Random music news for Tuesday, June 20, 2023
People! The Titanic sank! Don’t believe what you see on TikTok. You can, however, believe what you read with my daily roundup of music news. Mostly. Here’s what’s happening on June 20, 2023.
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My Bloody Valentine
Random music news for Thursday, April 1, 2021
Just so you know, I HATE the whole concept of April Fool’s Day. Everything you’re about to read is (to the best of my knowledge) actual music news for April 1, 2021. Beware
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ROCKthusiast Does #MWE for AJoMT (Day 28)
Before anyone starts asking “#MWE, WTF?”, the hashtag stands for Music Writing Exercise, and is the brainchild of Gary Suarez, freelancer about the Internet who hatched this idea five years ago. As a
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The Ongoing History of New Music episode 825: A history of alt psych-rock
“Psychedelic” is one of the most misunderstood and misused words in the English language. The word first came into use in 1956 when a psychiatrist named Humphrey Osmond was studying a new class
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The Ongoing History of New Music Encore Presentation: The History of Indie Rock, Part 2
All change, all evolution, all revolution in music comes from the street. It’s up to indie musicians, indie labels and the people who believe in them to propel our music forward. This is
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Random Music News for Friday, February 3, 2017
On this day in 1972, a blizzard started in Iran. When it ended seven days later, more than 4,000 people were dead, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history. And now in music
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 761: The History of Indie Rock, Part 2
All change, all evolution, all revolution in music comes from the street. It’s up to indie musicians, indie labels and the people who believe in them to propel our music forward. This is
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Gift Idea: Blankets Based on Classic Album Covers
Who doesn’t need a nice new throw for watching TV on the couch during those cold winter nights? Society6 has come with a series of cool blankets all based on classic album covers.
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10 Great Punk and Alt-rock Songs That Run Under Two Minutes
In 1987, Napalm Death managed to make a statement in all of 1.316 seconds with “You Suffer.” According to the Guinness Book of Records, it’s the shortest song ever recorded, and it’s great
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An Oral History of Shoegaze
Earlier this year, there was an Ongoing History of New Music episode on the history of shoegaze (review it here) that generated a tremendous amount of email. Picking up on that topic, here’s
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Finally, A Documentary on My Bloody Valentine
Although their output has been meager over the last three decades (and that’s being kind), My Bloody Valentine’s influence can be found everywhere from the Smashing Pumpkins and Nine Inch Nails to Sigur
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