Kreative Kontrol

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 influe…

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 …

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 at…

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 Per…

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 learn…

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 cen…

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 he…

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, …

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 an…

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…

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, wh…

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, confiden…

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…

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, su…

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 st…

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 ti…

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 …

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, futu…

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…

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 sp…