Showing posts with label New Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Music. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

The New Music investigates the popular hobby of record collecting in 1981

Intrepid New Music reporter J.D. Roberts went next door to interview Record Peddler boss Ben Hoffman about record collectors.


Wednesday, June 8, 2022

That time human-computer interface ace Bill Buxton appeared on the New Music

Check out U of T's Bill Buxton employing early mouse technology in performance on the New Music way back in 1981. 


Saturday, May 7, 2022

Happy Birthday Steve Diggle of The Buzzcocks!

Cheers to Buzzcocks guitarist Steve Diggle! Here's a recent interview, another from 1979 and a new tune, "Senses Out Of Control." 





Monday, April 25, 2022

Watch John Cale on the New Music in 1979

For some reason, John Cale decided hospital orderly duds were perfectly suitable stagewear for his Toronto appearance in 1979.  



Monday, April 4, 2022

That time Bob & Doug McKenzie hoser hysteria hit Toronto in 1981

SCTV's Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas launched their Bob & Doug album Great White North with a hoser parade down Yonge St. 


Sunday, April 3, 2022

Watch Gary Numan and his dad on The New Music in 1980

Both Gary Numan and his father/manager Tony Webb were interviewed by Jeanne Beker for the New Music back in 1980. 


Friday, August 23, 2019

Remembering 1980's Heatwave Festival in Toronto

CITY-TV's New Music reporter JD Roberts was determined to find out whether or not Heatwave attendees were "hardcore new wavers"



Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Teenage Fanclub @ Lee's Palace, Wednesday

Here's a cover of Gram Parsons' Older Guys from 1993 followed by a recent performance of Everything Flows.


Watch a 1993 interview with Norman Blake and Gerard Love with live footage right here