It was just before midnight on September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur was executed as he sat in the passenger seat of a 7-series BMW stopped at a traffic light in Las Vegas. He
Read MoreDoing anything in the music industry is risky because you never know how the public will react to a song. Labels can throw boatloads of money at an artist only for the resulting
Read MoreI’ve just returned from a 10-day trip to the UK where I loaded up on a bunch of books. If you’re a fan of Scottish independent music scene, then A Scene Within a
Read MoreWelcome back to Indie to Know. This week is an eclectic mail bag that goes all over the world and all over genres. No time to waste, let’s get rolling! TDF So TDF
Read MoreIf you spend any time at record shows or in record shops—anyplace you can find used physical products—you may stumble across some interesting counterfeit records. A counterfeit release looks exactly like the real
Read MoreWould artificially dimming the sun have an effect on climate change? Scientists worked through the theory and…uh-oh. Maybe we shouldn’t. On to music news for October 14, 2026. BONUS: There was a major
Read MoreWith the first leg of the tour over, it’s time to move to central and eastern Canada for the second leg. Here’s what you need to know. I start in Nova Scotia Then
Read MoreIt was a trek across England for the UK Legends of Rock tour. I was the leader. RIT was the organizer. After time in London, a pit stop in Birmingham, we moved to
Read MoreRave culture has always included an element of holding events in unlikely places. But at the bottom of a mine? Drum’n’bass DJ Roni Size will attempt a world record for the deepest rave
Read MoreEvery day, servers around the world have to deal with more AI slop music. Tens of thousands of these songs are uploaded every day. Deezer, the Paris-based streaming music service, seems to be
Read MoreHere’s a trivia question. Name two films that feature an on-screen appearance by The Tragically Hip. Remember the curling movie, Men with Brooms? The Hip shows up for about a second and a
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