The latest news and comment on online audio distribution platform Soundcloud
April 2024
Synthetic opioids previously linked to UK deaths are being ‘advertised for sale on social media’
Suppliers boast to undercover reporters about promoting illegal nitazenes, on SoundCloud and X
March 2024
Aphex Twin says anti-vax sentiments attached to song file are not his
ID3 tag on a track of his posted to SoundCloud in 2014 saying ‘vaccines are poisonous’ has been changed, said the musician
April 2021
The music streaming debate: what the artists, songwriters and industry insiders say
The Guardian has talked to 25 figures from the music world ahead of publication of a parliamentary report
March 2021
SoundCloud announces overhaul of royalties model to 'fan-powered' system
Streaming company says it will start directing money from subscribers to the artists they actually listen to
January 2020
Elon Musk's new EDM single reviewed – 'Bringing erectile dysfunction to the masses!'
'It's a war zone': why is a generation of rappers dying young?
December 2018
Death, drugs and destruction: the troubled year of SoundCloud rap
From the murder of XXXTentacion to the arrest of 6ix9ine, 2018 has seen ‘SoundCloud rap’ embroiled in more controversy than ever. Is a moral outcry now justified?
November 2017
Underground music in 2017
'We could build something revolutionary': how tech set underground music free
YouTube, social media and even Bitcoin are allowing musicians to reject major labels and go it alone – but the industry is fighting back. Can artists use technology to stay truly independent?
July 2017
My first night of the Proms: meet the young stars making their festival debuts
The chameleon saxophonist, the competitive composer, the solitary pianist … three young musicians about to make their first appearances at the world’s mightiest music festival tell us how it all began
January 2017
What the phonk? The genre that's gripping Generation Z
Why social media is like the railways – and must be saved
Paul Mason
October 2016
Bryan Cranston: 'I was Walter White – but I was never more myself'
Listen to the Breaking Bad star read from his new memoir A Life in Parts, revealing how he ‘became’ his famously degenerate character
September 2016
Spotify in advanced talks to buy SoundCloud, reports say
Swedish music-streaming service provider could acquire German rival, the Financial Times reports, amid competition with Apple and others to turn profit
July 2016
Secret recording of Kinnock's anti-Corbyn speech to MPs – in full
Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock was recorded at a private meeting this week when he called on Jeremy Corbyn to step down
May 2016
Katy Perry's Twitter account is hacked and song leaked
Homophobic abuse is tweeted to singer’s 89 million followers and love messages sent to her arch rival Taylor Swift
SoundCloud to introduce advertising and subscriptions in UK
Music streaming service to feature audio ads, promoted tracks alongside subscription service that allows users to opt out of receiving commercial content
SoundCloud Go subscription music service launches in UK and Ireland
Streaming firm hopes to persuade some of its 175m listeners to start paying £9.99 a month by being ‘less spreadsheet, more Snapchat’
March 2016
SoundCloud presses Go on its subscription streaming service
$9.99-a-month premium tier launching first in the US, taking on Spotify and Apple Music with 125m-track catalogue
November 2015
Are there dark clouds on the horizon for SoundCloud?
SoundCloud was launched eight years ago as a way for musicians to post tracks online and be heard, and has since grown into one of the biggest, most-loved streaming services. But now it faces a battle for its soul…
October 2015
Kanye West posts two nearly new songs on Soundcloud
Say You Will, remixed with strings, and When I See It, a Weeknd track produced by West, went up Monday with no further announcements on upcoming album
