Random Music News for Monday, November 16, 2015
That was an awful weekend. Let’s carry on the best we can. This is what’s making music news.
- The search for a woman who went overboard from a cruise ship in the Caribbean after a twerk-off went bad (seriously!) has been suspended.
- Did Lorde lip-sync on SNL this weekend?
- Shock horror. The Village People admit to occasionally lip syncing. Imagine that.
- Justin Bieber wore a Metallica shirt on Ellen. That hasn’t gone over well.
- So THIS is the greatest album of all time? Really? (Via Tom)
- And the best jazz artist is… (Tom again)
- Nicki Minaj showed up for 36 minutes for a gig in Vegas then bailed with $236,000. She’s now being sued.
- It looks like we may get a Roger Waters solo album in 2016. It’ll be the first in 24 years.
- Danger Mouse is starting his own record label.
- This is fun: Songs of LA. Has someone ever done something like this for Toronto? Or for Canada?
- Another feature on the new Nordic pop stars.
- If you’re into video game music, you should read this.
- Neil Young has sold his place in Hawaii…
- …and Kim Gordon has bought a place in LA.
- There’s a radio station in San Francisco with the caller letters KPOO.
- The man who helped launch the career of Loverboy has died.
