These days, more and more official papers are being turned into PDF documents. (PDF stands for Portable Document Format; it is a standard created by Adobe in the early 1990s that allows paper documents to […]
Photo Credit: Anchor.fm Spotify has lost another podcast exec in just a few short weeks. Anchor Co-Founder Michael Mignano is leaving the company in June. Last month, Digital Music News reported that Spotify’s Head of […]
Photo Credit: Qobuz French high-quality music streaming service Qobuz is expanding to Latin America and Portugal. Here’s what you should know. Qobuz is coming to six new countries – five in Latin America and Portugal. […]
Photo Credit: Reet Talreja Spotify Stations, an app offering a radio station-focused experience, shuts down on May 16. The company encourages using the standard Spotify app for a similar radio experience. It never technically left […]
Photo Credit: Alexander Shatov YouTube Go, an app providing offline video access, will be shutting down in August. Designed with users with intermittent internet access in mind, YouTube Go received more than 500 million downloads […]
Major label and publishing conglomerates Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group, as well as other publishers represented by the NMPA, have tentatively agreed to increase mechanical royalty rates on physical products […]
Amazon is throwing its hat into the ring of companies trying to solve one of streaming TV’s biggest issues: endless amounts of content can make it really difficult to pick something to watch. Its approach […]
Save for a festival performance at Download 2019, this is Tool’s first UK date in almost 15 years. Though time has not softened frontman Maynard James Keenan: “If grandpa can stand up and dance around […]
Photo Credit: Roku Roku has announced the Apple Music app is now available on its platform. It’s the number one TV streaming platform in the US by streaming hours. Apple Music subscribers can stream on […]
The Matrix was one of the most influential sci-fi films ever made. And now, you can own a piece of it to display. Thanks to IGN, we’ve learned that The Matrix directors Lana and Lilly […]
We detail our favorite NFTs, DAOs, platforms, and DeFi and DApp projects in the Web3 space from last week. This week’s Web3 Wrap includes the fifth XLR8R+ NFT package, featuring music, art, and editorial from […]
Hot 97’s annual Summer Jam returns June 12th, 2022 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with a lineup featuring Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Pusha T, City Girls, Burna Boy, Young Thug, and Gunna, […]
Sony announced Monday that the PS5’s Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) feature would begin rolling out this week, and it’s already begun to show up for some people (via HDTVTest on YouTube). If your TV supports […]
Photo Credit: Epic Games Brazilian rapper Emicida will appear in Fortnite as part of its Soundwave Series. Emicida’s show is airing back-to-back for 72 hours starting on April 29 at 6 pm ET. Each show […]
Photo Credit: Markus Winkler AI-powered music-creation platform Soundful, which says that it “enables anyone to create incredible music quickly,” has raised $3.8 million from investors including Disney, Microsoft, and Universal Music Group. San Diego-headquartered Soundful, […]
Earlier this month, Brooklyn-born rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez) was hit with a whopping $2 million lawsuit from music streaming app Streamusic. Streamusic allows users to stream live music events from anywhere in the world. […]
Thibaut Machet (a.k.a Lamache) has been a regular on XLR8R pages for some time, first appearing with a feature about his crippling anxieties that for so long had been holding him back. Today, though, he’s […]
In partnership with Ableton, there’s also a project file to download and explore. We’re ready to announce the 37th edition of XLR8R+. This month’s edition, which is delivered in partnership with Ableton, aims to shine […]
Vinyl records, one of several physical formats judged as ‘de minimis’ by the NMPA (photo: Bru-nO) The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) tried valiantly to serve the labels, its real patrons, in the latest round […]
There have been several attempts to create Android-based game consoles, but none have really gone to plan. The Ouya, for example, was a high-profile Kickstarter success and a disastrous commercial flop. Nvidia’s streaming-focused Shield, meanwhile, […]