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Spotify’s New Royalty Model Will Pay Songwriters $150 Million Less in First Year

Spotify’s New Royalty Model Will Pay Songwriters $150 Million Less in First Year

May 9, 2024
Logo via Spotify Last month, Spotify announced a new set of subscription price hikes across its platform. Following the service’s first-ever markup in July of 2023, this follow-up raised U.S., U.K., and Australian monthly rates for individual subscribers by $1 and duo and family rates by $2 to cover the cost of audiobooks, a service […]
Nirvana Drops ‘In Utero’ Proposal Letter Scribed by Steve Albini

Nirvana Drops ‘In Utero’ Proposal Letter Scribed by Steve Albini

May 9, 2024
In Utero Cover Art On Tuesday, May 7, performer, engineer, organizer, and champion of the underground music scene, Steve Albini passed away at age 61. The punk legend’s death was confirmed the following day, provoking an onslaught of memories and memorial posts that paid tribute to his historic standings. Amongst the messages was a four-page […]
Grateful Dead Revisit the Vault, Share Previously Unreleased “Ship Of Fools (Live at University of Nevada 5/12/74)”

Grateful Dead Revisit the Vault, Share Previously Unreleased “Ship Of Fools (Live at University of Nevada 5/12/74)”

May 9, 2024
Photo by © Richie Pechner On June 21, the Grateful Dead will reissue their seminal From the Mars Hotel album to mark its 50th anniversary with a deluxe and expanded edition of the 1974 LP, known for populating favorites from love-flushed “Scarlet Begonias” to bouncing narrative “Loose Lucy” and satirical “Ship of Fools.” As the […]