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0293.EM.Lamb Of God & Sonic Youth

Wed, Dec 9 Listen

Lamb of God is the metal band from Richmond, Virginia. More than 32 million plays on MySpace. Their sixth studio record is called Wrath. Metal dude Mike Sullivan spoke with bass player John Campbell in a stinky locker room just before Lamb went in stage in support of Metallica. Also on the show Greg from Calgary's X92 tackles the news, and Alan revists his convo with Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.

0292.EM.Rubik & Weezer

Tue, Dec 8 Listen

All this week, it's a chance to meet bands who might make it big in 2010. We kinda liked Rubik when we first heard of them. They're from Finland. There are eight of them. And when their second album, Dada Bandits, took them within shouting distance of us, we yelled for them to come in. Our Adam Morrison spoke to Artturi and Sampsa from the band. Also we revist Weezer, and Adam Ricard from Toronto The Edge tackles the music news.

0291.EM.Gallows and Pearl Jam

Mon, Dec 7 Listen

All this week, we're going to do our best to facilitate some introductions and re-introductions to bands who could be very big in 2010. We'll start with Gallows, a heavy punk rock band from the UK. They'll be touring with Billy Talent and Alexisonfire next year. Our Mike Sullivan got to talk with bass player Stuart Gili-Ross backstage before their opening slot for AFI. Plus Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam shows up, and Toronto's Adam Ricard hits the news.

0290.EM.Passion Pit

Fri, Dec 4 Listen

Passion Pit is from BostonCambridge, actually. And they're one of those bands who have made 80s keyboard sounds popular again. We had them in for a chat with Explore's Ira Haberman...

0289.EM.The Bouncing Souls

Thu, Dec 3 Listen

The Bouncing Souls have been all about 7-inch singles this yearthe current album is called 20th Anniversary Series and instead of releasing it as a solid chunk, fans could get a new digital single each month, or four 7-inch singles every 3 monthsour punk dude, Mike Sullivan sat down with the band

0288.EM.Metallica - Part 3

Wed, Dec 2 Listen

Alan had a chance to meet with Kirk Hammett of Metallica last month. One of the things they talked about was the new Metallica iPhone app, and how it's different from all the other apps out there. Here's part 3 of Alan's convo with Kirk...

0287.EM.Metallica - Part 2

Tue, Dec 1 Listen

Last December, Alan promised an interview with Metallica. It took almost a year, but he got it. He had a chance to sit down with Kirk Hammett before a show in Toronto. Here's part 2 of that conversation...

0286.EM.Metallica - Part 1

Mon, Nov 30 Listen

Last December, Alan promised an interview with Metallica. It took almost a year, but he got it. He had a chance to sit down with Kirk Hammett before a show in Toronto. He was not well. He thought he had H1N1so it was good we sat in a windowless, airless room for half an hour. Kirk seemed a little down, so they talked about puppies.

0285.EM.Mark Seymour

Fri, Nov 27 Listen

Mark is a great storyteller. He's also a hero to Australian rules football fans because he goes to the games, performs at halftime and has a track called Holy Grail which has become a big anthem. Mark came in for a chat with Alan.

0284.EM.Yesterday's Ring

Thu, Nov 26 Listen

Yesterday's Ring is from Montreal. They are related to a band called The Sainte Catherines. They straddle the line between punk and country. The new album is called Diamonds In The Ditch and punk dude Mike Sullivan spoke with Hugo and Matt from the band...which is a treat, because Hugo rarely does interviews anymore...

0283.EM.The Watchmen

Wed, Nov 25 Listen

The Watchmen came out of Winnipeg in 1988 and had a good, solid run until 2003. But after a few years apart, they decided to regroup and maybe record again. Singer Danny Greaves and guitarist Joey Serlin came in to talk to Alan about how this happened and how things are going.

0282.EM.Porcupine Tree

Tue, Nov 24 Listen

Porcupine Tree is the British psych-rock, prog-rock band formed in 1987. One of the key guys is Richard Barbieri, whom you might know as a member of Japan, a very cool post-punk band from the late 70s and early 80s. Their new albumtheir tenthis called The Incident, and both Richard and singer Steve Wilson came in to talk to Mike Sullivan about it.

0281.EM.Killswitch Engage

Mon, Nov 23 Listen

Killswitch Engage is the Massachusetts-based metalcore band. Actually, they were one of the first bands to acquire that label. Five albums over about ten years. The most recent record is self-titled. And guitarists Adam Dutkiewicz and Joel Stroezel came in to talk to our Mike Sullivan about things.

