[Second week of spring break. A brand new show next week! – AC] Music is one of the greatest gifts the universe has bestowed upon humanity. It provides so much joy, comfort, inspiration,
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Just for fun, let’s start with Tom Petty on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. Damn the (photon) torpedos? (Give Tom credit for that one.) Moving to music news for March 18, 2021…
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It’s the future. Time for the first roundup of music news of the new decade. Here’s a list of all rock stars we lost in 2019. Here’s a list of the biggest musical
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One summer long weekend down. But there’s still three more to go. Meanwhile, let’s get back to work with some music news for May 21, 2019. Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats
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Back in the 50s and 60s, it was very hard for Soviet kids to get their hands on music from the west. Foreign rock’n’roll was branded as part of decadent capitalistic country and
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Every artist constructs some kind of custom sound system when they head out on the road. Massive Attack sees your bespoke PA and raises you an entire custom venue. Two shows are scheduled
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One of the great albums of the late 90s is Mezzanine from Massive Attack. When it was released in 1998, it instantly became a trip-hop classic and is an excellent recording to use
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Whenever I want to test out a set of speakers, I bring along a copy of Massive Attack’s meticulously produced 1998 album, Mezzanine. If the speakers can faithfully produce the sonics of this compact
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If we look at the state of rock here in the 21st century, it is no longer the main musical driver of popular culture. Hip-hop now rules. This doesn’t mean that rock is
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I’m in denial about Labour Day. Please do not bring it up. And now, music news… Great (albeit possibly crazy) theory: Renegade street artist Banksy is actually Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack.
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There’s no getting around it: it’s Labour Day weekend. The 100 days or so of society-sanction work avoidance ends Monday night followed by what are for most people the three busiest months. Ugh.
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