Random Music News for Thursday, August 18, 2016
Synchronized swimming? That’s the one Olympic sport I just can’t watch. I know. I feel shame. And now, music news… A new George Carlin record. Wait. Let me do that again. A NEW
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Random Music News for Saturday, July 23, 2016
Off to Dubai tonight on a diplomatic mission. Pray that my nickel-sized kidney stone doesn’t cause any problems on the 13 hour flight. And now, the music news. What can we learn from
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 709: The Survivours
Think about this: which alt-rock bands have been together the longest without enduring a single line-up change? No one’s quit, no one’s been fired, no one’s died. The people who were in the
Read MoreRandom Music News for Saturday, November 8, 2014
The Polar Vortex is coming back. I’m not happy about this. The Osbournes is coming back to TV. Will 2.0 be as interesting as the first version? (Via Tom) Lemmy admits to listening to
Read MoreThe Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 699: The History of Power Pop
First, the good news: Producer Rob’s collapsed lung–a spontaneous pneumothorax–has been re inflated and he’s breathing just fine. That means we can return to our regularly scheduled OH programming. Power pop is one
Read MoreThe Ongoing History of New Music Episode 696: The Second Voice
If you’re the lead singer of a band, you tend to get most of the attention. After all, you’re the audio and visual focal point of the group. But there are occasions where
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The Sloan Interview!
[Frequent contributor Juliette Jagger was on the case for Noisey/Vice. – AC] Longevity is the mark of a true artist. If you can manage to stay afloat for 20 years, particularly here in
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Another New Song from Sloan!
Sloan’s new album, Commonwealth, will be available September 9. Here’s another taste.
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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 18 July 2014
Lots of interesting CanCon for this week’s picks of songs you need to hear. Feel free to share if there’s something here that you really, really like. As always, thanks to Mediazoic for
Read MoreSloan Announces Commonwealth
Sloan is almost ready with a 15-song, solo-sided (one side for each member’s songwriting, I guess) double album. Commonwealth will be released September 9. Meanwhile, here’s a sample of some straight-up barrelhouse power
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