The Sound Affect

Marc Byrd is one half of American ambient/post-rock band Hammock who formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2003. The band consists of composers and instrumentalists Marc and Andrew Thompson. Hammock's music is characterized by its ethereal, atmospheric soundscapes, lush melodies, and emotional depth. The Cure are...nevermind, you all know the Cure. Listen to hear the best "album discovery mo...

Sorry for the delay on this episode, but we wanted to make sure we got this pop-up episode right. The loss of the reat Tina Turner is a hard pill to swallow. Dave and Tom reflect on their love of the Queen of Rock n' Roll and all that she did for the music industry. Rest in Peace Queen.

For over 30 years, Stuart Chatwood has been 1/3 of Canada's legendary Tea Party. He has also garnered great attention as a soundtrack composer for video games like Prince of Persia and the recently released Darkest Dungeon II. Whether it is as a member of The Tea Party, in his role as a music producer, or his soundtrack composing, Chatwood pushes the sonic landscape to create a musical aesthet...

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This week Canada and the world lost the legendary Gordon Lightfoot. His music touched the souls of so many. It was only suitable to spend a few minutes reflecting on his passing and his enormous impact on the music world.

Brent Smith arrived in Ottawa in the late 1990s and brought a penchant for pop music! That pop music is the root of his latest project Tin Constellations. Joined by Andrew Robertson on violin/mandolin, Brennan Plikington on drums, and Rob "Chops" Snasdell-Taylor, Tin Constellations' debut EP A Cosmonaut's Lament is a daring narrative-folk record that distinctively fuses pop sensi...

We are going back to Toronto in the late nineties, and two albums that shaped the Canadian indie music scene. On the heels of his new album The Best That I Can Be, Sunnsetter joins us to chat about all the importance of Charles Spearin and Kevin Drew's KC Accidental, and how this album came to shape Broken Social Scene, the Canadian music scene, and his latest record!

Lots of great new music out right now, some old favs and new stuff to!

After joining the Barenaked Ladies in 1995, Kevin Hearn has released innovative solo records and collaborated with everyone from Ron Sexsmith and Mary Margaret O’Hara to The Violent Femmes and Lou Reed, for whom Hearn acted as a musical director and keyboardist from 2007 until his passing in 2013. Hearn was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2018 as part of Barenaked Ladies. Canadian...

Formed in 2012 by Peter Dreimanis and Leah Fay, Toronto’s July Talk has spent the last ten years building up an incredible following based on an energetic live show and three stellar albums that won them the Juno award for Best Alternative Album. They have just released their fourth studio album, Remember Never Before, on Six Shooter Records. They are about to hit the road on a massive tour that b...

In what very well might be the most entertaining interview (at least for us) in the show's history, we are joined by Ottawa's Jim Bryson to discuss Grandaddy's album "Sumday". This may very well be our last episode, as Jim decided halfway through the interview to take over the show. I think he was okay with us joining him, but by all accounts, this is his podcast now. So, listen to Jim Bryson's Th...

For the first episode of our third season, we are so excited to be joined by Glenn Milchem. Most of us know Glenn as the drummer from Blue Rodeo a band he joined in 1992 after cutting his teeth with Groovy Religion, The Plasterscene Replicas, Vital Sines, and of course, as the drummer on Change of Heart’s Smile. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, he played with the Swallows, Starvin' Hungry, Holy Fuc...

Legend.

Edmonton’s Eamon McGrath has been making a name for himself since releasing his debut Wild Dogs in 2008. Ever since then, McGrath has been a non-stop touring machine playing both stripped-down folky solo shows and upbeat punky rock with his band.   His 11th record Bells of Hope was released earlier this year. And when he is not recording music, he has also published two books. He is just comi...

Because it's 2022, we discuss our most hated Christmas songs...oooooh controversy.

The aggressive sounds of IDLES have turned them into one of the world's premier rock acts! So, it should be no surprise that Montreal's post-indie darlings Family Man has chosen IDLES' 2017 debut album Brutalism to chat about. 

Since we began this little podcast over 18 months ago, we have always wanted to try and pull it off live. Well, this past weekend, we did just that!   At Together We're Bitter Brewing in Kitchener, we had the pleasure of interviewing Marcus Addams from Hyness! And, wouldn't you know it, he picked one of Tom's favourite records, Teenage Fanclub's Grand Prix . Special thanks to David Harnes at...

Vancouver's Dan Mangan has gotta be Canada's nicest guy! So, can we even possibly come close to explaining what an honour it was to have him join us on The Sound Affect? No, we cannot...and wait, what? He picked what album? Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot! So, why am I still reading this and not listening already? 

The Beatles White Album is so gigantic that we needed two episodes with Dave Azzolini from The Golden Dogs! So, join us for part two of our chat about one of the most essential albums of all time!  This episode includes an excerpt from John Cage's - Radio Music Remember to check out our playlist with the songs we play on the show!

So, today we are talking about a little band called The Beatles. And, we are talking about a little album called The White Album (maybe you've heard of it). So, needless to say, there is a lot to chat with the great Dave Azzolini of The Golden Dogs about. As such, we are posting this as a two-parter. One this week and the follow-up next week.  We hope you enjoy Part 1. Share it on your social...

Toronto's effervescent and ultra-cool Domanique Grant is a Pop-Soul Singer/Songwriter with a penchant for empowering music!  Named one of Buzzfeed's top 20 artists to watch, her EP Queen/Dom is a "fusion of feel-good pop, moody R&B and soul". It should come as little surprise that her music has been influenced by 90s' icons TLC.  In this week's episode, Grant joins us to chat about t...

Toms away and now is the time for the truth about Dave's co host to come out!

Toronto's Kiwi Jr. has released their newest album Chopper on Sub Pop Records. Jeremy Gaudet joins us to chat about a strange band and an equally strange album that he was listening to a lot when making this record. So, sit down and relax with Ween's 1997 album The Mollusk. From the very start to the very end enjoy the strange ride of #tensionandrelease that make up this wonderfully strange ride!&...

Stranger Things has brought Kate Bush back to the Top 40! This is not the first time a TV show has relaunched a song! So, Dave and Tom talk about the Stranger Things Effect and songs that they have discovered (or rediscovered) because of TV! 

He was our first official guest, and on the dawn of his latest release, he joins us once again to talk about an influential album on Second Skin, Ian Blurton's Future Now's second album! Except, it is not just one album! Not two! Ian has picked five albums that have shaped this newest record! So, get comfy and listen to one of Canada's enigmatic rockers talk about The Damned, Voivod, King Crimson,...