Kreative Kontrol
Kreative Kontrol

Kreative Kontrol

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Thoughtful, funny, heartfelt interviews and in-depth documentaries about musicians, authors, comedians, and other cultural creators.

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Recent Episodes

Nomeansno (2011)
DEC 13, 2025
Nomeansno (2011)

On a recent Kreative Kontrol episode, Mark Molnar mentioned his fondness for a radio interview I once conducted with Tom Holliston, John Wright, and Rob Wright from Canada’s greatest band, Nomeansno. And so, here’s that interview, which occurred over breakfast at the By the Way Café in Toronto, Ontario on April 5, 2011. It’s one of my most cherished work life experiences, so thank you again to Nomeansno, whose entire catalogue is now available on streaming services, and Alternative Tentacles is reissuing their catalogue in physical forms too.


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Nomeansno's Rob Wright (2009)

Ep. #1048: Mark Molnar

Ep. #854: METZ

Ep. #782: Dead Bob

Ep. #707: Ian Blurton’s Future Now

Ep. #476: Ford Pier live at CFRU!

Ep. #227: John Wright & Frank Barnes of Compressorhead

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14 MIN
Ep. #1048: Mark Molnar
DEC 11, 2025
Ep. #1048: Mark Molnar

Mark Molnar is here to discuss his new album EXO, being made to take classical music lessons at three years old over pursuing sports, key figures in his life who exposed him to music, musicians, and ways to approach your musical instrument, the death of arts funding and risk aversion in the cultural sector, his engagement with my music journalism and a breakfast interview I once did with Nomeansno, the state of contemporary classical music and whether he and other Constellation Records artists might fit within it, his own label Black Bough Records, other future plans, and much more.


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Ep. #1044: Steve Albini (2008)

Ep. #944: Bonnie “Prince” Billy

Ep. #919: Oren Ambarchi

Ep. #900: Fugazi and Jem Cohen

Ep. #782: Dead Bob

Ep. #712: Kee Avil

Ep. #636: Sofa

Ep. #31: Jesse Stewart and Hamid Drake

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85 MIN
Ep. #1047: Lonnie Holley
DEC 9, 2025
Ep. #1047: Lonnie Holley

Lonnie Holley is here to discuss his 2025 album Tonky, his view of and appreciation for Canada, the role the country played for African-American slaves and the evolution of terms ascribed to Black people in America, growing up in juke joints, whiskey houses, and slave camps in Alabama in the 1950s, his interest in salvaging objects to make art, his observations about historical cycles, his song “Protest With Love” and viewing presidencies as temporary viruses, what’s next, and much more.


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Ep. #1011: Saul Williams

Ep. #864: Mary Lattimore and Walt McClements

Ep. #754: Baron Vaughn

Ep. #598: Aquakultre

Ep. #390: Beverly Glenn-Copeland

Ep. #348: Matthew Shipp

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Buck 65 on Bike For Three! (2009)
DEC 8, 2025
Buck 65 on Bike For Three! (2009)

Sometime this past November, a Patreon subscriber named Brian asked me if I might have any older interviews with Buck 65 in my archives. So, I took a look and sure enough, I do, including a 2009 talk about his Bike For Three! collaboration with Joëlle Phuong Minh Lê. Then, on December 4, 2025, Mr. 65 released a Deluxe Edition of More Heart Than Brains, which was the debut record by Bike For Three! and was originally released on May 26, 2009. Then I thought, “Huh, sharing this old interview is rather timely,” and so that’s what I’m doing. From what I can tell, this interview with Rich Terfry was recorded in May 2009. Enjoy!


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Ep. #1033: Shad

Ep. #858: Cadence Weapon

Ep. #800: Buck 65

Ep. #937: Mouth Congress

Ep. #272: Gord Downie [Archival; May 2010]

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Ep. #1046: Jim White and Guy Picciotto
DEC 4, 2025
Ep. #1046: Jim White and Guy Picciotto

Jim White and Guy Picciotto return to discuss Jim’s new album Inner Day, the beginning of New York City’s Zohran Mamdani era, Jim’s recent shows with Ed Kuepper, Jim’s decision to write lyrics and sing them, his relationship with words and their power, Jim briefly singing on a Hard Quartet song, my favourite song of the year, “I Don’t Do / Grand Central” and how this collaboration with Zoh Amba came to pass, dancing with your musical instrument, their new trio with Colleen Burke, contributing music to a Jem Cohen film, new ideas, other future plans, and much more.


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Ep. #1035: Ed Kuepper and Jim White

Ep. #1004: Liz Pelly

Ep. #944: Bonnie “Prince” Billy

Ep. #922: The Saints ’73-’78

Ep. #910: The Hard Quartet

Ep. #900: Fugazi and Jem Cohen

Ep. #849: Jim White and Guy Picciotto

Ep. #745: The Casual Dots

Ep. #562: Bill Callahan

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70 MIN