Witchpolice Radio

This episode is a long-awaited interview with one of my favourite local rappers. I sat down with [Yy](http://peanutsandcorn.bandcamp.com/album/an-uneven-eleven) for a great conversation about Winnipeg rap history, Your Brother in My Backpack, [Peanuts & Corn](http://peanutsandcorn.bandcamp.com/), [Park-Like Setting](http://peanutsandcorn.bandcamp.com/album/craftsmen), Turn the Gun, his solo re...

This episode is an interview with a couple of fellas from local pop-punk/shoegaze/emo/insert-genre-here gang [Daphne Bleue](http://whoisdaphnebleue.bandcamp.com/)! It's a fun chat about their new EP (which just came out), nü-metal (for way longer than you might expect, haha), working with producer [Jordan Voth](http://witchpolice.com/e/wr441-jordan-voth-37f9406705bfbe/), and much more. This episod...

It was great to catch up with one of my favourite local artists, singer-songwriter [Skylar Bouchard](http://www.skylarbouchard.com/), on the podcast! Here's an interview about his return to the local music scene, upcoming new material (including the single "Screen Door"), moving beyond “[Montreal](http://youtu.be/ZK-OjfM7Meo)”, his amazing new line of shirts, and much more! If you're a fan of Skyl...

Tried something new on the podcast. Couldn’t make an in-person interview happen with gnarly new local metal/hardcore outfit [Murder Capital](http://murdercapital204.bandcamp.com/), so I recorded, essentially, a conference call with three of them instead. I’ve had a lot of success with recording one-on-one phoners in recent months, but this was definitely something new. I think it worked. Listen to...

“Avant-prog” outfit [Cantor Dust](http://cantordust.com/) is about to release a fantastic new album, *Too Many Stars*. Here's my conversation with singer-pianist Mark Klassen about the record’s entrancing, almost cinematic journey through the cosmos, and much more. The new record drops March 7 with a [release show at the Handsome Daughter](http://www.facebook.com/events/184303949292165/), alongsid...

It's a conversation with Violet Vopni, singer/songwriter of [Nineteen](http://nineteenmusic.bandcamp.com/releases) – a folk/jazz/pop duo that is only a few months in the making, but with songs going back decades, just waiting to be performed. We talked about the duo’s upcoming record, vulnerability in songwriting, unexpected recognition, swearing in jazz, and much more. Nineteen's debut album, *Un...

Country singer [Sean Burns](http://www.seanburns.ca/) has just released his passion project, ‘[A Bakersfield Half-Dozen](http://seanburns.bandcamp.com/album/a-bakersfield-half-dozen)’, with his band Lost Country. The record is a tribute to the iconic, electric honky-tonk Bakersfield Sound, and features a who’s who of local players. We talk about the album, about Sean's career, about his love for t...

It’s been years since Graham Hnatiuk of thought-provoking indie rockers [Hearing Trees](http://www.hearingtrees.org/) was on the show, but they have an excellent new single and video (“[Bones](http://hearingtrees.bandcamp.com/track/bones)”) out now and are about to head back out on tour... so it seemed like a good time. Here's a conversation with Graham about the band’s lineup changes, making musi...

It's a quick chat with Ian Lodewyks about Friday’s #internationalclashday [tribute to Joe Strummer and The Clash](http://www.facebook.com/events/2197286800373150/[text](http://)) at the West End Cultural Centre. The show features Ian’s Clash tribute band, Guns of Wolseley (with a lot of other familiar faces), plus a Crackdown reunion, [Death Cassette](http://witchpolice.com/e/wr431-death-cassette-...

(This episode was originally released in August 2015) I’ll be the first to admit I’m not very hip to the local comedy scene, but way back in 2015, [we did an episode](http://witchpolice.com/e/wr141-oddblock-comedy-festival-354033ed1f98a2L/) about the then-new Oddblock Comedy Festival. One of the guests on that episode was comedian John B. Duff. You may have heard that John passed away from cancer...

Sled metal! The fellas from [Witchtrip](http://witchtrip.bandcamp.com/) (all five of them) are on the podcast talking about their upcoming two-song release, *A Burnt Offering*, as well as their experience playing the last-ever show at the Windsor. We also touch on how the band has changed from its previous incarnation as [Occvlt Hand](http://possessedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/not-everyone-deserve...

Singer-songwriter Alan Curtis, a/k/a [Whitebeard](http://www.whitebeardmusic.com/), has a solo career as an Americana-tinged artist while simultaneously fronting AC/DC tribute act [Whole Lotta Angus](http://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Performing-Arts/Whole-Lotta-Angus-214978185264760/)! We talk about his latest record,'Plaid is the New Black', his experience recording in Nashville, plans for t...

