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Kreative Kontrol

863 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 185 ratings

Thoughtful, funny, heartfelt interviews and in-depth documentaries about musicians, authors, comedians, and other cultural creators.

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Ep. #690: Roy Wood Jr.

May 26, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MB

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. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online. Support this show http://supporter.ac...

Ep. #689: Dana Gould

May 24, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 54.4 MB

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 on Patreon, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E....

Ep. #688: Atsuko Okatsuka

May 19, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 48.8 MB

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, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish on...

Ep. #687: Weird Nightmare

May 17, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 48.8 MB

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 Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online. Su...

Ep. #686: Bob Dylan Center's Mark Davidson & Parker Fishel

May 13, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 66.1 MB

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, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United Y...

Ep. #685: Kevin Morby

May 10, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 63.6 MB

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 Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online. S...

Ep. #684: Sleaford Mods

May 03, 2022 06:00 - 59 minutes - 48 MB

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, and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online. Support this s...

Ep. #683: Joyful Joyful

April 28, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MB

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 Women United YEG. Follow vish online. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. ...

Ep. #682: Steven Lambke

April 26, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MB

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. Follow vish online. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acas...

Ep. #681: Jane Inc.

April 21, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MB

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. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-...

Ep. #680: OMBIIGIZI

April 19, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 53.3 MB

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 Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Wome...

Ep. #679: Apollo Ghosts

April 12, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MB

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. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online. Support this show http://supporter.aca...

Ep. #678: Mark Ibold

April 07, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MB

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, Blackbyrd Myoozik, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E...

Ep. #677: Pavement

April 05, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 82.7 MB

Bob Nastanovich and Steve West of Pavement, and reissue overseer Jesper Eklow (also of Endless Boogie) discuss the revelatory new expanded edition of Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal, its original NYC/London sessions with producer Nigel Godrich and special guests, the potential treasure trove of Stephen Malkmus demos for every Pavement record, his work with David Berman in Silver Jews, tackling Jim Brown, Pavement's 2022 reunion tour dates, future plans, and more! Supported by you on Pat...

Ep. #676: Maylee Todd

March 29, 2022 06:00 - 59 minutes - 47.9 MB

Maylee Todd on her meditative, ambient debut for Stones Throw Records, Maloo, being roommates with both a ball python and her friend Eric Andre, exploring the discontinued sequencer, the Tenori-on, 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 http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See ...

Ep. #675: Jon Spencer

March 22, 2022 06:00 - 56 minutes - 45.6 MB

Jon Spencer talks about the rise of the HITmakers and their outspoken, noisy, and reflective new album, Spencer Gets It Lit, recalling the sound of Pussy Galore, the end of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, remembering Dallas Good, working with the Sadies, and chaotic studio sessions they shared with Andre Williams, encountering James Brown, future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon, Blackbyrd Myoozik, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Support...

Ep. #674: Destroyer

March 15, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 67.6 MB

Dan Bejar discusses the brilliant new Destroyer record, LABYRINTHITIS, remembering Dallas Good, his Destroyer collaborator John Collins and the bass, Oliver Stone, Italy, new sonic and lyrical influences, where Destroyer might be going, 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. Follow vish online. Support this show http://supporter.acast....

Ep. #673: Sonic Youth

March 10, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 68.9 MB

Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley discuss the new rarities release, In/Out/In, the Beatles and Get Back, playing with Jim O’Rourke and then Mark Ibold, performing “100%” on Late Night with David Letterman, upcoming Sonic Youth projects and reissues, 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. Follow vish online. Support this show ...

Ep. #672: Carson McHone

March 08, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.6 MB

Carson McHone talks about her excellent new Merge Records LP, Still Life, living and working with Daniel Romano, Canada and Austin, Texas, Cormac McCarthy and George Saunders, prescience or paying attention, touring, 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. Follow vish online. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol...

