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Whalehammer is more than just a ridiculous (but kinda great) band name!Here's a conversation with the local trio about marrying heavy music with layers of synths, translating technically dense songwriting to a live setting, that bonkers drum kit (you need to see it to believe it), and much more! Plus, you get to hear a couple of new demos on this episode. Hot damn! This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon! You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Touching has a fantastic new record, ‘I Can Be Two People at Once’, that has been getting a lot of spins around these parts.Here's my conversation with Michael Falk (ex-Les Jupes, Head in the Sand Records, etc.) about the freedom and challenges that came with stepping out of his comfort zone and making a weird, ‘jazz-adjacent’ experiment... and much more! Want to hear more Mike? Check out episode #390 (June 2019), which was recorded while he was artistic director of Jazz Winnipeg. This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon! You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

...so this one ended up with very serendipitous timing. I actually recorded it near the beginning of April, but it got bumped by a few time-sensitive episodes. By complete coincidence, its eventual release date -- today, April 30 -- is the 25th anniversary of CKUW 95.9 FM on the public airwaves! Tune in for a chat with CKUW’s program director, Scott Price, about the auspicious anniversary (and the upcoming live show to celebrate it), the importance of DIY volunteer-driven media, and much more! Note: I lost about two minutes of audio right at the end of our conversation, so the very tail end of this episode uses the backup recording, which is slightly lower-quality... in case you were wondering why the sound changes.Need more Scott in your life? He was also one of the interviewees on episode #646 (Dec. 2021) This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon! You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

This one's a little different. It's part of a series of episodes I'm doing in collaboration with local rapper Ezoman's Creative Side Entertainment for this year's 'Future of M"you"sic' competition, which is a six-month long showcase of up-and-coming local artists at the Limelight. Here's the second episode, which is similar to my old Quick Hits format (remember that?), and it features a clip of Ezoman giving some background on the event (note my quick robo-correction of the date in the intro), plus micro-interviews with a few of the artists participating in the second stage of the competition on April 25: Yung Balboa, Loverboy Nel, and Austentatious.Check out the previous month's episode, feat. Isxxc Jxmes, Laurel Chante, J Krish, Miggz & Skye, and Ben Notes. This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon! You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Jared McKetiak is the longtime big wheel down at Winnipeg's mighty campus/community radio staple UMFM 101.5. We sat down for a conversation about falling in love with alternative radio, how the station navigated the pandemic, and the way UMFM stays afloat thanks to the generosity of its passionate listeners. Did you know that UMFM is one of the many places you can hear Witchpolice Radio? Tune in at 7 a.m. Fridays!(Since UMFM’s Pledge-O-Rama fundraising drive is happening right now, this one jumped the queue and came out before a previously-recorded interview I did about the city's other campus/community station, CKUW. Stay tuned for that one!) Need more Jared in your life? Check out episode #98 (Oct. 2014) This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company. Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon! You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month (a little 'pledge-o-rama' of our own, eh?) if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

I had a delightful conversation with singer-songwriter Keri Latimer about the new Leaf Rapids LP, which -- if you're listening right when this podcast comes out -- was just released today!Here's our chat about the record and subsequent tour (kicking off tonight, April 19, at Times Change[d]!), Americana/Canadiana, dreamlike songs, terrifying clown paintings, and more…(...and yes, this episode jumped the queue because I wanted it to coincide with the release date) This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company. Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon! You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

If you heard episode #886, which came out earlier this month, you know what this is. It's the second collection of interviews I did for the now-defunct YouTube show 'Mom's House', which was a project by local DIY filmmaking collective Young Media. This episode features three interviews I conducted as a guest host (plus live performances) for the show, featuring Colour by Numbers -- a band that includes Jared Adams, who was just on the podcast last month for episode #880 and Alex Kozub (episode #542)-- Joe Curtis (who appeared on episode #313), and Jacob Letkeman (#633 as a member of A Topiary) and Chenoa McKelvey (#532 with Smith's Onion). This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company. Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon! You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Synthesizer enthusiast C. Samms has an imminent new LP, ‘Bouquet’ (out May 3), so we sat down to talk about the album — the first C. Samms release in five years or so.This episode features our conversation about adding a human element to machine sounds, releasing the new album on cassette (and vinyl), converting the songs to a live setting, and more! This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon! You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case! Thanks to everyone who has subscribed so far, including our latest patron, DNygk!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Remember Solhounds? It’s been a minute, but the 'heavy metal grunge' outfit is back this month for their first show in five years or so (April 26 at the West End Cultural Centre). They’ll be playing two sets: one of original music, and the other… heavy versions of music from the Shania Twain songbook.Here's our conversation about the reunion gig, what the future holds, the WHY?!?!? of the whole SolTwain thing, and much more! Need more Solhounds in your life? Hear earlier incarnations of the band on episode #142 (Aug. 2015) and #249 (Sept. 2017). This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon! You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening. Previous Episode

