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Ep. #1108: Bellbird

Claire Devlin and Eli Davidovici from Bellbird are here for a springtime talk about their new album The Call, the McGill University music program, why so many musicians from British Columbia wind up in Montreal, their respective early interests in top 40 pop radio, mainstream and classic rock, and eventually jazz and free music, how improvisation can feel like freedom but also be quite frightening, the cultural hub that was Resonance Café, playing improvisation games, delving into the political nature of songs like “Blowing on Embers” and “Soft Animal” and dedicating the former to a free Palestine, relating to birds, playing a show at Suoni Per Il Popolo on June 28, 2026, working on new songs, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #1094: Jeff Miller

Post author By vish
Post date May 14, 2026

Jeff Miller is here to discuss his captivating debut novel, Temporary Palaces, living all over Canada and seeing an Edmonton Oilers hockey game in their championship heyday, our unexpected comedy connections, being inspired by bands like Shotmaker, Kepler, and Fugazi among others, hardcore punk rock lore and mythology, how Ottawa’s punk community inspired him to participate generally and start writing zines, what his novel is about and what exactly inspired it, pondering your subcultural youth in adulthood, upcoming live book events, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #1093: Spencer Krug

Spencer Krug returns to discuss his excellent new album, Same Fangs, local pigs under duress and songs inspired by animals, sharing early and in-progress versions of his new songs with his Patreon subscribers, philosophical notions of what songs actually are, parasocial interaction and the increased intimacy between creators and fans via crowdfunding sites, the ups and downs of Sunset Rubdown and its uncertain current status, feeling a profound sense of sadness and hopelessness about the suffering of others and how that can affect your relationship with your family, the trick of acquiring geopolitical knowledge, information, and news and knowing what to do with it to affect positive change, the reality and the internet, his Wolf Parade colleague Dan Boeckner’s political outspokenness as a prolific poster, his reaction to the Wolf Parade song “I’ll Believe in Anything” featuring in a key scene from the show Heated Rivalry and the ensuing popularity of both, updates about new Wolf Parade music, forthcoming solo show dates and performance configurations, other future plans, and much more.

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