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Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 772: The Annual Christmas Show

December 16, 2016December 18, 2016 Alan Cross 7 Comments Bill Murray, Christmas Music, Fucked Up, Henry Rollins, Japandroids, LCD Soundsystem, Mevvy, Ongoing History, Phoenix, Reggie and The Full Effect, She & Him, Sloan, The Snots!, Yobs

For the last 20-plus seasons, the last Ongoing History show before the Christmas break has been devoted to playing seasonal

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TIFF Created a List of Essential Canadian Films. Ten Are Music Videos

October 21, 2016 Nerhys 1 Comment Arcade Fire, Drake, Feist, Fucked Up, Grimes, Leonard Cohen, Les Colocs, Maestro Fresh Wes, Mitsou, Uzeb

Next year is Canada’s 150 anniversary, or sesquicentennial for those who enjoy long and obscure words. To commemorate the anniversary,

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In Case You Missed It: Deadmau5 and Fucked Up Debuted New Hockey Anthems

October 16, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Deadmau5, Fucked Up, Montreal Canadiens, NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs

We’ve come a long way since Delores Claiborne wrote the Hockey Night in Canada theme. For Saturday night’s Toronto Maple

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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 758: 10 Years of the Polaris Music Prize

September 9, 2016September 12, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment Arcade Fire, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Caribou, Feist, Final Fantasy, Fucked Up, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Karkwa, Patrick Watson, Polaris Music Prize, Steve Jordan, Tanya Tagaq

There isn’t another music event in Canada that generates as much controversy, praise, bitching, arguing, debate and music discovery as

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Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 739: Xmas Show 19

December 18, 2015December 21, 2015 Alan Cross 3 Comments Amusement Parks on Fire, Astro Color, Christmas, Cockney John, Cyndi Cresswell Cook, Darkness, Diedre & the Dark, Dirty Sidewalks, Fake Shark, Fucked Up, Henry Rollins, Paper Aeroplanes, Ria Mae, Sink Tapes, Xmas

For reasons unknown to me, I’ve always had a fascination with alt-rock Christmas music. It’s some kind of (choose all

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 18 December (The All-Xmas Edition)

December 18, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amusement Parks on Fire, Astrocolor, Bill Murray, Dirty Sidewalks, Ellen and the Escapades, Fake Shark, Fucked Up, Madison Rising, Mogwai, Phoenix, Ria Mae, Sink Tapes

With Christmas coming up on Friday, here’s a playlist that will carry you through until it’s time to open your

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Recommended Music

A Couple of Cover Versions to Share with Co-Workers

October 28, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alanis Morissette, Cyndi Lauper, Fucked Up, GWAR

I love cover versions and the more bizarre the better. Here are two such delights. GWAR covering Cyndi Lauper’s song

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Recommended Music

This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 22 May 2015

May 22, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments A Tribe Call Red, Ben Khan, Ceremony, Courtney Barnett, Django Django, Fucked Up, Jenny Vee, Kopecky, Lykke Li, Roger O'Donnell, Slow Club, Top 11

This week’s Top 11 comes from Singapore–not that there’s anything particularly Singaporean about this list. It’s just where I happen

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When Is a Band’s Name TOO Offensive? (Slightly NSFW)

March 27, 2015March 26, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Barenaked Ladies, Black Pussy, Butthole Surfers, Circle Jerks, Dayglo Abortions, Dead Kennedys, Fuck Buttons, Fucked Up, Holy Fuck, Joy Division, New Pornographers, Offensive Band Names, Queers, Revolting Cocks, Slits, Viet Cong

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

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Random Music News for September 12, 2014

September 12, 2014September 12, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bob Marley, D'Arcy Wretzky, Fucked Up, Iggy Azalea, Neil Peart, Primal Scream, Smashing Pumpkins

Happy birthday, Neil Peart! Everyone should listen to “By-Tor and the Snow Dog” today. If you use Uber in Toronto,

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Q&A with Fucked Up’s Josh Zucker

June 16, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Fucked Up, Glass Boys, Josh Zucker

[Another interview by correspondent Julia Wallace. – AC] Toronto’s Polaris-prize winning Fucked Up released Glass Boys, its much-anticipated follow-up to

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Dave Krikst in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 002 July 29, 2020
Dave Krikst (aka My Man D) is the creative mind behind many of the most memorable shareable off the court or ice moments in Canadian sports over the last 20 years. Throughout his career, starting early on with theScore television network and Rogers Media’s’ FAN 590, and then with Bell Media’s TSN, Dave has established […]
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Launch Day – The Backstage Project Podcast July 23, 2020
Welcome to the launch of The Backstage Project Podcast! I’m Mark Silver, and I’ll be your guide as we weave our way through the history, here and now, and future of the Canadian sports and entertainment landscape. The Backstage Project Podcast takes you on a journey into the sports and entertainment world. We focus on […]
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Rick Chisholm in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 001 July 11, 2020
In our premiere episode we are blessed to sit down with former Vice President of Programming and Production at TSN and Executive VP Broadcasting for Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, Rick Chisholm. We chat with Rick about the formation of TSN, the Vancouver and London Olympics and much much more. Have a listen. The post Rick […]
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