Random music news for Thursday, May 31, 2018
Thirty-two years ago today there was a massive tornado outbreak that hit areas around Barrie, Ontario. It was bad. As for music news on May 31, 2018… Twitter still matters to musicians. Here’s
Read MoreThirty-two years ago today there was a massive tornado outbreak that hit areas around Barrie, Ontario. It was bad. As for music news on May 31, 2018… Twitter still matters to musicians. Here’s
Read MoreBefore CanCon required a certain amount of Canadian music be played on the airways, punk and alt rock musicians did their best to play, to record, to get out into the world and
Read MoreIf you’re into 90s/2000s punk revival, you’ve probably heard something that’s come out of Fat Wreck Chords. The influential California punk label is featured in a documentary coming to VOD and Blu-Ray/DVD on
Read MoreI just missed the original punk rock explosion of the 1970s, so my experience with what actually happened is somewhat removed. Like everyone else who was born too late, I’ve had to rely
Read MoreI don’t have kids but if I did, I’d spend an awful lot of time teaching them about music. Why are the Beatles so important? Here’s why you need to understand hte R&B
Read MoreFor the casual observer, punk seemed to explode everywhere at once in about 1977. In the days before the Internet, social media and music video channels, punk appeared in cities around the planet
Read MoreWhat does punk rock have to do with Spongebob? More than you might think. Check out this latest Ongoing History of New Music animation. Subscribe here so you never miss and episode.
Read MoreHere’s a program from NPR that deals with Cuban punk rockers who deliberately infected themselves with AIDS so they could continue being punk rockers in Castro’s Cuba. (Photo credit: Josu Tueba Leiva)
Read MoreSo what was it like to be a punk in London at the end of the explosion that saw the rise of the Sex Pistols, the Damned and the Clash? Dangerous Minds found
Read MoreCome with me back to 1980 for The Yobs’ Christmas. Just be aware that we’re dealing with some NSFW-ish-ness here. In case you didn’t know, The Yobs were actually a punk band called
Read MoreLove the title of this doc. Get more background at Consequence of Sound.
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