Produced and hosted by two self-professed music nerds, This.Broken.Mixtape is an interview-based podcast from Toronto that explores how music can play a vital and meaningful role in our lives.
Hosts Justin Lee and Jeff Woo interview exciting personalities from all disciplines of life including musicians, DJs, artists, writers, comedians, chefs, and entrepreneurs.
These guests recount their personal relationship with music and the memories that have become synonymous with specific songs, albums and artists.
So get ready to pop in that mixtape, hit rewind, and press play on the soundtrack to your life.
You can email us at thisbrokenmixtape@gmail.com or find us on Twitter at @thisbrokenmix.
Toronto's bedroom dream-pop duo Moon Eyed consists of a real-life couple, Simon Letourneau and Elizabeth-Jane Bitze.
After releasing their first EP last year, the duo is back with their debut record, Haleiwa.
Named after a small community in Hawaii's O’ahu island, the album reflects the island’s buoyant, ethereal quality through its use of lo-fi vocals and mumuring analog keyboards.
https://open.spotify.com/user/thisbrokenmixtape/playlist/6JgE4eQlhGfLEtq5kF20i2
Toronto instrumental hip hop/jazz trio re.verse (REE-Verse) blends various sounds from an expansive, rotating catalog of hip hop, r&b, future funk, breaks, neo-soul, trap, house, and tropical tunes.
Whether they're playing instrumental covers of A Tribe Called Quest, Bryson Tiller, D'Angelo, or Sango, their live show continuously takes on the feel of a fluid DJ set
With a stripped down set of drums, 6-string electric bass and guitar, Re.verse seamlessly blends and mashes up bangers and deep cuts from the past and present.
https://open.spotify.com/user/thisbrokenmixtape/playlist/2lxtqvIRU1yzr6D7RUvgU8
Toronto singer-songwriter STACEY is one busy woman. When she's not hosting women-fronted music showcases and workshops for her organization, Toronto Women in Music, she's actively songwriting and performing at venues across the city.
Her recently released sophomore EP, First Move, is a considerable departure from her previous stripped-down piano songs.
We sat down with STACEY to discuss the new EP, her serendipitous run-in with the songwriter of Meredith Brooks' "Bitch", and Toronto Women in Music.
https://open.spotify.com/user/thisbrokenmixtape/playlist/1jhjW38U9tTRiocmvbsp7H
Lauren Pirie is a freelance illustrator and artist who explores feminism and fantasy through intricate ink drawings.
Her drawings have appeared in magazines, children's books, public murals and film, including This.Broken.Mixtape's own Our Liner Notes book and documentary short.
We sat down with Lauren to discuss how the '80s cult classic film Labyrinth spawned her lifelong obsession with Bowie; how it inspired her fantastical artwork; and her grassroots arts and environmental organization, The About Face Collective.
https://open.spotify.com/user/thisbrokenmixtape/playlist/5gZpqDGDWIDsjFTNe71hFc
This week our guest is Malin Johnson -- Audio Engineer and Store Manager of Canada's first retail shop dedicated solely to audio cassettes, The Dupe Shop based in downtown Toronto.
We talked to Malin about the recent resurgence of cassettes, Cassette Store Day, and his unpopular but unwavering appreciation of Nickelback.
https://open.spotify.com/user/thisbrokenmixtape/playlist/1HRcfHgtWGWEP9fQhO3sBn
TV Sets is a three-piece bedroom dream-pop band from Toronto.
We talked to them about how overhearing each other through their apartment walls led to the band's formation, their new EP Elsewhere, and their unapologetic love for karaoke.
https://open.spotify.com/user/thisbrokenmixtape/playlist/1tM3BL73vwoaz9ow397x7N
Jenny McNamee is a hairstylist at Corrado's Barber Shop.
We talked to her about being introduced to music through her parent's vinyl collection, attending her first music festival with her mom, and how the Riot Grrrl feminist punk movement gave her the courage to come out of the closet.
https://open.spotify.com/user/thisbrokenmixtape/playlist/2YWz4bp0r9ZQN9TQqM6iu1
Justin Broadbent is a multidisciplinary artist and designer from Toronto.
For more than a decade, Justin has forged a successful career creating murals, art installations, t-shirts, album covers, and music videos with clients ranging from Absolute Vodka to Facebook to the Junos.
We talk to him about directing a series of music videos for Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton, how Midnight Marauders is his go-to soundtrack in the studio, and curating a bat-shit crazy Instagram account.
https://open.spotify.com/user/thisbrokenmixtape/playlist/4CZt5aVr7Td3Jzm7T5syoK
Bay Area DJ / Producer Amerigo Gazaway first made music blog headlines with Bizarre Tribe: A Quest to the Pharcyde, a mashup album that combined the sounds of A Tribe Called Quest with The Pharcyde.
We talk to him about discovering hip hop through his brother's box of cassettes, his latest mashup album featuring Common and Stevie Wonder, and his favourite album covers of all time.
https://open.spotify.com/user/thisbrokenmixtape/playlist/2tBzP1tKz5yLtNvaZGmOUp
David Hayman is the founder of music supervision and branding agency Supergroup.
We talk to him about the collection of mixtapes he made throughout his adolescence, how there are no rules for music licensing for music and television, and what makes a great song for a specific scene.
https://open.spotify.com/user/thisbrokenmixtape/playlist/7jXE7RfN47IS8UG7ldiPTW
Kip Berman is the frontman for New York indie-pop band, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart.
We talk to him about how the late-great Prince inspired his rock star ambitions, the memorable mixtape a friend made for him in college, and Lorde's fantastic new record.
https://open.spotify.com/user/thisbrokenmixtape/playlist/2GjiLMKiCfdjtQGk1GaFuw
Eric Spitznagel is an author and pop-culture journalist based out of Chicago.
We talk to him about his latest music memoir Old Records Never Die, how Questlove inspired his epic quest to recover his old vinyl records, and working with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy on his upcoming memoir.
https://open.spotify.com/user/thisbrokenmixtape/playlist/5ajUYTZo7N68Q0eNLUENHr
Jena Gogo and Jay Mitchell are two-fifths of Toronto indie folk band, Blue Sky Miners.
We talk to them about how their serendipitous Victoria run-in led to the birth of the band, working with Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning, and hear Jena's spot-on impression of Britney Spears.
https://open.spotify.com/user/thisbrokenmixtape/playlist/7woEW2AUTIdf03SnSyiAKO
Rhiannon Archer is a comedian and writer from Toronto.
We talk to her about her one woman show series Life Records, her now-legendary wedding playlist, and how Carly Simon's You're So Vain reminds her of a pre-school bully.
https://open.spotify.com/user/thisbrokenmixtape/playlist/1Ix4nf5tNobBXD3meimd67
Michelle Zauner is the front woman for Philadelphia dream-pop band Japanese Breakfast.
We talk to her about how the music of Sufjan Stevens and Mount Eerie helped console her after her mother's death, her new sophomore record, Soft Sounds from Another Planet, and her planned memoir about cooking Korean cuisine.
https://open.spotify.com/user/thisbrokenmixtape/playlist/24c2M3ZGjK5ryBvsxXb3nz
Trevor LaRocque is the owner of Toronto record shop Tiny Record Shop, as well as the indie music label Paper Bag Records.
We talk to Trevor about his carefully-curated boutique record store in Leslieville; the growing roster of his indie label, Paper Bag Records; and the self-professed creepy mixtape he made for an elementary school crush.
https://open.spotify.com/user/thisbrokenmixtape/playlist/37pFXi99REGueXU65yizGb