This week’s Five Songs You Must Hear list once again leans heavily Canadian. There’s just so much good music coming out of this country rightnow.
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Ongoing History Daily: How did The Beastie Boys end up sampling the Beatles?
The Beatles never clear any of their music as samples, So how did The Beastie Boys get FIVE of them?
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New Music Friday: 10 songs for the first weekend of Autumn (25 September 2026)
It’s a light New Music Friday week, probably because everyone wanted to get out of U2’s way.
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Ongoing History Daily: Sometimes it takes sales to catch up to an album’s influence
Being influential and sales sometimes are mutually exclusive things.
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Another Way To Get Concert Tickets
Sold-out concert? Japanese superfans have a surprising trick for improving their odds of scoring tickets and it involves a 1,000-year-old shrine.
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Melissa Auf der Maur Reveals the Message Behind Her 90s Photos
Melissa Auf der Maur shares the message behind her 90s photography practice, what it continues to teach her, and why she hopes it inspires us to look inward.
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Ongoing History Daily: The worst day of Travis Barker’s life
Travis Barker barely survived the crash of a private jet. It was indeed a very, very bad day.
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Ongoing History Daily: The Kurt Cobain-Rivers Cuomo conspiracy
Just so we’re clear, Kurt Cobain and Rivers Cuomo aren’t the same person. But try telling that to some people.
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Ongoing History Daily: How did this record make the singles charts without ever being released?
How can a song make the charts without ever being officially released in stores?
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Ten Hollywood Actors Who Have Played in Alternative Bands
You may know these faces from the big and small screen, but these actors have also occasionally dabbled in making alternative music.
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Five Songs You Must Hear This Week (21 Sept 2026)
Summer has come to an end. Maybe the Five Songs You Must Hear list will cheer you up.
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