To close out our 5th season, we're presenting a very dusty episode of the Completely Ignored podcast and in spite of a bit of audio crackle, we manage to pull out a fun chat with Canadian singer/songwriter Damhnait Doyle. The focus is Lucinda W

S5, E5: Stu Stone on OK Computer (Radiohead)

Jul 3rd, 2019 25m 52s

Wikipedia calls him "a Canadian film, television, and voice-over actor as well as a producer of television, film and music". We call him a kick-ass guest. His name is Stu Stone and his album of choice is OK Computer, the 1997 opus from famously

S5, E4: Lanrick Bennett Jr. on Missiles (The Dears)

Jun 27th, 2019 29m 37s

From the inner circles of politics, art and activism to the friendly confines of the Completely Ignored Podcast, Canadian music advocate Lanrick Bennett Jr. brings plenty of humour and heart to this episode. In it, we're talking about the Dears

S5, E3: Elisabeth Bailey on Live Through This (Hole)

Jun 19th, 2019 33m 48s

I wanna be the girl with the most cake... and I want YOU to be amongst the first to listen our latest podcast. It features comedian Elisabeth Bailey and a deep dive into Hole's 1994 sophomore full-length Live Through This. This is a deep, thoug

S5, E2: Toronto Mike on Shakespeare My Butt (Lowest of the Low)

Jun 12th, 2019 41m 9s

This episode is neither rosy nor grey as Toronto podcast icon Toronto Mike joins the fellas to talk Lowest of the Low. This, of course, is the band who has served as the longtime outro music on the Toronto Mike'd podcast and will be the musical

S5, E1: Danko Jones on Fake Can Be Just as Good (Blonde Redhead)

Jun 5th, 2019 34m 58s

After an (extended) break, Cam and Sammy roar back for Season 5 of the podcast. In fine style, they've brought in Toronto-based, world-renown rock icon Danko Jones to help prime the pump. In discussion is the late 20th century guitar weirdness

Bonus episode: Pat Mastroianni on the music of Degrassi

Apr 25th, 2018 58m 41s

In this special bonus episode, we spend over an hour with Canadian TV mainstay Pat Mastroianni, best known for his portrayal of the fedora-lovin’ Joey Jeremiah on Degrassi Jr. High, Degrassi High and Degrassi: The Next Generation. We talk about

S4, E10: Dear Science by TV on the Radio

Apr 16th, 2018 43m 1s

Cam and Sammy wrap their 4th season of the podcast with a look at TV on the Radio and their third full-length, 2008’s Dear Science. Lots of New York talk and lots of talk about bands who can pull off sprawling multi-genre music… and bands who c

S4, E9: Bloom by Beach House

Apr 8th, 2018 31m 4s

Let's get hazy, dreamy, swoony and spacey with Bloom, the 2012 fourth full-length from Beach House. Cam and Sammy love this band and it shows! They touch on the fleetingness of anticipating new music that comes with age, the timeliness of Beach

S4, E8: Talkie Walkie by Air

Apr 1st, 2018 25m 41s

We’re going to France and our passport... is... uh... music! It’s the third studio full-length from Air and it’s called Walkie Talkie, a sadly under-remembered album that sounds as smart and sophisticated in 2018 as it did in 2004. Cam and Samm

S4, E7: PCD by the Pussycat Dolls

Mar 25th, 2018 49m 27s

The fur flies on this episode of the Completely Ignored Podcast as Ali Manion (partnership manager, Diply) joins us for a look back at the manufactured meows of the Pussycat Dolls and their 2005 debut PCD. Together, we unpack the concept of “a

S4, E6: The Rising by Bruce Springsteen

Mar 19th, 2018 1h 12m

A dense, deep chat about “The Boss” here as my high school pal Adam Sidenberg and I revisit Bruce Springsteen’s 2002 full-length The Rising. Spoiler alert: Lots of 9/11 talk in terms of musical responses and how that time and this album were a

