The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, October 14

This week, we reviewed US music festivals Austin City Limits and Desert Trip, examined the trend of music executives flocking to tech companies, learned about Tom Delonge’s UFO emails to Hillary Clinton’s advisor, watched as Amazon jumped fully into the on-demand music streaming game, and celebrated Bob Dylan’s Nobel prize win.

This just scratches the surface. Read on for more of this week’s music news stories, and subscribe to The Daily Chord emails to get these stories sent straight to your inbox each day.

Monday, October 10

• U.K. Labels Receive $3.5M Government Funding to Boost Global Sales
  Story from Billboard
• Yes, Even Fresh-Faced Fans Cheered the Rock Stalwarts of ‘Oldchella’
  Post from NY Times
• 10 words from pop music culture that made it into the dictionary
  List from BBC
• Haim Show Off New Material And Growing Star Power At Austin City Limits 2016
  Review from NME
• Meet the millionaire music executive helping the wrongfully convicted
  Story from Mashable
• Behind Your Film's Soundtrack: The Important Role of the Music Supervisor
  Post from International Documentary Association

Tuesday, October 11

• Billy Joel-Loving Academics Get in a Piano Man State of Mind
  Story from NY Times
• The industry closet: queer pop from Little Richard to Frank Ocean
  Post from The Guardian
• McCartney, Stones and co give Oldchella a hint of rebellion
  Review from The Guardian
• Blink-182's Tom DeLonge Has Been Emailing Hillary Clinton's Adviser About UFOs
  Post from Hollywood Reporter
• Music business in danger of a ‘brain drain’ as streaming services raid top executive talent
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• The Chainsmokers' 'Closer' Leads Hot 100 for Eighth Week
  Story from Billboard

Wednesday, October 12

• A Basic Explanation of Streaming Money
  Infographic from Billboard
• Leonard Cohen: 'I am ready to die'
  Post from The Guardian
• The Man Musicians Call When Two Tunes Sound Alike
  Profile from NY Times
• Gorillaz Cartoon Drummer Russel on Forthcoming LP: 'What Is Coming Will Come'
  Post from Billboard
• The Art of Accepting Criticism as a Musician
  Post from Sonicbids
• Father John Misty Is A Lot: The Night Josh Tillman Came To The New Yorker Festival
  Review from Stereogum

Thursday, October 13

• Pandora Rebrands For The First Time In 11 Years
  Story from Fast Company
• Berghain ze Game Allows You to Be a Bouncer at the Infamous Club
  Post from EDM Tunes
• Why Bob Dylan deserves his Nobel literature win
  Opinion from The Guardian
• Prince's vault of unreleased music on sale for $35m
  Story from BBC
• Roger Waters Announces Us + Them Tour Dates for 2017
  Story from Billboard
• Amazon's full on-demand streaming music service launches
  Story from The Verge

Friday, October 14

• Is Amazon Music Unlimited a good deal?
  Post from CNET
• Madonna Is Billboard's 2016 Woman of the Year
  Story from Billboard
• The best of this week’s music: Michael Kiwanuka makes a monster mobster tune
  Review from The Guardian
• New Shazam feature lets users play music videos for identified songs
  Post from Digital Trends
• Bob Dylan, the Musician: America’s Great One-Man Songbook
  Story from NY Times
• Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan Lead Music Royalty, Friends & Family For Concert Tribute to Prince
  Story from Billboard