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Hamilton’s Supercrawl 2025 reveals its lineup

June 21, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

One of Canada’s most epic annual music events is Supercrawl in Hamilton, Ontario. This year’s festival will be held along James Street North in the downtown section of the city from September 12-14.

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Random music news for Saturday, June 21, 2025

June 21, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

Happy summer solstice at 10:42 pm ET. Happy music news for June 21, 2025, too. More music news? Go here. BONUS: Here’s the first trailer for the reboot of King of the Hill.

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Spotify’s plan to turn audio into video won’t be good for the planet

June 20, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

One of the most underreported things about streaming is the amount of energy that’s required to power all those servers, routers, transmission networks, websites, computers, tablets, phones (and increasingly, power hungry-AI) that we

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Here comes the official Adidas Oasis merch

June 20, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Oasis–Liam Gallagher especially–has always had a fondness for Adidas gear, so it’s no surprise that a merch deal has been worked out ahead of the band’s big reunion tour that begins next month.

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There’s a new survey on the best workout music. Metal fans lift heavier than anyone.

June 20, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

There’s a new survey on workout music. It’s an American study, but I’m sure we can extrapolate things a little bit for the rest of the world. Here are some highlights about the

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Lost footage of Pink Floyd’s infamous Hamilton gig will now have a second screening (still a few tickets for the matinee)

June 20, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

On June 28, 1975, Pink Floyd played a gig in front of about 52,000 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario. Things did not exactly according to plan and concerts were banned

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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The early days of LGBTQ+ rock

June 20, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 3 min read

Once upon a time not so long ago, it was illegal–criminal!–to be anything other than heterosexual. Any hint that you may be something other than straight could get you into all sorts of

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Ongoing History Daily: Strumbellas facts

June 20, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

The Strumbellas have become one of the big breakout stories around the world in 2016, but how much do you know about them? First, they’re from Lindsay, Ontario, population 20,000. Second, everyone in

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Random music new for Friday, June 20, 2025

June 20, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 4 min read

Have you seen the new Trivago commercials? That guy has some set of teeth. And here’s some set of music news for June 20, 2025. More music news? Go here. BONUS: A little

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Here’s your weekly Canadian vinyl, CD, and streaming report (19 June 2025)

June 19, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

For some reason, I didn’t get last week’s Luminate report on how Canadians bought vinyl and CDs along with how many songs have been streamed in the country. But we are now back

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Here’s the trailer for the final show by Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath

June 19, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

The finale of the musical career of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath July 5 in Birmingham, England–official entitled ā€œBack To The Beginning: Ozzy’s Final Bow, sold out in 30 minutes. It’s also being

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