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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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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Ongoing History Daily: Sometimes it takes sales to catch up to an album’s influence
Being influential and sales sometimes are mutually exclusive things.
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Another Way To Get Concert Tickets
Sold-out concert? Japanese superfans have a surprising trick for improving their odds of scoring tickets and it involves a 1,000-year-old shrine.
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Ongoing History Daily: The worst day of Travis Barker’s life
Travis Barker barely survived the crash of a private jet. It was indeed a very, very bad day.
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Ongoing History Daily: The Kurt Cobain-Rivers Cuomo conspiracy
Just so we’re clear, Kurt Cobain and Rivers Cuomo aren’t the same person. But try telling that to some people.
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Ongoing History Daily: How did this record make the singles charts without ever being released?
How can a song make the charts without ever being officially released in stores?
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Five Songs You Must Hear This Week (21 Sept 2026)
Summer has come to an end. Maybe the Five Songs You Must Hear list will cheer you up.
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Ongoing History Daily: When, exactly, did The Clash break up?
The Clash brokle up in 1985. But when, exactly? That’s a mystery.
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1086: The story of trip-hop
Trip-hop came out of the late 80s/early 90s and has left a lasting imprint on much of modern music.
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New Music Friday: 14 releases for the last weekend of summer (18 Sept 2026)
It’s an extremely busy New Music Friday with seven fresh singles and seven albums that all need your attention.
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