I still feel bad that my music is out there infecting people. All those seeds of hate I planted years ago... I’m still pulling up those weeds every time a Dylan Roof, Wade Michael Page, or that guy in Charlottesville do what they do. I feel personally responsible. | | | | Nicki Minaj's "Queen" is out today on Young Money.
(Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) | | | | | | “I still feel bad that my music is out there infecting people. All those seeds of hate I planted years ago... I’m still pulling up those weeds every time a Dylan Roof, Wade Michael Page, or that guy in Charlottesville do what they do. I feel personally responsible.”
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| | rantnrave:// I'm intrigued by APPLE MUSIC's new push to create playlists of what your friends are listening to—there's nothing more valuable in the music discovery space than your own friends and colleagues, if you ask me—but if your new SAMSUNG phone has SPOTIFY pre-installed and deeply integrated, what's the chance you'll bother navigating and downloading your way to that Apple feature, or anything on Apple? On the other hand, if you're a VERIZON customer and you're handed six free months of Apple Music, what's the chance you're going to want to explore the world of Spotify playlists and radio? Because, face it, while people like me debate the relative merits of this service's programmed playlists vs. that service's algorithms, and while artists compare notes on penny royalties, the people in the C-suites are probably spending a tiny bit more time comparing mobile partnerships. The hookup between Spotify and Samsung, announced on Thursday, seems huge, making Spotify the official musical heart of the Samsung universe from phones to TVs to speakers. As ROLLING STONE spun it, "Spotify Is Done Fighting Apple Music—and Ready to Take On Apple." Apple, as in the company that not only has its own built-in phone manufacturer but also is now making sweet musical harmonies with a little provider called Verizon. Similar deals are piling up throughout the music space, and why not: "It's on the home screen" and "it's free" are better arguments than "it's a good algorithm" every time. But but but. Those algorithms and those programmers still better be good. Funny thing about music fans: We like good music, and we're kind of weirdly specific about it. We don't expect our $9.99/month services to be as good friends as our actual friends, but the closer you come, the more likely we are to come to your next party... You know what else we like? A nice low frequency oscillator, or a good voltage-controlled filter. And all those other buttons on knobs on our favorite electronic devices. MusicSET: "Music Machines: How Synthesizers Changed the Sound of the Future"... Work it!... DAVE GROHL, he plays many instruments... On the big screen this weekend (limited release): LEE ARONSOHN's 40 YEARS IN THE MAKING: THE MAGIC MUSIC MOVIE, a documentary about a semi-legendary Boulder, Colo., jam band... On digital screens (everywhere): NINA KRAVIZ's full set from TOMORROWLAND... It's FRIDAY and that means new music from NICKI MINAJ, MILES KANE, FOXING, TIRZAH, MOSES SUMNEY, YOUNG NUDY, TRIPPIE REDD, THE BETHS, THE WAR AND TREATY, GORGON CITY, NEF THE PHARAOH, JASON MRAZ, JORDAN SMITH, KORAN STREETS, SINSAENUM, JAKE SHEARS, LIZ COOPER & THE STAMPEDE, DAWN LANDES, DJ MUGGS/SOUL ASSASSINS, SHOOTER JENNINGS, JASON EADY, DEREK MINOR, ROBBIE FULKS & LINDA GAIL LEWIS, KODALINE and THE PROCLAIMERS... Plus: three new QUAVO songs, one new song by a group that consists of actor LAKEITH STANFIELD, SONG EXPLODER host HRISHIKESH HIRWAY and TUNE-YARDS, and, this seems important too, TOTO's studio cover of WEEZER's "HASH PIPE"... RIP PROKID and PATRICK WILLIAMS. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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| As white supremacist groups prepare to march on the one-year anniversary of the Charlottesville tragedy, columnist Matt Melis looks back on his conversations with two prominent former neo-Nazi skinhead musicians who left their hateful ideologies long ago and now help others do the same. | | |
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| Regular music was full of sad guys, too, of course; what set sadcore apart was its note of self-laceration. I rolled my eyes at musicians who blamed women for their problems, but if Elliott Smith or Mark Kozelek blamed his own basic unlovability for forcing a woman to leave him? That slayed me. | | |
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| The hometown band urges fans to help our homeless neighbors. | | |
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| Six people working in the music world tell us how they do it. | | |
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| Why the Swiss luxury watch has become hip-hop’s preferred timepiece. | | |
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| Nashville’s new generation of country artists are more involved in crafting their own songs. Some of the most distinct perspectives belong to women. | | |
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| Celebrating the rewards and challenges of dedicating one's life to playing and mastering a musical instrument. | | |
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| You're entitled to an opinion, but telling a DJ how to do their job isn't on. | | |
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| The trap king's business model relies on his workaholic habits, depression, and substance abuse: a perilous combination that can lead to burnout, or worse. | | |
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| When I listened to translowmo, I didn't hear the modulated voices of Christina or Miley. Instead, I let myself hear new voices--different, but no less authentic. | | |
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| Growing up, Niya Marie sought refuge in Whitney Houston’s ethereal notes; as an adult, Marie found recognition in her silences. | | |
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| Welcome to pop’s Great Depression. | | |
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| A quick way to estimate how many spins you'll get when your song appears on a Spotify playlist. It can be tough to determine beforehand what it will be "worth" to get your song placed on a particular playlist. Some playlists have tens of thousands of followers but hardly any active listeners. | | |
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| Since KCON’s founding in 2012 in Southern California, the event has grown to draw more than 128,000 for a long weekend of concerts, workshops, panels and fan meetups. It’s especially notable this year, as K-Pop has finally hit one particular mainstream commercial milestone. | | |
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| Born to Algerian parents in a Paris “ghetto,” DJ Snake chased down his dance idols in America before he’d even learned English. Now he’s got smash hits with Justin Bieber and Major Lazer under his belt -- and admirers including soccer stars and the president of France. | | |
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| The most revealing films about musicians often capture them at a moment away from the spotlight. | | |
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| A love song about wildflowers is the song of the summer on both sides of Kashmir's much-disputed border, after getting a push from a popular Pakistani television program funded by a soda company. | | |
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| From Fort Worth to the White House, Leon Bridges has taken the lessons he learned from dance with him. | | |
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| The two defendants charged in the deaths of 36 people at the Ghost Ship warehouse got off easy, families of the victims Thursday told an Alameda County Superior Court judge, urging him to reconsider the plea deal that families called a "slap on the wrist" and "morally bankrupt." | | |
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| Citi Global Perspectives & Solutions |
| The music industry is in the midst of two profound changes. First, consumers are increasingly opting to rent -- rather than buy -- music. Second, the demise of physical music has prompted artists to tour more often, driving significant growth in concerts and festivals. | | |
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| | | | | | | From "Black in Deep Red, 2014," out today on Jagjaguwar. |
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