Music news never stops happening. Festivals have their soap operas, tech companies have their churn, and music lovers have their ‘best of’ lists. The Daily Chord from SXSW sorts through it all and updates each weekday, linking to stories on the web and shooting the headlines out via our email blast. Sign up here to join the music-savvy club.
Monday, May 13
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Can you cram 16 gigs into a single day?
Story from BBC News -
Epicenter Festival has been a disaster of severe weather, traffic nightmares and canceled sets
Post from Consequence Of Sound -
‘Hate will prevail’: Icelandic BDSM band put Eurovision and Israel in a bind
Post from The Guardian -
Holly Herndon’s new, AI-spawned album is full of humanity
Interview from Vice -
Rolling Stone delays public-beta launch of its daily charts
Item from Music Ally -
The Flying Nun project: Tally ho!
Post from National Library (NZ)
Tuesday, May 14
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Historic London venue The Borderline announces closure
Post from NME -
Spotify’s Storylines are like Instagram Stories for musicians
Post from The Verge -
126 minutes with Ani DiFranco
Interview from Vulture -
Music Business Association chairman resigns following annual conference
Story from Billboard -
Beatport announces Beatport Link subscription service for DJs
Post from Music Week -
Sub Pop Records co-founder Jonathan Poneman to receive A2IM lifetime achievement award
Item from Variety
Wednesday, May 15
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Americana Awards: Women dominate 2019 nominations
Post from The Tennessean -
You can now use Apple Pay for iTunes, App Store, Apple Music and more
Post from The Verge -
A definitive ranking of Spotify’s dinner party playlists
List from Grub Street -
The eternal revenue stream of Led Zeppelin
Story from Rolling Stone -
Meet Ian Noe, the Kentucky troubadour who’s gone from the oilfields to opening for John Prine
Profile from AV Club -
Roger Daltrey would like to remind you to stop smoking pot at The Who’s concerts
Post from Consequence Of Sound
Thursday, May 16
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Instagram’s new e-commerce features could transform music marketing – but only if the record industry is willing to change
Post from Music Business Worldwide -
Spanish court clears Shakira, Vives of plagiarism
Item from AP News -
‘Fake artists’ have billions of streams on Spotify. Is Sony now playing the service at its own game?
Column from Rolling Stone -
Eurovision arrives in Tel Aviv, in range of rockets and the focus of protests
Story from NY Times -
Slowthai: ‘Nothing Great About Britain’ review – giving flak to the Union Jack
Review from The Guardian -
Announcing the 2019 Tiny Desk contest winner
Post from NPR Music
Friday, May 17
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With ‘Rocketman’ about to launch, why is Twitter banning users for jamming Elton John songs?
Post from Variety -
Live Nation’s Michael Rapino named most impactful executive of 2019: The Pollstar Interview
Interview from Pollstar -
TikTok tops the iOS App Store for the fifth quarter in a row
Post from TechCrunch -
NME, Uncut acquired by BandLab Technologies
Item from Hypebot -
How Internet Money built a type beat empire
Interview from The Fader -
As a crowdfunding platform implodes, a legendary composer rebounds
Story from NPR
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