The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, May 17

Music news never stops happening. Festivals have their soap operas, tech companies have their churn, and music lovers have their 'best of' lists. The Daily Chord from SXSW sorts through it all and updates each weekday, linking to stories on the web and shooting the headlines out via our email blast. Sign up here to join the music-savvy club.

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Monday, May 13

• Can you cram 16 gigs into a single day?
  Story from BBC News
• Epicenter Festival has been a disaster of severe weather, traffic nightmares and canceled sets
  Post from Consequence Of Sound
• 'Hate will prevail': Icelandic BDSM band put Eurovision and Israel in a bind
  Post from The Guardian
• Holly Herndon's new, AI-spawned album is full of humanity
  Interview from Vice
• Rolling Stone delays public-beta launch of its daily charts
  Item from Music Ally
• The Flying Nun project: Tally ho!
  Post from National Library (NZ)

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Tuesday, May 14

• Historic London venue The Borderline announces closure
  Post from NME
• Spotify's Storylines are like Instagram Stories for musicians
  Post from The Verge
• 126 minutes with Ani DiFranco
  Interview from Vulture
• Music Business Association chairman resigns following annual conference
  Story from Billboard
• Beatport announces Beatport Link subscription service for DJs
  Post from Music Week
• Sub Pop Records co-founder Jonathan Poneman to receive A2IM lifetime achievement award
  Item from Variety

Wednesday, May 15

• Americana Awards: Women dominate 2019 nominations
  Post from The Tennessean
• You can now use Apple Pay for iTunes, App Store, Apple Music and more
  Post from The Verge
• A definitive ranking of Spotify's dinner party playlists
  List from Grub Street
• The eternal revenue stream of Led Zeppelin
  Story from Rolling Stone
• Meet Ian Noe, the Kentucky troubadour who's gone from the oilfields to opening for John Prine
  Profile from AV Club
• Roger Daltrey would like to remind you to stop smoking pot at The Who's concerts
  Post from Consequence Of Sound

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Thursday, May 16

• Instagram's new e-commerce features could transform music marketing - but only if the record industry is willing to change
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• Spanish court clears Shakira, Vives of plagiarism
  Item from AP News
• 'Fake artists' have billions of streams on Spotify. Is Sony now playing the service at its own game?
  Column from Rolling Stone
• Eurovision arrives in Tel Aviv, in range of rockets and the focus of protests
  Story from NY Times
• Slowthai: 'Nothing Great About Britain' review - giving flak to the Union Jack
  Review from The Guardian
• Announcing the 2019 Tiny Desk contest winner
  Post from NPR Music

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Friday, May 17

• With 'Rocketman' about to launch, why is Twitter banning users for jamming Elton John songs?
  Post from Variety
• Live Nation's Michael Rapino named most impactful executive of 2019: The Pollstar Interview
  Interview from Pollstar
• TikTok tops the iOS App Store for the fifth quarter in a row
  Post from TechCrunch
• NME, Uncut acquired by BandLab Technologies
  Item from Hypebot
• How Internet Money built a type beat empire
  Interview from The Fader
• As a crowdfunding platform implodes, a legendary composer rebounds
  Story from NPR