The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The 00s, Part 1 – The Sad State of Rock
[It’s summer, which is a time for gathering new material for the new fall season. Meanwhile, here’s a chance to
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 883: Alt-rock revivals 5 – New Wave
It’s a face of life that there are periods where everything old is new again. There may be no better
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 866: The Sum 41 story as told by Deryck Whibley (Part 1)
If you’ve ever seen Sum 41 perform live, they seem larger than life. Big. Loud. Brash. In your face. Very
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 863: A guide to genres, part 2
I’m trying to imagine what it might be like to design an Amazon warehouse. A typical fulfillment centre covers at
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 860 Ultra-deep background on Dave Grohl, part 2
When you reach a certain level of fame, you can expect that everything you do will be written down or
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The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: The Arkells in their own words, part 1
When you’re in a band, you want to make sure the public record is correct. Unfortunately, though, you’re often at
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The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: The 90s, Part 8: The CanRock Revolution
Canada is the sixth-largest music market in the world. Only the US, Japan, the UK, Germany and France are bigger.
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The 90s, Part 7: The genres beyond grunge and punk
One of the great things about the alt-rock revolution of the 1990s was its seemingly endless diversity. The sounds from
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The 90s, Part 5(a): The Hip-Hop Influence
There are just some things that shouldn’t mix. Oil and water. Nitro and glycerine. Tequila and–well, it’s probably not a
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The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: The 90s, Part 2(a): A Decade of Influential Female Solo Performers
In a less-enlightened time, women were barely tolerated by the rock’n’roll establishment. They could sing, maybe shake a tambourine and
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 856: The rise and fall of the compact disc
On the afternoon of October 1, 1982, Sony introduced a new home stereo gizmo: the world’s first compact disc player.
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