Gut Feeling

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is a conversation with Jesse Gander, acclaimed producer/engineer at Vancouver’s Rain City Recorders and onetime vocalist for Lynn Valley punk teens d.b.s. , who just had a pair of albums from the Nineties pressed onto vinyl for the very first time. Throughout the talk, Jesse touches on: a recent recording project in Quebec’s cabin wilderness; learning engineering tri...

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is a conversation with Mark Palm, guitarist and vocalist for Seattle power-pop institution Supercrush , and onetime vocalist and songwriter for Vancouver-to-Seattle-based heavy rock outlet Devotion . Throughout the talk, Mark hits on: new Supercrush singles and covers coming out in 2026; the band losing their HMS Studio space in the SODO district, and the grungy hist...

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is a conversation with Marc and Brent Belke, brothers and co-founding guitarists of Edmonton, Alberta-formed and later Vancouver, BC-based hardcore icons SNFU . Throughout the talk, Muc and Bunt hit on: the new Come With Me, I’m On My Way horror comic featuring four gruesome tales inspired by classic SNFU songs; Trust Records ’ upcoming 40th anniversary project behin...

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is with Shira Blustein, the Calgary-born, Vancouver-based restauranteur behind celebrated vegetarian spot the Acorn and the newly launched Lila . Shira has also been a part of punk and indie music for the past 30 years, including time spent with Mediaucracy, Chupacabra, Blood Meridian, Hard Drugs, the Choir Practice, A Pale Blue, Ashley Shadow, and more. Throughout o...

Hello! It's nearing the end of 2023, and per tradition I've invited Adam Mitchell onto the podcast to get into some of his favourite records of the year — this time including music from Guided By Voices, Park Hye Jin, Home Front, and People's Temple. Adam also weighs in on traveling to Mexico to record a 7-inch as a member of punk outfit Pura Mania; upcoming projects from both Spectres...

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Tom Thacker, the Fraser Valley, BC-raised founding guitarist of pop-punkers Gob , and longtime member of Sum 41 . Throughout the talk, Tom touches on: getting Gob off the ground with co-founder Theo Goutzinakis; bringing punk rock shows to suburban Langley, BC in the '90s, and possibly dusting their Punk Strikes Back concert series off in 202...

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Jordan Blilie, the onetime co-vocalist for surrealistic hardcore outfit The Blood Brothers. The band recently delivered a deluxe anniversary reissue behind 2003's Burn, Piano Island, Burn , which is out now via Epitaph . Throughout the talk, Jordan touches on: the dynamic, daring, and essential tandem he maintained with co-vocalist Johnny Whi...

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Vanessa Heins, a Toronto-based photographer who has worked with artists in the worlds of punk, folk, pop, hip-hop, and so much more for more than 20 years. Throughout the talk, Vanessa touches on: growing up in Vancouver; getting her start behind the lens in high school while taking photos of her friends' punk bands (including future members...

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is with Jack Duckworth, the Vancouver Island-born, Glasgow based musician currently crafting darkwave odysseys as Soft Riot . The synth-heavy solo project's snarky, urgent and playful new No album comes out August 11 through Jack's own Possession Records and the Netherlands' Wave Tension Records. Throughout the talk, Jack gets into: Soft Riot's latest...

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast goes down the '90s straight edge hardcore rabbit hole with Dead Quiet vocalist-guitarist Kevin Keegan, who got his start as the 14-year-old drummer for Kelowna, BC's Decoy. Throughout the talk, Kevin gets into: building up his drum chops to Metallica's Kill 'Em All ; getting pulled into his local hardcore scene as a teenage wunderkind; the Refused sho...

Hello again! The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Justin Gradin, the Vancouver-raised, and soon-to-be-L.A.-based multi-disciplinary artist whom most recently released his debut graphic novel, Mystic Debris (out now via Fantagraphics ). Throughout the talk, Justin gets into: Mystic Debris ' somewhat biographical origins; upcoming audio-visual projects with Grammy winner and oneti...

Hello again! The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Mark Palm, the Seattle-based vocalist-guitarist for contemporary power pop titans Supercrush , and a Vancouver-grown hardcore kid at heart. Did you realize that this Saturday (April 15) marks the twentieth anniversary of the first ever live performance from Vancouver's Go It Alone? Mark sure hadn't, so I gave him a call to dr...

