Music

Just in time for Mother’s Day, our new show about the parents of your favourite bands, starting with Arkells

by Sam Sutherland

This Sunday at 8:30 p.m. EST, AUX will air the first episode of Parental Advisory, a new show co-produced with our brothers and sisters at Exclaim!

An interview-based half-hour mixing interviews and music videos, the show explores the integral but quiet (and sometimes hilarious) role parents play in the formation of many successful bands — from first instruments to basement rehearsals to first tours to first TV appearances. Bands featured in the first two episodes (the second airs Sunday, May 20) include Tokyo Police Club, Austra, the Arkells, the Flatliners, and more.

Here’s Max Kerman of the Arkells in an early look at Parental Advisory.