Gut Feeling

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Ashley Webber, a Vancouver based singer-songwriter whom just released her second solo album, Only The End, as Ashley Shadow. The talk gets into making the album, her first in five years, with collaborators including Will Oldham (a.k.a. Bonnie "Prince" Billy), Josh Welles (Lightning Dust), Ryan Beattie and more, but it also gets into growing up in Maple Ridge, B.C.; sharing the stage with Donny Osmond in her youth; performing with early '00s

This month's Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with Supercrush vocalist/guitarist Mark Palm. While currently based in Seattle, Mark grew up in Vancouver, so we got into some of his earliest experiences in the Lower Mainland punk and hardcore scene. Throughout the talk, Mark gets into: playing shows with his first proper band, Look Inside; joining the great Reserve 34; the time he tried his hand at stand up comedy; the time he modeled for Wrangler Jeans; somewhat hesitantly joining a joke band

This month's Gut Feeling Podcast is an interview with The Noise Floor Recording Studio's Terry Ondang. Currently based in Gabriola Island, B.C., the Noise Floor's idyllic beachside setting has brought artists like Orville Peck, Dead Soft, Wolf Parade, Partner through its doors. On top of studio life, Terry gets into: Nirvana as her gateway to punk and hardcore; starting her concert promotion career booking SNFU shows at The Java Joint; winging a show offer e-mail to Fugazi, and cinching it; and

The latest episode of the Gut Feeling Podcast is an extended look at True Loves/Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio guitarist Jimmy James, who I’d profiled for the newsletter a couple of issues ago. There were a number of musical moments to our talk, which Jimmy punctuated with his prized Silvertone, and since the bulk of that didn’t quite fit the Q&A format, I’m posting the audio so you can get a feel for his style. The True Loves’ Sunday Afternoon is out this Friday (May 28) via Color Red, and you can