The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, July 22

This week SXSW 2016 Music Keynoters Michelle Obama and Missy Elliott turned up on James Corden's Carpool Karaoke. We shared Billboard's list of power lawyers.

Deezer launched in the US, the retail sector continues to contract with Hastings closing, and a man in Florida changed his name to Kraftwerk. For the major stories of the week in music news, the Daily Chord covers the beat.

Monday, July 18

• Alan Vega, punk music pioneer and artist, dies at 78
  Obituary from NY Times
• Apple proposes higher royalty rates for music streaming rivals
  Post from The Verge
• Has streaming broken the UK singles chart?
  Post from BBC News
• Is YouTube wrecking the music industry - or putting new artists in the spotlight
  Post from The Guardian
• New Culture Secretary Karen Bradley is now a key figure for British music - but who is she?
  Post from NME
• Dissonant tones sound fine to people not raised on Western music
  Post from Ars Technica

Tuesday, July 19

• Music streaming service Deezer launches today in US
  Post from Android Police
• Apple Music will no longer add DRM to songs you upload to the cloud
  Post from Mashable
• Inside the playlist factory
  Post from Buzzfeed
• Paul Tollett discusses his latest project, Panorama music festival
  Interview from NY Times
• Mark Volman of The Turtles discusses the GOP's use of 'Happy Together' at the RNC
  Story from LA Times
• The music industry's top lawyers 2016: Who made the list?
  Post from Billboard

Wednesday, July 20

• Will a Spotify IPO live up to its $8 billion valuation?
  Story from Bloomberg
• File sharing lawsuit numbers drop by more than half
  Post from Ars Technica
• 25 years: How technology transformed the music of Bollywood duo Salim-Sulaiman
  Post from Mashable
• Grace Jones replaces MIA as headliner at Afropunk Festival
  Post from The Guardian
• Record label PC Music pushes the boundaries of pop music with a new sound
  Story from LA Times
• Roskilde Festival and anti-nationalist sentiment in Denmark
  Review from The Quietus

Thursday, July 21

• Apple and Facebook helped bust the world's biggest torrent site
  Post from Engadget
• Missy Elliott crashed Michelle Obama's 'Carpool Karaoke' performance
  Post from MTV News
• 8 song lyrics that caused a storm of controversy
  Post from BBC Music
• The Gathering of the Juggalos, now in its seventeenth year
  Story from NY Times
• Beggars Group issues warning over indie label security hack
  Post from The Guardian
• Turn your Raspberry Pi into the ultimate music streamer
  How-to from CNET

Friday, July 22

• Hastings Entertainment shutting down all stores for liquidation
  Post from Billboard
• New AI creates original music by looking at pictures
  Post from CNET
• America's dumbest copyright law
  Post from Midem blog
• David Bowie '74-'76 box set to feature unreleasd album 'The Gouster'
  Post from Pitchfork
• A man in Florida changed his name to Kraftwerk
  Post from 6AM
• This minimalist circuit board generates digital audio in its simplest form
  Post from The Verge

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