Kreative Kontrol

Mikey Day discusses his work hosting Is it Cake? and as a performer and writer on Saturday Night Live, why Is it Cake? features so many SNL cast members as celebrity judges, how his work on both shows might inform one another, legendary Canadians like SNL producer Lorne Michaels and Ryan Gosling, playing a part in Unfrosted, which is Jerry Seinfeld’s new movie about Pop-Tarts, other future plans, and much more.

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Alex Edkins, Hayden Menzies, and Chris Slorach from METZ discuss their new album Up on Gravity Hill, its hard themes and dynamic emotional tenor, the evolution of METZ and the beginning of a new chapter, surprising each other musically, music videos and how songs can be de-valued, loving Eric’s Trip, working with producer Seth Manchester, filmmaker Colin Medley, and musician Owen Pallett, comfort, confidence, and consumption, touring again, other future plans, and much more.

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Joshua Wayne Hensley and Jared Myers discuss their band forestlike and recent self-titled debut album, life in Indiana and first bonding over buckets, the very flattering song that Josh wrote about me, why Jared abandoned a promising music trajectory and why he’s back at it now, a profound and somewhat unusual experience I had listening closely to their new album, spiritual and even Christmas themes in their latest songs, writing new music together and apart, other future plans, and much more.     

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Kaie Kellough and Jason Sharp discuss their work together in FYEAR and their new, self-titled debut album, our Alberta commonalities and the Edmonton Oilers, the origin of their social and musical relationship, writing one piece that has been divided into chunks for this dynamic album and its concept and sound, what certain children think of the record, being a tension, how they work together, writing more music, other future plans, and much more.

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Mark Mothersbaugh from DEVO discusses his new hardcover art book, APOTROPAIC BEATNIK GRAFFITI, how limited eyesight helped make him a visionary, a 2020 hospital admission for COVID-19 that changed his life forever, mail art and thousands of art cards, how visual art led to the pursuit of music and DEVO’s formation, very old and very recent personal interactions with three Beatles, loving the Rolling Stones and avoiding LSD, the essay Ian Svenonius wrote for this book, the current state of devolution, what’s next for him and DEVO, other future plans, and much more. 

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You’ve Changed Records is 15! A celebration featuring reflections by Steven Lambke, Daniel Romano’s Outfit, Attack in Black, Shotgun Jimmie, Julie Doiron, Marine Dreams, Apollo Ghosts, the Burning Hell, Nap Eyes, Partner, Mar Sellars, Jon McKiel, Status/Non-Status, Fiver, Colin Medley, and Julianna Riolino, plus a tribute to Richard Laviolette and love for Leanne Betasomasake Simpson, and much more!

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Jim White and Guy Picciotto discuss their work together on Jim’s first solo album, All Hits: Memories, drumming, our relationship with artifacts and memories in an age of informational saturation, experimenting with keyboards and music production, perspectives on Jim’s idiosyncratic approach to drumming and ambient music, working in film and a lost soundtrack opportunity, tour, updates on new projects, other future plans, and much more.

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Sohrab Habibion and Michael Jaworski discuss the new SAVAK album, Flavors of Paradise, dancing seahorses, snow shovelling adventures, the late Rick Froberg’s role in influencing aspects of SAVAK and his constant presence in our lives, U.S. politics and the media, singing about years, defending your band name, gallows humour and punk-infused pop music, many project updates, tour news, other future plans, and much more.  

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Rosali discusses her beautiful new album Bite Down, Michigan, Philadelphia, and school trips to Canada, the important details, living in North Carolina with a dog and commuting to Nebraska, her band Long Hots’ Third Man Records single, befriending the David Nance Group and the Mowed Sound’s live-off-the-floor approach on Bite Down, our shared admiration for H.C. McEntire, her parents' rock band, appreciating the Grateful Dead, escaping pigeonholes, touring, other future plans, and much more.  

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Dan Boeckner discusses BOECKNER and Boeckner!, Canada’s politics, history, and capitulation to fascism, feckless Canadian journalism, Israel, Palestine, and perceptions of the war crimes in Gaza, how aspects of the pandemic and human behaviour influenced the lyrics on his otherwise upbeat and powerful new album, collaborating with Matt Chamberlain, Brad Laner, and Kiwi Jr.’s Jeremy Gaudet, answering a Patreon question, tour dates, other future plans, and much more.

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