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Off The Record
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Off The Record is a music interview podcast based out of Toronto, Canada. In it, your host, Frankie, interviews artists from all walks of life and at different levels of their careers. Episodes are mainly constructed around discussing new releases, and the making of them. However, listeners also get to know their favourite artists on a more intimate level, by hearing how they have been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and who they are currently listening to.
Episodes
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Episode 48: Koster
Jay Koster, former frontman of BC based pop-punk band The Fallaways, joins me to talk about his new solo project Koster.
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Episode 47: Lukas and Charise of MOTHER TONGUES
If you haven’t heard of this band and love nothing more than putting on some great music after a long day’s work and sparking up a joint or sipping on your favourite cocktail then look no further. You’ve found them. Mother Tongues has been on the Toronto music scene for the past 5 years and is…
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Episode 46: Karla & Sam of SPRINTS
SPRINTS are a four-piece garage-noise band based out of Dublin, Ireland. They are made up of Karla Chubb on vocals, Sam McCann on bass, Colm O’Reilly on guitar and Jack Callan on drums. The band is pretty new, having formed in late 2019. Just in time to get a few shows and songs out before the...
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Episode 45: Devon and Jeff of Jane's Party
If you live in Toronto and frequented music venues like The Horseshoe Tavern, or even just have the local radio station playing in the background at home or your place of work, then you’ve undoubtedly heard the catchy melodies of the pop-rock quartet: Jane’s Party. If you haven’t had a chance to...
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Episode 44: The Damn Truth
The Damn Truth is made up of Lee-la Baum (lead vocals/guitar), Tom Shemer (lead guitar/vocals), PY Letellier (bass/vocals) and Dave Traina (drums/vocals). They have been around for the better half of a decade , and Now or Nowhere is their 3 full-length album. Their sound is kind of timeless - if…
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EPISODE 43: Attawalpa
Luis Felber has been involved in England’s music scene for a long time, playing in tons of bands, in various genres from punk rock, with his band Turbogeist to psych rock with Shuga. He is also one of the founders of Young Turks Records, now known as Young. If the name sounds familiar that’s...
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EPISODE 42: Miesha Louie of Miesha and the Spanks
Miesha Louie has been making music for over a decade now and as the band name suggests, has always been the main driving force behind it. Miesha and the Spanks, has gone through many lineup changes over the years, but Miesha seems to have found the perfect musical partner in drummer, Sean…
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EPISODE 41: David Schellenberg of TUNIC
Tunic formed around 2012, after the band’s founder David Schellenberg – on vocals and guitar - was fired from another band he was in for not being good enough on bass. This acted as a catalyst for David to start his own project, going for a sound inspired by the likes of Quicksand and Superchunk....
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EPISODE 40: Ben Walsh of Tiger's Jaw
Tiger’s Jaw have been together for well over a decade now since starting their career in Scranton, Pennsylvania back in 2005. In that time they have put out and handful of Eps and 6 studio albums - the latest one being "I Won't Care How You Remember Me", which dropped on March 5, 2021 on Hopeless...
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EPISODE 39: Jack Underkofler of Dead Poet Society
The members of Dead Poet Society went to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and when they initially formed in 2012 or 2013, but without their current frontman Jack Underkofler – the band, according to Jack sucked (his words, not mine). Apparently there were even memes going around Berklee...
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EPISODE 38: LTtheMonk
LTtheMonk grew up in Beckenham, a small town in Bromley – one of the Boroughs of London in the UK. Music was always a big part of his life, but he fell in love with Hip Hop when we stumbled upon Twista’s “Sunshine” music video while channel surfing at the tender age of 7 – something just clicked...
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EPISODE 37: Matt Ware of Yester Daze
Yester Daze is made up of three members: Brandon McShad on GTR and lead VOX, Zach Lemay on bass and Matt Ware on the drums. The guys originally got together when Brandon hired Zach and Matt as session musicians for his solo project, but once the spark between these three ignited and the music...
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EPISODE 36: Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs
The Toronto-based powerhouse, Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs have been tearing up stages across North America with the likes of Fidlar, The Dirty Nil, Frank Turner and Billy Joe Armstrong’s The Longshot, to name a few. “Real One” is the band’s third full length album, and while the first two were...
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EPISODE 35: Brandon Williams AKA Chastity
Chastity is the brain-child of Brandon Williams, the band’s frontman and lyricist. Over the last six years, Williams has put out an EP and two full-length albums. So far in 2021, Chastity has released one single, a cover of Third Eye Blinds “Losing a Whole Year” – which is very fitting with COVID...
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EPISODE 34: TandM
Toronto-based Indie Pop duo TandM is made up of lead singer and guitarist Maxine Beck-Sinderby and drummer Thomas Franklin – T for Thomas and M for Maxine – therefore TandM. The two met serendipitously at a music studio in high school and became fast friends, and eventually a couple. They both...
