Gut Feeling

Author: Gregory Adams

Speaking with musicians on how they found their sound. Monthly-ish artists talks, hosted by Vancouver arts reporter Gregory Adams. Newsletter: https://gutfeeling.substack.com/
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Gut Feeling Podcast #31 - Jesse Gander (d.b.s. / Rain City Recorders)
Friday, 27 February, 2026

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is a conversation with Jesse Gander, acclaimed producer/engineer at Vancouver’s Rain City Recorders and onetime vocalist for Lynn Valley punk teens d.b.s., who just had a pair of albums from the Nineties pressed onto vinyl for the very first time.Throughout the talk, Jesse touches on: a recent recording project in Quebec’s cabin wilderness; learning engineering tricks from producer Cecil English (D.O.A., SNFU); crafting teenage punk songs about love, politics and the price of cheese; re-upping the represses with new art, lost recordings and drastic cuts; early shows and dangerous highway drives; d.b.s.’ famed striped t-shirts and Jesse’s stinky pair of cargo shorts; Much Music coverage, and the time one of them crashed into a skateboard bowl on national TV; reconnecting with his old bandmates for the reissue project; an upcoming live LP; how his recording career is still rooted in the punk friendships he made on tour; and more!1995’s Tales from the Crib and 1999’s Some Boys Got It Most Men Don’t vinyl reissues are out now via Dine Alone Records. The full d.b.s. catalogue is streaming now via Boat Dreams From the Hill.