Random Music News for Friday, November 21, 2014
Happy birthday Bjork, Alex James (Blur) and Carly Rae Jepson. I’ll call her. Maybe.
- Eric Clapton got pissed with something during a gig and walked out. He decided to play a set at the local pub instead. Wait–what? (Via Tom)
- Ryan Adams has a comic deal now. (Via Brent)
- Soundgarden is getting ready to release a remixed version of their first album. (Via Michael)
- The future of music might be this Japanese hologram.
- Arcade Fire’s Will Butler is going to release a solo album.
- An innocent rapper could go to jail in California for the crime of releasing a rap album. This is crazy
- YouTube is going to try again with a music awards program.
- Don’t even THINK of pulling out your phone on the next Slipknot tour.
- Pity Interpol. They really got screwed by that New York State snowstorm.
- Here’s an interesting observation about Coldplay’s Chris Martin.
- So Billboard is going to change its metrics by adding in streaming stats. What could this mean?
- The late director Mike Nichols and his relationship to music.
- An African alternative to the Band Aid 30 Ebola song.
- And speaking of charity songs, UNICEF wants to do something big with John Lennon’s “Imagine.”
