BK The Podcast

Always a riot hanging out with Matty and Leon from Australian band 'The Lazy's' although, maybe one day they might be Canadian as Leon shares his love for Canada and Toronto plus his desires to live here full-time. This episode was recorded mobile at Billy Talent's recording studio where the band had been working on their new album. Eric Ratz who was sitting in the producer chair that day and my I talk about my minor man-crush on his portfolio of work. The pair remembered the old sofa from the last time they visited the podcast and I share one of many debaucherous stories from it's past.

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It's time to move again. It's been a slice living at Yonge and Eglinton but we're heading north to Newmarket. In this episode I discuss the pending move and we needed how many boxes? plus the final podcast episode of 2016 gets teased, part 2 in my 'Aussie Invasion' series featuring pals in The Lazy's. Featured guests Ryan and Jay from 'Uptrack Music' joined the episode via telephone to discuss their pending launch (Wednesday Nov 30th at the Horseshoe Tavern) and what they hope Uptrack can do for Canadian Musicians.

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Aussie Invasion pt1. Clint, Miles & Stevie from The Dead Love stopped by two days after landing from Australia. They talk about their introduction to Canada from fellow podcast alum. The Lazy's and loving Rickard's Red - the first beer they tried. Who are some great bands from down under that maybe we haven't heard about here? they fill us in on their pics plus jam two songs 'Summer' and 'Untitled By Association'.

Stand by for Aussie Invasion pt.2 where I chat with Leon and Matty from The Lazy's during a recording session for their new record at a super cool location.

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Lukas Rossi made a rare visit home to Toronto from Los Angeles and did me the honour of stopping by for a podcast. He brings us up to speed on his passion for producing, singing the praises of Nashville which is where he's headed post visit. We talk about his cover of Adele's 'Hello', continued connection with Tommy Lee and Lukas' long-time friend and drummer John joined us in studio for a performance of his hit single 'Headspin'

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"Is this the first time you've slept in a van in a Walmart parking lot?" Lots of laughs with the great guys in Rain Over St. Ambrose who stopped by for a sesh, live jam and chat about East Coast Canadian rock, their friendships with podcast album. The Motorleague and fellow Nova Scotia band Wintersleep.

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Weren't they just here? yes but it's been an exciting couple of months for this up and coming band from Toronto. The band picks their favourite records from my shelf and share great stories of how they discovered the album. We talk about their recent gig on a K-Rock party cruise with Finger Eleven, new EP 'Fight or Flight', upcoming gig at The Horseshoe Tavern (Friday Oct 21) and the changing scene along Queen W in Toronto with the closing of two prominent venues.

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Maya and Becky from Vancouver duo The Pack A.D stopped by for a chat and performance after working on a mystery project with George Stroumboulopoulos. Live from my dining room they perform 'Yes I Know' which (as they share on this episode) had a relatively short music video shoot. We talk about road/tour diets and Becky being a vegetarian in a world of truck stops and their pending trip to Wonderland in October.

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While back in Canada touring with Yuk Yuk's Jason Rouse stopped to hang and shares stories about opening for black metal festivals in Scandinavia, the weirdest places he's taken a shit, our mutual friend Dave Hudson's secret fetish's, the time his package brushed past my former boss's face, his lack of hits on fetish dating sites and the time a woman in Kingston Ontario drank his urine.. plus he gave me some advice on my comedy set. He's at Yuk Yuk's Mississauga Thurs Sept. 15 - Sat Sept. 17! plus Niagara Falls the following week and then Ajax. Check: www.jasonrouse.com

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Great pal and super funny guy Dave Hudson stopped by the Green Room while he was in Toronto hosting at Absolute Comedy. We talk about my pending move to north of the city, his love of the Tragically Hip with an awesome story about how he got tickets to a show on their final tour, other topics include: Jason Rouse, the Bovine and Seth Rogen's new film 'Sausage Party'.

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Podcast alum The Road Heavy have hit the studio to record a new EP and they have a notable producer, one Jeff Martin! I sat down around the pool table at Metal Works Studio with Pat James and Jeff Cox and talked about the aspirations for this release, the dynamics of the band, how 'the EP is the new album' and of course working with Jeff Martin

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