ExploreMusic TV Audio Podcast Ep 06 Season 2

Fri, Nov 20 Listen

Steve DawsonProducer, musician, and songwriter Jonathan DekelManaging/Online Editor of Gasoline Magazine. Chuck DThe Salads

0279.EM.Slipknot - Part 2

Thu, Nov 19 Listen

Slipknot has been touring behind the tenth anniversary of the release of their first album. Our Mike Sullivan was brave enough to step into their backstage world to talk them about it. He talked to Corey Taylor and Shawn The Clown Crahan about 10 years of Slipknot. Here's part 2 of that interview...

0278.EM.Slipknot - Part 1

Wed, Nov 18 Listen

Slipknot has been touring behind the tenth anniversary of the release of their first album. Our Mike Sullivan was brave enough to step into their backstage world to talk them about it. He talked to Corey Taylor and Shawn The Clown Crahan about 10 years of Slipknot.

0277.EM.Deftones - Part 2

Tue, Nov 17 Listen

Explore's Mike Sullivan is such a fan of Deftones that he flew out to Calgary using his own money to meet up with Chino Moreno and Steph Carpenterhere's part 2 of that interview

0276.EM.Deftones - Part 1

Mon, Nov 16 Listen

Part 1 of Mike Sullivan's chat with Chino Moreno and Steph Carpenter of Deftones.

0275.EM.Snow Patrol

Fri, Nov 13 Listen

When U2 rolled through Toronto in September, Snow Patrol was the opening act. Gary came up to the office before soundcheck to talk about this new collection of Snow Patrol tracksbut don't call it a greatest hits record. It features a bunch of unreleased or reworked songs.

0274.EM.Temper Trap

Thu, Nov 12 Listen

Temper Trap is a five-piece from Melbourne, Australia, with a debut record called Conditions. Singer Dougy Mandagi (who's originally from Bali) and guitarist Lorenzo Sillitto came in to tell their story.

0273.EM.Echo And The Bunnymen - Part 2

Wed, Nov 11 Listen

Singer Ian McCulloch was in the office recently and he had a long talk about many things, including the new Echo album, The Fountain.

0272.EM.Echo And The Bunnymen - Part 1

Tue, Nov 10 Listen

Ian McCulloch is still a Bunnyman more than 30 years later. The band is considered to be legendary in British circles. In fact, their 1984 album, Ocean Rain is so iconic that they've been touring it, playing the whole thing front-to-back, using classical musicians at every stop on the tour. It's a big 25th anniversary thing. Coldplay are huge fans, so Alan asked Ian if the feeling was mutual...

0271.EM.Silversun Pickups

Mon, Nov 9 Listen

The second Silversun album is called Swoon...and singer Brian Aubert and bass player Nikki Monniger were in to talk to our Ira Haberman.

0270.EM.The Avett Brothers

Fri, Nov 6 Listen

A few months ago, if someone had asked Alan about The Avett Brothers, he would have gone...who? He'd never heard of them, even though they have been making records since 2002. Two brothers from Greenville, North Carolina (Scott and Seth) and their buddy, John Twomey. And for five studio albums and two live records, nothing happened. But then they were found by producer Rick Rubin. And the result is an album that will end up on a bunch of year-end best of lists. Our Ira Haberman talked to...

0269.EM.Brand New

Thu, Nov 5 Listen

Brand New are from Long Island. They're up to album number four, which they called Daisy. Debuted at #6 on the Billboard charts when it came out in September. And when the fall tour swung by close to us, we invited Jesse and Vince in for a chat with Mike Sullivan

0268.EM.Priestess

Wed, Nov 4 Listen

Priestess is the four-piece from Montreal who have a lot in common with some of the chunky rock bands of the 70s. If you like Priestess, you should go back and explore Thin Lizzy. Anyway, they came in with news about their second record, Prior To The Fire. Explore's Mike Sullivan spoke with Mikey and Dan of the band...

0267.EM.Collective Soul

Tue, Nov 3 Listen

Ed Roland 's a great, great guy. Very friendly and extremely personable. One of the many things he and Alan talked about was Collective Soul's career arc from indie to major label and back again.

0266.EM.Weezer - Part 2

Mon, Nov 2 Listen

The new album, Raditude, is out tomorrow. And you know how this works by now. Whenever weezer releases a new record, they do something innovativelike the Let's Write A Sawng project, the Hootenanny Tour and the cool videos.

0265.EM.Weezer - Part 1

Fri, Oct 30 Listen

Before their August show opening up for Blink-182, Alan found all four members of Weezer backstage in their bright orange overalls

0264.EM.Ill Scarlett

Thu, Oct 29 Listen

The new Ill Scarlett album is called 1UP!...and after the heavy production of the last album, this one brings Ill Scarlett back to the basicsWill and Alex came into the Explore offices to talk

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