Kreative Kontrol

L CON discusses her lovely, revealing new album, The Isolator, the Guelph geese, creative instincts, existential anxiety, and embracing vulnerability, secret rules, exploring her Swiss-Canadian herit…

William Tyler discusses his band, the Impossible Truth, and their new live double-album, Secret Stratosphere, Tennessee politics and America in a socio-political stalemate, things that mass and socia…

Friendly Rich discusses his poignant and pointed new album, Man Out of Time, beard perceptions, working remotely with fewer but still very impressive musical collaborators, imposter syndrome and bein…

Harrison discusses the making of and inspiration behind his new album, Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees, life in Toronto, gaming and escapism, different ways to be a professional musician, the bir…

Adam Horovitz reflects upon his time being Ad-Rock in Beastie Boys, the 2023 NBA playoffs, a toaster oven, Beastie Boys Book and Beastie Boys Story and Beastie Boys Audiobook, satire and comedy, embr…

Jana Horn discusses her lovely new album, The Window is the Dream, growing up in Texas, why she expresses herself via music and literature, different education systems, her religious faith and admira…

Guy Picciotto, Giorgos Xylouris, and Jim White discuss the beautiful new Xylouris White album, The Forest in Me, making music together and apart, collaborating with filmmaker Rebecca E. Marshall, the…

Wax Mannequin discusses his brilliant new album, The Red Brain, Hamilton and the Awesome Mom live show series, collaborating with Corwin Fox, lessons learned on the cross-Canada tour he and I once di…

Black Eyes discuss the twentieth anniversary reissue of their self-titled debut on Dischord Records and their first three shows in decades, Washington D.C. life in a post-Fugazi, post-hardcore era, m…

Hayden discusses his lovely new album, Are We Good, hair checks and fake IDs, opening bands and why New Zealand feels like a second home, the power of Feist, the Tom Hanks timeline, slapping the bass…

Mark Arm discusses the excellent new Mudhoney album, Plastic Eternity, Sub Pop life and people collecting vinyl records and cassette tapes, cults, social media, and the things that people want to bel…

Carl Newman discusses the New Pornographers and their new album, Continue as a Guest, kitties and Neko Case, Woodstock, Big Pink, and Levon Helm, playing on a cruise ship with Neko and Jeff Tweedy, t…

Chandler Levack discusses her beautiful, funny directorial debut, I Like Movies, Toronto life and her family history, being a film critic and a filmmaker, teenage angst and anticipation, narrative au…

Ian Grant and Evan Laffer discuss their excellent Jokermen podcast, which explores the work of people like Bob Dylan, the Velvet Underground, and the Fall among others, David Berman and Silver Jews, …

Nathan Macintosh talks about his hilarious new special, Money Never Wakes, being upbeat in a raging world, self-awareness and anger, why we’re turning into ooze, telephones and remembering things, DV…

Joshua Hensley and Garth Mason discuss their band the Rutabega and their excellent new album, Leading Up To, being immunocompromised during a pandemic, the sunny arrangements, bright singing, and hea…

Murray A. Lightburn discusses his emotional new album, Once Upon a Time in Montreal, how its narrative is inspired by the romance between his mother and late father, a man he never really got to know…

Meg Remy discusses the new U.S. Girls album Bless This Mess, making and raising twins, parenting perspectives, provocative new music videos, progress and private property, Daedalus, Icarus, and Stanl…

Janet Weiss and Sam Coomes talk about their beautiful band Quasi and their excellent 10th album, Breaking the Balls of History, Janet’s long, hard recovery from a debilitating 2019 car accident and h…

Pierre Kwenders discusses his new No No No EP and winning the 2022 Polaris Music Prize for his LP, José Louis and the Paradox of Love, cities like Edmonton, Kinshasa, and Montreal, life in the Democr…