Random music news for Thursday, August 8, 2024

The Olympics are about the best of the best. Then there are these performances. After that, there’s music news for August 8, 2024.

1. Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota and Kamala Harris’ VP pick is a HUGE music fan. He likes Springsteen and has done things like this for Prince and this for Beyonce. He’s also a fan of both The Replacements and Husker Du.
2. Still with politics, what is Taylor Swift signaling with this Instagram post? Trump is going to be pissed off. Bigly.
3. What will the artist of the future be like? “The elegance of a poet, the precision of a mathematician, the vision of a mystic, and the drive of a soldier.” Here’s what that all means.
4. This is an interesting choice for a band to write a song about your new mobile phone.
5. Spotify is downsizing its NYC office space and subletting out a lot of offices. (And to StubHub, too. Interesting.)
6. Rammstein is still working through some allegations made against the band last year. Here’s their statement.
7. Blink-182 is still smarting over a bad review of their Lollapalooza performance.
8. There are now Rolling Stones trading cards.
9. Pitbull, the Latin star, has purchased naming rights for a football field.
10. Should you force your cultural (and thus musical) tastes on your children. Yes! Discuss.
11. Will you read a book that inspired a song you like? Discuss that, too.
12. A former nuclear bunker in The Netherlands is being converted into a 17-room recording studio.
13. A rapper teaching financial literacy? Good idea!
14. This company is looking to simplify the insanity of record label contracts.
15. Deftones beer.

More music news? Check here.

BONUS: Dolce and Gabbana has introduced a perfume for dogs. Please don’t tell my English bull terriers.

BONUS BONUS: Today is August, otherwise known as “808 Day” in the world of drum machines. Roland, the maker of the TR-808, has a new set of New Balance sneakers just for today.