CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from Kelela, Big Softy, Newdad, Laufey + IZCO…
Grass needs more time to grow says AEG as it puts a pin in LIDO Festival
AEG’s UK CEO and turf-whisperer in chief has said that East London’s LIDO Festival needs to move to a different date because the grass in Victoria Park isn’t ready for stampeding hordes of festival-goers. Or something along those lines. As a result, it will now take place over one day in August…
Bruce Springsteen wants police to seize any knock-off t-shirts being sold at upcoming home state show
Bruce Springsteen is following Dua Lipa and Benson Boone in seeking a crackdown on the sale of bootleg merch at his US shows. He has asked the courts in New Jersey to instruct local law enforcement to “seize and impound” any knock-off Springsteen t-shirts being sold around an upcoming Newark concert…
Salt N Pepa termination rights ruling makes creator protections in US “illusory”, say artist advocacy groups
Salt N Pepa’s legal battle with Universal Music is set to become another crucial test case around the creator’s termination right in US copyright law. Entertainment lawyers and creator groups have now urged appeal judges to overturn a judgement in Universal’s favour to allow more scrutiny in court…
🎧 Approved: Modern Woman
There's Kate Bush in the DNA, avant-garde tendencies, folk tradition, but Modern Woman have gone and folded post-punk into the whole thing, which works beautifully. New single ‘Johnny’s Dreamworld’, is feverishly brilliant…
As impacts of US Supreme Court’s Cox ruling kick in, the music industry may have a bigger problem as Yout, X and ISP Grande test the law
How big an impact will the US Supreme Court’s landmark decision in the majors v Cox case really have on the music industry? It makes it harder to force ISPs to police piracy, but could it affect the industry in other ways too? Cases involving Yout, X and Grande will now test the reach of the ruling…
🌅 Horizon Future Leaders - Ailsa Harper
This week, we caught up with Ailsa Harper; founder of Brightest Light, mentor for Help Musicians UK and Tinderbox Music and co-founder of Not The DJ’s Girlfriend…
Live Nation’s Wireless festival cancelled after British government withdraws Kanye West’s permission to travel to the UK
Live Nation has cancelled its Wireless festival after the government withdrew headliner Kanye West’s travel permit. Before the cancellation, with sponsors bailing, the company responded to the backlash over West headlining the event, with Melvin Benn putting out a statement defending the booking…
Bill Ackman wants to buy Universal Music and put “psychopath” Epstein associate Michael Ovitz in charge
Controversial hedge fund manager Bill Ackman wants to buy Universal Music. His plan: load UMG with debt, sell its Spotify stake, and put a man named in the Epstein files in as chair. Lucian Grainge could make tens of millions from the deal, but Universal’s superstar artists might have other ideas…
🎧 Approved: Alewya
Raised in West London with Ethiopian and Egyptian roots, alt-soul hyphenate Alewya treats heritage as something active rather than archival. She doesn’t move like a conventional artist, describing herself as a painter who makes music, which makes sense when you sit with her songs…
CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from Alewya, Pigeon, Robyn, Lambrini Girls + Getdown Services…
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