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Random music news for Monday, May 31, 2021

May 31, 2021 Alan Cross Amnesty International, Apple, Axl Rose, Biko, David Bowie, Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton, Faith No More, Friends, Guns N'Roses, Kanye, Led Zeppelin, Marilyn Manson, Mike Patton, Ozzy Osbourne, Pearl Jam, Peter Gabriel, Podcasts, Rembrandts, Sinead O'Connor, Weezer

It’s Memorial Day in the US but music news never sleeps, you know? Here’s what’s happening for May 31, 2021. Kanye: Keepin’ it weird. Can it get any worse for

Tech

More on Spotify’s creepy new voice recognition technology. This could be very important.

May 5, 2021 Alan Cross Access Now, Amnesty International, fight for the future, Spotify, Voice Recognition

Earlier this year, we heard that Spotify had filed a new patent involving voice recognition technology. With this program, software would listen to your voice and based on your “emotional

Music News

What Was Amnesty International Thinking with Iggy Pop Anti-Torture Ad?

June 26, 2014 Alan Cross Amnesty International, Human Rights, Iggy Pop, Justin Bieber, Torture

While many of us may believe that listening to any of Bieber’s music is torture, let’s get real. And let’s be very clear: Iggy Pop did NOT lend his endorsement