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SPIN Daybreaker: 16 New Songs You Should Know
We’re back this week with another Daybreaker extravaganza and this week’s roster includes a group of songs that have the power to transport you to different realms. Take a journey through the sounds of modern psychedelic group, Bananagun, soul-wrenching songstress Baby Rose, rising songwriter/instrumentalist Olan, genre-bending icon, Gabriel Garzón-Montano and more. These artists define what it means to be a storyteller within today’s musical ecosystem and possess the skill to convey the human experience vibrantly. Sit back, relax, listen, enjoy and discover. 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 ch...
Briston Maroney Unveils Sweeping New Single “Freeway”: Stream
Indie folk singer-songwriter Briston Maroney has released new single “Freeway” and its video, and it’s a breath of fresh air in these dark timelines. The 22-year-old artist takes us on a dazzling journey down the Maine coastline, with caving expeditions and a blissful boat ride from a first-person POV. For a few precious minutes, we can pretend like we’re not locked in our apartments! The clip was directed by Joey Brodnax, who has worked with Maroney in the past. In it, Maroney is every bit the young, curious twentysomething, exploring the gorgeous scenery with dynamic enthusiasm that can’t help but uplift. There are witty moments, too, like when he can’t can’t a hitchhiking ride, and you feel his humor in his lyrics. “Consider this my confession/ Your love’s my obsession/ Go ahead and sen...
Borat’s Daughter Infiltrated the White House Thanks to OAN
Borat pranked every corner of Donald Trump’s regime in his new subsequent moviefilm, including capturing Rudy Giuliani red handed during “innocent sexy-time.” Now, he’s shared a new viral video in which his “15-year-old daughter” infiltrates the White House thanks to a vapid OAN reporter. “Trump very careful who he let into his events and house,” Borat tweeted when sharing the video. “No Covid test necessary — High 5!” In the clip, which does not appear in the film, Borat’s “daughter” Tutar (played by 24-year-old Bulgarian actress Maria Bakalova) pretends to job-shadow OAN White House correspondent Chanel Rion as she guides her through the White House. The date listed is September 20th, which was mere days before Trump tested positive for COVID-19. At one point, Tutar appears in ...
Heart’s Nancy Wilson Shares Cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising”: Stream
Having already shredded her way into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Heart, guitarist Nancy Wilson is finally embarking on a solo career. Her debut album is expected in early 2021, and she’s now shared the lead single, a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising”. Written in the aftermath of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks, “The Rising” arrived as an instant classic. Springsteen wrote from the perspective of a firefighter rushing into the crumbling World Trade Center towers. As only The Boss can do, the song felt simultaneously hyper-specific and universal, with lines like “Can’t see nothin’ in front of me/ Can’t see nothin’ coming up behind,” capturing both an individual’s terrifying ascent and the national mood. When the uplifting chorus appeared, it did so with t...
Alexisonfire’s Wade MacNeil to Release Score to Jay Baruchel’s Horror Film Random Acts of Violence
Alexisonfire guitarist Wade MacNeil teamed up with Andrew Macpherson to create the music for the new Jay Baruchel-directed horror film Random Acts of Violence. Now, the pair are set to release the movie’s score. The album arrives just in time for Halloween on October 30th, and the duo shared the eery “Slasherman Theme Song” to preview the full release. It’s an ominous electronic piece befitting of a slasher movie villain, with some John Carpenter-esque synth spook to boot. “When you’re scoring a film, you are creating a soundtrack for a world that doesn’t exist,” MacNeil said in a press release. “Finding the sounds and melodies for that bleak stretch of rust belt highway in Random Acts was exhilarating. Making music to frighten people is such a unique way to spend your time in a studio. I ...
Yandel & Rapeton Founder El Guru Launch New Artist Development Venture
“I’ve been following Angel’s growth for several years,” says Yandel, whose real name is Llandel Veguilla. “I think he’s a natural A&R who truly wants to help new artists. I’m 100% convinced that with my record label, I can contribute to grow this Rapeton Approved, an idea Angel has been working on since 2016.” Y Entertainment already has producers and artists signed to its roster, including Catalyna, Nesty and Izzy Guerra. However, the new Rapetón Approved will start from scratch in its search for talent, says Yandel’s manager, Andy Martínez, who helped piece the deal together. Likewise, Rapetón will continue to function as it normally does, focused on covering the world of Latin urban music in general and the reggaeton in particular, where Guru is a widely respected fixture with a You...
