It happens around once a year. I pack things up and take my Ongoing History of New Music/Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry Act on the road. This tour will be
Read MoreYour friends have an idea. Let’s all go to this big music festival! Three days outdoors with lots of music and thousands of like-minded fans. Great! Sounds like fun! And you have every
Read MoreOn September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur was in the passenger seat of a 7-series BMW driven by record mogul Suge Knight. As they sat at a stoplight, a white Cadillac pulled up on
Read MoreEurovision is the most batsh*t crazy music competition in this arm of the Milky Way. Since 1956, it has confounded, confused, outraged, and often delighted music fans across Europe and around the world.
Read MoreThis year marks 50 years since The Ramones released their self-titled debut album (it was April 23, 1976), so there are plenty of events marking the occasion. The official 50th anniversary show was
Read More[Photos from Ross MacDonald. Writeup by Mark Laurin. – AC-] Vans Warped Tour Montreal Day One Connects Three Generations of the Festival For twelve years, Montreal had to remember Vans Warped Tour rather
Read MoreWhen The Beastie Boys were revving up in the very late 1980s, they were into a lot of frat boy humour. How could they attract attention? When they embarked on the License to
Read MoreNo time to read the full article? Scroll to the bottom for all 5 picks in one playlist! Sleep In. Song: “Cigs Inside”Album: SingleRelease Date: August 14, 2026Location: Haddon Heights, New JerseyWhy I
Read MoreGood news! Top Gear is coming back to the BBC! Bad news: It’s not with Clarkson, Hammond, and May. And with Jimmy Carr? Didn’t he have the slowest lap time ever with the
Read More1993 was one of those years when everything seemed to happen at once. Wu-Tang Clan arrived from Staten Island. Snoop Dogg became a star before his debut album even landed. A Tribe Called
Read More[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. -AC] When physical media was king in the world of music, we needed to read our albums as well as listen to them. With the CD, vinyl or
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