The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 856: The rise and fall of the compact disc
May 10th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
On the afternoon of October 1, 1982, Sony introduced a new home stereo gizmo: the world’s first compact disc player.
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 855: Musical offspring
May 5th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
I supposed if you grow up in a creative household, something is inevitably going to rub off, whether it be
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 852: Alexisonfire – In Their Own Words
April 12th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
A band is like a plant. Stay with me on this because it will make sense. Like a plant, a
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 851: The death of Kurt Cobain, 25 years later.
April 5th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
At first, there was nothing particularly special about Friday, April 8, 1994. I came to work at the radio station
The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: Oasis at War, Part 2 [Music and Podcast Embedded]
March 29th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
How well do you get along with your sibling (assuming you have any, of course)? Brothers and sisters can be
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 850: The 00s, Part 5 – The Effects of Tech
March 15th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Let’s make a list of all the things we didn’t have before January 1, 2000. There was no iTunes, iPods
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 849: Variety returns to alt-rock
March 10th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Music is always evolving, mutating, and modifying itself in a self-organizing way. Enough people may agree on a certain new
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 848: The 00s, Part 3 – The Return of Rock
March 1st, 2019 | by Alan Cross
In times of crisis, we look for a leader, someone who can get us out of trouble. This is a
Ongoing History of New Music podcasts hits 4 million downloads
February 27th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Twenty-five months after we began repurposing Ongoing History of New Music radio shows as podcasts, we can announce that we’ve
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 847: The 00s, Part 2 – The Indie Revolution
February 22nd, 2019 | by Alan Cross
At the end of the 90s, rock music was deep in the doldrums. Fans were genuinely worried about its future.
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 846: The 00s, Part 1 – The Sad State of Rock
February 16th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
How long should we wait before we write the history of a decade? Sure, we can write things down as
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 845: A deep, DEEP dive into vinyl trivia
February 8th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
There are people who still believe that the resurrection of vinyl is a fad, a passing trend, something of which
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 844: The Arkells in their own words, part 2
February 3rd, 2019 | by Alan Cross
When you’re in a band and things begin to take off, life starts to move pretty fast. Days start to
The official Ongoing History podcast is now two years old. How are we doing?
January 26th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
On January 25, 2017, we started uploading special versions of The Ongoing History of New Music radio shows as podcasts.
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 843: The Arkells in their own words, part 1
January 25th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
When you’re in a band, you want to make sure the public record is correct. Unfortunately, though, you’re often at
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 842: Modern Guitar Heroes 2–The Women
January 18th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
It’s been a rough decade for the electric guitar. Sales of new instruments have dropped by a third from 1.5
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 841: Modern Guitar Heroes 1–The Men
January 13th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
What, exactly, is a guitar hero? Yes, yes, it’s a video game that vaguely simulates playing a real guitar. What
The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The Ongoing History Book of LASTS
January 4th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Everyone talks about being first at something because…well, it’s cool to be first, right? But what about being last? There’s a
The Ongoing History of New music encore presentation: The OH Book of Firsts
December 30th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
There are plenty of famous “firsts” that everyone knows. The first man on the moon. The first person to the
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 840: The 25th Christmas show
December 22nd, 2018 | by Alan Cross
I’ll be honest. This idea of an annual Christmas episode started as something of a cheat. Back during the first
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 839: 60 Mind-blowing facts about music in 60 minutes (2018 edition)
December 14th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
One of the occupational hazards of my job is that I inevitably and constantly run across all kinds of facts,
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 838: Radiohead, A History, Part 3
December 7th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
When you sign your first record deal, it’s usually for seven albums. Theoretically, this is to protect both the artist
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