Now we don’t cover too much music on IdleSociety. But we asked ourselves recently: What is pop music? If you monitor the charts in the UK it would seem that anything with a dance beat behind it can be classed as “popular music”. Most of it sounds exactly as the track before and after it, […]
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As the Foo Fighters wrap up their Concrete and Gold Tour, Dave Grohl announced on Wednesday (Aug. 1) the coming of a two-part mini-documentary called PLAY. Written and filmed by Grohl, the documentary celebrates “the rewards and challenges of dedicating one’s life to playing and mastering a musical instrument.” PLAY will be released to streaming services on Aug. 10, with a limited edition vinyl […]
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Jay-Z, one of the world’s highest-paid musicians, but despite this his Tidal streaming service is reportedly suffering from financial difficulties. According to Norwegian business paper Dagens Næringsliv, Tidal is facing both cash flow and user growth issues, leading to the service having enough funds to last just six months. The news comes less than a year since Tidal received investment from […]
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At the culmination of a seriously impressive 2017, JAY-Z sat down with New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet for an in-depth conversation on everyone from O.J. Simpson to Kanye West, and everything from therapy to his Grammy-nominated album 4:44. Read what we learned from his T Magazine interview below, and check out the full video at the bottom of […]
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