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Here are the only Grammy Awards rock fans (might) care about

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023 Alan Cross 2 Comments 2023, Alternative, Grammy Awards, Metal, Rock, Winners

The Grammys have pretty much backed themselves into irrelevance, but some of us still have to pay attention. Nevertheless, by

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Music News 

This is a weirdly specific study on rock, truckers, and sex

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alternative, Classic Rock, Metal, Sex, Truck Drivers, Truckers, Trucks

According to a new study that apparently needed to be conducted, truckers who listen to hard rock and metal have

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The Post-Punk Explosion part 3: Industrial music

July 22, 2022July 21, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alternative, Industrial, Post-punk

By the time we got to the mid-70s, rock had become sufficiently organized so that there were rules. You did

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Music News 

Of course, Rock didn’t make the Grammys telecast, so let’s get caught up

April 3, 2022April 4, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment 2022, Alternative, Grammy Awards, Grammys, Metal, Winners

The Grammys are all about pop and hip-hop with a little bit of country thrown in. Rock? Meh. The Grammys

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Poll 

Weekly quiz: Are Imagine Dragons still an alternative band?

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alternative, Imagine Dragons, Top 40

Artists may go through many different phases in their careers. Sometimes, circumstances and market forces will see a band the

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Music Industry 

A “streamy history” of indie rock in the aughts

November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alternative, Canada, Completely Ignored, Indie, Spotify, Streaming

It’s been a while, but we have a new graphic from Cameron Gordon at Completely Ignored. What indie and alternative

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Music News 

Spotify sleuths sneaker-springing songs

April 24, 2021April 23, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Alternative, EDM, electropop, Hip-hop, indie/alternative, Rap, Techno, walking

Do you pop your headphones in when you go for a walk?  Apparently this is what you’re listening to, according

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Music News Radio 

If you’re a member of Gen X, the music of your youth is the new classic rock

April 12, 2021April 11, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alternative, Boomers, Classic Rock, Gen X

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Back when The Simpsons still offered biting social commentary, season seven

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Music News 

NuMetal is the reason ‘90s alternative music died out. Agree? Disagree?

January 26, 2021January 25, 2021 Amber Healy 2 Comments 90s alternative music, Alternative, Alternative Music, Grunge, Nu metal

Rick Beato has a fairly convincing argument. Take, for example, Live and Throwing Copper. “As the 90s progressed, Live basically

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Music History 

What, exactly, is “alternative music?” Let’s explore the history of that term.

February 18, 2018February 18, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alt-Rock, Alternative, Alternative Music

This email from Bob popped in the other day. Hey Alan, Just getting caught up on the podcast. Question- is

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Music History 

52 Albums That Changed My Life, Chapter 48: Nevermind

November 26, 2017November 25, 2017 Brent Chittenden 2 Comments 90s, Alternative, neermind, Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit

If you were a teenage obsessed with pop culture in the 90s, there are certain things you just remember. You

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