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X96 Meet the Bands

by Broadway Media

You wanna know the bands? Well, first you have to meet them. X96 chats it up with up-and-coming artists that you're just dying to know more about including The 1975, The Neighbourhood, Bastille, Solarsuit, Deap Vally, Twenty-One Pilots, Cage The Elephant, and more. Curious about the origins of band names? How were the bands formed? How do they feel about cats? Yup. That's all here.

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Episodes

  1. X96 Meet the Bands | Dirty Heads Dirty J and Duddy B

    Caity got to sit down with one of her favorite bands to talk about their tour and things that are going on in the Dirty Heads world!

  2. Meet the Band | Martin Johnson of Boys Like Girls

    Caity 4 Short sat down with Martin Johnson from Boys Like Girls to talk about their upcoming tour kicking off right here in Salt Lake City and reminisce aboutt he past! **I apologize for my mic sound, things weren't connected properly and I didn't find out until after**

  3. X96 Meet the Bands | Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park

    Todd Nuke'em chatted with Mike Shinoda about putting together the 20th anniversary of Linkin Park's 2nd album, "Meteora" and about his new track, "In My Head" that was made for Scream VI.

  4. X96 Meet the Bands | Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode

    Todd Nuke'em talked with Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode back in October of 2021 about his latest album “Imposter” with his band Gahan & Soulsavers. The album was released on November 12th, 2021.

  5. X96 Meet the Bands | Brandon Flowers of The Killers

    Todd Nuke'em talks with The Killers' Brandon Flowers about touring with Johnny Marr, The Killers' new sing, "Boy", and getting back on the road. | X96 Utah's Original Alternative

  6. X96 Meet the Bands | Lovelytheband

    -Lovelytheband on No Spaces in the Name: “We were trying to think of ways to write the name, and we thought it looked simple and clean” -Lovelytheband on the album and what’s coming: We’re really proud of it, and glad it’s released finally and we just started our first headline tour”…

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  7. X96 Meet the Bands | Bear Hands

    -Bear Hands on Salt Lake City: “I genuinely love Salt Lake City, and it’s obviously a very beautiful place. We’ve had so many fun shows there and can’t wait to get back.” -Bear Hands on playing intimate shows: “I always prefer to play in intimate settings. It’s just so much more fun to have…

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  8. X96 Meet the Bands | Awolnation

    -Awolnation on Richie: “’Richie’ has a little more of a party aspect than just ‘Richard.’ Richard would be more of your substitute teacher, but Richie would hand out beers” -Awolnation on Utah Connections: “My wife has family in Utah, and that’s the cool thing about music and traveling to play...

  9. X96 Meet the Bands | Albert Hammond Jr.

    -Albert Hammond Jr on Reading Negative Comments: “There’s a lot of discipline in separating yourself from it. My interaction with people at a live show is [far more important] because everything else, you really have no control over” -Albert Hammond on his Best Friend: “In high school, I had one...

  10. X96 Meet the Bands | Joywave

    -Joywave on what Daniel likes: “It’s a very short list. I like coffee, I like hockey a lot, and I spend most of my time making music” -Joywave’s Daniel on Making Music: “I will write the song, and usually I come up with a skeleton of everyone’s parts. But everybody else is better at playing...

  11. X96 Meet the Bands | 30 Seconds to Mars

    Excited to come back to Utah Jared Leto loves Muselix. We talk Dangerous Night and pink pajama pants.

  12. X96 Meet the Bands | Fall Out Boy

    Pete Wentz takes Fatherhood, activism, their new song "Church" and about Cell phones ruining concerts.

  13. X96 Meet the Bands | The Unlikely Candidates

    Visited with Kyle Morris from The Unlikely Candidates

  14. X96 Meet the Bands | Cake – X96

    As they approach their twentieth anniversary, CAKE’s adherence to their original guiding principles has only grown stronger. Formed during the nineties as a somewhat antagonistic answer to grunge, CAKE’s democratic processes, defiant self-reliance, and lucid yet ever-inventive music has made them…

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  15. X96 Meet the Bands | Car Seat Headrest – X96

    Will Toledo always knew he would return to Twin Fantasy. He never did complete the work. Not really. Never could square his grand ambitions against his mechanical limitations. Listen to his first attempt, recorded at nineteen on a cheap laptop, and you’ll hear what Brian Eno fondly calls “the…

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  16. X96 Meet the Bands | AJR – X96

    This space doubles as a creative lab for the three brothers of the critically acclaimed three-piece AJR—Adam[bass, vocals], Jack[vocals, guitar], and Ryan[ukulele, piano, vocals]. It’s here that these young men assemble a handcrafted hybrid of sticky pop hooks, cinematic electronic beats, live...

  17. X96 Meet the Bands | lovelytheband – X96

    New Jersey to New York to L.A. It's lovelytheband in one of their first interviews.

