Kreative Kontrol

Esther Rose is here to discuss her new album Want, living in New Mexico and how locals regard Vince Gilligan’s groundbreaking TV shows, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, growing up in Detroit and going to London, Ontario to attend punk shows, the raw, confessional work of John Lennon, dealing with trauma and exploring ketamine-based psychedelic therapy, giving up drinking and pondering alcohol’s oddly dominant role in the music industry, recording emotional songs live to tape, loving standup comedy and Ann Powers’ book Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell, writing new songs, touring, other future plans, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. This one is fine, but if you haven’t already, please subscribe now on Patreon so you never miss full episodes. Thanks! Thanks to Blackbyrd Myoozik, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Ep. #978: Foxwarren Ep. #875: Ann Powers Ep. #826: Steve Albini and Fred Armisen Ep. #753: Andy Shauf Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hugh McElroy and Mike Kanin from Black Eyes return to discuss their first new album in 20 years, Hostile Design, the state of American socio-political discourse, the inspiring resistance that D.C. residents have exhibited as the federal government has sent military personnel and ICE agents into the area, American history and foreign policy and where power truly lies, songwriting themes and topics explored by Black Eyes, working with Ian MacKaye as a producer, tour dates, other future plans, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. Enjoy this excerpt and please subscribe now via this link to hear this full episode. Thanks! Thanks to the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Ep. #1011: Saul Williams Ep. #900: Fugazi and Jem Cohen Ep. #844: Pissed Jeans Ep. #770: Adam Horovitz from Beastie Boys Ep. #766: Black Eyes Ep. #583: Ian MacKaye Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cate Le Bon is here to discuss her lovely new album Michelangelo Dying, moving closer to home in Cardiff, her initial reticence about writing a record based on declarative sentiments about a failed relationship, why she invoked an iconic artist in expressing herself through her own art, the concept of aspirational jealousy, spirituality and gratitude, collaborating with John Cale on a song and thoughts about the Velvet Underground, producing records like Cousin by Wilco, touring, writing new songs, other future plans, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. This one is fine, but if you haven’t already, please subscribe now on Patreon so you never miss full episodes. Thanks! Thanks to Blackbyrd Myoozik, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Ep. #989: Bundy K. Brown, Glenn Kotche, and Jim O’Rourke on Tim Barnes Ep. #986: John Congleton Ep. #980: Alan Sparhawk Ep. #924: Lance Bangs and Bob Nastanovich on ‘Pavements’ Ep. #910: The Hard Quartet Ep. #901: John Early Ep. #866: Jim White and Marisa Anderson Ep. #821: Kurt Vile Ep. #815: Geordie Gordon Ep. #740: Dry Cleaning Ep. #692: Wilco Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Casey Gomez Walker from Case Oats is here to discuss their new album, Last Missouri Exit, why no federal government should ever underestimate the grit and resolve of the people of Chicago, growing up in St. Louis and being assigned school band instruments, music lessons and having the right learning tools, falling in love with storytelling, a song about an ex’s girlfriend and that same girlfriend knowing about the song, writing and singing that recalls David Berman, touring, other future plans, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. Enjoy this excerpt and please subscribe now via this link to hear this full episode. Thanks! Thanks to the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Ep. #1019: Friendship Ep. #961: Eliza Niemi Ep. #692: Wilco Ep. #586: Spencer Tweedy Ep. #542: Fiver Ep. #481: David Berman Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will Anderson from Hotline TNT is here to discuss their new album, Raspberry Moon, his love of Canada and why he almost lived here forever, moving to New York City only a few months before the COVID-19 pandemic started and how the isolation of that time bolstered his DIY ethic, his Association Update fanzine and our love and criticism of the NBA, streaming strangeness and why he pulled his band’s catalogue from Spotify, world-building in his songs, a loving nod to Dinosaur Jr and Prince, tour, other future plans, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. This one is fine, but if you haven’t already, please subscribe now on Patreon so you never miss full episodes. Thanks! Thanks to Blackbyrd Myoozik, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Ep. #1004: Liz Pelly Ep. #975: Deerhoof Ep. #932: Tim Heidecker Ep. #894: “Weird Al” Yankovic Ep. #834: J Mascis Ep. #667: Efrim Manuel Menuck Ep. #614: Lou Barlow Ep. #467: Susan Rogers Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amy Millan is here to discuss her latest and deeply personal solo album, I Went to Find You, remembering Dallas Good of the Sadies, finally, as an adult and as an artist, processing the sudden death of her father when she was only five years old, how a person’s