CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from Madonna, Sofie Royer, Bleech 9:3, Nick León, Namasenda + Alewya…
Fallout from Cox mega-damages reversal continues as publishers streamline Anthropic claims and labels ditch copycat Verizon case
Last month’s big ruling in the majors v Cox case continues to have an impact. The majors had also sued another ISP, Verizon, but have ditched that case after the US Supreme Court sided with Cox. Music publishers suing Anthropic have also dropped some of their claims, likely because of the Cox ruling…
🎧 Approved: WIDGET
WIDGET make Hannah Montana-referencing, discofied dance rock, which sounds better than it reads, trust me. New single ‘WHAT IF PHONES BUT TOO MUCH’ is an arpeggiated bop about smashing glass ceilings and imagining everyone’s face replaced with Danny Dyer’s…
Shambala founders transfer control of the festival to an employee ownership trust
Co-founders of Shambala are transferring control of the festival to an ‘employee ownership trust’, meaning it will basically be owned by its team. They say this approach will safeguard the event’s independence as many others festivals are acquired by “major live entertainment conglomerates”…
Universal Music has shot itself in the foot over AI fair use, says Anthropic
Anthropic wants a judge to throw out the copyright lawsuit filed against it by three music publishers, including Universal, because AI training is fair use. The publishers argue that AI-generated lyrics are diluting the market for songs, but Universal recently told its investors that’s not happening…
🌅 Horizon Future Leaders - Juliet Kennedy
This week, we caught up with Juliet Kennedy; founder and curator of Brick Lane Jazz Festival…
Mitch Winehouse loses legal battle over Amy Winehouse auction proceeds
Two friends of Amy Winehouse have defeated a lawsuit filed against them by her father, Mitch Winehouse. The dispute related to auctions of items connected to Amy, with Mitch claiming her friends “concealed” they were personally selling items alongside those put up for sale by his daughter’s estate…
Live Nation pays $9.9 million to settle yet another investigation into dodgy ticketing practices
Live Nation has reached a $9.9 million settlement with the Attorney General of Washington DC, who accused the company of employing dodgy ticket selling tactics. Its lawyers also want the damages part of last week’s antitrust ruling set aside based on a dispute over an expert witness’s maths…
🎧 Approved: Finn Askew
Finn Askew doesn’t sound like a Bieber knockoff, he just happens to be fishing in the same water, and pulling out something of his own. ‘BLUEBOY’, his new six track mixtape, is lush slow jams done right, built on minimalist trap drums and close-mic vocals…
Drake says judge in defamation case didn’t properly consider whether “reasonable people” might believe slur in Kendrick’s diss track
Drake still wants Universal Music held liable for defamation over its release of Kendrick Lamar’s “certified pedophile” lyric in diss track ‘Not Like Us’. With defamation cases, context is everything, but Drake now argues the judge who dismissed his defamation lawsuit considered the wrong context…
Kanye tour cancellations build, as Polish and Swiss shows are pulled
Kanye West’s upcoming tour continues to contract amid ongoing controversies over past antisemitic conduct. A concert in Poland, only announced last week, has already been cancelled after the country’s culture minister criticised the show. A stadium in Switzerland has also declined to host the rapper…
MPs call for the creation of a music fan association - and for the government to present new ticket touting laws in Parliament “without delay”
Parliament’s culture select committee has published a report based on the input of thousands of music fans. It calls for the creation of a new Music Fan Association, as well as urging the government to act on the agent of change principle and to hurry up with its promised new ticket touting laws…
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