Random music news for Friday, April 4, 2025

An interesting question: If the internet dies, where does all our attention go? Don’t think too much about that yet because your attention is required for music news for April 4, 2025.

1. Are you a musician looking for a new career? You may be uniquely qualified to be an operator of war drones.
2. People are still lovin’ the proud Canadian nationalism at last weekend’s JUNOS.
3. Kanye admits that his wife left him. Shocking.
4. Will AI cause the UK to rip up copyright law in that country? We’ll see.
5. What comes after streaming? Is it the final form of music consumption? Let’s examine that.
6. Is hardcore punk about to have a real moment? Maybe.
7. I can tell you that Pussy Riot is back with a vengence, though.
8. A good question: Is listening to music via streatming really all that hip?
9. Studio One at Abbey Road got a big makeover. Here’s how it worked.
10. This is disturning: Humber College in Toronto has suspended its radio program after fifty years.
11. And–holy crap!–so has Fanshawe College in London.
12. Should we still call it “radio?” That’s an interesting discussion.
13. So where do things stand with a TikTok ban in America? It’s…unclear.
14. Good trivia: A list of all the Canadian artists who have reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
15. Heading to Departure (the new CMW)? Here’s the radio programming schedule.

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BONUS: Cool stats! When do we officially get hooked on a TV show?