#MusicFlips

A curated music magazine of the best music articles from around the Web. For my playlist check #NewMusicPlaylistFlips magazine

By Kol Tregaskes

Kol Tregaskes
Spotify and Amazon “sue songwriters” after new row over royalties
NME - Elizabeth Aubrey
The companies are appealing a ruling which effectively amount to "suing" songwriters Spotify and Amazon are both embroiled in a new row with artists …
March 10
Kol Tregaskes
Radiohead Is Headed to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
WIRED - Brian Raftery
It's time once again to turn on The Monitor, WIRED's roundup of the latest in the world of culture, from music news to casting announcements. In …
Dec 13, 2018
Kol Tregaskes
Covert Russian hackers are saving music from audio destruction
Wired UK - Mansur Mirovalev
Want to listen to the ultimate, vinyl editions of iconic albums such as Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon? In the era of subscription-based, …
Aug 22, 2018
Kol Tregaskes
Google Podcasts: Everything you need to know!
androidcentral.com - Daniel Bader
Google has been slowly dipping its toes into the warming podcast waters of the past few years, first bringing native support to Google Play Music and …
Jun 19, 2018
Kol Tregaskes
This song-identifying Facebook group is better than Shazam
Wired UK - Kyle MacNeill
looking for a track with just a single piano key/chord on the drop, its techno track i think At 1:55pm on April 2, 2016, Mike Davis posted this vague …
May 19, 2018
Kol Tregaskes
How to Find New Music You'll Actually Like
Lifehacker - Nick Douglas
Some people can dig up great music like magic, or have friends inside the industry who keep them updated. Others are perfectly content with their …
August 16
Kol Tregaskes
Apple Music vs. Spotify vs. Google Play Music: A music subscription showdown
androidcentral.com - Ara Wagoner
We wake up to music. We go about our days to music. If we're happy, we're singing along. If we're sad, we're crooning. If we're mad, we will scream …
Apr 3, 2018
Kol Tregaskes
How to use Spotify's radio magic to level up your personal playlists
androidcentral.com - Ara Wagoner
Spotify prides itself on its playlist prowess. There's a reason that Spotify's Home tab is covered in playlists rather than just popular songs and …
Feb 19, 2018
Kol Tregaskes
Music really is a universal language, study suggests
Alphr - Thomas McMullan
There is a communicative power in music that runs deeper than words. In fact, as the German poet Heinrich Heine once wrote, “where words leave off, …
Jan 25, 2018
Kol Tregaskes
The blockchain will disrupt the music business and beyond
Wired UK - Kaj Burchardi and Nicolas Harle
In 2018, blockchain will create a new wave of major disruption in media-content distribution. The immutability and "trustless" nature of the …
Jan 20, 2018
Kol Tregaskes
What's the Best Song, According to Science?
gizmodo.co.uk - Gizmodo
Some songs stick to your soul like ectoplasm. Whether you’re at the club or Chuck E. Cheese, sometimes you hear a certain song that brings you back …
August 1
Kol Tregaskes
Is the threat of a copyright lawsuit stifling music?
bbc.co.uk - Chi Chi Izundu
Artists are being advised not to state publicly who they're inspired by on their new music, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has learned. Could this stifle their creativity?
Jul 12, 2017
Kol Tregaskes
Chris Cornell: Soundgarden star hanged himself
bbc.co.uk - BBC News
Singer Chris Cornell died as a result of hanging himself, US officials have confirmed.
May 18, 2017
Kol Tregaskes
20 Years Later, Liam Gallagher Is Still Fighting The Britpop War – By Himself
gizmodo.co.uk - Holly Brockwell
Children of the nineties will fondly remember the all-consuming war between fans of rival bands Blur and Oasis. It was the iPhone vs Android of its …
August 1
Kol Tregaskes
