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The Brothers Macklovitch, A-Trak and Dave-1 of Chromeo, Announce New Music Coming This Week
After tormenting the dance music world back in January 2020 by releasing their stellar debut streaming effort, The Brothers Macklovitch are finally back after a near 4-month gap. According to A-Trak, the brother of Dave-1 of Chromeo, the two are planning on releasing new music this week under their brotherly moniker. When A-Trak and Dave-1 debuted The Brothers Macklovitch, it wasn’t the first time they’d collaborated in a professional capacity. Way back in 1997, they founded the Montreal-based record label Audio Research, which they used as a conduit to release music for their hip-hop crew Obscure Disorder. They have come a long way since their days in Montreal’s underground hip-hop scene, of course, as both have emerged as prolific DJs and produc...
Lady Gaga Creates Dance Music-Inspired Playlist Ahead of “Chromatica” Release
Four days ahead of the release of her highly anticipated sixth studio album Chromatica, Lady Gaga has created an EDM-inspired playlist on Spotify for her “Little Monsters.” In fact, the caption on the official playlist reads, “Lady Gaga created a playlist featuring all the songs to get you ready to dance.” Gaga’s “Welcome to Chromatica” playlist, which was shared via Twitter by Chromatica‘s executive producer and A&R, BloodPop®, features many songs from some of the most iconic names in electronic music and serves as an ode to her dance music roots. Notable songs on “Welcome to Chromatica” from the world of EDM include Axwell‘s seminal 2005 club single “Feel the Vibe,” Tchami...
JPEGMAFIA Is a “CUTIE PIE!” in His New Song: Stream
JPEGMAFIA is always a ball of energy, but 2020 appears to be the year where he lets off creative steam at every opportunity that arises. Today, the experimental rapper has released his fifth (!) new single of the year, “CUTIE PIE!”, alongside a low-res music video. Since dropping his album All My Heroes Are Cornballs last fall, JPEGMAFIA has shared a string of exclamatory tracks that read like flyer announcements thanks to names like “BALD!”, “BODYGUARD!”, and “Covered in Money!”. Clearly, this new single “CUTIE PIE!” continues the trend. “CUTIE PIE!” opens with a lo-fi percussion beat that sounds like it’s being recorded to an iPhone and a slinky bass beat. Combined, the rhythm section is a throwback to ’90s hip-hop — and JPEGMAFIA keeps that mood going by spitting nonstop verses in a mon...
#MetallicaMondays: Watch Metallica’s 2014 “By Request” Peru Show
Metallica’s weekly concert-streaming series #MetallicaMondays continues with a March 2014 show from Lima, Peru, which took place as part of the band’s “By Request” tour. The outing allowed fans to help pick the set for each gig. The 2014 trek offered online song polls for each city, and the sets were determined by fan voting. While most of the 18-song setlist for the Lima show featured Metallica’s usual concert staples like “Master of Puppets” and “Enter Sandman”, there were a few surprises such “Fight Fire With Fire” from Ride the Lightning and the “Vote of the Day” selection “Hit the Lights” from the band’s 1983 debut, Kill ‘Em All. Last week, Metallica shared a show that took place in Chicago in August 1983, just a few weeks after they had released Kill ‘Em All. Overall, the #MetallicaM...
New COVID-19 Protective Suit Designed Specifically for Concerts and Festivals
As government officials begin planning how to reopen their states amid the coronavirus pandemic, music fans everywhere are wondering when, if at all, it will be safe to attend concerts again. While drive-in concerts and socially distanced shows, seem like sensible short-term alternatives, one company has taken upon itself to invent a more catch-all solution. Production Club usually spends its days working on “stages and experiences” for clients in gaming, technology, and music industries. After seeing news reports about people flooding to beaches without proper protection, though, the creative studio began brainstorming ways to help out their communities directly. They came up with the Micrashell, a protective suit people can wear to music festivals and clubs to prevent the ...
