Who am I to interrupt your imagination? I don’t dictate my work, I just make it. I think it’s rude of me, and an insult to you, if you had an idea about something, for me to come back and destroy it with my thought process. | | | | Jlin DJing at the Broad museum, Los Angeles, Aug. 20, 2016.
(Tara Ziemba/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “Who am I to interrupt your imagination? I don’t dictate my work, I just make it. I think it’s rude of me, and an insult to you, if you had an idea about something, for me to come back and destroy it with my thought process.”
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| | rantnrave:// If you need a quick refresher on the current state of pop, you could do worse than read PIER DOMINGUEZ on the stylistic differences between HARRY STYLES and ZAYN MALIK, and CHRIS MOLANPHY on the DJ KHALED-led crew that currently has the #1 song in the US. Dominguez, writing at length in BUZZFEED, contrasts Malik's embrace of R&B and EDM to Styles' "attempt to perform rock authenticity in an era of poptimistic democracy and hip-hop realness." The difference between the ex-bandmates extends to where they gave first major solo interviews—ROLLING STONE for Styles, FADER and COMPLEX for Malik. The underlying lines of demarcation are as old as pop itself but the framing is new, not unlike both men's music. Worth a read *and* worth a listen... We've expanded our MusicSET "Harry Styles' Second Direction"... In SLATE, Molanphy notes that "I'M THE ONE" is the first BILLBOARD #1 single credited to at least five artists, and argues it's also the "first-ever No 1 posse cut." He doesn't much care for it. But it's provided CHANCE THE RAPPER with his first chart-topper, and "represents the culmination of a two-year reinvention of JUSTIN [BIEBER]’s career"... The response to sexual assault allegations against BEN HOPKINS of punk band PWR BTTM has been swift and decisive. The band—whose second album was released Friday—has been dropped by two labels and its management company. Opening bands pulled out of shows, festivals canceled dates and finally the band scrapped its entire spring/summer tour. It's important to remember these are allegations. Hopkins appears to have been legally charged with nothing and deserves a fair hearing, both in public and, if eventually charged, in court. But the alleged victims—of a crime whose victims are frequently accorded neither belief nor empathy—deserve a fair hearing, too. And they deserve the respect of a swift and decisive response from their community... Speaking of swift and decisive action, did sexual harassment allegations bring down L.A. REID?... SPOTIFY's non-IPO... EMUSIC's renewed belief in downloads. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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| Unlike most of his contemporaries, newly solo One Direction star Harry Styles is performing a retro rock earnestness. But is that what listeners are looking for? | | |
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 | Slate |
| He throws the best parties, even if he never really does that much. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| The music-streaming giant pulled its in-app message feature in February, but it lives on in our hearts. | | |
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 | Cracked.com |
| Once upon a time, the Hermits were bigger than the Beatles. Here's what we learned talking to one of the band members. | | |
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 | SPIN |
| With its thumping soul music, eager salespeople, and flashing lights meant to simulate a dance party, the DJ and electronic music section of the Guitar Center in Merrillville, Indiana, is not exactly a quiet oasis. Still, Jerrilynn Patton, the 30-year-old composer and producer who performs as Jlin, somewhat reluctantly considers the place a haven away from home. | | |
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 | MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY |
| Both Peter Kafka and Lyor Cohen seem to be mystified by concerns about how YouTube shakes down artists and songwriters in Kafka’s interview with Lyor in Recode. It should come as no shock that Google chose Kafka as the safe interviewer for Lyor, but it really is stunning how oblivious Lyor is to how to scam Content ID which has leaked like the proverbial sieve since its inception. | | |
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 | Variety |
| Fyre Festival co-founder Billy McFarland has initiated talks with a crisis management team at FTI Consulting about managing his battered public image, which took another hit Thursday with a sixth class action suit filed in New York. | | |
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 | DJ Tech Tools |
| The moral acceptability of trainspotting (figuring out what a DJ is playing) is a longstanding debate in the DJ community. But in recent years, new tools and communities have changed how the process works -- and one DJ, Jackmaster, took issue with it last week in a heartfelt opinion. | | |
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 | Mental Floss |
| Taylor Hanson and the team behind the band's hit song and breakthrough album "Middle of Nowhere" reflect on just what made their brand of introspective bubblegum pop so irresistible. | | |
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 | The Associated Press |
| Several companies from New York and Connecticut have settled with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. | | |
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 | Salon |
| How yacht rock went from punchline to cultural touchstone. | | |
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 | Point Blank Music School |
| DJ/Producer Chris Read gave us a journey into the history of sampling at our recent PB x Ableton event at Point Blank in London, covering the origins of hip-hop through to the use of samples in today's pop music. | | |
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 | Vulture |
| With "Master of None’s" newest season taking place in both America and Italy, the brain trust behind the musical operation was faced with an unusual task -- how would they be able to craft a new sonic world for the time spent in Emilia-Romagna, while also expanding on the signature New York City sound they already established in the first season? | | |
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 | Thump |
| We spoke to writers and editors involved in the making of music's most discerning and open-minded publication. | | |
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 | NPR |
| When Wenner started Rolling Stone, he says, other publications weren't taking rock and roll seriously. Since then, the magazine has documented five decades of music, politics and culture. | | |
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 | Complex |
| At just 22, Joey Badass is undergoing a career reinvention, and his music is the best it's ever been. Whether anyone notices is another matter entirely. | | |
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 | Los Angeles Times |
| The pursuit of rare, unreleased music has carried record geeks and reissue labels to every corner of the globe, from dusty attics to spider-webbed basements. What used to be called "digging in the crates" for unheralded sounds, however, has recently shifted to less tangible realms, as archivists. | | |
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 | Quartz |
| Hold off on the playlist, Spotify. Start with a pro/con list. | | |
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 | Pitchfork |
| With former Verizon attorney Ajit Pai now at the helm of the FCC, plans to roll back unbiased internet access take shape. Music fans should care-and can speak out. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| The singer’s musical talent and genius was just too great to simply consider her a tragic figure. | | |
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