Derek is back again after being absent from the podcast for a while, and brought us an old friend of his, John Fielding. After a lengthy chat about music, life, Burlington, The Beatles, and live venues, our new pal John blesses us with a WORLD PREMIERE of Sessions' latest track, Koolaid! Check this interview out, as we had a blast, and feel free to binge on previous episodes... Sessions on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sessionsisaband/ The greatest alternative onlline radio station of course is live 24/7 at: https://revolutionradio.live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rush. Dream Theatre. Aerosmith. Amanda Marshall. Jeff Healey Band, Sass Jordan, Delores O'Riordan, just to name a few. This dude is a LEGEND. Dimetre, Craig, and the triumphant return of our beloved Derek Lewis, we get to the heart of a fellow named Richard Chycki. From analogue to Atmos, Rich has seen and done it all. Massive thanks to our dear friend, Brian Hogue from c0ndu1t for the introduction. This is one of our favourite interviews since a fellow from Newcastle... Rich's website and contact: https://www.richardchycki.ca/ The greatest online alternative "radio" station that airs 24/7/365 at: https://revolutionradio.live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This was a biggie. Craig, Dimetre and The Army Kris are joined by arguably one of Canada's finest guitarists/musicians/songwriters/singers.... etc. The legend, Derry Grehan from Honeymoon Suite chats about everything from his first projects, to their latest project called: "Alive." Their first studio album in 16 years! We adore this band, and Derry is awesome. Massive thanks as always to our friend, Eric Alper. Honeymoon Suite's Website is here: https://honeymoonsuiteband.com/ Canadian AF, is a part of Revolution Radio Canada, live 24/7 at: https://revolutionradio.live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our pal Derek Lewis brought us this fantastic Toronto Industrial music duo, Trick Casket. Connor and Joey are PROPER industrial musicians, and this conversation was so much fun. As you'll hear, the guys bring all sorts of influences and genres to morph into a wicked, new Industial sound, which is both post punk and classic Industrial sounds, mixed with powerful screamo type vocals. Keep an eye out for this band, they're gonna be HUGE. With a number of gigs lined up, make sure to stay in the loop with the boys. The website: https://trickcasket.com/ Listen to CAF and all sorts of other great specialty shows & content 24/7 at: https://revolutionradio.live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The gents in Mellohoney checked out our episode with their friend, (and ours) Cola from The OBGMs, and reached out to us to check out their music. Mellohoney are AWESOME. From their humble beginnings in local Durham region bands, to opening for Death From Above 1979 and working with the legendary Dave Schiffman, these guys are poised to have an incredible 2024, and beyond. Get at the boys at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mellohoney/ Canadian AF is a part of Revolution Radio Canada 24/7: https://revolutionradio.live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the most revered early Canadian New Wave bands, Martha & The Muffins have seen it all. Mark, one of the founding members, shares some awesome stories of where they have been, and hopefully where they are going! Also, a wonderful excerpt from a CFNY documentary featuring Mark, as well as an incredible Buffalo Springfield cover... The direct link to that fantastic CFNY documentary by Karim Mosna, (no copyright intended) at: https://youtu.be/ic2Hz_qeeos?si=L9jZeZj1UbMdvsk4 Revolution Radio Canada 24/7/365 at: https://revolutionradio.live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Rispin is a punk rock legend! As a member of Saint Alvia, he's done it all. Also, happens to be a champion for cannabis here in Canada, and has been for over a decade. In this episode, he um, well, um, regales us with some stories! Check it out, you'll see... Find Ben here, at one of his many jobs as a writer for HIGH TIMES: https://hightimes.com/author/ben-rispin/ Revolution Radio Canada, the BEST alternative music channel EVER: https://revolutionradio.live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Okay, so I have adored this band since 1990, when I first saw them open for Rush at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. The band is Chalk Circle, and their singer/guitartist/songwriter Chris Tait, also just happens to have one of my favourite singing voices of all time. This Durham, Ontario Region band is still rocking to this day, playing various shows all over. Nothing though, in 2024, yet..... This conversation was a blast, and great to hear so many awesome stories from Chris. We will definitely do this again! Chalk Circle's website is found here: https://www.chalkcircle.ca/ Listen to Revolution Radio Canada 24/7 at: https://revolutionradio.live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Evan Pang, better known as Aysanabee, is an Oji-Cree singer, songwriter and musican from Sandy Lake First Nation, in Northern Ontario. This artist has had an incredible career, from being a journalist in Toronto, to getting back to his roots after conversations with his grandfather, this conversation was inspiring, and informative. We are so happy for all his success, and can't wait to see what is next! Aysanabee's website can be found here: https://www.aysanabee.com/ Listen to us live 24/7 at: https:revolutionradio.live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You know that your band is awesome, when you're shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize in 2021. This band is one of Dimetre's all time faves, and is quickly becoming one of Craig's as well! The OBGMs are from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They rock. The are unique, and they are original. Our new friend Cola (drummer Colanthony Humphrey), shares the incredible story of this band's beginnings, and brings us straight up to the present day. New record drops early in 2024! Please check out this almost hour long chat! So much to talk about.... Find The OBGMs at: https://theobgms.com/ Listen to an online radio station that's so good, you'll love us instantly: https://revolutionradio.live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode has it all! From Sharon, Lois & Bram, to some of our favourite clubs, we chat with Tamar and Tikka from folk rock duo HopefulPhoeniX. These two are right in the