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Sled Island Festival Series: Les Gigantiques Interview Conrad Montana
Jun 16, 2026
33m 54s
Sled Island Festival Series: Cartel Madras Interview
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29m 48s
Sled Island Festival Series: Sunglaciers Interview Evan Resnik
Jun 16, 2026
21m 41s
Sled Island Festival Series: Brock Geiger Interview
Jun 16, 2026
30m 21s
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Jun 16, 2026
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| 6/16/26 |  Sled Island Festival Series: Les Gigantiques Interview Conrad Montana | Send us Fan Mail Conrad Montana (Les Gigantiques) on Sled Island, Calgary’s Music Scene & a 20-Year-Old Album Finally Released Darren Scott of The Sonic Collective continues the Sled Island series with a conversation featuring Conrad Sawatzky (Conrad Montana of Les Gigantiques), a longtime Calgary musician who has been active in bands including Anxious Poets, the Shinolas, Cripple Creek Fairies, and The Deadly Skulls. Conrad shares his musical beginnings, his role in local preservation e... | 33m 54s | ||||||
| 6/16/26 |  Sled Island Festival Series: Cartel Madras Interview | Send us Fan Mail Cartel Madras on Sled Island, Sub Pop & Their New Era - The Sonic Collective Interview Darren Scott of The Sonic Collective continues the Sled Island interview series with Cartel Madras, the Calgary-raised, Chennai-born sister duo Eboshi and Contra, discussing their roots, early hip hop influences, and rapid rise from SoundCloud demos to their 2018 debut show and a standout Sled Island performance that led to being noticed by Ishmael Butler and ultimately signing with Su... | 29m 48s | ||||||
| 6/16/26 |  Sled Island Festival Series: Sunglaciers Interview Evan Resnik | Send us Fan Mail Sun Glaciers’ Evan Resnik on Sled Island, Calgary’s Music Scene & New Album “Spiritual Content” | The Sonic Collective The Sonic Collective hosts Darren Scott in a Sled Island interview with Evan Resnik of Calgary band Sun Glaciers, discussing the group’s origins from early basement jams to evolving into a steady lineup, their early acceptance into Sled Island in 2016, and Resnik’s influences from grunge and classic rock to post-punk and eclectic artists. Resnik reflects... | 21m 41s | ||||||
| 6/16/26 |  Sled Island Festival Series: Brock Geiger Interview | Send us Fan Mail Brock Geiger on Sled Island 2026, Calgary’s Music Community & His Debut Album “Some Nights” | The Sonic Collective In this Sonic Collective Sled Island series episode, host Darren Scott interviews Calgary-based songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and audio engineer Brock Geiger ahead of Sled Island 2026. Brock shares how he started playing music in Calgary, learned touring and studio life through bands like The Dudes and Reuben and the Dark, and built his produc... | 30m 21s | ||||||
| 6/16/26 |  Sled Island Festival Series: K-Riz Interview | Send us Fan Mail K-Riz on Sled Island 2026, Calgary Hip Hop, and One Way Ticket to Heaven | The Sonic Collective In this Sonic Collective Sled Island series episode, host Darren Scott interviews Western Canadian artist K-Riz ahead of Sled Island 2026, discussing his journey from Edmonton and Toronto, his genre-blending sound (hip hop, R&B, pop, jazz, reggae), and his reputation for powerful live shows with K-Riz and the Family. K-Riz shares how he first connected with Calgary’s scene, hi... | 24m 27s | ||||||
| 6/2/26 |  Album Review: Colter Wall - Self Titled | Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The Sonic Collective, we head to the wide-open prairies of Saskatchewan to explore the self-titled debut album from one of Canada's most distinctive modern voices: Colter Wall. When this album was released, many listeners couldn't believe the deep, weathered voice coming from someone so young. Drawing heavily from the traditions of classic country, folk, and western music, Colter Wall arrived sounding less like a modern country artist and more like a forgot... | 45m 15s | ||||||
| 5/8/26 |  Album Review: LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening | Send us Fan Mail Scott led us into the neon‑lit, genre‑bending world of LCD Soundsystem with this month’s pick, This Is Happening — an album born from James Murphy’s insistence that it would be the band’s grand farewell. Whether or not that retirement stuck, the mythology around the record shaped how each of us approached it: as a supposed final statement from a restless, self‑aware creator who blurred the lines between punk, dance music, and art‑school irony. Across the episode, we wrestle w... | 42m 44s | ||||||
| 4/1/26 |  Album Review: Shocking Blue - At Home | Send us Fan Mail Alain took us on a psychedelic trip back to 1969 with this month’s album selection, At Home by Shocking Blue. The Dutch rock band is best known for blending psychedelic rock, pop hooks, and a slightly roughened garage‑rock edge, anchored by Mariska Veres’s unmistakable, smoky vocals. While they’re globally remembered for the massive hit “Venus,” it’s on their second album At Home that the band’s true identity comes into focus—rawer, groovier, and more adventurous than their s... | 47m 04s | ||||||
