Random music news for Saturday, September 7, 2024
Do you sit all day? Then you’re at risk of a new horror: gluteal amnesia. You’re welcome for the warning. You’re also welcome for music news for September 7, 2024. More music news?
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So Linkin Park finally gave us something yesterday–and it’s new music with a new vocalist and another member
Let’s be clear: No one will ever replace Chester Bennington in Linkin Park. But if the band wants to move on, they do need someone to help with the singing. After months of
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Jack Long, the “Long” in “Long & McQuade” has died
If you’re a Canadian musician, there’s a near-zero chance that you haven’t used the services of Long & McQuade at some point in your career. L&M’s chain of stores across the country has
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Please tell me no one is dumb enough to buy tickets to Fyre Festival II
The first Fyre Festival was such a scam and legal boondoggle that at least two documentaries were made about it and its founder, Billy McFarland, was sent to jail for fraud. Now that
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And the winner of the 2024 Mercury Prize is…
The Mercury Prize is the cash award given out to the best British/Irish album of the last year regardless of genre or commercial success. It’s the template for Canada’s Polaris Music Prize. Going
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A music producer has been arrested for using AI to scam streaming royalties
Michael Cornelius of North Carolina appears to have believed that he could scoop up lot of royalties from the streaming music platforms by using hundreds of thousands of fake songs generated by AI.
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1020: Twee Rock – A History
There’s a scene in the 2000 movie High Fidelity that introduced many people to the name Belle and Sebastian. Rob, the owner of a record store, and his employee, Dick, are enjoying a
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Ongoing History Daily: Oasis fun facts
I know that a lot has been documented about Oasis over the years, but here are a few facts that may have slipped your attention until now. (1) Noel Gallagher is naturally left-handed
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Random music news for Friday, September 6, 2024
Now that X is banned in Brazil because the platform didn’t conform to local content laws, what will happen next? Many people are just hoping for more pain for Elon. Meanwhile, in music
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Here’s a running list of artists who have sold some or all of their song catalogues to a new breed of company. (Updated as required)
[If you’re seeing this in your feed again, it’s because another deal has gone down. -AC] The music world is being shaken by the actions of a growing group of companies which are
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Another unwanted drone incident: Green Day buzzed in Detroit
A couple of weeks back, there was an unexpected (benign yet illegal) incident with a drone during an Arkells show in Winnipeg that resulted in police action. It all ended quite amicably. But
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