Random music news for Thursday, January 6, 2021
When is it time’s up on Christmas decorations? Just askin’. Moving to music news for January 6, 2021…
- In case you missed the news, the Grammy Awards have been postponed. COVID.
- Could the Grammys move to Las Vegas? That’s a rumor.
- This is wild: 39% of the media people are watching is user-generated content.
- Beavis and Butthead is coming back.
- Interesting: Have we reached “peak smartphone?“
- If you come across a painter named Rhed, that’s Madonna’s son.
- This new guitar from Samsung (!!!) looks like it could make learning to play much easier.
- These were the most-played Christmas songs with Canadian online radio…
- …and here’s the top 100 songs of 2021 on Canadian online radio.
- TikTok is testing a new “repost” button. It’s the equivalent of a retweet button.
- Torquil Campbell of the band Stars will write a custom song for you.
- What’s this with Apple’s planned audiobook subscription service?
- Noodles, the guitarist for The Offspring, is not a fan of Trump fans.
- Well, that’s not very hygienic, is it?
- Travis Barker has done a drum cover of Adele’s “Easy on Me.” Wait–what?
- Looking for books on various musical subcultures? Try these.
BONUS: Send in the asteroid. Humanity is done here.
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