Lady Gaga & Aaliyah
My “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.
It was this week in 2008 when Lady Gaga first introduced herself to us with her debut album. Joe Strummer of The Clash was also introduced to the world in a literal sense — it was his birthday. Oh, and Aaliyah died.
To find out more things that made music history, click here.
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Elvis Presley
My “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.
This was a big one: Elvis Presley died, the original Woodstock happened, and probably most importantly, Sir Mix-A-Lot was born.
Baby got back.
To find out more things that made music history, click here.
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Nadina, singer for Delerium
Anyone remember when people like Enigma and Deep Forest and the like first started doing that ethno-techno-house-ambient stuff full of Gregorian chants and “exotic” instruments? And now we have, like, Major Lazer and the internet so nothing’s exotic anymore?
Well, back in the day Frontline Assembly/Skinny Puppy dude Bill Leeb created Delerium to sorta straddle that line between ethno techno and aural angel hugs and now he’s made a new video for a song called “Monarch” with a singer named Nadina.
You can check it out by heading over to Spinner by clicking here.
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Police car flipped during the Montreal Gn’R riot.
My “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.
The riot that Guns n’ Roses caused in Montreal was a big deal. So was The Beatles releasing the Revolver album. Garth Brooks drew a million fans to a show.
To find out more things that made music history, click here.
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Austra
Electro dance goths Austra have a secret ace in their hole — singer Katie Stelmanis has some opera training. Which she basically uses to help bring her melodramatic beats and pulses to the public.
She told me all about her opera connection in an interview for Spinner.
To read it click here.
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I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 