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A musical instrument maker that’s been around 400 years? Yes. And you’ve seen their stuff in use recently, too.

This week’s Five Songs offers everything from something super-intense to a blissed-out instrument for some meat and potatoes rock from the Prairies.

Sometimes a band will break up in full view of everyone. Here are stories of some very public bust-ups.

This week’s New Music Friday offers a LOT of interesting Canadian content this week (in fact, it’s mostly Canadian) along with a full album by Linkin Park V2.0

Have you noticed how many musicians are left-handed? Is there something to this? Maybe.

This is for old-school Psychedelic Furs fans who main that “the only good Furs is old Furs.”

So who was responsible for the invention of the bass guitar? No, not him.

Time for a little LA shoegaze from a wonderfully fuzzy band called Family of Light.

Once upon a time, if it was all about that bass, it was about the tuba.

The majority of the people behind this song are from the UK but they do get some transatlantic help. Check out this collaboration between BIG SPECIAL and John Grant.