Random Music News for July 15, 2014
I’m having World Cup withdrawal…
- It was two years ago today that Psy’s “Gangnam Style” was uploaded to YouTube. As I write this, views are sitting at 2,039,126,571.
- And it was three years ago today that Spotify launched in the US. Canada will get its turn by the end of the year.
- This UK tax avoidance scheme has enveloped some interesting names.
- We forget that Bob Marley didn’t become a household name until after he died. Here’s how that happened.
- We should probably check out Next Big Sound for ideas on which artists are going to be big in the next six months.
- Another interesting theory as to why Apple bought Beats. This makes some sense.
- A nice feature on Dinosaur Jr. in The New Yorker.
- Remember that woman who accused Conor Oberst of rape? She made it all up. (Via Greggory)
- A new Blink-182 album is on the way, apparently. (Via Greggory again)
- This British busker was so good, he won a big recording deal. It only took him 20 years to get it, though. Here’s his first single, “Caught in the Moonlight.”
- The inventor of the wind-up radio is annoyed he didn’t make more money on the thing. I can’t blame him, either.
