Kreative Kontrol

Steve Albini discusses Poverty Alleviation Charities ’ annual Letters to Santa program and the 24 Hour Marathon variety show taking place on December 19, what’s new at Electrical Audio , pandemic touring with Shellac and their forthcoming new album, American politics, twitter, winning a second WSOP bracelet, his friend Dave Grohl, the band Dry Cleaning , and much more. Supported by you on  Pa...

Florence Shaw and Lewis Maynard discuss their band Dry Cleaning and brilliant 2022 LP, Stumpwork , the ozone layer hole above New Zealand, being a busy bassist, becoming the unlikely lead lyricist and singer in a band, how grief galvanized the band, family dynamics and a tortoise named Gary, good advice from Duran Duran, endless touring , new songs, other future plans, and much more. Supported by...

Isla Craig discusses her beautiful new album Echo’s Reach and what inspired its sound and songs, a question she asked Patti Smith on behalf of young musicians, pandemic life in Toronto, the Weyes Blood interview from this show, getting elemental in a ravine, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on  Patreon ,  Pizza Trokadero ,  the Bookshelf ,  Planet Bean Coffee , and...

Mac McCaughan discusses Superchunk and their wonderful 2022 album Wild Loneliness , writing and recording songs during a pandemic, acoustic guitars and lovely singing, here’s where Owen Pallett ’s strings come in, how we listen and contemplating humanity, working with Amy Poehler and Amber Tamblyn, Halloween, how he writes songs, future plans for Superchunk and Merge Records , and much more. Suppo...

Rich Aucoin discusses how his four-album series, Synthetic - A Synth Odyssey , will feature the most synthesizers in recorded history, the fun, ambitious Halifax mindset, good parts of social media and the twitter debacle, the millions of instruments he can play really well, touring across North America by bicycle, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on  Patreon ,  Pizza Trokad...

Douglas Andrew McCombs discusses his lovely and fascinating first solo album, VMAK<KOMBZ<<<DUGLAS<<<6NDR7<<< , recording new music with Tortoise , his whole life in Illinois and how he got into Devo via Saturday Night Live and punk through Devo, learning to play music just by doing it, a handy phone recording app, David Pajo, John Hughes, and The Breakfast Club, his n...

Christine Fellows discusses her beautiful new album Stuff We All Get and its complementary stop-motion animation films, her husband John K. Samson’s love of weaving and new name, their new Vivat Virtute imprint, hard drives and other technological ups and downs, pet politics and feeding spiders, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on  Patreon ,  Blackbyrd Myoozik ,  Pizza...

Emmalia Bortolo-Vettor and Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor discuss the haunting new Bonnie Trash album, Malocchio , the state of Guelph music venues and ideas about improving musicians’ lives, the supernatural stories within their family history that inform their new album, the voice of their late grandmother, Nonna Maria, goth, post-punk, and horror film scores, JAWS , future plans, and much more. Suppo...

Natalie Mering discusses her work as Weyes Blood and her lovely new album, And In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow , sports, God, Narcissus, consumer capitalism, the internet, religion, blame, parenting, siblings, the Kids in the Hall, comedy, selfishness, her sound, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donu...

Alexis Fleisig  and  Scott McCloud  of  Soulside  on the band’s first album in 33 years,  A Brief Moment in the Sun , growing up in Washington D.C. and their role in the  Dischord Records  community, sharing a split-single with a 17 year-old Dave Grohl, Soulside and Fugazi, why  Girls Against Boys  emerged after Soulside split, how singer/lyricist...

Bill Nace discusses his stirring new album Through a Room , his musical life in places like Jersey, Philadelphia, and western Massachusetts, playing on his own and in collaboration, working on various things during a pandemic, playing a donut pipe, punk and jazz, his label Open Mouth Records , trippy album art by Daniel Higgs, Kim Gordon and a new Body/Head release, touring, other future plans, an...

Ezra Furman discusses her wondrous new album, All of Us Flames , and the trilogy it concludes, opposition and galvanization in life and art, reflecting upon her life as a Jewish, trans woman, her relationship with her audience, Ally Sheedy, The Breakfast Club , and a Nick Lowe song, touring, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the...

Alec MacKaye on his band Hammered Hulls , their unique sound, and their new album Careening , the early days of Dischord Records and his bands the Faith and Untouchables , why he resumed writing songs and performing, recording with his brother Ian MacKaye and Don Zientara , multilayered lyrics, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean...

Jeremy Greenspan discusses the new Junior Boys album, Waiting Game , getting over the virus and life in Hamilton, Ontario, other collaborations, how electronic musicians jam, making a record and a studio with Bob Weston ’s help, loudness in mixing, mastering, and the world, eavesdropping for lyrics, touring, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza...

Lance Sampson discusses the excellent new Aquakultre album, Don’t Trip , Halifax hurricane living, a concept record about love and family, vintage soul and R&B, being less visible, supporting the George Dixon Centre , new music, other 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 Blac...

Eric Bachmann and Eric Johnson discuss Reason in Decline , the first new Archers of Loaf album in 24 years, why the band’s past has no bearing on its present, working on music together again, writing about living in America, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. an...

Jay Ferguson , Andrew Scott , Patrick Pentland , and Chris Murphy of Sloan discuss the inspirations and stories behind and making of each and every song on Steady , the thirteenth album by one of the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Suppor...

Julianna Riolino on her stunning solo debut album, All Blue , life in Daniel Romano’s Outfit , theatricality and the Who, loving country, timeless music and longevity, Jay-Z, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney, wondrous wordplay and reflective songs, spirituality, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grand...

Jessica Moss discusses her new album, Galaxy Heart , and its related predecessor, Phosphenes , persistence, Jim White, Thierry Amar, and Mary Margaret O’Hara, working too much, closing one chapter and starting another, future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Blac...

Elizabeth Stokes and Jonathan Pearce of the Beths discuss their latest album, Expert in a Dying Field , New Zealand life, busking, word-y lyricists, and garage blues guitar, the evolution of metal, Stokes’ remarkably poignant and witty wordplay, loving comedy and collaborating on songs, their magical four-part vocal harmonies, therapeutic art, Breakfast and Travel Updates , current and future plan...

José Miguel Contreras talks about the new By Divine Right double LP, Otto Motto , the state of Ontario cities, getting reviewed in Newfoundland, the Smiths and the Cure, regaining lost momentum, Shotgun Jimmie , 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...

Keith Morris talks about the new OFF! album and movie, Free LSD , writing songs and film scripts about conspiracy theories with Dimitri Coats, live streams, public library research vs. using the computer, the JFK assassination, why OFF! has a new line-up now, Area 51, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad...

Iain Reid discusses his poignant and chilling new novel, We Spread , how senior citizens can perceive and can be perceived, genre signifiers and “fiction,” elder care, ageism, and a fixation on youth and immortality, working with Charlie Kaufman, Saoirse Ronan, and having your books turned into films, Weird Nightmare , future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Boo...

Marisa Anderson discusses her wondrous new solo album, Still, Here , collaborating with others and collaborating with herself, a fascinating relationship with piano, mindfulness and not always knowing, folk traditions and how history makes the present make sense, loneliness and grieving, touring again, other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero...

Randy Randall from No Age discusses the band’s new album People Helping People , Los Angeles, Edmonton, and New Zealand, the inspirational work of Ian MacKaye, Dischord Records, and Fugazi, seeing and learning from Sonic Youth, messing with electricity, his own solo work , touring again , other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshel...