Random music news for Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Tyrion turns 50 today. He used to front a punk band back in the day. As for other music news for June 11, 2019… Canadian music sales and streaming stats from last week
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Random music news for Thursday, February 21, 2019
This is the 71st birthday of NASCAR. As for music news for February 21, 2019… Just when we thought the Jussie Smollett story couldn’t get any weirder, it does. He’s been arrested. Here’s
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The Washington Post’s vicious slapdown of Imagine Dragons
There are some who are worried about the state of rock today, pointing out that the biggest bands are, well, kind of dull, faceless, and generally uninspiring. Imagine Dragons got ripped a new
Read MoreRock’s reigning streaming champ is…
…Imagine Dragons. No current band even comes close. Billboard takes a look. But what’s perhaps most surprising is its success in an area few other rock acts have been able to tap into:
Read MoreRandom music news for Saturday, April 28, 2018
Has anyone seen the new Stormy Daniels video? I mean, this is political research, right? See the NSFW trailer here. Hey, it’s news, isn’t it? Once you’re done, you can review the music
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And the Most-Shazamed Songs of 2017 Are…
Shazam is a music identification app that’s so magical it got its own game show–hosted by Jamie Foxx, no less. Whenever you use Shazam to ID a song, that little bit of data gets
Read MoreRandom Music News for Monday, November 27, 2017
Cyber Monday. Jeff Bezos is going to get a lot richer today while workplace productivity will plunge. And now, some music news for November 27. A musical Advent calendar? Why not? Sign up
Read MoreThe Mysterious Origin of the Name “Imagine Dragons”
Because finding a name for your band is so difficult, people love hearing origin stories. Take Imagine Dragons, for example. Where did that come from? This is…tricky. The name is allegedly an anagram,
Read MoreRandom Music News for Monday, June 26, 2017
I’m trying to ignore that the days are getting shorter. I know, I know: glass half-full, right? And now the music news for June 26. Monday timesuck: The secret history of Radiohead’s OK
Read MoreRandom Music News for Saturday, March 11, 2017
Spring forward, etc. Why is daylight saving time still a thing? Why do we bother when science says it’s a waste of time? (No pun intended.) And now, the music news. HMV continues
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Random Music News for Thursday, November 17, 2016
If Jeff Buckley were still alive, be would have turned 50 today. And in music news… There are more rumours that Apple will drop the price of a streaming subscription to less than
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