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Revival

Documentary 

Love vinyl? Here’s a short doc on the vinyl revolution.

January 21, 2023January 21, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Records, Revival, Vinyl

If you’re caught up in the vinyl revolution, take 30 minutes to view this Canadian documentary on the subject. Full

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Poll 

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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