http://www.exploremusic.comThis is the official, free weekday podcast of the The ExploreMusic Radio show with Alan Cross. Built on the foundations of Canada's two top music documentary programs, The Ongoing History of New Music and The Legends of Classic Rock, ExploreMusic combines the power and reach of radio with the unlimited potential of the Internet, connecting fans with new music, and with each other. This podcast features the latest music news, interviews with big stars and emerging artists, and much more. Visit us online at www.exploremusic.comen-caTue, 09 Feb 2010 12:52:37 -0500ExploreMusicCastsperspective context recommendation discovery explore music alan cross music geek the list you gotta hear this rock music alternative music blog ongoing history nohttp://feeds.feedburner.com/ExploremusicWithAlanCrosshttp://www.streamtheworld.comTommy Lee shares some secrets with Alan about the upcoming Methods Of Mayhem album, plus Explore tackles Prince Edward Island, featuring today's indie track by the The Danks, and an interview with Tim Chaisson and Morning Fold.100541381Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:14:26 -050000:16:51noAlan introduces Chris Velan via todays indie track of the day, plus Here's The Deal, and the top 5 sings list. Also on the show: Matt Heafy, lead vocals and guitar of Florida based metal band Trivium, chats with Explore's Mike Sullivan.100540021Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:25:21 -050000:41:05noNew music from Dinosaur Jr., Alan's thoughts on the news of the day, and your top 5 songs list. Plus, Mike Sullivan in conversation with Geoff Rickley of Thursday about their latest album, Common Existence.100538791Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:36:50 -050000:45:38noCheck out the music of Leif Vollebekk out of Montreal as todays indie track...plus Alan dishes his thoughts on the days news with Here's The Deal. Plus the Top 5 songs list, and Mike Sullivan in conversations with the dudes in Permanent Bastards.100537631Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:14:45 -050000:36:59no100537381Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:08:48 -050000:00:51noAlan spins some Japandroids as todays indie track of the day, plus Here's The Deal, and the Top 5 songs list. Also, Alan talks about the Big Bang Theory with the Bare Naked Ladies.100536531Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:50:06 -050000:33:46noBrand new Dinosaur Bones as the indie track of the day, Alan weighs in on The Grammy's, and we kick off February with an interview with...The Februarys!100535541Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:33:45 -050000:26:05noCheck out the sounds of Yukon Gold as Alan's indie track of the day, plus a punk rock history lesson from Shawn Stern of Youth Brigade and BYO Records.100534201Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:58:21 -050000:32:31noAlan gives a us taste of the sounds of Forest City Lovers, and Teenage Bottlerocket talk about Kiss with Explore's Mike Sullivan.100533361Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:10:41 -050000:20:21noAlan Cross spins some Basia Bulat as today's indie tack of the day, along with Here's The Deal and the Top 5 Songs list... plus Mad Child, Prevail, and Tre Nyce of Vancouver's Swollen Members sit down for a chat with Explore's resident hip hop head Mike Sullivan.100531931Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:35:04 -050000:39:55noAlan spins some brand new Matthew Barber, plus Ira Haberman in conversation with Montreal's The Lovely Feathers100530581Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:58:25 -050000:23:22noHear the Cancer Bats tackle the Beastie Boys classic Sabotage...plus Alan chat with Mike and Edwin of new Canadian supergroup, Crash Karma.100529671Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:36:44 -050000:27:08noMontreal's The Lovely Feathers are features as Alan's indie give-a-way, while Mike Sullivan speaks with Hugh Cornwell (ex The Stranglers).100527541Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:45:39 -050000:33:02noAlan spins some Said The Whale, plus Mike Sullivan in conversation with George Pettit of Alexisonfire.100527531Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:36:22 -050000:35:28noAlan drops the single off D-Sisive's new album Jonestown. Plus, Mike Sullivan speaks with Slipknot's DJ, Sid Wilson (#0), about his music outside of Slipknot. 100524881Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:01:30 -050000:19:26noAlan spins some fresh music from Los Campesinos! as part of the Indie Give-A-Way...plus ExploreMusic's Adam Morrison in conversation with Vancouver's You Say Party! We Say Die! 100524011Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:20:04 -050000:26:30no100523921Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:43:50 -050000:00:59noAlan spins some Jets Overhead, plus ExploreMusic's Mike Sullivan speaks with Italy's Lacuna Coil.100522831Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:29:46 -050000:24:04noAlan spins one of his new favourite bands, White Rabbits...plus Ira Haberman in conversation with Australia's The Cat Empire.100521871Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:25:33 -050000:29:39noNew music from Great Bloomers and ExploreMusic in conversation with England's The XX.100519301Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:17:55 -050000:27:50noAlan hooks up some new Hollerado for you to hear, plus Ira Haberman in conversation with Vampire Weekend.100518291Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:20:29 -050000:21:49noAlan spiins some electro-indie form Woodhands, plus Mike Sullivan checks in with ska punk vets the Mad Caddies.100517371Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:55:19 -050000:30:56noAlan spins today's indie track by Australia's An Horse...plus, Here's The Deal, todays Top 5 Songs, and Mike Sullivan's full conversation with drummer Matt Kelly of Boston's Dropkick Murphys.100516001Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:19:16 -050000:43:05noNew track from Songs From A Room, plus Chris and Jay from Sloan drop by to talk about their new digital release Hit and Run. Funny dudes. 