Random music news for Monday, April 27, 2026
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- RIP Taylor Kirk of Canada’s Timber Timbre.
- Deryck Whibley will sit down for his first big interview since the retirement of Sum 41. This will be part of Departure/CMW in Toronto on May 7. It will be a hot ticket.
- The Ramones’ debut album came out 50 years ago this month. The celebrations will last a year.
- Now that singer D4vd has been charged with murder, his legion of fans wants him convicted. Here’s the story.
- A former cop has been arrested for planning to kill as many Black people as possible at a music festival. This was in America, of course.
- A judge has dismissed a US$100 million lawsuit Diddy brought against NBC and Peakcock over a 2025 documentary.
- This is great news! FACTOR has announced $2 million in funding for live music in Canada.
- Ticketmaster busted up a situation in NYC involving thousands of fake Harry Styles tickets.
- Instagram is going after Snapchat with a new app called Instants.
- Madonna is on Grindr. Sort of.
- Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk is about to release a new album of ballet music. Here’s a tease.
- Is this the future of radio advertising? Maybe.
- What’s this about Apple about to release a tabletop robot?
- On a related note, who can you choose to pick music for you?
- The internet’s favourite weirdo/awesome polka-dotted Canadian band, Angine de Poitrine, has seen their streams skyrocket by 340% in the last month.
BONUS: The new Foo Fighters album, My Favourite Toy came out on Friday. How about an interview with Dave and Nate? (Via Sean)
