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Sean Kelly is a longtime musician and the author of Don't Call It Hair Metal: Art in the Excess of '80s Rock (ECW Press, 2023). He joins me to talk about why people dismiss hair metal, Sean's "duality of mind" regarding problematic lyrics, Bri
Psychologist, professor, writer, and metalhead Steve Byrne joins me for a big discussion about the psychology of extreme music fandom. We get into the weeds on how heavy music serves unmet needs, the distinctions (and similarities) between met
Tracey Lindeman is a journalist and the author of BLEED: Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care (ECW Press, 2023). She joins me to discuss discovering punk rock through the book Please Kill Me, why people hate ska, machismo in pun
Photo: Megan ColeJason Schreurs describes his mental health struggles, and his connection to punk music, in the podcast and new book Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey Through Mental Health. He joins me to discuss his book, getting into punk thro
Musicologist Lily E. Hirsch joins me for a conversation about her many projects. We touch on everything from music used to repel teenagers from public spaces, to parenting and music lessons, to toxic ideas about musical genius, to her recent b
Scientist, researcher and musician David John Baker first came to my attention through his involvement with the Music For Brainwaves project, an experiment with designing music to invoke certain mental and emotional states. In addition to disc
A fan raises the metal horns for Monster Magnet's Dave Wyndorf at Hellfest 2014On this Very Special Episode, I discuss the beginnings of What Is This Music?! at the Hellfest metal festival in France in 2014, and give an overview of where the
Noted Toronto jazz drummer (and my brother) Nick Fraser joins me to talk about the concept of genre, musical narcissism, the difficulty in separating music from nostalgia, why he loves (and so many people hate) free jazz, what he looks for in
Yara El-Soueidi is a music writer in Montreal. She joins me to talk about why millennials get such a bad rap, why the decline of the album and the rise of the playlist isn't such a bad thing, how being a music writer changed her listening habi
The one and only Peaches calls in for a chat about growing up obsessed with musicals, AM radio, Bette Midler and Barbara Streisand; the previously undisclosed truth about the first record she ever bought; becoming a folkie and then an indie-ro
Musician Marty Ballentyne has been revisiting his collection, one album a day, and sharing the experience for the past four years. We talk about this as well as the resentments of Captain Beefheart's band members, the joys of extreme metal, th
Montreal film critic and podcaster Alex Rose has spent the pandemic on a personal project: listening to, and sharing on Instagram, his entire 3,000-LP record collection. He joins me to talk about what he discovered while revisiting the collect
Robert Dayton and Stephen Hamm are living legends of the music scene in Vancouver and beyond. They join me to discuss the origins of their duo Canned Hamm, our shared history with Peaches, the importance of staying freaky, the value of origina
Alan Zweig's Vinyl (2000) is a dark and profound personal documentary on obsessive record collectors (particularly the filmmaker himself). Today, after nine other documentaries, he's completing a sequel of sorts entitled Records. He joins me t
Montreal-based singer-songwriter (and co-host of the Country Classics Hour on CKUT 90.3 FM) Katie Moore joins me for a deep dive into the mystifying mix of symbolism, history, racial and class divisions, marketing, and the slippery concept of
Peterborough, Ontario-based Karol Orzechowski has been making music and touring as garbageface for many years. He joins me to discuss his beginnings as a singer-songwriter and what turned him to louder and more confrontational music; Rage Agai
Jace Lasek is known for his music with Montreal's The Besnard Lakes and Light Conductor as well as his role as co-owner of the Breakglass Studio. In addition to his own music he's mixed Wolf Parade's debut, engineered the latest godspeed you!
DJ Tamika Bernard was born in Guyana, raised in New York City, and currently lives in Toronto. She joins me to talk about cross-cultural connections, growing up amid hip-hop culture in Queens and Brooklyn, being a DJ during covid times, her b
Babs Vermeulen is a DJ and musician in Toronto; Sticky Henderson is a musician in Kingston, Ontario. We reconnect to talk about their first meeting in a small-town choir, our shared history with the Toronto music community that spawned Peaches
Amanda Burt is a producer with Banger Films, whose latest production is the series This Is Pop, chronicling some highlights of pop music history. She joins me to talk about this genre, why it's paradoxically popular and universally maligned, w
Mariana Timony is a music journalist, senior editor at the Bandcamp Daily, and author of the Weird Girls Post newsletter. She joins me to talk about the joys and pains of being part of a music scene, criticizing music criticism, a nuanced pers
Murray Lightburn is best known as the singer and leader of longtime Montreal rock stalwarts The Dears, and is also a solo performer, producer and composer. He joins me to talk about his favourite music (Motown, jazz, classical, and an unexpect
What do Rush, Korean boy band sensation BTS, and the Anthology of American Folk Music have in common? They all inspire obsessive devotion from their fans—including Taylor Savvy, Berlin-based Canadian musician and this week's guest. We get unde
Julie Blake works in publishing at the Erased Tapes record label in London, licensing music to films and other projects. She joins me to talk about her background as an up-and-coming teen rocker and CD store manager, the preponderance of music
DJ Stashu is the host of Dance With Me, Stanley (on legendary free-form radio station WFMU), a show dedicated to the joys of polka and other musical delights. She joins me to talk about her discovery and love of polka, giving music respect, cu
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