The Empty Pockets, an indie band from Chicago, knows that billionaires love expensive stuff. Why? Because they can afford it and they like to show off. They just released an album entitled Dear
Read MoreIf you’ve listened to The Ongoing History of New Music, you might remember me talking about The Loudness Wars, a stupid, insipid situation that from an audio perspective rivals Trump’s insane attack on
Read MoreThe Pursuit of Happiness was a new indie band in 1986 when they released a debut single entitled “I’m an Adult Now.” They also shot a quickie DIY video on Queen Street West
Read MoreThere was a time about 15 years ago when there was a major push to have FM radios in mobile phones. Many phones already came (and still come) with an FM receiver, but
Read MoreIt’s Monday. Play with this. It’ll do you some good. So will music news for October 5, 2026. BONUS: The NHL is really doing this. Yes, they are.
Read MoreWe lost another one this weekend. Sass Jordan, the Canadian singer who had a ton of hits from the late 80s through to the mid-90s has died at the age of 63. It
Read MoreIt’s a rerun (or as Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox say, a “revisit”) of a Sunday Lunch classic with The Ramones and “I Wanna Be Sedated.” Where do they get all those wigs?
Read MoreElizabeth Zharoff–you may know her as The Charismatic Voice–keeps tearing through recommendations for her reaction videos. She claims to have never heard “One is the Loneliest Number” by Three Dog Night in her
Read MoreNo no no no. This is not what radio is supposed to be or become. Yet here we are. Coyotec is a synthetic (read: fake) DJ used by Spanish language Jose-FM 97.5 in
Read MoreBack on December 1, 2024, I traveled to Las Vegas to see one of U2‘s shows at The Sphere. In the audience that night were two other bands: Depeche Mode (they were playing
Read MoreForty years ago today, at exactly 12 noon on October 3, 1986, I walked into the doors of CFNY for the first time as an employee. At that exact same moment, they sod-turning
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