The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, December 8

What happened this week? An interesting series of features on indie music concluded in The Guardian, more year-end lists emerged, and YouTube is taking a swing at a music subscription service next year. The Daily Chord is your service for a running tally of noteworthy music stories. Subscribe to our email updates for a reminder of the day's headlines.

Monday, December 4

• The music industry should be dreaming of a white Christmas
  Post from The Economist
• BMI, Department Of Justice square off in appeals court over latest consent decree ruling
  Story from Billboard
• Before Houston show, Lady Gaga helps Team Rubicon with Hurricane Harvey relief
  Post from Houston Chronicle
• The top 100 tracks of 2017
  List from The Guardian
• Finding C. Memi: Bitter Lake Recordings and Japan's 80s synth scene
  Post from Daily Bandcamp
• Spotify is testing a new feature for Discover Weekly
  Post from Mashable

Tuesday, December 5

• It's actually pretty easy to 'hack' the digital music industry
  Post from Noisey
• New mental health service launches to help musicians
  Post from NME
• Happy birthday Little Richard: Preacher. Showman. Maestro.
  Post from The Sheila Variations
• 10 tips for benefit concerts: You're nuts for doing it, but do it anyway
  Guest post from Hypebot
• Spotify's Wrapped feature is now live to break down your 2017 listening habits
  Post from TechCrunch
• This three-country, four night Asian music awards show is a K-pop promotion machine
  Post from NPR

Wednesday, December 6

• Does the music industry's definition of 'catalogue' need an upgrade?
  Guest post from Music Business Worldwide
• Beyoncé presents Colin Kaepernick with Sports Illustrated's legacy award
  Post from NME
• Johnny Hallyday, the Elvis Presley of France, is dead at 74
  Obituary from NY Times
• From bush doof to clowncore: Your favourite underground music scenes
  Post from The Guardian
• 17 books every music lover should read
  Post from Pigeons And Planes
• This New Zealand band is trying to save Maori culture one head banger at a time
  Post from NPR Music

Thursday, December 7

• The best albums of 2017
  Lists from NY Times
• Nile Rodgers reveals he has had cancer surgery
  Post from BBC News
• How Elvis helped save the USS Arizona memorial
  Post from USNI News
• The loneliness of the long-distance rocker
  Post from The Baffler
• Co-founder Glenn Dicker talks Yep Roc
  Interview from Hypebot
• One of Dallas' forgotten funk music greats has died, 11 days after releasing his first record
  Story from dallasnews.com

Friday, December 8

• YouTube to launch new subscription music streaming service next year
  Post from Billboard
• Quincy Jones has a streaming service for jazz documentaries
  Post from Engadget
• The 2017 SoundCloud playback
  Post from SoundCloud
• The politics of pop music in 2017
  Post from CNN
• All the best country albums of 2017, ranked
  List from Uproxx
• The 15 best new artists of 2017
  List from The Fader