Random music news for Friday, February 21, 2025
Do you remember your dreams? A new study explains why or why not. As for music news on February 21, 2025…
- The Canadian Independent Music Association won’t be at SXSW in Texas this year, citing “instability” in the US.
- Azealia Banks has this compliment for Quebec. It’s….different.
- This is interesting: Joe Rogan is no longer the most listened-to podcast. It’s an anti-Trump podcast. Should we read anything into this?
- We’ve been cleaning our earbuds all wrong. Here’s what we should do.
- Wait: Ozzy was almost in Pirates of the Caribbean? Yep.
- It looks like payola lives on Spotify. Let’s dig into what’s really happening with Discovery Mode.
- Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has cashed out US$666 million in Spotify stock.
- Remember the kiss that got The 1975 in trouble in Malaysia? The controversy is still ongoing.
- One-time Misfit singer Michael Graves has had some gigs canceled because of his previous support for The Proud Boys.
- Courtney Love, Sting, and kd lang are part of a new Leonard Cohen concert documentary.
- Hamilton has launched a bid to land the JUNO Awards. The city last hosted the event in 2015.
- OLP’s Raine Maida and his wife Chantal Kreviaziuk had a very close call with their home during the LA wildfires.
- Rokk is a rock and metal streaming service. Check it out here.
- Instagram is testing out the ability to slip songs into your friends’ DMs.
- If you’re a fan of Sleep Token, you need to check this out. It sounds fun.
BONUS: There’s a new AI service called Made. It says it’s “the world’s first emotionally intelligent AI platform designed to revolutionize human creativity with agents that act as your highly skilled and personalized dream team.” Emotionally intelligent AI?
