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As the World Cup takes over Toronto and Vancouver, we discuss the Boi-1da album that was maybe supposed to feature Tragically Hip remixes but now just includes a rather drab cover of Ahead By Century that will surely soundtrack the montage of Team Canada highlights once they are eliminated. It also features CanCon artists known and unknown. We talk about words that rhyme with "tryna", the Bishnoi gang, electric circus, buisness solutions, Bell Let's Talk, jock jams and much much more.

McMaster & James check all the CanCon boy band boxes. And while they never reached the ubiquity of some of their contemporaries, their lone album might be the best boy band album this country ever produced. Woah woah woah yeah yeah yeah.
Also discussed: the Bounce, tributaries, Sook-Yin Lee, the tyranny of "oh baby", songwriting, Canadian Idol, music videos, choruses and much more.

Today we are joined by multidisciplinary artist, musician, filmmaker, actor, journalist, broadcaster, Canadian icon, Sook-Yin Lee to talk about her time as a MuchMusic VJ, “democratizing the playing field”, and her new album 72RHR - out now via Hand Drawn Dracula.
Also discussed: clowns, DNA, squatting, secret labs, Eyeball Theatre, Moses Znaimer, Vancouver's punk scene, making art, CanCon, phones, fighting, ghosts and much more.

Raised in Edmonton and Jamaica, Kreesha Turner bounced into the spotlight after winning the nation's most notorious radio-sponsored talent competition. Dubbed "the Canadian Rhianna", she scored a big hit with "Don't Call Me Baby" and was poised for a long career. Her second album, the very good Tropic Electric, didn't produce any hits and the wheels fell off. Why does this always happen?
Also discussed: queer country, ghosts, Alexisonfire videos, the Shrode Innocent Controversy, the Tenors, Chantal Kreviazuk's presence, the Shawn Desman-Taylor Swift controversy, the Bounce, marching bands, the club and much more.

In this wide ranging catch-up episode, we debrief our live show, discuss Drake's big three-album rollout, breakdown the Jackson-Triggs Summer Concert Series 2026 and the FIFA Fan Festivals and breeze through the other five or so Our Lady Peace albums. Which is all a warm up to talking about I'm Going to Break Your Heart, a documentary about, for and by Raine Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk and their journey to "Europe" to make an "album" and "save" their marriage.
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