Godspeed You! Black Emperor are the newest indie-rockers to tug their music from Spotify. Nevertheless, the Canadian post-rock band have gone one step additional and eliminated practically their total discography from all main streaming providers. Pitchfork has reached out to the band’s label, Constellation Data, for remark.
At the moment, no Godspeed You! Black Emperor information can be found to stream on Spotify or Tidal. The band’s two albums for Kranky—1998’s F# A# ∞ and 2000’s Carry Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven—are nonetheless up on Apple Music, however a consultant for the label confirmed to Pitchfork that they’re within the means of being taken down. “Kranky has all the time granted artists management over how their music is offered and disseminated,” they shared in an announcement. Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s catalog can nonetheless be bought and streamed through Bandcamp.
Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu, and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have all left Spotify within the final two months. All three teams cited the navy investments made by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek by way of his funding fund Prima Materia. Since 2021, Prima Materia has been investing in Helsing, a protection firm that sells software program that makes use of synthetic intelligence (AI) to tell navy selections.
Final yr, Godspeed You! Black Emperor shared the album “No Title As of 13 February 2024 28,340 Lifeless”, named for what was, on the time, the Palestinian dying toll of Israel’s conflict in Gaza as reported by Gaza’s Well being Ministry.
Examine “No Title As of 13 February 2024 28,340 Lifeless” at No. 27 on “The 50 Finest Albums of 2024.”
