Departure–now in its second year as the new incarnation for Canadian Music Week–runs May 4-10 in Toronto. Along with the conference, showcases, comedy performances, and film screenings, there will be a series of
Read MoreIf you’ve been following my Ongoing History of New Music series on the radio or through podcasts about the 50 biggest alt-rock one-hit wonders since the punk explosion of 1976. Here’s how I
Read MoreIs Blue Dot Fever something akin to COVID? A rodent disease currently plaguing a cruise ship? A Smurf-related STD? No. It’s a disease that’s feared in the live music industry. Blue Dot Fever
Read More[Zachary Resnick wrote the review and Melody Maloney took the photos. – AC] The Rock & Roll Machine Turns 50 Let me get this out of the way right off the bat: I
Read MoreI can’t imagine a world where The Rolling Stones no longer exist. Shortly after they were formed in 1962, they ascended to rock ubiquity along with The Beatles, Zeppelin, and a few others.
Read MoreBack the 90s, Glen Matlock, the original bassist for the Sex Pistols (he was replaced by Sid Vicious for allegedly “liking The Beatles”), wrote an autobiography entitled I Was a Teenage Sex Pistols.
Read MoreAccidents happen at work, and the stage is no exception. Ask Karen O of The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. She climbed a speaker stack during a set in Sydney in 2003 and managed to
Read MoreLooking to get in shape? Forget CrossFit. Try a “rage workout.” Moving to music news for May 6, 2026… BONUS: Need a good anti-Trump song to make your day? Here you go. (Via
Read MoreFans of Turnstile knew something was weird when the band issued a press release on August 12, 2022, saying that founding guitarist Brady Ebert had been kicked out of the band. It was
Read MoreI’ve never understood Donald Trump’s fascination with “YMCA” by The Village People. For someone so homophobic, transphobic, and any-anything that isn’t straight white Republican male, he sure loves doing his double jerk-off dance
Read MoreWhen Apple decided that iPhones would no longer have a headphone jack, I tried a series of wireless earbuds from manufacturers like Sony (Terrible; Bluetooth kept dropping when I went jogging) and Beats
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