The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, December 14

This week brought news with Grammy nominees, Rock hall inductees, end-of-year surveys and punk lust, not necessarily in that order. SXSW's Daily Chord selects six interweb music news links each weekday and distributes them via the SXSW site and email newsletter. Shoot us your email coordinates and get on the list.

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Monday, December 10

• BBC Sound of 2019: Which rising stars have made the longlist
  Post from BBC News
• Imogen Heap on digitally connecting the world's musicians
  Interview from CNET
• 'Man is a king': Controversial star Buju Banton comes home to Jamaica
  Post from The Guardian
• Sony Music takes on Spotify, launches streaming service in Japan 'powered by Napster'
  Post from Hypebot
• The 100 best albums of 2018
  List from Noisey
• Apple acquires A&R and creative services company Platoon
  Item from Music Business Worldwide

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Tuesday, December 11

• A 'discrepancy' holds up the Billboard chart, and Meek Mill's victory lap
  Post from NY Times
• Three strange nights with Oliver Tree, a music-making meme machine
  Post from Vice
• 'Punk lust': How sexuality fueled a musical revolution
  Post from Rolling Stone
• Ebonie Smith probably engineered your favorite song
  Profile from The Fader
• Artists and music bodies say Brexit is a 'significant threat' to UK music industry
  Post from Music Ally
• The 50 best albums of 2018
  List from Pitchfork

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Wednesday, December 12

• Nick Cave: Cultural boycott of Israel is 'cowardly and shameful'
  Post from The Guardian
• 50 best albums of 2018: Critic's picks
  List from Billboard
• Neil Young says Hyde Park show will proceed without Barclaycard as a sponsor
  Item from BBC News
• Tribute bands: Are they legal?
  Post from Music Think Tank
• Meat Puppets' original lineup announce first new album in 24 years
  Item from Pitchfork
• Should Spotify change the way it pays artists?
  Story from Rolling Stone

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Thursday, December 13

• The Cure, Janet Jackson, Radiohead among Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductees for 2019
  Post from NPR
• Judge issues final $5M judgement in 'Blurred Lines' trial against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams
  Post from Billboard
• In a world of 'algorithmic culture,' music critics fight for relevance
  Post from CJR
• An oral history of the Laughing Hyenas, one of the great unsung Detroit rock bands
  Story from Metro Times
• 131 totally uncensored minutes with David Lee Roth, from his new tattoo skin-care line to the secret of Van Halen
  Interview from Vogue
• The Free Music Archive will live on
  Item from The Verge

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Friday, December 14

• Music executives keep making excuses for why women don't succeed on country radio
  Post from Jezebel
• Route 91 organizers talk about bringing festival back in 2019
  Post from Amplify
• Tencent Music shares rise after stock market debut
  Post from CNN
• Nancy Wilson, Grammy winning jazz singer and TV personality, dies at 81
  Obituary from Variety
• The case of the disappearing 'Despacito' rightsholder
  Story from Billboard
• SoundCloud's new integration with Serato is a missed opportunity
  Post from The Verge