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Random music news for Monday, February 27, 2023

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Concerts, Def Leppard, Donald Trump, Live Nation, Marilyn Manspn, Musical Modes, Pet Shop Boys, Rihanna, Spotify, The 1975, U2, YouTube

If you haven’t seen Shoresy yet–it’s a Letterkenny spinoff available on Crave–you must. It’s the funniest and most foul take

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Random music news for Thursday, February 13, 2020

February 13, 2020February 12, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bon Jovi, Carbon Footprint, Cockroach, Drake, Green Day, High Fidelity, Nissan, Northside, The 1975, Tim Walsh, Tupac, YouTube

Still looking for that perfect anti-Valentine’s Day gift? Buy your ex a cockroach. Moving to music news for February 13,

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Random music news for Wednesday, January 29, 2020

January 29, 2020January 28, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Airpods, Alicia Keys, Apple, Brian May, Grammy Awards, Nicki Min, The 1975

I had planned a trip to SE Asia to visit my goddaughter for her second birthday, but now maybe not,

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This band has pledged to use old t-shirts to make new merch

August 20, 2019August 19, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments The 1975

What does an artist do with merch left over from a tour? In the case of The 1975, they’re planning

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Twickets wants to make ticket reselling ethical

January 21, 2019January 20, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Adele, Arctic Monkeys, Bryan Ferry, Ed Sheeran, Eric Church, George Ezra, Newport Folk Festival, Noel Gallagher, PIxies, Queen, Spice Girls, The 1975, Ticket bots, Ticketmaster, Tickets, Twickets

What do Eric Church, The 1975, Muse, Queen, Ed Sheeran and Bryan Ferry have in common? Or Mumford & Sons,

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Matty Healy’s domino effect after trumpeting the singular greatness of The 1975.

August 7, 2018August 6, 2018 Gilles LeBlanc 1 Comment Cage the Elephant, John Mulaney, Lollapalooza, Matty Healy, The 1975, The Salt and Pepper Diner, Vampire Weekend

Matty Healy of The 1975 gave an interview to Billboard magazine recently that’s elicited a bit of a response. Amidst

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And the Winner of the 2016 Mercury Prize Is…

September 15, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bat for Lashes, David Bowie, Mercury Prize, Radiohead, Skepta, The 1975

…Skepta and his album, Konnichiwa. The grime rapper went into the final judging for the 2016 Mercury Prize with odds

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One of Taylor Swift’s Exes Finally Writes a Song About HER

February 27, 2016 Alan Cross 7 Comments Break-up Songs, Matt Healy, Taylor Swift, The 1975

Taylor Swift has become fantastically wealthy by writing hit songs about her failed relationships: “I Knew You Were Trouble” and

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Music Industry 

Are Windowed Releases Coming to Music? I’d Bet on It

February 26, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment Exclusives, Kanye West, The 1975, Windowing

We’re already well trained when it comes to movies. First, a film is shown in the theatres across the five

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 05 February 2016

February 5, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bret Newski, Coeur de Pirate, Frameworks, Killswitch Engage, Phil Collins, Red Sun Rising, Saul Williams, The 1975, The Last Shadow Puppets, We Hunt Buffalo, Wild Lips

Every week, I listen to a lot of bad music so you don’t have to resulting in eleven tracks that

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 06 November 2015

November 6, 2015 Alan Cross 2 Comments British Sea Power, Cage the Elephant, David Gilmour, Eden Warsaw, Guy Garvey, I Mother Earth, The 1975, The Katherines, The Lonely Biscuits, Wild Throne, Xprime

Every week I go through a ton of stuff that lands either in my computer or on my desk and

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