Random music news for Friday, July 11, 2025
Science: Magic mushrooms might be magically good for a longer life. Music News for July 11, 2025, is also good for your health.
- Lorde has gone public about her eating disorder.
- RIP Tim Cronin, drummer and founding member of Monster Magnet. He had a long battle with ALS.
- This Black Sabbath pub in Birmingham has got to be saved!
- Rapper Akon was planning to build a US$6 billion city in Senegal using crypto. Yeah, no.
- An important read: “How AI is Upending the Music Industry.”
- “Can TikTok Revive Classic Songs?” Let’s take a look at the statistics.
- “What R&B, Hard Rock and Christian Music Tell Us About Fan Growth in 2025.” Let’s take a look.
- This is fun: “The Culture of Music and Hotels.”
- For a while, it seemed that short-form TikTok-style videos were going to be the future. Apparently not. Longform videos are making a big comeback.
- Imagine having your morning coffee in this. (Via Tom)
- There’s a massive David Bowie box set coming that documents his final years.
- If you’re dating someone who likes any of these eleven albums, RUN!
- This Winnipeg drummer, who is paralyzed from the waist down, has teamed up with Def Leppard’s Rick Allen. (Via Tom)
- Within hours of Grok turning into an antisemitic AI (Elmo reprogrammed it to be “less woke”), the CEO quit.
- Beware this podcasting scam.
BONUS: Start you weekend with this very happy armadillo.
