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Alok’s “Rapture” Flip Captures the Nostalgia of iiO’s Original With a Slap House Twist
In 2001, American recording duo iiO released the electronic song “Rapture,” which became an instant club hit. The tune was a commercial success and even managed to chart inside the top 50 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Most importantly, “Rapture” became a rave classic. Brazilian superstar Alok has now kicked off 2021 with an infectious cover of the time-honored single. Joining forces on rework is Irish singer, producer, and DJ Daniel Blume, who provides fresh vocals. “Rapture” also marks the latest release on CONTROVERSIA, a label Alok launched in June 2019 that focuses on showcasing emerging global talent. Alok’s “Rapture” flip captures the nostalgia of the original song with a slap house twist. The pulsing drop is a danceable fusion of energetic ch...
Synthwave Pioneer Miami Nights 1984 Releases Soundtrack for “FLINCH” Ahead of Film’s Release
Miami Nights 1984 is helping to bring FLINCH to the big screen, producing a full soundtrack for the upcoming thriller film. Ahead of the film’s release later this month, fans can stream the seminal synthwave producer’s score on streaming services. The soundtrack transports listeners back to another era with classic, cascading 80s-inspired synth textures and deep, rumbling pluck basses. The soundtrack consistently operates within this instrumental framework, but remains fresh and engaging with tracks that are to-the-point, many of which clock in under two minutes. Fans can easily consume the album front to back to vividly grasp the visceral sonic atmosphere Miami Nights 1984 has created. Directed by Cameron Van Hoy, FLINCH follows the story of Joe Doyle, a hitman who f...
5 Uplifting Moments in Latin Music This Week (Jan. 9)
Manifesting dream bilingual collabs for 2021 To continue the momentum of the Spanglish collabs trend we saw in 2020, Billboard‘s Latin editors came up with 10 dream team ups that we’d like to see happen in 2021. From Rosalía and Billie Eilish teaming up to Karol G and Rihanna collaborating. Or how about a duet between Bad Bunny and Harry Styles? See the Spanglish collabs we’d like to see happen this year and vote for your dream collab here. Chartbreaker: Eslabon Armado Introducing Billboard‘s January chartbreaker, regional Mexican teenage trio Eslabon Armado. After recording music in their home garage in Patterson, Calif., Eslabon Armado officially joined indie label DEL Records’ roster in 2019 and scored three consecutive chart-topping albums in 2020. &#...
Justin Timberlake Pays Tribute to Late Dodgers Icon Tommy Lasorda: ‘A True 1 of 1′
The singer, a huge baseball fan who appeared in the appeared in the 2012 film The Trouble with the Curve alongside Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams, noted that Lasorda wanted watch him rehearse for a past appearance on SNL. “A real legend and one hell of a man,” Timberlake wrote. “I feel lucky to have shared time with you Mr. ‘Tommy’ Lasorda. I’m sure you’re already raising a little bit of hell up there…” Losorda managed the Dodgers for nearly 20 years and led the team to four National League pennants and World Series titles in 1981 and 1988. He retired as the L.A. club’s manager in 1996. The sports icon was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame one year later. Other music stars also paid tribute on social media to Lasorda following his de...
Grimes Reveals She Has COVID-19
On Saturday, Jan. 9, Grimes took to Instagram Stories to reveal she has COVID-19. “Finally got COVID but weirdly enjoying the DayQuil fever dream … 2021” followed by a leaf and fairy emoji. She posted the text over a screenshot of the single art for SZA’s latest one-off “Good Days,” encouraging fans and followers to listen as well, comparing the song to a series of space, heart, sparkle and dragon emojis. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw & More Remember Country Icon Ed Bruce
During his lengthy career, Bruce tallied 35 total hits on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart, including “You’re the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had” and “Walker’s Woods.” He’s perhaps best known for the classic composition “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys,” which he co-wrote with his former wife, Patsy. The song was later covered by a number of country legends, including Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, whose duet version spent four weeks atop Hot Country Songs in 1978. Their version also crossed over onto the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 42. “We lost another one of our great country singer songwriters today,” McGraw wrote on Twitter. “The man behind ‘Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies G...
