House
Anti Up Release Eccentric Banger, “Something’s About to go down”
Following a string of releases earlier this year, house music duo Anti Up are blasting off with their third single of 2021. The duo—comprising Chris Lake and Chris Lorenzo—have concocted a modish, out-of-this-world banger with “Something’s About to go down.” Immediately after pressing play, the track hurls you into the cosmos accompanied by the familiar four-on-the-floor opener. A voice mysteriously distorts as it warns you “something’s about to go down,” followed by the funkiest, alien-robot beats found anywhere outside this earth. The remaining three minutes are an acid trip-esque production of eccentric sounds and quirky synths. The concoction comes to a dramatic climax as the bionic, extraterrestrial drop descends upon earth ready to wreak havoc...
ACRAZE Drops Highly Anticipated House Single “Do It To It”: Listen
In 2006, R&B group Cherish released “Do It To It,” which topped the charts for over five months and became a defining song of the noughties. Fast-forward to Friday, when Orlando-based DJ and producer ACRAZE released his highly anticipated rework via Thrive Music—and it’s on track to be the biggest crossover hit of the summer. In a victorious moment a few weeks ago, DJ Snake brought ACRAZE on stage at Brooklyn Mirage and hailed the track as “the song of the summer” before dropping it for a rowdy crowd. With a pulsing bassline and head-bopping drums, the tune is addictive. The beat syncs up perfectly with the catchy and nostalgic vocal hook, making it impossible not to sing and dance along. It’s one of those rare songs that compels the whole crowd to bounce and groove. Way bef...
Iggy Azalea Explores Multi-Genre Electronic Music Influences In Final Album: Listen
Iggy Azalea just gave her music career a send-off with her most experimental album yet. Last week, the “Fancy” rapper released her final album for the foreseeable future, aptly titled The End of an Era. Despite the culmination of her music career, which yielded multiple chart-topping singles, the Australian hip-hop star didn’t play things safe on the way out. Azalea doubles down on house music and even branches into drum & bass on her new record. Iggy Azalea performing at Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall. Matt Klopot The self-indulgent “Emo Club Anthem” boasts a moody, detuned club synth that sounds like the cross between a future house and bass house producer’s repertoire . Azalea continues to live life in the fast lane on th...
Disclosure Drops First of Five New Songs This Week, “In My Arms”
Grammy-nominated dance music duo Disclosure have surprised fans with a new single, “In My Arms.” The track marks the duo’s first original release of the year since 2020’s ENERGY LP and their recent remix of Doja Cat’s “Streets.” It’ll appear on a new EP called Never Enough, which they will unveil this week with the release of one song each day. The other new Disclosure tunes coming out this week are titled “Seduction,” “Another Level,” “It’s Happening,” and “Never Enough.” “In My Arms” features punchy percussive elements intermixed with blissed out choral vocals chanting the refrain, “I need you in my arms.” Swirling synths soon enter the fray, offering a sun-kissed techno vibe to the six-minute track. Recommended Articles “The spark that ignited ...
Funk and Soul Pervade J. Worra’s Three-Track “some ppl fall” EP
LA-based DJ and producer J. Worra‘ three track EP some ppl fall is out now on Sweat It Out’s Club Sweat. In signature J. Worra style, funk and soul pervade the record, which is built for the dancefloor. With support from Gorgon City, Martin Garrix, Walker & Royce, VNSSA, and others, previously released tunes “Chunk Funk” and “some ppl fall” put funky bass licks, disco-inspired synths, and soulful vocal chops on the center stage. On her newest track “YOU,” J. Worra highlights the emotive vocals of Cat Conners over a groovy house beat consisting of a pulsing bassline and punchy hats. “The idea for ‘YOU’ came on by some reverse engineering,” J. Worra said about her creative process for the song. “I re-purposed the drums from a remix I did over the summer (pro ...
Calvin Harris’ Love Regenerator Returns With Soulful Collab With Eli Brown, “We Can Come Together”
It’s been over a year since fans of Calvin Harris heard new music from his Love Regenerator alias, but he’s now revived it alongside Eli Brown for a track called “We Can Come Together.” The guys teamed up back in April 2020 for a collaborative EP called Moving, but have since been quiet on the collab front. The Love Regenerator project pays homage to Harris’ roots in house and early rave music. That sound is as strong as ever here, as Harris and Brown produce a soulful, piano-driven house record that turns back the clock to the glory days of house. Cover art of Love Regenerator and Eli Brown’s new single “We Can Come Together.” The vocals here are a fun combination of positive messaging and clever sampling. The refrain, wh...
