Random music news for Friday, July 18, 2025
This phone case feels like human skin. It gets sunburned, too. Creepy. (Via Rick J) Music news for July 18, 2025, isn’t quite as weird. More music news? Go here.
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South Korean has roving bands of granny rappers
The original Monty Python show had a skit entitled “Hell’s Grannies,” which featured a bunch of violent old ladies who roamed the streets of Bolton. This isn’t quite the same,
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A streaming service is taking a stand on listening with the volume down
People are always looking for ways to game the system when it comes to boosting streaming numbers. An easy and common way to do this is to encourage your fans
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Fun: Here’s how South Korea makes vinyl records
In the Olden Days, vinyl record presses were big, stinky, dangerous things. Today they still involved hot non-biodegradable polyvinyl chloride, but they’re a lot more clean and cool. Check out
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Why am I writing about BTS today?
Anyone who spends anytime at all on this site knows the focus is mostly on rock music with bits of music-related tech, music industry doings, and pop culture news, thrown
Read MoreRandom music news for Friday, March 11, 2022
Oh, great. As if we don’t have enough to worry about, there’s this. Try not to worry too much as you go through music news for March 11, 2022. Clapping
Read MoreRandom music news for Wednesday, March 2, 2022
How would AI apply for a job as a musician? Like this. Let’s now try some music news for March 2, 2022. A Russian radio station that’s critical of Kremlin
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This South Korean sing contest TV show is…interesting
On the heels of the Masked Singer and its ilk comes another variation on the singing contest: South Korea’s Your Face Sounds Familiar. Here’s a sample.
Read MoreRandom music news for Friday, February 18, 2022
The Queen–yes, the monarch–has launched a brand of dog perfume. Gotta pay for Prince Andrew’s indiscretions somehow, right? Now let’s try some music news for Friday, February 18, 2022. Wait:
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North Korea: Distribution of K-pop now carries the death penalty
Thuggy North Korea totalitarian dictator Kim Jung Un is not a fun guy. He enjoys things like forced labour camps, executing rivals with anti-aircraft guns, and engaging in all kinds
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South Korea is using artificial intelligence to produce music by dead musicians
Artificial intelligence is being harnessed to do some interesting things. New programs are being used to learn and then extrapolate the style of certain musicians. This way, we can learn
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