The Sound Affect

Odonis Odonis is the Toronto-based duo of Dean Tzenos and Denholm Whale. Together they create varied music that verges on everything from EBM and Industrial to shoegaze aggression. Their sound has been described as “claustrophobic electronic music that sounds like the end of the world.”  Their new album Spectrums (Editors note; Holy S!@t it's good) marks what they have called a “third chapter...

We've been busy as of late but time to take a sec and fill each other in on what we've been listening to. Tom is checking out the latest release from Phosphorescent, a live collection from the BBC called, oddly enough, The BBC Sessions. Check out the classic Song for Zula at the link below. https://open.spotify.com/track/580PEqk8r0dn6XKvFug8PQ?si=b847807a40fc44e3 Dave's prayers were answered with...

On the heels of his latest album TAO, Canadian Hip Hop royalty Shad joins us to discuss Ms. Lauryn Hill's 2002 album MTV Unplugged 2.0. An interesting listen to say the least, but you come away with the feeling you heard something amazing that can never be replicated. Shad speaks to the influence this album had on him and the art of hip hop itself. Links to songs featured in the episode. Adam Live...

Our friends at CDNMelodies ( Instagram @cdnmelodies ) kindly asked us to pick a couple songs for them. We replied "Only Two?" They said "Yes". We said "Ok". True story! Check out their website and follow their socials at https://linktr.ee/CDNmelodies Dave picked Love Becomes Electric by Strange Advance: https://open.spotify.com/track/25NJUzUeDWEj9xBBL2Y5Uc?si=1f4eb9983e124a00 Radio stations with n...

We had a great chat with the wonderful Sam & Chris from Funeral Lakes about their pick, Arcade Fires 2007 sophomore album Neon Bible. We discuss sounds, churches, guitar choices, and once again Tom shows his age. tsk tsk. Check out Funeral Lakes latest EP, the excellent Redeemer https://funerallakes.bandcamp.com/album/redeemer List of songs featured in the episode. Arcade Fire - (Antichrist Te...

Was hard to get this one edited down we had so much fun talking with Jason from Vancouver’s brilliant, post-punk and new-wave quartet ACTORS. We chat Bowie, ACTORS new album (out Oct 1st) gear addiction, the divine and everybody's favorite horseman of the apocalypse...Spotify. Super fun chat. Follow the links below to hear the full versions of songs heard in the episode: Intro - Fashion w/ David B...

Off week this week but we still provide you with some mildly entertaining banter as we discuss what we've been listening to and what our "Summer Songs" were.  Full episode back next week!!  Follow the links below to hear the full versions of songs we previewed. I, The Mountain - Wildflowers - https://open.spotify.com/track/4yzwImSw5m7wOQTu3PbaQt?si=730b62ea7cf94f36 Lindsay Buckingham - S...

Indie rock journeyman Nathan Lawr joins us to talk about Jeff Buckley's Grace. We were worried we wouldn't have much to add as far as insight to such an iconic album...turns out we were wrong. It may not be insightful but we sure talked a lot.  

Apologies for the weeklong delay but we are back for a special episode. We are pleased to have our first international guest, Sam Nicholson from Australia’s Quivers joins us. The band writes infectious pop songs that deal with dark subject matter while also prompting us to hum along with jangly hooks and sweet sweet harmonies! Despite having their 2020 US tour and NXNE performance cancelled due to...

It's an honor to have Jay and Michelle from Ottawa’s own Paragon Cause join us over the web this week, as we discuss Lust Lust Lust by The Raveonettes. We find out how what it's like to work with one of your favourite artists and which question Jay hates the most. Spoiler, it's one Tom came up with.

Inspired by our previous episode with DijahSB and her pick, The Water (S), we discuss their favorite concept albums over the years.

Super excited to have Polaris Shortlist nominee DiJahSB join us to discuss Mick Jenkins 2014 album, The Water(s)  Hailing from Toronto, DijahSB began rapping professionally in 2011. In 2016, they released the EP Manic Luxury followed by their debut album, The Album , in the summer of 2020. April 2021, they released Head Above the Waters, which has been shortlisted for the 2021 Polaris Music P...

This weeks pop up one off, we discuss our musical guilty pleasures. Is there such a thing anymore? Or has it morphed into something more insidious. Break out the hairspray and put on your dad shoes as we go deep into our darkest depths of musical love.  

We had a fantastic time recording our 7th full length episode with Krief. For our first francophone album (Spoiler, Tom and I don't speak French) we discuss how Patrick still draws inspiration from this 1971 production. Thankfully he does speak French and was able to explain the lyrics to us. Wait...it's about what?!?

Like Moon and the Ox duking it out on the Leeds stage, we discuss our favorite live albums. 

Bernard from Church Of Trees really let us have it about our dislike of David Sanborns Sax...but he was also kind enough to call us back and let us know what he was listening to. This guy makes this job easy.

Church of Trees is a Canadian synth pop band, led by Bernard Frazier, whose debut "Primitive Creatures" (2017) charted in Japan, the UK, and across Canada. In 2018, they released "The Dark & The Light", featuring the #1 single "Like Gary Numan". In 2020, they released their powerful/edgy 3rd album "New Bold Dawn" & 14-song retrospective "Progression". 2021 sees a new single w rock legend C...

He had so much fun he called us back to catch us up on some pretty great tunes!

Status/Non-Status is Anishinaabe community worker Adam Sturgeon.  Formerly known as Whoop-Szo. His debut record Warrior Down was released in 2019.  (You’ve Changed Records). Sturgeon’s music wrestles issues of colonialism, disenfranchisement, and the disconnection amongst generations of Indigenous people from their communities, languages, land, and identities. These issues are important...

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Treephones is Waterloo’s Stephen Trothen. He is a multi-instrumentalist and his latest album Pink Objects was released on May 21st. He has picked Operation Infinite Joy by Martin Tielli. 

Surprise! Zoon takes over on this pop up episode to let us know what he's listening to.

Zoon is the musical moniker of Hamilton’s Daniel Monkman. Born in Selkirk, Manitoba, and raised in Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, Monkman saw the horrors of Canadian racism everyday. This sadly led to him abusing alcohol and drugs. However, Monkman found solace in his self-proclaimed “moccasin-gaze” a combination of 90s shoegaze with traditional First Nations music. His debut album Bleached Wavves, wh...

It's our off week as always, music nerds never have a shortage of music to talk about. Here's some artists that we've had on repeat that you should check out. Oh and don't be a loser baby, find out who's on our next episode.

Episode 2 has us chatting with award winning singer songwriter Danny Michel who has chosen the 1985 Tom Waits album Rain Dogs to geek out on.  Tom Waits - "if we couldn't get the right sound out of the drum set we'd get a chest of drawers in the bathroom and bang it real hard with a two-by-four,"                 &...