Capsule

In our first annual Year in Review episode, the editorial team at LiL discuss the good and bad of what was 2014. Your hosts Sean Chin and Andreas Babiolakis are joined by music editor Sarah Rix and associate editor Dakota Arsenault. The gang talk about the swag they got for Christmas, dream acts at a major music festival, feminism in music, thoughts on The Interview finally being released, but more importantly, who the best acts and albums were of the year. We’d like to thank all of our listeners and especially the one downloader from Seychelles. What began as a one year experiment is now an established audio experience of LiL, it is our director’s commentary. Many fantastic special guests and co-hosts have graced the show. And many more will come as we go full force in 2015. Peace.

Links:

* Toronto Star’s top trends that defined 2014

* Sean Chin’s 2014 Staff Picks

* Andreas Babiolakis’ 2014 Staff Picks

* Sarah Rix’s 2014 Staff Picks

* Dakota Arsenault’s 2014 Staff Picks

* SPIN: Feminism in 2014 more than a trend

* Sarah’s 260 concert badges of honour

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Jack Antonoff is the leader singer of Bleachers and is also the lead guitarist of Fun. He has worked with big name artists such as Taylor Swift, Grimes and Tegan and Sara. This week, your hosts Sean Chin and Dakota Arsenault talk with the Grammy-winning & Golden Globe-nominated musician (38:30). We also discuss Sony Pictures pulling “The Interview” film from theatres because of North Korean threats, Apple winning a 10-year long anti-trust DRM lawsuit and D’Angelo making his musical return. 

Links:

* The Press shouldn’t help the Sony Hackers says Aaron Sorkin

* LA Weekly’s Amy Nicholson says Pulling The Interview Is the End of Free Speech in Hollywood

* Apple Found Not Guilty in DRM Class Action Lawsuit

* Sennheiser URBANITE on-ear headphone review

* Nicki Minaj and D’Angelo set to debut in Top 10 on Billboard 200

* Return of the King: Unraveling the Myth of D’Angelo

* Larry King also interviews Bleachers

* Dakota’s concert review and photos of Bleachers at The Phoenix in Toronto

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This is episode 52! That means we made an episode of Capsule for every week of the year. We are very proud of this achievement. It’s also fitting that we discuss the Top 25 Albums and Songs of 2014. 

* LiL’s Top 25 Songs of 2014

* LiL’s Top 25 Albums of 2014

* Bruce Springsteen and the “First 3 song” concert photography rule

* First song ever recorded 

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Special guests Gilles LeBlanc aka ROCKthusiast and Mary-Anne Wiltshire join the show to talk about new teaser for Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens, Rolling Stones “50 Best Albums of 2014” and U2 claiming the top spot, the mid-season finale of The Walking Dead, and the 57th GRAMMY nominee list.

* Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser

* Best 50 Albums of 2014 by Rolling Stone

* Walking Dead mid-season 5 finale

* Imagine Dragons performing at Grey Cup

* 57th GRAMMY nominations

* “Everything is Awesome” by Tegan and Sara feat. The Lonely Island

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Well well. We somehow made it to our 50th episode. More surprisingly, people from all over the globe are still listening to each episode. Thank you. It’s no easy feat. Each episode of Capsule takes considerable amounts of time to research a topic or guest, tape the actual show and then edit the whole thing together. Mastering one of these tasks alone is enough. It’s when all three come together does some kind of audio magic happen. Thank you listener for making Capsule, a project, a director’s cut of Live in Limbo a thing. And we will continue to experiment, modify and make greatness. We have a lot more up our sleeves in the new year. 

In this special 50th episode, your beloved hosts Sean and Andreas talk about their favourite guests and moments of Capsule thus far. Sean discusses his passion for podcasting, how it started and plugs other shows he subscribes to.

* Billboard 200 Makeover: Album Chart to Incorporate Streams & Track Sales

* Massive Snow Storm traps New York band Interpol for almost 50 hours in Buffalo

* Essay: Why Streaming (Done Right) Will Save the Music Business 

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On this episode, we discuss the Christopher and Jonathan Nolan film Interstellar (2014) featuring Matthew Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain. We begin with a spoiler-free summary. Do some follow up with the whole Taylor Swift and Spotify situation.  YouTube introduces the “Music Key”. And then go no-holds bars full on spoilers of the film. 

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We finally discuss the on going situation of Jian Ghomeshi, the women he abused and the CBC. However, the investigations of these events have expedited and grown since Andreas and Sean recorded this episode. 

Here are some worthy articles to read that were published after our recording:

* Do You Know About Jian? 

* Liking “Q” Isn’t a Good Enough Reason to Side with Jian

* CBC fired Jian Ghomeshi after seeing ‘graphic evidence: internal memo

With this, we no longer support Jian Ghomeshi.

In other news:

* Taylor Swift may be the only platinum album in 2014

* Swift also hits No.1 on iTunes Canada with 8 seconds of static. Oops! 

* Quarter of Mercury Prize finalists sold under 1,000 albums since nomination

* Andreas reviews Slowdive at the Danforth Music Hall

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Taylor Momsen is one of the most charismatic artists in the world a right now.  At the age of just 21, she’s already had a huge career on television with Gossip Girl, and has starred in several films. Formed in 2009, She rocks the mic for The Pretty Reckless. A alternative grunge rock band from New York City. On this episode, Sean talks with Taylor about common misconceptions of her. FYI, she’s not a Satanist. She loves buying clothes from Trash and Vaudeville in New York. Taylor also shares her thoughts and some words of wisdom about celebrity privacy and how they can keep their personal data safe. 

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Slowdive is an English rock band from Reading. Formed by Rachel Goswell and Neil Halstead. They amassed a huge loyal following between 1989 and 1995 until they disbanded. However, a curious spotlight was once again pointed on the band early in 2014. When a Twitter account was found that happened be followed by the members of the group. It turned out to be a reunion tour underway, and the music world online exploded with anticipation. We are thrilled that Rachel Goswell came to chat with us on the podcast.

* On using Twitter and reuniting in 2014

* What values they want to be represented in their legacy

* Discussing future album possibilities. A Slowdive EDM or thrash metal record anyone?

* talking about touring major festivals at loving Primavera Festival

* How working with Brian Eno changed their writing process

* Dealing with the term “shoegaze” and British press.

* Seeing success with the North American tour. And having their last show pre-hiatus at Lee’s Palace in Toronto in 1994.

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Ellinor Olovsdotter aka Elliphant is an artist from Stockholm, Sweden who is taking the world by storm. We first found out about her at last years Canadian Music Week where she opened for MIA at Tattoo Queen West. Ever since, we’ve been huge fans. Sean Chin and Andreas Babiolakis talk with her about her rise to fame and collaborating with industry heavyweights such as Diplo, MIA and friends like Mø and Charli XCX. She also has passions for saving The Grey animals. Elliphant then goes in-depth about why she thinks there is so much art and talent coming out of Sweden right now.

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