The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, August 10

The Daily Chord aggregates music news links to provide information and context on music's role in business and culture. This week we learned more about Spotify's plans, pondered a bank study on musicians' revenue, and time traveled to the studio where D'Angelo recorded 'Voodoo.' Review this week's links here and subscribe to the email blast if that's your thing.

Monday, August 6

• Record labels file 'billion dollar' piracy suit against ISP Cox
  Post from Torrent Freak
• The Go-Gos gave us the beat and so much more
  Post from NY Times
• Vampire Weekend opened Lollapalooza set with 'A-Punk' three times in a row
  Item from Mashable
• Waiting for a modern Music City miracle
  Feature from The Ringer
• In pursuit of Popcaan
  Story from Noisey
• Beastie Boys: Inside Adam Yauch's Oscilloscope Laboratories studio
  Post from Rolling Stone

Tuesday, August 7

• LA's famed Viper Room on Sunset Strip sold and possibly closing
  Post from Billboard
• Warner Music Group sells its entire stake in Spotify
  Post from Variety
• Mars pulls ads from YouTube drill videos
  Post from BBC News
• Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard: On new album 'Thank You For Today' and Seattle's slow disintegration
  Interview from The Independent
• Aphex Twin's TV premiere cancelled after failing epilepsy test
  Item from NME
• From museums to cemeteries, in praise of non-traditional music venues
  Post from Uproxx

Wednesday, August 8

• Spotify's $30 billion playlist for global domination
  Story from Fast Company
• Musicians only get 12% of the money the music business makes
  Post from Rolling Stone
• Catching the wave - and some tasty guitar solos - at the surf music convention
  Story from LA Times
• Hipster kryptonite: Will CDs ever have a resurgence?
  Post from The Guardian
• Beyond representation: In music and media, gender equality will take a revolution
  Essay from NPR Music
• Kick out the jams: How the music of 1968 mirrored the year's revolutionary spirit
  Post from Consequence Of Sound

Thursday, August 9

• KCON aims to ride the 'Korean wave' to pop-culture dominance
  Post from LA Times
• The strange David and Goliath saga of radio frequencies
  Saga from Wired
• SoundCloud on the blockchain? Audius raises $5.5 million to decentralize music
  Post from TechCrunch
• Sir Lucian Grainge: 'We can accelerate artist careers beyond anyone else'
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• How the Soulquarians birthed D'Angelo's 'Voodoo' and transformed jazz
  Post from NY Times
• Is clubbing in a video game fun?
  Post from Pitchfork

Friday, August 10

• What is social music in the streaming age?
  Post from Music Ally
• Why a partial Universal Music Group sale could spark a wider music biz selloff
  Post from Billboard
• Spotify is done fighting Apple Music - and ready to take on Apple
  Story from Rolling Stone
• How Frightened Rabbit found solace making music for a new play, following the death of Scott Hutchison
  Post from Independent
• 11 women accuse former Lumineers manager of sexual assault, misconduct
  Post from Variety
• Grammy Museum asking for applications for music grants
  Post from Celebrity Access