Month: December 2016

Spoon to Release New Album Next Year

Spoon
Jason Tate

Spoon will release a new album next year. The band briefly spoke with Entertainment Weekly for their 2017 music preview:

They’ve also teamed once more with Flaming Lips’ longtime producer Dave Fridmann. “I love working with Dave because he makes a point to f— things up,” says frontman Britt Daniel. As ever, Daniel & Co. have crafted multidimensional jams that showcase textured guitar riffs, warm keyboards, oddball studio effects, and 
 Daniel’s sandpaper-rough croon. Twenty-three years in, he is creatively invigorated like never before. “I love this record,” Daniel says. “I feel like we are on to something—we’re covering some new ground.”

Björk Pens Open Letter Addressing Sexism

Bjork
Jason Tate

Björk has penned an open letter on Facebook addressing the media and the sexism that female artists face.

women in music are allowed to be singer songwriters singing about their boyfriends . if they change the subject matter to atoms , galaxies , activism , nerdy math beat editing or anything else than being performers singing about their loved ones they get criticized : journalists feel there is just something missing … as if our only lingo is emo …

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Spin, Vibe, and Stereogum Sold to Billboard

Billboard
Jason Tate

The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group has purchased SpinMedia’s Spin, Vibe, and Stereogum websites:

“In recent years, we set out to own the topic of music online, and the acquisition of these incredible music assets helps us do just that,” said Media Group co-president John Amato. “By making these storied brands part of our family, The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group will be able to fully capture the value of millennials and music, and continue to strengthen its leadership position in this critical arena.”

Best of luck capturing all that “millennial value.”