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Chatted with Frank Turner about music, his world record, his tour and anything else I could think of. I did not want to get off this call, all I wanted to do was pick his brain about EVERYTHING!!

McHappy day is upon us, and what better way to help then by learning and eating! Chatted with Suzanne Pescod Director of Marketing & Communications for RMHC Alberta about why you should support on Wednesday!

Huge love to Trevor and Shea from Scenic Route to Alaska for dropping by the studio this weekend after their show Friday at Festival Hall to celebrate their new record Lasts Forever! We get into the new record, Trevor not wearing shoes on stage, Oilers playoff hockey, and being an independent band during the pandemic […]

Had the opportunity to chat with the wonderful folks of Shred Kelly before their show tonight at the King Eddy! We get into the new record Blurry Vision that dropped in the fall, playing at the King Eddy, writing and recording throughout the pandemic, and oddly, what the group eats on the road… (Spoiler, it’s […]

If you’ve listened to my show since I’ve started at X, you know that I LOVE to talk about The Black Keys. They’re the band that got me interested in alternative tunes in the first place. Sometimes I wonder if I’ll ever shut the hell up about them, I may be pushing it that badly. […]

Had the unreal opportunity to have a quick phone chat with Patrick Carney of The Black Keys. If you missed the news, they’ve got a BRAND NEW RECORD OUT NOW called Ohio Players. We get into collaborating with Beck and Noel Gallagher on the record, if they’ll be coming back to Calgary soon and more! […]

It was an absolute pleasure to chat with Michael Shuman (aka Mikey Shoes) from Queens of the Stone Age. In our chat we discussed his deep resume (including his appearance in the Wedding Singer), how involved each of the band members are in the songwriting process and he offered up what he believed would be […]

Ever wonder what classic kids nursery rhymes and songs would sound like if they were covered by System of a Down? Wonder no more thanks to this incredible YouTuber! WHAT. A. TALENT. I actually can’t wait to blast this with the kids in the car on the way home from daycare. – Justin

Nils and Amy of Rural Alberta Advantage joined me in studio today ahead of their show TONIGHT (Feb 22) at The Palace Theatre in Calgary. We chatted a lot about their latest record, “The Rise & The Fall”, specifically the latest single, “Conductors”. We also got into them appearing on a TV show in the […]

Do you ever sit at your desk and imagine a competition between different water soda flavours and think about who would come out on top? No? Just me? Should I be working instead of doing this?? My brother and I have been arguing for what seems like months over this one simple question – what […]