Kreative Kontrol

Black Eyes discuss the twentieth anniversary reissue of their self-titled debut on Dischord Records and their first three shows in decades, Washington D.C. life in a post-Fugazi, post-hardcore era, musical wildness and recording with Ian MacKaye, how you often have to fight for your right to party, the sweetness of friendships and reunions, playing music again, other future plans, and much more. S...

Hayden discusses his lovely new album, Are We Good , hair checks and fake IDs, opening bands and why New Zealand feels like a second home, the power of Feist, the Tom Hanks timeline, slapping the bass, nostalgia, reflection, and invention in songwriting, collaborating with the National’s Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner, the annual Dream Serenade benefit, playing Massey Hall, other future plans, a...

Mark Arm discusses the excellent new Mudhoney album, Plastic Eternity , Sub Pop life and people collecting vinyl records and cassette tapes, cults, social media, and the things that people want to believe, Pere Ubu’s Tom Herman and Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, little dogs, Mudhoney’s remote working conditions, new and unreleased songs, touring , other future plans, and much more. Supported by you o...

Carl Newman discusses the New Pornographers and their new album, Continue as a Guest , kitties and Neko Case, Woodstock, Big Pink, and Levon Helm, playing on a cruise ship with Neko and Jeff Tweedy, topical songwriting and pondering the pandemic, isolation, existentialism, fraying humanity, and strengthening relationships, collaborative songwriting and new songs, other future plans, and much more....

Chandler Levack discusses her beautiful, funny directorial debut, I Like Movies , Toronto life and her family history, being a film critic and a filmmaker, teenage angst and anticipation, narrative autobiography, I Like Movies’ remarkable cast and acclaim, misogyny in popular culture, regionalism and Canadian storytelling, support from Sarah Polley, exciting future plans, and much more. Supported...

Ian Grant and Evan Laffer discuss their excellent Jokermen podcast, which explores the work of people like Bob Dylan, the Velvet Underground, and the Fall among others, David Berman and Silver Jews, Dub Thompson, Ought, and American Football, music journalism today, the podcaster plight, and the pervasiveness of podcasts, their Never Ending Stories show, community-building, future plans, and much...

Nathan Macintosh talks about his hilarious new special, Money Never Wakes , being upbeat in a raging world, self-awareness and anger, why we’re turning into ooze, telephones and remembering things, DVDs and streaming, living in New York, his comedy origin story in Halifax, celebrating our victories, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on  Patreon ,  Pizza Trokadero ,  the...

Joshua Hensley and Garth Mason discuss their band the Rutabega and their excellent new album, Leading Up To , being immunocompromised during a pandemic, the sunny arrangements, bright singing, and heavy lyrics on their new record, working on the cover art with illustrator Jay Ryan , playing more outdoor shows, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on  Patreon ,  Pizza Troka...

Murray A. Lightburn discusses his emotional new album, Once Upon a Time in Montreal , how its narrative is inspired by the romance between his mother and late father, a man he never really got to know, parenting during a pandemic, communicating via music, pride and distance, big love, jazz and punk, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on  Patreon ,  Pizza Trokadero ,  the...

Meg Remy discusses the new U.S. Girls album Bless This Mess , making and raising twins, parenting perspectives, provocative new music videos, progress and private property, Daedalus, Icarus, and Stanley Kubrick, the irrational fear of death, surviving vs. coping, home videos and social media performances, dancing again, exciting future plans, and much more. Supported by you on  Patreon ,&nbsp...

Janet Weiss and Sam Coomes talk about their beautiful band Quasi and their excellent 10th album, Breaking the Balls of History , Janet’s long, hard recovery from a debilitating 2019 car accident and how much more joy she's gotten from drumming ever since, Sam’s intuitive songwriting and zen outlook on what it all means, how people are good and people are bad, whether Janet had any doubts about lea...

Pierre Kwenders discusses his new No No No EP and winning the 2022 Polaris Music Prize for his LP, José Louis and the Paradox of Love , cities like Edmonton, Kinshasa, and Montreal, life in the Democratic Republic of Congo, rumba and Celine Dion, singing in five languages, touring again, other future plans and much more. Supported by you on  Patreon ,  Blackbyrd Myoozik ,  Pizza Tro...

Baron Vaughn discusses his upcoming show at Just for Laughs Vancouver , his Comedy Central show The New Negroes with Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle , his theatrical studies, wordplay, and getting into stand-up, agoraphobia and racism, comedy pigeonholes, America and Canada, future plans and much more. Supported by you on  Patreon ,  Pizza Trokadero ,  the Bookshelf ,  Planet...

