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Watch a studio session with Toronto indie-rock band Kiwi Jr.
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Toronto band Kiwi Jr. embraced a couple inspirations on their latest album, Blowin’ Up. Released in August 2026, Blowin’ Up — the band’s fourth album since 2019 — marks Kiwi Jr.’s first release on the Olympia, Washington-based label K Records. “It's cool to be on K now,” Kiwi Jr. frontman Jeremy Gaudet says. “[It was] always on our mind as an inspirational label and home to a lot of great artists.”
Secondly, the Torontonians had long been inspired by the music coming out of nearby Detroit, and they opted to record Blowin’ Up there. “The Detroit music stuff was on our mind constantly” during recording, Gaudet says. “We didn't think we were just going to show up for a week and make, like, a classic Detroit record or anything like that. But we were thinking of Iggy Pop and MC5 and the White Stripes and bands like that.”
While on tour in support of the new album — coincidentally, Kiwi Jr. will play in Detroit this Saturday, Oct. 24, before embarking on a European tour in November — the band visited The Current studio to play a couple songs from the new album and another from their previous release. Between songs, Gaudet had a chat with The Current’s Jill Riley. You can watch and listen to the full session above.
Video Segments
00:00:00 Photos of the Reenactment
00:03:05 Cooler Returns
00:06:50 Interview with host Jill Riley
00:12:58 Blowin’ Up
Songs 1 and 3 from Kiwi Jr’s 2026 album, Blowin’ Up, available on Perennial; song 2 is the title track from Kiwi Jr’s 2021 album, released on Sub Pop Records.
Musicians
Jeremy Gaudet - vocal, guitar
Brian Murphy - guitar, keyboards
Michael Walker - bass
Brohan Moore - drums
Credits
Guests – Kiwi Jr.
Host – Jill Riley
Producer – Derrick Stevens
Video Director – Ruben Schneiderman
Camera Operators – Derek Ramirez, Josh Sauvageau, Ruben Schneiderman
Audio Engineer – Evan Clark
Video Editor – Jake Rudegeair
Graphics – Natalia Toledo
Digital Producer – Luke Taylor
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