PledgeMusic is Finished.
And it's done. PledgeMusic is slouching toward bankruptcy, according to founder Benji Rogers.
Chicago’s Heart & Soul: Remembering Darrell Woodson
DJ, producer, inspirational figure and house music sage of Chicago, DJ Darrell Woodson has died.
Denver May Be the First City to Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms
Denver may become the first city in the nation to allow possession of personal quantities of psilocybin if a controversial ballot initiative passes on Tuesday.
No, Pioneer DJ is Not “Exiting The DJ Business”
The owners of Pioneer DJ are looking for a new buyer. The company is not exiting the DJ business, which they come pretty damn close to dominating.
Friends Complete Tribute Album to the Late Chicago DJ Amar
TECHNO WAR is a compilation Chicago's Legendary DJ Amar was finishing prior to his death in March 2019.
Spotify is Now Adding 40,000 NEW Tracks Per Day
It's even bigger than you think: beneath the surface of curated playlists, Spotify is a mess, adding an estimated 40,000 NEW tracks every single day.
Oakland Defendants Claim Arsonists Started the Ghost Ship Fire
The manslaughter trial of the Ghost Ship founder Derick Almena and creative director Max Harris began this week in Oakland.
Twitter Is Probably A Waste of Time But Everyone Already Knew That
Twitter's median user tweets twice a month and probably doesn't like your Beatport chart either.
TuneCore Has Paid Out $1.5 Billion to Artists
Big numbers from digital music distributor TuneCore, breaking down streaming growth by region and individual country.
PREVIEW: Berlin Deep House Savant CINTHIE at Spybar
Maybe some of the best deep house you're going to hear all month as React and Spybar bring the Berlin DJ and producer CINTHIE to Chicago on May 9.
David Morales on Mariah Carey: “We Changed the Game of Remixing”
David Morales talks to Billboard about his 1993 groundbreaking collaboration with Mariah Carey when remixing her hit song Dreamlover.
Vinyl Isn’t Dead: A Record-Setting Record Store Day
Streaming be damned: we just had the third-largest sales week for vinyl albums since Neilsen's SoundScan launched in 1991.
Soul Clap Launches 5 Month READY TO FREAK Tour
Soul Clap his hitting the road for the READY TO FREAK Tour, including 40+ club and festival gigs from Mexico to Croatia, Berlin to San Francisco, Montreal to Oslo and Barcelona to Miami and it begins right NOW.
Prince’s “Unfinished Memoir” To Go on Sale
The anniversary of Prince's death passed with news of another "unfinished" product from the Prince Estate.
Roy Ayers Recovering After Airport Health Scare
The most soulful man alive Roy Ayers is recovering with his family after a detour to the hospital before boarding a flight to a Portland music festival.
Shep Pettibone Wins Back Royalties on Madonna’s Vogue
The complicated case was held up by a supposed sample (of a Salsoul record Pettibone remixed years earlier) and lawyer chicanery.
EU Will Ban Ticket Bots. You’re Still Going to Get Gouged, Though.
A shot to the gut of the ticket sales racket as EU consumer protection laws take aim at ticket brokers and ticket bots.
Fyre Festival Is Like The War On Terror. It Will Never End.
Billy McFarland is laughing all the way from his jail cell as Netflix and Hulu get sucked into the disastrous festival's bankruptcy case.
Crowdsource Vinyl at No Charge with Bandcamp
Following up on PledgeMusic's implosion, Bandcamp gets into the crowdsourcing business with vinyl crowdsourcing business.
Mark Farina Recalls the Golden Age of Crate Digging
The Chicago DJ legend Mark Farina talks to HI-FIVES about cratedigging and the records that make him dance.
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Dedication: To Juan Atkins
There was never a moment before today that Juan Atkins was not a vital part of the American electronic music scene.
