102.1 the Edge

David Marsden, the program director who made CFNY one of the most influential radio stations in the world back in the late 70s and early 80s, has passed away.

Earlier this year, I tried to be comprehensive with a multi-part series on alt-rock one-hit wonders. Turns out I wasn’t comprehensive enough.

This week’s Five Songs You Must Hear list once again leans heavily Canadian. There’s just so much good music coming out of this country rightnow.

The Beatles never clear any of their music as samples, So how did The Beastie Boys get FIVE of them?

It’s a light New Music Friday week, probably because everyone wanted to get out of U2’s way.

Being influential and sales sometimes are mutually exclusive things.

Sold-out concert? Japanese superfans have a surprising trick for improving their odds of scoring tickets and it involves a 1,000-year-old shrine.

Melissa Auf der Maur shares the message behind her 90s photography practice, what it continues to teach her, and why she hopes it inspires us to look inward.

Travis Barker barely survived the crash of a private jet. It was indeed a very, very bad day.

Just so we’re clear, Kurt Cobain and Rivers Cuomo aren’t the same person. But try telling that to some people.