Gross: A diaper for the mosh pit
You read that headline correctly. Let me elaborate. Some people–dudes and bros, mostly–will take up a position in a moshpit and refuse to give it up for the duration of the show/festival. If
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Author: Alan Cross
Are we in for a period of harder, heavier rock? Maybe, maybe not.
Now that we’re going to get Trump V2.0, what will this mean for music? For decades, a Republican in the White House meant a resurgence in hard and heavy music (especially rock) as
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Podcast listening in Canada continues to surge. Here are some new stats.
It wasn’t all that long ago that podcasting was a niche thing, something generally ignored by broadcasters and advertisers alike. Not any more. Podcasts are big, big business, and the business just keeps
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Another song mystery. Can you identify this track?
The internet is awash with people trying to identify mystery songs (I did an entire Ongoing History episode on the subject). And occasionally, there are victories. A new one popped into my inbox
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1033: Rivers Cuomo and Weezer, Alt-Rock’s Nerd Heroes, part 2
The way I see it, there are three types of bands that stretch across a spectrum. First, there’s the extreme sort, a group that will do almost anything to attract attention…you’re probably thinking
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Ongoing History Daily: A selection of weird musical genres
One of the cool things about streaming music services is all the data that can be harvested from the people who use them. For example, Spotify is always trying to categorize all the
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Random music news for Friday, December 6, 2024
A new very extinct species of big-headed humans has been discovered. Do what you will with that information. Same with music news for December 6, 2024. More music news? Go here. BONUS: “Read
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Worrying: Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley hospitalized, Australian tour canceled
Sum 41 is on their final tour, a roadtrip that’s scheduled to wrap up in Toronto next month. But during a swing through Australia, frontman Deryck Whibley came down with a case of
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Time for our weekly check on the Canadian CDs vs vinyl sales battle
With only days left in 2024, the number of CDs sold will once again be greater than that of vinyl–but not by much. Who knows what will happen in 2025? Will we end
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Ticket madness in Vancouver for Taylor Swift: “No view” tickets that cost $16.50 are selling for THOUSANDS.
It’s almost over. Really. We’re at the end. After this weekend, Taylor Swift’s Eras tour will finally come to an end. That means coverage of Tay-Tay will tail off a little bit (outside
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The One Minute Music Book Club, ep. 19: Kurt Cobain-The Last Interview
There is a never-ending fascination with all things Kurt Cobain. This book delivers just what it promises. It’s our last chance to maybe get inside Kurt’s head. View this post on Instagram A
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