Off The Record

About Off The Record

Off The Record is a music interview podcast based out of Toronto, Canada. In it, your host, Frankie, interviews artists from all walks of life and at different levels of their careers. Episodes are mainly constructed around discussing new releases, and the making of them. However, listeners also get to know their favourite artists on a more intimate level, by hearing how they have been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and who they are currently listening to.

Publisher

Off The Record

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

11 May 2020

Latest episode

18 Feb 2022

Latest episodes

1 of 48 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   18 Feb 2022

   Episode 48: Koster

   Jay Koster, former frontman of BC based pop-punk band The Fallaways, joins me to talk about his new solo project Koster.

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   23 Aug 2021

   Episode 47: Lukas and Charise of MOTHER TONGUES

   If you haven’t heard of this band and love nothing more than putting on some great music after a long day’s work and sparking up a joint or sipping on your favourite cocktail then look no further. You’ve found them. Mother Tongues has been on the Toronto music scene for the past 5 years and is made up of: Lukas Cheung, Charise Aragoza, Konrad Karczewski, Nick Kervin , Hannah Bussiere Kim. It was a love of everything from 60s French pop, to break beats, kraut rock shoegaze and film scores that brought these 5 together and it’s interesting how all of these seemingly random mix of genres come out in their music. Mother Tongues have toured all across Canada and the US sharing the stage notable artists such as Dilly Dally, Fucked Up and U.S Girls. The band signed with Buzz Records in 2019 and released their debut EP Everything You Ever Wanted in 2020, in the thralls of the COVID 19 pandemic. If you haven’t yet, I urge you to give the EP a listen, it is truly out of this world and as guitarist and vocalist Lukas Cheung says the “music transports you” – which is a very accurate way of describing it. To truly get a sense of this statement check out their Live If you haven’t heard of this band and love nothing more than putting on some great music after a long day’s work and sparking up a joint or sipping on your favourite cocktail then look no further. You’ve found them. Mother Tongues has been on the Toronto music scene for the past 5 years and is made up of: Lukas Cheung, Charise Aragoza, Konrad Karczewski, Nick Kervin , Hannah Kim – if that last name sounds familiar to you, it should because Hannah is none other than the very popular and talented Luna Li. It was a love of everything from 60s French pop, to break beats, kraut rock shoegaze and film scores that brought these 5 together and it’s interesting how all of these seemingly random mix of genres come out in their music. Mother Tongues have toured all across Canada and the US sharing the stage notable artists such as Dilly Dally, Fucked Up and U.S Girls. The band signed with Buzz Records in 2019 and released their debut EP Everything You Ever Wanted in 2020, in the thralls of the COVID 19 pandemic. If you haven’t yet, I urge you to give the EP a listen, it is truly out of this world and as guitarist and vocalist Lukas Cheung says the “music transports you” – which is a very accurate way of describing it. To truly get a sense of this statement check out their live performance at the River & Sky Festival on YouTube. I caught up with Lukas and Charise via zoom o chat about the forming of the band, what drives them and how they’ve navigated putting out their debut EP during a pandemic. Here’s my chat with Lukas and Charise of Mother Tongues at the River & Sky Festival on YouTube. I caught up with Lukas and Charise via zoom o chat about the forming of the band, what drives them and how they’ve navigated putting out their debut EP during a pandemic. MOTHER TONGUES Bandcamp | https://mothertongues.bandcamp.com/ Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3j9vHGY Apple Music | https://apple.co/3mF7Lh1 IG | https://www.instagram.com/mothertonguesband

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   26 Jul 2021

   Episode 46: Karla & Sam of SPRINTS

   SPRINTS are a four-piece garage-noise band based out of Dublin, Ireland. They are made up of Karla Chubb on vocals, Sam McCann on bass, Colm O’Reilly on guitar and Jack Callan on drums. The band is pretty new, having formed in late 2019. Just in time to get a few shows and songs out before the global pandemic hit. However, what is very interesting about these guys is that in that short time they gained quite a bit of notoriety, getting radio play on the UK’s BBC radio 6 and 1 and having write ups in publications such as NME and Hot Press Music. Their music combines guitar-driven hooks, motoric rhythm and emotive lyrics to create a sound that is pretty unique drawing inspiration from the garage, grunge and punk genres. They released their debut EP Manifesto in March of this year and are looking to sign with a label and get a full-length album out as soon as they can. I caught up with vocalist, Karla and bassist, Sam via zoom to talk about the forming of the band, how they have been navigating being a new band during a pandemic and what is coming up next for them. Here’s my chat with Karla and Sam of Sprints. SPRINTS Bandcamp | https://sprintsmusic.bandcamp.com/ Spotify | https://spoti.fi/2UGSq3V Apple Music | https://apple.co/3rHJmaT IG | https://www.instagram.com/sprintsmusic

Inside a recent episode

EPISODE 35: Brandon Williams AKA Chastity

Published 12 Feb 2021 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Julia has played bass and Chastity on a bunch of tours and I think starting in 2018 started to take photos for this scene and we just kind of had photos stock piled and Julia went to school for graphic design stuff and just had this layout and it just turned out crazy. I think it looked really good and we were like, okay, and included photos from other friends along the way. And again, yeah, it just turned out kind of ultimate and and step in that comp and Amanda Foltz. I have a label called Little Dipper and we're friends with them and they were like, do you want to work on something together and we're like, yes. […]

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