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  • Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2006) - Teaser

    Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2006) - Teaser
    Jan 25 2025

    The first time I interviewed Will Oldham, it was in-person at a Toronto café on August 19, 2006. He’d played an in-store at Rotate This (Queen & Bathurst location) earlier in the day, and I was told I had 25 minutes to ask him about his then new album, The Letting Go. It was a magazine assignment, but I also planned to use it for my young campus/community radio show, and so we pretended we were live on the air, early on a Wednesday morning (it aired on September 13, 2006). I abided by the 25-minute limit, turning my minidisc recorder off once the interview was done. Will and I then chatted in that noisy café for close to three more hours. In a way, we’ve been bonded ever since, having had many of the most enjoyable, insightful conversations I’ve had with anyone since I began interviewing people for a living.


    The new Bonnie “Prince” Billy album, The Purple Bird, is out January 31, 2025. There’s a connection between how this record was made and that long, informal talk Will and I had, so I thought I’d share my first interview with him.


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    5 mins
  • Ep. #943: André Ethier

    Ep. #943: André Ethier
    Jan 23 2025

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    André Ethier is back to discuss his new album, Cold Spaghetti.., personal fitness routines and preferences, musical theatre and cultural adaptation in songwriting, art galleries, museums, and colonialism, compensation, labour, and attribution, caterpillars as a muse, Sandro Perri as a muse, revisiting indie-rock recordings made as a teen, contemplating new songs, other future plans, and much more.


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    Ep. #503: André Ethier

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    Ep. #139: Greg Cartwright of the Reigning Sound

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Ep. #942: Nap Eyes

    Ep. #942: Nap Eyes
    Jan 21 2025
    EVERY OTHER KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO MONTHLY $6 USD PATREON SUPPORTERS. Enjoy this excerpt and please subscribe now via this link to hear this full episode. Thanks!Nigel Chapman and Josh Salter from Nap Eyes stop by for a talk about their new album, The Neon Gate, working remotely and living in a house together, producer Rene Wilson and the synthesized, electronic drum sounds on this record, people swapping instruments and a tremendous guitar part that recalls Nels Cline, adapting poetry for new song lyrics, two bands called Quivers, an appointment with Dr. Cool, writing new songs, touring a lot, playing in Edmonton at Winterruption on January 22, other future plans, and much more.Support vish on Patreon! Thanks to Blackbyrd Myoozik, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters to Santa. Follow vish online.Related episodes/links:Ep. #930: Dog DayEp. #913: QuiversEp. #893: Energy SlimeEp. #885: LaughingEp. #850: You’ve Changed Records is 15!Ep. #809: Faith HealerEp. #414: Nap EyesEp. #198: Nigel Chapman of Nap EyesEp. #110: Josh Salter & Matt Peters of MonomythSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    22 mins
  • Ep. #941: Songhoy Blues

    Ep. #941: Songhoy Blues
    Jan 16 2025

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    Garba Touré and Oumar Touré from Songhoy Blues discuss their new album, Héritage, our previous encounters when they played shows in Guelph, Ontario, fleeing a civil war and Sharia law in Timbuktu and how safe they feel playing music in Mali, the sound and themes of their new album, stories about each and every song, touring, other future plans, and much more.


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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Ep. #940: Madi Diaz

    Ep. #940: Madi Diaz
    Jan 14 2025

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    Madi Diaz is here to discuss the one-year anniversary of her Grammy-nominated album, Weird Faith, our Office Hours Live connection, humour, spirituality, love and other things that ground her, how her album and planning this interview cheered me up recently, the surprising resonance of her song “God Person,” her family life and being home schooled, picking up on a thread from my recent Dorothea Paas interview, how she got into music, an update about the new record she’s making with Gabe Wax, other future plans, and much more.


