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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đŒ Quitting Spotify, ethics, and pay per stream
I donât think itâs ethical to use Apple Music, but I DO think itâs unethical to use Spotify. I donât think the âHow to quit Spotifyâ article made any point other than finding a more ethical alternative to Spotify, which isnât hard⊠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 isnât a great place to be and why you canât just shrug off the pay-per-stream part of the discussion. Just because thereâs no ethical consumption under capitalism, doesnât mean you canât tryâespecially when you can do so for the exact same price.
đȘż Will Geese Redeem Noisy, Lawless Rock and Roll?
In the months since Geese released its third studio album, âGetting Killed,â 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 wasnât 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 theyâve done a great job of combining the sounds and styles to make something thatâs absolutely wonderful.
đ” Pay per stream is a messy metric
So Iâll 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?
Iâm 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 more⊠So if an artist had a choice of where theyâd prefer people listen to their music, theyâd choose the one that pays more per stream every day. This is even before getting into the real ethical issues with Spotify when it comes to how they do business and the actions of their leadership. Plus, if you have only now heard of Qobuz, then itâs clear this isnât actually a topic youâve spent much time on or cared about before⊠(For the record, I use Apple Music because we pay for Apple One as a family.)
đž Live at Ford Field by Jack White & Eminem
Didnât catch this yesterday, but what a great three song set from White with Eminem joining for the second, rapping âTill I Collapse over Hello Operator.
đœ Enema Of The Garden State by Madi Diaz
I featured this on yesterdayâs media guide on Foofaraw, but wanted to give it another shout-out here. Itâs fantastic and every penny goes to Defending our Neighbors.
