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TYNAN and Ace Aura Drop Riveting Single “Stay” on Monstercat
TYNAN and Ace Aura, two of bass music’s brightest rising talents, have teamed up to kick off 2021 in a stellar way with their new collaborative effort, “Stay.” Taking a tremendously forward-thinking approach to bass music, the duo employ elements of future bass, dubstep, and even breakbeat to create a riveting track with unrivaled energy. Bright supersaw synths float high above a glitched-out, grinding bass line, as futuristic arpeggios oscillate in spectacular fashion. A sound akin to a xylophone takes the spotlight in the breakdown section before breakbeat drums elevate the tension for the second drop. TYNAN and Ace Aura’s latest is an astounding melodic offering with bold and imaginative sound design, and plenty of high-energy bass work. It’s the perfect way for the producers and t...
Zedd Teases Collaboration With Virtual Riot
Have you ever wondered what a collaboration between Zedd and Virtual Riot might sound like? Same here. Earlier today, we reported on a new remix—produced and shared by Virtual Riot—of Zedd and Kesha‘s “True Colors,” which appeared as the titular track of the former’s sophomore studio album in 2015. Virtual Riot, one of bass music’s most technically gifted sound designers, has been working on the still-unreleased remix for over five years. However, it seems that he and Zedd have more in the works. When a fan tagged both producers in a tweet questioning why they haven’t worked together, Zedd chimed in with a succinct yet far from cryptic confirmation. “Oh but we have,” he wrote, followed by a smirking emoji. What followed was a barrage of tweet...
Joseph Capriati’s Injuries are “Not Life-Threatening” After Stabbing by Father
Following the stabbing of Joseph Capriati over the weekend, the famed Italian DJ’s management confirmed that his injuries “are not life-threatening.” Parallel shared a statement via Facebook in which the company thanked fans for sending their love to Capriati, who was stabbed by his father on January 9th, 2021. The renowned electronic music producer, who lives and works in Spain but had returned to his parent’s home in Caserta due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was reportedly stabbed in the chest with a kitchen knife. When the news broke, Capriati was in stable condition after a delicate surgery for a pneumothorax, or a collapsed lung. At the time, Alberto D’Agostino, director of the Major Trauma Surgery Department of the Sant’Anna a...
New Trio Drove Debuts With Six-Track EP, “Dusk,” Via Martin Garrix’s STMPD RCRDS
With the might of Martin Garrix‘s STMPD RCRDS behind them, new Dutch electronic group Drove has officially made their debut with a new EP called Dusk. Released January 8th and comprised of six tracks, the project puts a modern twist on melodic house music, falling somewhere between the rapture of RÜFÜS DU SOL and the melodrama of Bob Moses. From pulsing club bass and laid-back rhythms to floating vocals and carefully programmed percussion, Dusk fuses dance-pop with future house to craft a mood primed for your next late night drive. The Dillon Francis-assisted “Places” incorporates filtered vocals with breezy synths, while “Alive Again” is dark and enigmatic. “Know” marks the debut of Ex Love, widening the scope of Dus...
Regina King’s One Night in Miami Is a Quiet and Powerful Meditation on Race: Review
This review was originally part of our coverage of the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. The Pitch: On the night of Cassius Clay’s (Eli Goree) historic win over Sonny Liston in 1964, the man who would become Muhammad Ali gathers his friends — Muslim Brotherhood activist Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), football player Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge) and singer Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.) — to celebrate, debate, and plan for a new world. Play It Again, Sam: Based on real events, Kemp Powers’ 2013 play is a speculative consideration of what happened when the four African American icons gathered together for one night in 1964. Historically, this is the year that Cooke would be murdered; Malcolm X would be assassinated the following year in 1965. Expanding upon his original source material, Powe...
The Evolution of Ted Danson, Mr. Mayor of Television
If it feels like Ted Danson has always been on our television screens, well, it’s because that’s more or less true. He’s been around since at least the mid-1970s, cropping up in one long-running sitcom after another, buoying that with everything from prestige dramas to procedurals to a brief stint as a movie star in the ’90s (Three Men and a Baby, anyone?) He’s one of the hardest-working, and most ubiquitous, people in show business, cultivating a very specific persona that has itself morphed and changed as Danson’s hair has turned from brown to gray. Now, fresh off a four-year stint on the critically-acclaimed The Good Place, Danson finds himself as yet another bumbling man of power in a crisp suit, although a bit less openly demonic this time: Mayor Neil Bremer on NBC’s latest show, ...