Futuristic map shows what Earth could look like in 2050
Wired UK - Alexandra Simon-Lewis
To mark its 20th anniversary, Kaspersky has created a map to help people “look back and look forward” simultaneously. Called Earth 2050, the map …
Apr 5, 2017
Kol Tregaskes
Ed Sheeran has nine of top 10, but thinks it's weird
bbc.co.uk
Ed Sheeran says the Official Chart needs to change as his music dominates the UK top 20. The singer's record is the fastest selling male album of all time, a week after it was released. All 16 songs have
Mar 10, 2017
Kol Tregaskes
Albums are dying. Singer MY wants musicians to think bigger
Wired UK - Ruby Lott-Lavigna
The album is changing: whether it's weekly SoundCloud drops or Drake's curated mixtapes, new artists no longer stick to traditional release …
Feb 22, 2017
Kol Tregaskes
Google Play Music: Everything you need to know!
androidcentral.com - Ara Wagoner
While there are many apps that stream music, and stream it well, Google Play Music is Google's tentpole music service, and as such is an app that …
April 6
Kol Tregaskes
Radiohead - The Numbers: Jonny, Thom & a CR78
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Sep 25, 2016
Kol Tregaskes
Spotify Launches Personalised "Daily Mix" Playlists
gizmodo.co.uk - James O Malley
Last year Spotify launched "Discover Weekly", a weekly-updated playlist for users that would automatically pick out tracks that the company's …
August 1
Kol Tregaskes
Radio 1 Goes "Phone First" With On-Demand Exclusives
gizmodo.co.uk - Gary Cutlack
The controller of Radio 1 would like people to start thinking of the original on-demand music service as being something as new and trendy as a …
August 1
Kol Tregaskes
Spotify wants to pay the major labels less, and they’re not happy
Alphr - Ian Betteridge
Spotify is out of contract with the major music labels, and to make matters worse it wants to pay the major labels a smaller cut of revenue than it …
Aug 23, 2016
Kol Tregaskes
Has streaming broken the UK singles chart?
bbc.co.uk - Mark Savage
Fewer records than ever before are entering the UK top 40 as fans keep streaming the same songs over and over again. But what does that mean for music and new artists in particular?
Jul 16, 2016
Kol Tregaskes
Does Playing Loud Music Drain Your Battery Faster?
gizmodo.co.uk - Bryan Menegus
Of all the things your smartphone can do, playing music is one of the least demanding. Listening to a song puts very little strain on the CPU, …
August 1
Kol Tregaskes
Song Exploder: Chvrches Bring the House Down on 'Clearest Blue'
WIRED - Kevin McFarland
On the Song Exploder podcast, host Hrishikesh Hirway talks to musicians who take apart their songs and, piece by piece, tell the stories of how they …
Jun 23, 2016
Kol Tregaskes
How to watch, listen to and follow everything at Glastonbury 2016, whether you're there or not | T3
t3.com
Glastonbury isn't taking any risks this year. Instead it's relying on three headline acts that have a history of delivering every time. Coldplay, …
Jun 21, 2016
Kol Tregaskes
Members of Led Zeppelin Appear In Court To Defend Stairway to Heaven
TIME - Nash Jenkins
Two members of Led Zeppelin, singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page, appeared in court in Los Angeles Tuesday to defend themselves against accusations that “Stairway to Heaven,” the band’s legendary
Jun 15, 2016
Kol Tregaskes
These Are The Most Streamed Artists of the UK Summer Festival Line-Up
lifehacker.co.uk - Becca Caddy
As the UK gets ready to kick off festival season with a bang at The Isle of Wight Festival, Field Day and Download Festival this weekend, …
March 7
Kol Tregaskes
Guilty Pleasures
The 90s Guilty Pleasures Playlist
Lifehacker - Eric Ravenscraft
If you turned on a radio at any point in the 90s—and you probably did since Pandora hadn’t been invented yet—you’ll know some of the songs on this …
Jun 10, 2016