The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, June 16

The Daily Chord shares links to the top music news stories Monday through Friday. This week included news of Bonnaroo's bounce back, Spotify's financial report, XXL's freshman class, and the Grammys' move to online voting. Subscribe to The Daily Chord's email updates and cut through the clutter of online music news.

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Monday, June 12

• Do androids dream of electric guitars? Exploring the future of musical A.I.
  Feature from Pitchfork
• Eventbrite to buy Ticketfly
  Post from Pollstar
• After 50 years, an encore of the Monterey Pop festival
  Story from LA Times
• The official Hip-Hop Museum will be coming to Harlem in 2018
  Post from Okayplayer
• Alt.Latino's favorite music of 2017 (so far)
  Post from KUNC
• Aretha Franklin performs career-spanning set, attends street naming at Detroit Music Weekend
  Post from Billboard

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Tuesday, June 13

• Bonnaroo's attendance bounces back with 65k turning out for U2, Weeknd
  Post from Billboard
• The core flaw of blockchain
  Post from Music Tech Solutions
• Inside the LCD Soundsystem/Rhino Records vinyl reissue kerfuffle
  Post from Variety
• Do you need to be Korean to be K-Pop?
  Story from CNN
• Halsey's 'hopeless fountain kingdom' gives her a no. 1 album
  Post from NY Times
• Brothers and sisters! Wayne Kramer uploads rare/remastered MC5 footage
  Post from Metro Times

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Wednesday, June 14

• Grammy Awards move to online voting in hopes of increasing participation
  Post from LA Times
• YouTube, ASCAP strike data-sharing deal
  Post from Variety
• Pirate Bay might infringe copyright after all, European court rules
  Post from CNET
• Did Bob Dylan take portions of his Nobel lecture from SparkNotes?
  Post from Slate
• After fallout, PWR BTTM seeks control of its music
  Post from NPR
• Rosalie Sorrels, a folk singer who transported her audience, dies at 83
  Obituary from NY Times

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Thursday, June 15

• Yoko Ono added to Imagine writing credits
  Post from BBC News
• 2017 Freshman Class
  Feature from XXL
• Classical music streaming no longer plays second fiddle
  Post from CNET
• Shawn Mendes fights alleged ticket scalper
  Post from Teen Vogue
• Believe Digital actively seeks sale, major players show interest
  Post from Hypebot
• It's official: No Bridge School benefit concert in 2017
  Post from Thrasher's Wheat

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Friday, June 16

• Spotify is growing, but so are its losses
  Story from NY Times
• Obama praises Jay Z in new video for Songwriters Hall Of Fame
  Post from Pitchfork
• Leaked data reveals just how freaking expensive it is to put Spice Girls and Coldplay songs in crappy movies
  Post from Gizmodo
• Bob Seger hits streaming for the first time
  Post from Billboard
• Why Anita Pallenberg, Rolling Stones muse, was queen of the underground
  Tribute from Rolling Stone
• Kraftwerk's Ralf Hütter: 'Music is about intensity....the rest is just noise'
  Interview from The Guardian