Random music news for Thursday, August 1, 2024
The latest company to launch a line of beauty projects is…Chipotle. Ponder what that might include as you browse music news for August 1, 2024.
- Swifties have launched a fundraiser for that horrible stabbing incendent at a Taylor Swift-themed children’s dance workshop in England.
- Artists are calling for a competition investigation into Live Nation in Australia.
- Spotify is preparing (a) a new high-res audio version of its service and (b) another price increase to go along with it. Will people pay extra for higher-fidelity music? We’ll see. (I will. The best audio means everything to me But that’s just me.)
- Still with Spotify, there’s now a limit for users of the free tier on the number of song lyrics you can see. The company is also planning a very large concert in Brazil. Details on both stories here.
- There’s a new American music organization dedicated to getting people to vote. It’s called Music Votes.
- How much money to spend on music per month? Are you like these people?
- AutomixIQ is a new AI-powered DJ.
- Weezer has canceled its SZNZ box set because of low projected sales.
- Snoop Dogg opened his first marijuana dispensary. (Side note: Would it have been interesting if the Olympic anti-doping people tested him after he carried the torch in Paris last Friday? And I love how someone called Snoop “the Olympics’ emotional support Dogg.”
- A rare Andy Warhol portrait of Debbie Harry is going up for sale.
- It’s Donald Trump and Hannibal Lector, a fictional serial killer. It’s also Taylor Swift and Lestat de Lioncourt, a fictional vampire.
- Fancy yourself to be a radio DJ? Try out Stationhead.com and you can broadcast to the world.
- As a radio guy, I love this story: “Brits tuning in as radio listeners hit a 20-year high in the UK.”
- Lemmy lives! (Well, as part of this video game, anyway.)
BONUS: A new fashion fear: “Long butt.”
BONUS BONUS: Would you wear an “AI friend” around your neck?