I'm not the only one out here interviewing local artists. Beginning in 2017, a group of DIY filmmakers who operated as a collective called Young Media put out a YouTube show called 'Mom's House'. The short-lived channel featured a bunch of guest hosts, and I was lucky enough to have hosted a total of six episodes. 'Mom's House' is long-defunct, and while the videos are still out there on Young Media's inactive YouTube channel, I thought it would be fun to reintroduce the show to Witchpolice podcast listeners. This episode features three interviews I conducted (plus live performances) for the show, featuring Northern Lights Drive, Jason G. Eastwood (also heard on the podcast on episode #668), plus Micah Erenberg (#499) with Sophie Stevens (#304). Stay tuned for a part II, featuring three more artists, to be released in the next couple of weeks. This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon! You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

The reason Quinton Blair is one of my favourite guests on the podcast is the same reason he’s one of my favourite local songwriters: dude can tell a story.I caught up with Q on the road outside a truck stop somewhere in Alberta. Here's our conversation about his new music, weekend jaunts out west, learning a songbook and a half of country covers through osmosis, pop radio maintaining its stranglehold on country… and much more! Need more Quinton Blair in your life? Check out his past appearances on episodes #665 (Feb. 2022), #428 (Oct. 2019), #396 (June 2019), #162 (Jan. 2016) and #127 (May 2015) This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon! You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Instrumental trio (drums/bass/Rhodes) Compost recently put out an excellent debut tape of “nutrient rich music for a healthy body and mind” — inspired by ‘90s hip-hop beats, jazz, electronic music, etc.Stay tuned for a conversation about their improv-heavy writing and recording process, future plans, and much more! This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon! You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Although a global pandemic threw a wrench into their initial reunion plans four years ago, reggae/soul/rock n’ rollers SubCity are coming back for one night only at the Park Theatre April 13.Here's my conversation with Darryl (sax) and Johannes (vocals/guitar) about next month’s show — their first as SubCity in a dozen years — the band’s history and legacy, whether they’re a ska band and how to define it, and much more.Although neither guest has been on the podcast before to talk about SubCity, they've each been on a few times to talk about other projects over the years. Darryl was on episodes #040 (Sept. 2013) and #058 (Jan. 2014), plus he played in our Big Mix-Up and Little Mix-Up bands (#220 and #216, 2017). Johannes was on episodes #269 (Feb. 2018), #458 (Feb. 2020), and #683 (April 2022). This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon! You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

This one's a little different. It's part of a series of episodes I'm doing in collaboration with local rapper Ezoman's Creative Side Entertainment for this year's 'Future of M"you"sic' competition, which is a six-month long showcase of up-and-coming local artists at the Limelight. Here's the first episode, which is similar to my old Quick Hits format (remember that?), and it features a clip of Ezoman giving some background on the event, plus micro-interviews with a few of the artists participating in the first stage of the competition on March 28: Isxxc Jxmes, Laurel Chante, J Krish, Miggz & Skye, and Ben Notes. This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon! You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

I sat down with Glenn and Wyatt of grunge-pop outfit Gladly to talk about the fundraising campaign for their new record, balloons, wanting to start tabloid-style feuds with other local bands, the proper BPM for pogoing, and much more.Need more Gladly in your life? Check out episode #646 (Dec. 2021), which features a 'quick hit' interview with Glenn! This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon, including the latest supporters, Jared and Tom! You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