Andrea and Dylan of [Everything+](https://www.everythingplus.ca/) have been playing laid-back acoustic pop songs for a while now and just released their debut CD. Here's an interview about their formal musical backgrounds (in which I complain about French horns... sorry!), expanding to a four-piece, and much more! This episode is brought to you by our pals at [the Park Theatre](http://www.myparkth...

Mat Klachefsky is the frontman of indie rock outfit [Hut Hut](http://huthut.bandcamp.com/releases), who are releasing the excellently-titled *Hut Hut Hut* tape on [Feb. 7](http://www.facebook.com/events/587193025172726/). We talk about that album, the group's origins in the successful indie-pop group Boats, where his unique singing voice comes from, the need for a dads’ club for local musicians, a...

This episode features an interview with Matt Pitre from super heavy new(ish, but a long time in-progress) alternative/experimental metal project [Book Of Ghosts](http://www.instagram.com/bookofghostsofficial/)! It's a fun chat about the band’s debut record, playing brutally heavy music that is also accessible and catchy, the trials and tribulations of trying to put on a show with something that –...

Manitoba artist [Scatterpattern](http://scatterpattern.bandcamp.com/) makes electronic music with souped-up old Game Boys. He’s also likely the only local artist with his own action figure! We chat on the podcast about how video games-as-instruments works, his cardboard box-headed stage gear, digital hardcore, chiptune, his new record, '[Outings](http://scatterpattern.bandcamp.com/album/outings)',...

It's an interview with the hardest-working man in the Winnipeg music scene! [Greg Rekus](http://www.gregrekus.com/) is on the verge of releasing a new record with his band the Inside Job (*[Death & Taxes](http://greg-rekus.bandcamp.com/album/death-and-taxes)*) and will be heading out on more of his non-stop, globetrotting tours in 2020. Greg has been a delight to talk to ever since I first met...

Local rapper [KAIRO](http://www.instagram.com/theskyblueballykid/) (Knowledge Attained In Righteous Ciphers) is on the show talking about hip-hop, DIY, the challenges behind making music with a conscious message, reggae, talking about big issues with a local focus, and much more. This episode is brought to you by our pals at [the Park Theatre](http://www.myparktheatre.com/), as well as the [Beer B...

The new year on Witchpolice Radio kicks off with the psychedelic sounds of Filipino-Canadian reggae outfit [Psyan Project](http://www.facebook.com/pg/PsyanProject)! It's a fun conversation about reggae, experimental music, cultural influences, vibes (lots of vibes), aliens... and much more, including a live performance by keyboardist Riel and guitarist/vocalist Ley. I'd been wanting to talk to the...

You may have heard the news that Nunavut-raised, Manitoba-based pop singer [Kelly Fraser](http://www.kellyfrasermusic.com/) has passed away. It’s heartbreaking to hear. She was so young, so talented, and her dedication to sharing/preserving her traditional culture and language was (and still is) super inspiring. My interview with Kelly from early in 2019 was hands-down one of the best conversation...

When I transferred the huge Witchpolice archive over to the current hosting site, about 50 episodes from 2013-14 got missed. Although they’ve always been available, buried on the old Witchpolice site, they’ve never been formally discoverable on podcast platforms like Spotify or Apple Podcasts. So here's another archival episode, originally released as #71, featuring Jesse Matthewson of Winnipeg no...

This episode is my interview with frontwoman Heather Thomas of Winnipeg's [ATLAAS](http://www.atlaasmusic.com/), all about R&B, synth-pop, music as catharsis, emerging from a bedroom cocoon and releasing songs into the world, and much more! As you may have noticed, this episode is a day late (sorry!), but I fully intend to put out some kind of content on a regular schedule throughout the holid...

It's an interview with Winnipeg musician Brendan McLean, whose new [Plymouth Breeze](http://plymouthbreeze.bandcamp.com/releases) project – described as a “punk suite” – is a really cool, experimental record (with cello!) and well worth some time in your earholes. We talk about that project, his other bands ([The Uglies](http://the-uglies.bandcamp.com/) and [Sit Calm](http://sitcalm.bandcamp.com/)...

It's a conversation with local (by way of Colorado) singer-songwriter [Brandon Post](http://bpostmusic.com/) about Americana, being a relative newcomer to the Winnipeg scene, his new EP (on vinyl), *Good Intentions in the Big Smoke*, and much more! This episode is jumping the queue to be out in time for Brandon's full band Live at the Roslyn performance with The Village Idiots on Wednesday night!...

This episode is a fascinating conversation with podcaster, comedian and (although he doesn’t consider himself one) investigative journalist [Ryan McMahon](http://www.rmcomedy.com/). His podcast [Thunder Bay](http://www.canadalandshow.com/shows/thunder-bay/) (produced with Canadaland) is one of the best deep-dives into the dark underbelly of a city that I’ve ever heard, and there’s a sequel on the...