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The Chainsmokers, BTS Producer DJ Swivel Shares Music Business Advice in New YouTube Series
DJ Swivel doesn’t believe in gatekeeping in the business and believes that information is meant to be shared. DJ Swivel has launched two new YouTube series called “Story Time” and “Just The Tips.” Too many big players—artists, songwriters, producers, engineers—think they have the “secret sauce” in what it takes to be successful. They found a method that’s worked for th...
Badshah Faces Criminal Investigation After Allegedly Purchasing Fake YouTube Plays
Badshah has become a focus in a broader criminal investigation by Mumbai police. Mumbai Police brought in Bollywood artist Badshah over the weekend for several hours of questioning in connection to an alleged scheme involving the purchasing of fake social media metrics. Badshah’s digital presence first came under scrutiny last year when it appeared he had broken a high-profile str...
Diplo Remixes Glass Animals’ “Heat Wave” Into Dazzling Future Bass Anthem
The single appears on Glass Animals’ brand new third studio album “Dreamland.” Known for his ability to cross genres with the precision of a surgeon, Diplo has released a soaring future bass remix for renowned indie-electronic outfit Glass Animals. Glass Animals tapped the Grammy Award-winning producer for a sensational rework of their single “Heat Waves.” Diplo’...
Watch Patrick Topping Play Mesmerizing Skyline Set Atop Scotland’s Iconic Calton Hill
Topping dropped a stunning set atop the idyllic Scotland hill. Famed English DJ and house music producer Patrick Topping has taken the streaming game to new heights after filming a dazzling set atop Scotland’s iconic Calton Hill. Flanked by the idyllic skyline of Edinburgh, Topping played a mesmerizing song-cycle of deep and tech house bops as day turned to night. He dropped m...
THE OBSESSED To Mark 40th Anniversary With Rough And Raw Live Recording
Following closely behind doom godfather Wino’s souful new solo album, THE OBSESSED‘s 40th anniversary year yields another slab for fans and devotees in the form of a rough and raw live recording of an early show at the lost-to-history Maryland club Big Dipper. Officially forming in 1980 and building a bridge between metalheads and punks, THE OBSESSED gigged heavily in the Baltimore and...
Watch SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE Cover VAN HALEN’s ‘Don’t Tell Me (What Love Can Do)’ As Part Of ‘Lockdown Sessions’
Sammy Hagar and his CIRCLE bandmates have once teamed up via the Internet to record music. After previously connecting via their smartphones from four separate locations to lay down a brand new song titled “Funky Feng Shui”, as well as covers of THE WHO‘s “Won’t Get Fooled Again”, VAN HALEN‘s “Good Enough”, BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS‘ &...
REPENTANCE Feat. STUCK MOJO, Ex-SOIL Members: ‘God For A Day’ Music Video
Metal band REPENTANCE has released the official music video for “God For A Day”, the title track of its debut album, due out September 25 via Art is War Records/Intercept Music. REPENTANCE came together in 2018 when Shaun Glass, a veteran guitarist of SOIL, BROKEN HOPE and DIRGE WITHIN, recruited Mike Sylvester on bass and began songwriting with lead guitarist Markus Johansson of the g...
TRIUMPH’s RIK EMMETT On Bands Who Use Backing Tracks During Live Performances: ‘We Live In A Different World Now’
Guitarist/vocalist Rik Emmett of the legendary Canadian power trio TRIUMPH has weighed in on bands who rely heavily on pre-recorded tracks during their live performances. In recent years, more and more artists have been given a pass for using backing tracks, drum triggers and other assorted technology that makes concerts more synthetic but also more consistent. Speaking to The Metal Gods Meltdown ...
IDLES Team With Michel Gondry for ‘Model Village’ Video
IDLES and Michel Gondry? You better believe it. Gondry, in case you forgot, has directed both videos (Daft Punk, Radiohead, The White Stripes) and films (including the mind-bending, Oscar-winning Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). So it’s fitting that he’d team up with the British rockers to produce a surreal clip for their latest single, “Model Village.” The dance-pun...
Shroud returns to Twitch, exclusively
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek — one of the most influential live-streamers on the internet — has today announced his triumphant, exclusive return to Twitch, the platform that made him famous, after a detour to Mixer that possibly netted him a cool $10 million when the site went dark and his contract got paid out. It’s a big deal. Grzesiek was one of the biggest ...
Microsoft delays Halo Infinite to 2021
Microsoft and 343 Industries are making the decision to delay the launch of Halo Infinite to 2021. 343 Industries says the delay is related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, as employees have shifted to work from home and development of large games has been particularly difficult for many in the industry. “We have made the difficult decision to shift our release to 2021 to ensure the team has a...
Microsoft to launch Xbox Series X in November
Microsoft is committing to launching its next-generation Xbox Series X console in November. The company had previously only confirmed a vague “holiday 2020” release date for the Xbox Series X, but at least we know the month now. Microsoft isn’t providing a specific date, but I have been hearing recently that the first week of November looks like it’s lining up to be the launch time for the Xbox Se...
