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Random music news for Tuesday, January 12, 2021

When will Canadians get a chance to get their COVID-19 vaccination? Use this calculator. Once you know your place in

All change, all evolution, all revolution in music comes from the street. It’s up to indie musicians, indie labels and

When punk bands go on the road, they tour far and wide. Cameron Gordon at Completely Ignored put together this

All change, all evolution, all revolution in music comes from the street. It’s up to indie musicians, indie labels and

I still haven’t downloaded the Pokemon GO app. I’m not sure how much longer I can hold out. Meanwhile, in

Halloween is a great subject for a song because of the practices, history, and spirit of the holiday that can

For the casual observer, punk seemed to explode everywhere at once in about 1977. In the days before the Internet,

In 1987, Napalm Death managed to make a statement in all of 1.316 seconds with “You Suffer.” According to the

I clearly remember when the first Lollapalooza came to Toronto in 1991, local TV news anchors had a hard time

Last Thursday, the Dead Kennedys were playing a gig at a place called the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach,

East Bay Ray, the guitarist with the Dead Kennedys, has an issue with YouTube. He wrote an op-ed piece for

Making “The End of The Storm” – James Erskine in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 026 March 24, 2021
This week’s guest — director James Erskine — joins us from England where he has just released his latest feature-length documentary, The End of The Storm. The documentary follows Liverpool Football Club and their fans as they navigate the covid-interrupted 2019-2020 Premier League winning season. James expertly weaves together the voice of Jürgen Klopp, the […]
Andrew Dick
Inside the Toronto Sports Media Scene – Jonah Sigel in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 025 March 17, 2021
Being a Toronto sports fan hasn’t been easy for many generations of Torontonians. Of course, the Raptors NBA title was kind of a reset for the city, and there were a couple of crazy Blue Jays runs a few years back, but those were more so the Toronto sports awakening for Millenials. For Gen X, […]
Mark Silver
In a League of Her Own – Mary Ellen Carlyle in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 024 March 10, 2021
Dome Productions is a relatively unknown company. Anyone who has walked by Gate 13 at Rogers Centre while attending a Toronto Blue Jays game has likely missed the small Dome Productions office sign, which looks more like a cornerstone time-capsule on the building’s facade. However, there’s a good reason you’ve never heard of Dome. They […]
Mark Silver