Royal Blood Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 21 April 2017

Not only is my head swimming from all the music that’s come in from the usual sources over the last

The first-ever mobile cellular network was launched in the US on this day in 1983. Phones were the size of

Here’s another short list of the best (well, to me, anyway) that passed through my computers and email accounts this

VVN Music has published some sales rankings of vinyl in the UK. Here are the Top 10 selling vinyl singles

After a two week hiatus in which I communed with orang-utans in the jungles of Borneo–I’m not kidding–it’s time to

The Beatles’ last performance was held on this day in 1969 on the roof of Apple Records in London. Rush’s

Suddenly, I like the song a whole lot more. (Via the NME) http://youtu.be/nBWjAJrgQDI

Royal Blood, the two piece British band that makes an awful lot of racket for just two guys, made a

If it’s almost time for the Polaris Music Prize here in Canada, then Britain’s Mercury Prize can’t be far off.

Here’s a new(ish) two-piece band from Brighton in the UK that has obviously spent a lot of time listening to

Intimate gatherings of sports fans and media personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
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The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
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Reaching new VR frontiers – Laura Mingail in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 010 November 10, 2020
Pushing boundaries and breaking with convention takes more than confidence, especially when you’re working inside a media giant. To do this in an authentic and meaningful way one needs to truly believe that they can make a difference, for the greater good. Laura Mingail has done just that in many of her roles, and as […]
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