actual age might be different than their spiritual age, the key role that producer Jay McCarrol and her longtime partner and musical collaborator Evan Cranley played in shaping the sound and tone of this record and the eerie significance of the production crew being dubbed "the Diamonds," updates about Stars and their indefinite hiatus, solo tour dates, other future plans, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. Enjoy this excerpt and please subscribe now via this link to hear this full episode. Thanks! Thanks to the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Ep. #889: Rick White and The Sadies Ep. #703: The Sadies Ep. #765: Hayden Ep. #669: Dallas Good Remembered Ep. #637: ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT Ep. #624: K.D.A.P. Ep. #329: Long Night with Anne T. Donahue and Nirvanna the Band the Show Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dan Wriggins from Friendship is here to discuss their latest album, Caveman Wakes Up, being and having a roommate, his interest in creative writing and poetry, and being from the same state as noted author Stephen King, seeing Bob Dylan live with his father, his own musical influences and academic pursuits, temporality, fashion, and subcultural explosions, gassing up his bandmates and how Friendship works, exploring minutiae with an abstract, surreal bent, the future of Friendship, a rough Edmonton story featuring Advance Base, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. This one is fine, but if you haven’t already, please subscribe now on Patreon so you never miss full episodes. Thanks! Thanks to the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Ep. #1018: Advance Base Ep. #944: Bonnie “Prince” Billy Ep. #869: Steve Albini Ep. #630: Nathan Salsburg On Loving Norm Macdonald: A Remembrance Ep. #620: Tom Scharpling Ep. #557: Chris Frantz of Talking Heads / Tom Tom Club Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Owen Ashworth from Advance Base is here to discuss his latest album, Horrible Occurrences, life in Illinois, his parents’ San Francisco high school rivalry with Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Fogerty brothers, his friendship with Dan Wriggins from Friendship and starting Orindal Records, why he ended Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, what draws him to narrative songwriting about transience and disappearances, and making conceptual records, how Pavement’s Rebecca Clay Cole connected us, future music and writing plans, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. Enjoy this excerpt and please subscribe now via this link to hear this full episode. Thanks! Thanks to the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Ep. #1002: Peter Ames Carlin on Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’ Ep. #979: Cici Arthur Ep. #961: Eliza Niemi Ep. #934: Rebecca Clay Cole Ep. #933: Alex Ross Perry, Scott Kannberg, and Robert Greene on ‘Pavements’ Ep. #924: Lance Bangs and Bob Nastanovich on ‘Pavements’ Ep. #883: Steven Hyden Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Josh Cole, Craig Dunsmuir, and Colin Fisher from Dun-Dun Band are here to discuss the September 27 Toronto release party for their new LP, Pita Parka, Pt. II : Nim Egduf, where they live and how they met, the best pizza slice in Toronto, the Holy Oak Family Singers, Not the Wind, Not the Flag, Sandro Perri, and other musical pursuits, a growing interest in physical media, Colin and I unknowingly crossing paths and sharing stages in our post-hardcore bands some 25 years ago, a mutual love for Owen Pallett and his old band Les Mouches, the inspiring work of Josh Abrams, how Dun-Dun Band operates, future plans, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. This one is fine, but if you haven’t already, please subscribe now on Patreon so you never miss full episodes. Thanks! Thanks to Blackbyrd Myoozik, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Ep. #1012: Jens Lekman Ep. #1004: Liz Pelly Ep. #979: Cici Arthur Ep. #873: Luka Kuplowsky Ep. #641: André Ethier and Sandro Perri Ep. #545: Owen Pallett Ep. #355: Off World Ep. #288: DIANA Ep. #240: A Way That’s Clear – Tortoise & The Making of ‘The Catastrophist’ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Abby Govindan is here to discuss her Pushing 30 stand-up show at Just For Laughs Toronto on September 22, visiting her family in her beloved Houston, Texas hometown, her excitement as a New Yorker with high hopes for mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, being outspoken, translating one’s affluence into empathy and fighting for those who are less fortunate than you are, the end of centrism, Malcolm X and the Black Panthers, how first generation immigrant alienation can lead to anxiety, stress, and depression, why a traumatic self-harming incident drew her family closer together, the end of her How to Embarrass Your Immigrant Parents performance run and building a new hour with Pushing 30, other future plans, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. Enjoy this excerpt and please subscribe now via this link to hear this full episode. Thanks! Thanks to the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Ep. #1015: Alan Licht Ep. #1011: Saul Williams Ep. #1004: Liz Pelly Ep. #1001: Thanya Iyer Ep. #950: Gianmarco