  18. X96 Meet the Bands | Alice Merton

    Alice Merton signs with Mom + Pop Music! Her single "No Roots" has already captured an immense amount of attention with millions of global plays on Spotify and YouTube. At the age of five she started taking classical piano lessons, four years later she was introduced to vocal training. After...

  19. X96 Meet the Bands | K.Flay – X96

    K.Flay has been nominated for two GRAMMY® nominations for Best Rock Song ("Blood In The Cut")and Best Engineered Album.

  20. X96 Meet the Bands | IDKHow – X96

    The first ever Facebook Live/Ask Your Questions Meet The Bands with IDKHow But they Found Me

  21. X96 Meet the Bands | Dashboard Confessional

    Dashboard has a new album, Crooked Shadows, and a new single We Fight. Hear all about it.

  22. X96 Meet the Bands | 30 Seconds to Mars

    Visiting with Jared Leto on his RV before his show in SLC at USANA

  23. X96 Meet the Bands | Thirty Seconds to Mars (Jared Leto)

    Our friend Jared Leto (actor, director, and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman) wants to include you in his new project, A Day in the Life of America.

  24. X96 Meet the Bands | MUSE

    Brand New Music from the band MUSE. Richie T got to speak with Chris Wolstenholme about Dig Down and MUSE's up coming tour. It's long awaited and has been kept VERY hush.

  25. X96 Meet the Bands | Bleachers

    Jack Antonoff loves Salt Lake City. He's glad he's not Jack Abramoff. It's time to take him/bleachers serious. See him at the Gallivan Plaza May 24th 2017. Tickets at SmithsTix.com

  26. X96 Meet the Bands | The Maine

    Richie T Interviews Members of the Maine!

  27. X96 Meet the Bands | Deftones – Chino Moreno

    Richie T was honored to interview the lead vocalist for Deftones, Chino Moreno. Richie begins the interview telling Chino the intense story of his experience with his cousin during Deftones’ visit to SLC in 1998 at the Warp Tour concert. It would be the last day Richie spent with his cousin, who...

  28. X96 Meet the Bands | JR JR – Daniel Zott

    Richie T meets with Daniel Zott (Formerly known as Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr) and talks about new album, babysitting, and upcoming music.

  29. X96 Meet the Bands | Dashboard Confessional

    Richie T talked with Dashboard Confessional’s lead singer, Chris Carabba, who is currently touring with the 2016 Rockstar Taste of Chaos tour. Richie and Chris discuss the Salt Lake music scene and how the LDS religion influences a love for music. Chris talks about his writing process for new…

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  30. X96 Meet the Bands | Nothing But Thieves

    Richie T Steadman was able to keep Connor Mason, lead singer for Nothing But Thieves, awake through an interview! Conner discusses his struggle with insomnia, traveling across the states, as well as his excitement to play in new territory. The Big Ass Show hosted by X96 on May 7th, 2016, was the...

  31. X96 Meet the Bands | AWOLNATION - Aaron Bruno

    Richie T talked with Awolnation’s lead singer, Aaron Bruno, who will perform at this year’s Big Ass Show on Saturday, May 7th, 2016. Richie and Bruno spend some time reminiscing about Richie’s first band interview being with Aaron Bruno 3 years ago, and Bruno taking the time to skateboard the…

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  32. X96 Meet the Bands | The Strumbellas - Dave Ritter

    Richie T chats with Dave Ritter about the recent success The Strumbellas are experiencing, what it's like being in a "bigger" band, and what people can expect at the 2016 X96 Toyota Big Ass Show

  33. 3 Days Grace

    Mtn Biking and Pacing yourself. That's how you survive a tour!

  34. Dexter Holland Offspring

    Richie T got a little nostalgic interviewing The Offspring’s Dexter Holland! The Offspring was Richie’s last concert before leaving to serve a two-year LDS mission, and Dexter Holland himself was Richie’s very first interview for X-96 all those years ago. Richie and Dexter chatted about The...

  35. MTB: Jon Chats with Foo's Nate Mendal

    John Smith got all Judy Jetson when Foo Fighter's bassits, Nate Mendal called in to chat about getting on a plane for the first time to play a show in Utah, Foo's new album "Sonic Highways", his favorite city from recording the album and being a sandwich artist.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

You wanna know the bands? Well, first you have to meet them.

X96 chats it up with up-and-coming artists that you're just dying to know more about including The 1975, The Neighbourhood, Bastille, Solarsuit, Deap Vally, Twenty-One Pilots, Cage The Elephant, and more.

Curious about the origins of band names? How were the bands formed? How do they feel about cats? Yup. That's all here.

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You wanna know the bands? Well, first you have to meet them. X96 chats it up with up-and-coming artists that you're just dying to know more about including The 1975, The Neighbourhood, Bastille, Solarsuit, Deap Vally, Twenty-One Pilots, Cage The Elephant, and more. Curious about the origins of band...

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