This Week In Music: 20th July 2023
A weekly update on all things music, advertising, and technology coming straight to you from Anthony Vanger at Sixième Son. #TWIM ARTIST OF THE WEEK: LLOYD COLE “This Can’t Be Happening” It is rare that an old dog can learn new tricks. But Lloyd Cole, of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions fame, has done just that. He has released a new record, his 12th, the cheerily titled On Pain, which consists mainly of electronic sounds. One of the tracks, “This Can’t be Happening Right Now” breaks away completely from his wordy, erudite approach to storytelling. Instead, he repeats a single mantra that sits… Continue reading This Week In Music: 20th July 2023
This Week In Music – 14th July 2023
A weekly update on all things music, advertising, and technology coming straight to you from Anthony Vanger at MassiveMusic. #TWIM ON-DEMAND AUDIO STREAMS GREW 13.5% TO REACH 616.5BN IN THE US IN H1 US market monitor Luminate (formerly MRC Data / Nielsen Music) has been the source of a number of head-turning stats about the modern music business this year.In April, for example, Luminate revealed that on-demand music audio streams across the world crossed the one trillion mark in Q1 – marking the first year in history that milestone has been reached in just three months.Luminate also noted that an average of 120,000 ISRCs (i.e. new music… Continue reading This Week In Music – 14th July 2023
This Week In Music: 6th July 2023
A weekly update on all things music, advertising, and technology coming straight to you from Anthony Vanger at MassiveMusic. #TWIM ARTIST OF THE WEEK: LUKE COMBS “FAST CAR” Sometimes a cover stretches across the ages, connecting an old hit song to a new vision that reinvigorates the original. That is what country superstar Luke Combs has done with Tracy Chapman’s pop masterpiece Fast Car. There have been so many versions throughout the years, an EDM version, Sam Smith, even Justin Bieber did one, but they never blew up like this. So what is all the fuss about? Does it deserve to… Continue reading This Week In Music: 6th July 2023
This Week In Music: 29th June 2023
A weekly update on all things music, advertising, and technology coming straight to you from Anthony Vanger at MassiveMusic. #TWIM ARTIST OF THE WEEK:OLIVIA DEAN “ECHO” Once in a while we catch a glimpse of the future. Olivia Dean, a 24-year-old soul singer from London takes the mantle from the likes of Sade and Lauren Hill and delivers her own take on the neosoul and RnB genre. An alumni of the prestigious (and prolific) Brit School, which has produced the likes of Adele, Jessie J., and Amy Winehouse, Dean is staking her claim away from pure pop into a cooler, jazzy… Continue reading This Week In Music: 29th June 2023
This Week In Music: 15th June 2023
A weekly update on all things music, advertising, and technology coming straight to you from Anthony Vanger at MassiveMusic. #TWIM ARTIST OF THE WEEK: THE LATHUMS The Lathums are an unapologetically English indie rock band from Wigan, Greater Manchester who proudly wear their northern accents on their sleeves. This is no American sounding outfit and they have tapped into an eager young audience, scoring two number one albums with How Beautiful Life Can Be in 2021 and most recently From Nothing To A Little Bit More from which this single Struggle is taken. The band is influenced by, and often compared to,… Continue reading This Week In Music: 15th June 2023