Random Music News for Monday, August 17, 2015
In 1896, Bridget Driscoll of London became the first pedestrian killed by a motorcar. Now back to our regularly scheduled music news.
- The Gwen-Gavin split: cheating rumours.
- And Daryl Hall’s wife–he of Hall and Oates–has filed for divorce.
- Spotify has infiltrated the White House.
- The wedding was pretty normal until Amy Schumer and Judd Apatow dropped in for a singalong.
- Rolling Stone has its list of the 100 greatest songwriters of all time. Guess who finished at the top?
- Another list: rap/hip hop groups inspired by NWA and Straight Outta Compton.
- Lemmy has switched to vodka to stay healthy. How are he and Keith Richards still alive? (Via Tom)
- BBC 4 is set to broadcast a three-part series in October called The Story of Indie. This looks to be very, very good.
- Here’s everything that we know so far about the Kurt Cobain “solo album” due in November.
- Does Apple want to turn your car into a jet fighter?
- The story of Tidal, from founding to where it is now.
- What it’s like being a gay Christian rock star. (Hint: It ain’t easy.)
- Why rock mockumentaries make great comic books. (Via Brent)
- Why do we turn down the music when we park the car?
- Why drummers drum. There’s neuroscience at work.
- I would deliberately crash this car.