Ep. #671: Joe Pera

March 01, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 65.5 MB

Joe Pera discusses his new book, A Bathroom Book for People Not Pooping or Peeing but Using the Bathroom as an Escape, fruit flies, Buffalo, hockey, rats in Alberta, Connor O’Malley, oatmeal, Joe Pera Talks With You, comedy influences, Don Cherry and Scott Thompson, a stand-up tour, 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 Women United YEG. Follow vish online. Support this ...

Ep. #670: Valerie June

February 23, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MB

Valerie June discusses her Grammy-nominated album The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers, plants, meditation, and the natural world, John Lennon’s “Imagine,” growing up in Tennessee and learning to sing in church, atheism and spirituality, working with Mavis Staples, 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. Follow vish online. Su...

Ep. #669: Dallas Good Remembered

February 19, 2022 00:18 - 1 hour - 51 MB

Remembering my friend, the Sadies' Dallas Good who passed away suddenly on February 17, 2022. Amidst the shock, I reflect upon my long relationship with Dallas' music and how he was genuinely the centre of our musical universe, connecting people from all over whether they realized it or not. I'll love you forever, Dallas.  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep. #668: Allison Russell

February 16, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 70.6 MB

Allison Russell discusses her Grammy nominated album Outside Child, surviving child and sexual abuse and seeking solace in Montreal, confronting white supremacy and violence against women, writing her memoir, 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. Follow vish online. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Host...

Ep. #667: Efrim Manuel Menuck

February 14, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes - 45.3 MB

Efrim Manuel Menuck discusses the recent, unauthorized release of All Lights Fucked on the Hairy Amp Drooling, which was a cassette he released in 1994 and attributed to Godspeed You! Black Emperor, the complete history of the contents of this tape, plans for its (now) official release, 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. Follow vish...

Ep. #666: Elevator to Hell

February 11, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MB

Rick White discusses the history of Elevator to Hell and the new reissue, Parts 1-3 “Extra,” his 2021 solo album Where it’s fine, the prolific return of Blue Fog Recordings, the end of Eric’s Trip and his long connection with Sloan, 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 http://supporter.acast.com/kreati...

Ep. #665: Sargeant x Comrade

February 09, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MB

Sargeant x Comrade on their new album The Elephant in the Room, life in Calgary, lo-fi soul and gritty, golden era hip-hop, collaborating with Gift of Gab, 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 http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep. #664.5: Kevin Smith

January 31, 2022 08:00 - 24 minutes - 19.7 MB

Kevin Smith discusses the new documentary Clerk, which traces his life and times, the love and support of his parents, Vancouver Film School, being confident, New Jersey and feeling very Canadian, what inspired Clerks, 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.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Ep. #664: Heather O'Neill

January 31, 2022 07:00 - 54 minutes - 43.8 MB

Heather O’Neill on her wondrous new novel When We Lost Our Heads, leaving a beloved but dilapidated Montreal apartment, friendships, feminism, and obsession, echoes of the French Revolution, confidence from twitter, Wes Anderson's universe and her own world building, working with her daughter Arizona, 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. S...

Ep. #663: A Place to Bury Strangers

January 26, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 53.3 MB

Oliver Ackermann discusses the history and current state of A Place to Bury Strangers, the emotive and dynamic themes of their new album See Through You, why he created Death by Audio stomp boxes and effects gear, his new label Dedstrange, life in Brooklyn, 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 http://su...

Ep. #662: Eric Chenaux

January 20, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MB

Eric Chenaux discusses his lovely new album Say Laura, life in France, his collaborator Ryan Driver, how Gang Starr, EPMD, and drum machines influenced Say Laura, the work of Gavin Bryars, comedy, surrealism, guitar effects, and improvisation, 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.acast.com/kreative-kontro...

