The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The history of hardcore punk
One of the things that makes rock great is the energy and power that comes with the music. And depending
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History
Photos from Franz Ferdinand’s Toronto show
[Words and photos by Alex Lupul. -AC] Celebrating 20 years of music together, Glasgow, Scotland’s Franz Ferdinand brought their aptly
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Fun: How hip-hop has changed over the decades
Relax. It’s supposed to be funny. (Via Boing Boing)
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This new documentary on Moog synths looks great
Bob Moog spent years working on taming electricity so that it could make music. When the Moog synthesizers arrived in
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 940: The story of the electric guitar, part 1
There are few instruments more powerful than the electric guitar. When the first primitive models appeared in the 1920s, no
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This guy plays us through the history of metal in 12 minutes
How did metal evolve over the decades? Multi-instrumentalist Andrea Boccarusso takes us through its history, explaining a few things along
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Toronto gets a new and much-needed music venue this weekend
A couple of years ago, Live Nation bought an old off-track betting site east of downtown Toronto with the goal
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Toronto is getting a new 2,500 capacity music venue run by Live Nation
Years ago, Live Nation bought a building in the Beaches area of town that used to house an off-track betting
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The Sad History of the Super Bowl Halftime Show
[Here’s a post from the past worth resurrecting for today. – AC] For the life of me, I can’t understand
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Attention Tragically Hip Fans: Help Populate This Map with Hip Memories and Events
The Tragically Hip has made it clear that they have no interest in writing an autobiography, so it’ll be up
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The Secret Story of the Origin of the iPhone
We’re coming up on the tenth anniversary of the iPhone, which means it’s a good time to look back on
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