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A documentary on 90s street-level British punk is now streaming

May 22, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

UK punk has always gone its own way. Emerging from middle 70s–a very bleak time for Britain–it has always been based on class struggle and the plight of the working person in a

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Music Industry

This is your weekly CD vs. vinyl sales report (22 May 2025)

May 22, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Canadians continue to buy vinyl at a faster rate than at any time in the last 35 years. These are the latest sales figures courtesy Luminate. Streaming numbers:

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Radio

A Russian “doomsday” radio station broadcast some codes this week. Why?

May 22, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Shortwave radio bands are filled with strange signals from mysterious transmitters in some odd parts of the world. Sometimes called “numbers stations,” they crackle to life at random times with disembodied voices reading

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Funny/WeirdMusic HistoryMusic News

This Guns N’ Roses video confirms that Axl Rose has lightened up. A lot.

May 22, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 3 min read

Back in the late 80s and early, 90s ,Guns N’ Roses were the most dangerous band in the world. You never knew what was going to happen at a gig. How late would

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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: Duophonic recordings

May 22, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

If you’re into collecting vinyl records and you want to get really nerdy about it, here’s something you can look for. They’re called “Duophonic” releases. These were fake stereo records. Lemme explain. Until

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Recommended Music

New Music from the Inbox: Dan Mangan, Rico Nasty, Alice Phoebe Lou, and more!

May 22, 2025 Zoe Orion 0 Comments 2 min read

Artist: Dan ManganSong: It Might Be RainingAlbum: Natural Light Dan Mangan’s new album, Natural Light, is out now! Listen: Artist: M(h)aolSong: 1800-Call-Me-BackAlbum: Something Soft M(h)aol drummer/vocalist Constance Keane says, “This track is about

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Random music news for Thursday, May 22, 2025

May 22, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

A QAnon weirdo has cracked it! She says society’s problems can be traced to subliminal satanic messages in The Simpsons. I wish I were making that up. Music news for Thursday, May 22,

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Funny/WeirdMusic News

Josh Freese has a Top 10 List on why he was let go by the Foo Fighters

May 21, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 3 min read

Josh Freese is no longer a Foo Fighter. The journeyman drummer (he’s played with EVERYONE) says he was let go/fired by the band for no apparent reason. That’s weird that the Foos would

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Recommended Music

Randy Rainbow has a new take on Trump Derangement Syndrome

May 21, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

In the beginning, Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) was diagnosed in people who hated Trump and all he stood for. Now, given his batsh*t crazy destruction of American’s institutions, economy, laws, and society, TDS

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Controversy

Elton John is super-angry at the UK government over AI. He’s prepared to take action.

May 21, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

The UK government is dragging its heels when it comes to protecting musicians from having their work used to train AI model without permission. Elton John is EXTREMELY pissed at this and is

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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: Mono recordings

May 21, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

All music that gets released today is, at a minimum, produced in stereo: two distinct channels (left and right) with the instrumentation and vocals mixed and balanced in such a way that our

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