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Online retailer Bandcamp, purchased earlier this year by Epic Games, has announced its third annual Juneteenth fundraiser. Its share of sales earned on Jun. 17 will go to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. “This annual fundraiser is part of our larger, ongoing commitment to racial equity, and we’ll continue to promote diversity and opportunity through our…

By adding Kate Bush’s 1985 single “Running Up That Hill” to the fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things, the show’s producers have introduced the British avant-pop legend to a new generation of admirers. “How utterly brilliant,” writes Bush on her website. “It’s hard to take in the speed at which this has all been happening…

San Francisco’s Envelop calls its new music platform “an extended reality music venue combining virtual environments with multiple channels of streaming immersive audio.” Envelop Stream will deliver “live streaming events via spatial audio for headphones or multiple speakers for immersive group listening in real life.” “We founded Envelop to create a home for deep immersive…

More than 100 songs and multitracks from The Sun Records catalogue have become available for sampling. A deal struck with Tracklib was announced May 23. “There is so much untapped potential in the historic Sun Records catalog, all gems waiting to be discovered and reimagined into completely new works of art,” says Chase Gregory, senior…