Random music news for Tuesday, November 27, 2019
I try not to be a judgemental person. But then I heard someone pronounce Über as “Yoober” and all bets were off. This is what I found for music news for November 27, 2019.
- The insane copyright infringement case against Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” is getting even more insane.
- Amazon’s HD streaming service just added a ton of new songs thanks to a deal with Warner Music.
- Amazon is also among the first platforms to come out with a “ones to watch for 2020” music list.
- Spotify, meanwhile, has commissioned a bunch of original Christmas songs for this year.
- Apple is working hard on Shazam integration.
- The K-pop scene was WAY more f**ked up than we know. Drugs. Sex. Suicide.
- Neil Young vs. Facebook.
- Here’s why human curation could be much, much better than algorithms.
- Well, this is certainly a cool new speaker design.
- Music tourism: It’s a big thing and getting bigger.
- Triumph and Alessia Cara were honored with a spot on Canada’s Walk of Fame.
- What’s going on with the re-opening of Toronto’s El Mocambo? Soon. More permit problems with the city. We’ll have to wait until 2020.
- Here’s a selection of music merch gift ideas for 2019.
- Counterfeit records may be on the rise.
- Overwhelmed by too many podcasts? Try “The Silent Podcast.” There are 106 episodes of absolute silence.
- Check out this guy who restores music. (Via Bobby)
