Recommended Artist: Sydanie