Random Music News for Wednesday, May 20, 2015
On this day 95 years ago, a Montreal station that went by the name XWA began broadcasting the first ever regular radio programming in North America and maybe the world.
- Killer Mike comes to the rescue of hip hop. (No, hip hop did not destroy religion in America.)
- Bands can learn a lot from how Snow Patrol is using Big Data to further their career.
- Do you have tinnitus, that horrible non-stop ringing in your ear from too much loud music? A new breakthrough might help.
- Star Trek’s George Takei has an interesting take on Taylor Swift’s new video.
- Streaming is changing just about everything about the music industry in France.
- Green Day is no longer banned from 924 Gilman Street.
- A bio pic is finally being made about the Kinks. About time.
- Noel Gallagher: “Bono can outdrink Morrissey.” Are you surprised?
- Peter Hook played a concert in which he performed every single Joy Division song. That must have lasted a while.
- These jokers seem to think they’ve uncovered the secret of writing an Alt-J song. Before you dismiss them, though… (Via Jon)
- Pandora has just acquired Next Big Sound. That gives them an analytics company to go up against Spotify and The Echo Nest.
- Can’t get your kid to sleep? There’s a new audio app for that.
- Buh-bye The Pirate Bay. In Sweden, anyway.
- Irish LGBT nightclubs partying to push for gay marriage.
- Speaking of matters LGBT, there’s a big YouTube controversy involving Bert and Ernie. See?
