We don’t need AI to make art. That’s what humans are for. Increasingly, though, music-generative AI is creeping into the culture with its fake, soulless, and inhuman analogies of songs. AI companies have
Read MoreLast year, I was asked to be a judge in the finals of the Canadian Air Guitar Championships. Damn, it was fun. Our winner went to Finland to compete in the world finals,
Read More[Ross MacDonald was there for us. – AC] After performing a few concerts in the GTA with the full band, Tom and Kevin from The Grapes of Wrath made a stop at Neat
Read MoreOne of the biggest alt-rock one-hit wonders of all time is “Teenage Dirtbag,” released by Wheatus, released in mid-June 2000. On the surface, it sounds like a standard teenage lament about being an
Read MoreAlmost two years ago, we started hearing about a feature film that involved Green Day. Co-produced by Green Day and originally entitled New Years Rev, it’s described as a coming-of-age film where a
Read MoreAll kinds of university courses focus on some pretty specific things when it comes to music. Nebraska Wesleyan University in Omaha offered a course devoted entirely to the study of U2. First-year students
Read MoreNetflix has its own AI studio now, and it’s going to use it whether we like it or not. I hope you like music news for May 19, 2026. And I’m warning you:
Read More[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] As the Andes version of hantavirus continues to cause concern among health officials, the music industry is monitoring what’s being called “blue dot fever.”
Read MoreAI is creeping into everything, including radio, which is the most intimate and human of all mass media. A company took four AI programs and asked the software to create and run four
Read MoreThis year marks the 30th anniversary of the one-and-only time Rage Against the Machine was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. On April 13, 1996, the group showed up at NBC in
Read MoreIt’s happening: ballmaxxing. Why? Music news for May 18, 2026, is much less gross. Mostly. BONUS: What’s the best in-game nightclub out there? Let’s investigate.
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