Random music news for Thursday, August 21, 2022

You can now buy your own humanoid robot for US$6,000. So you buy one. What do you do with it? Ponder that whilst perusing music news for August 21, 2025.

Much of today’s music is disposable and the hits of the past are sticking around longer than ever. This is a very important trend in music today. Read this.
And the gamification of music is getting out of hand. Discuss.
Sorry, Iron Maiden fans. It doesn’t look like there will be a residency at The Sphere.
Sorry, Swifties. No Tay-Tay at The Sphere, either.
But she will release her new album on cassette.
You know that anonymous masked metal band called President? We know a little more about them.
BABYMETAL has become the first all-Japanese band to land an album in the Billboard top 10.
Too many subscriptions? Can’t keep track of them all? Find them too confusing to cancel? This new American “click-to-cancel” idea has legs.
A Wikipedia editor discovered a decade-long plan that saw 335 articles created about just one composer.
Spotify has a new DJ feature it calls “Mix with Spotify.”
“The Evolution of the Dirtbag Anthem.” Discuss.
There are still tickets for Oasis in Toronto Sunday and Monday.
Rick Buckler of The Jam died on February 17. How much did he leave to his wife and kids? This much.
My Chemical Romance: “We’re okay with being accused of being demons.”
You’re in a Tears for Fears cover band and this happens. What do you do?