The Polaris Music Prize announces the 20th anniversary festival
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Canada’s Polaris Music Prize. From the humble first gala at The Phoenix, it has now grown into an event that requires Massey Hall.
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Green Day’s 20th anniversary edition of American Idiot is out
Just before American Idiot was released in the fall of 2004, a bunch of us were invited into a boardroom at Warner Music Canada for a preview of the new
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Green Day has announced a massive American Idiot 20th anniversary box set
It’s been 20 years since Green Day roared back from near-obscurity with the brilliant American Idiot album. This, of course, demands a special reissue. And it’s a big one. The
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SARSstock, 20 years later: Got any memories?
[A request for memories by contributor Gilles LeBlanc. – AC] Twenty years ago in Toronto was quite the time to be alive. Despite a cloud of the OG respiratory illness
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Linkin Park releases a lost song called, er, “Lost”
It’s been twenty years since Linkin Park released the Meteora album and an anniversary edition will be here soon. To whet fans’ appetite, the band has released a new track
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Twenty years ago today, we lost Joe Strummer. Here was his cause of death.
Twenty years ago today–December 22, 2002–former Clash frontman and all-round punk icon Joe Strummer took his dog for a walk in Quantock Hills, Somerset, England. When he returned to the
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Shazam, the magical music identifying app, has turned 20. Here are some Shazam facts
At some point, you’ve probably used the (and as of September 2015, Apple-owned) Shazam app to identify a song. It’s remarkably quick and accurate. It was officially launched to the
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The iPod’s 20th birthday just passed and almost no one noticed.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] In the summer of 2001, a screenwriter friend got a call from his agent. “You and your writing partner get on
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The White Stripes’ White Blood Cells is now 20 years old. How has it aged?
[This is a guest post by Gilles LeBlanc, an insanely big Stripes’ fan .- AC] It doesn’t get the same glory as when grunge exploded onto the scene ten years
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Today is the 20th birthday of Gorillaz
On March 26, 2001, a weird animated outfit called Gorillaz appeared with their first album. Murdoc, 2D, Russel, and Noodle have since become the most famous and successful virtual band
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Is Radiohead Trying to Tell Us Something with These Weird Posters?
With 20th birthday of Radiohead’s OK Computer coming up on May 21, some fans are wondering if these posters that have appeared in several cities hint at…something. Happy Monday y’all!
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