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WHIPPED CREAM, Glass Animals, More Featured on “EA Sports UFC 4” Video Game Soundtrack
Eminem, Labrinth, Wiz Khalifa, and Glass Animals also appear. Iconic video game developer EA Sports has announced the soundtrack to UFC 4, the highly anticipated fourth installation of its beloved MMA video game series. While most of the soundtrack is rooted in hip-hop, the electronic music genre is also represented well. Featured on the soundtrack is WHIPPED CREAM‘s Lil Keed-...
Tame Impala Drops Technicolor Music Video for “Is It True”
Watch Parker bring synesthesia to life. Kevin Parker, the man, the myth, and the legend behind Tame Impala, has released the official music video for “Is It True,” the sixth single from his The Slow Rush LP. The psychedelic, technicolor visuals are reminiscent of Parker’s live performances, engulfing the viewers in a world of synesthesia. The visuals depict Parker groo...
Riton Impresses with Breezy Bop “Too High” Featuring Boy Matthews
Riton is conjuring groovy summer vibrations with his latest release. Riton‘s status as a hitmaker is solidified time and again with each new accomplishment, most recently by his first Grammy win last year for his work on Silk City‘s “Electricity” featuring Dua Lipa. Riding high off of his success in 2019, the British producer has returned with his third single of 2020, R...
Machine Gun Kelly & blackbear Try to Get With ‘My Ex’s Best Friend’ in New Collab
Machine Gun Kelly and blackbear tag-team yet again for a song about a messy entanglement involving “my ex’s best friend,” which came out today (Aug. 7). The guitar-laden track weeds through a breakup that would’ve felt harder to get through if the two artists weren’t using their ex-girlfriend’s right-hand women as rebounds. “My ex’s best friend”...
Digital Services’ Appeal of Publisher Rate Hike Headed Back to Copyright Royalty Board: Sources
The U.S. Court of Appeals reviewing an appeal from Spotify, Amazon, Pandora and YouTube over the Copyright Royalty Board’s mechanical rate determination has remanded the case back to the CRB, sources tell Billboard. At press time the decision was sealed, so industry sources weren’t clear on what issues the Washington, D.C. Circuit Appeals Court had with the CRB rate ruling, other than it apparentl...
Cory Asbury on Sophomore Album ‘To Love a Fool’: ‘My Goal Is to Put Real Life Into Music Form’
Cory Asbury’s second album, To Love a Fool, released July 31, is following the pattern set with his 2018 Top Christian Albums chart topper, Reckless Love. Both sets launched with a lead-off single. Reckless Love’s title-track led the multi-metric Hot Christian Songs chart for 18 weeks, and Christian Airplay for 13 frames, and Asbury finished 2018 as Billboard’s top male Christian artis...
Digital Media Company LiveXLive Had an OK Quarter, But It’s Got a Long Way to Go
What three letters best explain the modest gains LiveXLive unveiled during its quarterly earnings call Thursday? The would be P-P-P as in the Paycheck Protection Program. Nearly all of the company’s $3.5 million reduction in spending for the quarter appeared to have come from the almost $2 million federal loan it received in March, coupled with $1.4 million in reductions of employee salaries and o...
LIFE OF AGONY Guitarist: ‘The Value Of Music Has To Return Or Else There’ll Be No Music Business’
In a new interview with Guitar World, LIFE OF AGONY guitarist Joseph Zampella, a.k.a. Joey Z. spoke about the fact that album sales are continuing to fall as the music business inches closer to an access-over-ownership model. “Music has lost a lot of mystery now with YouTube and the Internet,” he said. “At one time, the only way you knew what a band was like was to see them yours...
MARTY FRIEDMAN Is Putting Finishing Touches On New Solo Album
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has confirmed that he is putting the finishing touches on his new solo album. Speaking to Bob Nalbandian of the “Shockwaves/HardRadio” podcast, he said: “I’m still working on the record. I haven’t really got anything to report as for when and where it’s gonna get released, because, obviously, COVID changed a lot of releas...
DREAM THEATER To Begin Work On New Studio Album In The Fall
DREAM THEATER guitarist John Petrucci has confirmed to Spain’s Metal Hammer magazine that the band is planning to use some of its coronavirus downtime to work on the follow-up to last year’s “Distance Over Time” album. “There’s a lot going on musically this year,” Petrucci said (see video below). “Obviously, everybody’s trying to be creative. &...
Identity Of SLIPKNOT’s TORTILLA MAN Apparently Confirmed By Band’s Official Mechandise Store
SLIPKNOT‘s official U.K. merchandise store on the Digital Stores web site is taking pre-orders for what it is calling the “Pfaff Neck Gaiter Face Cover”. Due to be released on September 25, this neck gaiter features the mask design worn by SLIPKNOT‘s latest recruit, the percussionist nicknamed “Tortilla Man, and is made of elastic soft and breathable fabric. It is ava...
Dave Grohl Joins Inara George For New Version Of “Sex In Cars”: Stream
Just a few hours ago, Foo Fighters announced the cancellation of their 25th anniversary “Van Tour” due to the pandemic. But today isn’t all bad news for Foo fans: frontman Dave Grohl has linked up with The Bird and the Bee member Inara George for a new song. The pair’s… Please click the link below to read the full article. Dave Grohl Joins Inara George For New Versio...
