News 0 Bill Introduced to Increase Streaming Payments for Musicians March 7th, 2024 at 10:24am Hesher Keenan Artists should be paid more, the bill contends.
News 0 Check out HEALTH’s Cover of Deftones’ “Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away)” February 14th, 2024 at 1:12pm Mandy Scythe HEALTH and Deftones? Yes please.
News 0 Most of the Music on Streaming Services was Played Less Than 1,000 Times Last Year January 16th, 2024 at 9:29am Mandy Scythe This is why your band isn’t making any money.
F-F-F-Feudin' 0 Dee Snider Really Doesn’t Like Spotify’s CEO December 29th, 2023 at 9:09am Mandy Scythe He’s not gonna take it anymore.
News 0 Spotify Boots Their CFO After Controversial Layoffs December 11th, 2023 at 2:53pm Mandy Scythe Things just keep getting messier.
News 0 Spotify Lays Off 17% of Workforce, CEO Explains It’s for Typically Cynical Corporate Reasons December 5th, 2023 at 10:23am Mandy Scythe The layoffs come just a week after Spotify Wrapped dropped.
News 0 Spotify Might Stop Paying Lesser Known Artists Because Of Course They Would October 26th, 2023 at 4:08pm Hesher Keenan It’s gettin’ harder out there for artists.
News 0 Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” Reaches 1 Billion Stream Milestone on Spotify September 1st, 2023 at 9:39am Hesher Keenan Pretty good for a song James didn’t even want to show anyone.
News 0 Research Suggests Listening to Metal While Studying Makes You Dumberer June 29th, 2023 at 11:12am Hesher Keenan Put down the Sanguisugabogg and get back to summer school.
News 0 Study: Want to Make an Average Wage Off Spotify Streams? Move to Mississippi April 28th, 2023 at 12:59pm Hesher Keenan It’s not easy at all.
New Stuff 0 Spotify will Give You More Exposure—If You’re OK with Lower Streaming Rates March 12th, 2023 at 9:00am Mandy Scythe Spotify has a new scheme to get you even more exposure. Unfortunately it will come at the expense of lower royalties.
Black Collar Workers 0 It Took 10 Years, But Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” Hit a Billion Streams on Spotify January 2nd, 2023 at 9:03am Hesher Keenan The Black Album keeps on rollin’
Metal Tech 0 It’s Not Your Fault Nobody Cares About Your Band on Spotify November 2nd, 2022 at 9:48am Hesher Keenan Might as well be streaming into the void.
Pummeling Politics 0 Spotify Pulls Service from Russia March 25th, 2022 at 2:29pm Emperor Rhombus The company cites Russia’s new censorship laws and the safety of its staff.
Worst Week Ever 0 Spotify Removes Joe Rogan’s Maynard Episode Over Racism, Halford Praises Neil Young, and More Top Stories of the Week February 12th, 2022 at 8:38am Emperor Rhombus Also includes Keith Buckley, Guns N’ Roses, Fripp and Toyah, and a whole lot of opinions about Spotify.
...And F*ck You Too 0 Disturbed’s David Draiman to Anti-Spotify Artists: “Blame Yourselves…Streaming Saved Music” February 11th, 2022 at 10:43am Emperor Rhombus What a shmuck.
F-F-F-Feudin' 0 Neil Young To Spotify Employees: “Get Out of That Place Before It Eats Up Your Soul” February 8th, 2022 at 8:21am Emperor Rhombus Aw, and he was doing so well.
F-F-F-Feudin' 0 Phil Labonte to Spotify CEO Daniel Ek: “You’re Kind of A Pile…I Wouldn’t Wanna Be Your Friend” February 7th, 2022 at 12:57pm Emperor Rhombus Did…did we just agree with Phil Labonte?
F-F-F-Feudin' 0 Rob Halford On Spotify Controversy: “Your Opinion Doesn’t Matter. [Neil Young] Did the Right Thing for Him” February 7th, 2022 at 7:55am Emperor Rhombus “I don’t believe in sending out misinformation…when the scientific facts speak for themselves.”
Worst Week Ever 0 Bands You’d Get Made Fun Of For Liking, Jonathan Davis On Where Korn “Failed Miserably,” and More Top Stories of the Week February 5th, 2022 at 8:07am Emperor Rhombus Plus Chris Barnes, Fripp and Toyah, Failure leaving Spotify, and more!