| 3/14/26 |  Album Review: Air – Moon Safari | Send us Fan Mail What happens when a single song completely stops you in your tracks? For Scott Coates, that moment came when an algorithm served up La Femme d'Argent, the hypnotic opening track from Moon Safari by French electronic duo Air. Built on a smooth, endlessly looping bassline and shimmering synths, it’s the kind of track that makes you hit repeat again…and again. Years later, it still shows up on playlists and still gets played two or three times in a row. That moment of musical di... | 43m 41s | ||||||
| 2/17/26 |  Album Review: Taylor Swift – RED | Send us Fan Mail Taylor Swift isn’t exactly the usual territory for The Sonic Collective. We’re four Canadian music nerds in our 40s and 50s who live for classic, influential albums — the kind you sit with, front to back, and let sink into your bones. So when Darren Scott threw Taylor Swift’s Red onto the review pile, it raised a few eyebrows. But after Darren was genuinely floored by the Disney+ Eras Tour documentary and concert programs, he decided it was time for us to do what we always pr... | 45m 13s | ||||||
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| 1/23/26 |  Guilty as Charged: Our Musical Guilty Pleasures | Send us Fan Mail Even the most obsessive music nerds have a few secrets they’re not eager to file under cool. In Guilty as Charged: Our Musical Guilty Pleasures, the four hosts of The Sonic Collective step into the confessional and own up to the songs and artists we love — even though critics, tastemakers, and sometimes our younger selves say we shouldn’t. From unexpected pop hits to unfashionable classics and deeply personal favorites, these are the tracks that refuse to leave our playlists,... | 42m 33s | ||||||
| 12/17/25 |  Album Review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It's Blitz! | Send us Fan Mail After more than a decade of digging into the albums that shaped modern music, The Sonic Collective returns with a thrilling reassessment of a record that deserves far more love. For our December 2025 episode, podcast member Scott Gregory throws down a bold pick: the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ electrifying 2009 release It’s Blitz!—an album that pushed the band beyond garage-rock swagger into sleek, pulse-driven art-pop. Some of the panel came in as newcomers, unsure of what to expect, b... | 39m 25s | ||||||
| 11/12/25 |  Album Review: Recoil - Liquid | Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The Sonic Collective, Alain brings us on a journey with Recoil's album, Liquid, released in 2000. Recoil is the passion project of former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder, and his album Liquid offers a unique glimpse into a dark side of his psyche, partially inspired by a near-death experience he had. Liquid is unconventional, well crafted, and had us questioning our own senses this month. A truly dark, hauntingly enigmatic and downright spooky soundtrack, f... | 41m 20s | ||||||
| 11/10/25 |  Album Review: Nas - Illmatic | Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The Sonic Collective, Scott C brings us on a journey into rap history with Nas’s first studio album Illmatic (1994). Nas is frequently cited as an influence of other rappers, including his contemporaries, and contributed heavily to the 90s renaissance of east-coast rap. The west coast scene was dominating, and this album was on the vanguard of several releases that reset the balance and cemented the voice of a generation. The guys had various levels of expe... | 41m 48s | ||||||
| 9/9/25 |  Album Review: Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown | Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The Sonic Collective, we dive into one of the most iconic albums in Canadian music history — Gordon Lightfoot’s Sundown (1974). Known for its title track, which became Lightfoot’s only U.S. #1 single, Sundown is an album that perfectly balances folk roots with a smooth country-rock polish. At the height of the 1970s singer-songwriter era, Lightfoot delivered deeply personal songs about love, jealousy, and restlessness, cementing his place as one of the grea... | 44m 49s | ||||||
| 8/21/25 |  Album Review: MGK - Tickets To My Downfall | Send us Fan Mail This month on The Sonic Collective, things got a little louder and a lot more divided. Our newest and youngest member, Owen Pearson, brought us Machine Gun Kelly’s 2020 album Tickets to My Downfall—a bold departure from the classic rock and older albums we often cover. Owen loved this album when it dropped, and he wanted to challenge the crew to revisit it and see if it holds up as a modern “classic.”The results? Well, let’s just say sparks flew. Some of us heard a lot of Bli... | 51m 14s | ||||||
