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Ep. #856: ROY

Post author By vish
Post date April 11, 2024

Patrick Lefler discusses his band ROY and their beautiful new album, Spoons for the World, working as a foley artist and a brief lesson in making good sipping and kissing sounds, the role room sounds and ambiance play in his work, Patrick Roy, LeBron James, and Bryan Trottier, growing up in Guelph and the premise that it’s a music and arts city, his dad’s record collection, his new record’s lyrical themes and Jeff McMurrich’s strings suggestion, upcoming shows, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #854: METZ

Post author By vish
Post date April 9, 2024

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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Tags 99, absence, advertising, alexdunham, alexedkins, anger, bass, benstillershow, cats, chrisslorach, christhompson, cindylee, cinematic, ColinMedley, comfort, confidence, consumption, death, Drumming, electriccircus, ericstrip, evolution, family, gravityhill, grief, guitar, Halifax, hardcore, haydenmenzies, Hoover, improvisation, jemcohen, juliedoiron, life, litterbox, longing, loss, markgaudet, maturity, METZ, missing, monkees, MuchEast, MuchMusic, murderecords, musicvideos, mybloodyvalentine, newchapter, owenpallett, pandemic, ragdoll, records, regulatorwatts, rickwhite, sethmanchester, shoegaze, Sloan, sodapop, sonicyouth, strings, studio, tempo, theinbreds, time, tinycans, Toronto, tour, upongravityhill, vocals, weirdnightmare, youvechangedrecords

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Ep. #846: BOECKNER

Post author By vish
Post date March 14, 2024

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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