After you’ve left something big and famous and now you’re actually doing your own thing, it can be great. | | | | | Nicolas Jaar in Budapest, 2012. (Gergely Csatari) | | | | |  | “After you’ve left something big and famous and now you’re actually doing your own thing, it can be great.”
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| | rantnrave:// Anatomy of a breaking news story, from actual news to leap-of-faith to just plain wrong and back to earth again, all in the space of half a day: "SPOTIFY in Advanced Talks to Buy SOUNDCLOUD" (the original, actually reported, account). "Spotify Set to Take Over SoundCloud" (no, that's not quite what the story you're quoting said). "Spotify Is Buying SoundCloud" (now you're just making it up). "Spotify, SoundCloud Deal May Not Happen [New Report]" (that's literally what the original story said, so, cool, thank you for the update). So will Spotify buy SoundCloud? As of this writing, we don't know. RECODE's PETER KAFKA thinks it would be a good match between two services whose core content is decidedly different, especially if the buyer could "keep all of that uniqueness intact" in that which it is buying (easier said than done). QUARTZ's JOON IAN WONG says it would be a good match between unprofitable services looking to combine userbases in a fight to survive against better-funded rivals. I like it if it keeps SoundCloud in business and does so without messing up what's good about it: its free, easy access for both artists and fans, its treasure trove of mixes, remixes and other content that the more traditional services haven't found an easy way of providing, its indie spirit (indie as in a way of doing business, not a type of music)... The US SUPREME COURT has agreed to decide whether Asian-American rock band the SLANTS has a right to trademark its name, which the PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE found to be disparaging and therefore ineligible for a trademark. (Watching this case closely: the NFL's WASHINGTON REDSKINS)... GAGA gets gargantuan game gig... It's FRIDAY and that means new music from NICOLAS JAAR, SURVIVE, SOLANGE, BANKS, DJ MUSTARD, JENNY HVAL, BON IVER, DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, MACHINEDRUM, REGINA SPEKTOR, PIXIES, OPETH, VAN MORRISON, BOB WEIR, THE GROWLERS, WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN, JOHN PRINE, CRAIG DAVID, JOHN ADAMS, MR. OIZO, HERB ALPERT, ULTIMATE PAINTING, BLACK MARBLE, EZTV, SLAVES and EMMA RUTH RUNDLE. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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 | The Ringer |
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 | MTV News |
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 | Billboard |
| On Sept. 29, 300 delegates from all sectors of the electronic music industry will converge in Shanghai for the third International Music Summit in the Asia-Pacific region to discuss one thing: how to unlock the world’s largest untapped market for dance music. | | |
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 | Dazed Digital |
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 | The New York Times |
| Extended videos, with their cameos and high production values, are part of a growing music streaming war. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| With their dark music, inscrutable cool and painful authenticity, the Manchester band have inspired a generation of rappers pushing the boundaries of hip-hop. | | |
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 | Passion of the Weiss |
| For someone who got lost in outer space, eccentric MC Kool Keith is surprisingly down to earth. | | |
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 | The New York Observer |
| Here are the musicians most likely to capitalize on Amoeba’s new market. | | |
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 | WTF with Marc Maron |
| If you're wondering how John Prine, one of America's greatest living songwriters, came up with such great lyrics, just look to your mailbox. John tells Marc how his days as a mailman provided him time to ruminate on music, which led to his discovery by Kris Kristofferson, his friendship with Steve Goodman, and his other encounters. | | |
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 | MEL Magazine |
| The pop phenomenon’s top 10 non-hits | | |
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| Billboard |
| In January, the company plans to add two tiers to its existing radio-style streaming service: iHeartRadio Plus (ad-free radio with additional features) and iHeartRadio All Access (closer to an on-demand streaming service). | | |
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 | Fact Magazine |
| Hyperdub chameleon Scratcha DVA talks about channelling his obsession with virtual reality and digital identity into an ambitious new album, "NOTU_URONLINEU." | | |
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| The New York Times |
| A tour of signature places from Springsteen songs about working-class whites shows enthusiasm for the Republican nominee. | | |
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 | The Fader |
| Many of 2016’s biggest hits are bad versions of good songs. What does it all mean for pop? | | |
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 | PopMatters |
| Harari’s images are not so much windows unto an inner soul or even openings to the performer’s penchant for the conspicuously odd, but rather hopes for the undisclosed. | | |
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| MTV News |
| Critic Molly Lambert comes around on the powerful Columbus duo | | |
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| The Guardian |
| The Philharmonia’s principal conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen wants you to join his virtual symphony orchestra. He talks VR and the future of concertgoing. | | |
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 | kaptainkristian |
| A quick look at the career of Donald Glover. One of Hip-Hop's most polarizing figures. | | |
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 | Variety |
| The executive has collaborated closely with singers and musicians who work in film. | | |
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 | A.V. Club |
| The rock ‘n’ roll legend talks about his extensive stage and movie career. | | |
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 | from "RR7349," out today on Relapse Records |
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