Random music news for Thursday, October 22, 2020
Want to be turned into an evil doll for Halloween? Try this site. Once you do that, come on back for music news for October 22, 2020. Coronavirus update: The Flaming Lips want
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Random music news for Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Two weeks until the US presidential election. And wouldn’t you know it, but this could happen the day before. So 2020, right? Now some music news for October 20, 2020. Coronavirus update 1:
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Random music news for Thursday, October 15, 2020
Skull cakes? Kinda cool, actually. As for music news on Thursday, October 15… Coronavirus update 1: Remember that no social distancing Chainsmokers show in NY State back in the summer? The promoters have
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Leave it to the Flaming Lips to come up with the perfect way to stage a COVID-19 concert
It’ll be some time before we feel comfortable going back to gigs in the way we used to. Until then, we’ll have to get our live music fix through things like live streams,
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The Flaming Lips have covered that David Bowie/Bing Crosby Christmas classic
In September 1977, a still reasonably coked-out David Bowie was invited by Bing Crosby to appear on his annual Christmas TV special. The result was one of the weirdest musical juxtapositions in the
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 830: 9 great alt-rock cover songs
There’s something fun and satisfying about learning to play one of your favourite songs for yourself: learning the lyrics, figuring out the chords, and deconstructing all the constituent parts. Then you get deeper,
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Random music news for Friday, August 3, 2018
Tom Brady is 41 today. Retire, already. And in music news for August 3, 2018… Apple hit $1 TRILLION in value yesterday. They’re the first company to ever do that. Warner Music Group
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The Flaming Lips cover Spongebob Squarepants because Flaming Lips
I’ve heard from a number of people that the current Broadway production based on Spongebob Squarepants is a real hit among a certain set of adults. Because it focuses on the early years
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(Future) weird real record alert: I wonder if this one will be yellow?
While polyvinyl chloride will remain the raw material for vinyl records for the foreseeable future, but that doesn’t mean it’s the only thing from which records can be made. People have experimented with
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Random music new for Tuesday, May 8, 2018
As of today, smallpox has been eradicated from the planet for 38 years. Take that, anti-vaxxers. And for music news on May 8, 2018… Canadian album sales last week vs. a year ago:
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It’s Record Store Day! Read this before you head out: 10 things you should know.
Today is the eleventh annual Record Store Day, the day when we celebrate the glories and pleasures of hanging around in a record store. If you’ve got some disposable income, here’s a chance
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