Lily Allen’s “Hard Out Here” Roasts Miley, Robin Thicke and the Music Biz
Lily Allen (Image by The Style Scout) Many of us are more than a little tired of people like Miley Cyrus degrading what it means to be sexy with a seemingly endless energy and budget for it. There have...
View ArticleKanye West Beefs with Retail Giant Zappos
Kanye West (Image by Tyler Curtis) The latest Kanye West beef involves the digital retail giant, Zappos, which has become the latest target of the rapper/producer/pseudo-architectural genius’ ire. K.W....
View ArticleBillboard Hot 100 Charts – November 23rd, 2013
The most popular songs in the USA of the last week. Ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS, sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and streaming activity data...
View ArticleBeastie Boys Accuse ‘GoldieBlox’ Toy Commercial of Copyright Infringement
The Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock (Photo by Bakameh) The Beastie Boys classic song “Girls” has been parodied in a recent commercial for GoldieBlox, depicting a trio of young girls rejecting the “pink and...
View ArticleSpotify Discloses How Much It Pays Per Stream
Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify (Photo by Patrik Ragnarsson) Spotify recently revealed that it pays less than a penny per stream, reports SPIN. The service’s new artist website boasts that it, “has now paid...
View ArticleKanye West Criticizes Newspaper for Fake Interview, Mandela Diss
Kanye (Image by Shahril Affandi Radzali) The Daily Currant recently ran an interview with Kanye West in which the notoriously outspoken rapper/producer compared his music to the late Nelson Mandela’s...
View ArticleBeyonce’s Guerrilla Album Release Breaks iTunes Record
Beyonce (Image by Beelover9481) Beyonce‘s latest album, released completely out of the blue, still managed to break a major sales record by the sheer force of internet buzz alone. The self-titled...
View ArticleElton John Calls Out Kremlin on Anti-LGBT Legislation
In a recent open letter to Mother Russia, Sir Elton John, a man known for his activism as much as his flashy piano rock, articulated his condemnation of the nation’s recent anti-LGBT legislation....
View ArticleUS Music Industry Weekly Round-Up; January 24th, 2014
Music Industry News & Views Elton John Calls Out Kremlin on Anti-LGBT Legislation >> Music Jobs Blog The Epic Justin Bieber Meltdown May Be the Most Worrisome One Yet>> The Daily Beast...
View ArticleTrent Reznor Says “F*** You” To The Grammys
The music industry’s biggest night was supposed to conclude with a bang–a medley by Trent Reznor, Queens of the Stone Age, Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham and Dave Grohl. But to the dismay of...
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