| 7/11/25 |  Classic Compilation Albums Review: Big Shiny Tunes 4 - 1999 | Send us Fan Mail 🎧 The Sonic Collective podcast is back with a nostalgic deep dive into one of Canada's most iconic compilation albums — Big Shiny Tunes 4! For over 10 years, our crew of passionate music lovers — Darren Scott, Scott Coates, Alain DuPuis, and Scott Gregory — have reviewed classic albums to see if they still hold up today. In this episode, we proudly welcome our newest member, Owen Pearson, as we revisit the MuchMusic-curated soundtrack that defined 1999 for a generation of Can... | 52m 15s | ||||||
| 6/13/25 |  Classic Compilation Albums Review: Spawn, The Album (Movie Soundtrack) | Send us Fan Mail This episode explores the original motion picture soundtrack of the 1997 action-horror movie, Spawn, based on Todd McFarlane's comic book of the same name. This album is unique in that it consists of all original music, with each song featuring a collaboration between some of the hottests artists of the day. Contributors of note include Korn, The Prodigy, Moby, Marilyn Manson, The Crystal Method, and more.We discuss the tracks we enjoyed, the tracks we didn't, and talked abou... | 37m 01s | ||||||
| 5/10/25 |  Classic Compilation Albums Review: Hit Express, by K-Tel Records 1982 | Send us Fan Mail We chat about impressions listening to 1983's Hit Express. Overall we really enjoyed it and everyone rated it 4 out of 5.Support the show | 38m 35s | ||||||
| 4/10/25 |  Classic Compilation Albums Review: Full Tilt, by K-Tel Records 1981 | Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Sonic Collective, a music podcast that explores a different album or musical concept each month, diving deep into its history, context, and impact on the music industry. Join hosts Alain DuPuis, Scott Coates and Darren Scott, along with Scott Gregory, as they share their thoughts, insights, and personal connections to the music, inviting listeners to discover new perspectives and appreciation for some of the greatest albums of all time.Darren Scott reminisces a... | 41m 23s | ||||||
| 3/14/25 |  Album Review: Skid Row - Slave to the Grind | Send us Fan Mail Skid Row entered the scene at a cross roads of rock and grunge. Touring with both sides of the fence, they went through a journey on this album from a more polished glam metal sound to something harder. Did it work?The guys get together and give their takes on what they thought of the album and the musical happenings of the time that might have influenced it's fate. Could the band put out something solid in the face of changing musical tastes?Stay tuned at the end when Darren... | 46m 11s | ||||||
| 2/5/25 |  The Sonic Collective - Review of Best of the Beach Boys Vol 2 | Send us Fan Mail We spent January 2025 listening to and pondering over the 1967 compilation album, Best of the Beach Boys, Vol. 2. As we listened, we found ourselves dreaming about what it must have been like to spend carefree summer days in the 1960s, catching waves along the coasts of California with the surf-rock stylings and delicious harmonies of the Beach Boys. Tune in to hear our review of this album, and stick around until the end to hear what album we'll be reviewing next.Support the... | 38m 09s | ||||||
| 1/8/25 |  Album Selection: Best of The Beach Boys Vol 2 | Send us Fan Mail Over the last couple of months, both Darren and Scott picked the first albums they ever owned for us to review, so I'm continuing the trend. The first album I ever owned was Best of the Beach Boys, vol. 2 on cassette. Compiled and released by Capitol Records in 1967, this album served to fill a gap in releases by the band to keep the fans happy and the hype train going. Best of The Beach Boys vol. 2 features a selection of iconic tracks that showcase The Beach Boys' signatur... | 10m 08s | ||||||
| 1/8/25 |  Album Review: Joan Jett - Bad Reputation | Send us Fan Mail We chat about Joan Jett's debut album after listening to it over the month of December 2024. We enjoyed it, were blown away by what she has become over the decades, but were also surprised by how it had a bit of everything (not always good). From 50s-style tracks to straight up rock, they were throwing it all at the wall here to see what stuck. But it's a must listen to understand the story of rock, particularly women in rock.Support the show | 34m 58s | ||||||
| 12/3/24 |  Album Review: Elvis Presley – Self Titled | Send us Fan Mail Take a Musical Journey with the King: Elvis Presley’s Debut AlbumWhat made Elvis Presley the undisputed King of Rock ‘n’ Roll? This month on The Sonic Collective, the team dives into the groundbreaking self-titled debut album that launched Elvis into stardom. Released in 1956, this record is a time capsule of raw energy and revolutionary sound that forever changed the music landscape.Host Darren Scott reflects on his own introduction to Elvis as a young boy in Newfoundland, s... | 48m 31s | ||||||
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