https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/ Filtering what is happening in music to save you time, money and effort. Brought to you by Human Beings, not AI bots. Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:03:12 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/alanlogo-150x150.png https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/ 32 32 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/uncharted-crime-and-mayhem-in-the-music-industry-episode-068-musics-greatest-conspiracies-part-1/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/uncharted-crime-and-mayhem-in-the-music-industry-episode-068-musics-greatest-conspiracies-part-1/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:03:11 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250693 I know this has happened to you. There’s something in the news. An odd fact grabs your attention. A friend mentions something. It’s strange, upsetting. It might even make you mad. It’s one]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/uncharted-crime-and-mayhem-in-the-music-industry-episode-068-musics-greatest-conspiracies-part-1/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/someone-is-conducting-a-walking-tour-of-the-history-of-record-stores-on-yonge-street/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/someone-is-conducting-a-walking-tour-of-the-history-of-record-stores-on-yonge-street/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:02:16 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250710 Once upon a time, there was no greater strip of record stores anywhere in the world than on Yonge Street in Toronto. The landscape changed a lot, but for a while, you could]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/someone-is-conducting-a-walking-tour-of-the-history-of-record-stores-on-yonge-street/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/how-does-anika-nilles-playing-stack-up-to-neil-peart-lets-put-them-side-by-side/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/how-does-anika-nilles-playing-stack-up-to-neil-peart-lets-put-them-side-by-side/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:30:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250683 Anika Niles may be the most important woman in rock right now as she backstops Rush on their 50 Something tour. Sitting in for Neil Peart is a formidable– nay, impossible assignment. Or]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/how-does-anika-nilles-playing-stack-up-to-neil-peart-lets-put-them-side-by-side/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/a-new-unreleased-beatles-song-yes/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/a-new-unreleased-beatles-song-yes/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:25:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250686 Archivists at Abbey Road have been sorting through Beatles material ever since the band broke up in 1970. In the 56 years that have passed, you would have thought that everything that could]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/a-new-unreleased-beatles-song-yes/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/heres-a-teaser-for-the-oasis-2025-documentary/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/heres-a-teaser-for-the-oasis-2025-documentary/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:15:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250676 When Noel and Liam agreed to an Oasis reunion, all sorts of plans went into effect, covering many different tracks. Naturally, all of this had to be documented in a film. The result]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/heres-a-teaser-for-the-oasis-2025-documentary/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/ongoing-history-daily-facts-about-vinyl-everyone-should-know-part-2/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/ongoing-history-daily-facts-about-vinyl-everyone-should-know-part-2/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:10:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250625 Last time, I talked about how the weight of a vinyl doesn’t necessarily impact the quality of how it sounds. Okay, so what about rotational speed? Some people swear that 45 RPM records]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/ongoing-history-daily-facts-about-vinyl-everyone-should-know-part-2/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/new-music-from-the-inbox-tuesday-edition-july-7-2026-candy-whips-the-mary-wallopers-craic-killers-more/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/new-music-from-the-inbox-tuesday-edition-july-7-2026-candy-whips-the-mary-wallopers-craic-killers-more/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:05:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250642 No time to read the full article? Scroll to the bottom for the playlist! Candy Whips Song: “(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thing” (Heaven 17 cover)Album: SingleRelease Date: May 12, 2026Location: Oakland,]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/new-music-from-the-inbox-tuesday-edition-july-7-2026-candy-whips-the-mary-wallopers-craic-killers-more/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/random-music-news-for-tuesday-july-7-2026/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/random-music-news-for-tuesday-july-7-2026/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250583 This wasn’t scary at all. Nope nope nope. Music news for July 7, 2026, is much more normal. BONUS: I will not be buying this house. Check out the very last line of]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/random-music-news-for-tuesday-july-7-2026/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/there-was-another-stage-collapse-at-a-european-festival/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/there-was-another-stage-collapse-at-a-european-festival/#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:58:34 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250665 No one was hurt, but it could have been awful had work at the Alien Sound Festival in Naples not been suspended due to wild weather, specifically high winds. The EDM and Latin]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/there-was-another-stage-collapse-at-a-european-festival/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/canada-will-participate-in-eurovision-2027-heres-what-you-need-to-know/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/canada-will-participate-in-eurovision-2027-heres-what-you-need-to-know/#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:50:20 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250660 [This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] It’s