David Marsden, the man who built the original CFNY and guided the station through its Spirit of Radio years, has died. He was 85. David suffered a fall

CFNY: The Spirit of Radio, which tells the story of the rise of the Toronto radio station in the late 70s and through the 80s, debuted in January with a

It happens around once a year. I pack things up and take my Ongoing History of New Music/Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry Act on the

It happens around once a year. I pack things up and take my Ongoing History of New Music/Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry Act on the

The Oscar-winning docmaker gets around the hiccup of Musk’s refusal to participate by creating a CG avatar of the world’s richest man.

There have been many studies about the health benefits of listening to metal. Now we’re learning that metal fans have a higher tolerance for pain under certain circumstances. The boffins at the Max

In the early 1970s, Iggy Pop was completely out of his head on drugs. After an arrest, a judge gave him a choice: jail or commitment to a mental health facility. That’s how

President Yamtits Childman is genuinely mentally ill. He’s living in an alternative reality created by his temporal lobes turning into pudding. Meanwhile, his enablers are only too happy to make excuses for his

Welcome back to Indie to Know, where I rummage around the large bag of music we get sent to us every week to pull out five gems to bless your ear holes with.

Over the course of the Vans Warped Tour festival in Montreal, there were a lot of very busy people. Kevin Lyman naturally seemed to be everywhere. From the unveiling of the set times

Star Trek fans are being asked to celebrate the show’s 60th anniversary by selling a world record for the largest Vulcan salute ever. Live long and prosper, people. Meanwhile, over on the music

Everyone needs a hobby, and if it involves music, great. But this kid is taking it to the extreme. His name is Sam Andrews, an 18-year-old who is on a mission to listen

[Photos from Ross MacDonald. Writeup by Mark Laurin. – AC-] Vans Warped Tour Montreal Day One Connects Three Generations of the Festival For twelve years, Montreal had to remember Vans Warped Tour rather

Your friends have an idea. Let’s all go to this big music festival!  Three days outdoors with lots of music and thousands of like-minded fans. Great! Sounds like fun! And you have every

When The Beastie Boys were revving up in the very late 1980s, they were into a lot of frat boy humour. How could they attract attention? When they embarked on the License to

On September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur was in the passenger seat of a 7-series BMW driven by record mogul Suge Knight. As they sat at a stoplight, a white Cadillac pulled up on

Good news! Top Gear is coming back to the BBC! Bad news: It’s not with Clarkson, Hammond, and May. And with Jimmy Carr? Didn’t he have the slowest lap time ever with the

No time to read the full article? Scroll to the bottom for all 5 picks in one playlist! Sleep In. Song: “Cigs Inside”Album: SingleRelease Date: August 14, 2026Location: Haddon Heights, New JerseyWhy I

This year marks 50 years since The Ramones released their self-titled debut album (it was April 23, 1976), so there are plenty of events marking the occasion. The official 50th anniversary show was

1993 was one of those years when everything seemed to happen at once. Wu-Tang Clan arrived from Staten Island. Snoop Dogg became a star before his debut album even landed. A Tribe Called

Normally, I’d post the Sunday Lunch performance from Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox on Sunday, but this week, I kinda forgot. Let me make it up to you because this kitchen performance of

If you’re a musician, you’ll know that the most iconic microphone used in live settings is the Shure SM58. Even if you’re a non-musician, you’ll recognize it: a steel mesh ball topping a

Indonesia can be a very conservative place, but you can’t stop rock’n’roll. In 2014, three 14-year-old girls discovered System of a Down while surfing on their school’s computer. Their teacher, noticing their interest,

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. -AC] When physical media was king in the world of music, we needed to read our albums as well as listen to them. With the CD, vinyl or

[The photos come from Ross MacDonald. The text is by Mark Laurin. – AC] Vans Warped Tour Montreal Day One Was About More Than the Main Stage There is an easy way to

If you were an audiophile in the 1950s and 1960s, you may have preferred the audio quality of reel-to-reel tapes. And damn, they looked cool. A few labels issued prerecorded albums this way,

Bored on this Monday? Try OK Go’s new word game! The iOS version is here, and the Android version is here. And music news for August 31, 2026, is also right here. Here’s

There have been many studies about the health benefits of listening to metal. Now we’re learning that metal fans have a higher tolerance for pain under certain circumstances. The boffins at the Max

In the early 1970s, Iggy Pop was completely out of his head on drugs. After an arrest, a judge gave him a choice: jail or commitment to a mental health facility. That’s how

President Yamtits Childman is genuinely mentally ill. He’s living in an alternative reality created by his temporal lobes turning into pudding. Meanwhile, his enablers are only too happy to make excuses for his

Welcome back to Indie to Know, where I rummage around the large bag of music we get sent to us every week to pull out five gems to bless your ear holes with.

Over the course of the Vans Warped Tour festival in Montreal, there were a lot of very busy people. Kevin Lyman naturally seemed to be everywhere. From the unveiling of the set times

Star Trek fans are being asked to celebrate the show’s 60th anniversary by selling a world record for the largest Vulcan salute ever. Live long and prosper, people. Meanwhile, over on the music

Everyone needs a hobby, and if it involves music, great. But this kid is taking it to the extreme. His name is Sam Andrews, an 18-year-old who is on a mission to listen

According to Canadian figures, CD sales are on a slight upward trend in 2026–or, at the very least, no longer tanking. We’re saying the same thing in countries around the world, including the

It’s amazing how sheltered a life Elizabeth Zharoff (aka The Charismatic Voice) lived as a child. Her whole life was opera, so she missed out on all the music we grew up with.