The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 966: Piano heroes
Rock’n’roll is built on the electric guitar. Well…mostly. And not really in the beginning. In fact, the electric guitar as
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Alt-Rock
The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Key alt-rock soundtracks
There was a time when movie soundtracks were the lifeblood of the recorded music industry. The LP record, which was
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Alt-Rock One-Hit-Wonders of the 90s, part 2
[Still with the summer repeats but I can assure you that I’m already hard at work on the new season
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Alt-Rock One-Hit-Wonders of the 90s, part 1
Artists who manage to have one and only one hit song are often the butts of jokes. Getting tagged as
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Fred Armisen’s history of the guitar in alt-rock
Fred Armisen is not only a comedian, writer, and actor, but he’s also a pretty fine musician. In this clip,
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1991 one of the greatest years in rock? Here’s why.
[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca this week. – AC] When it comes to music, not all years are created
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New data suggests that alt-rock is growing in popularity
There’s been much discussion about the death of rock over the last couple of decades, but despite all the eulogies,
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Weekly survey: Is alt-rock about to get harder, louder, and angrier?
All popular music, no matter what the genre, tends to move in cycles of varying lengths. There is some chatter
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Weekly survey: Is it time for alternative fans to move on from grunge and the alt-rock of the 90s?
This week’s question comes from a discussion I had with a radio fan who was wondering why Q107/Toronto–formerly a pure
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Variety returns to alt-rock
[As the summer research continues, so do the encore presentations of past programs. This is the next installment of the
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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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