Time: ~32 min.

It’s Episode 96! This week's episode is a good one. We've got an indie artist who is suing Spotify over some pretty alarming algorithm allegations, the heartbreaking story of the singer behind Josie and the Pussycats who has seen almost nothing in residuals in 25 years, a guy in the UK who just got sentenced to prison for burning CDs in 2026 (yes you read that right) and Olivia Rodrigo doing something amazing that I really needed to hear this week. Plus your marketing tip, music history, and indie tracks from Massachusetts, Arizona, Connecticut, and London.

Also- I teased the next Montapalooza date in episode 95 and now I can make it official. Mark your calendars for Saturday July 17th, 2027! We're moving to summer and I could not be more excited about it. Tune in and get all the details!

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An indie artist has sued Spotify for their filtering practices https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/23/spotify-lawsuit-filtering-practices/

The singer behind the Josie and the Pussycats film is in a residual battle https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/26/josie-and-the-pussycats-singer-residuals-battle/

In 2026, someone went to jail for burning CDs https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/19/uk-man-prison-sentence-burning-cds/

Olivia Rodrigo is my heroine https://pitchfork.com/news/olivia-rodrigo-launches-music-festival-daisy-chain-fields/

MUSIC:

Cape Crush – Train in Motion https://linktr.ee/CapeCrush

The Bellwethers – Let Them Down https://linktr.ee/thebellwethers

The Pretty Graves – Walkin’ https://www.theprettygraves.com/

Austel – White Linen https://austelmusic.com/

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Time: ~35 min.

It’s Episode 95! It has been a very full few weeks and I have a LOT to catch you up on. First and most importantly — Montapalooza happened. Our first ever music festival went down on May 30th and I have so much to tell you about it. This week's music news is wild. Google is arguing that uploading your music to YouTube may have already given them permission to use it for AI training, the musician’s union just turned around and sued Universal and Warner for doing the exact same thing the labels publicly called out AI companies for doing, and Prince's vault is open with ten previously unreleased recordings spanning 4 decades. Plus your weekly marketing tip, music history, and indie tracks from Arizona, Boston, and Ireland. Tap play!

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Google thinks because you upload your music, they can use it to train their AI https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/10/youtube-ai-lawsuit-dismissal-motion/

Musician Union sues Universal and Warner over AI use https://pitchfork.com/news/musicians-union-sues-universal-and-warner-over-ai-use/

Unreleased Prince songs coming in new album https://stereogum.com/2501302/unreleased-prince-songs-collected-on-new-album-timeless/music

MUSIC:

Decker. - Patsy https://www.deckermusic.org/

Jennifer Tefft & The Strange - Silver https://jennifertefft.com/

Dorsten - 9 Miles a Minute https://dorstenmusic.com/

Martin Moran - Sleepchild https://martinmoran.bandcamp.com/

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All Things Dani https://linktr.ee/dcutleraz

Time: ~28 min.

It’s Episode 94! This week's episode has a theme that I didn't totally plan but I love: Authenticity. We've got a story about a company that got caught running fake fan networks for major artists, a fascinating look at how music actually lands on Netflix and what that means for indie artists, a marketing tip about humanizing your brand, some music history, indie tracks from Boston, Atlanta, and Central Massachusetts, and some genuinely wonderful good news science story to close things out. Tune in!

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Chaotic Good scrubs website after saying all they do is fake https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/13/chaotic-good-website-scrubbed/

Can you get your music on a Netflix show? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/25/netflix-music-major-label/

Study shows the arts can slow biological aging https://www.npr.org/2026/05/12/nx-s1-5818172/study-arts-slow-biological-aging

MUSIC:

Smitt E Smitty and the Fezztones – Big Ass American Car https://smittesmitty.bandcamp.com/

Improvement Movement – Still Cold https://myimprovementmovement.com/

Ron Carlson – Moonbeam https://roncarlsonmusic.com/

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