Hawksley stopped by the station for the Rock Report to have a chat. He’s in town visiting his brother before heading to Edmonton for their Folk Fest. The new album Los Manlicious hits in August. Listen to the interview:

Hawksley Workman Interview

St. Louis’ Ludo are out on the Warped Tour, which comes through Calgary on Wednesday. Keyboardist Tim Convy gave me a call on the phone, and this is what it sounded like:

Ludo Chat

What appears to be the tracklisting for Guitar Hero IV: World Tour has leaked online. The game is expected out this winter. Here’s the list:

‘Dope Nose’ - Weezer
‘The Middle’ - Jimmy Eat World
‘Today’ - Smashing Pumpkins
‘Roland’ - Interpol
‘Santeria’ - Sublime
‘Mr Brightside’ - The Killers
‘Take It On The Run’ - REO Speedwagon
‘Hold The Line’ - Toto
‘Rebel Yell’ - Billy Idol
‘Heartbreaker’ - Pat Benatar
‘All Around Me’ - Flyleaf
‘Misery Business’ - Paramore
‘Stinkfist’ - Tool
‘Lateralus’ - Tool
‘Schism’ - Tool
‘Every Breath You Take’ - The Police
‘The Kids Aren’t Alright’ - The Offspring
‘The Good Left Undone’ - Rise Agaisnt
‘Bleed It Out’ - Linkin Park
‘Face Down’ - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
‘The Kill’ - 30 Seconds to Mars
‘Thank You For The Venom’ - My Chemical Romance
‘Dammit’ - Blink 182
‘When You Heat Stops Beating’ - +44
‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’ - The Rolling Stones
‘Don’t Fear The Reaper’ - Blue Öyster Cult
‘Light My Fire’ - The Doors
‘Give It Away’ - Red Hot Chili Peppers
‘Renegades Of Funk’ - Rage Against The Machines
‘No Sleep ‘Til Brooklyn’ - The Beastie Boys
‘Are You Gonna Go My Way?’ - Lenny Kravitz
‘I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing’ - Aerosmith
‘Man In The Box’ - Alice In Chains
‘Kickstart My Heart’ - Mötley Crüe
‘Spin The Black Circle’ - Pearl Jam
‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ - Nirvana
‘Car Chase City’ - Tenacious D
‘Everlong’ - Foo Fighters
‘Animal’ - Def Leppard
‘Runaway’ - Bon Jovi
‘Paradise City’ - Guns N’ Roses
‘Song For The Dead’ - Queens of the Stone Age
‘Vasoline’ - Stone Temple Pilots
‘Assassin’ - Muse
‘The Boys Are Back in Town’ - Thin Lizzy
‘Life in the Fast Lane’ - The Eagles
‘Sweet Home Alabama’ - Lynyrd Skynyrd
‘Here to Stay’ - KoRn
‘Dragula’ - Rob Zombie
‘Bat Country’ - Avenged Sevenfold
‘10,000 Fists’ - Disturbed
‘Duality’ - Slipknot
‘Toxicity’ - System of a Down
‘Demise of Sanity’ - Black Label Society
‘Don’t Talk to Strangers’ - Dio
‘Heaven and Hell’ - Black Sabbath
‘Crazy Train’ - Ozzy Osbourne
‘The Spirit Of Radio’ - Rush
‘Comfortably Numb’ - Pink Floyd
‘Pull Me Under’ - Dream Theater
‘Beat It’ - Micheal Jackson Feat. Eddie Van Halen
‘Hot For Teacher’ - Van Halen
‘Stranglehold’ - Ted Nugent
‘Warriors Of Time’ - Black Tide
‘Leather Rebel’ - Judas Priest
‘Hallowed Be Thy Name’ - Iron Maiden
‘Angel Of Death’ - Slayer
‘Tornado Of Souls’ - Megadeth
‘Master Of Puppets’ - Metallica
‘Johnny B Goode’ - Chuck Berry
‘The Wind Cries Mary’ - Jimi Hendrix
‘Purple Haze (Live)’ - Jimi Hendrix
‘45′ - Shinedown
‘96 Quite Bitter Beings’ - CKY
‘Bombshell’ - Powerman 5000
‘Clavado en un Bar’ - Maná
‘Enjoy the Silence’ - Lacuna Coil
‘Feuer Frei’ - Rammstein
‘Fury Of The Storm’ - Dragonforce
‘Never Too Late’ - The Answer
‘Nottingham Lace’ - Buckethead
‘One Armed Scissor’ - At The Drive-In
‘Satch Boogie’ - Joe Satriani
‘Schrei’ - Tokio Hotel
‘Soul Doubt’ - NOFX

This is pretty awesome:

The unveiling of the lineup was made at the 2008 E3 Media and Business Summit, where new and updated features of the second edition of the game were also revealed. A total of 84 songs will be included with the game itself, with 20 more to be made available for free downloading in the fall. Among the other artists contributing tracks to Rock Band 2 are Pearl Jam, Metallica, the Allman Brothers, Devo, Paramore, Modest Mouse, Nirvana, the Who, Jimmy Eat World, Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and many more.

