Random music news for Saturday, May 30, 2026

A lunar base at the Moon’s south pole? Hopefully, they’ll find a monolith. Here’s what we have for music news for May 30, 2026.

1. US streamers are pretty pissed at the CRTC over new rules requiring investment in Canadian content.
2. Brazilian metal pioneers have announced the date for their last-ever gig.
3. This guy went to a punk show and then got upset that it was political. The Circle Jerks shut him down.
4. IYKYK: Ian MacKaye and Henry Rollins are resurrecting a 1977 Cramps album produced by Alex Chilton. (Via Brent)
5. If you’re heading to NXNE in Toronto next month, this app will help you sort your schedule.
6. Toronto musician Don Pyle (Shadowy Men from a Shadowy Planet) has a new memoir entitled Rough Description: Love Letters and Ghost Stories from a Life in Music.
7. Touring is getting ever-brutal and too expensive. Here are more stories from the road.
8. Interesting: A list of all the Canadians who’ve had #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100.
9. Remember Last.fm? It’s still around and has new owners.
10. Audioshake is a new “copyright compliance system” for “detection, identification, removal, and compliance” with music.
11. Meta has announced Instagram Plus, Facebook Plus, and WhatsApp Plus. Yes, they’ll cost money.
12. Do you use the Waze navigation app? Now you can have Ziggy Marley as its voice.
13. The World Cup is just days away. Here’s a list of all the official World Cup theme songs.
14. If you’re a fan of Shane MacGowan and The Pogues, you need to see this.
15. Boy George wants to write the UK song for Eurovision. Given the country’s record, how could it hurt?

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