Following Union Protests, Spotify Denies Demand for Penny-Per-Stream Payment

After months of campaigning for major changes to Spotify’s streaming model, the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers (UMAW) recently announced the streaming platform’s denial of their cornerstone demand: a penny per stream royalty agreement for all artists.  According to Digital Music News, the update follows a series of worldwide protests on March 15th, hosted outside the Spotify offices …

Soundgarden take Vicky Cornell to court to demand access to social media accounts

The remaining members of Soundgarden have accused Vicky Cornell of locking them out of the band’s website and social media accounts. Official court papers filed in Washington D.C. see band members Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd, as well as their business manager Rit Venerus, accuse Cornell of locking them out of their Facebook, …

LEFTI lifts the curtain on Quincy Boy Records with ‘I Demand’ [Q&A]

by: Rachel Narozniak Mar 29, 2021 With a long list of label appearances to his credit, LEFTI‘s expertise as an ever-sharp signee in the disco house space has been well established. In recent years, the funk arbiter has made his name known via Sakura Music, Mark Knight‘s Toolroom Records, Big Beat, and Nurvous Records, among …

Lektrique x Wenzday Demand Respect with New Collab “Break (My Heart)” [LISTEN]

Lektrique x Wenzday have unleashed their electrifying collaboration “Break (My Heart),” which started out as a breakup song and ended up to be so much more. “Break (My Heart)” ramps up without warning, flexing an upbeat kick and infectious hook from the jump — If you were gonna break my heart all along / You really …