Kreative Kontrol

Steve Albini talks U.S. politics, Electrical Audio and pandemic life, Shellac ’s 30th anniversary and updates on their new record and new singles collection, Get Back and the Beatles he has met and spoken with, why he unlocked his twitter, owning his own insensitive socio-cultural mistakes, his Norm Macdonald encounters, Poverty Alleviation Charities ’ 24 Hour Impro v event on December 18-19, futu...

Jackie Kashian discusses her hilarious new special, Stay-Kashian , stand-up online vs. stand-up irl, comedy criticism, telling nice jokes that age well, pets, 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 Women United YEG . Follow  vish online . Support this show http://supporter.aca...

Mike Haliechuk and Josh Zucker of Fucked Up on the tenth anniversary and making of David Comes to Life , love, heartbreak, hope, dread, pranks, David’s Town , tour, Do All Words Can Do , 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 . Follow  vish...

This episode of  Long Night with Vish Khanna  was recorded before a live studio audience at St. Anne’s Anglican Church in Toronto, Ontario during  Long Winter  on Friday November 26, 2021. The theme was unaffordable living and the prospect of unviable cultural livelihoods in cities like Toronto, and our guests were author and cartoonist Ani Castillo , Anyika Mark and...

Andy Shauf on his latest album Wilds , pandemic tour bus troubles, why he quit drinking, running and wellness, loving your demos, new record updates, other future plans, and more! Photo by Colin Medley . 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 . Follow  vish onlin...

Julie Doiron discusses her wonderful new album, I Thought of You , living in Atlantic Canada, swimming and being a lifeguard, pondering relationships and parenthood, collaborating with Daniel and Ian Romano and Dany Placard, dreaming about Gord Downie, future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donu...

Max Savage of Parquet Courts discusses their new album, Sympathy for Life , his big brother Andrew, seeing shows as a kid and playing the drums, Talking Heads, the Clash, and Pavement, civil unrest in America, 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 Women United YEG . Follow ...

Haviah Mighty discusses her excellent new mixtape, Stock Exchange , the disclosures she recently made about her own health, modern medicine and nutrition, 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 . Follow  vish online . Support this show htt...

Lee Ranaldo on his minimal, solo guitar record, In Virus Times , Sonic Youth’s prolific output, Bob Dylan and Clinton Heylin, Alan Licht’s assistance, the pandemic and U.S. politics, illustrating and etching, 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...

Alan Licht discusses his remarkable new book, Common Tones: Selected Interviews with Artists and Musicians 1995–2020 , why he got into outsider art, music, and guitar, Sonic Youth and Will Oldham, music journalism and the popularity of long-form interviews, future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's...

John Linnell discusses the new They Might Be Giants album and book, BOOK , the band’s dark whimsy, late night talk shows, photos and typewriters, If Day, The Larry Sanders Show and Scott Thompson, 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 Women United YEG . Follow  vish online ....

Charlotte Cornfield discusses her lovely, reflective new album Highs in the Minuses , moving back home to Toronto, skateboarding, reflecting upon our youth, her musical household, alt-rock radio, temporality, where “Cornfield” comes from, 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...

Peter Jesperson , Jason Jones, and Bob Mehr discuss the Replacements and their work on the fortieth anniversary, 100-track deluxe edition of the band's debut album, Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash , 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 Black Women Unite...

Haley Fohr on the gorgeous and emotive new Circuit des Yeux album, - io , overcoming PTSD, young people seeing Janet Jackson and AC/DC live, Steve Albini keeping Electrical Audio safe, 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  vish online . Suppor...

Warren Ellis on his artful new memoir, Nina Simone’s Gum , that time Nick Cave crashed our interview and stayed , muses, mementos, memory, and care, the new B-Sides & Rarities volume by the Bad Seeds, Bob Dylan, Ellis Park Wildlife Sanctuary , future plans, and much more! Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donu...

André Ethier  and Sandro Perri discuss their new album Further Up Island , cows and music, Bone Machine by Tom Waits, recording technology, Bob Dylan, Will Oldham, musical trilogies, promotional interview gimmickry, Destroyer, online life, future plans, and much more! Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donuts....

Shad on loving and interviewing Norm Macdonald , the inversion of socio-political discourse, how the rise and fall of Kanye and Kim reflect contemporary society, his brilliant new album TAO , 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 Black Women United YEG . Follow...

Tom McGreevy and Evan Lewis discuss Ducks Ltd. and their history together, their new album Modern Fiction , phone demos and unplugged electric guitars, U.S. Open tennis, Graham Greene, Grand Finals, Neil Young, 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&...

DijahSB discusses their 2021 Polaris Music Prize-nominated release, Head Above the Waters , what we can all learn from the economic disparity that the pandemic highlighted, vulnerability in hip-hop, understanding Kanye West, 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...

Efrim Menuck ( godspeed you! black emperor ) and Ariel Engle ( La Force , Broken Social Scene , AroarA ) of ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT discuss their band and new self-titled album , pandemic life and speculative capitalism, 1990s Montreal and the Hotel2Tango, synthesizers, textured vocals, and whether lyrics really matter, a 2021 Pop Montreal show , other future plans, and much more! Supported by you on...

Sofa ’s Scott Clarkson, Ian Ilavsky, Keith Marchand, and Brad Todd discuss the new retrospective collection, Source Crossfire , being the first ever Constellation Records band, post-hardcore and poverty, Hoover, Nick Cave, Slint, and Joy Division, future plans, and much more! Supported by you on Patreon , Blackbyrd Myoozik , Pizza Trokadero , the Bookshelf , Planet Bean Coffee , and Grandad's Donu...

Today, September 14, 2021, the world mourned the loss of comedian Norm Macdonald . A hero of mine for some 30 years, Norm altered me profoundly and so here, in an unplanned ramble, I briefly reflect on what he means to comedy fans, how he altered the way some of us thought and even spoke, his genius and profundity as a comedian, our lone in-person encounter in 2011 and subsequent correspondences,...

Daniel Monkman discusses the history of Zoon , his love of shoegaze and noise pop, how his Indigenous ancestry impacts his latest album Bleached Wavves , how rehab and music saved his life, 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  vish online . S...

Richard Thompson on his new memoir, Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice (1967-1975) , Fairport Convention and British punk, touring with Bob Dylan, working with Jeff Tweedy, guitars in 2021, 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 Black Women United YEG...

Marisa Anderson and William Tyler discuss their collaborative album Lost Futures , connecting at a tribute to David Berman , playing in Silver Jews , “instrumental” and “guitar music,” mindfulness, 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 Black Women United YEG ....