middle of an EP release, which we can't wait for!! Also, chat about their upcoming gig at a Toronto indie club fave, Free Times Cafe. Catch HopefulPhoeniX at: https://hopefulphoenix.com/ The greatest radio station to rock the nation 24/7 at: https://revolutionradio.live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of our country's greatest. Period. The duo of Emily and Jimmy have cranked out some of the greatest Rock tracks spanning over two decades. Like I said in the interview, I believe that Metric are a public utility. We just love them that much. Enjoy this conversation, going back to Fenelon Falls, up to present day with Formentara II. Can't wait to chat with them again, such an incredible band, with an incredible career! Get at Metric with their own app, as well as their site: https://www.ilovemetric.com/ Check out Canadian AF, and many other fantastic content and 24/7 music at: https://revolutionradio.live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author, musician and presenter Jonny Dovercourt does it again!! After the incredible success of his book "Any Night of the Week," Jonny sits down with us to chat about the current and future state of live venues in Canada. "Reimagining Music Venues" is a 90+ page report on what we have had, what we now have, and hopefully, what to expect for live music and venues in this great country of ours! Check out this interview, and also this incredible report. Find the report, and our dear friend Jonny D. at: https://www.wavelengthmusic.ca/ Listen live to the GREATEST alternative online radio station, 24/7 at https://revolutionradio.live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We welcome our latest CAF bestie, Krys from St. John's Newfoundland's Little Fauna! An awesome blend of PJ Harvey, Breeders, Veruca Salt and a few others, (well, Dimetre, Derek, Scotty and I think so,) Little Fauna's latest release "Unmothered" is an awesome blend of bedroom pop, and garage rock all in one neat package. Good news, the band is currently working on a full length album, hopefully to arrive in the new year! Big thanks to Krys, we'll definitely chat again... Check out Little Fauna at: https://littlefauna709.bandcamp.com/ Canadian AF is part of the planet's coolest 24/7 online radio station at: https://revolutionradio.live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Rock 'n' Roll to Rugby, Alex has done it all. And his band, Revcall, is a wonderful throwback to great classic southern rock, with a modern twist. I just realized, I'm describing Revcall like food. Maybe I'm hungry... Can't wait for their show at the end of November, hear all about it in this episode. And, a great convo about late and current Toronto music venues. We also chat School of Rock! Check out our friends in Revcall: https://revcallmusic.com/ Canadian AF is a part of the COOLEST online radio station on the planet 24/7 : https://revolutionradio.live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Derek comes through AGAIN with another awesome guest! Brandon Pascoa has been around the music scene for a good while now, and we chat with him about his latest project to start just around COVID, Sessions. We chat about everything from gigs to gear, favourite places to play, and the large list of musical influences that have found their way into Brandon's music.... Check out Brandon's SoundCloud page: https://soundcloud.com/aitchtothe Listen to Revolution Radio live 24/7 at: https://revolutionradio.live https://crier.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tiina and Gar are AWESOME. Their band of merry musicians called Eclecticus, joined CAF about a year ago. That episode is one that is still talked about by my friends, and Canadian Af fans, EVERYWHERE! (Sorry for the capital letters, we just REALLY love this band...) Their new album "Double Take" is set to release very soon. They are also going to play their new album in its entirety, live at their record release party, which you'll hear all about in this episode! Eclecticus' website and all the details can be found at: https://eclecticusband.com Listen LIVE (okay, we promise those are the last capital letters) to Revolution Radio 24/7 at: https://revolutionradio.live https://crier.co CAF FOREVER!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our dear friend Eric Alper has done it again! The CAF boys sit down with writer, musician, journalist, and member of one of Canada's coolest ever bands, Rheostatics', Dave Bidini. One of the original member of The Rheos, and or course the leader of Bidiniband, Dave Bidini has done it all. Played the world's biggest stages, to being a published journalist at AGE 11!! We dig deep into his incredible career, and help him celebrate a wonderful milestone with his independent community newspaper, West End Phoenix, currently in its 7th year. Massive thanks to Dave Bidini, his stories are just mesmerizing. We know you'll love this episode. Check out West End Phoenix at: www.westendphoenix.com Listen to Revolution Radio 24/7/365 at: https://revolutionradio.live https://crier.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dimetre has the night off due to having Peter Gabriel tickets. (We're all jealous.) So our dear friend to the podcast, Scotty Komer from The Scary Loud, joins us as guest host. He's a riot, and always fun to hang with. Toronto based artist Simon Paul joins us in conversation. He has worked with a ton of great artists, from creating some of the finest album covers for Dear Rouge, The Tragically Hip, Cevin Key and Skinny Puppy, Lady Gaga, (yes, THAT Lady Gaga), to our other dear friend Brian Hogue of c0ndu1t, to creating logos for my favourite Toronto Brewpub, The Granite Brewery, and MANY other projects that we chat about in this podcast! Check out Simon Paul at: https://luapnomis.com/ Check us out on Canada's biggest and best podcast network: https://crier.co Also, check out our sister radio station 24/7 at: https://revolutionradio.live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dimetre is back. Derek is back. Craig is pathetic and doesn't go anywhere, so, well, he's still here. We jump back into our respective studios and bring you some of our fave new Canadian and old Canadian tunes. Craig also fires up the DJ decks, and demonstrates live how Len stole your sunshine! Get new and past episodes, and binge at your leisure at: https://crier.co Canadian AF is also part of the Revolution Media Group! Check out our awesome 24/7 radio station: https://revolutionradio.live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices