In Birmingham to see The Besnard Lakes play tonight in Kings Heath, and I can’t bloody wait

@obrhoff @nevyn the core problem of Spotify has always been there - that they took advantage of an industry worried about Napster. I’ve always justified using it because I buy music as well, but not with decisions like adverts for ICE and investing in Helsing AI .

My work with them was quite brief in the end - I think my icons only lasted a year before they replaced them with thin iOS 7 style ones!

@devolute or… buy physical media AND go to gigs AND stream as well?

“In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.

The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.

Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.”

https://musically.com/2026/01/15/5-1tn-annual-music-streams-but-120-5m-tracks-had-10-or-fewer/