News you may have missed! (5/1/21)

Spotify is raising its subscription prices, but at least their was lots of great new music released.

May 01, 2021

Hey! It’s the All Punked Up Newsletter again! It’s the weekend and already May. How is it already May?

News you may have missed

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Spotify is raising prices for lots of its plans

It was bound to happen eventually, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see the other music streaming platforms following suit, but for now Spotify is rolling out price hikes on its plans.

The Verge writes:

Spotify is increasing the price of many of its subscriptions this week across the UK and parts of Europe, with the US seeing a hike to Family plans. Subscribers have started to receive emails informing them of the changes, and they will affect Student, Duo, and Family plans across parts of Europe and the UK, and Family subscriptions in the US from April 30th. Single Spotify Premium subscriptions are unaffected.
Spotify family is increasing from $14.99 to $15.99 per month in the US. Fortunately, Duo, Premium, and Student pricing will remain the same... for now.

I mentioned on a recent podcast episode, that I can see Spotify eventually increasing its payouts per stream rate to artists within the next year. Could this be a way for the streaming service to start paying artists more? Possibly. In order to pay artists more, it only makes sense to make its consumers pay more so they can afford it.

The Verge continues:

Spotify confirmed the increases in a statement to The Verge, and it’s likely we’ll see US pricing changes shortly, too. “We offer a variety of subscription plans tailored to our users’ needs, and we occasionally update our prices to reflect local macroeconomic factors and meet market demands while offering an unparalleled service,” says a Spotify spokesperson.

I wonder if one of those factors or demands includes paying artists more? We’ll see.

Facebook and Spotify making it easier for artists to get streams? + New details on upcoming Stand Atlantic song

Bailey and Tyler bring you Episode 34 of The All Punked Up Podcast this week. They open the show with new music reviews from Weezer, Wolf Alice, K.Flay, Chris DeMakes and Hot Mulligan. Bailey also shares an incident in where he was recently unwantedly grinded on by an older woman at an event he was working.

Tyler did some digging and found out what Stand Atlantic has been teasing. He found out when Stand Atlantic's new song will be released, the name of said song and who will be featured on it. If you're as excited about Stand Atlantic as Tyler is, then you'll want to listen in for this.

As for the news this week, Facebook and Spotify are deepening their partnership as Facebook will be adding an update that could make it easier for artists and podcasters to get their stream and download numbers up.

You can listen to this episode here.

And be sure to FOLLOW this podcast wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!

Other notable news

Billie Eilish announced that her new album Happier Than Ever will be released on July 30th via Darkroom/Interscope. Pre-orders for the album are available here. She also dropped the title track this week.
Machine Gun Kelly announced a huge Tickets To My Downfall U.S. tour that will kickoff in Minneapolis, MN on September 9th. carolesdaughter, jxdn and KennyHoopla will be in support. You can check out all of the tour dates here. (Kerrang!)
Jimmy Eat World has released their entire 2011 Coachella set over on YouTube. This band plays so tight. Really great stuff.
Paramore’s Riot! album has now officially gone three times platinum.
Twenty One Pilots’ “Shy Away” climbed Alternative Radio to the number 1 spot in the US this week. (Rock Sound)
Billie Joe Armstrong’s has released an audiobook titled Welcome to My Panic and it is now available on Audible.
Glenn Danzig: Punk Explosion Could Never Happen Nowadays Amid “Cancel Culture and Woke Bullshit” (Consequence)
Kurt Cobain’s final photo session has been turned into an NFT (Kerrang!)
Armor for Sleep announce rescheduled tour
Grammys axe decades-old anonymous voting committee (NME)
Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer reschedule UK/EU Hella Mega Tour to 2022 (NME)
Researchers find “no sign” of increased coronavirus infections after Spain test gig (NME)
Marilyn Manson sued for sexual assault & trafficking by actress Esmé Bianco (BrooklynVegan)
Kurt Vile, Liz Phair, Beck & more appearing on Apple Music's "I Miss…'90s Indie" (BrooklynVegan)
All Time Low, Twenty One Pilots & Machine Gun Kelly Have Been Nominated For Billboard Music Awards (Rock Sound)
Waterparks Have Been Confirmed For Slam Dunk Festival 2021 (Rock Sound)
Download 2022 Adds 70 Acts Including Deftones, Korn + Megadeth (Loudwire)
Where Did Rock + Metal's 'Devil Horns' Hand Gesture Come From? (Loudwire)

New and notable songs, videos and albums out this week

11 songs All Punked Up was digging this week

If All Punked Up made an album for this past week, these are the songs that would be included on it. This week we honor women in the scene!

“deathwish” — Stand Atlantic
“transparentsoul” — WILLOW ft. Travis Barker
“You’d Be Paranoid Too (If Everyone Was Out to Get You)” — Waterparks
“love race” — Machine Gun Kelly ft. Kellin Quinn
“Barricades” — Action/Adventure
“Don’t Freak” — The Aces
“Choker” — Twenty One Pilots
“Sorry Mom” — The Band CAMINO
“THNKS FR TH MMRS” — The Maine (Fall Out Boy cover)
“Lover/Loner” — Nightly
“Older” — No Love For The Middle Child ft. Set It Off’s Cody Carson

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News you may have missed! (5/1/21)

Spotify is raising its subscription prices, but at least their was lots of great new music released.