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New Music From The Inbox: City and Colour, Soccer Mommy, Orlando Weeks, and more!

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 Zoe Orion 0 Comments City and Colour, Foreign Diplomats, MGMT, Orlando Weeks, Soccer Mommy, The Maccabees, Tiffy

Artist: City and ColourSong: MurdererEP: Low Songs City and Colour can’t possibly go wrong with vocals as divine as Dallas

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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 869: The golden age of synths (as told by OMD)

November 15, 2019November 17, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, MGMT, OMD, Synthesizers

There have been many, many times over the last one hundred years when technology has changed the way we make

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AJoMT’s Mat picks the best albums of 2018

January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 Mathew Kahansky 1 Comment Album of the Year, Best Albums, Best Of, Best of 2018, Best Records, Born Ruffians, BOSSIE, Dizzy, Doja Cat, IDLES, Jeff Rosenstock, Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers, Little Junior, MGMT, New Music From The Inbox, Snail Mail, The Dirty Nil, Tokyo Police Club

Because late is better than never, right? 2018 to me felt like the year of new emotion. It seems like

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No consonants allowed: A brief history of band names without vowels.

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Consonants, MGMT, Vowels

There’s a passage in James Joyce’s 1939 novel, Finnegan’s Wake, that employed what he called “disemvowelling.” He was culping for

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New Music from the Inbox: MGMT, Jesse Saint John, Skott, and more!

February 15, 2018February 15, 2018 Zoe Orion 0 Comments jesse saint john, MGMT, Midas Fall, Skott, They Might Be Giants

Artist: MGMT Song: Me and Michael Album: Little Dark Age Me and Michael from MGMT’s brand new album ‘Little Dark

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New Music From The Inbox – Tuesday Edition! (Dec 19, 2017): MGMT, Tricky, Bully, and more!

December 19, 2017December 18, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments Bully, MGMT, New Music From The Inbox, Tricky, Vern Matz

Artist: MGMT Song: “When You Die” Album/EP: Little Dark Age The story goes that MGMT’s unbelievably popular debut Oracular Spectacular was actually their

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MGMT Returns with a New Song: “Little Dark Age”

October 17, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments MGMT

MGMT has been mostly AWOL since the release of their 2013 self-titled album and frankly, a lot of us weren’t

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The Ongoing History of New Music Encore Presentation: Spectacular Acts of Self-Destruction

August 11, 2017August 13, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Chris Cornell, Metallica, MGMT, Nirvana, Sinead O'Connor, Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots, U2

You probably know someone like this: A guy (or woman) who, though having loads of talent or tons of luck

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New Music From The Inbox (May 8, 2017): Nick Hakim, MIDDAY SWIM, Simon Doom & more

May 8, 2017May 6, 2017 Juliette Jagger 0 Comments Julien Jasper, Juliette Jagger, MGMT, MIDDAY SWIM, New Music From The Inbox, Nick Hakim, Simon Doom, Suffer The Children

By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) Artist: Nick Hakim Song: “Roller Skates” Album/EP: Green Twins Off of his forthcoming album, Green Twins,

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Random Music News for Saturday, May 6, 2017

May 6, 2017May 6, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bestival, Black Flag, Blur, Kanye West, Liam Gallagher, Loretta Lynn, MGMT, Radio, Radiohead, Tragically Hip

It’s been raining so long where I live that my two bull terriers are in danger of floating away. I’ve

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Latest News from the Bataclan Massacre in Paris (18 Nov 2015)

November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Anonymous, Bataclan, Bono, Eagles of Death Metal, Florence + The Machine, Foo Fighters, Isis, Joshua Tree, Live Nation, Madonna, Mercury Records, MGMT, Motorhead, Nick Alexander, Paris, PlayStation, Prince, U2, Vamps

WARNING! THERE IS LINK TO A GRAPHIC IMAGE POSTED BELOW. More details about Friday night’s horrible events in Paris are

Intimate gatherings of sports fans and media personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
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The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
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Reaching new VR frontiers – Laura Mingail in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 010 November 10, 2020
Pushing boundaries and breaking with convention takes more than confidence, especially when you’re working inside a media giant. To do this in an authentic and meaningful way one needs to truly believe that they can make a difference, for the greater good. Laura Mingail has done just that in many of her roles, and as […]
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