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For readers, music offers both discovery and connection: a chance to find new voices, revisit familiar favourites and understand how artists build their work and careers. Disputes over samples, reunions and the changing business of entertainment show how creativity, money and cultural influence intersect.

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These 7 Songs From the ’60s Laid the Foundation for Alternative Rock

  • Alternative rock’s roots stretch back to 1960s experimentation.
  • The article highlights seven songs that helped shape the genre.
  • Psychedelia and counterculture influenced later alternative styles.

The article argues that alternative rock’s roots reach back to the 1960s, when psychedelic music and counterculture encouraged experimentation and rejection of genre boundaries. It presents seven songs from the decade as foundations for later styles including grunge, post-punk, shoegaze and Britpop. The examples covered in the supplied…

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Tokyo’s First Animated Competition Title ‘Magic Atlas’ Was Sun Xun’s ‘All-In Moment’

  • “Magic Atlas” is the first animated feature in TIFF’s competition.
  • Sun Xun spent a decade making the film and took out loans to finish it.
  • His next feature will explore personal memory loss.

Sun Xun’s “Magic Atlas” has become the first animated feature selected for competition at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Made over a decade, it combines animation with woodblock prints, ink painting and vivid colour to explore memory, history and divisions between people. Set in an empire where flying…

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In 1980, John Lennon heard a new wave classic. Months later, it made him come back to music

  • “Rock Lobster” helped inspire Lennon’s return to recording.
  • *Double Fantasy* reflected a calmer, more domestic outlook.
  • Lennon died months after the album was released.

After years away from recording, John Lennon was spurred to return to music after hearing the B-52s’ “Rock Lobster” in Bermuda in 1980. Its sound reminded him of Yoko Ono’s music and convinced him that listeners were ready for the unconventional style they had pursued. The article links…

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Ausify Campaign Returns as Australian Music’s Streaming Share Hits New Low

  • Australian music accounts for 8.5% of audio streams in Australia.
  • Ausify is urging fans to make their support more visible.
  • Survey results suggest positive attitudes are not translating into listening.

Ausify has launched its second month-long campaign to make Australian music more visible, as its share of audio streams in Australia has fallen to 8.5%. The campaign argues that local music’s challenge is discovery and everyday listening habits, despite audiences expressing pride in Australian artists and a desire…

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Herbie Hancock on the musician he never stopped learning from: “Wayne is like Yoda”

  • Hancock says Shorter kept teaching him new musical ideas.
  • He likens Shorter’s wisdom to Yoda’s.
  • They first met through Donald Byrd’s band.

Herbie Hancock says Wayne Shorter remained a source of musical ideas and insight throughout their friendship, describing him as “like Yoda”. Their closeness matters because it shows how learning and creative exchange continued among musicians who had already shaped modern jazz. Hancock first met Shorter while playing with…

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In 1995, Rick Rubin got to work with the best rock band in the world. They called him the worst

  • Rick Rubin admired AC/DC but the band disliked working with him.
  • Malcolm Young criticised Rubin’s focus on the snare drum.
  • The article contrasts Rubin’s approach with George Young’s.

In 1995, producer Rick Rubin worked with AC/DC on *Ballbreaker*, hoping his stripped-back approach would suit the band’s direct, swaggering rock sound. Although he admired AC/DC above other rock bands, the collaboration was strained, and Malcolm Young later said the group thought Rubin was a “phoney” who focused…

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Born 89 Years Ago Today in South Carolina, the Grand Ole Opry’s Longest-Serving Member Who Wrote Hits for Ray Price, Porter Wagoner, and Kenny Chesney

  • Bill Anderson turns 89 on 1 November.
  • His 65-year Opry tenure is a record.
  • His songs brought hits to generations of country artists.

Bill Anderson, known as “Whispering” Bill, turns 89 on 1 November. A singer, songwriter and long-serving Grand Ole Opry member, his career has spanned six decades, and his 65 years with the Opry set a tenure record in July 2026. Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Anderson grew up…

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3 Top 40 Hits From 1981 That Every 80s Kid Still Knows by Heart Today

  • Three memorable 1981 hits are revisited.
  • Lennon’s song became a hit after his death.
  • Santana’s “Winning” reached the rock chart’s Top 5.

The article revisits three songs that became Top 40 hits in 1981: John Lennon’s “Watching the Wheels”, Billy Squier’s “In the Dark” and Santana’s “Winning”. It presents them as memorable songs from an influential year in music, with themes ranging from letting go to encouragement and perseverance. “Watching…

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David Byrne attended a New York dinner party with Brian Eno. It gave him one of the best songs of the century

  • A dinner conversation sparked Byrne and Eno’s 2008 album.
  • Byrne wrote words and tunes for Eno’s unused music.
  • “Strange Overtones” explores gospel, technology and collaboration.

David Byrne and Brian Eno’s reunion for their 2008 album, *Everything That Happens Will Happen Today*, began with a New York dinner conversation. Eno mentioned he had music he had not managed to turn into songs, and Byrne offered to write lyrics and melodies for some of it,…

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In 2001, Steven Seagal threatened to kill a director and their family. Then he walked out the wrong door of a houseboat and fell into the sea

  • Seagal reportedly threatened the director during filming.
  • He fell into the sea through the wrong houseboat door.
  • Tom Arnold later said the incident taught him a lesson.

During filming of *Exit Wounds* in 2001, Steven Seagal reportedly threatened to kill director Andrzej Bartkowiak and his family after the director asked him to rehearse a scene. Seagal then stormed towards the wrong door of a houseboat and fell into the sea, turning a tense exchange into…

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