Random music news for Saturday, May 8, 2021
Need a vacation? Maybe you can volunteer to see if cruises are safe again. Over to music news for May 8, 2021.
- Liam Gallagher’s Pretty Green clothing company is deep in debt and can’t pay creditors. No wonder he wants an Oasis reunion.
- Record Store Day’s new video series Behind the Counter is here.
- Radio listening in the car is still very much a thing.
- Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA is not a fan of streaming. (Via Sean)
- Is Netflix looking to get into podcasting and playlists? Maybe.
- How did the Foo Fighters end up in a commercial for Ram pickups? Here’s the story.
- Live Nation is optimistic about the return of live music, saying that there’s incredible pent-up demand.
- Here’s Johnny Marr explaining how he created the sounds for The Smiths’ “How Soon is Now?” (Via George)
- Have we officially run out of band names? There is an argument to be made… (Sean again)
- This is a reasonable explanation of how so many artists die at the age of 27.
- Coral uses sound to “talk” to each other.
- Sennheiser has sold its headphone business to the Swiss manufacturer of hearing aids.
- Pearl Jam has released almost 5,500 songs from two decades of live gigs.
- Is Coldplay collaborating with BTS? Maybe.