I caught up with alt-rock solo artist Jared Adams to talk about his new electronic-tinged long-player, ‘Mystic Humanism’ (which just dropped today if you're listening right when the episode comes out)!Here's our conversation about the loose concept album’s focus on technology (for good or ill), the use of A.I. In promoting the record — and whether or not it will one day destroy us all — plus much more!Need more Jared? Hear him on episode #501 (July 2020)This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Guitarist Ronnie Ladobruk may be atop many people’s ranking of local guitar wizards, but the man himself says he still has work to do.On Ronnie’s return to the podcast, we had a conversation about guitar (of course), splitting his time as frontman of Ronnie Ladobruk and the Electric and sideman with the Holly Davidson Band, learning from stripped-down acoustic shows, the upcoming Guitar Night (March 30) at the Osborne Taphouse, and much more! Need more Ronnie? Hear him on episode #273 (March 2018) and #643 (Dec. 2021) This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Bassist Mike Downes is one of Canada’s most accomplished jazz musicians, who has performed and recorded alongside a murderers’ row of top international talent.Although he’s based out of Toronto, Mike was born and raised right here in Winnipeg!Here's our chat about his new record, ‘The Way In’, loving King Crimson, making a record without drums, and much more! This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Stepped out of my comfort zone on this episode for a conversation with 'Winnipeg’s most dangerous performer', Brett Oddly!Brett is a sideshow/freak show performer, escape artist, magician, stuntman, etc. He’s part of the upcoming Punk Circus, also feat. local punx Yer Mum and Suburban Hypocrites (hear a few songs by each on this episode as well).Settle in for our conversation about the event (this Saturday at the Bulldog Event Centre), his upcoming Guinness World Record attempt, and much more!...and stay tuned over the next few days for your chance to win tickets to the event and more (courtesy of B. Oddly himself).This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

I sat down with guitarist Paul Rowsell, a/k/a PDR, to talk about his imminent EP of instrumental music, finding the heaviness in acoustic sounds, loving campus/community radio, and more. Paul's 'Moods and Motives' record drops Sunday, March 3! This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Winnipeg’s premier Ukrainian folk/punk fusion outfit, Zrada, is back with a new EP and a revamped lineup!I sat down with two-sevenths of the new-look band — which includes a strong franco-manitobain contingent — to talk about the new release, and much more! Need more Zrada in your life? Check out episode #611 (Aug. 2021) This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Feb. 12 marked the tragic death of Cayden Carfrae, better known to local hip-hop fans as Caid Jones. He was only 24 years old. While I didn't know Caid well, I had the chance to talk to him on the podcast back in April of 2021 -- at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic -- and I found him to be a very passionate, insightful, inspiring artist, who was also very involved in activism and advocacy for the local Indigenous community. If I could have picked any of the up-and-coming artists I've interviewed over the past few years to be destined for bigger and better things, it would have been him. You can find tributes all over from people who knew him better than I did, including writeups in the Winnipeg Free Press and on the Manitoba Music site. There's also a GoFundMe to raise money for his family to help pay the costs associated with his funeral -- with any excess funds raised going, fittingly, to community arts and youth organizations. Please support it if you can. This episode is a re-release of our 2021 interview. Positive vibes to Caid's family and friends.

Good times on this one talking to multidisciplinary artist and musician Leigh Lugosi about the Góra project, making ‘ambient country’ music, being inspired by wolves (werewolves as well as just regular wolves) on the new tape, The Quivering Green Music of Animals, and so much more! This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Long-running local hard rockers Ash and the Arsonists sat down to talk about their upcoming single (Feb. 23!) and EP, a gig at Festival du Voyageur, shredding and the comeback of the guitar, making a 'big ol' potpourri' of sounds, and much more! (Note: sometimes when I have this many people on the show at once, a few guests' voices can get a bit warbly, depending on their connection, but it definitely doesn't take away from the quality of the conversation) This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

I caught up with Dusty From and Dylan Buchkowski of long-running blues project D.B. + the Deadbeats for a quick chat about the writing for their next release, 'three chords and the truth, upcoming shows -- including back-to-back blues festivals in Regina and Winnipeg and a local benefit show later this month -- and much more! Need more Deadbeats in your life? Check out episode #759 (Jan. 2023). This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Juno-nominated local folk duo Burnstick are set to release the follow-up to their acclaimed debut this spring.Here's our conversation about the upcoming record, writing cinematically, playing intimate shows vs larger festivals, further honing their sound as a duo, and much more! This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

