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Sloancast

Rob Butcher and Ken Gildner

Two superfans take deep dives into the career and catalogue of the Canadian rock band Sloan.

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01:22:03

Ep. 43: Action Pact (Part 1)

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2023/02/23

In this 20th anniversary year of the release of the album, we discuss 2003's Action Pact in detail both from the perspective of the events leading up to the release (including the aftershock of the Pretty Together era) as well as with a view to the band's changing creative processes. Plus, Emily Plunkett joins us to give an update on her bid to get the band into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

01:28:31

Ep. 42: Greg Rhyno

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2022/12/31

We round off 2022 with an interview with author and musician Greg Rhyno, whose debut novel "To Me You Seem Giant" takes a semi-fictional, semi-autobiographical glance at the Canadian indie rock scene of the mid-90s, including depictions of the members of Sloan and other Murderecords artists. Plus, Rob spills the beans on his brief-yet-illustrious career as drummer of Sloan.

01:49:38

Ep. 41: Jay Ferguson

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2022/11/06

To round off our series of interviews with the four members of Sloan, we sit down with Jay Ferguson and chat about his own "cradle-to-Sloan" story. Tune in to find out more about Jay's gig at Old Dan's Records, about his pre-Sloan careers with Deluxe Boys and Kearney Lake Rd., about his love for collecting music paraphernalia, and about his almost-career as a professional baseball player.

01:19:30

Ep. 40: Steady Preview

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2022/10/09

Join us as we dive into the band's 13th studio album "Steady", due for release on October 21st, 2022. Find out why this band just keeps getting better on each and every outing!

00:56:16

Ep. 39: Haris Cehajic

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2022/09/25

In our first-ever (partially) in-person interview, we sit down with musician, drone enthusiast and guitar/instrument tech to the GBOAT, Haris Cehajic, to talk about his history as part of the band's road crew, the band's upcoming 13th studio album "Steady", as well as his directorial debut for the first single off of this album, "Scratch the Surface". We also entertain our first-ever call-in guest.

01:58:44

Ep. 38: The Album Covers

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2022/08/28

You like ranking stuff? So does Sloancast. Join us as we each individually rank the 16 covers of Sloan's major releases (13 studio LPs, 2 major EPs, 1 live album) from least favourite to favourite, discussing along the way the merits of each piece of artwork.

01:31:16

Ep. 37: Supervoice

Sloancast ·

2022/06/11

Move over, Lennon & McCartney: there's a "new" lead vocal amalgam from the colonies whose double helix harmonic stylings will blow your minds. In this episode, we discuss the iconic lead vocal combination of Patrick Pentland and Chris Murphy, illustrated through ten examples from across the catalogue.

00:50:02

Ep. 36: Paul Myers

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2022/04/25

In this episode, we sit down with Toronto-born, California-based writer, journalist, musician and all-round Cancon renaissance man Paul Myers to chat about his own overlap with the Greatest Band of All Time, Sloan's place in the power pop canon, and the correlation between comedy and music. Be sure to check out Paul's Record Store Day Podcast as well as his upcoming documentary The Kids In The Hall: Comedy Punks!

02:20:21

Ep. 35: Parallel Play (ft. Ben Lindbergh)

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2022/04/01

Together with NYC-based writer and podcaster Ben Lindbergh, we tackle 2008's Parallel Play—an album sandwiched between the classic statements Never Hear The End of It and Hit & Run, and which, despite now being chronologically in the middle of their career, in many ways signals the beginning of the latest phase in the band's sound. Ben also takes us through his own personal Sloan story, including the perhaps only instance (yet) of an on-stage proposal over the band's 30-year career.

01:13:08

Ep. 34: Ned Brower and Taylor Locke

Sloancast ·

2022/03/17

In this episode (which has been a Long Time Coming), Rob takes a virtual trip south of the border to sunny Los Feliz, Los Angeles to chat with singer-songwriter/musical multi-talents Ned Brower and Taylor Locke. Find out about the musicians' longtime appreciation of the GBOAT, about their particular admiration of 2001's Pretty Together, as well as about their own personal encounters with the Sloan throughout their own careers.

