Start the Music! 016 – Taco Hell
This episode I have an interview with Taco Hell drummer Max Qayyum where we talk DIY, the importance of playing your own city first, and promoting a band in this internet age. There’s also music from Hunter Dumped Us Here and Youth In Revolt. Send me your recommendations!
Show Notes:
LIFE IN THE STOCKS Podcast: Episode 30 Interview with Frank Turner (but listen to them all)
Taco Hell links: BandCamp | Circle Records | Facebook | Twitter
TRACK LISTING
1. Blue Treasure – Hunter Dumped Us Here
2. The Broken – Youth in Revolt
Links to Buy their Music | Twitter
3. Girl Up (live) – Taco Hell
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*As always support the music you love by buying their songs, merchandise, and show tickets.
Start the Music! 015 – Shadow of Everest
This episode meets all Can-Con requirements as Kat is joined by all four members of Shadow of Everest, the band that this very podcast played a track from on its very first episode. We talk about being a band in Atlantic Canada, Tool, existing outside genres and their new EP “Idle Hands”. As well the track listing is full of bands from the Maritimes, who says they don’t put out great music?
Show Notes:
Book: A Distorted Revolution: How Eric’s Trip Changed Music, Moncton, and Me (amazon)
Shadow of Everest links: Website | Facebook | Twitter | BandCamp
TRACK LISTING
1. Feel the Same Way Too – The Rankin Family (Nova Scotia)
2. Behind the Garage – Eric’s Trip (New Brunswick)
3. Peter’s Dream – Lennie Gallant (Prince Edward Island)
4. Idle Hands – Shadow of Everest (Nova Scotia)
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*As always support the music you love by buying their songs, merchandise, and show tickets.
[Top]Start the Music 014 – Music Break I
The first episode of Start the Music without a guest, but have no fear because that half hour of talking has been replaced with twenty-six shiny minutes of music from across the genres. Take it on a commute, listen on a lunch break, there’s something for everyone. For less than the cost of a latte in Canada you can own all these tracks.
Days before the episode dropped I got to see Trapper Schoepp live at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC! An acoustic set with so much power! His song Bumper Cars is song number four, check it and the others out!
TRACK LISTING:
1. Fear – Americas Pastime
2. Back on Track – Counter Theory
3. I’m Right! You’re Wrong!! – The Sold! and the Bones (video)
4. Bumper Cars – Trapper Schoepp
5. Saturday Night – Johnny & the Razorblades
6. Time Heals – Arbors Lane
7. Russian Beers – Woodchuck
8. Warriors – Static Alice
9. There Goes my Baby – The Millwinders
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*As always support the music you love by buying their songs, merchandise, and show tickets.
[Top]Start the Music! 013 – Corbett Redford (Director – Turn it Around: The Story of East Bay Punk)
This episode I’m joined by Corbett Redford, director & writer of the Green Day funded documentary film Turn it Around: The Story of East Bay Punk. We talk about 924 Gilman, being a first time director and about being a punk in the East bay area.
There’s some music too, all related to the film. Make sure to listen to the end for a song by supergroup The Armstrongs that you can buy on iTunes with proceeds going to 924 Gilman.
Show Notes:
Turn it Around: The Story of East Bay Punk Official Site (Trailer & Screening dates)
HelpGilman.org | 924 Gilman Website
Referenced in the interview: the Great White Fire & Ghost Ship fire in Oakland
Spotify playlist inspired by the movie
The late Lookout Records
TRACK LISTING
1. We Are the One – The Avengers
2. Boyfriend Wanted – Pansy Division
3. Story – The Lookouts
4. If There Was Ever a Time – The Armstrongs
Buy it here! (all proceeds go to 924 Gilman)
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*As always support the music you love by buying their songs, merchandise, and show tickets.
[Top]Start the Music! 012 – Dominic Glynn (TV & Film Composer)
This episode of Start the Music! I get to geek out a little with Doctor Who composer Dominic Glynn. We talk about theme tunes, UK techno, and about being a musician spanning the bridge between analogue & digital. I also have the pleasure of playing one of his Doctor Who theme remixes that you will not want to miss. There’s music from a heavy metal super-group (do you like Black Sabbath?) and touching on the Canadian Maritimes with a track from Moncton, New Brunswick.
Also mentioned on the podcast:
We Get Schwifty
Ludvico Treatment final album “Ends”!
Episode 6 Interview with Ludvico Treatment
Black Sabbath refresher on Spotify
Dominic Glynn Wiki
TRACK LISTING
1. Strange – Kill Devil Hill
2. Hung Upside Down – River Street Kings
3. Doctor Who Theme (Gallifrey After Dark Remix) – Dominic Glynn
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*As always support the music you love by buying their songs, merchandise, and show tickets.
