You listen to the songs in a different way now because of the way he died... People who suffer from depression, some tend to self-medicate, others write it in their music. | | | | Missy Elliott working it with the crowd at the FYF Fest Friday night in Los Angeles.
(Christopher Polk/Getty Images) | | | | | | “You listen to the songs in a different way now because of the way he died... People who suffer from depression, some tend to self-medicate, others write it in their music.”
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| | rantnrave:// Three weeks after MTV NEWS ended its experiment in longform journalism and pop-culture criticism, VICE MEDIA has quietly done away with its dance-music vertical, THUMP, as part of a reorganization the company says is aimed at increasing its video output. Less dance music, more moving pictures, OK. This isn't exactly shocking news; times are tough and the shelf life of media verticals is as stable as that of supermarket sushi. But it's sad news nonetheless. Thump consistently published quality journalism about the music, technology and culture of dance, and did some wonderful curating, too. It was far from alone in providing smart coverage of dance music, but losing any outlet, especially one with quality staff and the backing of a major media company, hurts. Editor-in-chief EMILIE FRIEDLANDER, who remains at Vice, tweeted that Thump "will live on in some capacity." I hope, and assume, Thump's former writers will live on, too... TYLER, THE CREATOR's FLOWER BOY and LANA DEL REY's LUST FOR LIFE sound like two halves of the same double album of weird, confessional love songs. Put 'em together in a playlist and hit shuffle. Friday was a good New Music Friday. And speaking of Lana Del Rey, this, as far as I know, is the best thing SEAN ONO LENNON has ever been involved with... Why diversity matters, subcategory: music festivals... It's my party and I'll laugh if I want to... LINKIN PARK's memorial site for CHESTER BENNINGTON, with suicide prevention links... Celebrity playlists done correctly (the first two aren't new; they floated my way when playing with SONOS this weekend): PRINCE's "Always" mix (sounds like what I assume the inside of Prince's head always sounded like). FRANK OCEAN's "Blonded" mix (an audio lookbook for BRAD PITT's new favorite thing). HENRY ROLLINS' KCRW show Sunday night (representing for rawk long after everyone else has gone home)... SCOTT WALKER, who never listens to his own music, chats with JARVIS COCKER, who does... RIP BOBBY TAYLOR, KENNY SHIELDS and L.C. COOK. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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| ‘25 million plays, and zero dollars.’ | | |
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| Linkin Park’s lead vocalist helped me and so many of my friends get through difficult times. | | |
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| While late night television has always been the go-to place for managers to showcase emerging talent, there's a much tinier alternative that can drive just as much growth on social media. | | |
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| Consensus formed at warp speed that Kid Rock’s possible U.S. Senate bid shouldn’t be taken seriously. That’s a huge mistake. | | |
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| Photographer KC McGinnis went to Audiofeed, a Christian rock and metal festival, to revisit his roots. He found a surprising cross section of believers, incredibly loud music and a serious rock attitude. | | |
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| Another common agreement that is part of the “multiple rights” a label acquires is one that covers the artist’s “collateral” or “ancillary” entertainment activities. This clause applies to any stream of income not covered by the other existing agreements between the parties. | | |
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| In his first-ever interview, Nav explains how he fell in with XO, and what it's like to become a star in the blink of an eye. | | |
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| “Being ‘Numb’ and ‘Crawling’ - these things are not for show.” | | |
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| The controversial cabaret license might be on its way out. | | |
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| How George Will's tone-deaf misinterpretation of "Born in the USA" came to amplify The Boss' political voice. (Excerpted from "Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA" by Geoffrey Himes .) | | |
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| The BBC is planning a primetime music show featuring live performances, sketches and interviews. Can it reinvent Top of the Pops for the 21st century, or is it chasing a dead format? Five Guardian writers ponder its merits | | |
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| Movie soundtracks aren’t cool, but a mixtape from a buzzy director might be. | | |
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| A daytime lineup of producers and D.J.s is coming to the Panorama Festival on Randalls Island, giving an influential music scene a chance to shine. | | |
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| Why, oh why did The Guardian have to do it? Why did it have to resort to the type of clichéd hatchet-job it would shake its head at in a less lofty publication? | | |
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| The French band Phoenix recorded new album ‘Ti Amo’ in Paris amid a wave of terrorist attacks. “It was strange to make carefree music in this time,” they tell Marlow Stern. | | |
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| Photographer Brad Elterman relives his glory days of shooting David Bowie, Joan Jett, Bob Dylan, and KISS. | | |
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| While the folk preachers may have perfected their preaching skills in Southern churches, they broadened their reach through phonograph records. From the mid-1920s well into the Depression, there were roughly 85 preachers whose hundreds of singing sermons were recorded and heard throughout the black community nationwide via 78-rpm records. | | |
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| Spotify, SoundCloud, Tidal: Seemingly every major streaming service has suffered through some controversy lately. A panel discussion, on Popcast. | | |
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| As Linkin Park fans continue to come to grips with the death of Chester Bennington, they're reaching out with messages of despair, hope and everything in between. An example would be this email that I got from Brad.. | | |
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