Ep. #661: Jerusalem In My Heart

January 18, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MB

Radwan Ghazi Moumneh on Jerusalem In My Heart’s Qalaq, Constellation Records and his engineering/producing work at the Hotel2Tango, his family fleeing Beirut and why Lebanon is a hopelessly failed state, culture clashes in Montreal, getting into music via Misfits and Sonic Youth, why music, film, visual art, and live performance are integral to JIMH, future plans and more! Supported by you on Patreon, Blackbyrd Myoozik, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts...

Ep. #660: Daniel Romano

January 12, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 84.9 MB

Daniel Romano on the films The Doors and JFK, Bob Dylan, dreaming about Iggy Pop, the Outfit and Julianna Riolino and Cobra Poems, pandemic touring with Julie Doiron, the Beatles and Get Back, the time I met JAY-Z and also when he rapped over a Fugazi song, the Rolling Stones' golden era, working on Carson McHone’s Still Life, a mention in the Springtime in New York liner notes, future plans and more! Supported by you on Patreon, Blackbyrd Myoozik, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean...

Ep. #659: Robin Hatch

January 05, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 91.5 MB

Robin Hatch on her new synthesizer record, T.O.N.T.O., Robert Margouleff and early Moogs, the Blink-155 pod and Weezer, Jim Guthrie and Three Gut Records, The Beatles and Grimes, Steve Albini, Kanye West, and the fun perils of twitter, joining Fucked Up, 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 http://suppo...

Ep. #658: Rob Benvie

December 29, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 63.8 MB

Rob Benvie discusses his supernatural novel, Bleeding Light, its star-studded benefit soundtrack, escapism and social media, Shakespeare and Succession, the Beatles and Thrush Hermit, nostalgia, 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.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

Ep. #657: Jud Haynes

December 22, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 67.6 MB

Jud Haynes discusses his excellent new podcast Art Design Music, life in Newfoundland and my visits there, his interviews with artists connected to Barack Obama, Fugazi, Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, and Shellac among others, drinking a lot of soda pop, 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.acast.com/kreative...

Ep. #656: Steve Albini

December 15, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MB

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 Improv event on December 18-19, future plans and more! Supported by you on Patreon, Blackbyrd Myoozik, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, ...

Ep. #655: Jackie Kashian

December 13, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MB

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.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep. #654: Fucked Up on ‘David Comes to Life’ (Part Two)

December 08, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MB

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 online. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

Ep. #653: Dorothea Paas, Brian Borcherdt, Anyika Mark, Ruth Belay, Ani Castillo on Long Night

December 03, 2021 09:00 - 57 minutes - 45.8 MB

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 Ruth Belay from Black Urbanism Toronto, musician Brian Borcherdt from Holy Fuck and Dusted, and musician Dorothea Paas. Live audio ...

Ep. #653: Dorothea Paas, Brian Borcherdt, Anyika Mark, Ruth Belay, Ani Castillo on Long Night

December 03, 2021 09:00 - 57 minutes - 45.8 MB

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 Ruth Belay from Black Urbanism Toronto, musician Brian Borcherdt from Holy Fuck and Dusted, and musician Dorothea Paas. Live audio ...

Ep. #652: Andy Shauf

December 01, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 65.6 MB

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 online. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

Ep. #651: Julie Doiron

November 23, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MB

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 Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online. Support this show http://support...

Ep. #650: Parquet Courts

November 17, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 51.8 MB

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 vish online. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

Ep. #649: Haviah Mighty

November 10, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 67.5 MB

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 http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep. #648: Lee Ranaldo

November 08, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MB

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 YEG. Follow vish online. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on A...

Ep. #647: Alan Licht

November 03, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 75 MB

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 Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online. Support this show http://su...

Ep. #646: They Might Be Giants

October 27, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 51.9 MB

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. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Ep. #645: Charlotte Cornfield

October 25, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 54.4 MB

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 Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontro...

Ep. #644: The Replacements' 'Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash' with Peter Jesperson, Jason Jones, & Bob Mehr

October 20, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

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 United YEG. Follow vish online. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on ...

Ep. #643: Circuit des Yeux

October 18, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 51 MB

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. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

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