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AI-generated music everywhere online. It’s bad and getting worse.

April 27, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] In the pre-internet days, even a mega-sized record store stocked perhaps 100,000 titles of all eras and all genres. That is a quaint concept now,

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Concerts

Ticket scalping is now illegal in Ontario

April 27, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

If you’ve been making money on the side scalping tickets to concerts and other live events, bad news. The Ford government wants to put you out of business. As of this week, it

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Concerts

A review and photos of Aysanabee at Neat Cafe

April 27, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 9 min read

[Ross MacDonald covered the show at one of the coolest rural venues in all of Canada. – AC] Fresh off winning the Juno award for best alternative album, Aysanabee is crossing the country

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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: The Ramones’ 50th

April 27, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

A very important anniversary happened a few days ago. It was on April 23, 1976—50 years ago—that The Ramones released their debut album. The record was made at a studio inside Carnegie Hall

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Random music news for Monday, April 27, 2026

April 27, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

Tired of doing all the work of doomscrolling yourself? Hire a robot to do it for you! Meanwhile, music news for April 27, 2026, is 100% human curated. BONUS: The new Foo Fighters

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Recommended Music

The Iranian LEGO guys already have a video about the Trump “assassination” attempt

April 26, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

A quick spin through social media shows that no one is buying this “assassination” attempt on Donald Trump. Even a cursory view of the facts point to this being staged in what many

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Tech

Claude, Anthropic’s AI, has new partnerships with Spotify and StubHub

April 26, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

AI is set to become a very big deal when it comes to online shopping and searching, which, it appears, will also include music discover. Claude, Anthropic’s AI, has a new relationship with

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Documentary

DOA’s Joey Keithley, he hardcore legend turned politician, is the subject of a documentary.

April 26, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Joey Keithley (Joey Shithead to fans) is the leader of the legendary Canadian hardcore band, DOA. In fact, the word “hardcore” came form a DOA song. Joey has always fought for the little

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Funny/Weird

Our adorkable opera singer has finally discovered Paul McCartney

April 26, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

If you’re just joining us, Elizabeth Zharoff (aka The Charismatic Voice) is an opera singer who has a nice business posting reaction videos to songs we all know. She spent so much time

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Music HistoryMusic News

Spotify is 20 years old. Who are the all-time streaming champs?

April 25, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

In April 2006, a new company called Spotify was registered in Sweden. Although it didn’t go live to the public until October 2008, this month marks the company’s 20th birthday. In honour of

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DocumentaryRadio

Now available: Blu-ray and DVD copies of the CFNY: The Spirit of Radio documentary

April 25, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

As we continue with the theatrical screenings (Vancouver on April 25, Buffalo on May 29, and finally, Brampton, on June 6), I’m happy to report that the Blu-ray and DVD editions of the

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