Kelsea Ballerini Asks Haters to ‘Politely Shut Up’ After CMT Music Awards Performance With Halsey
Kelsea Ballerini and Halsey rocked the CMT Music Awards this week with a Coyote Ugly-inspired performance of their song “The Other Girl.” And while the vocal powerhouses were received mostly with praise for their nostalgic, leather-clad duet, critics called out the song for not being “real” country music. Ballerini had no time for the haters, taking to Instagram on Thursday (Oct. 22) to share a selfie with a fittingly blasé thumbs up. “After reading way too many comments, I’d like to remind people that there are different kinds of country music and none are more ‘real’ than others when it comes from an honest place,” she wrote, “that women can wear whatever we want and shouldn’t be called names and criticized for it, an...
Anitta’s Gaming Livestreams Dominate Top Facebook Live Videos Chart
Anitta’s streams take up the entire top three and five spots of the top 10 for September. Anitta’s gaming livestreams on Facebook are a hit, with three of the streams taking the top three spots on Billboard’s Top Facebook Live Videos chart for September 2020. The chart, the latest of which recaps September 2020 activity, is a monthly look at the widest-reaching and most-reacted-to videos posted by musicians on Facebook Live, as tracked by media analytics company Shareablee. Rankings are determined by a formula that blends reactions, comments, shares and first-seven-days views. Anitta’s streams find her playing video games such as Grand Theft Auto V, sometimes with special guests. In fact, the top video of the month, aired Sept. 6, featured popular gaming streamer Nobru. You Deserve to Make...
From J Balvin & Deepak Chopra’s Q&A to the Voting Panel, Pick Your Favorite Part of Latin Music Week Day 4
Friday’s (Oct. 23) programming for 2020 Billboard Latin Music Week included six back-to-back panels and showcases dedicated to Latin Music, culture and entertainment. J Balvin and Deepak Chopra kicked off the fourth and final day of the 2020 Billboard Latin Music Week with the “Mind and Music” panel, where they spoke on the art of meditation and how’s it’s helped them both on a personal level. The programming continued with Los Tigres del Norte and Becky G‘s timely conversation “Artists and the Vote” on the importance the Latino vote has for the first time in a presidential election, as Latinos are the nation’s largest racial minority among eligible voters, with a record 31.6 million Latinos eligible to vote. In the last panel of the day, The...
Stone Gossard Reminisces About Pearl Jam’s Inception
Pearl Jam’s first show was 30 years ago on Thursday. Crazy, right? To mark the occasion, guitarist Stone Gossard looked back at those formative years in a lengthy conversation on Apple’s Strombo show. Gossard told the host that there were “than 60, 70 people. And at that time, we were really trying to be as spontaneously pushing ourselves to kind of take chances. And Ed [Vedder] came up to rehearse with us for the first time we’d written four, three songs.” The guitarist also revealed why Pearl Jam left “Better Man” off of Ten. “None of us had any say in that,” Gossard said. “That that was Ed’s thing. His ability to think that way has really been an important part, huge part of our long-term success because I just think that our fans have gotten used to t...
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Reebok Classics Dropping A ‘Ghostbusters’ Capsule Collection [Photos]
Source: Reebok / Reebok Between adidas’ Star Wars inspired sneakers and Vans’ Toy Story kicks, films that have become a part of pop culture are being used to create some of today’s most interesting designs. Now an 80’s classic is being used as the basis for Reebok’s newest drop and it’s pretty damn cool. Source: Reebok / Reebok Just in time for Halloween, Reebok is readying the release of their new Ghostbusters capsule collection which pay homage to the 80’s cult classic film. The Ghostbusters x Reebok FW20 capsule comes with some cool tees, sweaters and even a limited-edition real-life full-body boiler suit simulating iconic “Ghostbusters” jumpsuits, but the gems of the collection are the two new sneakers which seem straight out of the 1984 comedy flick. While the Reebok Classic Leat...
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A$AP Ferg Says He Can’t Be Kicked Out Of A$AP Mob, Likens The Group To The Mafia [Video]
Source: WENN/Avalon / WENN Unity is still an ongoing concern for many of Harlem’s Rap collectives. It seems one in particular is still going through it. As spotted on Hype Beast the speculation surrounding the A$AP Mob continues to be a hot topic. In a recent interview with Genius A$AP Ferg explained that he still very much a core member of the group. When detailing the lyrics behind “Big A$AP”, the track he promised that would explain the inner turmoil but missed the mark by a longshot, he said that music beef can’t separate the crew. “I don’t think there’s no breaking up of the Mob,” he said. “It’s like, once you’re in the Mob, you can’t get out. This is blood in, blood out… because it’s not a contractual thing that makes me Mob. We was Mob before music.” He would go on fu...
