S01 E04 - Bells Larsen
In this episode of Undercurrents: An Artist's Artist Conversation, Simone Atenea Medina Polo is joined by Montreal’s Bells Larsen to discuss his sophomore album Blurring Time. Bells’ album is defined by an unique angle in musical form by creating a dialogue across time between his current post-testosterone voice and his pre-HRT voice under the guidance of fellow musician Georgia Harmer. This alone sets up for an incredibly intimate and thoughtful album exploring the liminal space that ambiguates identity, love, familial dynamics, and queer-world making.
S01 E03 - Robert Adam
In this episode of Undercurrents: An Artist's Artist Conversation, Simone Atenea Medina Polo is joined by Calgary’s Robert Adam to discuss their debut album Governed by the Seasons. Robert is an up-and-coming non-binary entity making a name for themselves in country music, a sound which they have cultivated with a tender poetry of queer resilience through conversational and narrational songwriting.
S01 E02 - Rec Centre
In this episode of Undercurrents: An Artist's Artist Conversation, Simone Atenea Medina Polo is joined by Alex Hudson (aka. Rec Centre) following the release of his sixth album, Squash. As in many of Rec Centre’s recordings, the process involved overdubbing over and over with a single microphone, building up arrangements that are lush and layered while retaining its iconic homemade candour — often in collaboration with Energy Slime’s Jay Arner.
S01 E01 - Devours
Introducing Undercurrents: An Artist's Artist Conversation, hosted by Simone Atenea Medina Polo. This is a podcast about artists in music championing each other's work. Each episode features an interview with a guest musician, an artist adjacent to music, or just generally anyone in the music sphere who wants to chat.
This first episode features Devours (they/them), which is the DIY electropunk project of Vancouver-based musician Jeff Cancade.
Across five acclaimed underground albums, including 2023's Polaris Music Prize-longlisted Homecoming Queen, Devours has written confessional and confrontational electronic music about masculinity, body image, gay politics, and inner-city queer existence. They have toured Canada and the US, received coverage from Vice, CBC, Exclaim, and the Globe and Mail, and have performed at festivals such as SXSW, Treefort Music Fest, Sled Island, JunoFest, Vancouver Jazz Fest, and more. Sports Car Era, their newest LP, was released in March of 2025.