Random music news for Friday, December 27, 2024
This year was big for dating apps, yet they still don’t have things figured out. If you use such an app, read this. Then go on to music news for December 27, 2024.
- It’s about time to transition from year-end lists to lists of predictions for the coming year. Here’s one featuring trends for the music industry in 2025.
- What about clubbing? It’s changed a lot over the last quarter-century. Will 2025 be the year the party is finally declared over?
- Another prediction: 2025 will be the year of smart glasses.
- After 34 years, vocalist and percussionist Rowetta has left The Happy Mondays. And it doesn’t sound like it was a happy parting.
- Apple Podcasts may be clawing back a little market share from Spotify.
- Still with Apple, AirPods may soon come with both heart monitoring capabilities and–wait for it–embedded cameras.
- Want to feel old? These hit singles are now 60 years old. (Via Mark)
- Well, if there’s someone who understands something about obsessive fan behavior, it’s Robert Smith.
- Levi’s has a new collection: Bob Dylan’s Favourite Garments. They ain’t cheap. They want US$495 for the jeans.
- Spotify takes a dim view of sites that parody the company. They have no trouble calling in the legal department.
- “Death metal football?” Sounds fun to me.
- Good news! The rock radio stations owned by Stephen King won’t go dark after all!
BONUS: Did the Parker Solar Probe survive its ultra-close encounter with the Sun with all that speed, heat, and radiation? We’ll find out tomorrow.
