Sprint has purchased a 33% stake in Tidal:
Sprint has acquired a 33 percent stake in Jay Z’s streaming service Tidal, the two companies announced today (Jan. 23). A source familiar with the matter tells Billboard that the purchase was for $200 million and that Jay and each of the company’s two dozen artist-owners will remain part owners.
It seems like a big reason Tidal was created was to eventually sell itself.
Star Wars: Episode VIII will be titled The Last Jedi.
Pinegrove have released their new live album, Elsewhere, on Bandcamp. It is also available for purchase on cassette tape.
This tour took us across the United States through the days leading up to the 2016 US election, election day, & the aftermath. We felt consequently that it’s an especially good time to do what we can to promote love & equality. As a small gesture of commitment to the cause, this album is available for free or donation, & all profits will be donated to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The 1975 have released a new live video for “Loving Someone.”
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Frank Turner debuted the new song “The Sand in the Gears” live in Silver Spring, Maryland the other night. He’s put the audio up on YouTube.
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Tooth Fairy is for macOS:
Single click away from your favorite bluetooth device. Tooth Fairy helps you to switch connection of a selected bluetooth device, for example, AirPods, directly from menu bar or even global hotkey. You can do it with the system bluetooth menu bar but Tooth Fairy can save you a few clicks.
Recommended: Control + ESC to quickly connect your AirPods.
Last week, Jason highlighted some of his favorite songs of 2016 in the wake of Chorus.fm’s Top 30 Albums of the Year list. This week, I’m taking the reigns to share my own favorite songs from last year.
John Nolan has unveiled a new compilation with proceeds going to the ACLU. Music For Everyone will be released this spring:
Artists who have committed to donating rare or unreleased music to the compilation include Taking Back Sunday, Anti-Flag, Answering Machine, Baggage, Chris Farren, Potty Mouth, Brendan Kelly, Anthony Green, Frank Iero, Dave Hause, Sleep On It, Jared Hart, Cassino, Dead Heavens featuring Walter Schreifels, Allison Weiss, Brett Newski and more artists to be announced.
One OK Rock have announced a new tour of Japan. Don Broco and Fall Out Boy will be opening on select dates. Dates are below.
United Nations have released their new song “Stairway to Mar-a-Lago.” Noisey debuted the track and point out that it is not Geoff Rickly on vocals:
[S]inger Geoff Rickly has stepped down from vocal duties. But recognizing that these are dark times and the world needs UN’s brand of satirical political commentary now more than ever, the band is soldiering on and has recruited a friend to fill in on their new song, “Stairway to Mar-a-Lago.”
NOFX have released a new video for “California Über Alice (Is It Too Late to Secede?).”
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