Kreative Kontrol

Daniel Romano talks about the rock opera scale of the new Daniel Romano's Outfit record, La Luna, the band’s recent touring experiences and their Live at Lee’s concert film, composition and productio…

Doug Marstch talks about Built to Spill and their debut LP for Sub Pop, When the Wind Forgets Your Name, loving and leaving Boise, Idaho, his band’s fluid membership and current Brazilian collaborato…

Kee Avil discusses her stirring Constellation Records debut, Crease, improvisation and prepared instruments and vocals, music school and jazz, DIY touring and pop flourishes, sonic and visual collabo…

Bret McKenzie goes deep on the making of his solo debut, Songs Without Jokes, growing up a music fan in Wellington, New Zealand, writing serious songs that are still funny, sharp songwriters and a 19…

Brandon Miguel Valdivia on Mas Aya and making the album, Máscaras, London, Ontario and the Guelph Jazz Festival, drumming and percussion, outspoken music and making music as a political act, the hard…

Kelly McMichael on her 2022 Polaris Music Prize-nominated debut album Waves, how she began playing music and her formal studies, the Guelph, Toronto, and St. John’s music communities, working with Ja…

Jeremy Gaudet and Brian Murphy talk about the new Kiwi Jr. album Chopper, working with first-time producer Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade and vocalist Dorothea Paas, songwriting tips from Mike Watt and …

Ian Blurton discusses the ambitious production, metal/punk rock sound, chorus of voices, and intricate lyricism on Second Skin by Ian Blurton’s Future Now, using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, Nei…

Jay Crocker discusses his musical origins in Calgary, living in rural Nova Scotia, his band JOYFULTALK and the making and concept of their latest Constellation Records LP, Familiar Science, playing g…

Patton Oswalt on recovering from COVID-19 and doing stand-up in a fractured America, libertarian nihilism and punk rebellion, satire and classism, why the Just For Laughs Festival is such a huge deal…

Sam Prekop and John McEntire discuss their first duo collaboration, their wonderful debut album Sons Of, Portland and Chicago, eclectic music and Shrimp Boat, how they first met, drum machines and “p…

The Sadies’ Travis Good and Mike Belitsky discuss the devastating loss of Dallas Good and their brilliant new album, Colder Streams, animals and injuries, working with Richard Reed Parry, Pietro Amat…

Jasmyn discusses her new solo album In the Wild, leaving Weaves behind, life in Hamilton after Toronto, playing soccer and school, embracing change, working with John Congleton, playing Kazoo! Fest i…

Fat Tony represents the city of Houston, Texas and talks its history as a vibrant, eclectic music city, its hip-hop community and where he fits in, being tight with Bun B, loving outsider art, weathe…

Britt Daniel and Alex Fischel of Spoon on living in the U.S.A., the band’s latest album Lucifer on the Sofa, leaving synths behind for rock ‘n’ roll, parents and religion, Bill Callahan, Bob Dylan, a…

Joan Shelley discusses her lovely new album The Spur, life in Kentucky and its political power and reputation, musical traditions and temporality, parenting and childhood, working with Bill Callahan,…

A talk with Polaris Music Prize-winning hip-hop artist Cadence Weapon, a.k.a. Rollie Pemberton, about his new memoir, Bedroom Rapper, which was published by McClelland & Stewart in the spring of 2022…

Sofi Papamarko discusses her award-winning short story collection, Radium Girl, life as a new mom in Toronto during a pandemic, our friend Jordan Howard, whether or not she was ever a journalist, dat…

The Burning Hell’s Ariel Sharrat and Mathias Kom discuss their new album Garbage Island, Prince Edward Island life for humans and one, single dog, Waterworld and the Pacific Trash Vortex, the things …

Ghostkeeper’s Sarah Houle-Lowry and Shane Ghostkeeper discuss their new album, Multidimensional Culture, Paddle Prairie Métis Settlement and Calgary, musicals, cinema, and indie-rock, Indigenous humo…