Hitmakers

Or: "Why I Quit Podcasting?" 

We're back! Gig report! Hanging out with friends! And more!

We hit the road! We go to a Propagandhi show! We drop names! And more!

In which we HIT THE ROAD!  We PRACTICE! We BUSK! We PLAY 2 SHOWS! We TALK ABOUT GEAR! As Tim Armstrong once said, "LET'S GO!"

EXCLUSIVE! UNRELEASED! ALL CAPS! This week's video didn't really make sense as a podcast, so instead here's a bit that got cut. It was too long (10 mins) to sift through and edit, but we believe it makes sense here. Hop in and let's get to the gig!

IDK man, this one feels like a mess. In which we take a look at our efforts and ask "is it enough?" Oh, and- we organize our merch!

September = fall. Are you ready?

Checking out venues for street performance; musings on "entertainment" gigs (vs "art"), social media strategy (yay) and the ECMA.

plus: Beauty, The Beast

This week, we take a look at what we've been avoiding, go to a music festival, go to the beach, and get a surprise visitor: Sir Anthony Hopkins.

This week, we are SPELLING IT OUT The challenges are LEGION And we are BUT ONE fortunately, DEATH ALONE MAY STOP US ☠️

Sickness, stress, poor planning and psychedelia. All in a week's work. 

Well, hello there! It's been a while. How are you? This is the audio from the intro episode of your humble host's new YouTube series "WHY DON'T YOU GET A REAL JOB?" In which we explore the reality of actually making a living as an independent musician on Canada's East Coast. Ryan is giving himself one year to figure it out or.... get a real job. Tune in every Tuesday to see how it's going!

OK, not really a holiday episode, but Dan's new book makes a great "holiday gift." As for the interview, it's real and it's spectacular. DAN OZZI is a New York-raised, LA-based writer. He's got a new book called “Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007)". He's written for outlets you've read and interviewed bands you know (Blink 182, anyone?). We talk about his own evolution, cultural trends, and of course, what it means to sell out.

We're (momentarily) back baby!! On this EXTRA SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE, your regular HOST is the GUEST!! From March, in his other guise as SUNNYSIDE UPPERS on "I Like Your Style", a podcast hosted by Elder Brycen of the GOLDEN PLATES, a band out of San Diego USA. We're releasing it on the eve of the new Uppers single "MARY" (streaming everywhere Fri 13th!!) Topics include the death of rock'n'roll, other people's opinions, happiness, Bob Dylan, Anne of Green Gables, altered-state adventures and much more!!!

Our regular-season finale! Who better to cap things off with than longtime pal Adam Warren? Ryan and Adam first met as drum students in a university jazz program who shared an affinity for '90s skate punk. They formed a mathy punk band, then a mathy post-hardcore band ("GLORY GLORY") which morphed into a "psychedelic dance party." These days, Adam is making pure pop music as WAANTS and producing tracks for others (including your host). He's got a new record out next month. We discuss it and much more.

Josh has followed his unusually keen interest in music from the outskirts of Yarmouth, NS, to a year in music school (where we first met), a slew of East Coast bands, two independent labels, the studio and the open road, to his current gig as an industry guy in Toronto. He actually thought he might quit the kit in favour of the straight job at one point, but it quickly became apparent what an essential part of life music-making is for those of us who need to. We get into it. Great chat. Enjoy.

Matty is a gal of many projects, much like your humble host. Accordingly, we kick off this chat by discovering that we both have ADHD! Well, technically it starts with gear and home recording. We talk about growing up as a small-town outsider, discovering punk rock, local bands, playing in multiple bands, being self-taught vs “schooled” as a musician, embracing her trans identity, the medical system, the pandemic life, the aging process that inexorably leads us all to crave early shows, and much much more.

dewayne is the groove machine behind halifax noise-rock stalwarts BOTFLY. that is, when he’s not ripping pop punk tunes with CROSSED WIRES or bummer punk with FUTURE GIRLS. he hasn’t been able to do any of it for a little while now (thanks, c19) but that just means he’s got a huge backlog of recordings awaiting your earholes. we talk about all of the good stuff: the early days, the scene, practicing in quarantine and current/future projects. an instant classic.

A classic episode!! Dylan is a punk rock brother-in-arms and a true lifer. We mean that literally. He started playing at 2 and doesn’t recall life before the drums. Drumming also got him through a very intense bout with cancer at age 19. It’s a wild tale and you need to hear it directly from him. These days he’s making mathy post-punk with Alright Already and hooky pop-punk with Cluttered. A wide-ranging 2hr+ chat. You don't need to be a drummer to enjoy this one, but if you are, you're in for a treat.