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Killer Mike’s Black-Owned Bank Garners More Than 10,000 New Account Requests In Less Than 24 Hours
Source: Greenwood / Greenwood Killer Mike‘s mission to assist in building Black wealth and spending within the community has kicked off with major success. After announcing his latest venture Greenwood, a digital bank launched with his close friend, Bounce TV founder Ryan Glover, the leadership team at Greenwood, which includes former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, unveiled their new platform on Thursday after raising more than $3 million in seed funding in June. “It’s no secret that traditional banks have failed the Black and Latinx community,” Ryan Glover said in a statement. “We needed to create a new financial platform that understands our history and our needs going forward, a banking platform built by us and for us, a platform that helps us build a stronger future for our communities. T...
Facebook Moves to Ban Holocaust Denial Content
Mark Zuckerberg is finally taking some responsibility for how his platform impacts the culture at large. After blocking misinformation from Trump, cracking down on election interference, and banning QAnon, Facebook is now moving to ban Holocaust denial content. Advocacy groups have for years called on Zuckerberg, who himself is Jewish, to take control of posts and groups denying the Holocaust. In 2018, the Facebook CEO said he resisted such demands on grounds of freedom of speech, particularly the difference between simply being incorrect and stirring hatred or violence. “I don’t think that they’re intentionally getting it wrong,” Zuckerberg said at the time. However, he’s now reversed course, announcing that Facebook’s updated hate speech policy will include anything “that denies or disto...
Julia Jacklin Unveils New Songs “to Perth, before the border closes” and “CRY”: Stream
Australian songwriter Julia Jacklin has unveiled a pair of new songs: “to Perth, before the border closes” and “CRY”. Both cuts are available as a 7-inch as part of the Sub Pop Singles Club, Vol. 5. As you probably guessed from the titles, these tracks were written in quarantine. This past March, Jacklin was nearly finished with a year-long world tour in support of her excellent sophomore album Crushing, when the Australian government issued a series of lockdown orders. After half-a-decade of nearly nonstop touring, Jacklin was forced to pick a spot and stay there. She chose Perth, and “to Perth, before the border closes” was written in that moment of turmoil. She sings, “I loved it there/ That city held me/ Don’t you know that everything changes?” In a statement, Jacklin explained wh...
LEGO Is Making a Fender Stratocaster Set Thanks to a Fan Submission
Music was always a category missing from LEGO’s immense library of toy bricks, but that’s about to change. The company has announced a new Fender Stratocaster construction set based on a fan-submitted piece that won the 2020 LEGO Ideas contest. TOMOELL is the LEGO Ideas user behind the winning submission, which will be adapted by a LEGO designer into an official product. The guitar set will also be the first in a new music-centric series of LEGO releases, as the company looks to concentrate on its adult consumers. “Everyone has seen the Fender Stratocaster guitar, it’s super famous and we think it’s going to be exciting to bring this to life using LEGO bricks,” LEGO Ideas Design Manager Sam Johnson said (via Brick Fanatics). “Music is a relatively new place for LEGO to play in so we’re rea...
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SEVENTEEN Release Highlight Medley Video for New Album ; [Semicolon]: Watch
K-pop group SEVENTEEN have released a highlight medley video for their upcoming new album, ; [Semicolon]. Watch it below. ; [Semicolon] is the second special album SEVENTEEN have recorded. It’s currently scheduled to be released on October 19th, and they’re going big by making the physical version available in 13 different variants, one for each member of the group. To shake things up before the record hits streaming services, SEVENTEEN decided to gift fans a preview of each track. The six-song medley begins with the chipper finger snaps of retro opener “HOME;RUN”. It’s followed by the anthemic trap number “Do Re Mi (도레미)”, the pop-forward “HEY BUDDY”, and the jazzy rap “Light a Flame (마음에 불을 지펴)”. The album then closes out with the acoustic synth song “AH! LOVE” and the mellow closer “All...
Watch Oliver Heldens Perform at McLaren Racing’s Mocktoberfest Virtual Afterparty
Over the weekend, Oliver Heldens headlined a virtual afterparty for McLaren Racing after the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix in Nürburg, Germany. Dubbed Mocktoberfest, the digital event was co-hosted by the tobacco-free nicotine pouch producer, VELO. In addition to Heldens, Purple Disco Machine was a featured performer and as a bonus, an exclusive Stanton Warriors track was premiered on the stream. Both sets featured the artists performing in front of green screens with various automotive imagery in the background. As expected, each injected their signature style into the show, perfect to help burn off some of the adrenaline racing fans might have picked up during the Grand Prix. You can watch both Oliver Heldens and Purple Disco Machine’s entire sets from ...
