Random music news for Wednesday, December 28, 2022
Here’s how that “I’m not a robot” checkbox really works. Cool. And here’s how music news works for December 29, 2022. More music news? Check here. BONUS: Why?
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Random music news for Friday, September 16, 2022
Watch that last step. It’s a doozy. And watch what we’ve done with music news for September 16, 2022. There was panic at a Panic! At the Disco show when a fire broke
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Ongoing History Daily: The Modest Mouse punch-out
Back in 2000 when Modest Mouse was recording their third album, The Moon and Antarctica, in Chicago, singer Isaac Brock was staying in an apartment near the studio. Deciding to take a smoke
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New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition! (June 22, 2021): The Casual Sexists, Modest Mouse, Miles To Nowhere, & More!
The Casual Sexists Song: “I Like Shapes”Album: SingleRelease Date: June 18, 2021Location: Brooklyn, New YorkWhy I Like it: Quirky, synthy, post-punk.Watch: Modest Mouse Song: “The Sun Hasn’t Left”Album: SingleRelease Date: June 18, 2021Location:
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Concert Review: The Black Keys at Scotiabank Arena (10/09/19)
There’s a great advertising campaign currently going on in Toronto for the “No Name” brand of grocery products, characterized by their plain yellow packaging and self-deprecatingly straightforward descriptions. It’s oddly appropriate that The
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New Music From The Inbox: Luca Fogale, Modest Mouse, Aly and AJ, and more!
Artist: Luca FogaleSong: Half-Saved The lyrics of this song, which wrestle with questions he’s had since leaving the Catholic faith ten years ago, are so beautiful and honest and heartbreaking. You can feel
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Modest Mouse has sent fans a weird puzzle in the mail
How long has it been since the last Modest Mouse album? Four years? It appears that the hiatus might be over. Hardcore fans found something in the mailbox recently: a puzzle that forms
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Random Music News for Friday, December 1, 2017
Yep. December. And that bougainvillea in my backyard has finally died. That was one tough tropical plant. And now the music news for December 1. In the latest #MeToo news, Russell Smith, head of
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 767: Big Bands, Small Towns
I grew up in a small prairie town in the middle of nowhere. Me and a bunch of friends couldn’t wait to get out. Sure, we could have just bought a bus ticket,
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Random Music News for Thursday, August 4, 2016
Happy anniversary, dear. And now, music news. Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock was involved in a car crash after falling asleep at the wheel. He’s okay. Did you know that there was a hip
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This Week’s Top 11: 08 May 2015
So I was on my way to Tulsa to see Rush start their world tour when the kidney stone announced itself. Do you know how hard it is to get out of an
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