Kreative Kontrol

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...

Kate Beaton discusses her masterful new graphic novel memoir, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands , life as a young woman in the Fort McMurray, Alberta camps, crippling student debt, capitalism, the cost of living, and moving away to make ends meet, when boomtown industries go bust, mental health in the labour force and #metoo, drawing her own real life story, the pony , other future plans, and more...

Laurie Kilmartin on performing at Just for Laughs Toronto , California living, the Queen’s passing, becoming a comedian and writing for Conan O’Brien, losing her mom to COVID-19, late night talk shows and attention spans, the Jackie and Laurie Show podcast, being maligned on Fox News for no good reason, appearing on Gutsy with Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, future plans, and more. Supported by you o...

Daniel Romano talks about the rock opera scale of the new Daniel Romano's Outfit record, La Luna , the band’s recent touring experiences and their Live at Lee’s concert film, composition and production details and why Joel Plaskett may be underrated, theosophy and the theory of everything, remembering working and hanging out with Dallas Good of the Sadies , a new Ancient Shapes single and album, f...

Doug Marstch talks about Built to Spill and their debut LP for Sub Pop, When the Wind Forgets Your Name , loving and leaving Boise, Idaho, his band’s fluid membership and current Brazilian collaborators, thoughts on his own songwriting, musicianship, and singing, psychedelics and dreams, rock and reggae, new songs, tour dates, other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd M...

Kee Avil discusses her stirring Constellation Records debut, Crease , improvisation and prepared instruments and vocals, music school and jazz, DIY touring and pop flourishes, sonic and visual collaborators, touring, the Guelph Jazz Festival , other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. an...

Bret McKenzie goes deep on the making of his solo debut, Songs Without Jokes , growing up a music fan in Wellington, New Zealand, writing serious songs that are still funny, sharp songwriters and a 1980s vibe, his killer studio band, Dire Straits and the War on Drugs, global warming and the pandemic, lightening up, Flight of the Conchords updates, tour dates, other future plans, and more. Supporte...

Brandon Miguel Valdivia on Mas Aya and making the album, Máscaras , London, Ontario and the Guelph Jazz Festival , drumming and percussion, outspoken music and making music as a political act, the hardships of his people in Nicaragua, making new solo music and with Lido Pimienta , playing Purple City Music Festival , other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , P...

Kelly McMichael on her 2022 Polaris Music Prize-nominated debut album Waves , how she began playing music and her formal studies, the Guelph, Toronto, and St. John’s music communities, working with Jake Nicoll and touring in Sarah Harmer’s band, loving and learning from Land of Talk, touring again, future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Book...

Jeremy Gaudet and Brian Murphy talk about the new Kiwi Jr. album Chopper , working with first-time producer Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade and vocalist Dorothea Paas, songwriting tips from Mike Watt and John K. Samson, The Masked Singer and Kobe Bryant’s final home game, touring again, future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet B...

Ian Blurton discusses the ambitious production, metal/punk rock sound, chorus of voices, and intricate lyricism on Second Skin by Ian Blurton’s Future Now , using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio , Neil Young’s gear, and Randy Bachman’s vintage guitars, Blue Rodeo drummer Glenn Milchem’s ferocious double kick, Toronto the good, album art and the different Canadian and U.S. Second Skin vinyl, playi...

Jay Crocker discusses his musical origins in Calgary, living in rural Nova Scotia, his band JOYFULTALK and the making and concept of their latest Constellation Records LP, Familiar Science , playing guitar, collaborating more, and re-engaging with his jazz and improv roots, why teachers are great, sharks, future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , t...

Patton Oswalt on recovering from COVID-19 and doing stand-up in a fractured America, libertarian nihilism and punk rebellion, satire and classism, why the Just For Laughs Festival is such a huge deal for comedians, his brilliant turn in the new film, I Love My Dad , starring in Netflix's adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman , his new comic series, Minor Threats , performing at JFL and Massey Ha...

Sam Prekop and John McEntire discuss their first duo collaboration , their wonderful debut album Sons Of , Portland and Chicago, eclectic music and Shrimp Boat, how they first met, drum machines and “physical drumming,” music studies and synthesizers, listening to records, two cats and Scott Walker, Tortoise updates, other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the...

The Sadies ’ Travis Good and Mike Belitsky discuss the devastating loss of Dallas Good and their brilliant new album, Colder Streams , animals and injuries, working with Richard Reed Parry, Pietro Amato, and Michael Dubue, Satan and spirituality, how to have a run-in with the law, their final Gord Downie sessions, rescheduled tour dates, other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon ,...