The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, June 29

This week, Daily Chord links originate from fallow Glastonbury fields and committee hearing rooms in the US Capitol, in addition to traditional music locations. Wherever you are, inform yourself with the Daily Chord each weekday, and don't sleep on our email blast.

Monday, June 25

• UK singles chart to include music videos for the first time
  Post from BBC News
• Vinnie Paul, Pantera drummer and co-founder, dies at 54
  Obituary from Rolling Stone
• Cannes Lions, the ad industry's biggest party, might finally be sobering up
  Post from Recode
• NPR Music's favorite 35 songs of 2018 (so far)
  Post from NPR
• Popular Twitch streamers temporarily banned for playing copyrighted music
  Post from Kotaku
• Into the wild with Kanye West
  Interview from NY Times

Tuesday, June 26

• India beyond Bollywood: How YouTube and other streaming services are rewiring the local music industry
  Post from Billboard
• The BBC has a new app to counter Spotify and Apple Music
  Post from Engadget
• Acid on me like the rain: Mapping psychedelia's big pop culture moment
  Post from Noisey
• Sufjan, Kendrick, Questlove invited to join movie academy
  Item from Pitchfork
• Steve Lillywhite on how selling music in Indonesia isn't chicken feed
  Interview from Music Ally
• The loudmouth at the concert: Why can't people stop talking and listen to the music?
  Post from Salon

Wednesday, June 27

• Grammys expand major category nominations from five to eight
  Post from Variety
• Spotify, nodding to broader ambitions, hires chief content officer
  Post from NY Times
• Ray Davies says The Kinks are reuniting
  Item from Pitchfork
• Beyoncé and Jay Z's piracy problem
  Commentary from Pitchfork
• Serious question: Where are all the girl groups?
  Commentary from Fader
• The top 100 music festival lineups of all time
  List from Vivid Seats

Thursday, June 28

• 'Dancing Baby' lawsuit finally settles, baby is now a middle school student
  Post from Ars Technica
• Joe Jackson, patriarch of iconic showbiz family, dies at 89
  Obituary from Yahoo News
• Ticketmaster 'warned of hack attack in April by Monzo'
  Post from BBC News
• The median US musician is still making under $25,000 a year
  Post from Rolling Stone
• How music's 'glass ceiling girls' broke into the boys club of radio promotion
  Story from Variety
• Jury: Dr. Dre's Beats headphones owes ex-partner $25 million
  Post from AP News

Friday, June 29

• A Senate committee votes for peace in the music industry
  Story from NY Times
• Joe Strummer demos and rarities to appear on new compilation
  Post from The Guardian
• Instagram will now let users add music to stories
  Post from Complex
• Sasquatch! Music Festival will not return in 2019
  Item from Rolling Stone
• Bovine blues: Why Glastonbury goes fallow
  Post from Pollstar
• Merck Mercuriadis' fund successfully raises $260M to buy music copyrights
  Post from Music Business Worldwide