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EPISODE 33: Bike Thiefs
Bike Thiefs is a Toronto-based post-punk trio made up of bassist Kris Pandierada, drummer Andrew Fasken and guitarist/vocalist Marko Woloshyn. The band have been together for over 5 years and in that time have released three EPs, as well as a full-length album titled "Leaking", which they…
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EPISODE 32: Partner
Partner is made up of Josée Caron on guitar and vocals, Lucy Niles on bass and vocals and Simone TB on drums. The band have been active for a number of years now, Josée and Lucy met at university in New Brunswick in 2014, and by 2020 Partner has put out two full-length albums and one EP. They...
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Episode 31: Baby FuzZ
Sterling Fox has been in the industry for a long time now and has worked with some top talents, like Madonna, Avicii and Adam Levine to name a few. However, in 2018 Fox decided that it was time to put out his own music, without the limitations of the pop machine and started putting out tracks…
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EPISODE 30: Scott Xylo and Adeemus of Shadeemus
Originally, this project started Scott Xylo, a British producer & Songwriter of Jamaican descent befriended Welsh guitarist Adam Martin (ADEEMUS) whilst working together at a coffee shop in Leicester, UK. The duo originally teamed up to work on new Scott Xylo material, but they would eventually…
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EPISODE 29: Rory Rodriguez of Hurtwave (and Dayseeker)
Dayseeker vocalist Rory Rodriguez and drummer Mike Karle announced their new project Hurtwave earlier this summer. For this endeavour, the pair traffic in synths and the output is decidedly different than that of their main band. The band, which is signed to Spinefarm Records, have released three...
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EPISODE 28: My Kid Brother
After signing with Fearless Records in 2019, the My Kid Brother released their first EP in September of this year and it’s a wonderful collection of half a dozen songs – for their first EP the songs really sound polished and are catchy as hell. I linked up with the entire band, which was pretty...
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EPISODE 27: Sara May of Falcon Jane
Falcon Jane’s frontwoman and founder, Sara May, started performing under the moniker almost 9 years ago, and while the band has undergone many line up changes over the years, she found her musical partner, Andrew McArthur in 2014 and eventually a romance would form between the two. Now, in 2020...
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EPISODE 26: Blake Prince and Chris LeMasters of TEETH
TEETH is a project that was birthed out of a necessity to release a lot of pent up anger and it shows in their music, these guys are HEAVY, however my chat with them was not. I got to talk to Blake Prince and Chris LeMasters about the formation of the band, the singles they’ve put out so far and...
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EPISODE 25: Jared Ellul of Heart Attack Kids
Heart Attack Kids originally started as a two-piece punk band made up of lead singer and guitarist Jared Ellul and drummer Nathan Stock in 2013. This high energy rock music really transferred well to their live performances, and the band would sign their first record deal in 2016 with Undergorund...
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EPISODE 24: Captain Sensible of The Damned
The Damned are Britain's greatest surviving punk rock band from the good old days and the Rockfield studios are especially important, because this is where the band would record, what would eventually become their most successful releases: The Black Album and Strawberries. I had the privilege to...
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EPISODE 23: Jenna Priestner of Mobina Galore
Mobina Galore, the Winnipeg punk duo made up of Jenna Priestner on guitar and lead vocals and Marcia Hanson on drums, formed in 2011. Since then the band have released 3 full-length studio albums and a very intimate documentary on the making of their last record Don’t Worry. The documentary…
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EPISODE 22: Panther Almqvist of Bootblacks
Bootblacks is a post-punk band based out of NYC and have been making music for a decade. The band’s founders, vocalist Panther Almqvist and guitarist Ali Gorman are the only two remaining original members and along with Barrett Hiatt on bass and Larry Gorman - a veteran from the hardcore scene on...
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EPISODE 21: Loeden and Evan of Rarity
Rarity is a Post-Hardcore band based out of Hamilton, Ontario and are signed to New Damage Records. They have been active since 2014 and have released one EP and two-full length albums. In today’s episode I chat with lead vocalist, Loeden and drummer Evan about life during the pandemic, the two…
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EPISODE 20: The Fallaways
The Fallaways have been together for a few years now, having released their first EP Skiddish in 2017. They have undergone some line up changes since then, most noticeably frontman Jay put down his guitar to concentrate on singing and fuelling crowds at shows with energy and witty banter. Now…
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EPISODE 18: Kevin Keegan of Dead Quiet
Dead Quiet have been around for a while, having formed in 2014 and releasing their debut self-titled album a year later in 2015. Now in 2020 the band is on the cusp of releasing their third full-length album “Truth and Ruin”. I got to chat with the band’s frontman and founder, Kevin Keegan via…
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EPISODE 17: Matt Coward of Spinster Jones
In today’s episode I chat with Matt Coward, the Spinster Jones' bassist and learn about how these three guys met, and how their surrounding s influenced their style of music, which they affectionately refer to as "swamp punk". SPINSTER JONES Bandcamp | https://spinsterjones.bandcamp.com/ Spotify…
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EPISODE 16: Bryan Kuznitz of Fame on Fire
Florida-based rockers, Fame on Fire, can’t really be pigeonholed into a specific genre, which they are fine with - one thing they refuse to be labelled as is a cover band. Why is it that they draw the line there? Probably because what blew the band up was making heavy covers of pop songs covering...
