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Mariel Buckley is here to discuss her album Strange Trip Ahead, her busy summer festival circuit, what winning the 2026 Juno Award for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year in Canada has meant to her, how some folks miss the humour in her emotional, p... more

Anthony Anzaldo and Ross Farrar from CEREMONY are here to discuss Tell Me About Your Dream, moving around California, befriending each other in elementary school, hair restoration and people who suggest ideas to you about your hair, the Bay Area hip-... more

Don Pyle returns to discuss his lovely new memoir, Rough Description: Love Letters and Ghost Stories from a Life in Music, summers in Toronto, why he wrote this deeply personal book of reflections, recollections, and remembrances, what we learn about... more

Andrew Bernstein and Max Eilbacher from Horse Lords are here to discuss their new album Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!, excellent Indian food in Winnipeg, why all of Horse Lords now live in Germany, being tagged as “Krautrock” and residential co... more

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Recent Guests

Anthony Ceremony
Member of Ceremony, guitarist/lyricist
Ceremony
Episode: Ep. #1119: CEREMONY
Don Pyle
Gifted and prolific author, musician, recording engineer, producer, photographer and composer based in Toronto, Ontario
Independent artist
Episode: Ep. #1118: Don Pyle
Max Eilbacher
Musician, member of Horse Lords
Horse Lords
Episode: Ep. #1117: Horse Lords
Andrew Bernstein
Musician, member of Horse Lords
Horse Lords
Episode: Ep. #1117: Horse Lords
Robyn Hitchcock
Musician, songwriter, and author
Based in Nashville; author of Stranded in the Future and The Confuser
Episode: Ep. #1116: Robyn Hitchcock
Dale Morningstar
Gifted songwriter, producer, engineer, multi-instrumentalist and singer
Dinner is Ruined
Episode: Ep. #1115: Dinner is Ruined
Greg Obis
Musician and mastering engineer behind Stuck, owner of Chicago Mastering Service
Stuck, Chicago Mastering Service
Episode: Ep. #1114: Stuck
Frank Silvestri
Patreon supporter of Kreative Kontrol
Independent supporter
Episode: Ep. #1113: !franklin
Simone Schmidt
Musician, member of Fiver, artist
Fiver, You've Changed Records
Episode: Ep. #1112: Fiver

Host

Vish Khanna
Host of Kreative Kontrol; long-running interviewer and cultural critic with a focus on indie music and artists.

Reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars from 541 ratings
  • Light

    A match. Peeeyyeewwwwdddeeeeoooodddeeee. Your peeling the paint off the walls Vish.

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    LessCouchOn
    United States7 months ago
  • Bad interviews with great guests

    This guy is one of the absolute worst interviewers. Fantastic lineup of guests but some of these conversations, like the one with Ira of Yo La Tengo, are so awkward you can feel the tension over the airwaves. The conversation was mostly a one-sided rant by Vish about various concerns that bothered him. The funniest part was when he brought up children’s entertainers in the context of longevity which even Vish seemed to quickly understand was irrelevant at best, insulting at worst. In general I w... more

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    bcsquest
    United States9 months ago
  • Tortoise

    Came here for the first time to hear the latest Tortoise interview. After getting all the advertising and political opinion out of the way, we got like less than ten minutes with the artists, and basically nothing about the new album. Unfollowed.

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    Anonymouslyleft
    United States10 months ago
  • Great guests. Get outta the way!

    Just listened to the Ty Segall episode and have tuned in and out of this pod over years and years because of the great guests. But dang, get out of the way of the questions! Also did he read the Drag City press release for the album? (didn’t know Ty Had a co-writer on the lyrics?) I honestly like these music podcasts called Drifters Sympathy and We Are The Fall (about the band The Fall) because they let the guests talk and get them to tell new and interesting stories. Also the Canadian perspecti... more

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    Real Deal Steve McNeal
    United Statesa year ago
  • Dear Vish,

    The HOUSE WEPT. Icicles dying.

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    LessCouchOn
    United Statesa year ago

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Listeners praise deep, honest artist conversations and host preparation.
Guests are consistently high-caliber and informative for music fans and industry folks.
Some critics feel the host dominates too much and interrupts guests.
Supporters appreciate the podcast's independent funding model and long-form storytelling.

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Ep. #1117: Horse Lords
Q: How does the new vocal approach on Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive fit with your instrumental framework?
Vocals are treated as an instrument, with Sacred Harp singing contributing to the texture; the lyrics are present but often processed to emphasize meaning through timbre and harmony rather than overt narrative, aligning with the band's broader exploration of morphologies and difference tones.
Ep. #1116: Robyn Hitchcock
Q: What role do your muses play in your work, especially Miss C and Bob Dylan?
The muses are archetypal guides that illuminate emotional patterns and artistic decisions; they anchor the narrative and songs in a way that blends autobiography with imaginative extrapolation.
Ep. #1112: Fiver
Q: How did the psychic ritual influence your approach to the album?
The ritual prompted a physical reorganization of belongings, which Schmidt framed as aligning space with intention, helping her focus and transfer that clarity into arranging and finishing songs.
Ep. #1112: Fiver
Q: What is the oldest idea on this record and when might it have been from?
The oldest idea is That's a Joke, originally Life's a Joke from around 2009-2011, which was revisited and reworked for this album.
Ep. #1112: Fiver
Q: Did the exercise relate to your revisiting a song from 2009 or 2011?
Yes, the process connected to revisiting old ideas like That's a Joke, which started as Life's a Joke and was written around 2009-2011, and the ritual helped frame finishing those melodies with new endings.

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