2025 is over and that means it's time for our annual 'Best Of' all rock, no talk episode covering tracks from each episode this past year: Just the music '25.

The Tunes You'll Hear: David R. Elliott - Devotion, Kestrels - Lily, Slander - Primavera, Megafaunix - Jackrabbit, Port City Junk - She Don't Know It's A Good Day, The Upsy Daisies - Just Be You, Red Cardinal - Find Yourself, Candyheart - Gods, Crying Shames - R U Holdin, Poison Spear - Institutional Trust, Not Funny Anymore - Puppet Show, Wolf Castle & Stephen Hero - That's Life

A big thanks to friend of the cast Chrissy of Josey Straps for the closing should out. Looking for a sweet hand made strap for your axe? Go give them some love at joseystraps.com. You can also find them on Facebook and Instagram.

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Intro track: "Coldsnap" by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Well Well Well

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We were joined by children's author Allan Johnson this time around. We get into the how's and the why's of writing for children, where he draws his inspiration and how reading as a child drove his imagination as he grew up. This is our first 100% kid friendly episode, that we even decided to pop some kid friendly tunes into. So you won't need to worry about listening to this one with the littun's in the car.

The Tunes You'll Hear: The Upsy Daisies - Just Be You, Megafaunix - Jackrabbit, Megafaunix - Desert Road, The Upsy Daisies - It's Gunna Be Alright, It's Gunna Be OK

If you like what you hear you can find Allan and the musical artists all on line.

Allan is on: Lemon8, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. You can also go directly to his books: Melly Melly Applebottom, Princess Melly and the Garden of Kindness, Ricky the Smallest Snowman.

The Upsy Daisies are all over the internet on Facebook, Instagram, Wherever you stream music or on Bandcamp

You can also find Megafaunix wherever you stream music, Bandcamp, or the website https://megafaunix.com/

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Intro track: "Coldsnap" by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Well Well Well

This time we joined Stephen Hero and Wolf Castle at their listing party for their new album 'Let's Get it'. We get into how they came together, what influences there are on this album and whether or not they'd ever do it again.

The Tunes You'll Hear: Escargot, Rocketship, Fer Sher, That's Life

Find 'Let's Get It' wherever you stream your albums, or on Bandcamp.

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Intro track: "Coldsnap" by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Well Well Well

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This time around we're joined by Maeve Capson to chat about shows we've caught over the summer and album's we've been getting into. Maeve gives a number of mostly punk recommendations throughout, for everyone to go check out.

The tunes you'll hear: Poison Spear - Poison Spear, NFA - Puppet Show, Crying Shames - R U Holdin', Slander - Primavera

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Intro track: "Coldsnap" by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Well Well Well

We had a great chat with Red Cardinal as they prepared to play a show in Fredericton, NB. We got into their influences, their bucket list as a band and their process for writing new music.

Tracks you'll hear: The Moth, Find Yourself, and Stranger Days

If you enjoy what you hear you can find Red Cardinal all over the internet: Facebook, Instagram, Bandcamp and wherever you stream music.

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We were joined by Colin Ferris of Sheik who Co-Hosted our conversation with Chad Peck of Kestrels. Colin had some great questions about Chad's sound, his musical history and a bit about his label Noyes Records.

A big thanks to Flourish Festival who gave the quietest corner of the Cap to chat and stay under a large umbrella out of the rain. This episode was recorded on site during the festival, so there is some audible festivaling in the background.

The tunes you'll hear in this episode: Lily's, Sleepless, Free Forever, Total Bummer.

If you like what you hear, you can find Kestrels on Instagram, Facebook and Bandcamp. You can find Chad's label at https://noyesrecords.limitedrun.com/

You can find Sheik on Facebook, Instagram and Bandcamp.

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Intro track: "Coldsnap" by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Well Well Well

For this episode we joined Candyheart at Homestead Studio to hear some of their live material, and of course you'll get to hear two of those tracks. We also sat down to talk about their new members, their upcoming album release and a few big shows in their near future.

The tunes you'll hear: Deeper (recorded live), Gods, Is (recorded live), Me and the void

Check them out on Facebook, Instagram and Bandcamp if you like that you hear.

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Intro track: "Coldsnap" by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Well Well Well

We were joined again by David R. Elliott to talk about his latest album True Love Forever. We also get into the importance of art, community action and places these things can come together.

The tunes you'll hear are all off his latest release: Devotion, Call Me Over, Safe, R U Comin Up.

If you enjoy what you hear, you can find David R. all over on Facebook, Instagram, Bandcamp and wherever you stream your music.

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Intro track: "Coldsnap" by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Well Well Well ⁠Photo: McKenzie Power