Also Cool Sounds Like

Alpen Glow is the solo music project created by Amery Sandford - a Montreal-based visual artist. Host Aviva Lessard chatted with Amery about her debut sparkling pop-disco EP Amertape 2020, her 3D-animated music videos and finding inspiration in pent up pandemic times.

Listen to her music: 

Alpen Glow on Spotify

Amery Sandford on Instagram

Alpen Glow on Bandcamp

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Also Cool Sounds Like is hosted, produced and edited by Aviva Lessard and Gwen Roley. 

Intro music is by Jacob Lessard. Artwork by Kristina Rivera. 

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Love Language describes their music as songs to make you laugh and cry on the metro home - and their sultry, lo-fi, Indie-rock sound does just that. Host Gwen Roley chatted with Love Language about the band’s electric energy on stage, their collective songwriting process, and their love for Bruce Springstein. 

Listen to their music: 

Love Language on Spotify

Love Language on Instagram

Also Cool Magazine

Also Cool on Instagram

Also Cool Sounds Like is hosted, produced and edited by Aviva Lessard and Gwen Roley. 

Intro music is by Jacob Lessard. Artwork by Kristina Rivera. 

Don’t forget to rate and subscribe to this podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. If you would like to be featured on the show or want to recommend an artist, email us at [email protected]. Thanks for listening!

On this season of Also Cool Sounds Like, we’re going to uncover the sounds of Montreal.  Every other week Aviva Lessard and Gwen Roley will interview a different Montreal musical artist to learn about their creative journeys and where their inspiration comes from. Episodes drop every other Monday. Tune in to the premiere on March 14! Don’t forget to subscribe to Also Cool Sounds Like

Alejandra talks with the founders and owners of The Diving Bell Social Club about creating community in the Montreal music scene through quality shared spaces. 

In this episode, Alejandra explores the world of canning with Maya Joncas, the founder and magic behind Joncas Market—a young company that provides canned and pickled foods. They discuss the history, science, and yumminess behind pickled veggies as well as dive into some of Maya's other inspirations and passions. 

This week, Alejandra talks clothes, starting a small business, and sustainability with Lisa and Quinn from Montreal's Positive Space. Check them out at positivespaceclothing.com.

Alejandra talks with singer/songwriter Bella Harned about her project Belle Tower. In their conversation they move between the magic of the song writing process to the magic of astrology to the magic of Montreal. Reflecting on what it means to call Montreal home, they consider Montreal as a feeling—something you can take with you when you go. 

Find Belle Tower's EP Tend To on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3fUVd5AHTFrJR5rjmUYghS?si=CXxTNd7qQsaHszGSrNjtRg

Alejandra talks with poet Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch about writing, identity, chronic pain, and their book Knot Body.  Eli explores what it means to write about what one feels physically, and Alejandra reflects on all our relationships to our bodies in this strange time.

Alejandra talks with the founder of Montreal-based effects pedal company Mile End Effects, Justin Cober. Together they explore what effects can do to music and why Justin is so passionate about sound—especially sound that, as Alejandra describes, hits you like a wave. 

This episode is generously sponsored by Salon Frejya, nested right in Montreal's Little Italy. 

This week, Also Cool Sounds Like Dress Up Collective.  Alejandra chats with founders Tosca Webb and Annie Brebner about what it feels like to dress up together, either at one of their parties or at home during lockdown. Get a peak inside the Dress Up closet and dream about what it will be like to sparkle together again.