100514561Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:20:18 -050000:22:37noNew music from Crash Karma, plus popular British singer/songwriter Jack Penate drops in for a chat with Mike Sullivan.100513071Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:46:31 -050000:32:49noAlan drops some brand new .moneen. Plus, Explore tracks down Wide Mouth Mason, to talk about what they've been up to the last couple years, as well as their new Live In Montreaux double release.100511991Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:34:51 -050000:24:49noExploreMusic catches up with punk ska vet, Buddy Schaub (trombone/bass) from Less Than Jake at their recent gig at The Phoenix in Toronto.100511091Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:34:47 -050000:37:01noAlan spends Christmas eve with the Metal God himself, Mr. Rob Halford.100508011Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:12:00 -050000:20:07noAlan gets The Strokes frontman on the line to talk about his new Christmas song,100507651Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:04:12 -050000:20:10noAlan chats with McNab and The Reverend from The Creepshow about their recent visit to Russia.100507641Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:59:28 -050000:16:12noBasement Jaxx are from Brixton. They have roots in the UK house scene, but they've evolved beyond that label. Their current album—their fifth—is called Scars. And Felix Burton and Simon Ratcliffe came in to talk to Ira Haberman about things. 100506151Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:32:35 -050000:25:07noAtreyu is the five-piece metalcore band from Orange County. They have five albums. The last one came out at the end of October and is called Congregation of The Damned. Our metalhead Mike Sullivan tracked 'em down. 100505361Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:08:07 -050000:29:42noThe Trews have two EPs, three studio CDs and two live recordings. The most recent is called Acoustic – Friends And Total Strangers which came out on CD and DVD back in October. John-Angus brought Alan a copy. 100504241Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:07:57 -050000:18:17noSaid The Whale is from Vancouver. Their 2009 album is called Islands Disappear. And they came in to the office to introduce themselves to talk to our Ira Haberman.100503301Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:48:24 -050000:18:14noFlorence Welch is the voice behind Florence + The Machine. She has a great, great debut record called Lungs. She is truly one of the UK's rising stars. We got her in to talk and sing for us. 100502171Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:11:08 -050000:15:44noElias is a new band from Vancouver who have been waiting for a shot at recording a debut album for a long time. It's called Lasting Distraction. They came into the office with some copies. Brian and Rob did most of the talking.100500801Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:12:14 -050000:14:33noShiny Toy Guns are originally from right in the middle of Oklahoma. Steers, beers and oil rigs. And football. Lots of football. Officially, they have two studio albums, but there are actually more: two full of demos and one remix record. Mike Sullivan grabbed bass player and keyboardist, Jeremy Dawson. Also, Alan revisits Depeche Mode's tour troubles, while Explore's Sully tackles the news.100499141Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:34:23 -050000:25:57noThe layers of security that surround Metallica is something you'd expect for a head of state. Getting to the centre of that onion is tougher than walking unescorted into Kim Jong-Il's bedroom when he's having a wine-tasting party with French hookers. But we did it. And it turned out to be a nice conversation with guitarist Kirk Hammett. 100497961Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:56:30 -050000:23:06noLamb of God is the metal band from Richmond, Virginia. More than 32 million plays on MySpace. Their sixth studio record is called Wrath. Metal dude Mike Sullivan spoke with bass player John Campbell in a stinky locker room just before Lamb went in stage in support of Metallica. Also on the show Greg from Calgary's X92 tackles the news, and Alan revists his convo with Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. 100496771Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:22:35 -050000:19:50noAll this week, it's a chance to meet bands who might make it big in 2010. We kinda liked Rubik when we first heard of them. They're from Finland. There are eight of them. And when their second album, Dada Bandits, took them within shouting distance of us, we yelled for them to come in. Our Adam Morrison spoke to Artturi and Sampsa from the band. Also we revist Weezer, and Adam Ricard from Toronto The Edge tackles the music news.100495531Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:51:21 -050000:18:56noAll this week, we're going to do our best to facilitate some introductions and re-introductions to bands who could be very big in 2010. We'll start with Gallows, a heavy punk rock band from the UK. They'll be touring with Billy Talent and Alexisonfire next year. Our Mike Sullivan got to talk with bass player Stuart Gili-Ross backstage before their opening slot for AFI. Plus Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam shows up, and Toronto's Adam Ricard hits the news.100494261Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:47:49 -050000:23:39noPassion Pit is from Boston—Cambridge, actually. And they're one of those bands who have made 80s keyboard