If you are a woman and you think there’s something wrong with the song then there’s something wrong with you. Because I’m fighting for us, really. | | | | Kaytranada at the Panorama Festival, New York, July 23, 2016.
(Noam Galai/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “If you are a woman and you think there’s something wrong with the song then there’s something wrong with you. Because I’m fighting for us, really.”
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| | rantnrave:// DUBSET's deal with SONY is a big step forward for getting DJ sets and unauthorized remixes into SPOTIFY and elsewhere, and a potential step backward, some people believe, for embattled™ SOUNDCLOUD, which long enjoyed something of a monopoly on that kind of content among major streaming sites. But SoundCloud has a long head start in branding and goodwill in the space. Does the coming availability of monetizable DJ sets put the company's new management team on the offensive or the defensive? Do DJs and remixers remain loyal? Does someone give them a reason to? And how much of SONY's catalog will be available to them, wherever they go?... What you are and are not allowed to eat in dancehall music, and how artists like ISHAWNA are trying to change that. NSFW (for language, not pictures), and a must-read for anyone interested in sex and sexual politics and music. Which I assume/hope means everybody... AEG and MSG appear to kiss and makeup... Why is there no album called "...AND MAKEUP" in the KISS catalog?... Every time a newspaper goes out of print, I feel a loss. The VILLAGE VOICE may be a decade too late in its move to a digital-only format and it may be a decade since I've touched a copy, but it was a formative influence on me and I'd put its music section in the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME tomorrow if I could. Fare thee well all you red boxes throughout NEW YORK CITY... It goes without saying that the standard WENNER-esque canon of history's best albums is narrowminded and wrong, and PITCHFORK's attempt to correct the historical record with a 1960s top-200 list that makes room for NINA SIMONE, JOHN COLTRANE and MILES DAVIS in the top 10 is a welcome update. There's no breaking news in here, but if it leads some kids, or anyone, to a better understanding of ERIC DOLPHY or the VELVET UNDERGROUND, then mission accomplished. Some pretty good essays throughout, too... More listmaking: KANYE WEST's 100 best songs... BILLY JOEL, you are a mensch... RIP FRED "FREAK" SMITH. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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 | Pigeons & Planes |
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 | Pitchfork |
| The major label debuts from Arcade Fire, Grizzly Bear, the War on Drugs, and more present an acid test for “indie” bands in the streaming era. | | |
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 | Vulture |
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 | Mass Appeal |
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 | Mic |
| Here's how the the viewing party of a lifetime came together in less than a year. | | |
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| Pitchfork |
| Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Albert Ayler, the Velvet Underground, Eric Dolphy, Dusty Springfield, and the other artists who changed music forever. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| The knotty back story of “The Race,” one of the summer’s fastest growing songs, is unlike any other viral hit. | | |
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 | Dazed Digital |
| From Lou Reed to Lana Del Rey, musicians have been using the drug as both a literal and symbolic reference point for decades. | | |
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 | Village Voice |
| On Lou Reed, the downtown bard of the dirty boulevard. | | |
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| Could a new club from the Tresor cofounder help revitalize Detroit's nightlife? Max Pearl heads there to find out. | | |
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 | Complex |
| Half of the year has already gone by and, so far, it's been an inspiring year for British music-particularly grime and UK rap. | | |
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 | The Verge |
| Rights clearance startup Dubset has just inked a deal with Sony Music to allow monetization of its songs in DJ sets and of unofficial tracks that sample its artists. This means that artists could... | | |
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 | Splinter |
| Cardi B is everywhere these days. Last week, her single “Bodak Yellow” became the first female rap track to break into the Top 10 of Billboard’s Hot 100 since Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” in 2014. (It’s now at no. 3.) The “Bodak Yellow” music video has racked up over 72 million views as of this writing, and it’s still climbing. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| Neo-Nazis have attempted to use 80s John Carpenter movie "They Live," Depeche Mode and Johnny Cash but they’ve been met with industry outrage. | | |
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 | Billboard |
| The detente comes as AEG faces a potential investigation for anti-competitive practices in the U.K. | | |
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| The New York Times |
| Terry Stewart, formerly with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has a plan to bring tourists to El Dorado, Ark. The focus is on the arts. | | |
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 | Stewart MacDonald |
| Willie Nelson's guitar, "Trigger," is in for repairs at Erlewine Guitars in Austin, Texas. Mark Erlewine shares a closeup look at the famous hole in the top. Mark's been Trigger's caretaker for ages, and he gives us the inside scoop on Trigger's history. | | |
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 | Office of Copyright |
| Sampling of musical compositions came into mainstream music with the rise of rap music as a genre. Due to a recent decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals over the Madonna hit "Vogue," the practice still has uncertain legal ramifications. | | |
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 | Hollywood Reporter |
| With predictions of a high-stakes Supreme Court review, a marathon court hearing is held over whether the first-sale doctrine has survived the digital era. | | |
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