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Frank Iero was the lead guitarist of My Chemical Romance, but is now pursuing his own project called Frnkiero AndThe Cellabration. Our social media and contest editor Katrina caught up with Frank at the Hard Luck Bar downtown Toronto for an interview. Your host Sean Chin and Kat then talk about how she came to appreciate Frank as a musician and human being. She also got him to write down lyrics for a tattoo. That’s a thing! 

Links: 

* Frnkiero AndThe Cellabration on Soundcloud

* Do Canada’s new plastic bills smell like maple syrup?

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Gilles LeBlanc AKA Rockthusiast and your host Sean Chin discuss the state of music festivals in the Toronto and Greater Toronto Area. We comment on lineups already announced such as CMW, WayHome, Field Trip and predict on to be unveiled fests like NXNE, Bestival, TURF, and the maybe Lollapalooza. In the first half of the show we analyze Apple’s big acquisition of BBC Radio 1 host Zane Lowe and what his possible role at the Cupertino-based company could be. 

Links:

* Nikki Yanosky at Massey Hall Review

* Iggy Azalea Quits Twitter

* What Apple’s Hiring of Zane Lowe Signals for the Company’s Music Strategy

* Zane Lowe Could Do More For Discovery at Apple than Echonest’s $25.6 Million does for Spotify

* Zane Lowe Leaves BBC for Apple, here are 6 Jobs he could be doing

* WayHome generates buzz for new music festival

* Local residents want to kill WayHome festival

* Bestival Will Enter North American Festival Market in Toronto

* Festival links: CMW, NXNE, WayHome, Field Trip, TURF, Bestival

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Michael Gira is the leading force of the musical group Swans. He is the first guest to make a return appearance on the podcast. Your hosts Sean Chin and Andreas Babiolakis catch up with Gira since last year at NXNE. He talks about touring all over Asia, Beck winning Album of the Year at the Grammys, and life on the road. 

Links:

* Swans at Yonge-Dundas Square, NXNE 2014

* Oxygen Limited Edition Japanese CD

* “To Be Kind” – LiL’s #1 Album of The Year 2014

* Read: The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley

* Read: Lush Life by Richard Price

* Listen to: Carla Bozulich

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The 87th  Academy Awards ceremony will take place on February 22, 2015 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Last year had many breathtaking films as well as many duds. With that said, we once again assemble a power panel to dissect and analyze possible winners, losers, play a trivia game, and talk about our snubs of the year. 

Please join your hosts Sean Chin, film editor Andreas Babiolakis, associate editor Dakota Arsenault, and Fresh From the Theatre editor Adriana Floridia on this feature film length podcast episode. 

Links:

* Check out Adriana’s website Fresh from the Theatre and on Twitter at @fromthetheatre

* Dakota’s Oscar Primer series 

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This week, your lovable host Sean Chin and associate editor Dakota Arsenault talk about the film Boyhood, Sam Smith, Saturday cartoons, and read some fan mail. This episode will get your mouth wet for our Oscar extravaganza episode.

Links:

* Saturday cartoons are no more

* Sam Smith at Air Canada Centre

* Sam Smith at The Mod Club

* Boyhood (2014)

* LiL’s film review of Boyhood by Andreas Babiolakis 

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Dan Boeckner is the lead singer of Operators. Along with Devojka and Sam Brown, they are a montreal electro-rock group that emerged at last years Canadian Music Week. This is a band you need to keep you eyes on. You may know Dan from past groups such as Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs and Divine Fits. He speaks with your host Sean Chin about performing with so many different bands over a decade, going on tour with The New Pornographers, deconstructing their song “True”, artist mystique, parental musical influences, relationship with CBC, and the demise of Canadian public journalists such as Jian Ghomeshi and Amanda Lang.  

Links:

* Wolf Parade opening for Arcade Fire back in 2005

* St. Lucia’s topical dance rock music

* NOW Magazine on Operators

* CBC’s Amanda Lang problem should end with this: Resign

* Our “impartial” broadcasters have become mouthpieces of the elite

* Jesse Brown’s Canadaland on Amanda Lang

* Damian Abraham’s “Turned Out a Punk” podcast

Music:

* Download the album “EP1” by Operators on iTunes

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Fifth Harmony is an American girl group that encompass all that is pop, dance, R&B and glitter. The 5-piece act came to international attention on season 2 of X-Factor. In 2014, they won the MTV Artist to Watch Award. On this podcast, Sean Chin is joined by Camila Cabello, Ally Brooke, Dinah-Jane Hansen, and Normani Kordei. The girls talk about life after X Factor, working with Simon Cowell, the relationship with their fans, working with Dr. Luke, and dropping their debut studio album Reflection. At the end, we play a game where we find out who is Beyoncé’s biggest fan, who loves eating a tub of ice cream, who cries during films, and who owns the most pairs of shoes. Listen to find out! 

Links:

* Changing album art cover in favor of fans reaction

* #ImABoss campaign

* Download Fifth Harmony’s debut studio album “Reflection” on iTunes

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Pete Lawrie-Winfield, James Gordon and Elliot Wall  make up Until the Ribbon Breaks.  They are an / electronic alternative pop trio from Great Britain. We were first introduced to their music at NXNE in the spacious Yonge-Dundas Square last year and thought very highly of them. Pete talks to Sean Chin about the relationship between the band members, hip-hop influences, “re-imagining” Phantomgram, and their new album A Lesson Unlearnt.

Links:

* UTRB opening for London Grammar at Sound Academy

* UTRB at Yonge-Dundas Square, NXNE 2014

* “Revolution Indifference” feat. Run the Jewels official music video

* Phantogram’s “Fall in Love” (UTRB re-imagination)

* Pete enjoys film scores from: American Beauty, Whiplash, and Birdman

* Download A Lesson Unlearnt – Until The Ribbon Breaks on iTunes

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Nika Roza Danilova AKA Zola Jesus is an American singer-songwriter with three EPs and five full-length studio albums under her belt, that combine the bliss and influence of electronic, industrial, classical, goth, and experimental rock. Sean Chin and Andreas Babiolakis discuss the origins of her stage name, interest in philosophy, self-education and how women in music have risen since she began singing. She talk about her song “Hollow” from her latest album Taiga.

Links:

* Moving into isolation on Vashon Island, Washington

* Listening to Toru Takemistsu

* Listening to Richard Wagner

* Nika says Sean sounds like Dave Foley

* Download Taiga – Zola Jesus via iTunes

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Katie White is the lead vocalist of the The Ting Tings. They are a Grammy and BRIT award nominated indie pop-rock duo hailing from Great Britain. They are extremely fun to see live as Katie and her partner in crime Jules De Martino are talented in multi-instruments. And are on tour for their latest album Super Critical. Kate joins Sean Chin and Andreas Babiolakis on this podcast.

Links:

* Katie discusses the band taking risks performing with so many instruments on stage

* Manchester’s legendary music scene interview from NME

* How her personality type complements Jule’s “perfectionist” style

* The meaning behind the track “Failure” from Super Critical

* On wanting to produce an album in Nashville or New York City

* Creating music with Music Studio and KORG iELECTRIBE Gorillaz Edition iPad apps

* Download Super Critical – The Ting Tings on iTunes

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