Kreative Kontrol

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Update frequency: every 2 days
Average duration: 63 minutes
Episodes: 1035
Years Active: 2013 - 2025

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Ep. #15: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion + catl.

A chat with Judah Bauer, Jon Spencer, and Russell Simins at Call the Office in London, ON about the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion‘s adventures in the high water of Calgary and how the media can manipul…

01:10:26 | Mon 15 Jul 2013

Ep. #14: Tiësto

International electronic music superstar Tiësto and I have a frank, open chat about why EDM has exploded over the last few years, his new release, Club Life: Volume 3 Stockholm, drinking with Giorgio…

00:23:20 | Thu 11 Jul 2013

Ep. #13: Sloan’s Jay Ferguson & Chris Murphy & Photographer Catherine Stockhausen

In celebration of the new murderecords 7″ singles 1993-1998 photo/music book, Sloan’s Chris Murphy and Jay Ferguson and photographer Catherine Stockhausen discuss murderecords and Halifax music histo…

01:05:18 | Wed 10 Jul 2013

Ep. #12: WondaGurl + Simone Schmidt of the Highest Order

16 year-old Brampton, Ontario producer WondaGurl talks about being on Jay-Z’s new album and the Highest Order’s Simone Schmidt discusses music festival culture (they played the Toronto Urban Roots Fe…

00:37:35 | Fri 05 Jul 2013

Ep. #11: Maestro Fresh Wes + Diamond Rings

Canada’s king of hip-hop (sorry Drake), Maestro Fresh Wes and I have a chat about the 25th anniversary of his colossal hit single, “Let Your Backbone Slide ,” how to keep Canadian audiences engaged w…

00:44:33 | Wed 03 Jul 2013

Ep. #10: Sled Island & Calgary’s flood + Houndmouth + Derek Christoff on James Gandolfini + Mike Belitsky of the Sadies

Weird tone to this one. Drew Marshall of the Sled Island music festival gives a firsthand account of the flooding that has devastated Calgary and forced Sled Island to cancel its plans, Matt Myers of…

01:06:50 | Thu 27 Jun 2013

Ep. #9: David Yow

Today you can hear my conversation with David Yow about his new solo LP, Tonight You Look Like a Spider. David is an amazing man who used to sing in bands like Scratch Acid, the Jesus Lizard, and Qu…

00:48:29 | Tue 25 Jun 2013

Ep. #8: Joshua Kloke on the Tragically Hip and ‘Escape is at Hand’

Ah, the Sunday evening podcast launch. Social media suicide! It’ll be worth it though. On this episode, I head down to the Speed River in Guelph to speak to Tragically Hip superfan, Joshua Kloke, who…

00:29:39 | Sun 23 Jun 2013

Ep. #7: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

One of my favourite bands ever is the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and they’ve got a few Canadian tour dates coming up soon (including Sled Island this week and Ontario shows next month). I called up …

00:34:03 | Wed 19 Jun 2013

Ep. #6: Mark Andersen on the Clash + Kid Koala on Space Cadet

On this episode, I take a closer look at the final years of one of the best rock band of all time, the Clash. While some fans and critics dismiss them, a new book called We Are the Clash: The Last St…

00:59:04 | Fri 14 Jun 2013

Ep. #5: Exclaim! Editor James Keast at a Blue Jays game

My friend and colleague James Keast invited me to a Jays game on Sunday and it seemed like a great place for us to talk about jocks vs. music nerds, his work at Exclaim!, his role at the Polaris Musi…

01:00:42 | Tue 11 Jun 2013

Ep. #4: Jim Guthrie band D.C. road trip featuring NPR’s Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton

I drove down to Washington D.C. with Jim Guthrie and his band (Samir Khan, Jordan Howard, Randy Lee, Marshall Bureau, and J. J. Ipsen) so they could record a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR for All Songs Co…

01:01:33 | Thu 06 Jun 2013

Ep. #3: Graham Wright of Tokyo Police Club

Surprise surprise, another podcast this week. Even I’m surprised, surprised. I speak to Graham Wright about Tokyo Police Club playing the Red Bull Tour Bus (it’s a robot stage/bus hybrid!) for a free…

00:24:28 | Thu 30 May 2013

Ep #2: Dave Bidini on Rob Ford, Bruce and Travis Good of the Good Family, Carly Lewis on summer fests, Sam Baijal on the Rolling Stones

This week: Is Mayor Rob Ford beyond sympathy? Have these allegations of substance abuse humanized him in some way? Musician, author, and Toronto citizen Dave Bidini says no and pretty much no. …

00:53:50 | Wed 29 May 2013