Personalised music startup Songfinch nabs investments from Doja Cat and The Weeknd
A new music startup called Songfinch recently closed its first round of seed funding with over $2 million raised from investors. Notably, a number of high profile musicians have in
MARIA Die RUHE is ‘Superrare’ in her latest music video
For a moment, let’s consider the pressures that the music industry can place on a rising artist: the push to create (and be) something totally new and unique that still somehow a
UMG launches scheme to pay royalties to legacy artists with unrecouped advances
Universal Music plans to launch an unrecouped advances program for legacy artists to receive royalties without having recouped their initial advance payments. Universal is the last
Black Coffee makes history with monumental Grammys win
Black Coffee made history at the 2022 Grammy Awards last night after winning the Best Dance / Electronic Music Album category, becoming the first African DJ to win the category and
DVS1 launches software that allows DJs to pay producers a cut of their fees
American DJ and producer DVS1 (Zak Khutoretsky) has launched software that aims to bridge the gap between DJ and producer income. It’s long been the case that DJ’s profit far m
Downtempo trio GIVVEN show true colours with latest EP
Downtempo pop trio GIVVEN have recently released their latest EP, Losing Colours which was written and recorded around the globe and features three cinematic videos filmed in Icela
Grimes admits to hacking indie blog Hipster Runoff a decade ago
Grimes has admitted to being the one responsible for hacking popular indie pop culture and satire blog Hipster Runoff nearly a decade ago. In 2012, the blog infamously went down, w
Spotify officially suspends services in Russia
Spotify has announced it will be suspending its services in Russia due to the country’s censorship laws. This follows Spotify’s decision to close its offices in Russia earlier
Keys N Krates nominated for Best Dance Record at 2022 Libera Awards
Canadian electronic music band Keys N Krates have been nominated for Best Dance Record at the 2022 Libera Awards for their album, Original Classic. Presented by EDM.com, other nomi
Four injured after shooting unfolds near SXSW last weekend
A shooting happened in Austin, Texas in the early hours on Sunday morning, the last day of this year’s SXSW Festival. Both Variety and Deadline reported that four people were inj
