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New Music Friday: Your last look at new tunes for 2025 (05 Dec 2025)
We’ve pretty much come to the end of New Music Friday for 2025. Here are 10 releases to round out the year.
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1065: Why Bowie still matters, part 3
This week is the conclusion to a three-part series on why David Bowie still matters to all of us, whether you know it or not.
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Ongoing History Daily: What was the first gay album?
As far as we can tell, the gay album came out when being gay was still a crime.
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Ongoing History: The very, VERY first musical recording was about sex because of course, it was...
The first song was “recorded” in 1850. Its topic? Sex.
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Ongoing History daily: What happens when AI-generated music inbreeds?
AI-generated music is inevitably going to eat itself. Here’s what I mean.
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Ongoing History Daily: Why do so many people say that vinyl sounds better than digital?
Does vinyl really sound better than CDs? Well…
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Five Songs You Must Hear This Week (01 Dec 2025)
For the Five Songs You Must Hear this, we dip into everything from shoegaze to lullabies to Christmas music.
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Ongoing History Daily: Worries about Chris Cornell
Where would Chris Cornell be if Soundgarden hadn’t gone on that final tour?
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New Music Friday: 6 releases for one of the last meaningful release dates of the year (28 Nov 2025)
It’s a quiet New Music Friday, but let’s not forget that tomorrow is the Black Friday edition of Record Store Day.
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1064: Why Bowie Still Matters, part 2
Even though he’s been gone ten years, David Bowie still matters. This is the second of three episode that proves why.
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