There was another stage collapse at a European festival
No one was hurt, but it could have been awful had work at the Alien Sound Festival in Naples not been suspended due to wild weather, specifically high winds. The EDM and Latin
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Canada will participate in Eurovision 2027. Here’s what you need to know.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] It’s official: Canada will be making its Eurovision debut in 2027. And while the song contest has been around for decades, many Canadians might not be
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Jack White goes after Trump again
While many parts of the US managed to pull off 250th birthday celebrations (the “Semiquincentennial,” if you want to be correct about this, anything Donald Trump touched turned to sh*t, including all the
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Sneaky Dee’s was saved! And by a bank, too.
Sneaky Dee’s the Toronto music institution (and unofficial nacho capital) at the corner of College and Bathurst, is in one of those areas that developers covet. As such, the bar/venue has been under
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This could be one of the most important music plagiarism decisions ever: The “dembow riddim” case.
In 1989, Jamaican duo Steely & Clevie released a single entitled “Fish Market.” It appeared as a B-side of a 7-inch single released on their own Kingston-based indie label Steely & Clevie Records. It’s
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Ongoing History Daily: Facts about vinyl everyone should know (part 1)
If you’re into vinyl, let me give you some extra knowledge. First of all, you’ve probably heard about 180-gram records, which tells you the amount of vinyl used in a record. The heavier
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Random music news for Monday, July 6, 2026
Hank Azaria has voiced more than 800 characters on The Simpsons, but says he’s never watched the show. I hope he watches music news for July 8, 2026. BONUS: I wonder what his
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Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox go bubblegum for Sunday Lunch
Before there was hyperpop, there was bubblegum, the OG of ridicullous ultra-catchy songs with sugary hooks. The reason we use the term “bubblegum” is because one of the big groups of this 60s
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Here’s another example of the AI slop that’s killing the internet
“The internet is dead,” a friend of mine said to me last year. “It’s all over. It’s nothing but bots and AI slop and subscriptions and evil algorithms and surveillance now. Everything has
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Time to check in on what rock song our adorably naive opera singer has discovered
Elizabeth Zharoff (the Charismatic Voice) has more than two million subscribers who follow her reaction video series. Basically, she was too busy learning to be an opera star to pay attention to what
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What a shock: People are gaming the Spotify charts with prediction platforms
You’re probably aware by now that predictive gaming is everywhere. Sites like Polymarket and Kalshi allow people to bet on just about anything. The problem is that it’s often easy to fix the
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