As detailed in a new piece from Billboard, Apple Music has officially crossed the milestone of having 20 million paying users. The achievement comes 17 months after Apple Music first launched, but growth numbers still lag behind Spotify… In 2016… Read More ›
A short film about the new wave of DIY labels, producers and artists who’ve found a home for experimental electronic music on cassette. Excellent stuff. Oh how I remember spending hours and hours creating the best mix-tape I possibly could.
When buying in-ear headphones, you need to account for sound and build quality, but fit is also of utmost importance. When you find a pair of in-ear headphones that are liked by many different people—with very different ears—you’ve found something… Read More ›
When you consider how long this was before Rock n’ Roll, this is an amazing piece of music.
Jer was a warm and devoted Mum to Freddie, and, like Freddie, always had a strong twinkle in the eye. Although she was also devoted to her husband Bomi, and lived in the Zoroastrian faith as a good Parsee, she… Read More ›
For those among the world’s inhabitants who take for granted that one day, in some far flung corner of the cosmos, a preternaturally melancholic being — earthling or otherwise — will come by chance to hear a Leonard Cohen song… Read More ›
Amazon has brought its music streaming service to the UK for £7.99/month (Prime members price). A 30 day trial is also available. Why does £7.99 feel ‘so’ much cheaper than £9.99 to me? Odd.There is a seperate, even cheaper, deal… Read More ›
Universal Music Group reported $1.1 billion in music streaming revenue alone between January and September of this year. This marks a 64.3% increase from the same period last year. Vivendi’s 3Q 2016 report shows that its Universal Music Group unit… Read More ›
This is great, but all I ever get on a train is one person talking to themselves, another shouting into his phone and the rest looking utterly miserable. Oh for a train ride like the one above. Love it when… Read More ›
In 1969 Leonard Cohen released a record entitled Songs From A Room. The fifth track on that album is “Seems So Long Ago, Nancy.” The song has become one of Cohen’s more popular ones; it has found its way onto… Read More ›
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