official: Canada will be making its Eurovision debut in 2027. And while the song contest has been around for decades, many Canadians might not be]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/canada-will-participate-in-eurovision-2027-heres-what-you-need-to-know/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/jack-white-goes-after-trump-again/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/jack-white-goes-after-trump-again/#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:35:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250671 While many parts of the US managed to pull off 250th birthday celebrations (the “Semiquincentennial,” if you want to be correct about this, anything Donald Trump touched turned to sh*t, including all the]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/jack-white-goes-after-trump-again/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/sneaky-dees-was-saved-and-by-a-bank-too/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/sneaky-dees-was-saved-and-by-a-bank-too/#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:30:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250668 Sneaky Dee’s the Toronto music institution (and unofficial nacho capital) at the corner of College and Bathurst, is in one of those areas that developers covet. As such, the bar/venue has been under]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/sneaky-dees-was-saved-and-by-a-bank-too/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/this-could-be-one-of-the-most-important-music-plagiarism-decisions-ever-the-dembow-riddim-case/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/this-could-be-one-of-the-most-important-music-plagiarism-decisions-ever-the-dembow-riddim-case/#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:10:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250637 In 1989, Jamaican duo Steely & Clevie released a single entitled “Fish Market.” It appeared as a B-side of a 7-inch single released on their own Kingston-based indie label Steely & Clevie Records. It’s]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/this-could-be-one-of-the-most-important-music-plagiarism-decisions-ever-the-dembow-riddim-case/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/ongoing-history-daily-facts-about-vinyl-everyone-should-know-part-1/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/ongoing-history-daily-facts-about-vinyl-everyone-should-know-part-1/#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:05:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250623 If you’re into vinyl, let me give you some extra knowledge. First of all, you’ve probably heard about 180-gram records, which tells you the amount of vinyl used in a record. The heavier]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/ongoing-history-daily-facts-about-vinyl-everyone-should-know-part-1/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/random-music-news-for-monday-july-6-2026/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/random-music-news-for-monday-july-6-2026/#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250557 Hank Azaria has voiced more than 800 characters on The Simpsons, but says he’s never watched the show. I hope he watches music news for July 8, 2026. BONUS: I wonder what his]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/random-music-news-for-monday-july-6-2026/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/robert-fripp-and-toyah-willcox-go-bubblegum-for-sunday-lunch/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/robert-fripp-and-toyah-willcox-go-bubblegum-for-sunday-lunch/#respond Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:19:17 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250654 Before there was hyperpop, there was bubblegum, the OG of ridicullous ultra-catchy songs with sugary hooks. The reason we use the term “bubblegum” is because one of the big groups of this 60s]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/robert-fripp-and-toyah-willcox-go-bubblegum-for-sunday-lunch/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/heres-another-example-of-the-ai-slop-thats-killing-the-internet/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/heres-another-example-of-the-ai-slop-thats-killing-the-internet/#respond Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:10:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250619 “The internet is dead,” a friend of mine said to me last year. “It’s all over. It’s nothing but bots and AI slop and subscriptions and evil algorithms and surveillance now. Everything has]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/heres-another-example-of-the-ai-slop-thats-killing-the-internet/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/time-to-check-in-on-what-rock-song-our-adorably-naive-opera-singer-has-discovered/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/time-to-check-in-on-what-rock-song-our-adorably-naive-opera-singer-has-discovered/#respond Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250617 Elizabeth Zharoff (the Charismatic Voice) has more than two million subscribers who follow her reaction video series. Basically, she was too busy learning to be an opera star to pay attention to what]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/time-to-check-in-on-what-rock-song-our-adorably-naive-opera-singer-has-discovered/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/what-a-shock-people-gaming-the-spotify-charts-with-prediction-platforms/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/what-a-shock-people-gaming-the-spotify-charts-with-prediction-platforms/#respond Sat, 04 Jul 2026 12:20:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250614 You’re probably aware by now that predictive gaming is everywhere. Sites like Polymarket and Kalshi allow people to bet on just about anything. The problem is that it’s often easy to fix the]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/what-a-shock-people-gaming-the-spotify-charts-with-prediction-platforms/feed/ 0 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/this-greek-priest-specializes-in-doom-metal-listen/ https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/this-greek-priest-specializes-in-doom-metal-listen/#respond Sat, 04 Jul 2026 12:10:00 +0000 https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/?p=250609 When I first ran across this story, I thought, “That’s weird.” But then I thought back to all those medieval chants that echoed through Gothic cathedrals back in the day. That music was]]> https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/this-greek-priest-specializes-in-doom-metal-listen/feed/ 0