This March, the livelihoods of independent musicians went from unsustainable to dire in less than a week. As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, bands like the Philadelphia-based Mannequin Pussy were forced to cancel tours, a primary source of income for many DIY musicians. “This is not only financially devastating but so emotional as well,” the band said succinctly on Instagram. “Playing shows and making music is our life and having the rug pulled out on our livelihoods is hard to process.” They were only one of countless bands forced into the same position. Many lost not just their source of income playing shows and selling merch on tour, but their side hustles dried up, too, when restaurants and bars closed indefinitely…
When the California producer Whoarei first created the song he would title “Loving You Ain’t Complicated,” it was intended for a girl. He wrote it and uploaded it to the internet, a pledge of…
As the pandemic has shut down economies across the globe, many artists are asking fans directly for cash — and music companies like SoundCloud and Spotify have added features to help them do…
In 2020, the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others in police-related deaths have reminded the hip-hop community that the fight against those forces must continue in order to take back…
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