Random Music News for Thursday, January 28, 2016
It was 30 years ago today that the space shuttle Challenger blew up. I remember watching it on TV and thinking “This can’t be happening.)
- The previews of this Martin Scorsese/Mick Jagger HBO show Vinyl have been uniformly excellent. It debuts February 14.
- Apparently, pop videos need more nude men. Here’s why.
- Vampire Weekend has lost one of its founding members.
- Monkeys actually talk. Seriously.
- Longtime Bowie producer Tony Visconti will deliver the keynote address at SXSW. That should be good.
- Bowie fans are paying tribute at the site of the Ziggy Stardust album cover shoot.
- Someone is suing Jay Z for $18 million over his…cologne?
- Michael Buble was on The X-Files? Yup.
- Ever wonder what people are listening to on SoundCloud? The service is now publishing a chart of the most popular songs. Hip hop and R&B dominate.
- Spotify is trying to raise $1 BILLION in a single year.
- Kanye is being…Kanye again.
- Wait a second: a WHITE actor is going to play Michael Jackson in a new movie? People won’t have trouble with that. Nope. They’ll be fine.
- Digital tracks were the only format to show sales growth in Canada in 2015. But wait: where’s vinyl on this chart? (Via Brigitte)
- The Courtney-killed-Kurt thing just won’t go away. I really, really wish it would.
