Suno, and especially Udio, are now implementing heavy restrictions under licensing deals with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group. (So far, WMG is the only major partnered with Suno.) That raises a critical question: […]
Picked to represent the country at the prestigious Music Lane Okinawa Festival, The Sundown commits to put on the best show that will champion Cebuano music on the global stage Go to any gig of […]
The Velvet Sundown has hit a (relative) rough patch, slipping beneath 600,000 Spotify monthly listeners from a peak of well over 1,000,000. What ever happened to The Velvet Sundown, anyway? Following an avalanche of media […]
Spotify has seemingly pulled the uploads of Velvet Sundown, besides booting a new album released by The Velvet Sundown. At least four albums, millions of streams, and plenty of headlines later, is The Velvet Sundown […]
A hiccup or the start of a streaming crackdown? An album from The Velvet Sundown was temporarily unavailable via YouTube on Wednesday, July 9th. Millions of streams – and an avalanche of publicity – later, […]
The start of an AI crackdown? The Velvet Sundown has parted with an album-release countdown on Spotify. Universal Music Group is unfazed by the streaming rise of AI “artist” The Velvet Sundown – at least […]
The Velvet Sundown, technically distinct from Velvet Sundown, has topped one million Spotify monthly listeners, a number of whom apparently reside in Australia. A blitz of media coverage has now propelled The Velvet Sundown past […]
One month, two albums, and numerous playlist placements later, alleged AI ‘band’ The Velvet Sundown has cracked 550,000 Spotify monthly listeners. The Velvet Sundown plot is thickening, as the allegedly AI-powered “band” has topped 550,000 […]
Psych-rock band The Velvet Sundown have garnered over 500,000 monthly Spotify listeners and released two full-length records in a single month, with a third on the way this July. While this rapid rise would be […]
Has an AI “band” surpassed 370,000 Spotify monthly listeners in a matter of weeks? That seems to be the case, and the episode is raising far-reaching questions. Photo Credit: Possessed Photography Has an AI “artist” […]
Depeche Mode just released the new album Memento Mori, and to mark the occasion, they stopped by the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios to perform songs old and new with the BBC Concert Orchestra for the […]
It was hard not to notice a tone of amazement about the glowing reviews of Eddie Chacon’s debut solo album, Pleasure, Joy and Happiness. Whatever musical highlights people expected 2020 to bring, a warped soul […]