Constantines played Calgary Virgin Fest main stage on Saturday, and the show featured a guest appearence from The Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie. I had a brief chat backstage with drummer Doug MacGregor. Here’s the audio:

 Constantines Interview

Sloan have a new album out called Parallel Play, and are playing a Calgary show in July at Tequila. Chris Murphy from the band called in for a chat. To see the “controversial” National Post piece, click here. Interview Audio:

Sloan Part 1

Sloan Part 2

Calgary’s New Rock Alternative X92.9 FM is now a year-and-a-half old. You may have been there since the beginning, or perhaps are just now discovering us. If we haven’t been properly introduced yet, I host the afternoon show. It runs weekdays from 2-7PM, which includes the 6 O’Clock Rock Report, an hour of music news, interviews and some damn good music. I love that my show has become a two-way connection and always enjoy interacting with you. You can get in touch a whole bunch of ways:

Phone during the show: 403-238-X929 (9929)

Leave a voicemail: 403-670-0210 x 1851

E-mail: josh@x929.ca

Social Networking: Facebook, MySpace (let’s be friends!)

Feel free to take a browse through the past years’ worth of blog archives, and make sure you bookmark my blog!!!

Dogs are used for leading the blind, therapy, drug-sniffing, and all sorts of other helpful jobs. But dogs can rock apparently. I came across a band called Caninus, fronted by two pitbulls. And a band called Hatebeak, whose lead singer is a 15-year old parrot. We listen to some audio clips and chat about the phenomenon here:

Singing Dogs n Birds

I was in a fast food joint over the weekend and my ears were assaulted by the sounds of the Calgary radio station geared towards teenage girls. The scary thing is, I’ve actually heard this music/station in mens’ cars. These men should go to a vet and get neutered. The station also gives out stickers. Got one on your car? You’re advertising your bad taste in music. Here’s the discussion, including a montage of terrible music. (Please be warned that if you have any kind of taste in music, the sounds might hurt your ears):

Bad Music on the Radio

Omar from The Mars Volta came by to talk about the bands’ show in Calgary and the new album. Much of the album was inspired by their experiences with a Ouija board the band called Soothsayer. We started there:

Interview Audio

Cake played a sold-out show at Mac Hall this week. Before the show John McCrea (vocalist/songwriter/etc) and Vince DiFiore (trumpet/keyboards/etc) stopped by the X92.9 Studios for a chat. Here’s the audio:

Cake Part 1

Cake Part 2

A clean-shaven Sam Roberts stopped by the studio today to chat up his new album, Love at the End of the World. Here’s the audio:

Sam Roberts Interview

As of now, there’s a new Nine Inch Nails album available completely free here. We’ve been playing one of the songs Discipline on X92.9 for the past couple of weeks. NIN will be through town at the Saddledome on July 29th. Enjoy!

Oh Hello! Calgary’s New Rock Alternative X92.9 FM is growing and growing, with more and more people making the switch to radio that doesn’t suck.  We celebrated our first anniversary on January 1. You may have been there since the beginning, or perhaps are just now discovering us. If we haven’t been properly introduced yet, I host the afternoon show. It runs weekdays from 2-7PM, which includes the 6 O’Clock Rock Report, an hour of music news, interviews and some damn good music. I love that my show has become a two-way connection and always enjoy interacting with you. You can get in touch a whole bunch of ways:

Phone during the show: 403-238-X929 (9929)

Leave a voicemail: 403-670-0210 x 1851

E-mail: josh@x929.ca

Social Networking: Facebook, MySpace (let’s be friends!)

Feel free to take a browse through the past years’ worth of blog archives, and make sure you bookmark my blog!!!