Greetings, Earthlings! Here’s the big Moon Landing episode! It was 50 years ago this week mankind’s greatest achievement was made. But did Neil Armstrong blow his big line? And what music were we listening to in July of 1969 as he stepped onto extra-terrestrial soil for the first time? Plus, an update on our Live [&hellip.. more
Beginning in the 70s with disco and then evolving rapidly with rap, the repurposing of the turntable into a musical instrument has resulted in some interesting new frontiers in sound. This short film (via The Vinyl Factory) shows how Shiva Feshareki, Haroon Mirza, Maria Chavez, Marina Rosenfeld, Philip Jeck, Janek Schaefer, Graham Dunning and Vinyl, [&hellip.. more
What began as a joke Facebook post about citizens storming Area 51 in Nevada (“Show us them aliens!”) has turned into a scary sort of phenomenon with 1.5 million people promising to take part. That number won’t turn up, but you just know that enough idiots will show to make things weird on September 20. [&hellip.. more
Every once in a while I get an email or a comment from someone who complains that I never post anything complimentary when it comes to Donald Trump. Well, fine. Here’s The Deplorable Choir, four “cheerleaders for Trump” who don’t believe that the racist President Cheeto can do anything wrong. Yes, it”s a big basket [&hellip.. more
Artist: Luca FogaleSong: Unfolding The vocals contain such a beautiful gentleness, the lyrics have a generous honestly, and delicate piano and rhythms adds to the cathartic journey. This enchanting, intimate track is the second single from Luca Fogale’s upcoming full length album. Watch/listen: Artist: Of Monsters And MenSong: Wild RosesAlbum: Fever Dream This magical track [&hellip.. more
The speaking tour continues. Tonight I’m in Kamloops. If you’re in the area, come on out. Details here. Give it up, Woodstock 50. Just give up. The festival is not gonna happen. I know it. You know it. Everybody knows it. How big is metal in Finland? One percent of the population turned out to [&hellip.. more
[Mike Carr is determined to create a catalogue/reference work featuring all kinds of Canadian rock and alternative releases from the past few decades. Check out his a massive volume on Canadian music history entitled Canadian Alternative & Indie Reference and Collector’s Guide. It’s an incredible discography of hundreds of bands. – AC] Carole Laure (born Carole [&hellip.. more
In 2016, two months after the final Tragically Hip show, Gord Downie returned to the stage for a very limited run of shows, during which he presented The Secret Path. A series of 10 poems turned into song, it tells the story of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old Ojibwe (Anishinaabe) boy who was taken away without [&hellip.. more
For the decades South Africa was under apartheid, we didn’t get to hear much of the music that was being made in the country. My first exposure to South African talent was Ladysmith Black Mambazo who appeared on Paul Simon’s 1986 album, Graceland. The next musician that grabbed me was Johnny Clegg, a brilliant performer [&hellip.. more
Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney aren’t usually known as funny guys. But this new Masterclass video for Funny or Die about their new album, Let’s Rock.. more
Salon: n. a meeting of intellectuals or other eminent people at the invitation of a celebrity or socialite. Side Door Access is a Halifax-based company that sets up small intimate shows in private spaces–homes, stores, restaurants, small venues, wherever–for artists who want to perform in front of audiences in a very intimate sort of way. [&hellip.. more
It’s been my experience that there’s a music angle to almost any story, usually through some kind of Six Degrees of Separation sleuthing. Here’s how we can connect pedo creep Jeffrey Epstein to Freddie Mercury and Queen and the brutal assassination of a Washington Post columnist. As well as being a pedo creep, Jeffrey Epstein [&hellip.. more
My western Canada speaking tour takes me into Vancouver tonight. Wanna join me? Go here. Confused about music festivals and the rules about cannabis on the grounds? Go here. And there’s even more legal drama with Woodstock 50. They gotta be close to giving up. Meanwhile, a fire broke out at a music festival in [&hellip.. more
Once again, A Journal of Musical Things partnered with ReverbNation to highlight some of the best bands on the site. Submissions flooded in, reaching a total of 2,300 before the deadline passed. It took me a while to go through them (that’s a LOT of music) but I did come up with these five picks. Enjoy! 1. [&hellip.. more
First came the nominations, resulting in about 200 candidate albums. Then came the vote to bring things down to the Long List. Now after another round of voting by music wonks across the country (me included), we have these ten albums up for the 2019 Polaris Music Prize. Marie Davidson – Working Class Woman Elisapie [&hellip.. more
Had everything gone according to plan, tens of thousands of people would be talking about the great time they had at the first-ever Roxodus Music Festival this past weekend. People would have been posting pictures and video of Aerosmith, Kid Rock, Peter Frampton, Nickelback, Matt Good, Big Wreck and a dozen other acts. They’d have [&hellip.. more
Back in the olden days, the idea of having a recording studio in your home was complicated and tremendously expensive. But today, gear is cheaper, more powerful, and easier to use. Musicians, voiceover artists, radio people, and podcasters can achieve professional studio results with a surprisingly low investment. Contributor Jess Walter has this to say [&hellip.. more
The people behind Epic Rap Battles of History have come up with this theoretical showdown between two of the greatest comedians of all time: George Carlin and Richard Pryor. If you’re at work, you’re gonna want to turn down the volume a bit. (Via Tom).. more
Sartre had it right when he said “Hell is other people.” This especially can be true if you’re stuck in a field for a day or a weekend. There’s something about music festival that turn some people into morons. A site called FourLoko.com conducted a survey of annoying music festival behaviours. You don’t do any [&hellip.. more
Artist: Swimming with Bears Song: “Don’t Think About It”Album: SingleBand location: Austin, Texas Why I like it: Fun and upbeat song. Watch: Artist: Legion of SaintsSong: “Wretched Cabaret”Album: Killing the Silence EPBand location: Ottawa Why I like it: Dark and grungy Listen: Artist: SunscreenSong: “High Over Love”Album: SingleBand location: Sydney, Australia Why I like it: Indi.. more
Anyone else getting tired of that smug Trivago guy? Just askin’. Here’s music news for July 16, 2019. My western Canadian speaking tour starts today with a stop in Victoria. Details here. Weekly Canadian music sales and streams vs. where we were at this time last years: Total albums, -25.0%; CDs, -30.2%; digital albums, -20.9%; [&hellip.. more
It’s long been known (assumed?) that Canadians are bigger fans of and more receptive to British music that our American brethren. Is that true? Cam Gordon at Completely Ignored dug into some of the data and found this. Click here to see the whole chart.. more
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