Random music news for Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Indictment day. This should be interesting–perhaps even more interesting than music news for April 4, 2023.
- A Wu-Tang cannabis shop would have been cool, but…
- If you’re a fan of one-hit-wonders, check out this list.
- The Taliban have shut down this female-run radio station for the crime of playing music.
- Seriously, Drake: US$250,000 per hour.
- Spotify has launched a concert series in the US.
- Which performer will have the first tour that grosses US$1 billion? Here are a couple of guesses.
- Wanna buy Freddie Mercury’s leather hotpants? They’re for sale.
- Turns out that Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac died of a stroke.
- The battle over Lisa Marie Presley’s fortune goes back a long, long way.
- Mobile phones have changed our brains. Here’s how.
- The number of new podcasts dropped to a 13-month low last month. Have we seen peak podcast?
- Here’s a look at newspaper consumption in the UK since 2000. Scary.
- What did Leo DiCaprio say at the trial of Fugees man Pras?
- Another list of the most valuable vinyl in the world.
- Life after Daft Punk.
- These are the 10 darkest rock albums of all time.
BONUS: If you like old-school synth sounds, watch this video. (Via Sean)
I feel like a lot of early 90s alt-rock is missing from that “darkest rock album” list. Seemed to be a lot of bands trying to one-up one another at the time for dark disturbing content. I’d put Therapy?’s Troublegum on it. Or Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers.