Mac, Geoff and Jim flip through the 2018 edition of DOMINIONATED's annual Favourite Fifty list and go deep on the top 10. Featured Songs:Fille de personne II - Hubert LenoirMinotaur Forgiving Minos - MoonfaceShow You the Valley - Young Gala

Best of 2018: The Honourable Mentions

Dec 11th, 2018 55m 38s

Mac and Geoff discuss the confusing new Grimes song "We Appreciate Power" and Daniel Romano's show at Lee's Palace in Toronto. With the help of DOMINIONATED contributors Josh Weinberg, Jon Neher, Olivia Pasquarelli and cofounder Jim Di Gioia, w

Illuminating the life and music of Buffy Sainte-Marie with biographer Andrea Warner

Oct 1st, 2018 54m 21s

Mac and Geoff talk to Andrea Warner about her new book, Buffy Sainte-Marie. We discuss Andrea's personal history with Buffy's music; Buffy's life and career; what sets her apart from other songwriting-icons; Buffy's approach to protest; Buffy's

Jeremy Dutcher wins the Polaris Music Prize, Grayowl Point says goodbye and Bryan Adams goes to Ottawa

Sep 24th, 2018 50m 25s

Mac and Geoff discuss Jeremy Dutcher winning the Polaris Prize for his stunning debut album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, the case for the continuing relevance of Polaris and our favourite performances from the Gala; Jim pops in to say goodbye to

Is Fucked Up the greatest Canadian band of the 21st century?

Aug 16th, 2018 39m 9s

Mac and Geoff talk about their excitement for Fucked Up's forthcoming album Dose Your Dreams, their legacy and why they might be the greatest Canadian band of this century (so far). We also talk about how to build a musical foundation in the st

Gonna die in suburbia: A deep dive into Matthew Good Band's Beautiful Midnight and Chastity's Death Lust

Aug 3rd, 2018 1h 3m

Mac and Geoff go deep on two records that have a lot in common. First, they discuss Chastity's big feels alt-rock stunner Death Lust and then they go deep on what they consider one of the best Canadian rock albums of all time, Beautiful Midnigh

When music is sports there are too many losers feat. Jim Di Gioia

Jul 19th, 2018 43m 31s

Dominionated co-founder and Polaris Prize Juror Jim Di Gioia joins the guys to talk about sexual education; 1998; we parse the winners and lament the many losers of the Polaris Prize Short List including U.S. Girls, Jeremy Dutcher, Alvvays, Sno

Don't you want to keep a companion for Canada Day?

Jul 5th, 2018 38m 27s

Correction: NEEDS' lead singer Sean Orr is incorrectly referred to as "Scott". We regret this error.The guys discuss Tryal's Companion and their show at the Toronto Jazz Fest, Canada Day, why Canadian music sort of is a genre, (the underrated?

March Madness for Canadian music nerds

Jun 28th, 2018 32m 18s

Mac and Geoff make a promise to podcast more and discuss the impending Drake album, the Polaris Prize Long List, Isla Craig's The Becoming and Mormor's Heaven's Only Wishful.Featured songs:Messages (Garden Edition) - Isla CraigL-Over - U.S.

The Big Shiny Dominionated Podcast

Apr 19th, 2018 1h 11m

We are living in a time where curation has become an unprecedented commodity. A few weeks ago Spotify, the streaming giant, went public. There is — apparently — money to be made in the streaming/curation industry, of course, not for most musici

The Top 10 Barenaked Ladies Songs (that we know)

Mar 22nd, 2018 52m 26s

To celebrate their impending reunion, in honour of their induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, we thought it would be beneficial to examine the long, strange and supremely goofy career and legacy of Canada's favourite band of joke-roc

Dominionated's Most Anticipated Albums of 2018

Jan 29th, 2018 56m 12s

We did it. We recorded another. This time, we decided to do the one thing lazier than recounting our favourite records from a year past—looking ahead at what the year in music brings. Mac and Geoff discuss the surprise Daniel Romano albums Nerv