The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, October 26

In the news this week, bands play shows for voters, blockchain remains mysterious, and secondary ticketing and capitalism are questioned. The Daily Chord is a time-management tool masquerading as a music news aggregator. Check out our updates each weekday, and subscribe to the email blast for each day's headlines.

Monday, October 22

• El-P accuses Spotify of not protecting artists against fraud
  Post from Pitchfork
• As Oneohtrix Point Never debuts at Disney Hall, composer Daniel Lopatin discusses 'Age Of'
  Post from LA Times
• How U2's technology is changing concerts for the better
  Post from BBC News
• The sound of Atlanta
  List from The Guardian
• Mixing John Lennon's Imagine: We meet engineer Rob Stevens
  Post from CNET
• Five musicians building a new world in the face of Estonia's isolated past
  Post from Noisey

Tuesday, October 23

• Do androids dream of electric beats? How AI is changing music for the better
  Post from The Guardian
• YouTube CEO asks creators to 'take action' against EU copyright law
  Post from CNET
• 'Surviving R. Kelly': Accusers share stories in harrowing trailer for docuseries
  Item from Rolling Stone
• Sparring candidates duet in music while they duel for votes
  Post from NPR
• Untangling Tekashi 6ix9ine's legal cases which could soon land him in prison
  Post from Pitchfork
• Poptimism: As pop music dominates boxoffice charts, is it time for a critical re-evaluation?
  Post from Pollstar

Wednesday, October 24

• Is blockchain living up to the hype?
  Feature from BBC News
• How indie rock's class of 2008 changed the music industry
  Post from Vulture
• 'Slow Burn': Watch Kacey Musgraves turn country music psychedelic
  Video from NY Times
• Tracy Chapman isn't letting Nicki Minaj get away with this one
  Post from Vanity Fair
• Marianne Faithful: The muse who made it on her own terms
  Profile from The Guardian
• XXXTentacion confessed to domestic abuse and other violent crimes in newly obtained secret recording
  Post from Pitchfork

Thursday, October 25

• Drive-By Truckers, Playboi Carti & indie supergroup Boygenius offering free concert tickets for voters
  Story from Billboard
• Spotify has lost $9bn in market cap value in less than three months
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• What crisis? Why music journalism is actually healthier than ever
  Post from The Guardian
• Kickstarter to end Drip, fund new platform with XOXO Festival creators
  Post from The Verge
• Facebook is building Lasso, a video music app to steal TikTok's teens
  Post from TechCrunch
• One of punk's true originals, 'Germ-Free Adolescents' is as fresh today as it was in 1978
  Post from AV Club

Friday, October 26

• A&R 'moneyball' is hotter than ever. But will it actually improve the music business?
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• 'It's not right, it's not fair': CAA's Emma Banks lashes out against secondary ticketing
  Post from Music Week
• The 88 best alternative rock songs of 1998
  List from Spin
• Longtime Motown guitaritst Wah Wah Watson dies at 67
  Obituary from Billboard
• Tony Joe White, 'swamp rock' singer and songwriter, dies at 75
  Obituary from NY Times
• Sinéad O'Connor converts to Islam
  Post from BBC News