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    Ep. #932: Tim Heidecker

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    21 mins
  • Ep. #939: Contrived

    Ep. #939: Contrived
    Jan 9 2025
    EVERY OTHER KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO MONTHLY $6 USD PATREON SUPPORTERS. This one is fine, but please subscribe now on Patreon so you never miss full episodes. Thanks!Loel Campbell and Michael “Turk” MacNeil from Contrived are here to discuss Addicted to Sadness, the band’s first album since 2008, growing up in Stellarton, Nova Scotia and bonding over music, the Dependent Music community, how Brian Borcherdt often shared new music discoveries with friends, key producers like Charles Austin and Andy Magoffin, when Wintersleep blew up and people moved to Montreal, Turk’s unique skills as a narrative lyricist, why Contrived is a going concern again, what’s next for the band, other future plans, and much more. Support vish on Patreon! Thanks to the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters to Santa. Follow vish online.Related episodes/links:Ep. #930: Dog DayEp. #900: Fugazi and Jem CohenEp. #889: Rick White and The SadiesEp. #808: Land of TalkEp. #657: Jud HaynesEp. #653: Dorothea Paas, Brian Borcherdt, Anyika Mark, Ruth Belay, Ani Castillo on Long NightEp. #519: Holy FuckEp. #364: Walter Shreifels of Dead Heavens, QuicksandEp. #117: Charles Austin of the Super FriendzSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Ep. #938: Daryl Johns

    Ep. #938: Daryl Johns
    Jan 7 2025
    EVERY OTHER KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO MONTHLY $6 USD PATREON SUPPORTERS. Enjoy this excerpt and please subscribe now via this link to hear this full episode. Thanks!Daryl Johns is here to discuss his new self-titled album, how an elevated bed is a marker of adulthood, missing Jersey, why Sting cannot possibly be the same guy who was in the Police, how musical technique ebbs and flows in popular music, how he’s been bringing his studio sound to the stage, genre signifiers like “diner rock” and “bubble gum country,” loving sitcom theme music and 1980s sounds, playing shows in New York City, writing new songs, other future plans, and much more.Support vish on Patreon! Thanks to the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters to Santa. Follow vish online.Related episodes/links:Ep. #898: Jon Benjamin – Jazz DaredevilEp. #886: Chris CorsanoEp. #878: Ted LeoEp. #877: Gastr del SolEp. #870: The Lemon TwigsEp. #748: Meg BairdEp. #548: Kool KeithEp. #80: Mac DeMarcoEp. #38: Krist NovoselicSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    20 mins
  • Ep. #937: Mouth Congress

    Ep. #937: Mouth Congress
    Dec 31 2024
    EVERY OTHER KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO MONTHLY $6 USD PATREON SUPPORTERS. Enjoy this excerpt and please subscribe now via this link to hear this full episode. Thanks!Paul Bellini and Scott Thompson return to discuss Valley of Song, the new album by Mouth Congress, recent Kids in the Hall shows featuring banned material, the fate of Amazon Prime’s Kids in the Hall series, Bubby and the Mouth Congress band, Sandinista! by the Clash and making a double-LP, singing influences like Johnny Cash and Buck 65, sexuality, urban myths, and gerbiling, the Gabors vs. the Kardashians, Scott addressing the school shooting he survived in Brampton, Ontario, reflecting upon family, what’s next for Mouth Congress and Kids in the Hall, other future plans, and much more.Support vish on Patreon!Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters to Santa. Follow vish online.Related episodes/links:Ep. #744: Don PyleEp. #691: The Kids in the HallEp. #531: Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini of Mouth Congress/Kids in the HallEp. #512: Kevin McDonaldEp. #439: Bruce McCulloch and Paul MyersEp. #333: Kevin McDonaldEp. #290: John Semley on The Kids in the HallEp. #182: Scott Thompson answers Exclaim!’s QuestionnaireEp. #172: Long Night with Scott Thompson, Damian Rogers, Don Pyle, and OvernightEp. #158: Bruce McCullochSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    21 mins