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Ongoing History Daily: The weird Hollerado fan album
Hollerado invited fans to write in to ask for them to write a song. They didn’t expect what happened.
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Ongoing History Daily: The making of Nirvana's Unplugged
Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged performance looked like it was going to be a disaster. But then…
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Ongoing History Daily: Music has never been cheaper
At one time, acquiring music was expensive. Today, it’s never been cheaper.
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Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 074: The mysterious death of Bobby Fuller
The death of Bobby Fuller was never properly investigated. Decades later, there are still many, many questions.
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Ongoing History Daily: “Mr. Brightside” is The Killers song that won’t die
“Mr. Brightside” was the first single from The Killers. It was really the only song they ever needed to record.
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Weezer's Album Pinkerton Turns 30
Some albums have the luck of becoming massive hits. Millions of copies sold or streamed, handfuls of awards, charts topped everywhere. Other albums have a unique sort of luck of becoming mythical. They develop an ineffable air of coolness and raw authenticity. This is the case with Weezer’s 1996 album Pinkerton, celebrating 30 years of…
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1087: A follow-up to alt-rock one-hit wonders
Earlier this year, I tried to be comprehensive with a multi-part series on alt-rock one-hit wonders. Turns out I wasn’t comprehensive enough.
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Five Songs You Must Hear This Week (28 September 2026)
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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