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Red Hot Chili Peppers announce new album Unlimited Love, share video for new song “Black Summer” [Pitchfork]
Rock Hall of Fame 2022: Carly Simon, Eminem, Dolly Parton, Beck lead nominees. A Tribe Called Quest, Duran Duran, Rage Against the Machine, DEVO, Kate Bush, Fela Kuti, MC5, Judas Priest, Dionne Warwick, and Lionel Richie are also nominated. [Spin]
Watch the trailer for King Crimson doc ‘In the Court of the Crimson King' [Brooklyn Vegan]
The 'Janet Jackson' doc leaves us with more questions than answers [NPR]
'Pam & Tommy' are sympathetic figures in an infamous culture war [NPR]
Failure removes their music from Spotify over recent events & low pay: "It's been a scam for artists from the beginning" [Metal Injection]
Graham Nash pulls music from Spotify:
“I Completely Agree with and Support My Friend Neil..."There is a
difference between being open to varying viewpoints on a matter and
knowingly spreading false information." [Consequence of Sound]
Rivers Cuomo targets Spotify defectors with app that only streams Weezer demos [Stereogum]
Peter Jackson would’ve “lost it” with The Beatles if he had filmed ‘Let It Be’ doc: "They would have driven me crazy" [NME]
Liam Gallagher shares ‘Everything’s Electric’ with Dave Grohl on drums [Spin]
Music History
[Courtesy of calendar.songfacts.com ]
January 31
2021: Capping a massive bender, Morgan Wallen
yells the n-word at his (white) drinking buddy outside his home. It's
caught on video and when it's released two days later, Wallen is dropped
from most radio stations and banished from playlists on major streaming
services. The controversy earns him a surge in streams and sales,
keeping his Dangerous: The Double Album, which debuted at #1 in America on January 23, at the top for a total of 10 weeks.
February 1
1982: Bill Murray is the first guest on Late Night with David Letterman, hosted by an irreverent comedian with funny teeth. He sings the hit song "Physical," doing an aerobic routine along with his performance.
February 2
2019: Marshmello
performs a virtual concert inside the online game Fortnite that is seen
by an estimated 10 million gamers. To pull it off, he is rigged to a
body-motion suit that transfers his movements to the screen. It's the
first large-scale integration of a concert within a video game.
February 3
1959: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash. Don McLean would call it "The Day the Music Died" in his 1971 hit "American Pie."
February 4
1974: The Stooges play a bar in Wayne, Michigan, where a biker gang called The Scorpions is initiating a new member by having him hurl eggs at lead singer Iggy Pop, who responds by going into the crowd to fight him.
February 5
1988: The John Hughes film She's Having A Baby debuts in US theaters. Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern star as a young married couple whose lives are about to be upended by the birth of their first child. The soundtrack features Kate Bush's heart-wrenching ballad "This Woman's Work," written and recorded expressly for the movie.
February 6
1945: Bob Marley is born Nesta Robert Marley in Jamaica. His mother is a native of Jamaica and his father an officer in the British military.
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