Andy Shauf discusses his compelling new album Norm , thoughts about a perceived Andy Shauf multiverse, narrative inspiration from George Saunders and Nicholas Olson, employing synthesizers for various reasons, god and Seinfeldia , touring again, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on  Patreon ,  Blackbyrd Myoozik ,  Pizza Trokadero ,  the Bookshelf ,  Plane...

Ira Kaplan discusses the lovely new Yo La Tengo album, This Stupid World , health, wellness, and the movies, writing and recording the new album in an unusual way, longevity and external expectations, John McEntire and Rick Moranis, remembering Dallas Good of the Sadies , an Edmonton visit, touring again, other future plans and much more. Supported by you on  Patreon ,  Blackbyrd Myoozik...

Noah23 discusses his brilliant new album, Ikosi Tria , numerology, synchronicity, temporality, pharmacology, sanity, reality, hilarity, hip-hop superiority, future plans and much more. Supported by you on  Patreon ,  Pizza Trokadero ,  the Bookshelf ,  Planet Bean Coffee , and  Grandad’s Donuts.  Support  Y.E.S.S.  and  Black Women United YEG . Follow&n...

Kid Koala discusses his elaborate new album and board game, Creatures of the Late Afternoon , music interactivity, self-recording, self-sampling, and self-pressing his records, what scratching does to vinyl, the night time, ambitious stage shows, films, upcoming tour dates , other future plans and much more. Supported by you on  Patreon ,  Blackbyrd Myoozik ,  Pizza Trokadero ,&nbsp...

To celebrate the release of Bob Dylan ’s Fragments – Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol. 17 , Daniel Lanois reflects upon producing Time Out of Mind and also 1989’s Oh Mercy , his entire working and social relationship with Dylan, perspectives on Dylan’s lyrics and interest in sounds, a shared belief in the power of imagination, future plans and much more. Supported by y...

Meg Baird discusses her wonderful new album Furling , New Jersey and Philadelphia, radio and music discovery, piano and cello, field hockey and basketball, guitar and drums, Neil Young and Charlie Saufley, the pandemic and touring , other future plans and much more. Supported by you on  Patreon ,  Pizza Trokadero ,  the Bookshelf ,  Planet Bean Coffee , and  Grandad’s Donu...

Sandy Miranda , Jonah Falco , Mike Haliechuk , and Damian Abraham discuss the excellent new Fucked Up album, One Day , creative stipulations, 24 hours, grieving, positivity, trauma, punk, Who’s Emma, gentrification, agoraphobia, fatalism, writing lyrics again, making 900 records, playing Winterruption YEG , touring , other future plans, and more. Supported by you on  Patreon ,  Blackbyrd...

H.C. McEntire discusses her wondrous and thought-provoking new album, Every Acre , North Carolina life and growing up a jock, getting into college radio, guitar, and poetry, contemplating naming history and the stolen lands of Indigenous and BIPOC peoples on this new album, future plans, and more. Supported by you on  Patreon ,  Pizza Trokadero ,  the Bookshelf ,  Planet Bean C...

Christina Billotte , Kathi Wilcox , and Steve Dore discuss their unique history and work together as the Casual Dots , living far apart but making it work, two-guitar interplay, recording their new album Sanguine Truth with Guy Picciotto and Don Zientara, songs that are personal and political, James Brown, Bobby Moore, and Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, updates about their respective other...

Don Pyle discusses his beautiful new book of photography, Shot in a Mirror , missing his dear friend and collaborator Dallas Good , the status of Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet and the new music they made for the Kids in the Hall , photography and posterity, how technology has altered art-making, documenting punk and LGBTQ+ cultures during nascent and perilous periods, future plans, and more. Sup...

In a chat recorded 20 months ago but unreleased until now, Charlie Steen discusses his wonderful band shame and their 2021 album Drunk Tank Pink , the monarchy, pandemic life in London, and strange living arrangements, staving off loneliness by watching ensemble shows like The Sopranos , future (now present) plans, and much more. shame’s 2023 world tour brings them to Edmonton’s Winterruption Fest...

Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg author, scholar, writer, advocate, and musician, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson discusses the 2022 bestseller, Rehearsals for Living , which she co-wrote with Robyn Maynard , Indigenous and Black people’s shared lived experiences and perspectives, parenting and pedagogy, all of the coups, loving Dr. Clarence J. Munford , abolition, hope, future plans, and much more. Supported...