Anxious, Koyo, and One Step Closer have announced some more tour dates.
Read More “Anxious, Koyo, and One Step Closer Add More Dates”Half Waif Announces New EP
Half Waif will release Ephemeral Being on May 31st. Today she’s shared “Big Dipper.”
Read More “Half Waif Announces New EP”Origami Angel – “Fruit Wine”
Origami Angel have returned with the new song “Fruit Wine.”
Read More “Origami Angel – “Fruit Wine””Frank Turner Sets World Record
Frank Turner now has the world record for most shows played in 24 hours.
Read More “Frank Turner Sets World Record”The English artist played 15 independent shows across 15 different cities in a 24 hour period on Saturday, May 4th.
Spotify Recommending A.I. Generated Music
Spotify has been recommending “A.I. generated music” to some users:
My favorite example of this is AI music spreading across on Spotify right now. A user on X this week spotted an Artist page called Obscurest Vinyl that was promoted by Spotify’s Discovery Weekly.
The story behind the page is interesting. Obscurest Vinyl started as a Facebook page that would photoshop fake album covers for classic records that didn’t exist. The page recently shifted into posting AI songs to go with the fake album covers. As one commenter noted, you can tell the songs are AI because most of them feature bass and drum parts that don’t repeat in any discernible pattern. The account also regularly fights with users on Instagram who gripe about it using AI.
Look, I think songs titled things like, “I Glued My Balls To My Butthole Again” are, honestly, pretty funny, AI or not. But they’re being uploaded to Apple Music and Spotify, which is where the snake starts to eat its own tail. Popular AI music generators like Suno clearly have datasets that include at least some copyrighted material (likely a lot). Which means, in this instance, Spotify is promoting and monetizing an account using an AI likely trained on the music that’s been uploaded to their platform that they don’t actually pay enough to support the creation of. And this is happening across every corner of the web right now.
Point North – “Bring Me Down”
Point North have shared the new single “Bring Me Down.”
Read More “Point North – “Bring Me Down””Dua Lipa Performs on SNL
Dua Lipa performed “Illusion” and “Happy for You” on SNL.
Read More “Dua Lipa Performs on SNL”Sum 41 Perform on GMA
Sum 41 performed “Dopamine” on Good Morning America.
Read More “Sum 41 Perform on GMA”Brian Fallon on New Podcast
Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem is on the latest episode of the Sappenin’ Podcast.
Read More “Brian Fallon on New Podcast”Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Cover Olivia Rodrigo
Petey – “The River”
Petey has shared “The River” off an upcoming acoustic EP.
Read More “Petey – “The River””Sasha Alex Sloan – “Kids” Video
Sasha Alex Sloan has released a video for the new song “Kids.”
Read More “Sasha Alex Sloan – “Kids” Video”Kacy Hill – “My Day Off” Video
Kacy Hill has released a video for “My Day Off.”
Read More “Kacy Hill – “My Day Off” Video”Mark Rose on New Podcast
Mark Rose of Spitalfield is on the latest Live Bash podcast.
Read More “Mark Rose on New Podcast”Cove From Saosin on New Podcast
Cove from Saosin is on a new video podcast.
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