01:19:42

Ep. 33: Alive & Alright Recap (w/Ron Baker)

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2022/02/27

In this post-mortem look at the band's "Alive & Alright" concert footage from February 2000, we're joined by Ron Baker (aka Blue Suit Ron), who was present at the taping of the special.

00:35:44

Ep. 32: Alive & Alright Preview (feat. Laura Mayo)

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2022/01/23

In this emergency episode of Sloancast, we set the time machine for February 4th, 2000 and the filming of a live performance of the entire Between the Bridges album in front of a select group of 40 fans—the result of which will eventually spawn the "Friendship" music video. Prior to the release of thefootage on Side Door on this February 4th, we chat with superfan Laura (Q) Mayo, who attended the original show, and talk to Rob about his own run-in with the concert footage.

02:05:04

Ep. 31: Sloancast 30 (Part 2)

Sloancast ·

2022/01/16

Kicking off the 31st year of Sloan, we continue with our hand-picked playlist concept "Sloancast 30". In part 2, we talk through tracks 16-30 of this selection—intended to highlight everything great about the greatest band of all time and convert even the pickiest of (not-yet-indoctrinated) music snobs.

02:04:49

Ep. 30: Sloancast 30 (Part 1)

Sloancast ·

2021/12/17

If you had to create a playlist to convince a non-Sloan fan about the band's greatness, what songs would you pick? To commemorate the end of the greatest band of all time's 30th anniversary year, we asked ourselves this very question. The result is the Sloancast 30, a hand-picked selection of tracks that embody the special qualities of the band and helps tell their story. So not our favourite 30 tracks per se, but the most meaningful. And not ABBA Gold, but rather "More ABBA Gold".

01:43:49

Ep. 29: Heron & Crane

Sloancast ·

2021/11/21

We sit down with Dave Gibson and Travis Kokas from the band Heron & Crane to talk about their lifelong superfandom for Sloan, including reflections on on-stage and off-stage encounters with the band and with other groups in the Murderecords/Sloan-adjacent universe. Plus: why Dave is the real reason why Pretty Voice and Pick It Up And Dial It aren't played live any more, and why Travis might have the most impressive Sloan collection of anyone out there.

01:34:38

Ep. 28: Chris Murphy

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2021/10/28

For this special one-year anniversary episode of Sloancast, we were honoured to have been able to sit down and chat with Sloan's very own Chris Murphy about his early years and his musical upbringing—through to the formation of the GBOAT (Greatest Band of All Time) in 1991. Get the inside scoop on Chris's musical influences, on the carousel of bands he featured in during the '80s, and on the series of events that led to the formation of Sloan.

01:56:48

Ep. 27: The Double Cross

Sloancast ·

2021/10/21

Ten years on from the album's release, we are joined by regular guest Aaron Pinto to tackle 2011's The Double Cross track by track. In this, the most compact of their 12 studio albums to date, the band established one of its most unique production statement and signalled the beginning of their contemporary sound.

01:45:05

Ep. 26: Hardcore (ft. Greg Polard)

Sloancast ·

2021/10/11

The BPM is about to skyrocket: In our first podcast collab episode, we're joined by Greg Polard—host of the Somethin To Dü and Where It Went podcasts—to discuss Sloan's hardcore influences, and specifically their 2013 Hardcore 7" (Jenny/It's In You, It's In Me) as well as the supplementary Hardcore Covers EP.

01:51:21

Ep. 25: Gregory Macdonald (Part 2)

Sloancast ·

2021/09/23

It was so nice, we talked to him twice: in part two of our discussion with multi-talented multi-instrumentalist Gregory Macdonald, we chat about his contributions to Sloan studio recordings since 2008's Parallel Play, about injuries and spontaneously filling in for band members, as well as about Greg's own solo projects—including 2020's Cola Wars and the upcoming New Age Doom project featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry.

01:22:46

Ep. 24: Gregory Macdonald (Part 1)

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2021/09/11

He's Sloan's veritable Fifth Beatle, and he's finally making his appearance on Sloancast: in part one of our two-parter, we sit down with musical multi-talent Gregory Macdonald as he recounts his musical upbringing and his path to becoming an integral part of the greatest band of all time.

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