Hello, hello! The latest Gut Feeling podcast is an interview with Murray A. Lightburn, a longtime member of orchestral pop group the Dears who is also about to release his third solo album, Once Upon a Time in Montreal . Murray has described his latest full-length as an "audio version of a biopic," inspired by the life of his father William, a jazz saxophonist who passed away in 2020. It...

Hello again! The latest Gut Feeling podcast is an interview with Ted Leo, the longtime punk-and-pop Pharmacist who is just about to jump into a series of reunions shows with his '90s-era outfit, Chisel. Ted gets into the general history of Chisel, from forming the mod-and-punk-inspired band with college friends Chris Norborg (bass) and John Dugan (drums), to the time they technically headlined ove...

Hello! We've hit the end of 2022, and per tradition I've invited Spectres / Madness Cartel member Adam Mitchell onto the podcast to get into some of his favourite records of the year — this time including music from The Beths, Long Knife, High Vis, and more. We also touch on Spectres' upcoming album, which is currently being recorded in Vancouver with producer Jesse Gander (Brutus, Neck of the Woo...

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Hot Hot Heat/Fur Trade's Steve Bays! Steve gets into the early history of Hot Hot Heat , whom just celebrated the 20th anniversary of their pop-tastic Make Up the Breakdown with a a deluxe, remastered re-release through Sub Pop Records .  He also dives into the jingling holiday spirit of Fur Trade 's recent "Christmas in a Cage" single, whic...

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Lyndsay Sung, a longtime music-maker currently playing bass in Vancouver punk trio Kcar . Over the past 25 years, she's also played in The Sob Story, Le Petit Mort, Radio Berlin, Pink Mountaintops, Ice Palace, and more. She's also the owner/baker extraordinaire at Coco Cake Land ! Throughout our talk, Lyndsay gets into: becoming a "gorilla on 'ro...

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Kyle De Ville, a British Columbia-born, Portland, Oregon-based guitarist with Enact , whom just released their self-titled debut album through War Records. Throughout the talk, Kyle gets into: plotting hardcore songs in the shower; Enact fighting against political apathy; what happens when the Youth Crew ages into parenthood; growing up a pre-tee...

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Stephen McBean, a prolific, Vancouver Island-born, Los Angeles-based musician currently making music with Black Mountain and Pink Mountaintops . Back in the mid '90s, though, Steve was briefly a vocalist/co-guitarist in Ex Dead Teenager, a Vancouver quartet whose 1997 demo, It's OK to Laugh at People Wearing Gas Masks , flirted with full-bore har...

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Lucas McFadden, a Vancouver based musician currently drumming with Madness Cartel and Tilted , though formerly of blisteringly fast hardcore unit Reserve 34 . Throughout the talk, Lucas gets into the life of Reserve 34, from the mid '90s through to their final show in 2002, but he also touches on: realizing that in a guitarists world, he needed t...

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Larissa Loyva, a Vancouver based singer-songwriter currently releasing experimental electronic pop as Kellarissa. The talk gets into the making of Kellarissa's new Voice Leading album, but also: hands-on career changes; Anne Garréta’s 1986 Oulipan nightclub novel Sphinx; high school choirs; her first band's show at a mall photography exhibit; pla...

Hello! It's just about the end of the year, and once again I've invited Spectres guitarist Adam Mitchell onto the podcast to get into some of our favourite records of the year—hitting on some contemporary Oi (The Chisel, Boss), sax-smooched synth-pop (Riki), arguably adult-geared post-hardcore (Quicksand), and more. We also get into Spectres recent Hindsight collection, which traces the Vancouver...

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Ashley Webber, a Vancouver based singer-songwriter whom just released her second solo album, Only The End, as Ashley Shadow . The talk gets into making the album, her first in five years, with collaborators including Will Oldham (a.k.a. Bonnie "Prince" Billy), Josh Welles (Lightning Dust), Ryan Beattie and more, but it also gets into growing up i...

This month's Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Supercrush vocalist/guitarist Mark Palm. While currently based in Seattle, Mark grew up in Vancouver, so we got into some of his earliest experiences in the Lower Mainland punk and hardcore scene. Throughout the talk, Mark gets into: playing shows with his first proper band, Look Inside; joining the great Reserve 34; the time he tried his hand...

This month's Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with The Noise Floor Recording Studio 's Terry Ondang. Currently based in Gabriola Island, B.C., the Noise Floor's idyllic beachside setting has brought artists like Orville Peck, Dead Soft, Wolf Parade, Partner through its doors. On top of studio life, Terry gets into: Nirvana as her gateway to punk and hardcore; starting her concert promotion care...