Random music news for Friday, December 2, 2022
Monks on meth. That is all. Except for music news for December 2, 2022.
- Still no Spotify HiFi, their high-resolution stream. It’s been ages since they started talking about.
- Metal band in Botswana have their own fashion sense. It’s interesting.
- An R&B version of System of a Down’s “Chop Suey” works better than you might expect.
- Spotify’s Daniel Ek says that Apple is a threat to the future of the Internet.
- YouTube feels it is the “institutional memory of hip-hop.” Discuss.
- Meanwhile, YouTube’s iOS app is crashing. But they know about it and are working on a fix.
- Want to try to understand the music business? Start here.
- Looking to learn about some music genres that are completely new to you? Go here.
- Jay-Z wanted to buy a luxury cognac brand for US$1.5 billion but was rejected.
- It’s that time of year again when people agonized over the lyrics to The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York.” Thoughts?
- And it’s also the time of year to deconstruct “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”
- So the current crisis in Russia is caused by American hip-hop stars? Interesting.
- Here’s how much Kate Bush made from “Running Up That Hill” in 2022. Thank you, Stranger Things!
- On that note, Netflix’s Wednesday is breaking all viewing records. Could what happened to Kate happen to The Cramps? (Via Oreo)
- Hey, Simon Cowell: You okay?
BONUS: This is one sign of the End Times that’s new to me. If it’s true, the end will come any second now.
