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ICED EARTH’s JON SCHAFFER Is Among Persons Sought By FBI In Connection With Violent Activity At U.S Capitol
ICED EARTH leader Jon Schaffer is among dozens of people wanted by the FBI for storming Capitol Hill earlier this week. The FBI‘s Washington Field Office early Friday morning released 40 photos of people who are suspected of unlawful entry during a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol carried out on Wednesday (January 6) during the final Congressional vote recording for the 2020 general election. Among them is a picture of Schaffer taken by Roberto Schmidt of AFP. In the photo (photograph #25 below), Schaffer can be seen at the front of a mob, sporting a hat from Oath Keepers, an anti-government militia group, and pointing his finger while yelling at someone out of the frame. On Thursday, acting United States attorney Daniel P. Bubar and FBI special agent in charge David W. Arche...
Listen To New THE PRETTY RECKLESS Single ‘And So It Went’ Feat. TOM MORELLO
THE PRETTY RECKLESS has shared its new single “And So It Went”. The track, which features a guest appearance by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello, is taken from THE PRETTY RECKLESS‘s upcoming album, “Death By Rock And Roll”, which will be released on February 12 via Fearless Records in the U.S. and Century Media Records in the rest of the world. “The world has been in such a state of civil unrest,” says THE PRETTY RECKLESS singer Taylor Momsen. “‘And So It Went’ basically comes from that vision. As a songwriter, I feel like I’m not here to preach. I use music to observe and communicate what I see around me. This song felt like the perfect storm for Tom Morello to join in and rip the sound waves apart with his gu...
HoneyKomb Brazy Flexes His ‘Mirror Flow’ in ‘Brazy Sh#t’ Video: Watch
Alabama rapper HoneyKomb Brazy reflects on his greatness in the full video for “Brazy Sh#t (Mirror Flow), which premiered on Thursday (Jan. 7). After being released from jail, where he shared a cell with his father for six months, and surviving a shootout in November that was captured by surveillance footage, HoneyKomb gets back on his feet and raps in front of a mirror in the new R&R Films-directed visual. Although he wears a Vancouver Grizzlies jersey in the video, the RN4L signee compares himself to San Antonio Spurs pro baller Tim Duncan. “I be slam dunking like Tim Duncan,” he raps while showing a snippet of his game footage. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with gi...
Spotify Stock Price Hits New All-Time High
What recession? The leader in the fast-growing music streaming market, Spotify reached an all-time high of $354.60 on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, and closed at $353.48, up 7% from Thursday’s closing price and up 12.2% for the week. At Friday’s high, Spotify’s enterprise value rose to roughly $66.1 billion. Why the investor enthusiasm? An obvious factor is Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich’s price target hike from $357 to $428 on Wednesday. But a number of factors have had investors excited about the stock over the past year: It is the leader in music streaming and is aggressively expanding its podcast business, most notably with the strong — although controversial — launch for the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Plus, limited pricing experiment...
Gibson Acquires Iconic Amp Manufacturer Mesa/Boogie
Under the terms of the acquisition, Smith will join Gibson as master designer and “pioneer of Mesa/Boogie.” “At Gibson we are all about leveraging our iconic past and leaning into the innovative future, a quest that started over 100 years ago with our founder Orville Gibson,” said Gibson Brands president and CEO James “JC” Curleigh. “Today this quest continues with the addition of Mesa Boogie into the Gibson Brands family, along with the visionary leadership of Randy Smith and his Team who, for the past 50 years, have created an iconic and innovative brand that has stood the test of time. This is a perfect partnership based on our collective professional experiences and passion for sound.” “I’m 75 years-old and still at work every day,&...
Hip-Hop, Latin & Vinyl’s Popularity Grew in 2020 (Rock, Pop & CDs’ Did Not)
Roddy Ricch’s “The Box” (via Atlantic) was the top streaming song in 2020 with 1.3 billion on-demand streams, beating out Future’s “Life Is Good” featuring Drake (via Epic), which had 1 billion on-demand streams. Lil Baby’s My Turn (via Quality Control) was the No. 1 album for the year, generating 2.6 million consumption units, with Taylor Swift’s folklore (via Republic) coming in second at 2.2 million album consumption units — of which 1.3 million were from sales (including 796,000 from downloads), making it the year’s best-selling album. In fact, Swift placed four albums in the year’s top 200 albums, as her Lover album ranked No. 33 with 878,000 album consumption units; evermore was No. 70 with 569,000 units and 1989 was No. 116 with 428,000 units. For the 21st year in a...