Watch FISHER Teach an Aerobics Class in His Underwear in “Just Feels Tight” Music Video
The summer heat has already been off the charts, and with the release of FISHER‘s first song of the year, it looks like club HVAC systems are about to go into overdrive. Released July 30th via his own Catch & Release imprint, “Just Feels Tight” has arrived just in time to close the season with a bang. Loaded with floor-shaking intensity and rippling basslines, the track finds power in its anticipative builds and dynamic phaser overlays. And while “Just Feels Tight” doesn’t quite pack the punch of landmark FISHER singles like “Losing It” and “You Little Beauty,” the penetrative sound design of its drop proves he is just getting started when it comes to explosive club music. “Just Feels Tight” comes paired...
Skrillex and Jhay Cortez Tap Mia Khalifa to Star in Sultry “En Mi Cuarto” Music Video: Watch
Blossoming Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Jhay Cortez has teamed up with Skrillex for a new single called “En Mi Cuarto,” which arrived today alongside an official music video starring Mia Khalifa. Khalifa, perhaps best known for her work in the porn industry, glides on a motorcycle down a desolate highway, doing tricks while donning a helmet with devil horns. It’s a subtle foreshadowing of what follows—a scene in which Skrillex and Cortez party in a room that bursts into flames. Check out the official “En Mi Cuarto” music video below. Recommended Articles The latest in a string of high-profile Skrillex collabs, “En Mi Cuarto” is a sultry reggaeton-house hybrid. It features co-production from Tainy, who also contributed to Skrillex’...
DJ Snake and Malaa Join Forces for Party-Starting House Anthem “Ring The Alarm”
DJ Snake and Malaa have dropped the curtain on “Ring The Alarm,” a party-starting house anthem. A hip-hop-inspired vocal refrain coaxes listeners in a haunting verse, which eventually builds into a dancefloor stomper for the shuffling age. These kinds of trailblazing tracks are just par for the course for the French compatriots, whose sound design seems to only get better with age. The release of “Ring The Alarm” arrives shortly after Snake teased it with a video of a rowdy performance at La Clairière in Paris, where he debuted it with flying colors. The crowd’s reaction in that clip is all you need to see to know this banger will be one of the most popular house songs of 2021. And fans will be able to hear it live as the Snake and Malaa prepare...
Lagos assembly begins audit of 57 councils
The Lagos House of Assembly has commenced an audit exercise for all the 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and the 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state. The Chairman, House Committee on Public Account (Local), Mojeed Fatai, made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday. Fatai said that the committee was expected to submit its report to the House after the weeklong exercise. The lawmaker explained that the exercise was aimed at checking probity and accountability in the local government administration as provided in the 1999 (Amended) Constitution. He said: “The essence of the exercise is to allow the committee go through the 2019 report of the Auditor General without fear or favour to any local council indicted by the officials of the Auditor General. “Also, t...
Majority of Brazilians support impeaching President Bolsonaro, poll shows
For the first time, a majority of Brazilians support impeaching President Jair Bolsonaro, according to a poll released on Saturday, as serious graft allegations related to vaccine procurement hit the right-wing leader’s already battered image. According to the survey by Datafolha, 54% of Brazilians support a proposed move by the country’s lower house to open impeachment proceedings against Bolsonaro, while 42% oppose it. In the last Datafolha survey on the issue, released in May, supporters and opponents of impeachment were essentially tied. In a separate Datafolha poll, released on Thursday, 51% of Brazilians said they disapproved of Bolsonaro, the highest figure since he took office in January 2019. In recent weeks, Brasilia has been rocked by allegations that federal officials solicited...
Lagos marks 70 houses for demolition, 20 on the Island
The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) said it is set to demolish 70 distressed buildings in the state. Twenty of the buildings are on Lagos Island. The agency made this known after bulldozing a partially collapsed house at 19 Church Street on the Island. LASBCA spokesman, Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, said the General Manager of the agency Mr Gbolahan Oki, supervised the demolition. Oki said it has became an urgency to immediately remove the dilapidated and distressed building, which were no longer fit for human habitation, to prevent collapse. He said many defective buildings had been marked for removal in a bid to end the era of building collapses. Oki noted that his team had earlier visited the distressed buildings to get an on the spot assessment and asked the residents to reloca...
