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Ep. #926: OMBIIGIZI

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Adam Sturgeon and Daniel Monkman from OMBIIGIZI discuss their new album Shame, life in Ontario and Manitoba and some of the better Canadian provinces to live in, the biting tone, exploration of improvisation, and math rock influences that seeped into their latest songs, why being on a supportive record label is important, how figures like Marek Tyler have been positive leaders to Indigenous musicians in Canada, notions of tokenism and post-commodity, what’s next for this band and their individual pursuits, and much more.

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