Frank Zappa (as The Monkees’ Mike Nesmith) Interviews The Monkees’ Mike Nesmith (as Frank Zappa)
John Lennon called them “the Marx Brothers of Rock” and Frank Zappa was such a fan, he made not one, but two onscreen appearances...
Chad VanGaalen Wins 2015 Prism Prize For Best Canadian Music Video
Director Chad VanGaalen was announced as the winner of the 2015 Prism Prize for Timber Timbre's Beat The Drum Slowly music video at the Prism Prize Top Ten Screening and Awards Presentation at...
Big Releases From Sam Smith & Ed Sheeran Help Pop Sales Overtake Rock in the U.K.
From Billboard:
Big-selling records from homegrown artists such as Sam Smith, Paloma Faith and Ed Sheeran have helped pop overtake rock as the most popular...
First New Release Friday Date Set For Music Industry
As announced by IFPI a few weeks ago, Friday will become the release date for all new music releases worldwide. The move will occur...
Music teens: 60% are streaming while 21% buy downloads
From Musically:
Research firm GlobalWebIndex has been tapping its global panel of teenagers to find out what they're doing online and how they're getting their...
Ghostbusters video without the music. Who ya gonna call? The Cops.
I've posted Mario Wienerroither's Musicless music videos here on the site before, but this one for Ray Parker, Jr.‘s “Ghostbusters” is the weirdest, as...
Here are the 2014-15 Ontario Music Fund Recipients
An agency of the Government of Ontario, Ontario Media Development Corporation supports the province’s creative economy by providing innovative programs, services and funding for...
Bill Hicks movie screening coming to theaters for one night only April 27
Fathom Events and Comedy Dynamics present a not-to-be-missed cinema event featuring one of the biggest names in comedy with, "Comedy Dynamics Presents: Bill Hicks,"...
Hear Andy Kim on NPR’s World Cafe
During a 2013 Sense Of Place visit to Toronto, World Cafe talked to Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew, who said he was working with...
Jimmy Fallon and Pharrell Williams perform as Afro & Deziak
Jimmy Fallon and Pharrell Williams look back at some old clips of the '80s R&B duo "Afro & Deziak."
https://youtu.be/Wl0oLGrx9Dw
That Time Sun Ra Played On The Batman & Robin Novelty Record
In 1966, a novelty record of the best kind (well, in my life it was the greatest album I had as a kid for...
Take away the music from The Beastie Boys’ Fight For Your Right (To Party) video and you’ll have this
Mario Wienerroither is back with another Musicless Musicvideos, where he removes all the music from the popular videos, and adds his own sound affects....
Here’s The Thing New Episode: Alec Baldwin and David Blaine Do Magic
David Blaine begins his visit to Here's The Thing by pushing an ice pick through his hand. He tells host Alec Baldwin that he...
Remember ‘The Toothbrush Family’ Short Films?
This little gem of a series should be well known - it was run on Captain Kangaroo & Commander Tom's World, and on Toronto's...
TED-Ed Video: Those songs that get stuck in your head
Have you ever been waiting in line at the grocery store, innocently perusing the magazine rack, when a song pops into your head? Not...
Doc Walker: “Writing Songs Have Kept Us Alive”
With over 20 Top 10 singles, Doc Walker is one of the most recognized Canadian country acts of the past two decades. The group...
