August 25, 2017

The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, August 25

This week in music, streamer Spotify renewed their deal with Warner Music, which cleared the way for their IPO. Taylor Swift offered better ticket prices to merch buyers. Lists of music from the 1960s and fall 2017 were posted. The Daily Chord keeps tabs on the music news of the day, and provides links to the top six stories. Sign up for our email blast for a handy reminder in your inbox each weekday morning.

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Monday, August 21

• Why you can’t download all the streaming media you want
  Post from Wired
• Hollywood musicians are backing a new bill that seeks to stop runaway film scoring
  Post from LA Times
• Aryana Sayeed: Kabul concert goes ahead despite threats
  Story from BBC News
• Five observations from my time at YouTube
  Post by Lyor Cohen from YouTube Official Blog
• Kesha earns second no. 1 album with ‘Rainbow’
  Post from Pitchfork
• Live Nation acquired a majority stake in a US management company in Q2
  Item from Music Business Worldwide

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Tuesday, August 22

• The 200 best albums of the 1960s
  Feature from Pitchfork
• Sonny Burgess, rockabilly pioneer, dies at 88
  Obituary from Billboard
• YoungBoy Never Broke Again brings back rap realism
  Story from NY Times
• A woman who says she had underage sex with R. Kelly is finally telling her story
  Post from Buzzfeed
• ‘Be the maddest one in the room’: How to make a nightclub last for 30 years
  Post from The Guardian
• Are ‘vapor wake’ dogs the future of concert security?
  Post from Rolling Stone

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Wednesday, August 23

• Sony Music taps Dubset to monetize samples in remixed songs
  Post from Engadget
• Tay-K was a 17-year-old ‘violent fugitive.’ Then his song went viral.
  Story from NY Times
• Why indie bands go major label in the streaming era
  Feature from Pitchfork
• The return of the KLF: Pop’s greatest provocateurs take on a post-truth world
  Post from The Guardian
• Village Voice ends free weekly print edition
  Post from Variety
• YouTube, Facebook and every musician’s moral rights
  Guest post from Hypebot

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Thursday, August 24

• 2017 fall music preview: 25 most-anticipated albums
  Post from Billboard
• Why are so many bands surprising fans with snail mail this year?
  Post from Stereogum
• The Killers aren’t dead yet
  Interview from Noisey
• Step inside an electronic composer’s studio to see a city of synths
  Post from Wired
• ‘Good Booty’ – 10 things we learned about sex and music
  Post from Rolling Stone
• How old-timey ‘skiffle’ music liberated British rock
  Story from PBS NewsHour

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Friday, August 25

• Why Right Said Fred are credited on ‘Look What You Made Me Do’
  Post from BBC News
• Taylor Swift is asking fans to buy her merchandise for a better chance of getting tour tickets
  Post from The Independent
• Spotify and Warner Music renew licensing deal
  Post from Variety
• What’s next for Latin music after the summer of Despacito?
  Story from Washington Post
• How Kraftwerk pioneered electronic music without computers
  Interview from Deutsche Welle
• Starfest burning out?
  Post from Pollstar

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August 25, 2017

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August 23, 2017

The Jazz of the Music Biz with Talib Kweli and More at the 2017 SXSW Conference [Video]

“I have to be me. It seems like it’s taking a chance, but it’s really being safe . . . It’s really doing the most efficient thing to just be yourself. If I tried to play it safe, that would be taking a chance or taking a risk that’s not worth taking.” – Talib Kweli

The Jazz of the Music Biz session at the 2017 SXSW Conference provides a dialogue on how the ethos of jazz music has been preserved in the modern music industry. Jarret Myer, Cofounder of Uproxx and Rawkus Records, moderates the conversation between iconic hip-hop artist Talib Kweli, Grammy-nominated composer and trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, and Grammy-winning record producer Om’Mas Keith.

Moderator Jarret Myer cofounded Rawkus Records, Uproxx, and Big Frame. His relationship with Talib Kweli stems from their work together through Rawkus Records, the label that released his early albums. Kweli is also an activist for reforms to the U.S. Justice System. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah is a celebrated and prolific jazz composer and trumpeter who began studying music at a young age in New Orleans and honed his art at the Berklee College of Music. As a record producer, Om’Mas Keith has worked with many influential musical artists including Kweli, Frank Ocean, Erykah Badu, and many more. Keith’s was awarded a Grammy Award for Producing Frank Ocean’s channel.ORANGE.

“We always learned that jazz was a synonym for blues . . . I don’t mean blues as in melancholy ‘woe is me’ music. I mean blues like the human being’s most sincere expression. Them excavating what is really going on within, and trying to project that as a means of communicating something and creating a relationship.” – Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

The conversation centers around how jazz has stayed relevant in the modern music industry. The Featured Speakers identify musical trends that are in dialogue with jazz styles, they discuss the musical ethos of some of the major players of the style, and they make a case for jazz becoming even more prevalent in future music industry trends.

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Jarret Myer, Talib Kweli, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, and Om’Mas Keith – Photo by Tim Strauss

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August 23, 2017

New Music! SXSW Artist Releases – Friday, August 25

This week, we take a look at our biggest list of SXSW weekly artist releases so far this season. There is a good mix of artists in different stages of their careers as well as a good variety of genres getting attention this week. Let’s get right into it since we have so many new albums to listen to this week.

Last week the SXSW Artist Releases write-up featured the new album from A$AP Ferg, and this week the full crew, A$AP Mob, is on deck with Cozy Tapes Vol. 2: Too Cozy. British rock band CYMBALS return with Light In Your Mind. Veteran indie-folk artist Iron and Wine releases Beast Epic. Queens of the Stone Age will release Villains to add to their catalogue of stoner-rock. If you like your rock music a bit more experimental, Tera Melos has a new album called Trash Generator releasing this Friday as well.

Pulling from these weekly releases, we pick one new release and make a playlist for fans incorporating new music from past SXSW artists for them to discover. This week, we’re selecting a indie-rock playlist inspired by The War on Drugs whose new album A Deeper Understanding is getting released this Friday. Go ahead and give it a listen because these playlists will only be active for seven days before we pick a new artist to focus on. Keep up with our playlists on the official SXSW Spotify channel, and be sure to follow the playlist.

Release of the Week Playlist

Past Showcasing Artist July 21st Releases

A$AP Mob – Cozy Tapes Vol. 2: Too Cozy
CYMBALS – Light In Your Mind
EMA – Exile In The Outer Ring
Gogol Bordello – Seekers And Finders
Iron & Wine – Beast Epic
Oh Sees – Orc
Queens of the Stone Age – Villains
Stephen Doster – New Black Suit
Tera Melos – Trash Generator
The Cadillac Three – Legacy
The Fresh & Onlys – Wolf Lie Down
The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
Widowspeak – Expect The Best

The War on Drugs – Photo by Nicholas Kwasny

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