The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 975: More vinyl stories
At the dawn of the 21st century, vinyl was dead, dead, dead. We were all going digital and the general consensus was that we were going digital so there was no point in
Read MoreAt the dawn of the 21st century, vinyl was dead, dead, dead. We were all going digital and the general consensus was that we were going digital so there was no point in
Read MoreThat’s pretty much it for January. Here’s how the first twelfth portion of the year went. Year-over-year stats: Last week compared to the week before: All figures courtesy Luminate.
Read MoreThis Robo Bouncer is now on duty at a Las Vegas strip club. That’ll encourage people to behave. You’re now encouraged to check out music news for January 11, 2023. More music news?
Read MoreDespite supply chain issues, vinyl had another good year in 2022, at least in terms of revenue. While figures aren’t in for Canada and the US yet, the UK reports that for the
Read More[We’re taking a break over the holidays. New shows start the first weekend in January. – AC] Once upon a time, music was sold to us on pieces of plastic. We had to
Read MoreWith just a few short weeks left in the year, we’re getting an idea of how the recording music industry will finish 2022. Let’s start with by comparing last week with the same
Read MoreWhen Swifties overwhelmed Spotify at midnight Friday morning, the site crashed. That was a clear indication that Taylor Swift was going to have a very, very good week with sales of her Midnights
Read MoreWhen the compact disc first arrived in 1982, it could store 75 minutes of music. Some discs could stretch that to about 80 minutes, but 75 was considered to be the maximum. The
Read MoreIt was on August 17, 1982, when the first commercially-available compact disc rolled out of the Philips factory in Germany. According to some records, the very first title produced for stores was The
Read MoreIf you feel that the world is spinning faster than ever before, you’re not wrong. Literally not wrong. Now try some music news for August 11, 2022. RIP Motown writing legend Lamont Dozier.
Read MoreSpongebob? Is that you? If not, who or what is it? Ponder that as you browse through music news for July 28, 2022. Things are NOT going well for Facebook employees. See? YouTube’s
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