Random music news for Saturday, April 19, 2025
Music news for April 19, 2025, is a much safer wager. BONUS: A metal version of “Gangnam Style?” Why not? (Via Rick J)
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Random music news for Saturday, September 28, 2024
A Gordon Ramsey AI cooking series? Yes. Moving to music news for September 28, 2024. More music news? Look here. BONUS: GPS before GPS. (Via Christopher) BONUS BONUS: Mimes. Bloody goddamn mimes. (Via
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Need some odd music today? Here are two examples.
You know a song is great when it can be reinterpreted in different ways and still be great. Here are a couple of extreme examples of that. First, a cover of the New
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Tuesday timesuck: A BBC documentary on Factory Records
Factory Records, founded by Tony Wilson back in late 70s, became one of the most important indie record labels in UK history. Tony brought us Joy Division/New Order, Happy Mondays, The Hacienda Club,
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Ongoing History Daily: New Order’s gross sampler experiments
In the early 80s, music technology was exploding with new synthesizers, practical and powerful drum machines, and hardware that could sample and manipulate sounds in an infinite number of ways. New Order was
Read MoreRandom music news for Monday, April 10, 2023
There’s a Chicken McNuggets mystery. I’d like a piece of that. Meanwhile, here’s some music news for April 10, 2023. More music news? Look here. BONUS: What if New Order’s “Blue Monday” were
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Let’s mess around with Alice in Chains, Backstreet Boys, and New Order
It was harder to find two 90s acts further apart than Alice in Chains and Backstreet Boys. You would have had a better chance of devising a two-state solution than bridging that chasm.
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New Order’s “Blue Monday,” the biggest-selling 12-inch single of all time, was released 40 years ago today
Last month whilst working on the CFNY documentary, me and the crew interviewed Peter Hook at his house outside of Manchester. One of the things we talked about was the writing and release
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: The Killers and New Order
All the guys in The Killers are fans of groups from the 80s, especially those who were able to fuse alt-rock with dance beats and synthesizers. A particular inspiration was mid-period New Order
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 971: Couples in music
Have you ever had to work together with your significant other? I don’t mean things like housework, parenting, or anything like that. I’m talking about a job–your primary source of income–where the two
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Here’s a doc on the infamous Hacienda club in Manchester. Watch it. Now.
Back in the early 80s, New Order thought it would be a good idea to construct a state-of-the-art dance club for all their friends in Manchester. While it did become an epicentre for
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