Spotify has announced it will be suspending its services in Russia due to the country’s censorship laws. This follows Spotify’s decision to close its offices in Russia earlier this year following Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine. The streaming service also suspended access to premium accounts in the country. According to
Canadian electronic music band Keys N Krates have been nominated for Best Dance Record at the 2022 Libera Awards for their album, Original Classic. Presented by EDM.com, other nominees in the category include Disclosure and Dawn Richard. Keys N Krates shared Original Classic last year, an expansive visual album project
A shooting happened in Austin, Texas in the early hours on Sunday morning, the last day of this year’s SXSW Festival. Both Variety and Deadline reported that four people were injured, with authorities responding to shots fired in the city’s entertainment district. It has been confirmed that the shooting took
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In an update on Universal’s 10:22 label’s NFT project, it has been announced that the label has acquired the NFT Bored Ape #5537 for near $361k. The new character, named Manager Noët All, will serve as leader of 10:22’s all-NFT virtual band, Kingship. The members of Kingship are all Bored
The wait is over for the release of dj poolboi’s latest album stay just a little while longer. This Unbelievably Spectacular release blurs conventions and crosses as many boundaries it possibly can genre-wise. The result is a remarkable odyssey of work featuring musicians from around the globe. Stream/ download: stay
Dream pop / Electronic / House
Last Sunday, London based nightlife organisation Save Our Scene (SOS) organised a mass rave in protest of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Thousands of ravers came out to join a convoy of sound systems in Central London, with some six rigs blasting acid techno, UKG, and drum’n’bass. Two thousand people gathered
music news / nightlife / protest rave / russia / Ukraine
Amazon have launched an interesting new app called AMP. The app, which is only available to Amazon users in beta form, allows users to curate and stream their own live radio shows. Launched for aspiring radio hosts, with AMP, users are able to curate playlists, plan live talk segments ,
Popular social media platform TikTok has launched a new music distribution tool called SoundOn. The tool will allow artists to upload their music to the app directly, earning royalties from the use of their tracks on the app. It is reported that SoundOn will pay out 100% of royalties to
Streaming giant Spotify went down last night, according to multiple reports from users. The site experienced access issues and widespread technical problems. Users reported that they were being continuously logged out of the application, or that their account details were flagged as being incorrect. According to Variety, the issues reported
The Ukraine electronic music scene has penned an open letter condemning Russia, asking for global support in the fight against Russian aggression. Multiple venues, promoters, and performers from Ukraine have signed the letter, which was released online on March 5th. The letter reads, “We, the representatives of the music community,
