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What’s Your Favorite Katy Perry Album? Vote!
Last week, Katy Perry not only delivered her first daughter Daisy Dove, but also a whole album. After much anticipation, the star finally unveiled Smile, featuring hits like “Harleys in Hawaii,” “Never Really Over” and the sweetly-titled “Daisies.” But is it your go-to project? Perhaps as a KatyCat you’re more into 2017’s Witness, with the scrumptious Migos collab “Bon appetit,” or 2013’s PRISM, full of bangers like “Roar,” “Birthday” and “Dark Horse?” There’s also the classic Teenage Dream and One Of The Boys, the debut album featuring “I Kissed a Girl,” the song that started it all? Let us know your favorite KP albu...
20 Questions With Joseph Capriati: Techno Veteran Checks In From Italian Hometown on Eve of Album Release
While Joseph Capriati has played around the globe, it feels fitting that upon the release of his latest album, he’s hunkered down in his hometown in the south of Italy. Four years in the making and out Friday (Sept. 4) via Capriati’s own Redimension label, Metamorfosi tracks his evolution from aspiring producer making music on his family’s cheap turntables to a global star, with his 15-plus year career including stops at every key techno club and event on the circuit and countless eight hour marathon sets. But on Metamorfosi, Capriati evolves both in and beyond the techno realm, delivering driving beats along with more meditative moments and house-leaning productions with guests including Louis Vega. Embedded with concepts regarding love, spiritual connecti...
Six Additional Nine Inch Nails Members to Be Inducted Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
While there’s no Nine Inch Nails without founder and creative visionary Trent Reznor, he’s had a stellar, if revolving supporting cast, and six of those musicians — Atticus Ross, Robin Finck, Chris Vrenna, Danny Lohner, Ilan Rubin and Alessandro Cortini — will be honored at NIN’s 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, SPIN has confirmed. They’ll all participate in the induction proceedings, to be broadcast on Nov. 7 during an HBO and HBO Max special. The Rock Hall doesn’t always include bandmembers who have left a band, or who were not part of a group’s most influential period, and it’s unclear how the decision was made to induct these NIN musicians. Filter’s Richard Patrick, who started his career with NIN, will not be inducted, nor will Grammy-nominated keyboardis...
Sure Bet: Notorious Gambler Michael Jordan Joins DraftKings As Investor & Board Member
Source: Ross Kinnaird / Getty DraftKings just leveled up by bringing the GOAT, Michael Jeffrey Jordan, into the fold. Wednesday (Sept.2), the sports betting company announced the retired NBA Hall-of-Famer, Michael Jordan is coming on board as an investor and board member. While surprising, the addition of Jordan makes sense because Chicago Bull legend was known as a notorious gambler during his playing days, and that was once again highlighted in the excellent Netflix/ESPN sports documentary, The Last Dance. The size of Jordan’s investment in the company is unknown. In the statement from the company, it was revealed that as a sitting board member, MJ will be helping with company strategy, product development, equity and belonging, marketing, and diversity. Speaking on Jordan’s addition, Dr...
8 Things We Learned From Trump Supporter Tekashi 6ix9ine In ‘The New York Times’
Source: @JustInMyView / R1 Digital Tekashi 6ix9ine has a lot of explaining to do. After avoiding decades behind bars for his participation in gang-related activities, the Hip-Hop troll has once again been unleashed on the masses and while the label of a “snitch” would be a career (and literal) death sentence in Hip-Hop’s prior years, the rainbow haired rapper is flourishing like never before in this current era. With many questions surrounding him since he was granted an early release a few months ago, The New York Times has just published Tekashi’s first post-prison interview. From the looks and sounds of things, he hasn’t changed a single bit. Continuing to bask in the attention he gets by mocking rival rappers, hoods, and haters, Hip-Hop’s “Henry Hill” has no regrets about joining the N...
McDonald’s and Travis Scott Confirm Partnership, Travis Scott Meal Available Next Week
Source: McDonald’s / McDonald’s The big non-secret of Cactus Jack teaming with Golden Arches had finally been confirmed. Today (Sept. 3), McDonald’s announced it has partnered with Travis Scott. Source: McDonald’s / McDonald’s Starting September 8 and running through October 4, “the Travis Scott Meal” will be available at participating McDonald’s. The meal includes a Quarter Pounder® with cheese, fries with BBQ sauce to dip in and a Sprite—for $6. But the partnership isn’t just food, with plans for a charitable component to what’s being touted as a “collaborative partnership across food, fashion and community effort.” Scott also designed custom Cactus Jack t-shirts for McDonald’s crew to wear during the promotion with more surprises and releases in store in the coming weeks. “I couldn’t be...
