Random music news for Thursday, June 19, 2025
Are you a lonely psychopath? Then you might want to move to one of these four states so you’ll have company. As for music news for June 19, 2025… More
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Ongoing History Daily: A strange iTunes download
In 1952, composer John Cage came up with something he called “4’33″” (read as in four minutes and 33 seconds). Divided into three movements (30 seconds, 2:23, and 1:40), it
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On June 27, 1994, Aerosmith became the first band to offer a song as a digital download via the old service, CompuServe. It was done as an experiment, a proof-of-concept
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Looking to hear that surprise Jack White surprise album? Here’s what you do.
On Friday without any fanfare or warning, Jack White released a vinyl album. It came in a plain white cardboard sleeve. The words “NO NAME” were stamped on the white
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A question: How much longer will we be able to buy and download digital music?
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] On June 1, 1999, a university student named Shawn Fanning sent a message to his friends telling them about a new
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Twenty-five years ago, Aerosmith changed the history of digital music but no one remembers it.
In 1994, the Internet was still a weirdly wild place, something inhabited by scientists and computer nerds. That would begin to change within a year as the rest of the
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Today’s Neat Music App: Shared Playlists & Compare Tastes
Where do you usually go to find new music? Spotify playlists or radio programs are usually a good place to start, that’s for sure. But for me, I tend to
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Radioplayer Canada is Finally Here! Download It Now!
It’s here. Finally. Radioplayer Canada–a new high-powered aggregator of more than 400 stations across Canada–was officially launched today. Virtually every radio company in the country is part of this (Bell
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Blink-182 is Giving Away a New Song. But There’s a Catch.
Blink-182’s new album, California, won’t be out until July 1, but in addition to the first single (“Bored to Death”), the band is giving away a new track called “Built
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Random Music News for Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Dentist today. Ugh. And now, the music news. The Pirate Bay is now a streaming service with a plugin called Torrents Time. How many people really listen to the podcasts
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Can We Just Announce this Guns ‘N Roses Reunion Already?
The rumours of a proper Guns ‘N Roses reunion–and by that I mean a lineup that features Axl, Slash, Izzy, Duff and Steve and/or Matt (let’s not even go down
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