I grew up around punks who did not vote, who were like, 'F*** the system, why would you bother voting?' I kind of thought that, too. But right now I'm thinking about the people who cannot vote. Now I try to use my vote to help stop violence against the people and communities I care about. | | | | Beto played guitar, jamming good with bearded Willie. Austin, Texas, July 4, 2018.
(Rick Kern/WireImage) | | | | | |  | "I grew up around punks who did not vote, who were like, 'F*** the system, why would you bother voting?' I kind of thought that, too. But right now I'm thinking about the people who cannot vote. Now I try to use my vote to help stop violence against the people and communities I care about."
| | | | | | rantnrave:// Vote. Please, please vote, if you have not already done so. Vote now. You can read these stories later... Here's BILLBOARD's "Music Industry Guide to the Midterm Elections," for anyone who wants to know who stands where on music-rights issues, who made the MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT happen (and who stood in its way), who supports the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS and the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES, and other issues high on music's agenda. Also of particular interest to musicians and the music business today, and every day: LGBTQ rights, affordable and accessible health care, education, immigration, the ability to live the next couple of years without being under unbelievable stress 24 hours a day... Twenty-four musicians tell PITCHFORK why they're voting. "Sometimes it feels helpless, but things do not fix themselves," LEON BRIDGES says, sounding like you're dream phone-banker. "We have to show up and do the work and make our voices heard"... The story of YOUNG JEEZY, Atlanta rap and Georgia gubernatorial candidate STACEY ABRAMS... The story of TAYLOR SWIFT and the Tennessee Senate race... The story of WILLIE NELSON and the Texas Senate race... Et tu, JIMMY BUFFETT?... A photo of you at your polling place will get you free tickets to shows by the likes of DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, PLAYBOI CARTI, BOYGENIUS and TY SEGALL in at least 32 states tonight (the #IVOTED campaign has options for early voters, too)... MTV's +1 THE VOTE campaign, aimed at millennial and post-millennial voters, has an after-party tonight in MIAMI hosted by CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD and LIZA KOSHY... Bring your "I Voted" sticker or voting stub to AMOEBA RECORDS and get $3 off anything in the store... MusicSET: "The Politics of Pop: When Musicians Speak Up"... MusicSET: "Music the Vote"... But seriously: Vote now. Read later. | | | - Matty Karas, curator | | | |  | Consequence of Sound | | Attempts to shelve the Rio PMP300 led to the first legal victories for modern file sharing. | | | |  | The New York Times | | The recording stars became the latest to ask the president not to use their hits at his rallies. Recent changes in music licensing could help. | | | |  | The Slot | | "This isn't punk at all," Goretooth said from behind the bar at White Swan Live, as he listened to Beto O'Rourke's old punk band's song "Rise," off their EP "The El Paso Pussycats." "It's the Cranberries with punk vocals, sanitized with a napkin." | | | |  | The Ringer | | The Long Beach rapper's latest project is a tightly wound, perfectly written 22-minute masterpiece-but first, a story. | | | |  | Billboard | | If the newly passed Music Modernization Act (MMA) delivers more streaming revenue to music publishers and songwriters, who will see their slice of the pie shrink? | | | |  | Dazed Digital | | Two years after the election, artists have not responded with biting political attacks, but music that slows things down to find comfort in the chaos. | | | |  | Irish Independent | | When the unthinkable happened at U2's recent Berlin concert and Bono lost his voice, it could have been the end. Bono tells Brendan O'Connor about that emasculating moment, about the crisis of faith sparked by a near-death experience, the reliving of his mother's death on stage every night, and the gift of an olive tree from the Pope. | | | |  | NPR Music | | I went to the Mac Miller tribute concert on Halloween, at the Greek in Hollywood, because I wanted to write about Mac Miller's legacy, which I'm pretty sure isn't, in the end, going to be the music he made, but instead the realized potential and the art of the musicians he knew and loved and supported. | | | |  | The Washington Post | | The French native, formerly known as Christine and the Queens, performed before a sold-out crowd at the 9:30 Club on Sunday night (Nov. 4). | | | |  | Music Business Worldwide | | Platform confirms it's going to charge artists and labels for tools in the future. | | | |  | The Verge | | The closest we have to Vine. | | | |  | Rolling Stone | | Thanks to streaming, a small cadre of independent solo pianists are making a killing. | | | | | The New York Times | | Ballet dancers of color have long painted, dyed or covered point shoes in makeup to match their skin. Could this small barrier to inclusion finally be disappearing? | | | |  | Music Biz 101 | | Taylor Swift's record deal is up. Will she sign for the highest bidder? Or will she choose the nuclear option and go it alone? | | | |  | The Muse | | At the end of Fashion Week in September, a small crowd including both young Latinas and older, over-cologned white men gathered at the Public Arts to see the mystical, musical beast that is RosalÃa Vila Tobella. The stars had aligned such that one of the most fashionable young musicians in Spain could make her live debut in the City of Lights. | | | |  | Vulture | | There is an argument to make that the end of R.E.M. came on March 1, 1995, in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was early on, during the tour behind R.E.M.'s latest album, the glammy and heavy "Monster." | | | | | Billboard | | "I always say, I'm never going to meet the president, you're never going to meet the president -- that's OK. But you can't forget about these local votes." | | | |  | Forbes | | Thursday night (Nov. 1) in L..A. an all-star group of alternative music heroes gathered at the Palace Theater to inspire fans to get out and vote this Tuesday (Nov. 6). I spoke with Dave Grohl, Moby and Beck about their political passions and why they were on hand to get out the vote. | | | |  | Pitchfork | | Wu-Tang Clan's loose cannon would have a tight grip on our attention in the age of viral celebrity. | | | |  | The Outline | | After a negative review of the rapper's Posty Fest went viral, Post Malone and his dad teamed up to launch a harassment campaign against a journalist. | | | | |  | | YouTube | | | | | | | | | | | "The biggest gun we've got / Is called the ballot box." | | | | | | | | © Copyright 2018, The REDEF Group | | |
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