HHW Gaming: Puma x Nintendo Team Up For The RS-Dreamer “Super Mario 64”
Source: PUMA / Nintendo Video games and kicks collided once again for this latest Puma and Nintendo collaboration. To celebrate the 35th anniversary of Super Mario, Puma has announced it is teaming up with Nintendo for a “Super Mario 64” edition of J.Cole’s new basketball sneaker, the RS-Dreamer. The sneakers take its cues from the iconic heroic plumber with its red uppers, blue and white color gracing the kicks ProFoam midsole that is topped off with a hint of yellow on the lace support. While it makes Cole’s popular new shoe unrecognizable, it will easily resonate with fans of the Super Mario video games. The sneakers are inspired by Mario’s legendary digital drip that famously consisted of overalls, long sleeve red shirt, white gloves, and hat combo. If that wasn’t enough to remin...
Hear ZAKK WYLDE’s ZAKK SABBATH Cover BLACK SABBATH’s Classic Song ‘The Wizard’
This Friday (September 4) will see ZAKK SABBATH, the BLACK SABBATH tribute band featuring guitarist/vocalist Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE), bassist Rob “Blasko” Nicholson (OZZY OSBOURNE, ROB ZOMBIE) and drummer Joey Castillo (DANZIG, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE), release their spectacular tribute to the Birmingham four, a faithful yet supercharged rendition of BLACK SABBATH‘s first album. Vertigo Records issued the iconic debut album on a Friday the 13th in 1970, and the world was never the same. Legendarily recorded in a single day in October 1969, the earth-moving self-titled set closed the book on hippie optimism with its dark magic and ushered in a brand new genre, setting the metal template for decades to come. Exactly 50 years later, ZAKK SABBATH celeb...
STEEL PANTHER Releases ‘All-Black Metal’ Version Of ‘Let’s Get High Tonight’ Video
A newly released “all-black metal” version of STEEL PANTHER‘s “Let’s Get High Tonight” video can be seen below. The original Frankie Nasso-directed version of the clip was made available in April and showcased STEEL PANTHER members Michael Starr, Satchel, Lexxi Foxx and Stix Zadinia as a black metal band, a Spanish mariachi band, a boy band, a Baroque classical quartet, and a country/western band. “You’ve never seen STEEL PANTHER like this before,” explained Zadinia at the time. “Let’s Get High Tonight” is taken from STEEL PANTHER‘s latest album, “Heavy Metal Rules”, which was released in September 2019. The disc, which is described in a press release as a “heavy metal version of a self-help man...
Ex-AMON AMARTH Drummer FREDRIK ANDERSSON Accuses His Former Bandmates Of ‘Robbing’ Him Of His ‘Legacy’
Ex-AMON AMARTH drummer Fredrik Andersson has blasted his former bandmates for allegedly going out of their way to “backstab and talk shit” about him while simultaneously “robbing” him of his “legacy” and his “chance of getting a decent pension for all that time and work” he put in. Andersson was fired from AMON AMARTH in March 2015, just as the band was preparing to enter the studio to begin work on its 2016 album “Jomsviking”. AMON AMARTH opted to enlist a session drummer, Tobias Gustafsson (VOMITORY, CUT UP), during the recording sessions for the disc, but hired Jocke Wallgren to join them on the road. Wallgren was named a permanent member of AMON AMARTH in September 2016. Earlier today, Andersson took to his social to share the...
GWAR Drops New ‘Cool Place To Park’ Video Featuring Remixed and Remastered Audio
It has been 30 of your Earth “years” since your Lords and Masters GWAR released what many consider to be the band’s career-defining album “Scumdogs Of The Universe”. In celebration of this momentous occasion, GWAR is pleased as piss to unveil 30th-anniversary versions of “Scumdogs Of The Universe”. The album will be available on October 30 on CD, double LP, cassette and digital and is available for pre-order here. Today the band unleashes a classic performance video, featuring the newly remixed and remastered audio version of “Cool Place To Park”. Watch it below. Since GWAR‘s formation, the band has released fourteen studio albums, two live albums, numerous music videos and have sold over 800,000 records in the United States alone...
Beastie Boys Announce Greatest Hits Album
Beastie Boys diehards can keep their “Body Movin’” for decades to come thanks to a forthcoming compilation album collecting all of the legendary rap group’s greatest hits. Simply titled Beastie Boys Music, it’s due out next month via UMe. Spanning a generous 20 songs, the compilation features a handful of cuts off their Licensed to Ill debut album, including “Fight For Your Right”, “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”, “Brass Monkey”, and “Paul Revere”. 1989’s Paul’s Boutique is represented with “Shake Your Rump” and “Hey Ladies”, alongside “So What’Cha Want” and “Pass the Mic” from the 1992 record Check Your Head. A few singles from 1994’s Ill Communication appear (“Sure Shot” and “Sabotage”), as do 1998 Hello Nasty selections “Body Movin’” and “Intergalactic”. The hip...
