Given all of the bad things to happen in 2020, PeteHatesMusic emerging from its year-plus slumber is just another lump of coal in the 2020 stocking. Besides endless meetings consisting of “You’re on mute!”, “Can you see my screen?”, and...
Now that it’s the middle of May, has everyone gotten their lame May puns out of their system? You know the ones – the N’Sync “It’s Gonna Be May”, as well as the Star Wars “May the 4th Be With...
April has rolled around, and a lot of artists are dropping new songs (that’s how it works, Pete), some even 2 songs at a time. This means your playlist doesn’t necessarily have a large number of different artists, because I...
Twitter: PeteHatesMusic “I can’t believe (this artist) is not in the top 5!” “What were you thinking putting (this artist) at #2 on your list!” These are some of the “compliments” passed along to those who compile year end lists....
Twitter: @PeteHatesMusic As the year winds to an end, we beat Santa to the gift giving and present you our Top Songs of 2015 list. Like all lists, it’s subjective as hell, but objectively we are awesome, so maybe that...
Twitter: @PeteHatesMusic We’ve attended the last 2 Osheaga festivals in Montreal (2014 reviews, 2013 reviews), and they’ve gotten better in each year. 2015 is the 10th anniversary, and they have unveiled a fantastic line up with a few cool treats....
The June 2 release date of Florence + The Machine’s new album How Big How Blue How Beautiful is fast approaching. We’ve heard tracks like the title track, What Kind of Man, and Ship To Wreck in the run up...
It’s May! It’s Canadian Music Week! It’s exclamation mark appreciation month! What this means, besides me using more exclamation marks than I already do, is that you faithful readers (and accidental visitors) get to listen to 10 awesome tunes that...
We have an upbeat new track from Florence + The Machine. The track is called Ship To Wreck, and follows recent releases How Big How Blue How Beautiful and What Kind of Man. All of these tracks are GOOOOD! off...
More new stuff from Florence + the Machine, only days after our first listen of How Big How Blue How Beautiful. The video for What Kind of Man starts with a discussion about relationships and suffering (which go hand in...
Florence + the Machine last blew our minds at Royal Albert Hall in London, England. The booming, heavenly vocals of Florence Welch have returned in a teaser track of sorts. The track is called How Big How Blue How Beautiful,...
Florence Welch from Florence + the Machine walks into a South London bar. No jokes ensue, but she does join the band Sourberry as they’re warming up, and does a random cover of Daft Punk’s Get Lucky. We’ll blame the...
No Surprises: American Parkinson Disease Association Dislike Kanye West’s “Shaking” Rap As soon as I heard the lyric, I was wondering how long it would take for some Parkinson group to complain. Not to say they’re wrong to complain, but...
The Stone Roses Get Demoted The Stone Roses somewhat surprisingly were named headliners of Coachella, despite audiences in America not quite knowing WHO THE HELL THEY ARE. Without an explanation, Coachella has swapped the Manchester legends’ Friday night headlining spot...
Dave Grohl and his Sound City Friends As we mentioned last month, and tweeted last night, Dave Grohl has announced a shitload of great musicians for this Sound City Players super group, debuting at the Sundance Festival. Dave Grohl is...