She’s relatively new to the local music scene, but indie-folk-pop singer-songwriter Jennifer Machado has packed a lot into just a few years.Here's our chat about her debut EP (‘The Retrospective Heart’, recorded at House of Wonders), high-profile gigs including the Winnipeg Folk Festival's young performers' program, loving concept albums, and much more! This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Alt-rock four-piece Toy Sun are ostensibly a new band, but although they’ve only played a handful of shows in their current guise, the members have almost 15 years of experience perfoming together on the covers circuit.Here's our conversation about launching the project during the pandemic, playing original music vs being a cover band, their upcoming gig Feb. 9 at Park Alleys (with, um, themselves as the opening act), and much more! This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

I caught up with experimental guitarist Curran Faris to talk about his latest release as Greenhouse, ‘Sacrifice Zones’ — which was one of my favourite local records of 2023 — and more!Here's our chat about his current projects, including a collaboration with Cole Peters as Seracs, as well as reflecting emotion through atmosphere, approaching the guitar as a 'sound source' rather than an instrument, and much more. Need more Greenhouse? Check out episode #393 (June 2019) This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

It was great to catch up with vocalist and educator Adele M. Wilding for another chat on the podcast — this time focusing on her upcoming ‘Music of the Caribbean’ vocal workshop at the Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts for Black History Month!Stay tuned for a conversation about her own roots, the impact the music of the West Indies (reggae, calypso, soca, ska, and beyond) has had internationally, and so much more! Need more Adele? Check out episode #765 (Feb. 2023) This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Good chat on this episode with indie rock/post-punk/shoegaze/'genre salad' artist Tired Cossack about his new(ish) ‘I Know, I Guess’ album and its sonic and thematic shifts from its predecessor, songwriting, “janky guitars”, and so much more! Need more Tired Cossack in your life? Check out his previous appearance on episode #652 (Jan. 2022) This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Local rap-rockers Pure Entry are set to release their debut EP, Shifting Gears, so we sat down to talk about the record, their alt-rock meets hip-hop vibe (it ain’t nü metal), and much more!Give it a listen before you head down to the Taphouse for their release show Jan. 20 (tomorrow, if you're listening right when this comes out) alongside past podcast guests Northern Royals and Matt Cory! This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Selkirk rock n' roll lowlifes The Bloodshots are back on the show to talk about their big plans for 2024, starting with a trip to Hollywood later this month for a gig at the iconic Whisky A Go-Go Jan. 25!Tune in to our chat about the band’s longevity, upcoming new music, the Indigenous music scene, moonlighting as a Nirvana cover band, and much more! Need more Bloodshots in your life? Check out episodes #240 (July 2017) and #531 (Oct. 2020). This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case! Thanks to all of the latest patrons, including Ry and Joe!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

On New Year's Day, local musician and filmmaker Jaimz Asmundson passed away. I didn't know Jaimz very well, but he was a guest on the podcast twice -- once in 2014 and once in 2021 -- as a member of synthwave duo Ghost Twin. As evidenced by this tribute from Winnipeg's iconic Dave Barber Cinematheque, Jaimz was an integral part of the local film community, who remember him far more eloquently than I ever could: https://davebarbercinematheque.com/in-loving-memory-of-jaimz-asmundson/This episode collects his two appearances on Witchpolice Radio as an interviewee, the earliest of which was one of the 'lost' episodes that wasn't currently on the podcast feed, and includes a live on-air performance. Sending positive vibes to Jaimz's family and friends.

If you didn't hear the previous three episodes, turn back now and check 'em out! This is part four (of four) in my rundown of my favourite local releases of 2023. Thanks.As I do every year, I've made a list of my favourite local albums of 2023. Did I miss albums? Absolutely. Did I immediately question my judgement after I finished narrowing it down to 20? Yuppers. But for good or ill, there are 20 releases by local artists I want to highlight.Continuing the tradition I began last year, I've recorded a series of episodes counting down the records on my list, including interview clips and songs.This final installment covers albums I've unscientifically ranked from 9-6 (I know, random numbering happening here, sorry) which includes That Night, A Forest Grew by Derek Helps, Someone You've Never Been by Tetyana Haraschuk, The Empire is in Decline and Growing Weaker by the Day by Rob Crooks, Huginn by Wilt, and in the number one spot, Super Duty Tough Work's Paradigm Shift. This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

