Random Music News for Saturday, September 26, 2015
Did you know we were almost obliterated on this day in 1983 when the USSR thought that US had launched a sneak nuclear attack? One man stopped it. Read it here. And now, the music news.
- Should Dave Grohl host Saturday Night Live? Damn right he should.
- You know Ryan Adams track-by-track cover album of Taylor Swift’s 1989? It’s heading for a Top 10 debut next week.
- Early reviews are split on Sam Smith’s new James Bond theme for Spectre.
- You know that guy who tried to raise the price of that drug by 5,000%? He was part of a punk label–but they’ve dropped him.
- Yeezy says he’s serious about running for president in 2020.
- “Playola” is not going away anytime soon when it comes to streaming services.
- Apple Music says it will slowly take over the world.
- Every see this Tonight Show performance featuring David Tolley? It’s the stuff of fairy tales. (Via Tom)
- This is wonderfully weird: actors reciting pop song lyrics as if they were reading Shakespeare.
- Yes, it’s another Drake mixtape.
- The sounds on the African savannah? It could be giraffes humming to each other.
- American millennials spend about 25 hours a week listening to streaming music. More stats here.