sounds popular again. We had them in for a chat with Explore's Ira Haberman...100492891Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:39:33 -050000:15:37noThe Bouncing Souls have been all about 7-inch singles this year…the current album is called 20th Anniversary Series …and instead of releasing it as a solid chunk, fans could get a new digital single each month, or four 7-inch singles every 3 months…our punk dude, Mike Sullivan sat down with the band… 100491801Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:08:28 -050000:26:52noAlan had a chance to meet with Kirk Hammett of Metallica last month. One of the things they talked about was the new Metallica iPhone app, and how it's different from all the other apps out there. Here's part 3 of Alan's convo with Kirk... 100490571Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:33:16 -050000:13:00noLast December, Alan promised an interview with Metallica. It took almost a year, but he got it. He had a chance to sit down with Kirk Hammett before a show in Toronto. Here's part 2 of that conversation...100488671Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:52:31 -050000:15:22noLast December, Alan promised an interview with Metallica. It took almost a year, but he got it. He had a chance to sit down with Kirk Hammett before a show in Toronto. He was not well. He thought he had H1N1—so it was good we sat in a windowless, airless room for half an hour. Kirk seemed a little down, so they talked about puppies. 100487701Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:45:55 -050000:13:51noMark is a great storyteller. He's also a hero to Australian rules football fans because he goes to the games, performs at halftime and has a track called Holy Grail which has become a big anthem. Mark came in for a chat with Alan. 100486361Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:38:00 -050000:24:00noYesterday's Ring is from Montreal. They are related to a band called The Sainte Catherines. They straddle the line between punk and country. The new album is called Diamonds In The Ditch and punk dude Mike Sullivan spoke with Hugo and Matt from the band...which is a treat, because Hugo rarely does interviews anymore... 100485971Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:20:39 -050000:34:59noThe Watchmen came out of Winnipeg in 1988 and had a good, solid run until 2003. But after a few years apart, they decided to regroup and maybe record again. Singer Danny Greaves and guitarist Joey Serlin came in to talk to Alan about how this happened and how things are going. 100485231Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:10:27 -050000:19:33noPorcupine Tree is the British psych-rock, prog-rock band formed in 1987. One of the key guys is Richard Barbieri, whom you might know as a member of Japan, a very cool post-punk band from the late 70s and early 80s. Their new album—their tenth—is called The Incident, and both Richard and singer Steve Wilson came in to talk to Mike Sullivan about it. 100484301Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:39:03 -050000:32:28noKillswitch Engage is the Massachusetts-based metalcore band. Actually, they were one of the first bands to acquire that label. Five albums over about ten years. The most recent record is self-titled. And guitarists Adam Dutkiewicz and Joel Stroezel came in to talk to our Mike Sullivan about things.100483151Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:17:12 -050000:21:37noSteve Dawson Producer, musician, and songwriter Jonathan Dekel Managing/Online Editor of Gasoline Magazine. Chuck D The Salads 100481841Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:38:22 -050000:23:01noMike Sullivan caught up Nuno of A Wilhelm Sream at a show in Toronto, and spoke about their brand new EP while watching a Jays game backstage...100480581Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:57:16 -050000:28:57noSlipknot has been touring behind the tenth anniversary of the release of their first album. Our Mike Sullivan was brave enough to step into their backstage world to talk them about it. He talked to Corey Taylor and Shawn The Clown Crahan about 10 years of Slipknot. Here's part 2 of that interview... 100480111Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:25:28 -050000:21:39noSlipknot has been touring behind the tenth anniversary of the release of their first album. Our Mike Sullivan was brave enough to step into their backstage world to talk them about it. He talked to Corey Taylor and Shawn The Clown Crahan about 10 years of Slipknot. 100479061Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:19:23 -050000:26:40noExplore's Mike Sullivan is such a fan of Deftones that he flew out to Calgary using his own money to meet up with Chino Moreno and Steph Carpenter…here's part 2 of that interview…100477651Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:29:51 -050000:22:58noPart 1 of Mike Sullivan's chat with Chino Moreno and Steph Carpenter of Deftones.100476321Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:22:02 -050000:21:10noWhen U2 rolled through Toronto in September, Snow Patrol was the opening act. Gary came up to the office before soundcheck to talk about this new collection of Snow Patrol tracks—but don't call it a greatest hits record. It features a bunch of unreleased or reworked songs.100474591Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:14:15 -050000:26:19noTemper Trap is a five-piece from Melbourne, Australia, with a debut record called Conditions. Singer Dougy Mandagi (who's originally from Bali) and guitarist Lorenzo Sillitto came in to tell their story. 100473651Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:02:16 -050000:23:09noSinger Ian McCulloch was in the office recently and he had a long talk about many things, including the new Echo album, The Fountain. 100472311Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:39:20 -050000:18:17no