We don't need sympathy. We need everyone to respect our lives.
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Schoolboy Q's "Blank Face" is out today on Top Dawg. (Eddy Rissling)
Friday - July 08, 2016 Fri - 07/08/16
rantnrave:// Responding to the police killings of ALTON STERLING and PHILANDO CASTILE, BEYONCÉ demands that "everyone respect our lives" and DRAKE asks for "honest dialogue." Two different shades of reaction, and I'm not remotely qualified to suggest which is "better" or what exactly anyone is supposed to do at this point besides screaming, crying, hugging each other and trying to overthrow their local government. I'm simply glad that our biggest pop stars (and many, many others like them) are engaged in this moment, fully horrified, fully willing to stand up and scream and cry and demand action. Every voice and every action helps... Also, this is absolutely completely totally not the time to talk about disabling cellphones... Great short documentary about the most infamous case of copyright overreach in our time... Which does not in any way justify what appears to be an almost bizarre case of copyright underreach by the U.S. Justice Department... And neither of which helps producers like FLYING LOTUS who are simply wondering where their fair share is... Copyright, like POSDNOUS, is complicated... It's FRIDAY and that means new music from SCHOOLBOY Q, AVALANCHES, SHURA, APHEX TWIN, THE JULIE RUIN, RÓISÍN MURPHY and INTER ARMA. Oh, and a CALVIN HARRIS/JOHN NEWMAN track that will be deconstructed by gossips from now until the world ends or next TUESDAY, whichever comes sooner.
- Matty Karas, curator
what's going on
Nautilus
Brian Eno Plays the Universe
by Stephon Alexander
A physicist explains what the composer has in common with the dawn of the cosmos. (Excerpted from T"he Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe" by Stephon Alexander.)
Pitchfork
Still Got It 4 Cheap: Clipse and the Rise of Online Mixtapes
by Jayson Greene
How rap mixtapes evolved from a humble regional format to a worldwide phenomenon.
The Guardian
Happy Birthday: my campaign to liberate the people's song
by Jenn Nelson, Vito DeCandia, Alex Purcell, Pascal Wyse and Charlie Phillips
For years, global music publisher Warner/Chappell claimed copyright of the Happy Birthday song, demanding payment for any public performance of it. Jenn Nelson tells the story of her four-year campaign to prove that the company did not in fact own the rights to the world-famous song, whose tune was composed by two sisters in Kentucky in 1893.
Pigeons & Planes
Flying Lotus is Right: Producers Still Aren't Getting Treated Fairly
by Jessica Meiselman
It's easy to forget that for many years, the celebrity that we know as DJ Khaled was just a producer. It feels like a distant memory in 2016-Khaled is now a social media superstar who just got off tour with Beyoncé, and he's about to drop an album that includes features from top-tier artists like Jay-Z and Drake.
ADWEEK
Here's Why Las Vegas Hired DJ Khaled to Launch Its Snapchat Channel
by Marty Swant
Underscores a big tourism trend from coast to coast.
Billboard
America's Songwriters Deserve Better Than This
by David Israelite
David Israelite, head of the National Music Publishers Association, argues that the Dept. of Justice's recent pre-holiday decision is tone deaf at best, disastrous at worst.
Dummy
I love how she shakes her booty (while looking for vinyl): some thoughts on sexism in music
by Nik Rawlings
Following the sexist abuse experienced by Nightwave and Toxe on Boiler Room's live stream last week, Nik Rawlings explores issues of inequality in the music ind
Metal Insider
Interview: ‘Decibel’ SJW author on elitism, SJWs, metal’s future and reaction to article
by Jordeana Bell
Last week, I caught up with associate professor Jeffrey S Podoshen, the author of the Decibel magazine article about metal's Social Justice Warrior issue that set off a firestorm in the online metal community. We caught up with him about the reaction to the article, holocaust tourism, and his thoughts on the future of the metal music industry.
The Atlantic
Drake's Crucial Political Awakening
by Spencer Kornhaber
The killing of Alton Sterling has led the biggest rapper in the world to break his silence about Black Lives Matter.
MTV News
Growing Up Sucks, Dude: Blink-182 Face The Music
by Molly Lambert
Molly Lambert on "California" and whether dick jokes improve with age.
there's a riot goin' on
Red Bull Music Academy
Dance To The Drummer’s Beat: A Loop History
by Jesse Serwer
From “Throw The D” to the Fresh Prince, Jesse Serwer examines the raunchy second life of Herman Kelly’s b-boy classic.
The Trichordist
Elizabeth @SenWarren Sides With The Streaming Service Not Paying Songwriters Against Streaming Service That Does
by David C. Lowery
Kettle meet pot. Pot meet kettle. Doesn't Sen Warren know songwriters are the small businesses and middle class of the streaming world, not Spotify? Who's given Warren the bad advice?
Rolling Stone
A-Wa: The Israeli Trio Turning Yemenite Tradition Into a Global Groove
by Richard Gehr
Post-modern pop transcends complicated Arab-Jewish relations in their home country.
Forbes
The Album Is Dying, And Good Riddance
by Bobby Owsinski
Like it or not, the album is clearly dying, but artists, band and record labels refuse to see the writing on the wall. It's time to reimagine how music is presented to the public.
The New York Times
Letter of Recommendation: Pen & Pixel
by Will Stephenson
Once an affront to the mainstream, the company’s hip-hop album covers eventually became part of it.
Bandcamp Daily
David J Brings His Music to Fans' Homes
by Ned Raggett
David J has spent more than half of his lifetime as a member of two alt-culture linchpin bands, the (inadvertent) founders of goth-rock Bauhaus and the psych-leaning Love and Rockets. But for all the stereotypes that often surrounded them, both acts embraced a broad range of styles, resisting easy categorization--a trait that’s equally evident in its members’ solo work.
KCRW
Cymande on 'Morning Becomes Eclectic'
by Garth Trinidad and Cymande
UK funk and soul pioneers Cymande made a triumphant return to LA after a 40-year hiatus.
Music Tech Solutions
Cost Recovery and the DOJ's 100% Licensing Scheme
by Chris Castle
After a prolonged and expensive process of soliciting public comments on potential betterments in the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees, the Department of Justice has decided to ignore all of the ideas presented and focus on the one thing that is almost guaranteed to destroy the PRO system in the U.S.--adopt the punitive policy of “100% licensing”.
The New York Times
Up North, Pup Makes Freshly Mutating Punk
by Jon Caramanica
It may not be evident from a distance, but punk is constantly mutating from within. At its best, the genre puts up a shambolic edifice that can obscure real rumbles of change -- so long as the attitude is intact, the component parts can shift endlessly.
Forbes
Bigbang Theory: How K-Pop's Top Act Earned $44 Million In A Year
by Zack O'Malley Greenburg
The first Korean act to land on our Celeb 100 list, Bigbang pulled in $44 million this year, offering a window into the campy K-Pop genre--and a blueprint for making money on music anywhere in the world.
MUSIC OF THE DAY
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"The Charade"
D'Angelo and the Vanguard
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