New Music
Songs
Dustin Tebbutt - “Resin”
By The Coast - “Lights in LA”
Lyrah - “Don’t Make Me” (Steve James Remix)
Wallows - “Are You Bored Yet?” [Mura Masa Remix]
Blackpink & Selena Gomez - “Ice Cream”
Acceptance - “Wildfires”
Yumi Zouma - “Lie Like You Want Me Back” (Alternative version)
Albums
Internet Money - B4 The Storm
Dua Lipa - Club Future Nostalgia (DJ Mix)
lovelytheband - Conversations With Myself About You
Needtobreathe - Out of Body
Disclosure - Energy
Zella Day - Where Does The Devil Hide EP
News
The music documentary Vinyl Nation was released yesterday. (I’ll have a write up on it soon, but until then just know it leaves a different feeling than you may expect, but comes in a familiar package. You should watch it soon.)
Bill and Ted: Face the Music is out now for purchase or rental and has received positive reviews overall.
Short video app Triller made a $20 billion bid for TikTok. (Walmart/Microsoft, Twitter, and Oracle are also in the mix which should make for an interesting outcome regardless of who buys its U.S. assets. )
Apple Music updated its Kids and Family section with new playlists and design tweaks.
Techstars Music, an accelerator specifically for music-related startups, announced it would go completely virtual in 2021. Importantly, it also announced it would make diversity among founders and contestants a major focus.
Other
Looking for a way to calculate streaming royalties? Good Splits is a new tool to help musicians out.