Balcony AUX "Chord"

The new Spider Man trailer dropped and Mark and Afindi are hyped! Marvel’s iconic character has been a part of a lot of our childhoods. In this episode, Mark and Findi discuss their favourite web-slinging superhero, from dressing up as Peter Parker for non uniform day to watching a 30 year old Tobey Maguire play a high school kid. The boys also discuss the new movie with and ASIAN superhero, Shang-Chi.

The boys are joined by four very special guests this week, the members of Rocketman! For those of you who don't know, Rocketman is an up and coming Bangkok based pop band. Before listening to or watching this podcast be sure to check them out on music streaming platforms, they're awesome!

Youngest gold medalist is 13, the boys are ... a lot older. Tune in to hear them discuss their thoughts on the Olympics and opinions on hair. Mark shares a weird barber story.

Mark and Findi discuss their creative processes. One is more methodical one is more explosive, we'll let you guess which one's which. The boys then try to brainstorm songs.

Everyone's talking about it and so are the guys. This week's episode is almost entirely about Tyler the Creator's latest album, Call Me If You Get Lost. Tune in to hear our opinions on the new project and the importance of creating and self fulfilment.

This week, the boys discuss J Cole's new album, combat sports and martial arts. If you don't know already, Mark is  a trained martial artist. Don't be fooled, though he looks kind of like a bitch Mark's kicks could probably send you to the hospital. Findi, as expected, has never been in a fight his whole life. He does, however, watch a lot of anime about fighting...

What if the vaccines don't work and we're stuck in an eternal pandemic? What if it gets worse and we actually can't ever leave our houses forever? Will we live in sensory deprivation tanks with our consciousness hooked up to a VR set? What if global warming gets so bad that we have to colonize and migrate to mars? Tune in to find out what these two idiots think.

Balcony AUX Chord welcomes back the man, the myth, the legend, Matt Young. Matt’s a Vancouver based musician/producer and a great friend to the boys. The trio discuss Matt’s latest EP, Water. Check out Matt’s EP on all streaming services and tune in to find out how he cooked up this masterpiece.

We all know him, a lot of love him and a lot of us hate him. This week the boys talk about one of their favourite singer/songwriters, John Mayer. Mark and Findi walk through their fondest memories growing up with John Mayer's music and how it has impacted them as teens and young adults. Tune in and listen to two men praise another man to an almost uncomfortable extent.

It's that time of the year again, the time where Mark and Findi talk about the Grammy's and how the winner of Album of the Year really didn't have the best album of the year. This episode, the boys discuss marketing in the music industry, how much they hate Taylor Swift and what albums and musicians they believe actually deserved to win the prizes.

This week we are joined by Mark's classmate and friend, Justinian! This man is probably the only person who actually watches and listens to Balcony AUX Chord, so the boys are super honoured to have him join the podcast. In this episode the trio discuss their experiences as East and Southeast Asians in North America as well as the recent increasing hate crimes against Asian Americans and Canadians.

"Bro, let's get on this Clubhouse thing, I sent you an invite"  

Mark and Findi have been pretty hyped about Clubhouse recently. It's like having their regular podcast but other people can join and contribute too. In this episode the boys discuss the new platform and what it means, what they like about it and what could go wrong with it.   

Also, the duo are on Clubhouse every Monday night/morning in a room called music Mondays. Come have a conversation with your favourite idiots!

This week the boys talk about the music's biggest influencers more specifically the Beatles and the impact the band had on the world's popular culture in general. Topics also include, the political situation in Myanmar and "Asian music taste".

After wrapping up his Arts degree, Findi, like a lot of other Arts students has been doubting the importance and usefulness of his degree. In this episode Mark and Findi share their thoughts on what skills they learned from their BA and how they can make use of these skills in their professional lives.

The boys are joined with a very special guest this episode, the honourable May, Mark's girlfriend. In this episode the boys and May talk about Mark and May's relationship, long distance love and childhood crushes on anime characters. Watch Findi third wheel the cutest couple of the century.

Mark and Findi do a little bit of self-reflection as they enter the second week of 2021. It gets a little deep and personal as they discuss mental health issues and a little bit of politics.