Sub Focus & Wilkinson Enlist High Contrast for Remix of “Freedom” from Portals LP
October saw the release of one of 2020’s most highly anticipated drum & bass albums, the stunning Portals by Sub Focus and Wilkinson. After a very strong reception, one of the first remixes from the mammoth record has been released. Enlisting the talents of iconic Hospital Records artist High Contrast, Sub Focus and Wilkinson have teamed up with the legendary producer for a collaborative remix of “Freedom feat. Empara Mi).” As expected, the remix offers a high-energy take on the original. Classic vocal chops float atop intricate synth work, with plenty of bass to drive the track along. Building upon the stellar track, High Contrast’s contributions are evident in the remix and elevate it to serve as a perfect companion piece to compliment the ...
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Crucast Collective Set to Ignite with Rising Talent and Live Events After Pandemic [Q&A]
Like many of its counterparts, Crucast, one of drum & bass and bass music’s most prominent brands, had quite the unexpected year in 2020. A UK-based record label and artist collective, Crucast has been fostering the growth of some of bass music’s most talented rising acts. However, amid the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the game plan for live events and music releases had to shift. While still striving to elevate bass music’s rising talent, Crucast has set some major plans for 2021. Crucast founder Joe Lazcru kindly took some time to chat with EDM.com about how it’s been adapting to societal changes and what’s next once the world returns to some semblance of normalcy. EDM.com: Crucast has been steadily building quite an impressive roster...
Apashe Releases Trailblazing Remix Album For “Distance” Featuring Geoffroy
Montréal-based producer Apashe is naturally gifted when it comes to melding cinematic elements with electronic music into film scores and even symphonies. He has perfected his creative process in a way that keeps listeners coming back for more, and his new remix album for his smash single “Distance” featuring Geoffroy serves up a continuation of bangers. The remix bundle spans five stunning remixes for the trailblazing single and features massive reworks from the legendary KOAN Sound, Russian house duo Volac, UK drum & bass stalwart Macky Gee, mau5trap producer Buunshin, and rising artist Pushing Daizies. The remix pack represents the incredible diversity of genres Apashe is capable of curating and is available now on all streaming platforms. Robust soun...
Listen to Oliver Heldens’ Remix of Above & Beyond’s Trance Classic “Thing Called Love”
Dutch superstar Oliver Heldens has dropped one of the biggest remixes of his career, a riveting reimagination of Above & Beyond‘s iconic 2011 track “Thing Called Love” featuring Richard Bedford. Heldens’ new remix arrived today by way of the legendary trance trio’s Anjunabeats imprint. He dunks his future house sound into a trance batter, concocting a high-energy, peak-time progressive bomb that slides in nicely with the rest of Anjuna’s catalog. Taking on the classic track, which appeared on Above & Beyond’s sophomore album Group Therapy, is not an easy task, but Heldens hit the nail on the head. You can stream and download Oliver Heldens’ “Thing Called Love” remix here and listen to it below. FO...
Roku Purchases Quibi’s Library
It’s about nine months too late, but you’ll soon finally be able to watch Quibi shows on your television. Via Deadline, Roku has acquired 75 titles from the Quibi library that will stream for free with commercials on the Roku Channel. Quibi launched last April with a billion dollars in funding and a dream: to reinvent streaming with “quick bites” of content beamed straight to your mobile phone. The platform’s hopes of gripping an on-the-go populace with ten-minute stories quickly came up against the pandemic; suddenly with too much time on their hands, the target audience was craving binge-watching marathons, not short chapters. Worse, Quibi wasn’t compatible with streaming hardware like Rokus or Amazon Fire TV, which meant people trapped on the couch couldn’t watch it on their TVs. Quibi ...
Famous David Bowie Locations You Can Visit
Editor’s Note: Today, we continue our celebration of the life and art of David Bowie with On Location, a recurring series that brings to life the places you know from songs, album covers, and music history. Keep checking back all weekend for more new and reshared content reflecting on our favorite Starman. And, if you’ve missed anything, you can experience it all again here. While this week marks the five-year anniversary of David Bowie’s passing, it goes without saying that his indelible legacy makes his presence everlasting. Forever fueling his musicianship with innovation, Bowie left behind a tapestry of work that boasted colorful characters, imaginative lyrics, and an intoxicating nexus of fantasy and reality. In short, he was a visionary in every sense of the word. In addition to a vi...
