If you're making a song? And you're making music and there is going to be passion in it and there is going to be anger in it? You have to go to the myelin sheath—you know, to the central nervous system—for it to be good, I feel like. And if that's not true? Then f*** me, I wasted my f***ing life and ruined everything. | | | | Fiona Apple in New York, Aug. 8, 2015. "Fetch the Bolt Cutters," her first album in eight years, is out today on Epic.
(Jack Vartoogian/Archive Photos/Getty Images) | | | | | |  | "If you're making a song? And you're making music and there is going to be passion in it and there is going to be anger in it? You have to go to the myelin sheath—you know, to the central nervous system—for it to be good, I feel like. And if that's not true? Then f*** me, I wasted my f***ing life and ruined everything."
| | | | | | rantnrave:// Genre of the year, just looking for a name: LUKE COMBS, "SIX FEET APART." LAUREN JAUREGUI, "50FT." KESHA, "HOME ALONE." This EP from Nigerian pop singer TENI. Isolationcore? Distancia? Quarantunes? I'm sure someone out there can do better. Send me suggestions... Fans who've been clamoring for refunds for canceled, postponed or rescheduled concerts are finally getting some relief from AEG, which says it will open a 30-day window starting May 1 in which ticketholders can ask for a refund for any such shows. TICKETMASTER, whose clumsy response to mass concert cancellations has made it the target of public anger and has raised the eyebrows of New York officials, said Thursday it will "continue offering an opportunity for refunds on all of its rescheduled shows as new dates are set. We anticipate those windows will begin to open up on an event by event basis in the next few weeks." Which is still not quite as clean an answer as fans who've invested hundreds or thousands of dollars in tickets for concerts upended by the pandemic are looking for. What they want is their money back, or at least the option to ask for it. It isn't Ticketmaster's or AEG's or STUBHUB's or any other seller's fault that the live event business has all but ceased to function. And the mass cancellations and postponements—the NEW YORK TIMES says 30,000 events and as much as $1 billion worth of tickets have been affected so far—have created an economic catastrophe for everyone involved. But it isn't the fans' fault either, and if the giant promoters and ticket companies don't look out for their customers first, those customers are going to remember long after the industry rights itself. Plus, it's the right thing to do... Meanwhile, the TROUBADOUR is Los Angeles is sending me announcements of new shows in August and September, which seems aspirational at best, and the fantastic promoter JAZZ IS DEAD is informing me of June bookings, which seems all but impossible. But at this point I have all the information I need, and if I want to buy a few tickets to put money in the hands of clubs and artists in these precarious times, that's a choice I can make. SHABAKA & THE ANCESTORS on June 15? Why not?... Good citizens: SHIFT CHANGE is a MEDIUM project started by a group of music journalists to tell the stories of frontline workers in the fight against Covid-19. They're using the stories to drive donations to SUPPLY DROP BROOKLYN, which provides meals to healthcare workers. Here's PHILIP SHERBURNE on a chaplain at a New York hospital (who likes to listen to HAROLD BUDD records over dinner), and here's SAM CHENNAULT on a postal worker... PAUL MCCARTNEY, BILLIE EILISH and TAYLOR SWIFT are among the long list of stars playing the LADY GAGA-curated ONE WORLD: TOGETHER AT HOME benefit Saturday night, which will air on ABC, CBS and NBC and stream on FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM... The WONDERS—the fictional one-hit wonder band from TOM HANKS' THAT THING YOU DO!—will reunite on YOUTUBE at 7pm ET tonight to watch the movie together and raise money for MUSICARES' Covid-19 Relief Fund in the name of the late ADAM SCHLESINGER, who wrote that one hit... Also this weekend, our friend KEVIN SMOKLER's documentary VINYL NATION is screening online to raise money for record stores across the country... It's FRIDAY and that means new music from FIONA APPLE, DABABY, LIDO PIMIENTA, SHABAZZ PALACES, RINA SAWAYAMA, BIG THIEF, DR. ELVIS FRANCOIS (the singing surgeon), TECH N9NE, DVSN, WESTSIDE GUNN, JEREMY ZUCKER, KIERRA SHEARD, BERNER & B-REAL, FREDO BANG, EOB (RADIOHEAD's ED O'BRIEN), SOUL ASYLUM, the HOWLING HEX, ENTER SHIKARI, the BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, ROZA TERENZI, DUKE DUMONT, RJD2, SAXKIXAVE, HODGE, FRAZEY FORD, LESLIE MENDELSON, SHELBY LYNNE, RON SEXSMITH and JOE