Kreative Kontrol

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!Phil Elverum is here to discuss the new Mount Eerie album, Night Palace, moving back to Washington State after a period living in New York, immersion in your community with family and friends, home ownership and having a sense of place, wealth accumulation and land back, singing and talking to animals, dating songs like journal entries, elaborate album packaging, parents and Palace Brothers, meditation and loving Eric’s Trip and Rick White’s artwork, a complementary book, 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. #889: Rick White and The SadiesEp. #775: Will Oldham & Lori DamianoEp. #673: Sonic YouthEp. #666: Elevator to HellEp. #651: Julie DoironEp. #500: Rick WhiteEp. #317: Bonnie ‘Prince’ BillyEp. #134: Bonnie ‘Prince’ BillyEric's Trip - A Love SupremeSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Heather O'Neill, an award-winning novelist known for her poignant storytelling, discusses her latest novel, The Capital of Dreams. The narrative follows a young girl's flight from genocide, accompanied by a talking goose that symbolizes authenticity. O'Neill draws parallels between her personal experiences and sociopolitical themes reflecting on war and identity. She shares insights on her upcoming Canadian book tour, the creative process behind her complex characters, and the metaphorical significance of tea amidst conflict, creating a rich tapestry of art and resilience.

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!Grasshopper from Mercury Rev is here to discuss their new album, Born Horses, his time in Buffalo, NY, its vibrant live music scene, and shopping for music-related items in Canada, collaborations and interactions with members of The Band, exploring poetry recitation, celebrating animals, their freedom, and human duality, writing about mental health, his film studies background and making cinematic music, upcoming work by Mercury Rev, 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. #889: Rick White and The SadiesEp. #671: Joe PeraEp. #507: Robbie RobertsonEp. #496: Iggy PopEp. #275: Incredible Love – Alan Vega & Suicide Remembered by Steve Albini, Jehnny Beth, Brendan Canty, Kid Millions, Robyn Phillips, Priya Thomas, & Mike WattEp. #214: Ani DiFrancoEp. #26: James Williamson of Iggy and the StoogesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!Tim Kasher from Cursive is here to discuss their new album, Devourer, its lyrical themes and why imperialism was on his mind, why the “you” in Cursive songs is often actually addressing himself, how people are navigating a golden age and glut of information, maintaining the status quo and denying reality, loving and hating oneself, being on a new label to expand your music community, touring with Cursive, 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. #914: American FootballEp. #905: Duane Denison from The Jesus LizardEp. #900: Fugazi and Jem CohenEp. #847: RosaliEp. #738: SuperchunkEp. #726: Archers of LoafEp. #377: Land of TalkSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!Steve Holmes from American Football is back to discuss American Football (25th Anniversary Edition) and American Football (Covers), Chicago pizza, a brief history of American Football, why Mike Kinsella is overdue for his flowers, having fans like the 1975 and Phoebe Bridgers, the fascinating story of the now iconic American Football house in Illinois that adorns their album art and the fact that the band now owns that house, updates on new music by American Football, and much more.Support vish on Patreon! Thanks to Blackbyrd Myoozik, Pizza Trokadero, 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. #904: Mac McNeilly from The Jesus LizardEp. #900: Fugazi and Jem CohenEp. #897: Tom MullenEp. #884: Tim KinsellaEp. #761: JokermenEp. #483: American FootballSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!Sam Nicholson from the Australian indie-rock band Quivers is here to discuss their brilliant Merge Records debut, Oyster Cuts, life in Tasmania and down under, an inadvertent Pavement allusion and recent encounter with Mark Ibold, how Quivers wound up on Merge and Sam’s affection for Calgary’s Chad VanGaalen, surviving cancer as a child and hanging out with Ringo Starr from the Liverpool-based band, the Beatles, covering grief, joy, telephones, technology, and more in his songs, the Wiggles and music inclusivity, when Quivers played Guelph and I wasn’t there, current and future tour dates in North America and beyond, other future plans, and much more. Support vish on Patreon! Thanks to Pizza Trokadero, 