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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard pull music off Spotify over 'evil tech bro' ownership (variety.com)

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

I wonder if there's a list of artists that dropped out; Neil Young, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, who else?

edit: oh, Deerhoof too! Yay!

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Didn't Neil go back though?

[–] cokeslutgarbage@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Joni Mitchell left and came back, too

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Looks like it. *sigh*

“My decision comes as music services Apple and Amazon have started serving the same disinformation podcast features I had opposed at SPOTIFY. I cannot just leave Apple and Amazon, like I did Spotify, because my music would have very little streaming outlet to music lovers at all, so I have returned to Spotify, in sincere hopes that Spotify sound quality will improve and people will be able to hear and feel all the music as we made it. Qobuz and Tidal, where my music is presented, are all High res as well.”

At least he was on the right side of history during the pandemic.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Xiu Xiu

[–] _wizard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Saw their post but music was still up as of today.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Guess it's not quite as easy as it seems. Maybe because they've had some lineup changes over the years

[–] _wizard@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Yeah, I get it. I'd have never fell in love with them a decade ago without Spotify. That said, fuck Spotify. All my homies hate Spotify.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

Dr Steel!