Bandwidth’s Friday roundup of local and not-so-local music news.
Kanye West released a new song with Paul McCartney. People on Twitter pretended not to know who McCartney is. Folks over 40 lost their minds. [Noisey]
… Yet few seem surprised that greyhairs don’t know who Kanye West is. [Noisey]
… And who says youngsters need to know McCartney, anyway? [The Atlantic]
… Plus, the West/McCartney song is terrible — at least according to this critic. [Los Angeles Times]
In other news: How did Pro Era get this private photo of Malia Obama? The White House would like to know. [Fox News]
Remembering Bill Washington, the Dimensions Unlimited promoter who brought big names like Donny Hathaway and Funkadelic to D.C. [Washington Post]
Is Makeshift Shelters D.C.’s next big rock band? [D.C. Music Download]
Is Kali Uchis D.C.’s next pop superstar? (I think so.) [Express]
D.C. rapper Kokayi set out to release one track a day in 2014, and this was his last one of the year. [2dopeboyz]
The Walkman is back — and you can’t afford its latest model. [The Verge]
Is it OK to be an old rapper? [The Guardian]
Good Charlotte‘s Benji Madden (a Maryland native) married Cameron Diaz. Mazel tov! [Washington Post]
These are the Spotify songs that humanity forgot (or never cared about in the first place). [Thump]
If you remember these crummy red sneakers from our video with Mac DeMarco, they’re the same ones that sold for $21,000 on eBay. [Pitchfork]
White rapper Iggy Azalea says male white rappers like Macklemore don’t see the same criticism she does. [Vanity Fair]
How are pressing plants weathering the resurgence of vinyl — and what’s in store for the industry? [The Guardian]
Universal Music wants to stop a group of companies from sending mixtapes to prisoners. [Billboard]
Women-focused metal event Flight of the Valkyries Festival returns to Baltimore this weekend. [DCist]
Why do bands change their sound? [The Runout]
D.C.’s U.S. Royalty has another music video prominently featuring a moving vehicle. [Brightest Young Things]
Coachella is dead. Thanks, Steely Dan. [Washington Post]
On Bandwidth: D.C. rapper Ardamus unpacks one of his new songs, Sean Gray reviews the best D.C. hardcore of 2014, Gogol Bordello gives Fugazi the gypsy-punk treatment and Reesa Renee opens up about grief and depression.