Sylvan Esso Takes a Shot at Radio Programmers
Getting a song on the radio is still the best way to reach a mass audience in the most cost-effective away. But as any artist will tell you, getting on the radio is
Read MoreGetting a song on the radio is still the best way to reach a mass audience in the most cost-effective away. But as any artist will tell you, getting on the radio is
Read MoreTime for Canadian Music Week. No sleep ’til Sunday. And now, the music news for April 18. The music sales numbers for the week are out. Total album sales are down about 12%
Read MoreWhat’s wrong with people, fer crissakes? At least 12 people suffered burns when some berk sprayed acid inside a British nightclub. Hundreds of people were evacuated from Mangle E8 on Sidworth Street in Hackey
Read More“Red Hill Mining Town,” the song that leads off side two of the vinyl version of The Joshua Tree, came together after the brutal National Union of Mineworkers coal strike in 1984. Bono,
Read MoreFYIMuiscNews.ca points us to this video posted by Buckley, a Canadian “nerd humourist” who has something to say about an American company called Rightscorp that’s been shaking down Canadians over alleged copyright infringement.
Read MoreWhen I first saw the poster for the 2017 edition of Coachella with its dozens of artist names, something nagged at me. This year’s lineup was…different, but I couldn’t quite figure out why.
Read MoreLorde was this weekend’s cover story in the New York Times Magazine. She’s just twenty years old and there are big, big expectations for her second album. No pressure, right? And I had
Read MoreYes, it’s Monday, but can you imagine how Sean Spicer feels when the alarm clock goes off? And now, the music news for April 17. Radiohead didn’t have a good time at Coachella.
Read MoreHere’s another assignment, dear reader. It comes from Dave who sent me this email. Hi Alan, I was wondering if you might be able to supply me with some information. Specifically, about a
Read MoreIf you take a tour of the Johnny Cash museum in Nashville, you will eventually run across a case displaying the chair seen in the “Hurt” video, Johnny’s gut-wrenching cover of the Nine
Read MoreIs musical taste nature or nurture? For me, it’s gotta be nature because my parents have terrible taste in music. I mean, truly awful. Mom’s favourite song of all time is “It’s a
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