Random music news for Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Here’s another reason to worry about the AI boom. Great. As if there’s not enough to worry about. Music news for January 28, 2026, may serve as a distraction. BONUS:
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Ongoing History Daily: Long, LONG waits between albums
Much was made of the fact that Axl Rose waited 17-plus years between proper Guns N’ Roses albums. Is that a record? Hardly.
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Some albums I’m looking forward to in 2025 (updated)
The recorded music industry really won’t get back to normal after the holidays for another week, but we can at least look ahead to some big rock and alt-rock albums
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This is interesting: The most-streamed albums on Spotify for every year going back to 1960.
A positive thing about Spotify is how available they make some of the data they collect from users. It’s not deep-dive stuff, but it does result in videos like this.
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More year-end sales numbers: Who sold the most CDs and vinyl in Canada in 2023? Do you have to ask?
Luminate, the monitor of all kinds of music consumption, has published its year-end report for Canada in 2023. That includes lists of the best-selling CDs and vinyl records in the
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Here’s a new way of calculating the 100 best-ever rock albums
Lists are fun, but when it comes to compiling something like the 100 best-ever rock albums, once it’s been done, things become canon and it’s rare to see much change
Read MoreRandom music news for Tuesday, October 24, 2023
What if the International Space Station flew by at 10,000 feet at its normal orbital speed? Then it would look like this. As for music news for October 24, 2023…
Read MoreRandom Music News for Monday, September 4, 2023
Labour Day. *Sigh* Do I have to say anything more? Other than running through music news for September 4, 2023, that is… More music news? Look here. BONUS: Steel Panther
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: Why are vinyl albums 12 inches across?
If you’re into vinyl, you may have asked yourself “Why is this album I’m holding twelve inches in diameter?” Valid question. When inventors were experimenting with flat discs for recording
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Why albums still matter in the age of streaming
[Something from contributor Adam Morrison. -AC] It’s easier than its ever been to listen strictly to songs you already know you like. You can create your own playlist, or just
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 972: The history of remixes
When humans first started making audio recordings of music, we were limited to how long those recordings could be. An original Edison cylinder–the first recorded music format–could hold maybe two
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