• Rock Band 2 will make its debut on Xbox 360 this September, and will be available for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and Wii systems later this year.
• The official Rock Band 2 track listing is:
  1. AC/DC - “Let There Be Rock”
  2. AFI - “Girl’s Gone Grey”
  3. Alanis Morissette - “You Oughta Know”
  4. Alice in Chains - “Man In The Box”
  5. Allman Brothers - “Ramblin’ Man”
  6. Avenged Sevenfold - “Almost Easy”
  7. Bad Company - “Shooting Star”
  8. Beastie Boys - “So Whatcha Want”
  9. Beck - “E-Pro”
  10. Bikini Kill - “Rebel Girl”
  11. Billy Idol - “White Wedding Pt I”
  12. Blondie - One Way Or Another”
  13. Bob Dylan - “Tangled Up In Blue”
  14. Bon Jovi - “Livin’ on A Prayer”
  15. Cheap Trick - “Hello There”
  16. Devo - “Uncontrollable Urge”
  17. Dinosaur Jr. - “Feel the Pain”
  18. Disturbed - “Down With The Sickness”
  19. The Donnas - “New Kid In School”
  20. Dream Theater - “Panic Attack”
  21. Duran Duran - “Hungry Like the Wolf”
  22. Elvis Costello - “Pump It Up”
  23. Fleetwood Mac - “Go Your Own Way”
  24. Foo Fighters - “Everlong”
  25. The Go-Go’s - “We Got the Beat”
  26. The Grateful Dead - “Alabama Getaway”
  27. The Guess Who - “American Woman”
  28. Guns N’ Roses - “Shackler’s Revenge”
  29. Interpol - “PDA ”
  30. Jane’s Addiction - “Mountain Song”
  31. Jethro Tull - “Aqualung”
  32. Jimmy Eat World - “The Middle”
  33. Joan Jett - “Bad Reputation”
  34. Journey - “Anyway You Want It”
  35. Judas Priest - “Painkiller”
  36. Kansas - “Carry On Wayward Son”
  37. L7 - “Pretend We’re Dead”
  38. Lacuna Coil - “Our Truth”
  39. Linkin Park - “One Step Closer”
  40. Lit - “My Own Worst Enemy”
  41. Lush - “De-Luxe”
  42. Mastodon - “Colony of Birchmen”
  43. Megadeth - “Peace Sells”
  44. Metallica - “Battery”
  45. Mighty Mighty Bosstones - “Where’d You Go”
  46. Modest Mouse - “Float On”
  47. Motorhead - “Ace of Spades”
  48. The Muffs - “Kids in America”
  49. Nirvana - “Drain You”
  50. Norman Greenbaum - “Spirit in the Sky”
  51. The Offspring - “Come Out & Play (Keep ‘Em Separated)”
  52. Panic at the Disco - “Nine In The Afternoon”
  53. Paramore - “That’s What You Get”
  54. Pearl Jam - “Alive”
  55. Presidents of the USA - “Lump”
  56. Rage Against the Machine - “Testify”
  57. Ratt - “Round & Round”
  58. Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Give it Away”
  59. The Replacements - “Alex Chilton”
  60. Rise Against - “Give it All”
  61. Rush - “The Trees”
  62. Silversun Pickups - “Lazy Eye”
  63. Smashing Pumpkins - “Today”
  64. Social Distortion - “I Was Wrong”
  65. Sonic Youth - “Teenage Riot”
  66. Soundgarden - “Spoonman”
  67. Squeeze - “Cool For Cats”
  68. Steely Dan - “Bodhitsattva”
  69. Steve Miller Band - “Rock’n Me”
  70. Survivor - “Eye of the Tiger”
  71. System of a Down - “Chop Suey”
  72. Talking Heads - “Psycho Killer”
  73. Tenacious D - “Master Exploder”
  74. Testament - “Souls Of Black”
  75. The Who - “Pinball Wizard”

Maritimes band Slowcoaster were through town for a show, and stopped by the X92.9 Studios at 17th Ave and 2nd to have a chat.

Interview Audio

Brendan Canning and Sam Goldberg of Broken Social Scene came by to chat about the band’s Sled Island appearance and his latest release,  Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning, Something for All of Us…. Here’s the interview:

Brendan Canning Interview

Carolina Liar played this past weekend at the Calgary Virgin Fest. I had a backstage chat with Chad Wolf, lead singer of the band. Heres’ the interview:

Carolina Liar Interview

Stars played the mainstage at the Calgary Virgin Fest. I sat down in the band’s trailer for a chat with Amy Millan and Torquil Campbell. Here’s the audio:

Stars Interview

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