Welcome to episode 90!!. Steve Beauchesne started Beaus all Natural Brewing with his dad almost ten years ago and grew the business to one of the larger craft brewing company in Ontario if not Canada. Steve used his punk rock ethics and upbringing to create a company with a strong sense of community and family. […]

Connor Lovat-Fraser is the lead singer and lyricist for “Boys Night Out”. Boys Night Out is a band from the surrounding areas of Burlington and Hamilton. The band formed in the early 2000’s, a time when the record industry was fractured. The music industry then was dealing with how to repair the damage from illegal […]

Tim Oxford is the drummer in the band “Arkells” though originally from Newmarket Ontario, Tim joined the Hamilton based band ten years ago. “Arkells” won a Juno award in 2010 for new group of the year and won their second Juno last year for rock album of the year. Both critically acclaimed and adored by fans everywhere, […]

Will McGuirk is a writer and journalist. Will has been the man that is responsible for documenting punk rock and indy music history in Oshawa for over 25 years through fanzines and now professional mediums like magazines and news print. In this episode we drove around Oshawa starting with his first home in the south end […]

Brock Pytel is the original member of Canadian power-pop rockers “the Doughboys”. Brian Minato is known to play with several bands and artists like Sarah McLachlan and Luke Doucet. Shockk is from the band Tiger Prawn and Shane Wilson played drums in Jack Tripper. Together they started “SLIP~ons”, a pop power band with Husker Du and Replacements under-tones. In […]

Ben Rispin is a musician, artist, promoter and a pillar to the Hamilton Ontario independent music scene. Ben is the lead singer in a new project called “Rules” with Chuck Coles, Adam Michael and Alex Standen. Everyone in the band is from other bands that have touring schedules and record deals. Ben always is up to something and […]

A different kind of podcast this week. This week is a double episode wrapped into one. Darryl Fine is the co-founder and owner of Toronto’s own “Bovine Sex Club” and Kj Jansen is the founder, guitarist and lead singer of Calgary’s “Chixdiggit”. Both of them are celebrating a 25th year anniversary. In the podcast we […]

Tyler Wilkinson found fame at a young age when his dad formed family band “The Wilkinsons”. At the age of 9, Tyler was up on stage in the eastern regions of Ontario breaking hearts and taking numbers! By the age of 14, Tyler was on tour busses and hanging with his contemporaries of the late 90’s country […]

Brian Doherty is the founder and guitar player in the band “Big Wreck”. Brian started his music journey learning the trumpet and soon moved over to guitar playing in local bands. After high school, Brian went to the prestigious Berklee college of music and soon formed “Big Wreck” with Ian Thornley. While most of the […]

Steven Rawles started the band “Belvedere” in Calgary Alberta in the mid-nineties and never stopped making albums until present day. Whether it was with “Belvedere”, “This is a Standoff” or his solo acoustic album, he never really stopped touring. “Belvedere” is one of Canada’s greatest exports when it comes to melodic punk rock. They took a […]