Kreative Kontrol

Jasmyn discusses her new solo album In the Wild , leaving Weaves behind, life in Hamilton after Toronto, playing soccer and school, embracing change, working with John Congleton, playing Kazoo! Fest in Guelph and the return of live shows, 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 Bla...

Fat Tony represents the city of Houston, Texas and talks its history as a vibrant, eclectic music city, its hip-hop community and where he fits in, being tight with Bun B, loving outsider art, weathering this pandemic, releasing singles almost every month, getting ready to release new records, playing Kazoo! Fest in Guelph and more touring, other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon...

Britt Daniel and Alex Fischel of Spoon on living in the U.S.A., the band’s latest album Lucifer on the Sofa , leaving synths behind for rock ‘n’ roll, parents and religion, Bill Callahan, Bob Dylan, and ZZ Top, touring Canada hard , whether Spoon has a future, other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and...

Joan Shelley discusses her lovely new album The Spur , life in Kentucky and its political power and reputation, musical traditions and temporality, parenting and childhood, working with Bill Callahan, Max Porter, and Nathan Salsburg, trends and functioning outside of them, internet primacy, Will Oldham’s inspiring work, future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizz...

A talk with Polaris Music Prize -winning hip-hop artist Cadence Weapon , a.k.a. Rollie Pemberton , about his new memoir, Bedroom Rapper , which was published by McClelland & Stewart in the spring of 2022. This conversation between Rollie and vish was recorded live (by vish), before an audience at Glass Books in Edmonton, Alberta on Thursday, June 16, 2022. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackby...

Sofi Papamarko discusses her award-winning short story collection, Radium Girl , life as a new mom in Toronto during a pandemic, our friend Jordan Howard, whether or not she was ever a journalist, dating and matchmaking, Honest Ed’s and allegories, human behaviour, writing a novel, future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Gran...

The Burning Hell ’s Ariel Sharrat and Mathias Kom discuss their new album Garbage Island , Prince Edward Island life for humans and one, single dog, Waterworld and the Pacific Trash Vortex, the things that people make, the problems with music, recycling, the B-52's, touring, other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grand...

Ghostkeeper ’s Sarah Houle-Lowry and Shane Ghostkeeper discuss their new album, Multidimensional Culture , Paddle Prairie Métis Settlement and Calgary, musicals, cinema, and indie-rock, Indigenous humour, parenting and maintaining cultural heritage, perspectives on prejudice, playing Sled Island , future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Books...

David Cross on his great new special, I’m From the Future , why he loves New York, being trapped in Toronto during the pandemic, satire and hope, his friend Bob Odenkirk and Better Call Saul , the tremendous acting on Mr. Show with Bob and David , 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...

Fresh Pepper ’s Andre Ethier and Joseph Shabason on their self-titled debut , working in restaurants, competing with children as adults, changing Destroyer and Dan Bejar’s life, party mix and other snacks, music at work, 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 B...

Wilco ’s Jeff Tweedy discusses their new album Cruel Country , curating music festivals, indifference, criticism, and communication, when certain people die, country, Wilco, and music genres, fashionability and temporality, How to Write One Song and abstraction, the United States of America and local communities, the forthcoming Yankee Hotel Foxtrot box set , tour dates , other future plans, and m...

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...