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A TASTE OF TASTE WITH...

ANDY SHAUF

The Toronto-based singer and songwriter stops by to tell us what he's been into.

June 12, 2025

ANDY SHAUF
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Andy Shauf is a Toronto-based singer and songwriter. He gained recognition with his 2016 concept album The Party – an intricate tale that follows a cast of characters over the course of a house party – and has since continued to tell stories through his beautifully arranged, self-written, self-recorded, and self-produced music. Andy is also a member of the Canadian quintet Foxwarren, alongside Avery and Darryl Kissick, Colin Nealis, and Dallas Bryson. The band’s second album, 2, was released on ANTI- at the end of May. Foxwarren will hit the road this August, supporting Waxahatchee on a run of dates before headlining shows throughout the fall. Lucky for us, Andy’s here to tell us what he’s been into.

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zojirushi travel mug
small, lightweight, has a lock… I toss it in my bag without worrying that I’m spilling tea everywhere (that means gossip, right?). It keeps my tea hot for so long that by the time I remember that I brought tea to the studio with me, it is still too hot to drink. (drinking gossip, right?)
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cat s-22
This is an android flip phone that I deleted all the apps off of. it allows me to not be distracted by my phone (except for when I use it to hot-spot my computer to get all that sweet dopamine). Honestly, my sim card goes back and forth between this and an iphone… but life is a lot easier to manage when the Cat S 22 is in charge (which it currently is not).
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my trusty sewing machine where I make clothes fit just how I want them to (or at least try). I get impatient with pinning things though, so I do a lot of winging it and making things uneven.
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sticky notes
I use notebooks and sketchbooks a lot and something I’ve started doing recently is covering errors with sticky notes. Need to re-write your second verse? Throw a sticky note over the old version and rewrite it. (then I glue it down with a glue stick) Same with the sketchbook - totally ashamed of that embarrassing thing you just drew? Cover it with a sticky note and try again!
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notebook sticky tabs
Another solution I’ve started using recently… where is the page where I wrote out my current patch-bay configuration? Oh I just need to turn to the tab I marked with PATCH. the plastic holder thing clips onto your notebook and then they’re always with you (unless you forgot your notebook somewhere)
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