Interviews

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 […]

We’ve started a new segment on X-Mornings where we’re interviewing people in all kinds of various careers. We kicked it off with a doozie – a fan of the show who is a fighter pilot. The full interview is here for you! Just look at this guy: If you’d like to be featured or know […]

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 […]

I had the pleasure of Ruby Waters joining me in studio ahead of her show TONIGHT (Feb. 12) at the Dome. We chatted about our hometowns being rivals, all the time she has been with Dallas Green of City and Colour and the new song and album she is teasing! Check the full chat below! […]

Ahead of their show at the Dome in Calgary on Feb 12, Dallas Green and Nathaniel Rateliff joined me to chat about the upcoming tour, things their looking for to travelling across Canada, songs they are sick of playing and finding balance in giving the people what they want while maintaining artistic integrity. – Justin

I had the pleasure of chatting with Adrian Quesada of Black Pumas about their latest record “Chronicles of a Diamond”. In the full chat we got into following up on the success of their debut record, their willingness to explore all kinds of music, a compliment he received from Ghostface of Wu-Tang Clan and he […]

The Beaches play a SOLD OUT show tonight (Nov. 9) at Mac Hall. Ahead of the show they came by the X studios to perform their latest hit “Blame Brett” and chat! We got into if any Raptor or basketball players have hit them up, playing a pair of SOLD OUT shows at the iconic […]

I got to speak with Katie Munshaw of Dizzy ahead of their show tonight (Nov. 3) at Commonwealth. She opened up wide about her love of quilting and how that played into the creation of their latest record, the big decision to be masked on the cover of the latest record and Katie agreed I […]

Arkells released their new record “Laundry Pile” and I spoke with Max about the special release parties they did out of laundromats, he explained how in the midst of working on something else this record just happened and he made a public statement about wanting to do another special performance for us. – Justin

Got to chat with Mike Kerr of Royal Blood about their latest record “Back to the Water Below” (out now). We discussed the evolution in sound we heard from the band on this latest record, the potential of a Royal Blood funk record and what makes his Fender signature bass so special. – Justin