Random Music News for Wednesday, October 22, 2014
The world was supposed to end on this day in 1844. Something obviously went wrong.
- Are you a Beatle or a Stone? Here’s a new twist on that question.
- Songza has now been integrated into the Google Play Music app.
- Who’s going to fund Ozzy and Sharon’s retirement? Kelly says she will. (Via Tom)
- Here’s U2 appearing on British TV this week.
- 2Cellos covering Iron Maiden. (Via Tom)
- Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours album is now certified 20x platinum in the US.
- Metallica is set to release a 10th anniversary edition of Some Kind of Monster because apparently the original wasn’t long or whiny enough.
- Are these the ugliest sounds ever made on a guitar?
- Remember Jeff Goldblum’s annoying laugh in Jurassic Park? Someone has transcribed it into music.
- A musical based on a fanzine? Yep.
- Watch a trailer for a new REM documentary.