(Sizzling switch-endings... this isn't the finale of my best of 2023 series, is it? Don't worry, that's coming next week. For now, enjoy this time-sensitive interview episode!)Guitarist Keith Price has been living, working, and playing jazz in Auckland, New Zealand, over the past five years, but he’s (temporarily) back home in Winnipeg with a show Jan. 7!We talked about the cultural and musical differences between Manitoba and New Zealand, his new LacLu single and upcoming EP, and much more!Give this interview a listen and then check out Keith's perfomance alongside Amber Epp, 'Northern Lights + Southern Nights: Musical Landscapes from Canada and New Zealand', Jan. 7 at the Fort Garry Hotel. Need more Keith Price? Check him out on episodes #201 (Oct. 2015), #238 (July 2017), #328 (Oct. 2018), and #373 (April 2019, with Trio Antipodes)This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

If you didn't hear the previous two episodes, turn back now and check 'em out! This is part three (of four) in my rundown of my favourite local releases of 2023. Thanks. As I do every year, I've made a list of my favourite local albums of 2023. Did I miss albums? Absolutely. Did I immediately question my judgement after I finished narrowing it down to 20? Yuppers. But for good or ill, there are 20 releases by local artists I want to highlight. Continuing the tradition I began last year, I've recorded a series of episodes counting down the records on my list, including interview clips and songs. This third installment covers albums I've unscientifically ranked from 9-6 (I know, random numbering happening here, sorry) which includes The Psychics Album by Paige Drobot, Departures by Apollo Suns, Park-Like Setting's This, That and the Third, and Sacrifice Zones by Greenhouse (last interviewed on the podcast back in 2019). Stay tuned over the next few as we count down to #1! This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company. Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case! As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

If you didn't hear the previous episode, turn back now and check it out! This is part two in my rundown of my favourite local releases of 2023. Thanks. As I do every year, I've made a list of my favourite local albums of 2023. Did I miss albums? Absolutely. Did I immediately question my judgement after I finished narrowing it down to 20? Yuppers. But for good or ill, there are 20 releases by local artists I want to highlight. Continuing the tradition I began last year, I've recorded a series of episodes counting down the records on my list, including interview clips and songs. This second installment covers albums I've unscientifically ranked from 14-10 (I know, random numbering happening here, sorry) which includes Kitz Willman's Grim Errands, Get Rid of It by Death Cassette, The Body Horror by Midnight Review Presents, Chuck Copenace's Oshki Manitou, and Sick of You by Hopscotchbattlescars. Stay tuned over the next few as we count down to #1! This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company. Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case! As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

As I do every year, I've made a list of my favourite local albums of 2023. Did I miss albums? Absolutely. Did I immediately question my judgement after I finished narrowing it down to 20? Yuppers. But for good or ill, there are 20 releases by local artists I want to highlight. Continuing the tradition I began last year, I've recorded a series of episodes counting down the records on my list, including interview clips and songs. This first installment covers albums I've unscientifically ranked from 20-15, which includes the EP by Bloc Parents, Big Deep Sigh by Tinge, Will Bonness' Is This A Dream?, NTHN4GRNTD by Len Bowen, Neighbour Andy's Wild One, and Exit Wounds by The Rules. Stay tuned over the next few as we count down to #1! This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Reggae and dancehall artist Black Lantern is on the show!Here's our conversation about his long family tradition of making music, his other creative outlet T-West Dance, reggae’s enduring international appeal, finding acceptance and collaboration in Winnipeg’s diverse music scene, and much more! This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

I was pleasantly surprised the other day when I saw that Lounge FM — seemingly out of nowhere — had a new album.Here's a chat with everyone’s favourite “Friday night bath music” outfit about the phone-centric ‘1800CYA’ record, “dialing back” some of the already chillest vibes around, their release show with Odd Outfit, and much more! Need more Lounge FM in your life? Check out episode #299 (July 2018) and the live episode #360 (Feb. 2019) This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

