definitely worried about the future of the singular indie music platform, a lifeline for many artists # | Continue reading
Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Decriminalizing Artistic Expression Act in a virtual ceremony with Killer Mike, Meek Mill, E-40, and more | Continue reading
The recording industry group’s annual report notes streaming revenues climbed 24 percent from 2020 | Continue reading
The pop polymath guides us through his latest resourceful art project: selling live CDs of his opening sets for Harry Styles’ New York City arena residency. | Continue reading
Forty years after its release, the ingenious studio gurus behind the robot-funk masterpiece talk about how it came to be. | Continue reading
From indie rock to SoundCloud rap, artists are combating the hell of modern existence with blank detachment in their voices. | Continue reading
As more people turn to ambient playlists for sleeping, meditating, and growing houseplants, what does it mean for the artists behind the serene soundscapes? | Continue reading
After a decade under the influence of music algorithms, a look at what streaming services afford the most engaged fans and what lingers below the surface. | Continue reading
Plus more highs and lows from the world of rap this week, including a collection of underrated producer SenseiATL’s best beats and an outré new tape by GAWD that will make you feel like you’re being brainwashed. | Continue reading
The streaming company closed its Russian office space earlier this month | Continue reading
“Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives,” she wrote | Continue reading
Read Megan Buerger’s review of the album. | Continue reading
A musician’s claim that Outlaw Ocean author Ian Urbina misled over 400 artists about their contributions to a journalism-adjacent music project ignited a social media firestorm. “I apologize unequivocally,” Urbina responded. | Continue reading
You chose the best records released between 1996 and 2021. | Continue reading
We’ve all thought about it: Here are 19 album review scores that we’d change if we could. | Continue reading
Years in the making, the expansive study proposes “an urgent and significant reassembly” of the industry | Continue reading
The inventor and composer founded the early electronic instrument company EMS | Continue reading
A selection of the formative pieces from our first 25 years | Continue reading
How Japanese city pop’s quintessential clip lodged itself in the YouTube algorithm, briefly disappeared due to photo rights, and then grew even more powerful. | Continue reading
Behind-the-scenes collaborators detail the making of the icon’s liberating side project, Chick’s Someone’s Ugly Daughter. | Continue reading
The archival records show the bureau’s correspondence with individuals asking for an investigation of the Nirvana frontman’s death | Continue reading
Apple also asserts a commitment to paying independent labels the same rate as majors in a memo sent to artists | Continue reading
Executives said that the song’s lyrics violated the company’s hate speech policy, but it’s staying up because of an exception made for music videos’ “artistic context” | Continue reading
Unsatisfied with the corporate streaming model, an idealistic group of avant-garde improvisers created a small-scale alternative—and want other artists to do the same. | Continue reading
The Union of Musicians and Allied Workers’ “Justice at Spotify” campaign mobilized workers in 31 cities around the world | Continue reading
Boosted by the YouTube recommendations algorithm, and now TikTok memes, an American-influenced strain of vintage Japanese music has become a perennial cult hit online. The trend says more about Western perceptions of the East than the other way around. | Continue reading
With the release of two free programs that encourage experimentation with global tuning systems, the musician and researcher Khyam Allami is challenging the Western biases of music production software. | Continue reading
Renegades: Born in the USA finds the long-time friends discussing “race, fatherhood, marriage, and the state of America” | Continue reading
The legendary dance duo has called it quits 28 years after forming in Paris | Continue reading
The legendary dance duo have called it quits 28 years after forming in Paris | Continue reading
The nonprofit Internet Archive hosts thousands of hours of free, legal, and decidedly un-sketchy streams and downloads of old concerts and radio shows, all offered with the permission of the artists. Here are few vintage essentials. | Continue reading
The visionary producer, who was 34, died in a sudden accident in Athens, Greece | Continue reading
On a tour through his Midwestern hometown, Justin Vernon kicks back and talks about how Bon Iver isn’t just a rock band—it’s a creative sanctuary, a battle against ego, a collective catharsis. | Continue reading
The unlikely story of how two childhood schoolmates changed each other’s lives. | Continue reading
The creators of the online tool explain how they’re shining a light on the infamously shady music industry. | Continue reading
The electronic music pioneer disbanded the group in the ’60s and returned with new albums decades later | Continue reading
For nearly 30 years, John Shepherd broadcast freewheeling records from all over the world, to what he hoped would be an interstellar audience. | Continue reading
Producer JoogSZN talks about the process behind his recent record with Drakeo, Thank You for Using GTL. | Continue reading
Wallpaper music? None here. These are the albums that have shifted moods and created new worlds | Continue reading
“We are sad to share that our sincere hope to join together with Anita White in unity and common purpose has ended.” | Continue reading
Before Irv Teibel, listening to nature meant leaving the house. Here’s the story of the man who brought the rain, thunder, and crickets to your stereo, one satisfied, relaxed customer at a time. | Continue reading
Our brains reward us for seeking out what we already know. So why should we reach to listen to something we don’t? | Continue reading
Fiona Apple’s fifth record is unbound, a wild symphony of the everyday, an unyielding masterpiece. No music has ever sounded quite like it. | Continue reading
The singer-songwriter behind “Lean on Me” and “Ain’t No Sunshine” passed away at the age of 81. | Continue reading
The mysterious field of library music has been an endless sample source for hip-hop producers as well as an inspiration for experimentalists and period-piece scavengers alike. Nate Patrin breaks down the genre and offers a playlist of highlights. | Continue reading
Third Man Records’ Ben Blackwell says the destruction of Apollo Masters’ California facility “will present a problem for the vinyl industry worldwide” | Continue reading
The British artist’s portfolio includes 4AD’s most beloved covers: This Mortal Coil, Scott Walker, TV on the Radio, many more | Continue reading
To combat the live industry’s contribution to the climate crisis | Continue reading