We’re now 25 years into the new millennium, which should be enough time to have some perspective of what’s happened in rock so far. This is part one of a ten-part series.
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New Music Friday: 7 releases for your weekend (17 Jan 2025)
The recorded music industry is officially back in action for 2025. Here’s what New Music Friday has on offer this week.
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Ongoing History Daily: How Robert Smith accidentally ended up as The Cure’s lead singer
Robert Smith did not want to be the band’s singer. Not at all.
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Throwback Thursday: Ride and Vapor Trail (1990)
Let’s take a trip back to the days when Ride and the whole shoegaze scene had everyone’s attention.
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Ongoing History Daily: The story behind Blur's Song 2
Song 2 was an accident. A very profitable accident.
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Ongoing History Daily: A dumb suggestion for Linkin Park
Can you imagine if Linkin Park tried to make this one of their signature moves?
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Undiscovered Gem of the Week: Azylum and The Mission
AZYLUM is dark. That’s a good thing.
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Ongoing History Daily: U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr has a little-known disability
Ever hear of “dyscalculia?” Larry Mullnen Jr knows all about it.
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London Calling: High Vis and Guided Tour
High Vis is based in London but features members from around the UK and Ireland. They’ve evolved from a hardcore band into something much more.
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Ongoing History Daily: The first portable music player came out 100 years ago.
The Walkman was not the world’s first portable music player. For the true OG, we have to go back to 1924.
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Five songs you must hear this week (13 Jan 2025)
Notice something about this week’s Five Songs list? Every single song is from a Canadian artist.
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