Sky Ferreira Shares Unreleased Cover of David Bowie’s ‘All the Madmen’
Yesterday would’ve been David Bowie’s 74th birthday, and while a star-studded lineup celebrated by performing covers during the “Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day!” livestream, Sky Ferreira decided to share her own on Instagram. The pop singer posted her previously unreleased rendition of the Thin White Duke’s 1970 track “All the Madmen,” informing followers that this was a “ruff lost tape recording/demo” that she had “just found.” “HBD David Bowie,” she wrote in the caption. “I love you.” Listen to Ferreira’s hazy cover of “All the Madmen” below. The Starman’s estate also celebrated his birthday by unveiling two previously unreleased covers: Bowie’s version of John Lennon’s 1970 classic “Mother” and Bob Dylan’s “Tryin’ to Get to Heaven.” The songs were released as l...
Ariel Pink Dropped From His Label After Attending Capitol Riots
Of the countless upsetting aspects of the pro-Trump insurrection that stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, the one that ricocheted into the indie music news cycle was the confirmed attendance of singer-songwriter Ariel Pink. The 42-year-old travelled to D.C. with fellow lo-fi pop artist John Maus to show their support for Trump’s baseless election fraud claims, and on Friday, Pink’s label Mexican Summer announced that they had dropped him from their roster. “Due to recent events, Mexican Summer and its staff have decided to end our working relationship with Ariel Rosenberg AKA Ariel Pink moving forward,” the label tweeted on January 8th. The Brooklyn imprint that’s home to Cate Le Bon, Drugdealer, and Jessica Pratt had released Pink’s latest full-length in 2017 and were in the midst of iss...
Sacha Baron Cohen Calls Trump’s Twitter Ban “The Most Important Moment in the History of Social Media”
It should’ve happened years ago, but Donald Trump was finally permanently suspended from his Twitter account on Friday. After using the platform to incite an attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, the MAGA leader was also temporarily blocked from accessing Facebook and Instagram until at least the end of his presidency, and Borat actor Sacha Baron Cohen couldn’t be more excited. “This is the most important moment in the history of social media,” he tweeted on Friday evening. “The world’s largest platforms have banned the world’s biggest purveyor of lies, conspiracies and hate. To every Facebook and Twitter employee, user and advocate who fought for this—the entire world thanks you!” Cohen’s investment in the censorship of Trump didn’t start yesterday. The 49-year-old comedian has...
Sky Ferreira Shares Unreleased Cover of David Bowie’s “All The Madmen”: Stream
She still hasn’t offered any updates on her new album, but Sky Ferreira has given us something. On Friday, the 28-year-old pop artist took to Instagram to share a previously unreleased cover of David Bowie‘s “All The Madmen”. As Ferreira indicated in the caption with an all-caps “HBD”, her rendition of the tune from his 1970 album The Man Who Sold the World was in honor of Bowie’s 74th birthday. Ferreira also wrote informed fans that the cover is not new. She labeled it a “lost tape recording/demo” version of the song, and included a parenthetical, “(I just found this btw)”, to underscore that it’s a rarity she recently dug out of the archives. Nevertheless, a new song of any kind from Ferreira doesn’t happen often. After breaking out with her 2013 debut Night Time, My Time, we’v...
Watch NICK MENZA Play MEGADETH’s ‘Holy Wars… The Punishment Due’ Two Years Before His Death
Previously unreleased drum-cam footage of late MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza playing along to the band’s classic song “Holy Wars… The Punishment Due” can be seen below. The HD video, shot in a two-camera-angle mix, was filmed in March 2014 at Uberbeatz Studios in Seattle, Washington and is believed to be some of the final studio drum recordings of Menza before he passed away more than two years later. The footage was supposed to be used for the late drummer’s first-ever instructional DVD, “Intense Mega Drumming”, that was to feature 10 re-recorded classic MEGADETH drum tracks with tons of tips and tricks from Menza‘s arsenal to help teach anybody out there become a better player. The DVD, which was produced and directed by Kari Pearson and Menz...
ASPHYX Releases Music Video For New Single ‘The Nameless Elite’
Dutch death doom elite ASPHYX will release its 10th studio album, “Necroceros”, on January 22, 2021 via Century Media Records. The LP was recorded at Tom Meier‘s Tom Meier Studio and at Paul Baayens‘s The Mörserstudio, and mixed and mastered by Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann at Greenman Studios. It once again features front cover artwork by Axel Hermann. The official music video for the latest single from the album, “The Nameless Elite”, can be seen below. The clip was created by Maurice Swinkels of Younique Film (EXODUS, KATAKLYSM). ASPHYX frontman Martin Van Drunen commented: “This third single of our forthcoming ‘Necroceros’ album is entitled ‘The Nameless Elite’ and is about modern-day warfare, especially about t...
