Friendship Ended With SoundCloud
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The Labour of Playing Music: Japanese Breakfast and Indie Success As Full Assimilation Into the Exploitative Machine
“I just want to have fun again,” says one of the biggest names in indie rock. … Continue readingThe Labour of Playing Music: Japanese Breakfast and Indie Success As Full Assimilation Into the Exploitative Machine
Please Kill My Vibe: Fulfilling Hunger For Non-Functional Music Experiences
Vibing to music is cool, but when music has the power to stop you in your tracks, pull hard on your heartstrings, give you an intense rush of energy, or radically change or validate your perspective on your life and the world, how can one not prefer that over something that will play idly as you enter data into spreadsheets, bag groceries, or cram for that biomechanics final you wrote four years ago and now have no recollection of the material you spent hours agonizing over? … Continue readingPlease Kill My Vibe: Fulfilling Hunger For Non-Functional Music Experiences
MP3 Archaeology Vol. 2: Phil Yost – Bent City
In the second entry in the mp3 archaeology series, we take a look at Phil Yost’s avant-jazz opus Bent City and the legacy of mp3 blogs and file-sharing … Continue readingMP3 Archaeology Vol. 2: Phil Yost – Bent City
To See the Next Part of the Dream: Parannoul, Anonymous Musicians, and Imaging the End of Music Capitalism
The success of Parannoul and other anonymous/reclusive musicians provide a glimpse into a future for musician that is freed from the clutches of the attention economy, corporate streaming, and music capitalism. … Continue readingTo See the Next Part of the Dream: Parannoul, Anonymous Musicians, and Imaging the End of Music Capitalism
Streaming Services Need Us, But We Don’t Need Them
Music streaming services have been around for about a decade now and through their rise to becoming an incredibly popular platform for music listening, they’ve caused the music industry to
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How Did These EDM Songs End Up On the Streaming Profiles of Several Indie Artists?
Across several days at the end of June, several musicians, including TV Girl, Her’s, Teen Suicide, and SBTKRT, had new singles posted to their profiles on Spotify, Apple Music, and Youtube. These
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