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There's a new development in the music streaming war: Spotify has reached 40 million paid subscribers, according to a tweet from founder Daniel Ek—soaring ahead of Apple Music's 17 million subscribers. Read more: Apple vs Spotify vs Tidal: Which streaming service sounds the best? Spotify announced in March 2016 that they had hit 30 million paid […]

Slipknot’s sophomore album Iowa almost didn’t happen. After the release of their 1999 self-titled debut, frontman Corey Taylor said the band contemplated the idea breaking up and leaving their legacy at one release.   “…That was one of those ideas that I was so in love with because it was such a fuck-you to the […]

It's common for people to think that young people don't pay for their music. But Business Insider reported a study that found the exact opposite. Actually, as Americans get older, they pay for music less often. Read more: Vinyl sales earned more money than free streams in 2015 The study, conducted by Cowen's John Blackledge and […]

The other week, one of my favorite bands, HEALTH, had their new LP, Death Magic, leak just over a week in advance of the record’s release. After waiting six years for a new record, I immediately snagged a vinyl and T-shirt pre-order, so when I was faced with the link to a leak, I couldn’t […]

Debates regarding music streaming services always revolve around the same set of numbers. These services all use a similar model: subscribers pay a flat monthly rate that offers them a full library of music for their unlimited listening pleasure. Artists take issue with their compensation per song–about $0.007 per stream–while subscribers compare monthly pricing models […]

Apple Music lauched last week, and arguably accelerated the streaming wars to new, unprecedented heights. The Verge decided to test out each of the services in a blind test with lots of volunteers to see which service delivers the best-sounding music to the uninformed consumer. The test gave each participant a pair of Sony headphones […]

While Apple is busy converting iTunes fans into Apple Music subscriptions, there are 75 million Spotify users wondering which service best fills their headphones. There’s some interesting new offerings in the Apple Music product like Beats1 and human-curated playlists, but let’s focus on how the new app compares to how users currently use Spotify.   The […]

When file-sharing music became a cultural phenomenon in the early 2000s, no musician spoke out against the digital music revolution louder than Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich. Ulrich spoke for the band as they launched a lawsuit against Napster over the illegal sharing of their digital music. Today, Ulrich seems to have a much more relaxed […]

Beats 1 will be the in-house station for the new service from Apple, Apple Music, but a slew of other artists have just been named as having their own radio shows on the free, ad-supported service.  Read more: Apple Music combines extensive streaming, artist interactions, human-curated radio and so much more Elton John will have his […]

Apple Music, the new streaming service from the tech giant just found one more similarity to Spotify's streaming service – it won't include the latest Taylor Swift album at launch. Read more: Echosmith join Taylor Swift for electrifying “Cool Kids” performance Taylor Swift publically removed her entire catalogue from Spotify last year, immediately prior to the […]

Among the many things revealed today at Apple's WWDC is their exciting new service, Apple Music. In short, the program will combine the extensive streaming of “tens of millions” of songs from iTunes, artist interactions via a new social feature called Connect, 24-hour-a-day, human-curated radio stations and much, much more. Unsigned artists can share their tunes through […]