Equal parts totally awesome and totally mind-blowing.
NEWS & EVENTS
Can’t make Notting Hill Carnival? Party at home to Amazon Music’s livestream.
Amazon Music's activity will revolve around +44, its playlist brand focused on British Black music.
Arctic Monkeys, Young Fathers and RAYE are all nominated for the 2023 Mercury Prize, which celebrates the best British and Irish albums of the year.
Arctics make the shortlist for the fifth time with The Car, tying them with Radiohead as the most-nominated act in the award's 32-year history.
The FAC announces the 12 recipients of their Step Up Fund for 2023, supported by Amazon Music.
Drawn from across the UK, the hugely distinct talents represent an incredibly wide range of genres, and include an Ivor Novello Rising Star nominee, a winner of BBC 3’s The Rap Game, a band who recently performed on the main stage at TRNSMT and other artists
Very sad news to round out this week – rebellious music icon Sinéad O’Connor has passed away at the young age of 56.
Described as “Ireland’s Alternative moral compass” by the New York Times this week, the tributes have poured in for the ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer who never shied away from confronting tough subjects
Spotify ups prices for premium packages.
Yep, yet another subscription service adding more per month (aren’t we all supposed to be combating inflation, not contributing…?)
Threads launches
In the biggest development of this week across digital media – and of course directly impacting the music industry
Another new product launch: VoiceSwap.
We’ve recently covered artists using generative AI in various ways – Grimes in particular – but a new AI tool has launched aimed at helping music producers finish demos