The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, September 20

The Daily Chord chose stories this week which pondered radical and non-radical young musicians, how copyright protections are changing in the digital era, the rise of hologram shows and the poet William Blake's musical legacy. Join Daily Chord readers each weekday for an overview of the business and art of music. Subscribe to our email newsletter and the headlines will zoom to your inbox. when they're posted.

Monday, September 16

• Ric Ocasek, new wave rock visionary and Cars co-founder, is dead
  Obituary from NY Times
• Eddie Money, 'Two Tickets To Paradise' singer, dies at 70
  Obituary from Variety
• Music publishers say Peleton stole even more music, ask for $300 million
  Post from The Verge
• The hardest song I ever chased
  Post from Vulture
• YouTube bans paid-for plays from contributing towards its music charts
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• Post Malone scores second no. 1 album with 'Hollywood's Bleeding'
  Post from Billboard

Tuesday, September 17

• Whitney Houston hologram tour plots first 2020 dates
  Post from Rolling Stone
• There's still money in plastics: Big sellers from Taylor Swift and Tool have labels rethinking CD strategies
  Story from Billboard
• The 6ix9ine Nine Trey trial: What we've learned so far
  Post from Complex
• Amazon Music gets an HD tier, starting in the US, UK, Japan and Germany
  Item from Music Ally
• 33 talented but underrated K-Pop groups you should be listening to
  List from Buzzfeed
• Beehives, farewells, and a Wu-Tang surprise made up the best of Riot Fest 2019
  Review from AV Club

Wednesday, September 18

• The music business wants to blow up copyright - and the Trump administration is on board
  Post from Bloomberg
• Will Tencent's hunger to own the music business stop at Universal and Spotify?
  Column from Rolling Stone
• Tegan and Sara: 'People never talk about women and drug use positively'
  Interview from The Guardian
• The making of an urbane cowboy
  Story from Texas Monthly
• Festicket enables group festival bookings with 'Pay With Friends'
  Item from TechCrunch
• My father was left out of Martin Scorsese's Bob Dylan movie
  Story from Vice

Thursday, September 19

• The case for Metallica as the world's biggest touring act
  Post from Pollstar
• Live Nation/Ticketmaster chief Michael Rapino talks Dept. of Justice inquiries
  Interview from Variety
• What does alternative rock radio sound like in the age of Spotify?
  Story from NY Times
• 'Most political in years': Critics hail Mercury Prize's return to protest music
  Post from The Guardian
• Tribe Of Noise acquires Free Music Archive
  Item from Hypebot
• Psychedelic Odin: William Blake's gift to musicians
  Post from The Quietus

Friday, September 20

• Mercury Prize winner Dave: Seven things you need to know
  Post from BBC News
• Generation Z is making music with anti-radical tones
  Post from Wired
• 10 new albums to stream today
  List from Paste Magazine
• How Neil Young's failed anti-streaming business helped the music industry
  Post from Quartz
• Ken Burns' new documentary is in love with country's myths, not its music
  Review from Pitchfork
• Sturgill Simpson leaves his old sound (and the spotlight) in the rearview
  Profile from NY Times