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Ongoing History Daily: The origins of the term “psychedelic music”

Many words are used to describe various forms of music: grunge, metal, goth, punk. But how about this one: psychedelic?

“Psychedelic” is one of the most misunderstood and misused words in the English language. The word first came into use

The Lonely Vagabond, a fan of all sorts of music documentaries, offers up three suggestions to help your Monday pass

More modern shoegaze from London UK. I’m a sucker for this story of stuff. The album is due August 21.

A tip from The Lonely Vagabond. Trippy, fuzzy, yet melodic. Learn more about Toronto’s The Auras here.

When Dom Thomas isn’t playing in the Manchester band Whyte Horses, he’s looking for weird and obscure music for his

Try this psych-y, punk-y, garage-y single from the Greek band with the best name of 2014. ACID BABY JESUS "Vegetable"

Optical Sounds, a collective “label” out of Toronto is offering this compilation on Bandcamp. The collection, featuring bands from Toronto,

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver