Rock 101

Another Monday, another Five Songs You Must Hear This Week list. And this time, there’s some challenging and interesting material to get your brain working.

Take your choice: Have implants in your brain or listen to some electronic music.

With the autumnal equinox comes cooler days, longer nights, fall foliage, and lots of new music. New Music Friday plunges into the fall release season.

You know the old trope about a butterfly flapping its wings in China causing a hurricane in the Caribbean? This show pulls on more musical “connections” threads.

So you’re famous. How long can you expect for that stardom to last?

Global News sat down with the remaining members of The Tragically Hip to talk about the docuseries, Canadian rock and life after Gord Downie’s death.

Damn, alt-rock was so much heavier and harder back then, wasn’t it? Witness this Throwback Thursday track from 1991.

How do musicians die? It depends. What kind of music do they play?

Bearbonez is originally from the Bay Area. Can you guess his favourite artists from this song?

Want to be a pro musician? Just be aware that you’d be entering a dangerous profession.