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Santana’s Abraxas Still Casts a Mystical Spell Half a Century Later: Review
Consequence Podcast Network and Sony’s The Opus is back for Season 11 with a new host and a new classic album to explore. Click here to listen as host Jill Hopkins (The Moth Chicago, Making Beyoncé podcast) conjures the enduring legacy of Santana’s landmark Abraxas. Also, after you read this article, scroll below to enter our exclusive Santana giveaway or score some original Opus swag. — The story of Carlos Santana and the band that bears his name has been one of near-constant evolution. Critics and fans have attempted to tame Santana’s catalog over the years by sorting the group’s 25 studio albums by era, style, or lineup. That’s not a totally fruitless exercise. Nobody, for instance, will mistake the frenetic jam session that is Santana’s seminal 1969 debut for, say, the earthy jazz-fusi...
Impress Your Thanksgiving Guests With Dishes Straight from the Cookbooks of Illenium, Deorro, More
With turkey, potatoes and cranberries galore, if you don’t end your Thanksgiving with a straining waistband and a tryptophan-induced post-meal nap, you’re doing something wrong. To help prep your menu, we’ve cooked up a list of seven top DJ and music producers’ favorite Thanksgiving meals and recipes. Hailing from the US, Canada and Germany, they each celebrate the holiday in their own ways, but have come together to bring you all the necessary ingredients for a five-star dinner—depending on your skills in the kitchen, that is. ILLENIUM Maddie Córdoba First up is future bass star ILLENIUM, who selected Bourbon Yams with Pecan Topping as his favorite Thanksgiving meal. “I grew up eating this on Thanksgiving at my grandma “Mops” house. I’m n...
Breakout British Artist Tiggi Hawke Drops Emotive New Single, “High Season”
After embarking on her singer-songwriter career at the age of just 15, London-born artist Tiggi Hawke has evolved past her softly resonating melodic roots into a breakout creator. Today, her sound revolves around intensely personal lyrics and creative blends of pop and electronic music, best demonstrated by her deep house-inspired June release, “Electric Sun. With her most recent track, “High Season,” released on November 27th, Hawke continues in the electronic-centric style of “Electric Sun.” This time, however, she dives into the depths of bass music. Hawke’s sugary sweet vocals draw a sharp, compelling contrast to the single’s heavy, intensity-building downbeats and explosive drops. The blossoming Hawke described “High Season” b...
Flux Pavilion Announces Release Date for New Album “.wav”
Dubstep giant Flux Pavilion has essentially become a household name since over a decade ago, when the artist debuted some of the most game-changing tracks in the world of bass music. In 2015, Flux released his most recent album, Tesla. His fans will be delighted to know that nearly six years later, the renowned producer’s next album is finally arriving. In a tweet posted today, Flux announced that his long-anticipated album .wav is finally on its way. The release will land on January 21st, 2020, and though there was no other information teased in the video, the track that plays ominously throughout sounds extremely promising. No official tracklist announcement has been made, so it’s still yet to be seen how many songs the album will feature. However, fans can li...
The Weeknd Receives Zero Grammy Nominations, Fans Left Befuddled
Source: NBC / Getty This week music’s premier association revealed their nominations and as always some folks were left with the struggle face. One performer’s fan base is making it clear that their favorite crooner was robbed. On Tuesday the 63rd annual Grammy Award nominations were announced. As spotted on Complex The Weeknd wasn’t slotted for one award. Given that his masterfully crafted After Hours was one of the best soul projects to be released this year, the lack of nominations was perceived as an obvious snub. So much so his fans took to social media to express their frustration. THE WEEKND WAS RIGHT THERE AND YOU DECIDED TO FUCKIBG CHOOSE YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY pic.twitter.com/qTpx8QyBmp — Paolo is golden (@Ic3lad) November 24, 2020 The news also quickly picked up traction throughout t...
The Weeknd Speaks Out About Grammy Snub, Recording Academy Chief Responds
Source: ABC / Getty After officially announcing the nominees for the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, the conversation among fans, critics, and industry insiders has circled around one notable absence —The Weeknd. On Tuesday (Nov 24), the National Recording Academy received an onslaught of tweets from fans and celebrities inquiring about a few of 2020’s most notable albums, including projects by Lil Baby among many others, but when it came to the snubbing of one of this year’s biggest artists, many artists and fans alike are asking “what happened?” Earlier this year, the Canadian-bred singer released his highly anticipated album, After Hours, unleashing one of 2020’s biggest commercial success stories, with more than 1.8 billion streams to date. Its second single, “Blinding Lights,” became a blo...