Excision Announces New Evolution Tour Dates: See the Full Schedule
Fans of Excision can now see the light at the end of the tunnel after the dubstep maven and Subsidia Records label head shared the rescheduled dates for his Evolution Tour. Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Excision was embarking on the barnstorming tour, which kicked off in late January at The Thunderdome in Tacoma with the premiere of his mind-boggling audiovisual experience. After a few North American stops, he then swiftly and shrewdly postponed the tour due to the impact of the virus. To the delight of his devoted fanbase, Excision took to Twitter today to share the new dates for his 2021 Evolution Tour. The tour will relaunch in Salt Lake City on June 4th and take a mini tour around the West Coast with multiple stops in San Bernardino and San ...
Famed DJ Annie Mac Wrote a Coming-of-Age Novel
Famed music producer, podcaster, and BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac can now add another title to her formidable resume—author. Publishing the book under her real name, Annie Macmanus is set to release Mother Mother in May 2021. British book retailer Waterstones describes the title as a “powerful coming-of-age novel and an intimate family study… about finding light in dark places” and one that “examines the cost of unconditional love.” Annie Mac Mother Mother tells the story of Mary McConnell, a fictitious Belfast woman who mysteriously goes missing. As her teenage son tries to find his mother, the search for Mary becomes increasingly desperate as he unravels the twine of her enigmatic life. “This book took two years to write, and was mostly created from small ...
Autograf is Giving Away These Intricate, Custom Decks of Cards to Celebrate Their Debut Album
To celebrate the impending release of their debut album, Autograf is giving back to the fans who made it possible. Autograf announced The Ace of You, which is six years in the making, earlier in the month of October. Ahead of the record’s October 23rd release via Armada, the guys have developed branded decks of cards that they are giving away to fans who pre-save it. The elegant cards correlate to the album’s tracks, and each one features custom artwork. Autograf took to Instagram to share a glimpse into the limited edition cards. “You guys mean the world to us & we’d love to give back by sending everyone the deck of cards from our debut album ‘The Ace of You,'” they wrote in the caption of the post, which also features their kitten. “Just ...
MARK ‘BARNEY’ GREENWAY Discusses MITCH HARRIS’s Involvement With New NAPALM DEATH Album
NAPALM DEATH singer Mark “Barney” Greenway spoke to Brazil’s Kazagastão (KZG) about longtime guitarist Mitch Harris‘s involvement with the band’s new studio album, “Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism”. “Mitch plays 50 percent of the guitar tracks on the album, and Shane [Embury, bass] does the other 50 percent,” he said. “But Mitch didn’t write any music for this album, but he did play. Because the dynamic that’s created by his style and Shane‘s style, when you put the two together, is quite an interesting dynamic.” Asked who is playing guitar for NAPALM DEATH on tour, Greenway said: “John Cooke, who, I believe, did do a South American tour with us, so if you went to one of the gigs, you may have ...
CARMINE APPICE: ‘JOHN BONHAM Told Me I Was One Of His Influences’
In a new interview with the “Aftershocks” podcast, legendary drummer Carmine Appice was asked if it’s important for him to keep the legacy of John Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN) alive through his recordings and live performances. He responded (see video below): “Well, for me, it’s different, because I was around before him. [LED ZEPPELIN] opened up for [VANILLA FUDGE], and when they did, John Bonham had told me I was one of his influences. “I got a call from Steve Smith — you know, Steve Smith from JOURNEY — one day, and he said to me, ‘I just listened to VANILLA FUDGE‘s ‘Renaissance’ album, and what I heard on there was everything John Bonham ever did.’ I said, ‘Oh, thank you, Steve. I really appreciate it.’ “Drumm...
GEORGE LYNCH: ‘There’s Always Been A Problem’ With LYNCH MOB Band Name ‘From Day One’
George Lynch has explained his decision to retire the LYNCH MOB band name. This past August, Lynch announced that he was ending LYNCH MOB, apparently due to the racial insensitivity of the moniker, saying he will no longer record or perform under that name. In a new interview with “BODS Mayhem Hour”, George spoke about “Wicked Sensation Reimagined”, the recently released reworking of LYNCH MOB‘s 1990 debut album, and addressed questions about why it took him three decades to call it quits with LYNCH MOB. “There’s always been a problem with the name from day one,” George said (hear audio below). “I remember doing an interview with The Village Voice the first year LYNCH MOB were formed and we decided to use that [band] name. And the inter...
