Random music news for Monday, March 28, 2022
In pain? Try swearing. It works. And now, some music news for March 28, 2022. Dave Grohl and the rest of the Foo Fighters are back home. It’s heartbreaking. Tommy Lee of Motley
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Dropkick Murphys
Bruce Springsteen and The Dropkick Murphys played an empty Fenway Park. Watch here.
It’ll be some time before we get back to going to concerts the way we used to. Until such time, we’ll have to improvise with livestreams, drive-in concerts, and performances in front of
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Random music news for Monday, March 16, 2020
Has civilization collapsed yet? No? Maybe I shouldn’t have run up the Visa so much then. Then return here for music news for March 16, 2020, to distract us. Just a warning: There
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Watch the Dropkick Murphys play a concert for a 3-year-old cancer patient
Quinn Waters is just three years old, but he’s already had a challenging life. Diagnosed with a medullobastoma (a tumor on the brain stem), he’s undergone surgery (it got 95% of the tumor)
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Encore Presentation: Songs of Protest and Dissent
Sometimes people get so pissed off or so inspired by something that they just have to sing about it. This is the protest song, an artform that has been with us for centuries.
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Unusual Christmas Songs, Take 6: Dropkick Murphys and “The Season’s Upon Us”
No, this isn’t a new track but until Larry pointed it out to me, I had no idea it came with a video.
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Random Music News for Friday, August 11, 2017
I seem to have acquired an intense like for kombucha. Where did that come from? Whilst I sip my tea, here’s the music news for August 11. Chris Cornell’s family have announced plans
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Tired of Sickly Sweet Christmas Music? Here Are Some Antidotes (Updated Throughout the Holidays)
Christmas music is everything now. Radio stations have flipped to an all-Christmas format. Restaurants, stores, malls, offices and all manner of public spaces are blanketed with this treacle. Seriously, how many times can
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 757: Protest and Dissent
Sometimes people get so pissed off or so inspired by something that they just have to sing about it. This is the protest song, an artform that has been with us for centuries.
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Twelve Antidotes to the Sappy Christmas Music You’ve Been Hearing
By Adam Morrison Had enough of the same old sickly sweet Christmas music that’s everywhere nowadays? Here are twelve alternatives that might put you back in the spirit. 1. Regarding the Dropkick Murphys’
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10 Bands That Have Been Making the Same Song/Album for YEARS
You can call them one trick ponies or you can rationalize that if it ain’t broke, they probably shouldn’t fix it. In any case, when some bands find a winning formula, they stick
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