Streaming fraud is fuelled by “perceived lack of a legal risk”, industry stakeholders tell judge in Michael Smith sentencing
Music Fights Fraud Alliance • 3 min read

Streaming fraud is fuelled by “perceived lack of a legal risk”, industry stakeholders tell judge in Michael Smith sentencing

The streaming fraudster who pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy in relation to an $8 million streaming scam will be sentenced next week. The Music Fights Fraud Alliance says the sentence should “reflect the systemic harm” caused by the scam, so that it deters others involved in streaming fraud…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
🎧 Approved: PROJECTOR
CMU Approved • 1 min read

🎧 Approved: PROJECTOR

With Brighton quartet PROJECTOR industrial drum machines, angular post-punk and rant-pop share the same space. New track ‘I Need A Lie Down’ was designed to “make people feel sick and culminate in a horrific wall of noise” when played live, which sounds horrible but (at least on record) sounds great…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: L'OBJECTIF
CMU Approved • 1 min read

🎧 Approved: L'OBJECTIF

Leeds four-piece L'Objectif make high adrenaline post-punk with New Order propulsions and vocals that dacne somewhere between Morrissey and Jarvis Cocker. New single 'Walking Home (From The City)' is big, cathartic and about the nostalgia of being 16-20. Their first music of 2026.…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
IFPI backs web-blocking frenzy in five Latin American markets
IFPI • 3 min read

IFPI backs web-blocking frenzy in five Latin American markets

Global record industry trade group IFPI has welcomed coordinated action by government agencies in five Latin American countries to secure web-blocks against 300+ piracy domains. IFPI says the action “will help protect artists and fans while supporting a healthier digital marketplace for music”…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
🎧 Approved: Gaspar Claus
CMU Approved • 1 min read

🎧 Approved: Gaspar Claus

Cellist Gaspar Claus makes contemporary chamber music threaded with Mediterranean folk and electronics - every sound originates from a cello, then gets stretched, processed and metamorphosed into something else entirely. New single ‘Ecstasy’ holds the kind of sensory intensity the title promises…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
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