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Random music news for Tuesday, April 20, 2021

April 20, 2021April 21, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple Music, Dave Grohl, Facebook, Flosstradamus, Fyre Festival, Gun Control, Kanye West, Madonna, NFTs, Podcasts, Streaming, SXSW, Taylor Swift, Tool

If you’re not too baked, here’s music news for April 20, 2021. What does the summer concert season look like

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Random music news for Wednesday, April 30, 2020

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Bill Withers, Corey Taylor, Daft Punk, Ed Sheeran, iPhone, Slipknot, Streaming, SXSW, Tidal

First, this: Now, music news for April 29, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: SXSW has been sued over its “no refunds”

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Random music news for Wednesday, March 11, 2020

March 11, 2020March 10, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments a-ha, Black Sabbath, Brain.FM, Chester Bennington, Denmark, Facebook, Michael Bolton, Neil Young, Simple Minds, SXSW, Tidal

This infamous orgy club–i.e. a place where people gather to have sex with strangers–doesn’t seem worried about the coronavirus. Ew.

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UPDATED: It’s official: SXSW 2020 has been canceled

March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Coronavirus, SXSW

With all the coronavirus concerns, it was finally determined that this year’s SXSW, set to start on March 13, cannot

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Random music news for Thursday, March 5, 2020

March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Beto O'Rourke, Coronavirus, Glastonbury, Joe Biden, Mariah Carey, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, SXSW

That’s it. I’m never ordering fries and Diet Coke together again. Instead, I’ll just focus on music news for March

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Random music news for Saturday, February 29, 2020

February 29, 2020February 29, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, BTS, Coronavirus, Facebook, Green Day, Netflix, Oasis, Podcasts, RZA, SiriusXM, SXSW, Wheat Sheaf, Wu Tang

Look at it this way: Get past today and we won’t have to deal with another extra-long February until 2024.

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Random music news for Wednesday, March 20, 2019

March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Microsoft, Pantera, Shure, SXSW, Tupac

Spring starts at 5:58 pm EDT. Let’s get on with it. Meanwhile, let’s indulge in some music new for March

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Music Industry 

Music Cities Summit returning to CMW in Toronto May 12

April 7, 2018April 6, 2018 Amber Healy 0 Comments Austin, Canadian Music Week, CMW, Music Canada, Music Cities Summit, SXSW

With legendary and locally beloved venues closing at a dispiriting pace just as more bands are popping up, Toronto has

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Bill Murray reads a poem about a dog. Now your Monday is complete.

March 19, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bill Murray, SXSW

Bill Murray dropped into SXSW. Naturally, things happened. Don’t question this. Just enjoy it for its Bill Murray-ness. #BillMurray reading

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Random music news for Friday, March 16, 2018

March 16, 2018March 15, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Headphones, Immersive Sound, Justin Beiber, Lamborghini, Metallica, Ready Player One, Spotify, Stephen Spielberg, StubHub, SXSW, Terrorism, Village Pople

Mississippi finally ratified the 13th Amendment, which deals with the abolishment of slavery. It was March 16, 1995. Wow. And in

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YouTube won’t introduce its music service at SXSW

March 14, 2018March 13, 2018 Amber Healy 0 Comments Google, Muisc Streaming, Sony, SXSW, Universal, Warner, YouTube

Don’t look for YouTube’s music service to launch at SXSW There’s a month’s worth of panel discussions, concerts, art exhibits

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