Popular music mythology celebrates the democratic band as rock and roll’s ideal formation, where every member contributes equally to songwriting, creative vision, and musical direction. This ...
Today on Commotion, music journalist Emilie Hanskamp and CBC host Lisa Christiansen join Elamin Abdelmahmoud to explain how Geese took the music world by storm this year, and why not everyone ...
Seven brilliant bands with unforgettable songs and heartbreaking near-misses — this is the story of rock’s greatest ...
Cilla Black, Brian Jones, Donovan, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and Paul McCartney are huddled around a conference table at the Hanover Grand Hotel in London. It’s January 1968, and in front of the starry ...
The 90s were a unique decade for rock music. A lot of changes were happening, grunge and alternative rock were evolving rapidly, and new music mediums were coming out as we entered the digital age.
Most conversations, and by far the loudest, about Rock & Roll Hall of Fame snubs focus on bands passed over for induction. Or those who’ve never been nominated. But there’s another kind of Rock Hall ...
Remember the alternative rock song “Kiss Me” by Sixpence None The Richer? This song is such a quintessential 90s playlist song, and it was a pretty hefty hit in 1998. “Kiss Me” peaked at No. 2 on the ...
At least nine rock or metal bands removed their music from Spotify in 2025, with many of them moving off the platform in the ...
An indie psych rock band has amassed more than 850,000 listeners on Spotify in a matter of weeks and generated buzz throughout the music industry — but nobody is exactly sure if it’s real or not. The ...
One thing is for sure every year around the time of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies — there’s going to be talk about bands. Of course, there’s which bands are getting in this year, ...