ELY... Plus, another pretty great BOB DYLAN single, shorter and lighter than the last one, and still strolling through a bit of musical/cultural history... RIP CHRISTEN THOMAS, KNOX PHILLIPS, CHRISTOPHE and GARY MCSPADDEN. | | | - Matty Karas (@troubledoll), curator | | | | | | | whipping cords will serve you | |  | Trapital | | D-Nice, Swizz Beatz, and Tory Lanez' livestreams have thrived on Instagram Live's massive reach and high engagement. | | | |  | Pitchfork | | Fiona Apple's fifth record is unbound, a wildstyle symphony of the everyday, an unyielding masterpiece. No music has ever sounded quite like it. | | | |  | Rolling Stone | | Wheatus' anthem of teenage alienation has grown into an enduring cult classic. So why has the band spent the past year re-creating it note-for-note? | | | |  | Variety | | Saturday night's " One World: Together at Home" special will mark one of the few times in history that three top U.S. broadcast networks have joined together to air the same charity-focused entertainment special - and the first there've also been so many ancillary digital platforms on board, too, from Apple Music to Twitter to YouTube. | | | |  | The Ringer | | The Canadian rapper and singer broke all kinds of Instagram Live records in the run-up to his latest project, 'The New Toronto 3.' | | | |  | The New York Times | | As consumers complain about a lack of refunds for events rescheduled over the pandemic, one senator has taken action, and the concert giant AEG laid out a window for returning fans' money. | | | |  | Billboard | | "Our brothers and sisters in the production world are losing everything… So if we can find a way to get these people an opportunity to fight another day, why wouldn't we do it?" | | | |  | Dazed Digital | | The Paramore frontwoman blossoms on her debut solo album, "Petals for Armor." Here, she discusses how trauma, femininity, and therapy formed the record. | | | |  | Music Business Worldwide | | Friends At Work founder, Ty Stiklorius, on her career, the flaws of the music business - and how to treat your team properly. | | | |  | Chicago Reader | | She booked shows for a decade with the Empty Bottle and Metro teams, but that work was just the beginning of the love, joy, and support she showered on the local scene. | | | | | | | more than ropes will ever do | | | Rolling Stone | | Snippets of songs are often becoming popular faster than the songs themselves, which means labels have started tailoring song titles to make searches on streaming platforms more effective. | | | | | Music Business Worldwide | | Collective urges DOJ to reject Liberty Media's potential acquisition of iHeartMedia. | | | |  | NME | | Plan B, a Malmö venue with a long history of unorthodoxy, continues to put on shows - capped at audiences of 40 - as the continent endures lockdown. | | | |  | The Brag | | The Brag chats with Leif Podhajsky, Sean Hogan and David Foster, the artists behind some of Apple Music's brand new playlists. | | | |  | Complex | | From social radio to streaming co-ops these companies are addressing the flaws and gaps of modern music. | | | |  | Let It Roll Podcast | | Host Nate Wilcox welcomes back Susan Whitall to discuss her book "Women of Motown: An Oral History." Nate and Susan talk about the competitive yet familial atmosphere nurtured by Motown patriarch Berry Gordy, the backstage rivalry between Diana Ross and virtually every other woman at Motown and much more. | | | |  | The Trichordist | | How MRI came to be involved may have more to do with some of the unsavory aspects of the NMPA/HFA conduct alleged by Peloton than it does with the apparent fact that HFA hasn't made arrangements to have paper NOIs and statements depending on which side of the moral hazard the issue comes up. | | | |  | Pollstar | | The weeping wah-wah on Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)," Keith Richards' splitting Velcro-fuzz on "Satisfaction," The Edge's signature twinkling echo on U2 staples like "Where The Streets Have No Name." | | | |  | DownBeat | | Jen Shyu is singing over the phone. It's a song based on a middle-school diary entry that describes her heart breaking as Shyu realizes how she was seen as different from her classmates: "Dear Diary II, 10:46 p.m., Friday. An 8th grader called me a 'chink.' ... I felt degraded and confused ... . Why is there racism?" | | | |  | The New Yorker | | There is enormous sadness in his work, a sadness that glows with understanding. | | | | |  | | YouTube | | | | | | | | | | | A percussive masterpiece, from "Fetch the Bolt Cutter." | | | | | | | | © Copyright 2020, The REDEF Group | | |
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