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This week’s New Music Friday features plenty of fresh Canadian material as well as songs for fans of Radiohead, Duran Duran, and Broken Social Scene.

This hardcore punk lyricist found himself making a ton of money quite unexpectedly.

The English Beat had some of the most infectious ska sounds of the genre’s second wave in the early 80s.

When you hear something, say something? That’s what befell this Clash fan.

The Human Drive is on a mission to highlight the rock from the late 90s and early 2000s.

Slipknot fans can be very devoted.

Gretel Hänlyn had a bad experience in Los Angeles. She turned that into a song.

Tim Burton was not a fan of Nicolas Cage’s Superman cameo in “The Flash”. The DC and Warner Bros. film — released back in June — featured a variety of cameo appearances…

Radiohead inadvertently lifted part of a melody of and old song and ended up paying for it.

Close to 700 new songs passed through my inbox this week. After another massive cull, these are the five songs I think you must hear this week.