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. #910: The Hard QuartetEp. #738: SuperchunkEp. #722: The BethsEp. #678: Mark IboldEp. #677: PavementEp. #602: Chad VanGaalenEp. #373: Pavement’s Bob Nastanovich and Steve WestSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!WE ARE WINTER’S BLUE AND RADIANT CHILDREN’S Mat Ball (BIG|BRAVE), Jonathan Downs (Vervain, Rhubarb), Efrim Manuel Menuck (godspeed you! black emperor, ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT), and Patch One (Vervain, Pond 1000, Greef) discuss their new album, No More Apocalypse Father, starting a band with people you’ve never met before, an affinity for winter, parents, children, and patriarchy, when Michael Jackson dangled his baby Blanket over a balcony and how the concept of a family can be exploited, singing lullabies in a baritone and having empathy, spectating atrocities from afar, denying reality and having hope, what’s next for WAWBARC, other future plans, and much more.Support vish on Patreon! Thanks to Blackbyrd Myoozik.Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters to Santa. Follow vish online.Related episodes/links:Ep. #867: BIG|BRAVEEp. #781: ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHTEp. #667: Efrim Manuel MenuckEp. #637: ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHTEp. #62: Efrim Menuck of Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra + Godspeed You! Black EmperorSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!All Wild Things Are Shy is Richard Laviolette’s final album and was released posthumously one year after he sought MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) on September 5, 2023. To provide more insight about its creation and Richard’s state of mind in writing and recording these songs while struggling with Huntington’s disease and the sudden onset of accelerated, severe symptoms, I organized a discussion with his partner and collaborator sophia bartholomew, the record’s lead instrumentalist, Rich Burnett, producer Scott Merritt, and artistic advisor and You’ve Changed Records label manager, Steven Lambke. We love Richard and will never forget him.Support vish on Patreon! Thanks to Pizza Trokadero, 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. #850: You’ve Changed Records is 15!Richard Laviolette RememberedEp. #682: Steven LambkeEp. #305: Richard LavioletteEp. #129: Scott MerrittSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!Stephen Malkmus and Matt Sweeney discuss their band the Hard Quartet and its new, self-titled debut LP, living in places like Chicago and New York City, the memorial weekend event for Steve Albini that Matt and I attended in Illinois this past July and playing complicated games of dice, the friendship that Stephen and Matt shared with the late David Berman and fresh perspectives on the time Berman, Stephen, and Bob Nastanovich infamously heckled Nirvana, how the Hard Quartet all became friends and eventually started this band where all the guitarists take turns playing bass, the stories behind some of the songs and sounds by the Hard Quartet, the Edmonton Oilers and Neil Young’s iconic father, the late hockey writer, Scott Young, Matt’s amazing video series Guitar Moves, what’s next for the Hard Quartet, other future plans, and much more. Support vish on Patreon! Follow vish online.Related episodes/links:Ep. #890: Man ManEp. #869: Steve AlbiniEp. #677: PavementEp. #591: Matt SweeneyEp. #492: I Remember Me and David BermanEp. #481: David BermanEp. #392: Stephen MalkmusEp. #373: Pavement’s Bob Nastanovich and Steve WestEp. #165: Bob Nastanovich of Silver JewsEp. #74: Stephen MalkmusEp. #38: Krist NovoselicSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!Jonah Falco returns to discuss the brilliant new Jade Hairpins album, Get Me the Good Stuff, his work-related education and academic background, writing deeply reflective yet catchy songs about his aging parents and middle age, the development of his British dialect as a Canadian living on boats, where the “wrong pop” of Jade Hairpins comes from, stories about the ambitious 24 hour livestream that Fucked Up held recently where they publicly wrote, recorded, and released a new album in one day, Jade Hairpins’ live line-up and tour dates, other future plans, and much more.Support vish on Patreon! Thanks to Pizza Trokadero, 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. #892: Fucked UpEp. #747: Fucked UpEp. #669: Dallas Good RememberedEp. #654: Fucked Up on ‘David Comes to Life’ (Part Two)Ep. #605: Fucked UpEp. #536: Jade HairpinsEp. #431: Mike Haliechuk of Fucked UpEp. #104: Fucked UpSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.