The Ongoing History of New Music Encore Presentation: The History of Indie Rock, Part 2
All change, all evolution, all revolution in music comes from the street. It’s up to indie musicians, indie labels and
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Dead Kennedys
Where Did Classic Punk Bands Played Across Canada?
When punk bands go on the road, they tour far and wide. Cameron Gordon at Completely Ignored put together this
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 761: The History of Indie Rock, Part 2
All change, all evolution, all revolution in music comes from the street. It’s up to indie musicians, indie labels and
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Random Music News for Wednesday, July 20, 2016
I still haven’t downloaded the Pokemon GO app. I’m not sure how much longer I can hold out. Meanwhile, in
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Seven Songs About Halloween
Halloween is a great subject for a song because of the practices, history, and spirit of the holiday that can
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 727: Why Punk Happened
For the casual observer, punk seemed to explode everywhere at once in about 1977. In the days before the Internet,
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10 Great Punk and Alt-rock Songs That Run Under Two Minutes
In 1987, Napalm Death managed to make a statement in all of 1.316 seconds with “You Suffer.” According to the
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When Is a Band’s Name TOO Offensive? (Slightly NSFW)
I clearly remember when the first Lollapalooza came to Toronto in 1991, local TV news anchors had a hard time
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Dead Kennedys Concert Interrupted When a Couple Decides to Have Sex Onstage
Last Thursday, the Dead Kennedys were playing a gig at a place called the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach,
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The Problem with YouTube from One Artist’s Point of View
East Bay Ray, the guitarist with the Dead Kennedys, has an issue with YouTube. He wrote an op-ed piece for
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Random Music News for Thursday, November 20, 2014
Here’s a stat about the Buffalo snowstorm. The hardest-hit areas have 65 inches of snow. One square foot of that
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