Mark and Findi got super into Cobra Kai (Netflix's Karate Kid remake). In this episode, the boys discuss the show's biggest theme, bullying and their experiences as the victims and the perpetrators.

What a ride this year was... Mark and Findi discuss the good, the bad and the very ugly of 2020. Topics range from personal growth, societal changes and what the boys look forward to in 2021.

It's the most wonderful time of the year? The two Thai boys are here to celebrate and cheer? In this Christmas Special, Mark and Findi discuss the holidays and its music from the perspectives of their Islamic and Buddhist upbringing.

It used to be a topic you use to talk to girls, but now it's vocabulary. Mark and Findi talk about astrology and superstition. Watch what happened when you put a Libra and a Scorpio in the same podcast...

Mark and Findi talk about their dream wedding... Yea, I don't know why either but it gets quite weird as the boys talk about one of the most important days of their lives (if it ever happens, of course).

Finally, a whole episode dedicated to the best show ever made, Avatar: The Last Airbender! Mark and Findi talk about the four elements and what music we associate with them.

Whether you consider yourself a millennial or a Gen Z, there's no denying that A LOT has changed since we were kids. In this episode, Findi and Mark reminisce their childhood in the early 2000's. Topics range from Bayblade to cassettes tapes to renting movies at the local DVD store.

Oh man, it's about to get a little political. Mark and Findi discuss the recent US elections, its impact on us as non-Americans and the future of the global Digimon. Sorry, hegemon. Join us in making this podcast great again (not that it ever was) or that fly on Mike Pence's head will visit you tonight.  

Like if you miss Obama.

Since it's Halloween, the night when the spiritual and physical world overlap, Mark and Findi decide to talk about supernatural experiences growing up. Mark's mom has a sixth sense so he has TONS of scary stories that will surely make you leave the lights on when you go to bed tonight.

After watching Game 6 the 2020 NBA finals Mark and Findi decide to talk about competitiveness and the drive to win and succeed. As expected the boys carry this discussion through the four elements from Avatar the Last Airbender and Shonen Anime.

BLACKPINK's documentary, Light Up the Sky, was recently released! Mark and Findi talk about Findi's favourite girl group and move onto a larger discussion about the K-Pop industry and mainstream pop music in general.

The boys talk about the state of 'flow', more colloquially known as 'being in the zone'. It's a state where we completely get immersed in the activity we're doing, where our egos and sense of time fades away.

In this episode the boys talk about their favourite season. Through their favourite tracks, Mark and Findi discuss childhood first day of school memories, being awkward first year university students, feeling lonely in the rainy West Coast as well as finding warmth in friendship and community.

Another thing the boys miss about the pre-Covid world is being able to go see live music. This episode they discuss their most memorable live music experiences from French composer Chassol playing the piano to a movie screening to Kanye West rapping on a floating platform. The boys finish the discussion with their hypothetical dream concerts because in these tough times, all we can do is dream :(

The Covid-19 travel restrictions this year (and possibly many years to come) have made Mark and Findi quite upset because they're free-spirited gentlemen that like going to places. The boys discuss what they like listening to on trips, their travel experiences and Findi's new BEDFRAME!

This episode, the boys are joined by their longtime friend PK, a model, actor, photographer, visual artist and just an all around creative dude. The three discuss urban life, their experiences, what it means to them, what it means to their culture and what music they associate with it.

Go Follow PK on Instagram (@peeekks)

The boys discuss the relationship between the sense of sound and the sense of sight. What do certain colours sound like? What do they feel like? What do they remind us of?

This episode the boys are joined by a friend! Matt Young is a Vancouver based musician/producer from the Philippines. The now trio discuss the start of Matts career as a 'bedroom producer', his inspirations, creative process and ends off with some advice for aspiring musicians.  Listen to 

Matt on Spotify!

The boys go through their top 5 albums of all time and talk about the personal stories attached to these works. Topics discussed go from Afindi's angsty teenage phase listening to Arctic Monkeys to Mark fanboying over Frank Ocean to the point of basing a whole essay off of Channel Orange.