🎧 Approved: Umut Adan
Turkish singer-songwriter Umut Adan and his Italian band Zebânis have a sound they coin “danceable dissent”. New single ‘Bogotà’ is a hypnotic protest anthem, fusing Anatolian psych with the communal pulse of cumbia…
Diddy to spend more than four years in prison
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was sentenced on Friday after being convicted earlier this year over the illegal transportation of two women to engage in prostitution. He will spend a total of 50 months in jail. His lawyers had argued for fourteen months, while the prosecution wanted an eleven year sentence…
Suno tells court to reject stream-ripping “gambit” by major labels in AI legal battle
The major labels recently requested to amend their lawsuit against Suno to include claims the AI company gathered its training data by stream-ripping audio from YouTube, in violation of copyright law. In response, Suno argues that any stream-ripping it may have done did not, in fact, violate US law…
CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise last week, from Saint Ludo and Kasst 8, Snõõper, Danny L Harle and Caroline Polachek, Ms* Gloom + Fred Again.. & Amyl And The Sniffers…
Record industry celebrates as French courts confirm that “enabling streaming fraud is unlawful”
A French court has told internet company OVH to stop hosting stream manipulation websites JustAnotherpanel and BuyBestSuperfans. The music industry has welcomed the ruling as part of its battle against stream manipulation, saying it “confirms that enabling streaming fraud is unlawful in France”…
As indie labels ramp up campaign for EU to block the UMG x Downtown merger, a French music lawyer says concerns around data are “fantasy or paranoia”
As the UMG and Downtown puppet show rumbles on, an old-school French music lawyer who doesn’t have a website pops his head above the parapet and says anyone with concerns about data is suffering from fantastical paranoia. Just wait till he learns about AI…
🌅 Horizon Future Leaders - Helena Coma
This week we spoke with Helena Coma, Membership & Communications Coordinator at the Featured Artists Coalition, and independent band manager and promoter.…
As FT says major labels are close to “landmark” AI licensing deals, is a new battle royale going to kick off within the music industry?
An FT report says that Universal and Warner are close to agreeing “landmark” AI licensing deals that will result in ongoing payments to the music industry. If true, that poses some big questions within the music community about how that income will be shared and whose consent will be sought…
🎧 Approved: Glom
There’s no gloom in Glom, instead we get shimmering riffs, 90s-leaning alt-rock choruses and shoegaze haze, with the tight rhythms of late 80s post-punk. With ‘Mirror’ he’s written one of his most frank songs, yet it remains unashamedly melodic and uplifting…
Nirvana baby lawsuit dismissed
The Nirvana baby lawsuit has been dismissed. Spencer Elden, who as a baby appeared on the cover of ‘Nevermind’, sued the band in 2021 claiming that the artwork constituted illegal sexual imagery. But the judge says he “has a difficult time understanding” that interpretation of the image…
Aussie festival strip search lawsuit could cost NSW government $150 million
An Australian court yesterday awarded a woman $93,000 in damages after she was illegally strip searched by police at a music festival in 2018. 3000 people are involved in a class action over allegedly unlawful strip searches, which could result in liabilities of $150 million for the NSW government…
No one seems to know if Kneecap are still banned from Canada - or whether they were ever actually banned at all
When Canadian MP Vince Gasparro announced Kneecap were banned from Canada last month he noted the criminal case against Mo Chara. With that case dismissed, it remains unclear if the ban is still in force, not least because it’s not clear in what capacity Gasparro announced the ban in the first place…
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