Random music news for Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Flying back from Asia today over the Pacific. I wasn’t going to risk any route that goes through the Middle East, you know? Moving to music news for April 8, 2026,…
- A ridiculously rich hedge fund dude (who is also a Trump donor and a majorly anti-DEI) named Bill Ackman wants to buy Universal Music. If he can. he’ll put Michael Ovitz in charge, a buddy of Jeffrey Epstein. What could possibly go wrong?
- Oh, and the asking price might be somewhere near US$63 billion.
- Coachella starts its 24/7 webstream on Friday. Here’s how you can watch.
- Heineken is doing this at Coachella. It seems to be legit, too.
- Quebec’s awesome (and weird) Angine de Poitrine has a new fan: Dave Grohl.
- If you’re a Beastie Boys fan, you’re going to want this new expanded edition of To the 5 Boroughs.
- This is fun: The evolution of rock from 1954 forward. (Via Don)
- Suno really, really wants to find a way to scrape copyrighted material for training is AI models. Here’s the latest.
- Meanwhile, TIkTok seems to be cracking down hard on music fraud. Good.
- This sea shanty from 1820 has been brought back to life with AI.
- CJ Ramone now has a podcast.
- Speaking of which, I was on the Growth Mixtape podcast. Listen here.
- So how is the BTS comeback going? Let’s ask statistics!
- “Social media has become a freak show.” Well, duh.
- Case in point: When “snake bros” become a thing on social media, I’m tapping out.
BONUS: The Trump Library. This ain’t too far from reality. (Vla Larry)
