Random music news for Friday, September 12, 2025
Good news! A Bigfoot emoji is on the way. Meanwhile, music news for September 12, 2025, is here now. BONUS: Elon Musk may soon NOT be the richest man in
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Remember all those late-night mail-order CD pitches? This might be the worst one EVER.
When CDs were a big thing, certain companies bought up the rights for songs to repackage them for sale on compilations that were pitched on late-night TV. It was a
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: 14 incredibly important Canadian punk bands
We’ve all heard the stories about where punk came from. Here’s the precis: The New York Dolls and a few other bands started playing gigs in a crappy area of
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A documentary on 90s street-level British punk is now streaming
UK punk has always gone its own way. Emerging from middle 70s–a very bleak time for Britain–it has always been based on class struggle and the plight of the working
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A QAnon weirdo has cracked it! She says society’s problems can be traced to subliminal satanic messages in The Simpsons. I wish I were making that up. Music news for
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A Fun-Filled Ska-Punk Night
Concert Review: The Planet Smashers at The Opera House with Faintest Idea, Big D and the Kids Table, and Mustard Plug If there are two genres of music that I
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Now that Trump is going to be president again, what now for music?
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] The first thing I thought when I awoke Wednesday morning was that there’s now an SNL Curse. Any female U.S. presidential
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A radio signal has reached Earth after eight billion years. Who or what sent it? Meanwhile, I’ll take responsibility for music news for September 25, 2024. More music news? Go
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Ever fancied a trip to the UK to explore some punk rock landmarks? Check this out.
[Calgary reader Scooter made a pilgrimage to London to revisit some punk rock landmarks. Read the write-up and stay for the pictures. – AC] Back in Cowtown it seemed to
Read MoreRandom music news for Friday, December 1, 2023
I’m in Las Vegas to take in U2 at The Sphere today. I’ll report back. Meanwhile, here’s some music news for December 1, 2023. More music news? Check here. BONUS:
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Want to learn hardcore dancing styles? Here are some lessons.
This is not the kind of dance lessons you’ll find at an Arthur Murray studio. Instead, this is, well, hardcore. This also explains why you might want to stay out
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