What is Indie is a weekly Sunday night radio show hosted by Jeremy Panda and Kelsey Strickland. It features a mix of sweet band interviews from some of the top up-and-coming Canadian bands to date and a non-pretentious Indie Idol Competition.
The show, originally touted as “what the f$%# do we know idol?”, was very successful with over 200 people tuning in for the show’s entirety every Sunday evening from 8- 11 on Indielove.ca . Now – the 2nd go at the idol has some major sponsorship from Trench Recording Studios, who have a monster studio setup in the Junction and have eagerly offered their services and the grand prize of a 5 song EP for the winner of Indie Idol 2010.
During the Indie Idol segment of the show we have 3 singer songwriters grace our live airwaves with two original songs – and our panel of 4 “indie industry deep” judges giving their humble yet helpful suggestions, criticisms and advice towards the nature of the songs, the originality, the creative direction of the artist, where the artist is placing themselves in the industry, the technicalities of their compositions, musical merits and offering considerations for all the artists in their blossoming careers as independent artists and musicians in the Canadian Music Industry (sigh – what a long sentence). Every week a finalist is chosen and they stay on for an interview at the end of the show which grants further promotion and an opportunity for the audience of Indie love and the panel of encouraging judges to delve a little deeper into the artist’s world. At the end of a 6 month run their will be an announcement of 2 winners – who will win studio time with Trench and along the way we will be giving out random prizes for originality and drive, further supporting the pursuit of this particular brand of Canadian talent. We welcome all submitting artists to the “Indielove” family and we can offer many services and aids through all our networks as hosts and supporters of the Independent Canadian Music scene.
The show has seen some great bands including Syla Vale, Paint Movement, Make Your Exit, The Dunes, Beth Moore, Cody Elliot, Stagehands, The Balconies, Alistair Blaik Bundale (now Donnalynn), Paul Price, Elias, Dora Alexander to name a few…
Please send us an email for any inquiries about being on the show