H/t to Crucial Tracks for this incredible find. So much fun listening through the demos that led to the creation of the best album of the year.
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š¼ Quitting Spotify, ethics, and pay per stream
I donāt think itās ethical to use Apple Music, but I DO think itās unethical to use Spotify. I donāt think the āHow to quit Spotifyā article made any point other than finding a more ethical alternative to Spotify, which isnāt hardā¦ and yes, pay per stream has to be a part of that equation.
Related to the previous entry on pay-per-stream, in typical Crucial Tracks fashion, Jason nails everything here, including why Spotify isnāt a great place to be and why you canāt just shrug off the pay-per-stream part of
šŖæ Will Geese Redeem Noisy, Lawless Rock and Roll?
In the months since Geese released its third studio album, āGetting Killed,ā the band has been rhapsodically heralded as the redeemer of a certain kind of noisy, lawless rock and roll.
Spoiler alert: Getting Killed is making my top ten albums of the year. Easily. I wasnāt a huge fan of their last album, but singer Cameron Winter released his debut solo album, Heavy Metal, which made my top ten last year, and theyāve done a great job of combining the sounds and styles to make something thatās absolutely wonderful.
šµ Pay per stream is a messy metric
So Iāll ask again, would you rather have had your music listened to by more people and you earned more money, or would you like to have had fewer people listen and make less money?
Iām sorry, but this is nonsense. The whole point of the conversation is to move people off of Spotify and to other places. If more people move to other streamers, those streamers will start paying the artists moreā¦ So if an artist had a choice of where theyād prefer people listen to their music, theyād choose the one that pays
šø Live at Ford Field by Jack White & Eminem
Didnāt catch this yesterday, but what a great three song set from White with Eminem joining for the second, rapping āTill I Collapse over Hello Operator.
š½ Enema Of The Garden State by Madi Diaz
I featured this on yesterdayās media guide on Foofaraw, but wanted to give it another shout-out here. Itās fantastic and every penny goes to Defending our Neighbors.
