Four Tet, Skrillex, and Fred Again.. performed at the Coachella music festival on Sunday, April 23, taking the headlining slot after Frank Ocean’s departure from the weekend 2 lineup. They were confirmed to join the festival on April 20, after Frank Ocean announced that injuries would prevent him from returning
London-based radio station Rinse FM has acquired Bristol radio station SWU.FM, which ceased broadcast six months ago due to financial difficulties. Rinse FM had already bought pirate radio station Kool FM in January and is set to relaunch it this weekend as a legal station, broadcasting 24 hours a day
Goldenvoice, the organisers of Coachella, have been fined $117,000 (£94,071) for breaching curfew rules each night during the first weekend of the festival. Coachella signed an agreement with the city of Indio in 2013 which included a curfew policy of midnight for Fridays and Saturdays, and 11 PM for Sundays.
Canadian singer-songwriter and music producer, Grimes, will be delivering the keynote speech at the International Music Summit (IMS) in Ibiza. The three-day event, which will be taking place later this month, will focus on the theme of “Face the Future”. The summit will conclude with Grimes’s speech on the topics
Heardle, a music-guessing app spun-off from The New York Times’ Wordle game, is set to shut down less than ten months after its acquisition by Spotify. Similar to the popular word game, Heardle challenges players to identify a song every day for points. Spotify purchased the game in July 2022,
A new report called Fix the Mix has highlighted a significant gender pay gap and lack of women and non-binary people in music tech roles across the industry. The report, produced by We Are Moving the Needle, Jaxsta, Middle Tennessee State University, and Howard University, found that women and non-binary
Two music organisations, Black Artist Database and shesaid.so, have decided not to participate in the International Music Summit this year. According to Resident Advisor, the two platforms are putting their partnerships with the thought-leadership event on pause, following Beatport’s majority acquisition of IMS earlier this year. As previously reported, a
Bandcamp United, the recently launched union for Bandcamp employees, has accused the company’s leadership of attempting to undermine unionisation efforts. According to an article from Resident Advisor, the newly established union expressed concerns in an Instagram post that Bandcamp was delaying the National Labor Relations Board hearing needed to legitimise
Spotify has decided to shut down its live audio streaming app, Spotify Live. Spotify Live, which functioned as a separate app to Spotify, allowed users to stream and interact with live audio, including podcasts and music. According to MusicAlly, who broke the story yesterday, the company believes that there is
Ryuichi Sakamoto has passed away. The pioneering Japanese composer was 71 years old. The news of his death was announced on April 2nd, and it was revealed that he had died on March 28th. Sakamoto was known for his work as the keyboardist for Yellow Magic Orchestra, as well as
