Kreative Kontrol

Sam Jay on her hilarious new Netflix special, 3 in the Morning, lockdown life and the state of America, comedy, truth, Saturday Night Live, future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon, Live a…

Elizabeth Powell on life back in Montreal, the original Land of Talk band, self-isolation and other people, their new LP, Indistinct Conversations, future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon…

Jessy Lanza talks California living during a pandemic lockdown, dealing with people, her new album All the Time, and more! Supported by you on Patreon, Live at Massey Hall, Pizza Trokadero, the Books…

Aaron Riches discusses why Royal City ended in 2004 and where he’s been ever since, his relationship to music, asking Fugazi to play Guelph in 1989, heroes and leaders, living in the U.S.A., performi…

Joe Casey of Protomartyr talks about the socio-political status of the U.S.A. during a pandemic, polarization and the end of decorum, the band’s new album Ultimate Success Today, and more! Supported …

Author Morgan Murray discusses his brilliant debut novel, Dirty Birds, what Leonard Cohen might've been like, Indigenous culture and entitled hipsters, celebrity culture, his talented wife Kate Beato…

Ian Svenonius and Rich Morel discuss the dance music of Too Much and their new album, Club Emotion, libertarianism and quarantines, DJ music, Brendan Canty, lip syncing and Sarah Cooper, future plans…

Jehnny Beth of Savages on the personal nature of her new album, To Love is to Live, and what might have inspired it, how boxing has informed her approach as a live performer, her dear friendship with…

The legendary Kool Keith discusses his collaboration with Thetan on Space Goretex, pandemic life in the Bronx, the Black Lives Matter protests, contemporary hip-hop, average cereals, future plans, an…

Adam Sturgeon discusses his band WHOOP-Szo and their Polaris Music Prize-nominated album, Warrior Down, his and his dad's brushes with NHL stardom, cruelty towards Indigenous people in Canada, defund…

Edmonton's Cassia Hardy discusses the emotionally haunting and musically charged new Wares album, Survival, living in Alberta during a pandemic, local politics and music communities, self-awareness a…

Celebrated Toronto composer Owen Pallett discusses his new album Island, the murder of George Floyd, getting over and through past relationships, external perceptions, future plans, and more! Support…

Toronto's Ben Gunning talks about making music free of external and genre expectations, his old band Local Rabbits, his latest album Nature, and more! Supported by Live at Massey Hall, Pizza Trokader…

Montreal musician and soundscape artist Markus Floats discusses his ability to adapt to pandemic protocols, making solitary, synthesized music after playing in bands, his new Constellation Records re…

Simone Schmidt discusses pandemic peril in Toronto, music biz cartels, the Atlantic School of Spontaneous Composition and their new Fiver collaboration, You Wanted Country? Vol. 1, and more! Supporte…

Beaming in from Australia and Oregon respectively, Jim White and Marisa Anderson discuss living life under pandemic conditions, improvisation in life and music, AC/DC, their new Thrill Jockey release…

American pop songwriting genius Stephin Merritt discusses quarantine life in New York City, each and every song on the new album Quickies by the Magnetic Fields, and more! Supported by Live at Massey…

Canadian musical mastermind Andy Shauf discusses late night tv talk shows and comedy, narrative songwriting and meeting Randy Newman, his new album The Neon Skyline, and much more! Supported by Live …

American musical force Ezra Furman discusses life during a pandemic, privacy as a public person, their recent albums, Twelve Nudes and the soundtrack for Sex Education, and more! Supported by Live at…

2017 Polaris Music Prize champ Lido Pimienta makes her fifth appearance on this show to discuss her pandemic perspectives and her excellent new album, Miss Colombia! Supported by Pizza Trokadero, the…