If you’re familiar with Green Day’s 2000 album Warning, you may have wondered what’s going on in a song called “Blood, Sex, and Booze.” Billie Joe Armstrong was inspired by the old Velvet
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You have already heard of Noonoouri. She’s not real, but the reaction she’s getting is VERY real. Noonoouri is an AI creation and was “signed” to a record deal with Warner music. A
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Here’s how an artist gets paid on any streaming music service. This means a couple of things. First, if you’re a subscriber and you listen to nothing but Norwegian black metal from the
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The Kinks were one of the great English bands to emerge out of the 60s. Thanks to songs like “You Really Got Me,” “All the Day and All of the Night,” “Lola,” “Come
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One of the things that drove people away from vinyl towards the CD was the physical quality of the polyvinyl chloride used in its manufacturer. It was awful. The oil crisis of early
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Canadians bought just over one million new vinyl albums in 2022, down about 3% from 2021 but that decrease doesn’t indicate that the boom is over. I’m of the belief that we bought
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TikTok has unended much of the recorded music industry these days. It’s become a place where things go viral, hits are made, talent is discovered, and money rains from the sky. Sometimes. Warner
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Nothing to see here. Just a Russian oil oligarch dying from toad poison. Not suspicious at all. Meanwhile, nothing but truth in music news for May 12, 2022. Apparently, Tom Cruise fired Twenty
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Well, this just made the prospect of dating more interesting–and terrifying. Distract yourself from that by browsing through music news for August 5, 2021. Remember that smartass who tried to sell a Ziplock
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The oldest podcaster in the world is 101. Give her a listen here. Meanwhile, I have this for music news for March 4, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: Warner Music is holding off their
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Despite it being American Thanksgiving week and Black Friday, there’s still music news to report. Here’s what’s happening on November 29, 2019. First, some important Black Friday advice. Warner Music Canada has extended
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