Random Music News for Friday, January 1, 2016

Happy New Year! And there’s almost NOTHING going on today. But I will endeavour to provide at least some music news.

1. Along with an alleged return of Guns ‘N Roses, this year’s Coachella will also see a return of LCD Soundsystem.
2. Honky Chateau, a once-famous recording studio of the 1970s used by Bowe, Elton John Pink Floyd and others, has reopened.
3. Kanye West dropped a new song just before midnight. Listen here.
4. Some rappers made some big bucks performing NYE gigs.
5. Kings of Leon hope to release a new album this year.
6. One of Amazon’s best-selling audio products in 2015 was a turntable.
7. Here are 25 reasons why Drake dominated in 2015.
8. Frequent contributor Andrew Epstein offers this Top 5 list of albums and comics for 2015.