EVH Unveils New 2021 Guitar Models in Eddie Van Halen’s Honor
EVH has unveiled a new series of colorful guitar models for 2021, honoring the company’s founder and namesake, the late Eddie Van Halen. All in all, there are nine new EVH guitars coming in early 2021. New models for the 5150 Series will include the 5150 Series Deluxe Poplar Burl featuring ebony fingerboard ($999.99 MSRP), the 5150 Series Standard with ebony fingerboard ($899.99), and the neon pink finished 5150 Series Standard with maple fingerboard ($899.99). The standard guitar will be available in February while the Poplur Burl arrives in April. The reimagined 5150 series guitars are engineered for “speed” and “comfort” — no surprise given Eddie’s lightning fast playing technique. The guitars’ Stratocaster-style basswood body has a deeper upper body curve, bold-on quarter-sawn maple ne...
Dr. Dre Still in ICU One Week After Brain Aneurysm
Dr. Dre in 2019, celebrating his 54th birthday, photo via social media Dr. Dre still remains in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center one week after suffering a brain aneurysm. According to TMZ, doctors of the Los Angeles area hospital are keeping Dr. Dre in the ICU in order to continue running “a battery of tests to get to the root problem” of his condition. It’s still unclear what caused the aneurysm in the first place. Medical officials also say they want to be within reach “in case” the former N.W.A. rapper has a second aneurysm. The 55-year-old Chronic legend was initially rushed to the ICU last Monday, January 5th. His condition seemed to be under control by later that evening, as Dr. Dre was described as “stable and lucid.” The Aftermath Entertainment label he...
Lana Del Rey Shares Chemtrails Over the County Club Title Track
Nearly eight months after originally announcing her album Chemtrails Over the Country Club, Lana Del Rey is sharing its title track. The new single is the second offering off the upcoming album, following “Let Me Love You Like a Woman” and is a tender piano ballad that was produced by Jack Antonoff. You can listen to it below. [embedded content] There’s also a video “Chemtrails Over the Country Club” arriving, which can you check out below. [embedded content] In addition to the new track, Del Rey also shared the album’s artwork and tracklist via social media over the weekend, which you can see below along with a few other posts describing the album. The singer detailed the new project back in September during a feature in Interview Magazine. “I’ve been really stressed about ...
Dr. Fauci Predicts Shows — With Masked Audiences — to Return This Fall
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci said theaters and other venues may open up for shows “some time in the fall of 2021,” depending on the vaccine. In the virtual meeting during the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, he also indicated that audiences may have to wear masks. The country needs to reach an effective level of herd immunity, meaning vaccinating 70 to 85% of the population. Dr. Fauci said that “If everything goes right … by the time we get to the early to mid-fall, you can have people feeling safe performing onstage as well as people in the audience.” He indicated that theatres with good ventilation and proper air filters might not need to place many restrictions for performances by the fall — except for audience masking. “I think you can then start getting back to almost full c...
Jack White’s 2014 Detroit Theater Show to Be Released on Vinyl
Jack White has been laying low for the better part of the past year, but his Third Man Records is dusting off a classic set for its latest Vault release. The Detroit native’s 2014 show at the city’s Masonic Temple has long been one of his most revered. White performed 38 songs over the course of three-and-a-half hours that included wide-ranging covers of Beck’s “Devil’s Haircut” to Hank Williams’ “Ramblin Man.” The collection will be released on four 180-gram colored vinyl LPs, with a slipcase cover with custom printed photo inner sleeves and will include shots from the night by official tour photographer David Swanson. CREDIT: Third Man Records Listen to “Missing Pieces” from that show by clicking here. On top of that show, the set will include a seven-inch single of White’s Oct...
‘You Don’t Get Used To That’: The Challenge‘s Big T Reveals Her Heartbreaking Childhood
Big T had a brief Challenge debut on War of the Worlds 2 (the Team UK member was the second player ousted), and then the Brit showed some serious Total Madness game play and social savviness (but was ousted due to a medical disqualification). Her Double Agents journey has already been eventful: She lost her partner Joseph in the second Season 36 elimination and is now paired with the legendary CT after a big teammates shakeup. But during this week’s episode, viewers saw a different side of the humorous competitor and got to hear Big T’s “origin story.” “When I was two years old, my little brother died,” she told Devin, Amber M and Kyle. “And then my mom got cervical cancer, and in my culture in Malawi, adoption isn’t a thing. When you give yo...
