What’s the future of alt-rock radio in the age of streaming?
Technology has been tried to kill off radio for decades, but the oldest of all media is still here and
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Alt-Rock
Weekly survey: Are you into the wave of 90s music coming this way?
This is shaping up to be a summer of 90s nostalgia. I mean, look who’s going to be on tour
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UPDATE: If we’re going to be honest, the 2010s were terrible for rock (Part 2: The Fallout)
At the dawn of the 2010s, alt-rock was still, well, rockin’. The top tracks of that first year came from
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A very good point: It’s time for grunge to die
Before 1991, the world of alt-rock was a rich and diverse place. The number of sounds, textures, scenes, and genres
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 820: The 90s, Part 9: The Festivals
The music festival is hardly a recent creation. People have been gathering in fields to hear music for centuries. In
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How are alt-rock stars from the 20th century faring today?
Here’s another statistical analysis by Cameron Gordon at Completely Ignored, this time looking at big alt-rock acts from the 20th
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 816: The 90s, Part 5(b): The Hip-Hop Influence
If we look at the state of rock here in the 21st century, it is no longer the main musical
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What, exactly, is “alternative music?” Let’s explore the history of that term.
This email from Bob popped in the other day. Hey Alan, Just getting caught up on the podcast. Question- is
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Wanted: Toronto alt rock and punk from the ’70s and ’80s
Before CanCon required a certain amount of Canadian music be played on the airways, punk and alt rock musicians did
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 811: The 90s, Part 2(a): A Decade of Influential Female Solo Performers
In a less-enlightened time, women were barely tolerated by the rock’n’roll establishment. They could sing, maybe shake a tambourine and
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 810: The 90s, Part 1: The Foundational Changes That Made Everything Possible
Writing history takes a very long time. Sure, you could write everything down as it happens, but that’s only really
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