Random music news for Thursday, October 16, 2025
Odd radio circles: Not my immediate group of friends, but something much larger. As for music news for October 16, 2025. BONUS: The Frog Resistance in Portland. Go Kermit! (Via
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Ongoing History Daily: How did Sweden become such a musical powerhouse?
For a country of less than ten million people, Sweden is a monster in the world of music. You can start with ABBA (the second most successful group of all
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What do we think about the new Coldplay single?
I know it’s just the first weekend of the summer, but we’re already getting news about albums due to come out in the fall. Case in point: Coldplay’s tenth album,
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: Interesting career alterations
It’s interesting how some very successful mainstream musicians started out doing something very different before changing directions. Just because you start off in one genre doesn’t mean you have to
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: Max Martin’s metal band
Before Sweden’s Karl Martin Sandberg changed his name to Max Martin and became a writer and producer of number one pop hits for Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Pink,
Read MoreRandom music news for Tuesday, August 29, 2023
There’s a problem at Burning Man. Let’s see how they solve this. Meanwhile, we’ve got music news for August 29, 2023. More music news? Look here. BONUS: If you have
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Coldplay is really going to confuse some people with their new album
Coldplay is about to complete their transition from a British indie band to a full-on mainstream pop band with their new album, Music of the Spheres, on October 15. Once
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Random music news for Monday, November 18, 2019
Back in the home office after two weeks. But I don’t know why I bothered to unpack because I’m gone again in another ten days. But let’s worry about that
Read MoreRandom music news for Saturday, August 4, 2018
A long weekend here in Canada. I’m trying not to remember that this is the third of our four summer long weekends and that Labour Day is just a month
Read MoreRandom Music News for Friday, August 25, 2017
The last normal weekend of the summer–which explains the Christmas displays I’ve already seen. Shouldn’t be long before some radio stations start flipping to an all-Christmas format. And now, the
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Is Today’s Pop Music Really That Bad? Yes–and Here’s Why.
Ever get the feeling that so much modern pop music is really quite, well, terrible? I mean, truly, honestly awful? That it all sounds the same? That there’s no innovation
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