Random music news for Saturday, February 8, 2025
Expect to hear a lot of “Buy Canadian” PSAs on the radio very soon. Bye, America. As for music news on Saturday, February 8, 2025…
- RIP Mike Ratledge, co-founder of prog band Soft Machine. He was 81.
- A Russian singer who donated to the Ukrainian army died after–you guessed it–falling out of a window.
- This guy lost 8,000 vinyl records in the LA wildfires.
- Here’s an early look at what kinds of releases we might expect for Record Store Day 2025.
- The Black Sabbath reunion show this summer will also be Ozzy’s final solo show.
- Amazon might have a smarter Alexa for us this month.
- Apple is narrowing its gap with Spotify in the battle to be the biggest streaming platform in the US. Will tomorrow’s sponsorship of the Super Bowl halftime show help.
- Interested in that upcoming official Led Zeppelin documentary? Here’s an early review. (Via Christopher)
- It looks like Apple has commissioned a K-pop competition series.
- Here’s a podcast that features artist talking about vinyl. If you’re a collector, you’ll want to give this a listen.
- Ghost has introduced Papa V Perpetua.
- Finally, does it feel like time is moving faster? You’re not alone.
- Songwriters who were ripped off when they unwittingly signed away their rights might gain retribution. Here’s how.
- Diplo is hosting a pre-game Super Bowl party where tickets are US$20,000.
- Meanwhile, Seal (the singer) will turn into a seal (the aquatic creature) in Mountain Dew commercial.
BONUS: This band performed a little Rage for a high school talent show.
