The Future of Music Is a Mass of Niches
“The audience didn’t get smaller. It got specific.” – Kevin Leflar I read a fascinating article last week written by one of Canada’s best music-tech thinkers, Kevin Leflar. In his article “A Mass
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RIP Max Webster lyricist Pye Dubois
Just days after we heard of the passing of Max Webster drummer Gary McCracken comes news that lyricist Pye Dubois has died at the age of 77. Dubois was also a poet who
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Ottawa City Folk 2026, Day 4: Of Monsters and Men plus Angus & Julia Stone
[This one was all Ross MacDonald. – AC] Saturday brought some cooler temperatures to Ottawa and night four of CityFolk Festival. Fortunately, the forecast changed from rain, and the skies were clear all
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Random music news for Saturday, September 26, 2026
A library in Singapore is paying people two cents a day to read. They want kids to get into the habit of reading books. I like it. They could start by reading music
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U2 played their old high school on Friday
All the members of U2 were students at Mount Temple Comprehensive High School in North Dublin. It was on a hallway bulletin board that 14-year-old Larry Mullen Jr. posted a notice saying that
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Luckily for Ed Sheeran, the weather in Boston this weekend is going to be bad. His shows have been cancelled.
If you recall, the whole Ed Sheeran/Macklemore fiasco began when Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of both the New England Patriots and Gillette Stadium, objected to Macklemore’s pro-Palestine comments from the stage over
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You know who released an emo album today? Wendy’s. Yes, the burger chain.
After teasing something via social media on Monday, Wendy’s–yes, them–released an emo EP today entitled The Songs to Listen to in a Wendy’s Lot. Whoever is running the marketing department sounds like an
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Macklemore triples down on his support for Palestine with a dedicated tour
The storm over Macklemore’s pro-Palestinian remarks–the ones that got him thrown off Ed Sheeran’s Loops tour–is not dying down. While Sheeran has to play two shows at Gillette Stadium in Boston this week
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There’s more to the title of U2’s new album, Carnaval de Luz, than it seems
After years of talking about it and worrying about Larry Mullen Jr.’s bad back, U2 is finally about to make a return with what is arguably their first proper studio album since Songs
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Here’s a running list of artists who have sold some or all of their song catalogues to a new breed of company. (Updated as required)
[If you’re seeing this in your feed again, it’s because another deal has gone down. -AC] The music world is being shaken by the actions of a growing group of companies which are
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1087: A follow-up to alt-rock one-hit wonders
Okay, okay, okay! I hear you! Lemme make some amends here. In spring 2026, I set out to explore alt-rock one-hit wonders. It was a five-episode series in six parts (very Hitchhiker’s Guide
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