Big Shiny Goons

Jev (Despize, Hellbound, D.O.P., Dead to Rights) joins the show to talk about his love of Reading FC, football/soccer in general, and a whole lot of chat about the world of hardcore. We dive into his recent tours with Terror and other legendary bands, and hardcore in the UK and Europe compared to that of North America.

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Big Shiny Goons is back and in a big way. New segments, new ideas, and same audio issues (sorry).

Andrew (@torqpenderloin) joins the show to talk about Hum's miraculous 2020 album "Inlet" and how much it caught everyone by surprise, and how we might never ever see it toured or the band play live again. Outside of the album, it's some Chicago sports chat, getting into heavy music, and the new segment called Monthly Programming's debut!

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Liz (Real Gud Pros, @yanoforsure) joins the pod to talk about One Direction's 2013 album "Midnight Memories" and how the band took control of their sound around that time. Aside from the album, it's about Toronto Maple Leafs fandom, formative albums from your parents, and discovering music accidentally.

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Charlie (The Athletic, @charlieo_conn) joins the podcast to talk about The National's 2005 album "Alligator" and how it set the band up on a path to eventually work with Taylor Swift. Aside from the album, Charlie and Thomas talk about Claude Giroux, writing about and describing music, and other cool stuff.

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Jackson (Roxy Fever, @failsonmcdonald) is back on the pod and he brought along Minutemen's classic "Double Nickels on the Dime" for us to talk about. Outside of the album, it's about the Vancouver Canucks, listening to bands that get straight to the point, and just enjoying the good stuff.

Shayna (The Athletic, @hayyyshayyy) joins the show to talk about Turnstile's massive 2021 success and "GLOW ON." Outside of the biggest boyband in the world, it's all about writing stories that answer questions, discovering music in high school, and wondering if hardcore is the music of hockey.

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It's the end of 2021, and instead of reading a bunch of people's favourite albums of the year, why not listen to what some past guests of BSG have to say? We got Laura Saba, Drew Fairservice, Arun Srinivasan, Sie Morley, Mike Pfeil, Maddie Campbell, and Rahef Issa, to talk about their album of the year.

Neil or "Floob" (@itlooksreal, Scorchstack) joins the show to talk about Gob's 1998 sophomore album "How Far Shallow Takes You" and how influential it was in his early years. Other than that, it's about the Calgary Flames and covering bad hockey teams; as well as the Canadian music landscape and some wrestling.

Ailish (@ailishforfar) joins the show to reminisce about some skater girl days and Avril Lavigne's 2002 debut "Let Go". Aside from the album, they talk about girl-fronted bands, developing your music taste during car rides to hockey practice, and being a pro hockey player deciding to go into sports media.

Mike (Scorchstack, @mikeFAIL) joins the show for the SECOND time and is the first return guest in BSG history. For that, he brought Thomas Alexisonfire's 2004 sophomore album, "Watch Out!". Other than the album and the artist's impact on the Canadian music scene, they discuss getting back into childhood loves, The Armed's "Ultrapop", and bands evolving into more of themselves.