Random music news for Tuesday, July 28, 2020
I’m from Winnipeg. This is the TV I grew up with. It…scarred me. Moving on to music news for July 28, 2020…
- Coronavirus update 1: Here’s what fans think of online concerts.
- Coronavirus update 2: Toronto music venues are looking for government help.
- Coronavirus update 3: And if venue capacity is held at 50%, how can anyone make any money?
- Coronavirus update 4: A Berlin club has reopened. No dancing. Just listening.
- RIP Denise Johnson, Primal Scream vocalist.
- The Billboard music charts were first published 80 years ago this week: July 27, 1940.
- Spotify maintains that you cannot pay to get on an official Spotify playlist. Discuss.
- Meanwhile, beware of strange songs on Spotify and other platforms. They could be fakes.
- Is this is your song of the day? Listen to “Piss on My Heart” here.
- Nirvana’s Unplugged performance: the swing edition. (Via Tom)
- Apple is being sued by Koss over some earbud technology.
- Kansai Yamamoto, one of David Bowie’s favourite designers back in the 70s, has died.
- Raffi has written a song for the “Wall of Moms” protesting in Portland.
- Porno for Pyros will reunite this weekend for the first time for 24 years.