WOLFGANG VAN HALEN Says His Father Didn’t Want To Get Involved In Making Of MAMMOTH WVH Album: ‘He Didn’t Wanna Touch It’
Wolfgang Van Halen spoke to Big J of the 100.3 The X Rocks radio station about the upcoming debut album from his solo band MAMMOTH WVH. Tentatively due in early 2021 via Explorer1 Music Group/EX1 Records, the LP was preceded by the standalone single “Distance”, which was released on November 16. Wolfgang wrote the song while his late father, legendary VAN HALEN guitarist Eddie Van Halen, battled cancer, “imagining what my life would be without him, and how terribly I’d miss him,” as Wolfgang explained in a statement. Asked how long it took him to complete MAMMOTH WVH debut, Wolfgang said (see video below): “I’ve been working on it for years. I recorded it sporadically over the years, because my producer’s schedule was very busy. And I was als...
OBITUARY’s DONALD TARDY: ‘We Are Working Our Asses Off To Make A Monster Album’
During an appearance on the latest episode of “The Official Danko Jones Podcast”, OBITUARY drummer Donald Tardy confirmed that the band is working on material for a new studio album. “I’m super stoked on some of these new songs that we’ve got,” he said (hear audio below). “And 2021 would be fabulous if we had a release date, but just like everybody, especially nowadays where physical copies are very tough to sell and talk people into buying, the new album is really just that bait on the hook to really keep people happy to where when you need to get on tour, you can get out there and give them some new music and give them a new album to get their hands on, but also to obviously support you and buy a piece of merchandise and come to the show. “...
MAX CAVALERA: I Want To Make A ‘SOULFLY Record That Feels A Little Bit Like A Compilation Of My Whole Career’
Max Cavalera and his son Zyon have commenced the songwriting process for the next SOULFLY album, tentatively due in 2021. “This record, we’re actually working more together than ever,” Max told Pete Bailey of Primordial Radio (see video below). “And it’s really great, because I get to really explore the strengths that [Zyon] has as a drummer. He’s a very unique drummer — he has a lot of energy, and he’s mostly not really a technical drummer, but a very powerful, energetic drummer. And I want to really embrace that side of it. “My wish would be to make a SOULFLY record that feels a little bit like a compilation of my whole career, that goes through all the stages and showcases a little bit of everything,” he revealed. “So you have ...
DIAMOND HEAD’s BRIAN TATLER Says METALLICA Did His Band ‘A Huge Favor’ By Covering Its Songs
In the latest episode of “Tatler’s Tales”, DIAMOND HEAD guitarist Brian Tatler was asked for his opinion of METALLICA‘s cover versions of his band’s classic songs. “They’re great,” he said (see video below). “They’re always more powerful and a little faster than the DIAMOND HEAD versions. I mean, they’re a great band. They [have] their own sound. Of course, it was very flattering. The first song they covered was ‘Am I Evil’ They were the first band that ever covered a DIAMOND HEAD song. And it came out in 1984; it was on the ‘Creeping Death’ 12-inch single, which was on Music For Nations. And I was just really flattered that ‘Lars‘s [Ulrich] band’ had covered one of our songs and don...
Sammy Hagar: Van Halen “Kitchen Sink” Tour Would’ve Rocked Despite a “Not User Friendly” David Lee Roth
Sammy Hagar would have gladly participated in Eddie Van Halen’s planned “kitchen sink” farewell tour featuring all three Van Halen singers. However, he admits it would’ve been tough to share the stage with David Lee Roth. In a new interview with SiriuxXM’s Eddie Trunk, Hagar said that the proposed tour would have been a “dream come true”, but expressed some misgivings about sharing the spotlight with founding Van Halen frontman Roth, whom Hagar replaced in 1985. The band’s third singer was Gary Cherone, who replaced Hagar and sang on 1998’s Van Halen III. The Hagar versus Roth eras of the band have always created contention among fans, but Hagar himself finds Roth “not user friendly.” Despite some choice words, Hagar was otherwise positive about the idea of featuring all three singers. “It...
Brittany Howard Covers Nina Simone’s “Revolution” on Colbert: Watch
Brittany Howard received five Grammy Award nominations across four genre categories (Rock, Alternative Music, R&B, and American Roots) on Tuesday. Hours later, she appeared on Colbert, but instead of performing any of her recognized work, she chose to dig into yet another genre and perform someone else’s song. Howard delivered an impassioned blues rock rendition of Nina Simone’s “Revolution”. Matching her band’s red attire, Howard strutted about the stage like she was playing for a real live audience. It’s got to be hard to muster that sort of energy these days, but the Alabama Shakes singer barely looked like she had to dig very deep at all as she busted out the powerful performance. Of course, she’s been covering the song (itself a response to The Beatles’ “Revolution”) live for awhi...
