Random Music News for Thursday, October 20, 2016
It was on this day in 1977 that Lynyrd Skynyrd had that horrific plane crash in a swamp. The accident is still something of a mystery. And now, the music news of the day.
- Notorious anti-streamer Garth Brooks has just signed a huge deal with Amazon’s new music service.
- Meanwhile, a new survey says that streaming music services are still too expensive for non-subscribers.
- The box office numbers of Desert Trip are still coming in–and they’re YUUUUGE!
- Iggy Pop posed naked for an art class.
- Which direct-to-fan services are the best? Someone rated them.
- The fighting over Prince’s estate continues.
- Barack Obama’s workout playlist is actually pretty rad.
- Bruce Springsteen thinks that Donald Trump is a “toxic narcissist.”
- SoundCloud Go (its subscription service) is now available in Canada.
- Ex-Pearl Jam drummer Dave Abbruzzese wants the band to “do the right thing” regarding their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination.
- Vanilla Ice is getting a divorce.
- “My bass is bigger than your bass.” (Via Danny)
- Phil Chess, the founder of the legendary Chess Records, has died at 95.
- Let’s re-imagine popular brands with heavy metal-style logos.
- Lou Reed’s first wife has written a memoir which she says captures the honest truth about the man.
