Kreative Kontrol

The Kids in the Hall ’s Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald discuss the wonderful new season of their sketch series , why they’re back, how they’re working together, how the pandemic impacted the production of their show, being the Neil Youngs of comedy, William Shakespeare and Julie Klausner, nudity and the Beatles, Comedy Punks , future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik...

Roy Wood Jr. on stand-up and the American South, post 9/11 comedy, Jon Stewart and The Daily Show ’s pervasive cultural impact, cable news and Roy Wood Sr., baseball and the dozens, Just for Laughs Vancouver , his Imperfect Messenger special, other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts....

Dana Gould on his comedy life, being a sober comic and controlling yourself, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, and Albert Brooks, his SNL audition and working on The Ben Stiller Show , writing and producing The Simpsons and that show’s response to cultural change, Joy Ride and Bobcat Goldthwait, his own projects, Just for Laughs Vancouver , other future plans, and more. Supported by you...

Atsuko Okatsuka discusses Canada’s greatest historical figures, presenting her new set, hi , at Just for Laughs Vancouver and what it’s about, leaving Japan for Los Angeles and why Paddington is an immigration story, her mother’s mental health and her Grandma Li ’s stardom, how she discovered comedy in church, future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf ,...

Alex Edkins discusses his solo project Weird Nightmare and their self-titled debut LP for Sub Pop , what distinguishes it from his work in METZ , collaborating with Wintersleep’s Loel Campbell, Bully’s Alicia Bognanno, and Chad VanGaalen, loving indie-rock but playing post-hardcore, future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet B...

Bob Dylan Center curators Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel discuss their exciting jobs, Bob Dylan ’s vast archive of music, manuscripts, films, and more, my own attendance at the star-studded and inspiring grand opening of the Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, its unique purpose and thematic focus on creativity, its future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero...

Kevin Morby discusses his excellent, reflective new album, This is a Photograph , the lure and historical significance of Memphis, Tennessee, documentation and lost artefacts, Martin Luther King Jr., Jeff Buckley, and Jay Reatard, why Tim Heidecker and Alia Shawkat appear on his LP, future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet B...

Jason Williamson discusses the history of Sleaford Mods , being English, encountering the Sex Pistols and admiring John Lydon, sobriety and becoming a musician late in life, the best MCs in Wu-Tang Clan, Sleaford Mods tour dates and the new Live at Nottz Arena EP, other future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee ,...

Cormac Culkeen and Dave Grenon discuss their work together in Joyful Joyful and their new self-titled debut album , drones, noise, and beautiful possibilities in sound, queerness and being excommunicated from the church, tour dates, 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. and Black Wom...

Steven Lambke returns to discuss his spirited new album Volcano Volcano , spiders and a Volkswagen Rabbit, creative freedom and fear, colonialism and Canada, upcoming You’ve Changed Records releases, other future plans, and 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 Black Women United YEG...

Carlyn Bezic discusses Jane Inc. and their new album, Faster Than I Can Take , recovering from COVID-19 and missing being around people, making music drawn from organic and synthesized tones, wanting kids and dehumanization, other future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. a...

Adam Sturgeon of Status/Non-Status and Daniel Monkman of Zoon discuss their band OMBIIGIZI , their powerful debut LP, Sewn Back Together , working with Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew in the Tragically Hip’s Bathouse studio , learning about and teaching others about their Anishnaabe heritage, overcoming trauma, playing Massey Hall, other future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza...

Adrian Teacher of Apollo Ghosts talks home studios and the new double LP Pink Tiger , exercising when you’re not a jock, Wayne Gretzky, different currencies, being a school teacher, Fleetwood Mac, losing his hearing, overcoming COVID-19, touring, future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Su...

Mark Ibold of Pavement and Sonic Youth discusses Pavement’s Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal and Sonic Youth’s In/Out/In , only listening to the radio, discovering music and bass as a kid, his family connection to the Beatles and Rolling Stones, life in Sonic Youth, Pavement demo tapes and B-sides, Pavement’s 2022 reunion tour dates , future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon , Black...

Bob Nastanovich and Steve West of Pavement , and reissue overseer Jesper Eklow (also of Endless Boogie ) discuss the revelatory new expanded edition of Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal , its original NYC/London sessions with producer Nigel Godrich and special guests, the potential treasure trove of Stephen Malkmus demos for every Pavement record, his work with David Berman in Silver Jews , tac...

Maylee Todd on her meditative, ambient debut for Stones Throw Records , Maloo , being roommates with both a ball python and her friend Eric Andre, exploring the discontinued sequencer, the Tenori-on, future plans, and 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 Black Women United YEG . Fol...

Jon Spencer talks about the rise of the HITmakers and their outspoken, noisy, and reflective new album, Spencer Gets It Lit , recalling the sound of Pussy Galore, the end of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion , remembering Dallas Good, working with the Sadies , and chaotic studio sessions they shared with Andre Williams, encountering James Brown, future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon ,...

Dan Bejar discusses the brilliant new Destroyer record, LABYRINTHITIS , remembering Dallas Good, his Destroyer collaborator John Collins and the bass, Oliver Stone, Italy, new sonic and lyrical influences, where Destroyer might be going, other future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts. Suppo...

Sonic Youth ’s Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley discuss the new rarities release, In/Out/In , the Beatles and Get Back , playing with Jim O’Rourke and then Mark Ibold, performing “100%” on Late Night with David Letterman , upcoming Sonic Youth projects and reissues, other future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , a...

Carson McHone talks about her excellent new Merge Records LP, Still Life , living and working with Daniel Romano , Canada and Austin, Texas, Cormac McCarthy and George Saunders, prescience or paying attention, touring, other future plans, and 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 Bla...

Joe Pera discusses his new book, A Bathroom Book for People Not Pooping or Peeing but Using the Bathroom as an Escape , fruit flies, Buffalo, hockey, rats in Alberta, Connor O’Malley, oatmeal, Joe Pera Talks With You , comedy influences, Don Cherry and Scott Thompson, a stand-up tour, other future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee ,...

Valerie June discusses her Grammy-nominated album The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers , plants, meditation, and the natural world, John Lennon’s “Imagine,” growing up in Tennessee and learning to sing in church, atheism and spirituality, working with Mavis Staples, other future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Be...

Remembering my friend, the Sadies ' Dallas Good who passed away suddenly on February 17, 2022. Amidst the shock, I reflect upon my long relationship with Dallas' music and how he was genuinely the centre of our musical universe, connecting people from all over whether they realized it or not. I'll love you forever, Dallas.  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hoste...

Allison Russell discusses her Grammy nominated album Outside Child , surviving child and sexual abuse and seeking solace in Montreal, confronting white supremacy and violence against women, writing her memoir, other future plans, and 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 Black Women...

Efrim Manuel Menuck discusses the recent, unauthorized release of All Lights Fucked on the Hairy Amp Drooling , which was a cassette he released in 1994 and attributed to Godspeed You! Black Emperor , the complete history of the contents of this tape, plans for its (now) official release , other future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshe...