Random music news for Thursday, May 22, 2025
A QAnon weirdo has cracked it! She says society’s problems can be traced to subliminal satanic messages in The Simpsons. I wish I were making that up. Music news for Thursday, May 22, is much more sane.
- How is it possible to have a billion streams yet no fans? It’s another case of AI music fraud.
- Now Neil Young is going after Trump. You never want to piss off Uncle Neil to this extent.
- This is fascinating. A study has been done into the complete lifecycle of a typical 140g vinyl record.
- Tornado 1, AC/DC 0.
- Chris Brown was supposed to go to jail in the UK. Instead, he’s out of US$6.7 bail so he can tour.
- There’s a new book on the rise of Orange County punk that looks good.
- The global touring landscape is being altered as artists re-think the value of going on the road. Read this.
- Can Bluesky ever rival X or Twitter? The BBC has a look.
- A bust that was once at Jim Morrison’s Parisian gravesite and then stolen has been recovered. The damn thing weighed 280 pounds. How did they steal it?
- Fender, the guitar and amp company, has just released its own music-making/recording software.
- Spotify’s editors think these tracks have the best chance of being the song of the summer. Gee, you gotta wonder how these acts got there?Read Liz Pelley’s book on Spotify called Mood Machine and you’ll question Spotify’s impartiality on all this
- Are you getting into vinyl but unsure about the kind of gear you’ll need? This podcast can help.
- I love that the UK has National Album Day. This year, it’s October 18.
- A new Judas Priest documentary is coming. It’ll be directed by Tom Morello, too.
- And this documentary is about a concert festival that never was–but there’s a twist.
BONUS: So how do you really feel, Al Jourgensen of Ministry? This gives me even more reason to like him. (Via Fionna)
