On Thursday morning, Spotify will send invitations to several hundred independent artists in the U.S. inviting them to a new feature that allows them to upload songs and albums directly — without going through a single label company, distribution group or Spotify employee — and automatically receive royalty payments in …
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Nine Inch Nails‘ just-launched Cold and Black and Infinite Tour continues to provide fans with unexpected surprises as the band’s Tuesday concert at Morrison, Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre featured their first-ever performance of “The Perfect Drug.” Despite its standing as a fan-favorite from the Lost Highway soundtrack, Trent Reznor had …
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As the U.S. Senate firms up a major decision this week about the Music Modernization Act — a piece of music legislation that was once guaranteed to sail smoothly into law, but has been waylaid by a series of surprising dissents from inside the music industry— a group of more …
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency should, ideally, operate independently of the president’s ego.This doesn’t appear to be the case in 2018. During a Sunday morning appearance onMeet the Press, FEMA Director Brock Long defended the president’s claim that the Hurricane Maria death toll in Puerto Rico had been artificially inflated. …
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Throughout Pink Floyd‘s three-decade-plus history, the band employed only five full-time members. Three of those men had their turn helming the project, each one inflecting it with a unique flavor. Syd Barrett reigned over the madcap, bluesy space-rock era; Roger Waters ruled the proggy, introspective concept-album days; and David Gilmour …
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As the father of two young boys, Eric Church has had to do his share of monster checks before bedtime. He uses that paternal responsibility to frame his new song “Monsters,” the latest release off his upcoming album Desperate Man. Written by Church with bandmate Jeff Hyde (who released the …
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After a lengthy battle with Cash Money — his label home for his entire, decades long career — Lil Wayne is now the proud owner of Young Money, his longtime imprint. In a new Billboard cover story, Wayne reveals that he settled for an undisclosed sum, ownership of the imprint …
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Young Thug turned himself in to the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Department and was charged with five violations of the Georgia Controlled Substance Act. The sheriff’s department database shows that the rapper (real name: Jeffery Lamar Williams) was booked Tuesday afternoon. The charges stem from a September 2017 arrest when Brookhaven …
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Time’s Up urged CBS to enact sweeping corporate changes and donate the entirety of ex-CEO Leslie Moonves’ severance package to “organizations that address sexual harassment and workplace safety.” Moonves resigned from his post Sunday after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct, including unwanted kissing, touching and exposing himself. According …
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Drake’s music taste can move the needle for a new artist. The minute Aubrey Graham started singing Octavian’s “Party Here” at a Golden Globes afterparty, the 22-year-old rapper and singer’s fate was sealed: The Londoner was now, officially, a thing. Since then, he’s walked in Virgil Abloh’s first Louis Vuitton …
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