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I caught up with Becky & Maya at Club Saw this past Saturday night.  Based on our conversation in this podcast, I decided to put together a quick PACK "best of" playlist.  Very quickly it got up to 28 songs https://spoti.fi/3xnCm80 Honestly, listen to the playlist and try to figure out why these songs (especially from Unpersons through It Was Fun While It Lasted) aren't all over Canadian Rock & Alternative Radio????  Thanks for listening & supporting   Much Love   Darryl Spring

DTTB Ep.66 - George Stroumboulopoulos Punk Rock & Politics One of the people I wanted to interview while planning this podcast series, without question was Strombo. This is another episode where I get to interview a remarkable interviewer. Like Alan Cross Official, or CFNY founder David Marsden. All of whom, shared some amazing stories in this series. George and I talked about 102.1 The Edge in this episode. He was colleagues with some of my mentors there, including the late Martin Streek Tribute. In fact the last time I saw George in person was at the Opera House for a celebration in honour of Martin. We also discussed the Danko Jones / Monster Truck issue, which I weighed in on, based on an episode done with Jon Harvey. This led in to an important chat about where we are in North American in 2022. Which only left me thinking, are politics in George's future? In an official capacity? With George out on the West Coast, I thought we were talking at 6pm PT, so I didn't even write out questions or set up the light I usually use for video podcasts. But with George, I'm kind of glad we just hit record and go.

Phantom Atlantic just released a new EP on June 18th called Your View of a Former Me. Described as cinematic alt-rock, their sound is BIG and this collection tells a story. Last we spoke was at VooDoo Rockfest, which was the focus of 2 episode back in Season 1

The Glorious Sons have established themselves as a force in Canadian Rock n' Roll. As someone who got to see them in the early days in Kingston, their success isn't a surprise.   They're back with new music and have been producing it themselves during lockdown.     The best part is that they've achieved everything as an independent band on their own terms.

Demetrius Nath is the singer of the Mississauga pop punk band Maybe May   He also has a day job in the industry and is an all around good guy. Maybe May recently release a video for their new single "Survive, Satellite". The song and video is getting some attention across the country.   This is a timely song that captures a feeling that I think most of us share right now.  And it rocks! 

Deadset Society went platinum, then went on hiatus. In the downtime, the remaining members formed the band Tense Machine. Meanwhile, Deadset frontman Reid David Henry has released some solo material, I got to catch up with him to talk about that, being a Dad and the stress of being a Leaf fan

New Episode, with old friends. The Damn Truth ARE Rock n' Roll. Their live show is captivating and their new record is OUT NOW. I got to chat with them just ahead of the release of "Now or Nowhere" 

The Beaches are back with a new EP called Future Lovers.  I got to talk to them about the new music, their love of doing press and is everything alright with Canada's rock power couple?

Ken Tizzard was a memeber of The Watchmen and Thornley. His latest project is a collaborative album of covers that covers a wide spectrm of music. He also shares some personal stories about how he went in to lockdown about a year befre the rest of us did.

Return appearance from Complicit.  This time to tackle an Ariana Grande song.  Don't judge, LISTEN!  Tell me you don't like it  PS - Their name is Alanna Sterling

Dylan Hennessy makes a return appearance with a new Mobius Radio single "The Jake Revival".  We eventually get to the music, but we unexpectedly geeked out on skateboarding and it's similarities to music

It's fun when podcasts are also opportunities to catch up with old friends, and meet new ones! I'm super excited about their new music. About a year and a half ago, I made an introduction that's turned into a collaboration that will be on their forthcoming record

Andrew Parmelee (Parms) not only plays drums in the band Cevilain, he also runs Fill The Void studios out of his house.  He's collaborated with some young musicians in the Ottawa area to create a series of covers under the name Complicit. This episode features the music video for their version of Blinding Lights by The Weekend and features Ella Wile on vocals

Mike and Tony are back (without Christian) with a new banger called "CALL IT HOME".  But as always, they're super chill about it

New release day for Cevilain with the song WARS.  It features Adam Gontier of Saint Asonia (formerly Three Days Grace)   This short episode features a chat with Cliff and Ed and their new single WARS

Darryl returns to share some insight on the music industry. We spoke in season 1 and things have changed quite a bit since then. Always a fascinating discussion with the other Darryl

Craig was one of the longtime DJ's of Club 102, The Kingdom and the Spirit of the Edge Sunday nights.... from years gone by at 102.1 the edge   He recently launched Revolution Radio, which now broadcasts 24/7 via mixcloud.

The Motorleague are back with new music!   I got to catch up with Don to talk about the new song Dischordia that features Brian Byrne By all accounts, these guys deserve to be as well known as any Canadian band.  They've got a decade of solid releases, we go over some key tracks and wrap it up with the new one

The birth of rave in Toronto and the history of breakbeat, hardcore, jungle and drum and bass with Toronto Legend Marcus Visionary

Justin Benlolo of BRKN LOVE returns to #DTTB less than a year after being one of the few that I got to interview in person, at a venue and recorded an acoustic performance. That was back in Ep. 4 - bit.ly/3fTp6fB   Their debut is stellar and has an expanded version with 4 new songs including the latest single "Crush"