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Demi Lovato, Ben Platt and More to Appear During Virtual GLAAD Media Awards Ceremony
Though they’re not able to celebrate in person this year, GLAAD is making sure that LGBTQ representation in media is still recognized with the GLAAD Media Awards — and they’re teaming up with some big stars to do it. On Wednesday (July 29), GLAAD announced that even more stars, including Demi Lovato and Ben Platt, will be joining the previously-announced lineup for the 31st annual GLAA...
Sufjan Stevens Appears on Mina Tindle’s New Song
Sufjan Stevens has joined forces with Pauline De Lassus, better known as Mina Tindle, on “Give a Little Love,” off her upcoming record, SISTER. “I have always deeply loved Sufjan Stevens music,” De Lassus said in a statement. ”His words and melodies have resonated in me for the last 15 years. He is also a dear and generous friend. And I am so grateful he gave me this beautiful song to sing for the...
Mac OS 8 is now an app you can download and install on macOS, Windows, and Linux
Slack developer Felix Rieseberg has transformed Mac OS 8 into an app you can install on your Mac or PC. After transforming Windows 95 into an app back in 2018, Rieseberg decided to turn an entire 1991 Macintosh Quadra with Mac OS 8.1 into a single Electron app. It even includes a number of apps and games, thanks to an old MacWorld demo CD from 1997. The app can be installed on macOS, Windows, and ...
TikTok is opening up its algorithm and challenging competitors to do the same
TikTok wants to be transparent. The company has announced that it’s taking new measures to give outsiders access to the algorithms it uses to sort and share users’ videos, and it will be letting experts “observe our moderation policies in real-time.” In a blog post published Wednesday, TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer said the changes put it “a step ahead of the industry” and challenged rivals to follow sui...
The Chromecast’s reset button is proof of the reliability of hardware in a digital world
Google’s Chromecast is the epitome of a software-first device. Nearly all of its capabilities are defined by software, and usually not even software that’s on the Chromecast itself. But the Chromecast, for all its hands-off simplicity, does have a single hardware button: an emergency reset button on the back. It’s a testament to the importance and reliability of physical inputs over software solut...
You can save $50 on Samsung’s excellent Galaxy Buds Plus
We recently ranked Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Plus wireless earbuds as the best overall option, thanks to their 11-hour continuous battery life, wireless charging support, improved microphones, and excellent sound quality. They normally cost $150, but you can grab them for just shy of $100 from a reputable seller at eBay. If you’re okay with getting them in white, which has a pearlescent look, they cos...
Phoebe Bridgers Makes Her Escape on ‘I Know the End’ Video
Phoebe Bridgers has just released a new video for “I Know the End,” off her latest album, Punisher. Directed by Alissa Torvinen, the visual opens when her submerged from the neck down in a dark tub of water. Once she gets out, she makes her way through a dressing room filled with the skeleton outfit she’s known to be donning more these days and grey hoodies. Once dressed, Bridgers is taken to plac...
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor Recorded His Solo Debut Album While in Quarantine
For many years, journalists have been asking Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor not if but when he’s going to take the plunge and record a solo album. And until about a year-and-a-half ago, Taylor usually dismissed the question without giving it much more thought or insight. “But it kept coming up, for some reason, and so the more I started thinking about it, I was like, ‘Well, what the...
VIDEO: Sarz ft. WurlD – Focus (Visualizer)
Ace record producer, Sarz and his regular collaborator, WurlD has released an animated video to their song ‘Focus‘. The song ‘Focus‘ is taken from Sarz and WurlD’s collaborative project, ‘I Love Girls With Trobul‘ extend play released last year. Video directed by Vizuvlgvds for A Wearegvds and Immensum Music Production. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates O...
Jaido P & Olamide – Tesinapot
Indigenous Nigerian rapper, Olamide premieres his much anticipated single titled “Tesinapot” featuring fast-rising act, Jaido P. “Tesinapot” is Olamide’s first release since his monumental 2020 mixtape “999”. Listen, Download & Enjoy Below!!! https://naijatunez.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Jaido-P-Olamide-–-Tesinapot.mp3 DOWNLOAD MP3: Jaido P & Olamide – Tesinapot You Deserve to Make Mon...
10 Glorious Pre-Pandemic EDM Concert Moments for the Nostalgic
COVID-19 is like a disposable camera—it has no place in modern society, but it conjures nostalgic memories of old. iPhones are to disposable cameras what COVID-19 is to live music. The only difference, however, is that live music will eventually return. Until that happens, though, we can only look at the past through rose colored glasses and hope the hues don’t fade. To that end, a number of...
DEEP PURPLE’s ROGER GLOVER: ‘Every Album Is Potentially Our Last Album’
DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover spoke to Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF radio station about the band’s upcoming album, “Whoosh!”, which will be released on August 7 via earMUSIC. The follow-up to 2017’s “Infinite” was originally due in June but was pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic which is sweeping the globe. “Well, it was recorded last year,...
