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Revival

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Weekly survey: Is it time for a full-on emo revival?

January 31, 2022January 29, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Emo, Revival, Screamo, When We Were Young Festival

If you’ve been following the world of music festivals, you’ll have heard of the When We Were Young festival coming

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Poll 

Weekly survey: Is it time for a CD revival?

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 Alan Cross 3 Comments CD, Compact Discs, Revival, Vinyl

Sales of vinyl have been going up for 15 straight years. There are, however, rumblings in certain quarters that it’s

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Music News 

Uh-oh. Crazy Frog has come back for TikTok

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Crazy Frog, Revival, Sony, TikTok

You might remember the Crazy Frog, uh, craze back around Christmas in 2004 and into the summer of 2005 when

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 879: Alt-Rock Revivals Part 1 – Punk

February 21, 2020February 20, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bad Religion, Clash, Green Day, Nirvana, NOFX, Offspring, Punk, Ramones, Rancid, Revival, Sex Pistols

We begin this episode with a reading from Ecclesiastes, chapter three, verses 1-3. Ish. To everything there is a season,

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Music History 

Next up on the resurrection/recycling list: Britpop!

September 7, 2018September 6, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Britpop, Revival

It takes anywhere from a dozen to twenty years for nostalgia to kick in for a previous era of music.

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Music News 

Could we be on the cusp of an emo revival?

May 22, 2018May 21, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Emo, Revival

There was a time in the mid-00’s when alt-rock was almost nothing but emo. What started as an intense form

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Music History 

Pop Culture & Its Knack of Making Music Immortal: Part Two

June 17, 2017June 16, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments Bodyguard, Dolly Parton, Glee, Journey, Kanye West, Nostalgia, Pop Culture, Remakes, Revival, Stranger Things, The Clash, Whitney Houston

Despite the fact that a slew of new songs skyrocket to the charts every year, there always seems to be

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Music News 

Is Emo Poised for a Comeback Thanks to Generation Z?

May 2, 2016May 1, 2016 Alan Cross 2 Comments Emo, Revival

Full disclosure: I hate emo. I always have. Bands like Dashboard Confessional, My Chemical Romance, Senses Fail, Black Veil Brides

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Music Industry 

Even NBC Is Reporting on the Cassette Revival

October 5, 2015 Alan Cross 2 Comments Cassettes, Revival

Please stop this cassette madness. “Stubbornness and stupidity” is right. More here. (Via Steve)

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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