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Day jobs are sometimes (often!) required to finance a music career.

This week’s Five Songs You Must Hear runs the gamut from twee-pop to a couple of fascinating post-punk tracks out the UK and Ireland. Thoughts?

The universe is connected in interesting ways, including this link between guitars and elephant poop.

New Music Friday covers a lot of ground this week. In the case of one song, about 25 billion miles

We often refer to a live music performance or concert as a “gig.” Why?

There is a shrine in Japan where people go to pray for concert tickets.

Skiantos was an Italian band who may have played the weirdest punk gig ever.

A conversation about Michael Jackson 17 years after his passing, his new biopic, and what’s next in part two.

The world is currently celebrating the beautiful game, but the beautiful game is called many different things around the world. In many English speaking nations it’s called soccer, but in others it’s called football. What’s the deal? The split dates back to late 19th century Oxford England where students played two different versions of what…

Once an infamous crime passes out of news cycle, we sometimes never hear how things turned out. Let’s fix that with some updates, resolutions, and conclusions.