This is the first part of a three-episode series marking the 50th anniversary of U2.
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Ongoing History Daily: Can you actually scream your lungs out at a concert? Yes.
“Scream your lungs out” isn’t necessarily hyperbole.
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Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 077: Musicians who commit murder (or at least try to)
Musicians who commit murder exist. Not all are successful.
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Ongoing History Daily: Say hello to our future alien overlords
Trolling for our new alien overlords with music.
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Debut Turns 50
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their self-titled debut album on November 9 1976, a record that took a little while to take off.
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Five Songs You Must Hear This Week (09 Nov 2026)
The Five Songs You Must Hear list returns with tracks from Canada, the UK, and the US.
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Ongoing History Daily: The story of Bluetooth
Why is the way we connect our devices called Bluetooth? The answer is more than a thousand years old.
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Ongoing History Daily: The first music performed in space
Astronauts have performed music in space for decades. But who was first?
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Ongoing History Daily: Magnets, man. How do they work?
Magnets show the ability to change your musical taste.
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1093: Alt-rock’s most important bass players (part 2)
They may all be technically virtuosic, but these alt-rock bass players are extremely important to our music. This is this is the second half of a two-parter.
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New Music Friday: 8 new releases as holiday shopping begins (06 Nov 2026)
My feed is drowning in new Christmas songs, but we’ll leave them aside for New Music Friday because there’s plenty of regular music to consider.
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