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Lauren Malyon is the front woman of Lyon. They are a Canadian indie pop band, getting ready to take over the airwaves. Lyon are fresh off releasing their debut EP called Indian Summer and are coming to a Canadian city near you.

* Releasing “Floating” music video and living downtown with karaoke bars

* Behind the track “Happy Alone”

* Covering Lorde’s “Team” with Wolf Saga

* Choosing a new wall colour and taking IKEA pencils

* The journey to finding a voice

* On the Disclosure and Lorde remix at the BRIT Awards and a dream collaboration with Bastille

* Being inspired musically while snow mobile-ing

* Discussing quality over quantity

Music Links:

* “Happy Alone” by Lyon

* “Good Time” by Crystal Castles

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J. Willgoose Esq. is the front man of Public Service Broadcasting. The duo are a very exciting band hailing from Great Britain. If you’re in the mood for some Burial meets Living Colour meets DJ Shadow shadow meets Doctor Who, then PSB is for you. Their latest album “Inform. Educate. Entertain.” is highly regarded and a new favourite of ours.

* Willgoose explains the concept of sticking historical archival audio and video together

* Favourite quote from Roygbiv: “I believe in this world to come, I believe it is going to be a pretty good one”

* Inspirations and future dream collaborations such as Burial

* Thoughts on the music industry in general right now

* The importance of a sense of mystery for an artist

* Reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four

Music Links:

* “Roygbiv” by Public Service Broadcasting

* “Good Time” by Crystal Castles

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Brandi Sidoryk is the lead singer of Sidney York. Along with Krista Wodelet are a Canadian pop duo ready to explode as they just released their newest album <3’s Volume 1. They are definitely of the fun and quirky variety, as their album title is stylized by a lesser-than sign and the number 3.

* Brandi talks about her love for hotdogs. And reveals that the best hot dogs can be found at Japadog’s “Oroshi dog” and Please Don’t Tell’s “Kim-chi dog”

* What Sidney York is all about and the message they are trying to convey with their music. And being influenced by Brad Paisley, country, opera and CBC music

* Discussing their unique and innovative subscription model for releasing their album in volumes: “The Maclean’s magazine of indie music”

* Alpine, Lorde and Karen O as strong international female role models

* The heavy burden artists face after receiving high critical acclaim such as St. Vincent from Alexis Petridis of The Guardian

* On being self-conscious of their image on stage and in music videos

* Canadian artists to look out for include The Belle Game, Shred Kelly and Boreal Sons

Music Links: 

* “Hearts” by Sidney York

* “Good Time” by Crystal Castles

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Jason “Human Kebab” Parsons is the DJ, emcee, turntablist and hype-man of Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker (USS). Along with lead singer and guitarist Ash Boo-Schultz, USS is a  2-time CASBY award winning alternative rock, dance, electro-funk band from our great city of Toronto.

* Russian Interior Ministry police choir sing Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” in Sochi opening ceremony

* How the band gets in the zone and mood for their elaborate and highly energetic on stage performances

* Growing up in the York Region and reminiscing on living in Markham

* Artists and musicians that influenced USS like Radiohead’s “Kid A”

* Finding the balance between making something still beautiful and not uncontrollably chaotic with Tawgs Salter

* The making of the brand new album “Advanced Basics” on iTunes

* Thoughts on the current state of electronic dance music (EDM)

Music Links:

* “Ying Yang” by USS

* “Good Time” by Crystal Castles

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Glasvegas is a platinum selling and Mercury Prize nominated rock group hailing from Glasgow, Scotland. James Allan, Rab Allan, Paul Donoghue and Jonna Löfgren chat with Sean and Andreas about their upcoming North American tour and show in Toronto.

* James & Rab talk about the writing process of creating new albums and songs

* Jonna discusses the dynamics she adds to the band

* Paul explains the responsibility the group has at representing Scotland while overseas

* Discussing the role of social media in reaching out to fans

Music Links:  

* “I’d Rather Be Dead (Than Be with You)” by Glasvegas

* “Good Time” by Crystal Castles

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Billy Pettinger is known to the music world as Billy The Kid. She’s a self made singer-songwriter living in Vancouver, Canada. She hangs out with me and we talk about her musical career, collaborations and what’s next.

* Red Hot Chili Peppers not being plugged in at the Super Bowl

* Discussing the impact of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman

* How her career in music began, being on Warped Tour & creative process

* Making 31 music videos in 31 days and working with Frank Turner on a new album

* Listening to Frank’s “Tape Deck Heart” for 20 hours straight in LA

* Love for reading books by authors such as Kurt Vonnegut and Chris Hadfield

* Music industry not having enough strong prominent lead female role models

* Differences between working with the likes of Frank Turner and Raine Maida

* The dream to continue making music forever and building a home studio in the middle of nowhere

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This week, Andreas and I talk about celebrities, crime, the Grammy aftermath and we drop a few F-Bombs.

* Turns out we were pretty much spot on with our Grammy predictions last week: Daft Punk and Lorde took the cake. And their sales are skyrocketing 

* Ads and musicians performing at the Superbowl. We highly anticipate an epic Ad by Apple for celebrate 30 years of Mac

* Burial posts a self and letter teasing new music 

* Andreas explains why he gave “Too True” by Dum Dum Girls a 6.4/10

* Lorde is frustrated with the paparazzi post Grammy wins in New Zealand 

* The need and differences between onstage and real life personas

* We discuss the issue of young celebrities and getting into serious issues with their lives. Such as Justin Bieber attacking a limo driver, egging a house and being arrested for DUI in Miami 

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