Netflix’s Space Force Is A Waste of Space, Talent, Resources, Time: Review
The Pitch: In the Summer of 2018, the U.S. government announced a sixth branch of the armed forces, to be called the “Space Force.” A nation scratched their heads, but President Donald J. Trump tweeted out “Space Force all the way!” to the delight of his neo-conservative base and those who still think the current administration taps into a rich vein of comedy. It played to the tune of 128,000 likes. In January 2019, Netflix announced a new series based on the venture, to be developed by The Office’s Greg Daniels and Steve Carrell, with the latter starring. And now, for May 2020, Netflix’s Space Force arrives with a veritable Right Stuff-grade line-up of sitcom stars – Carrell, Lisa Kudrow, Jimmy O. Yang, Ben Schwartz, Jane Lynch, Patrick Warburton, the late Fred Willard, and on and on – wi...
The Beths, Haiku Hands, Tkay Maidza & More Among Levi’s Music Relief Fund Winners
Haiku Hands, Tkay Maidza, Jaguar Jonze and Miiesha are among the first five winners of the Levi’s Music Prize, which has been reimagined this year to spread the cheer to more Australian and New Zealand musicians during the health crisis. The winning acts all pocket A$4,500 ($2,960) cash, as will The Beths, who become the first New Zealand act to share in the prize which has been redesigned this year as the Levi’s Music Relief Fund. Now in its fourth year, the quarterly honor is said to be the largest single music prize in Australasia, and is typically awarded to those artists that have built “significant initial career momentum” through their performances at the annual Bigsound summit and showcase event, but who still require a cash injection. Across 2020, A$45,000 ($29,600) in cash will b...
Little Richard Statue to be Erected Outside Childhood Home
A statue of the late rock ‘n’ roll legend Little Richard is expected to be installed outside his childhood home in Macon, Georgia. The Little Richard House Resource Center Facebook page announced the tribute during a live Zoom meeting, news outlets reported. Little Richard, also known as Richard Wayne Penniman, died May 9 in Nashville at the age of 87. He was laid to rest Wednesday at his alma mater Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama. A fund established by Friends of the Little Richard House and the Community Foundation of Central Georgia will be used to pay for the statue and a replica of Little Richard’s Hollywood Walk of Fame. Rep. James Beverly, D-Macon, said the fund will also be used to support organizations that provide music education to low to moderate-income students...
Eminem Just Invited All His ‘Stans’ To Text Him
The Rap God just got closer to his fans. From out of leftfield, Eminem shared his phone number and invited all his “Stans” to get in touch. “’Dear Stan, I meant to write you sooner, but I just been busy’ text me, ill hit you back,” he writes in an Instagram post, which is accompanied with a snippet of his classic “Stan”. He completes his message with his phone number — 313-666-7440 — and the hashtags #MMLP20 and #DearSlim. Eminem’s causal call-out to his fans comes on the 20th anniversary of his third album release, The Marshall Mathers LP, which ruled the Billboard 200 for eight weeks. MMLP single “Stan” went to the top in the U.K., fueled British vocalist Dido’s fledgling career and gave the English dictionary a spanking new entry. All these years later, Mathers i...
Angelique Kidjo Covered Midnight Oil’s Politically Charged ‘Beds are Burning’ on ‘Colbert’: Watch
Few songs light the blue touch paper quite like “Beds Are Burning.” Midnight Oil’s signature work from 1987 was also a political weapon, a history lesson, and an apology to Aboriginal communities who were forcibly removed from their lands. “Beds are Burning” earned a Grammy nomination (for best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal), it came in at No. 3 on a poll of the greatest Australian songs of all time, conducted by APRA. And its parent Diesel & Dust is recognized as one of the great Australian albums. On Stephen Colbert’s A Late Show, Beninese singer-songwriter, activist and four-time Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo delivered a passionate, reimagined cover of the song. The artist has a strong connection with the land Down Under having made the long haul to ...
Watch METALLICA’s Entire March 2014 Lima, Peru Concert
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