The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, October 20

The #MeToo social movement reverberated throughout media this week, making an impact in the music world. We also bid farewell to Gord Downie and pondered a Roy Orbison hologram. These stories were noted here on The Daily Chord, a time-saving way to check the happenings of the day without getting lost in an internet rabbit hole. Do your inbox a favor and sign up for our email update.

Monday, October 16

• The rapper NF tops the charts with 'Perception'
  Post from NY Times
• No alternative: How brands bought out underground music
  Feature from The Guardian
• Women from the world of music and entertainment share experiences of sexual harrassment for #MeToo campaign
  Post from NME
• Why is there talk of banning funk music in Brazil?
  Opinion from Al Jazeera
• Fela Kuti statue unveiled in Lagos to honor the Nigerian music legend
  Post from Africa News
• Music never sleeps: Day 1 highlights from Revolt Music Conference
  Post from Billboard

Tuesday, October 17

• Universal Music Group wants to find the next Spotify before it's too late
  Post from Mashable
• Asian-Americans are disrupting an unwelcoming music industry
  Post from Buzzfeed
• Fear and the future of live music
  Post from Pacific Standard
• The gay architects of classic rock
  Story from NY Times
• VNUE Inc. acquires Set.fm
  Post from Pollstar
• Butthole Surfers detail first new album since 2001
  Interview from Rolling Stone

Wednesday, October 18

• Tragically Hip's Gord Downie dead at 53
  Obituary from CBC
• Former music executive: We must come forward and name our abusers
  Guest column from Variety
• A 100-car army of sound in Los Angeles
  Post from NY Times
• Record Store Day announces Black Friday 2017 release list
  Item from NME
• Live Nation, MGM Resorts sued in wake of Route 91 Harvest festival tragedy
  Post from Hypebot
• The folk music festival that started with a spider bite
  Post from NPR

Thursday, October 19

• Jann Wenner and his biographer have a falling out
  Story from NY Times
• Daniel Antopolsky: The missing man of country
  Profile from BBC News
• How to download free music: A totally legal & comprehensive guide
  Post from Billboard
• When feminism meets music: Great songs that sample radical speech
  List from Pitchfork
• The Hi-Fi Bar, formerly Brownies, closing at the end of October
  Post from Brooklyn Vegan
• College crowd-sourcing concerts on the up and up
  Post from Pollstar

Friday, October 20

• At Yes Fest, a youth-powered music festival, teens run the show
  Story from WBUR
• In dreams: Roy Orbison hologram to embark on UK tour in 2018
  Post from The Guardian
• NMPA chief David Israelite on music licensing issues
  Post from Billboard
• Spotify launches Rise, a new emerging artist program
  Post from TechCrunch
• nothing,nowhere. blends hip-hop and emo to make tomorrow's pop
  Profile from NY Times
• Star Creature Universal Vibrations transfigures boogie for the 21st century
  Story from Chicago Reader