S4, S5: Live. Love. A$AP by A$AP Rocky

Mar 12th, 2018 31m 59s

Another Completely Ignored first as Cam and Sammy talk about a mixtape: Live. Love. A$AP, the 2011 debut from Harlem lyrcist and fashion fave A$AP Rocky. After a bit of "What's a mixtape, anyway?" exposition, Cam and Sammy dig deep into what de

S4, E4: Fever to Tell by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Mar 6th, 2018 27m 11s

Cam and Sammy (fake) travel to New York City and back to 2003 on this episode for a revisit of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs debut full-length Fever to Tell. We talk about where the YYYs slot in amongst the finest acts of “NYC in the 2000s”, when somethi

S4, E3: Le Noise by Neil Young

Feb 28th, 2018 35m 7s

This podcast is a deep, deep dive in the Neil Young back catalogue and his 30th studio full-length Le Noise. Toronto-based digital expert Karim Kanji guests for a high-quality chat about what makes Neil Young Neil Young and why the dude is stil

S4, E2: Funeral by the Arcade Fire

Feb 21st, 2018 46m 7s

Funeral was the 2004 debut full-legnth from the Arcade Fire and it's generally regarded as one of the strongest first efforts in recent memory. Toronto-based digital guru/ninja/svengali/person Lindsay Lynch seconds this "emotion". She joins Cam

S4, E1: Heligoland by Massive Attack

Feb 13th, 2018 33m 57s

The Completely Ignored podcast returns for a fourth season with a focus on 10 "Albums of the 2000s". Kicking things off is Massive Attack and its 2010 full-length Heligoland. Cam and Sammy both gush over the uniqueness and chill-AF excellence o

S3, E6: Original Pirate Material by The Streets

Sep 5th, 2017 34m 16s

We take things back to the early months of 2002 and Original Pirate Material, the debut full-length from grime-y UK artist The Streets. A singularly unique time capsule of a time/place, Cam and Sammy look to unpack where this album fits in the

S3, E5: Look Sharp! by Joe Jackson

Aug 23rd, 2017 36m 15s

Not to be confused with Michael Jackson's dad (or the disgraced baseball player), Joe Jackson is the profilic British singer/songwriter and subject matter for S3, E5 of the podcast. His 1979 debut Look Sharp! is full of songs that are both brat

S3, E4: Is This It by the Strokes

Aug 7th, 2017 35m 33s

It's our first episode about an album from the current century! Still, we're going way back to 2001 to talk about the much-hyped, much-loved first full-length from the Strokes, Is This It. We gently discuss whether this and other albums of its

S3, E3: Murmur by R.E.M.

Jul 31st, 2017 44m 40s

Cam and Sammy stick around the early 1980s and profusely gush over R.E.M. and its first full-length, 1983's Murmur. In this episode, we go deep on the first five R.E.M. albums, I.R.S. Records, hidden gems from the band's later years and why R.E

S3, E2: Psychocandy by the Jesus and Mary Chain

Jul 23rd, 2017 38m 1s

It's a gnarly, noisy debut from an dour, angry band. It's Psychocandy, the 1985 first full-length from the Jesus and Mary Chain. Cam and Sammy talk about noise and melodies and why JAMC weren't shoegaze, New Wave, goth... but were kind of all o

S3, E1: My Aim is True by Elvis Costello

Jul 17th, 2017 31m 31s

The Completely Ignored Podcast is back and (slightly) better than ever. New season, New topic. Debut albums! To start, we go back 40 years. Summer of 1977 and the first full-length from Elvis Costello, My Aim is True. The audio on this episode

S2, E10: Up to Here by the Tragically Hip

Apr 18th, 2017 55m 45s

Season Two wraps with a chat about iconic Canadian classic rock heroes the Tragically Hip and their 1989 debut full-length Up to Here. Where to even start with this band? Well, we try to compare them to R.E.M., the Black Crowes, Pearl Jam and t

S2, E9: Superior Cackling Hen by the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir

Apr 6th, 2017 32m 34s

The fellas go back to late, late 20th century Toronto for this episode as they talk up the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir and their stellar 1992 full-length Superior Cackling Hen. Why didn’t this band become more of "a thing" beyond the GTA? We don’t