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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

0263.EM.Saosin

Wed, Oct 28 Listen

Saosin is 100% flesh-and-blood. Five guys from Newport Beach, south of Los Angeles. New album called In Search of Solid Groundand they came in to talk to Alan about it. Among other things.

0262.EM.A Fine Frenzy

Wed, Oct 28 Listen

Alan first heard about A Fine Frenzy a couple of years ago when he was invited to a showcase. This is a person. Her name is Alison Sudol. She's American, but she's had most of her success in Europe so far. She has two albums, including a new one called Bomb In A Birdcage. Ira Haberman talked to Alison at ExploreMusic world headquarters.

0261.EM.Arctic Monkeys

Mon, Oct 26 Listen

The third Arctic Monkeys album is called Humbug and guitarist Jamie Cook and drummer Matt Helders dropped into Alan's office recently for a quick chat.

0260.EM.Moby - Part 2

Fri, Oct 23 Listen

Moby and Alan sat down to talk about his new album, Wait For Me...and being in about being in a horror flick.

0259.EM.Moby - Part 1

Thu, Oct 22 Listen

Moby's new albumhis 11this called Wait For Me. Moby and Alan sat down to talk about it, including the philosophy behind how this record was made.

ExploreMusic Wednesday October 21, 2009

Wed, Oct 21 Listen

The Video Dead is from Burlington, Ontario, and was designed to keep some of the guys in Saint Aliva Cartel occupied. Ben Rispin sings and Matt Richmond plays guitar. They have an EP called A Face For Radio. But Not The Songs. Mike Sullivan caught up with them.

Explore Music - Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Tue, Oct 20 Listen

The Johnstones have been into a goofy sort of ska-punk for years. Lots of singles. One of the singers is the son of the Long in Long and Mcquade Music Stores. I betcha that came in handy.

0256.EM.Franz Ferdinand

Mon, Oct 19 Listen

Alan talks dub remixes with Franz Ferdinand at V-Fest.

0255.EM.Fred

Fri, Oct 16 Listen

Fred is a fun band from Cork, Ireland. They have at least four albums, the most recent of which is called Go God Go. We had them into the office to chat with Explore's Adam Morrison.

0254.EM.Titus Andronicus

Thu, Oct 15 Listen

Let's talk about Titus Andronicusscholars will that I mean the Shakespearean tragedy written somewhere around 1590not in this caseit's a five-piece band from Glen Rock, New Jersey. They're a bit younger than the playthey were formed in 2005, which is a 415 year difference. They're loud, distorted, and somewhat snottyAlan liked them right immediately, and as such dispatched Explore's Mike Sullivan down to The Horseshoe Tavern on Queen Street in Toronto with orders to have a pint with front...

0254.EM.Clothes Make The Man

Wed, Oct 14 Listen

Clothes Make The Man are a Toronto group that I've been kinda watching for the last whilethey have a second indie record out called DistanceRyan and Scott came in for a chat with Alan.

0253.EM.Grizzly Bear

Tue, Oct 13 Listen

Grizzly Bear is one of Alan's favourite discoveries of the year. Radiohead loves these guys. They're out of Brooklyn. There is a guy named Bear in the band, but he's the drummer. The guy who does most of the talking is singer Ed Droste. Their most recent record is called Veckatimest, which is named after an island in Massachusetts. Ed and Alan sat down for a talk back in August.

0251.EM.Amy Millan

Thu, Oct 8 Listen

Amy Millian is one of the many people who orbit Broken Social Scene. She's also part of the Montreal Band Stars. And she records on her own. She has a new record called Masters of The Burial and just as it was coming out, she came in to talk to our Ira Haberman.

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