We came to the conclusion that if Michael was going to dance, it would be a hell of a lot easier for his monster to have two legs instead of four. | | | | James Murphy shakes it like an LCD picture, Chicago, July 14, 2017.
(Michael Hickey/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “We came to the conclusion that if Michael was going to dance, it would be a hell of a lot easier for his monster to have two legs instead of four.”
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| | rantnrave:// As the summer of LUIS FONSI, LIL UZI VERT, KENDRICK LAMAR, CARDI B and [FILL IN YOUR OWN BLANK] fades out and fall fades in on a blistering hot LA and a chill, been-there-done-that NY, a few reminders that making a great business around music continues to be a little harder than just making great music. Surveying a rocky summer for SOUNDCLOUD, PANDORA and some of their peers, VULTURE's ANNA CODREA-RADO talks to several execs and analysts and does her best to explain what it's like to start up in a market where growth and profitability are frequently at odds with each other, and where investors might want to know why you're taking almost all the money they give you and handing it over to record companies... DAVID GERARD, aka ROCKNERD, is here to tell you why every initiative to create a music-rights blockchain is a bad idea, and while I find his grounded cynicism compelling, I eagerly await someone with a wider, less cynical vision to prove him wrong. But also, what if he's right? (MusicSET: "Building the Music Blockchain")... And while the world races to shift to video (breaking news, I know), SPOTIFY is doing a little de-shifting. TOM CALDERONE, previously of VH1, is out after a year and a half running video and podcasting for a company that now says it might be a better idea to focus its video production around its already successful music playlists. Dear world: It's OK to *not* be a video company sometimes... ARIC HARDING plays the piano in his flooded home in FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS. When we're done crying, can we agree this is the song of the summer?... DIIV's ZACHARY COLE SMITH and NEUROSIS' SCOTT KELLY have some difficult tales of addiction and mental illness to share. I'm glad we're in a moment where artists feel safe and comfortable doing that sharing. It isn't easy. It isn't ever easy. But it's important. And healthy... "BOB DYLAN Hates Me" (is an amazing short animated film)... NEIL YOUNG loves me enough to finally release his great HITCHHIKER album, only four decades late... Discovered in an UBER... It's FRIDAY and that means new music from LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR (speaking of speaking up about addiction), THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART, THE KNIFE, DÄLEK, NEIL FINN, SHEILA E., JOAN OSBORNE, MOGWAI, THE SCRIPT, GRASCALS, MOTÖRHEAD, STARSAILOR and ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK... RIP SKIP PROKOP, LARRY ELGART and DAVID MASLANKA... MUSICREDEF will be spending Monday, Labor Day, on the beach, searching for songs of the fall. See you Tuesday... Wait, one more thing. The world can start spinning again. PRINCE's other sister says purple was in fact his favorite color. Phew. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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 | The Ringer |
| The rise of two depressive, suicide-threatening rappers and the return of one of the genre’s veteran bands raises questions about emo’s legacy and long-lasting appeal. | | |
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 | The Outline |
| The scrappy site has always been about discovering what music means to you. | | |
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 | Vulture |
| Streaming music is more popular than ever, so why is it difficult for the platforms that offer it to succeed? | | |
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 | Pigeons & Planes |
| Understanding the "flow state" and an instinctive approach to rap. | | |
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 | LA Weekly |
| When the Stones decided to call their double-LP masterpiece "Exile on Main St.," they were referring not to the south of France, but Main Street in downtown Los Angeles. | | |
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 | Hollywood Reporter |
| The company has responded to a copyright lawsuit by challenging what rights are truly implicated by streaming. | | |
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 | Billboard |
| Today (Aug. 31) marks the 30th anniversary of one of the most important pop albums of the late '80s, and one of the most successful albums in "Billboard" chart history: Michael Jackson's "Bad." | | |
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 | Talkhouse |
| These two mutual fans, friends, and frequent tourmates catch up together on today's episode. | | |
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 | Red Bull Music Academy |
| From working in construction to co-founding Strictly Rhythm, Gladys Pizarro's commitment to street culture helped make her one of the most influential dance music execs of the '90s. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| How two late-bloomers became pop icons by losing their cool. | | |
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| The Ringer |
| Blank Space: Taylor Will Not-and Should Not-Solve Your Donald Trump Anxiety - The Ringer | | |
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| Billboard |
| A silver van with California plates has just pulled up outside Brooklyn’s Murmrr Theatre, off Prospect Park’s Grand Army Plaza, and behind the wheel is a familiar face. And yet, different. | | |
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 | Hypebot |
| In this excerpt from "Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts," author David Gerard offers a critical examination of the Bitcoin and blockchain phenomenon, and what it means for music and the music industry. | | |
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 | DJBooth |
| "In 2017, I can't allow myself to separate Dre the artist from Dre's actions against women. He is a genius but also an abuser." | | |
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| Vulture |
| Young artists like XXXTentacion, Kodak Black, and Tay-K are making popular music, but their real-life violent actions can’t just be glossed over. | | |
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 | Mixmag |
| The artists are part of the global Algorave movement. | | |
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 | KEXP |
| KEXP.ORG presents The War On Drugs performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded August 1, 2017. | | |
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 | CMT |
| When Lukas Nelson, 28, is asked a question about his creative process, he is reminded of some words of wisdom passed down to him from his father, country icon Willie Nelson. | | |
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 | Mass Appeal |
| You never thought that hip hop would take it this far. | | |
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 | The Commercial Appeal |
| Memphian William Eggleston has been widely hailed as the "father of color photography" and revered as one of the most influential visual artists of last fifty years. This fall, he'll take on another title -- that of recording artist. | | |
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| | From "Omnion," out today on Big Beat. |
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