Soresi Ep. #901: John Early Ep. #869: Steve Albini Ep. #785: Hari Kondabolu Ep. #280: Hasan Minhaj Ep. #352: Amy Goodman Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan Licht is here to discuss his recent releases, including Havens, New York City politics, plugging in and then improvising on an acoustic guitar, fond memories of the Hoboken, New Jersey venue Maxwell’s and seeing memorable shows by Ween and Eric’s Trip, meeting and playing with his old friend Tim Barnes, interpreting a Stooges song, revisiting Love Child, upcoming tour dates, other future plans, and more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. This one is fine, but if you haven’t already, please subscribe now on Patreon so you never miss full episodes. Thanks! Thanks to the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Ep. #989: Bundy K. Brown, Glenn Kotche, and Jim O’Rourke on Tim Barnes Ep. #924: Lance Bangs and Bob Nastanovich on ‘Pavements’ Ep. #886: Chris Corsano Ep. #877: Gastr del Sol Ep. #673: Sonic Youth Ep. #647: Alan Licht Ep. #562: Bill Callahan Ep. #496: Iggy Pop Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Gira from Swans is here to discuss their exhilarating new album Birthing, an erotic dream he had about Roy Cohn, Richard Nixon, and the current president of the United States, which inspired a new song, dishonesty and the relative truth, what he reveals about himself in his music and how his aesthetic might relate to those of Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison, including contributions by his wife and children on his records, why Swans might take on a new form, debuting new songs on the road, other future plans, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. Enjoy this excerpt and please subscribe now via this link to hear this full episode. Thanks! Thanks to Blackbyrd Myoozik, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Ep. #980: Alan Sparhawk Ep. #867: BIG|BRAVE Ep. #667: Efrim Manuel Menuck Ep. #648: Lee Ranaldo Ep. #577: Thurston Moore Ep. #561: Steve Von Till Ep. #156: Owen Pallett Ep. #143: Cold Specks Patti Smith (2007) Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carson McHone is here to discuss her brilliant new album, Pentimento, news about Daniel Romano’s Outfit recording and touring activity, artistic foundations, layers, and repentance, the journal full of messages to her from her mother, which were entered since Carson was born, pondering history and the personal passage of time, celebrating creativity, motherhood, and children, assembling a band of esteemed musicians and taking some risks, theatrical and film work, touring, other future plans, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. This one is fine, but if you haven’t already, please subscribe now on Patreon so you never miss full episodes. Thanks! Thanks to the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Ep. #990: Michael Cloud Duguay Ep. #850: You’ve Changed Records is 15! Ep. #842: Daniel Romano’s Outfit Ep. #682: Steven Lambke Ep. #672: Carson McHone Ep. #449: Steven Lambke, Construction & Destruction, WHOOP-Szo’s Adam Sturgeon Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jens Lekman is here to discuss his new album and novel, Songs for Other People’s Weddings, life in Sweden, insights about being a musician and also part of an arts community that works on weddings, distinctions between authentic and cheesy music, Frank Sinatra’s album Watertown, working with author David Levithan and conversations they had about love and relationships, staging this album for a tour, an update about new music he’s working on, other future plans, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. Enjoy this excerpt and please subscribe now via this link to hear this full episode. Thanks! Thanks to the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Ep. #1007: Chris DeVille Ep. #1006: The Hives Ep. #957: The Burning Hell Ep. #820: Gregg Turkington Ep. #545: Owen Pallett Ep. #540: The Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Saul Williams is here to discuss Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at TreePeople, performing and improvising while suffering from jet lag, geopolitics and the crumbling American Empire, technology’s impact on socio-political awareness, capitulation, civil unrest, and anti-capitalism, working with Deerhoof and outspokenness in censorious times, his working relationship with Carlos Niño, knowledge sharing and how artists use their platforms, the reception to the film Sinners, touring, many other future plans, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. This one is fine, but if you haven’t already, please subscribe now on Patreon so you never miss full episodes. Thanks! Thanks to Blackbyrd Myoozik, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Ep. #975: Deerhoof Ep. #900: Fugazi and Jem Cohen Ep. #874: Mdou Moctar Ep. #868: Kathleen Hanna Ep. #799: Allison Russell Ep. #770: Adam Horovitz from Beastie Boys Ep. #621: Walking Eagle News’ Tim Fontaine Ep. #462: Syrus Marcus Ware, Robyn Maynard, Desmond Cole on Long Night Ep. #427: Maria Bamford Ep. #390: Beverly Glenn-Copeland Ep. #347: A Tribe Called Red Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kathleen Edwards is here to discuss Billionaire, becoming a snowbird by getting married