Random Music News for June 10, 2014
If you live in Canada, we’re now past Tax Freedom Day. You’re done paying the government. Theoretically.
- Ticketmaster has a new app that they say will help you find the best seats in the house.
- Chris Martin and Rihanna? Really?
- Do NOT get drunk and disorderly in Dubai. Right, Scorpions drummer guy?
- Just in case the Kinks are getting back together (and don’t count on it), read this.
- And the Casey Kasem thing keeps getting weirder and sadder.
- Fucked Up’s new album, Glass Boys (out today) gets a big shout out in a British paper.
- Forget getting a celebrity’s autograph. That’s old-fashioned. What you want now is a selfie with a celebrity.
- Here’s a quick Pixies interview from USA Today.
- Polaris Prize winner Owen Pallet describes what makes a hit record.
- Now that Apple owns Beats, will they be rebranded “iBeats?” Some people think so. Here’s why.
- Why can’t hip-hop break through in Hong Kong?