[Top]Start the Music! 011 – Peter Chiykowski (Rock, Paper, Cynic)
For those of you who like Jonathan Coulton, Weird Al and comedy songs, you’ll want to hear this… In this episode I talk to musician and cartoonist Peter Chiykowski, known on the interwebz as Rock, Paper, Cynic thus fulfilling my CanCon requirement at least twice over. We talk about Canadian comic conventions, the Weakerthans and John K Samson and how a comedy song is like an oil spill.* Credit to Peter for that metaphor.
Also mentioned on the podcast:
Essay: In the End, It Does Matter
Rock Paper Cynic – Music
The Weakerthans
Jonathan Coulton
I also guested on Episode 78 of Bottom Shelf Recording Talk, check them out!
TRACK LISTING
1. Movement – Riviera
Bandcamp
2. Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys – Chasing Immortality
Bandcamp / Youtube
3. This Will Never End – Rock, Paper, Cynic
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*As always support the music you love by buying their songs, merchandise, and show tickets.
[Top]Start the Music! 010 – Christopher Holmes (Producer/Engineer)
We’re in the double digits and we’re celebrating by playing music from one of my personal playlists this week. We’ve got music from Motion City Soundtrack, Green Day and Blink 182.
My interview guest this episode has production credits which include work with Nine Inch Nails, Blink-182, +44, The Cure, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers amongst many others… This episode I talk to Christopher Holmes co-producer of Blink 182’s Neighborhoods & Dogs Eating Dogs about his journey getting into the music industry, being an engineer vs being a producer, working with Blink 182 and his upcoming soundtrack work.
Also mentioned on the podcast:
Chris Holmes mentions Butthole Surfers as an opening act to his first gig – Want to Check them Out?
New Propagandhi track! Victory Lap
TRACK LISTING
1. The Future Freaks Me Out – Motion City Soundtrack
2. East Jesus Nowhere – Green Day
3. Dogs Eating Dogs
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*As always support the music you love by buying their songs, merchandise, and show tickets.
[Top]Start the Music! 009 – Sam Eastmond (Composer)
This episode of Start the Music! I talk to Sam Eastmond, composer and one of the leaders of Spike Orchestra. We talk about music and community, being a band geek and the usual questions about first albums and first gigs. I also give some details about upcoming episode 10 and check out that SOCAN image on the sidebar! We’re licensed!
Find all you need to know about Spike Orchestra at: www.spikeorchestra.com
Cerberus: Masada Book Two The Spike Orchestra play John Zorn’s Masada available everywhere (also direct from the band)
For the full length (barely edited) interview with Sam – Click Here
Also mentioned on the podcast:
40 and Knocked Up
Seen and Heard in Edmonton
TRACK LISTING
1. Black Sheep – Abandin All Hope
2. Salaries & Wages – The Real McCoys
3. Life Inside – Spike Orchestra
Intro from the track: Construction – Spike Orchestra
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*As always thank you to all the bands who allow me to play their music. Support them if you can!
[Top]Start the Music! 005 – Alan Hempsall
Episode 005 – Alan Hempsall
It’s all about punk and post punk in this weeks interview. No CanCon this time. We have two great American bands and two tracks from our feature interview Alan Hempsall from the UK band Crispy Ambulance. If you have seen the indie movie/biographical film CONTROL about the life of Ian Curtis from Joy Division, you may recognize his name. This is a long episode folks, we’re getting close to an hour territory. I promise to talk as little as possible.
Twitter: @subliminal0ne
Website: SubliminalImpulse.com
TRACK LISTING
1: BEST PART OF ME – Fatgrip
Twitter: @Fatgrip
Website / Soundcloud
2: YOUTH DECAY – When Thieves Are About
Instagram: @whenthievesareabout
Twitter: @WTAANJPOPPUNK
Website / Bandcamp
3: PRESENCE – Crispy Ambulance
4: LOUPGAROU – Crispy Ambulance
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*As always thank you to all the bands who allow me to play their music. Support them if you can.
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Start the Music! 004 – Real Sickies
Episode 004 – Show Notes
We have not two, but four tracks for you to listen to this week. Enhance your commute or make your house-cleaning a little less painful with some great music. This weeks feature is an interview with Ben Disaster from the Alberta band Real Sickies.
An important crowdfunding campaign for a feature documentary called Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché needs your help (deadline is May 2)
TRACK LISTING
1: GODSPEED – Point North
Twitter: @Pointnorthband
2: TOUCH ME AGAIN – Petrol Girls
Facebook
Twitter: @Petrol_Girls
Touch Me Again music video
3: DUALITY ft. Swain – Bells and Robes
4: COOL CLUB – Real Sickies
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