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Goldmine presents an excerpt from "Disturbing the Peace: 415 Records and the rise of New Wave," a new book by author Bill Kopp on the San Francisco-based record label 415 Records.
Writing for the Dec. 23, 1979 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle, the music critic fairly gushed about the singer for Los Microwaves.The trio, part of a riotous scene of bands playing punk and new wave in the Bay Area, offered its own brand of...
It was three-years-ago today (September 15th, 2019) that Ric Ocasek, the guitarist and leader of the Cars, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment at age 75. Although he suffered from both a hypertensive heart and coronary artery disease, it was reported he officially died from natural causes. Ocasek is survived by six sons, two from each of his three marriages. At the time of his death he was estranged from his third wife, supermodel Paulina Porizkova -- who has since revealed, unbeknownst to her, that prior to her husband's death, she had been erased from his will. Ric Ocasek, who was...
PBS12 The Teletunes staff from 1990 included from left to right: Rich Italiano, Justin McClean, Karen Trautmann Terry, Michael Simpson, Jason Coppage, and Suzette Pallares Dobbs. The show was cancelled in 1999. In February of 1981, six months before MTV hit the airwaves, FM-TV launched in Colorado on public television’s KBDI Channel 12. A year later, the music video showcase became “Teletunes” and for almost two decades, it helped shape the way many saw and heard music. Among fans, its impact can still be felt today. Growing up without cable, Teletunes was how Benji McPhail kept up wit...
Winnipeg Free Press Miigwetch for the music Winnipegger Dave McLeod's Instagram project aims to open listeners' ears to a vast world of Indigenous artists By: David Sanderson | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Wednesday, Jun. 30, 2021 Save to Read Later ‘Hoka hey!” is a Lakota expression that translates roughly as “let’s roll” or “let’s do this.” It is also the phrase Dave McLeod, CEO of public radio network Native Communications Inc. (NCI-FM), went with for his newly minted Instagram account, HOKA Indigenous Music, which focuses on ...