Comparing Cure shows in Canada and the United Stats
Two posts on The Cure today? Why not? Cameron Gordon’s Completely Ignored decided to compare the number of shows The Cure has played in Canada vs. the United States. Here’s what he found.
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Graphic: Canadian musicians and their university alma maters
Cam Gordon at Completely Ignored loves collecting data about music and displaying it in an easy-to-digest way. His latest involves sorting Canadian musicians by the post-secondary schools they attended.
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How has Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” fared against other songs from 80s? Here’s a graphic.
Cam Gordon is back with a Completely Ignored graphic that shows how well Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” has advanced to the upper echelons of streaming with other 80s songs. That’s interesting,
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What would Coachella look like if it had started a hundred years earlier?
Coachella first appeared in 1999 and has since grown into one of the most attention-getting festivals in the world. But what if it had been founded in 1900? Who would have appeared then?
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How did rock bands do on Spotify in 2021?
If you look at the top 200 streaming songs on Spotify, they are overwhelmingly from the worlds of hip-hop, rap, R&B, and pop. But just like rock fans shouldn’t get hung up on
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A “streamy history” of indie rock in the aughts
It’s been a while, but we have a new graphic from Cameron Gordon at Completely Ignored. What indie and alternative bands from the 00’s have done the best with streaming in Canada? Here’s
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Comparing the streaming stats of older artists to contemporary ones on Spotify
Cameron Gordon is back with a Completely Ignored graphic that looks at how many monthly listeners older artists (described as those who debuted between 1950 and 2000) have on Spotify. There’s not a
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Cameo CanCon: How much does it cost for a Canadian musician to deliver a message?
If you’re not familiar with Cameo, it’s a service that offers personalized messages from celebrities looking to make some extra bucks. Cameron Gordon over at Completely Ignored has created this mini price list.
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Rock in the Eastern Block: A short history of Western music concerts in Moscow via @cam_gordon
Cameron Gordon of Completely Ignored recently spent time listening to the Winds of Change podcast, the investigation into whether the CIA had something to do with a Scorpions hit that helped end the
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A nerdy look comparing MLB and music. (You’ll see what I mean.)
Cameron Gordon at Completely Ignored wanted to do something to coincide with the opening game of the World Series. He found 21 names that are shared by MLB players and musicians. He was
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Remembering who played Sneaky Dee’s in Toronto
There’s been much worry about Toronto music institution Sneaky Dee’s ever since we heard about plans for a condo development at the club/restaurant’s current location. The good news, though, is that the owners
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