The last time Ben Rüsch was on the podcast (episode #553, Jan. 2021), it was to talk about a record by his prog trio Providence.Since then, he’s been making industrial-tinged, synth-heavy solo electronic music as Neuroshock, with the release of his debut album, 'The Reactance Bias', earlier this month.Here's our conversation about live vs. programmed drums, Gary Numan, Star Trek, sci-fi soundtracks, and a whole lot more! This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Local rappers/producers Rob Crooks and Kitz Willman are back on the show — inna combination style — to talk about their new ‘Gazogene’ album, which -- if you're listening the day this comes out -- was just released on Bandcamp today!We talk about collaboration, the prolific 2023 they’ve each had, taking hip-hop out of its comfort zone and into immersive artistic experiences, and much more! Need more Crooks and Willman in your life? Rob was an original co-host on this podcast in the early years, so he's been on a number of episodes, but more recently, as an interviewee, he has appeared on episodes #527 (Oct. 2020), #657 (with Gruf and Yy, Jan. 2022), and #773 (March 2023). Kitz was previously on #574 (March 2021) and #811 (July 2023) This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Long-running local alternative rock trio WHY are back on the show, talking about their new single, “Soul Declares”, which came out Dec. 1.Here's our conversation about writing genuine songs, getting out of the way of your own creativity, and much more! Need more WHY in your life? Check out episode #389 (June 2019) This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

On this one: a good hang with Winnipeg blues/roots original Romi Mayes!It's conversation about her upcoming record — the first in almost a decade(!) — and the ambitious fundraising campaign behind it.We also talk about navigating the post-COVID/streaming-era music biz, making loyal fans (who have become good friends) around the world, one show at a time, the evolution of the Romi Mayes sound, and more!Plus, hear a couple of voice-note recordings (courtesy of Romi) of songs that will, in their finished form, appear on the LP. Need more Romi in your life? Check out episode #334 (Nov. 2018) This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Let's get experimental on this episode with a fascinating conversation with avant-garde chamber punk duo Savant Flaneur!We talk about bringing the weird to the people, bringing the people to the weird, composing for (and improvising with) cello and violin, and an upcoming musical/architectural installation that will let listeners experience music in a unique way. This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Everyone’s favourite freak-rawk guitar wizard, Paige Drobot, is about to release her first full-length, but this one is extra-special.It’s a decade-in-the-works record of songs by her old band, the Psychics, finally getting the release it deserves (Dec. 1 via Transistor 66)!On this episode, we catch up about the album, the Psychics' legacy (such as it is), and all kinds of other fun stuff!Need more Paige in your earholes? Check out episode #376 (April 2019). This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

Lots of faces (and voices) on this one! Alternative hip-hop collective Facetape includes a local Winnipeg member (Mr. Introvert), plus vocalists, producers and instrumentalists from all over the map, including Ontario, Michigan, Tennessee, California, and beyond!Here's our conversation about the logistics of putting together such a far-flung group for the new ‘Rosebud’ album, combining a wide range of styles and influences, and much more. This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

With the release of their new full-length, ‘Wild One’, last month, local indie rock/pop/roots/etc. twang gang Neighbour Andy are ready to take over your, um… neighbourhood!Check out our conversation about the record, their ever-changing and maturing sound, finding vulnerability on slower songs, who the ‘most important’ (haha) band members are, and more! This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.

If you're listening to this episode right when it comes out, we're less than 24 hours away from this year's instalment of the Manitoba Loud Music Awards, happening Nov. 18 at the Park Theatre! I sat down with event founder Dag Aymont and fellow organizing team member Mike Dearman (of the band Ramskull) to talk about the fan-driven celebration of all things local metal/punk/hardcore/rock/etc.We get into the awards’ history, this year’s event (feat. headliners Econoline Crush), and much more! Along with the chat, there are songs by artists who are performing at the event sprinkled throughout the episode, including Econoline Crush, Book of Ghosts, Northern Royals, and Ash & the Arsonists. This episode brought to you by our pals at Devine Shirt Company.Huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast on Patreon. You can help out for as little as a couple bucks a month if you like the show and want to throw some change in the guitar case!As always, if you like the podcast, please tell a friend or 20! Rate and review on your podcast player of choice! Word of mouth is still the main way Witchpolice Radio reaches new ears. Thanks for listening.