Neil Young permits Trump to Keep on Rockin’ | Music | The Guardian

Young excuses Donald Trump’s use of Rockin’ in the Free World on campaign trail, saying: ‘Once the music goes out, everybody can use it’

Source: Neil Young permits Trump to Keep on Rockin’ | Music | The Guardian

The slow death of music venues in cities | Cities | The Guardian

The Astoria in London, which closed in 2009. Across western cities, small music venues are going out of business. Photograph: Dosfotos/PYMCA/Rex Shutterstock

Across western cities, small music venues are going out of business. Small music clubs aren’t just incubators for bands – they play a vital role in a healthy urban ecosystem. What will happen if they all get turned into flats?Music in your city: share photos and stories

Source: The slow death of music venues in cities | Cities | The Guardian

NEW STUDY: Heavy Metal and Punk Music Does NOT Make You Angry

Derrick Broze
June 28, 2015

(ANTIMEDIA) According to a new study by the University of Queensland, Australia, “extreme music” does not cause anger in listeners, but instead may help with processing.

The study, published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, focused on “extreme” genres of music, including heavy metal, emo, hardcore, punk, screamo, and various subgenres. Drs. Genevieve Dingle and Leah Sharman studied 39 regular listeners of extreme music between the ages of 18 and 34.