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EPISODE 15: Osé
Osé is a Nigerian-born; Brampton-based 17 year-old, who has made some pretty major waves in the Toronto scene in a very short amount of time – she started dropping music this year! She is backed by Upn6xt – a Toronto-based organization which helps up-and-coming hip-hop and RnB artists get…
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EPISODE 14: Cam Gray of The Bare Minimum
You were just listening to the intro of “Scars and Stripes”, the latest single from Toronto-based punk outfit The Bare Minimum. I got to chat with Cam Gray, who sings and plays guitar for the band, about the new single, as well as how The Bare Minimum truly embrace the DIY nature of the roots of...
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EPISODE 13: Alex Reed of Seeming
Seeming’s frontman Alex Reed and I chat about the upcoming album, the making of it, and what avant-garde composer Sarah Hennies brought to the table by co-producing it with Alex. Alex is an extremely interesting individual to talk to: he has a PhD and teaches a variety of music related courses in...
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EPISODE 12: Justin Benlolo of BRKN Love
For today’s episode I decided to reach out to someone, who I had already interviewed before the pandemic, simply because I didn’t have a lot of time to chat with him the last time: I’m talking about Justin Benlolo, frontman and founder of BRKN Love, a rock group based out of Toronto. Justin and I...
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EPISODE 11: Chachy of Round Eye
With the power of the internet, I was able to do a cross-continental interview with Chachy, lead singer for ex-pat band Round Eye based out of Shanghai, China. We talk about how China has already returned to normalcy – as normal as things can be nowadays anyway; How five white guys from all over...
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EPISODE 10: Zakk Abrams of Hotknives
Today I give you an interview I did with Zakk Abrams, lead vocalist for post-hardcore band Hotknives based out of Hamilton, ON. The band just released a four song EP entitled “One” this past Friday and it sounds awesome, really heavy, really catchy I definitely recommend giving it a listen. Zakk...
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EPISODE 9: Mike Gribben of Bad Breed
Today I chat with Mike Gribben, lead singer for Toronto-based rock band Bad Breed. The band just released their latest album Bad Breed in Ferocious Love today, July 17. Mike and I chat about a lot of things, including the making of the new album, the reformation of Bad Breed after a long hiatus…
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EPISODE 8: Andrew Zamora of Weigh The Anchor
In today’s episode I have a chat with Andrew Zamora, vocalist for pop-punk band Weigh The Anchor based out of Oakville, Ontario. The band just released their 3rd EP called “Right At Home”, this time with a smaller line up of the 3 remaining members: Andrew (Vocals & Bass), Brad (Guitar) and…
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EPISODE 7: Remington Leith of Palaye Royale
In this one I chat with Remington Leith Kropp, lead singer of Canadian-American rock band Palaye Royale. Remington started the band with his two siblings Sebastian and Emerson back in 2008. Since then the band has been on the road practically non-stop, initially playing anywhere they could, to...
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EPISODE 6: Stephen Wells of Birthday Club
In today’s episode I chat with Stephen Wells, the mastermind behind Houston’s bedroom pop band: Birthday Club. As with most of my episodes, we chat about how the pandemic has affected the band, as Stephan, in particular, had a very optimistic 2020 ahead of him before everything went to shit....
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EPISODE 5: ZForbes
This week I sat down with Toronto-based singer and producer ZForbes. I first met ZForbes when he performed on my other show Sideways (link to the session below) and I've kept tabs on him ever since. ZFORBES Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3dpT3SA Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/zforbesofficial/...
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EPISODE 4: Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October
This episode was especially exciting for me, because I got to interview someone who’s music really helped me get through a lot of dark times in my teen years and is a person who now is such an inspiration for anyone struggling with addiction or mental health issues, I’m talking about Justin...
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EPISODE 3: JB Brubaker of August Burns Red
In this episode I chat with JB Brubaker, guitarist for August Burns Red. We discuss how he and his family are coping with COVID19, the process of making ABR's latest album Guardians, and our shared love for Blink 182. (I recorded this interview a few weeks ago so some of the content might seem a...
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EPISODE 2: The Blue Stones
I caught up up with Justin and Tarek of The Blue Stones via Zoom. We spent a lot of time chatting about video games and TV Shows, but also about the new album they're working on.
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EPISODE 1: The Bankrobber
For the first episode of the OTR podcast, I interview Giacomo Oberti, lead singer of the Italian Indie Rock band The Bankrobber.
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Off The Record is a music interview podcast based out of Toronto, Canada. In it, your host, Frankie, interviews artists from all walks of life and at different levels of their careers. Episodes are mainly constructed around discussing new releases, and the making of them. However, listeners also get to know their favourite artists on a more intimate level, by hearing how they have been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and who they are currently listening to.
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