and moving to Florida from Canada, how relocation and travel and running a coffee shop can foster curiosity and appreciation for the human condition, accepting yourself and pondering other people’s behaviour and pain, embracing growth and confidence that stems from lived experience, reflecting upon relationships and loss, another new album, touring, other future plans, and much more! EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. Enjoy this excerpt and please subscribe now via this link to hear this full episode. Thanks! Thanks to Blackbyrd Myoozik, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Ep. #823: Espanola Ep. #821: Kurt Vile Ep. #560: Kathleen Edwards Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mac McCaughan and Laura King from Superchunk are here to discuss their new album, Songs in the Key of Yikes, North Carolina living and many Ludwig drums, writing dark-hued songs packaged in sunny, energetic arrangements, Jon Wurster retiring from Superchunk and how the band have met the challenge of filling his role, Laura’s musical background and why drummers have been in the news so much in 2025, why Mac wanted so many women from the Merge community to sing on this record, whether Superchunk could tour across Canada by train, confirmed upcoming non-train tour dates, other future plans, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. This one is fine, but if you haven’t already, please subscribe now on Patreon so you never miss full episodes. Thanks! Thanks to Blackbyrd Myoozik, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Ep. #963: Destroyer Ep. #924: Lance Bangs and Bob Nastanovich on ‘Pavements’ Ep. #913: Quivers Ep. #892: Fucked Up Ep. #847: Rosali Ep. #845: The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis Ep. #752: Yo La Tengo Ep. #746: H.C. McEntire Ep. #738: Superchunk Ep. #545: Owen Pallett Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marc Ribot is here to discuss his new album Map of a Blue City, his late, dear friend and beloved music producer, Hal Willner, and demoitis, how producer Ben Greenberg helped him finish an album 30 years in the making, the best way to catch bluefish and also fish you really shouldn’t eat, his relationship with his own singing voice and recent lyrical themes centred around loss, god, German Romanticism, and the Holocaust, reciting work by his late friend Allen Ginsberg, new music with Hurry Red Telephone, other future plans, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. Enjoy this excerpt and please subscribe now via this link to hear this full episode. Thanks! Thanks to the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Kreative ExKlusive #6: Hal Willner (2006) Ep. #999: Cory Hanson Ep. #985: PUP Ep. #960: Kim Thayil Ep. #958: Nels Cline Ep. #910: The Hard Quartet Ep. #905: Duane Denison from The Jesus Lizard Ep. #887: Janel and Anthony Ep. #866: Jim White and Marisa Anderson Ep. #839: Mary Timony Ep. #825: Dave Hill Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris DeVille is here to discuss his excellent new book, Such Great Heights – The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion, his history as a music fan, musician, and music journalist at Stereogum, the impact that mass media once had on him as a source for music and music news, why his book has a particular focus on the outsized influence that Pitchfork has had on 21st century pop culture, indie rock, mainstream pop, and poptimism, what is and isn’t covered in his book and a Substack that fills some gaps, upcoming book tour dates, other future plans, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. This one is fine, but if you haven’t already, please subscribe now on Patreon so you never miss full episodes. Thanks! Thanks to the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Kreative ExKlusive #5: Sufjan Stevens (2009) Ep. #884: Tim Kinsella Ep. #880: Guided By Voices Ep. #875: Ann Powers Ep. #811: Joseph Shabason Ep. #806: The Breeders Ep. #793: Ray Padgett Ep. #325: Is rock music dead? Long Night with Carl Wilson, Shad, and Weaves’ Jasmyn Burke Ep. #222: Peter Guralnick Ep. #: 188: Chad VanGaalen on doing Stupid Human Tricks on David Letterman Ep. #27: Greil Marcus Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Howlin' Pelle Almqvist from the Hives is here to discuss The Hives Forever Forever the Hives, living in Sweden, whether or not the band’s substantive, outspoken lyrics get enough attention, the eerily cyclical nature of western civilization, reflecting upon being in a band for 30 odd years, another artistic outlet he has but has never really talked about before, recording fidelity and punk rock, the Bon Scott era of AC/DC, working with Beastie Boys’ Mike D who produced this album, future plans for the Hives, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. Enjoy this excerpt and please subscribe now via this link to hear this full episode. Thanks! Thanks to Blackbyrd Myoozik, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online. Related episodes/links: Ep. #971: Change of Heart Ep. #955: Bonnie Trash Ep. #943: André Ethier Ep. #910: The Hard Quartet Ep. #842: Daniel Romano’s Outfit Ep. #825: Dave Hill Ep. #821: Kurt Vile Ep. #770: Adam Horovitz from Beastie Boys Ep. #708: Kiwi Jr. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.