The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, August 10

The Daily Chord aggregates music news links to provide information and context on music's role in business and culture. This week we learned more about Spotify's plans, pondered a bank study on musicians' revenue, and time traveled to the studio where D'Angelo recorded 'Voodoo.' Review this week's links here and subscribe to the email blast if that's your thing.

---

Monday, August 6

• Record labels file 'billion dollar' piracy suit against ISP Cox
  Post from Torrent Freak
• The Go-Gos gave us the beat and so much more
  Post from NY Times
• Vampire Weekend opened Lollapalooza set with 'A-Punk' three times in a row
  Item from Mashable
• Waiting for a modern Music City miracle
  Feature from The Ringer
• In pursuit of Popcaan
  Story from Noisey
• Beastie Boys: Inside Adam Yauch's Oscilloscope Laboratories studio
  Post from Rolling Stone

---

Tuesday, August 7

• LA's famed Viper Room on Sunset Strip sold and possibly closing
  Post from Billboard
• Warner Music Group sells its entire stake in Spotify
  Post from Variety
• Mars pulls ads from YouTube drill videos
  Post from BBC News
• Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard: On new album 'Thank You For Today' and Seattle's slow disintegration
  Interview from The Independent
• Aphex Twin's TV premiere cancelled after failing epilepsy test
  Item from NME
• From museums to cemeteries, in praise of non-traditional music venues
  Post from Uproxx

---

Wednesday, August 8

• Spotify's $30 billion playlist for global domination
  Story from Fast Company
• Musicians only get 12% of the money the music business makes
  Post from Rolling Stone
• Catching the wave - and some tasty guitar solos - at the surf music convention
  Story from LA Times
• Hipster kryptonite: Will CDs ever have a resurgence?
  Post from The Guardian
• Beyond representation: In music and media, gender equality will take a revolution
  Essay from NPR Music
• Kick out the jams: How the music of 1968 mirrored the year's revolutionary spirit
  Post from Consequence Of Sound

---

Thursday, August 9

• KCON aims to ride the 'Korean wave' to pop-culture dominance
  Post from LA Times
• The strange David and Goliath saga of radio frequencies
  Saga from Wired
• SoundCloud on the blockchain? Audius raises $5.5 million to decentralize music
  Post from TechCrunch
• Sir Lucian Grainge: 'We can accelerate artist careers beyond anyone else'
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• How the Soulquarians birthed D'Angelo's 'Voodoo' and transformed jazz
  Post from NY Times
• Is clubbing in a video game fun?
  Post from Pitchfork

---

Friday, August 10

• What is social music in the streaming age?
  Post from Music Ally
• Why a partial Universal Music Group sale could spark a wider music biz selloff
  Post from Billboard
• Spotify is done fighting Apple Music - and ready to take on Apple
  Story from Rolling Stone
• How Frightened Rabbit found solace making music for a new play, following the death of Scott Hutchison
  Post from Independent
• 11 women accuse former Lumineers manager of sexual assault, misconduct
  Post from Variety
• Grammy Museum asking for applications for music grants
  Post from Celebrity Access