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SuperM Blast Onto ‘Ellen’ With Explosive Performance of ‘One (Monster & Infinity)’: Watch
SuperM appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Wednesday (Sept. 23) to perform their new song “One (Monster & Infinity).” Taking the stage in a separate, socially-distanced studio, the K-pop supergroup — which includes NCT 127‘s Mark and Taeyong, WayV‘s Ten and Lucas, Shinee‘s Taemin and Kai and Baekhyun of EXO — danced their way through the performance with energetic, swaggering choreography. “Alright, no games, watch me deliver every time/ Catch me in the latest, driving spaceships/ One way, we going up, ain’t no decline/ Landing in the matrix, tryna break it/ Hands up if you feeling me, yeah/ All the way to infinity, yeah/ Aim high, we going up, there’s no decline/ So if you’re aiming anywhere, aim high,R...
Gus Dapperton Learned How to Leave Control Behind on Orca
Gus Dapperton isn’t about the facade that musicians — or anyone famous, really — are superheroes. And like everyone else, they deal with mental health issues. “[Musicians] are usually afraid to portray … to a large audience if they’re suffering or if they’re feeling depressed,” Dapperton tells SPIN. “I think it’s important to just express those feelings to everyone. The more you talk about it, the more helpful it becomes.” With his recently issued second album, Orca, Dapperton wants fans to consider assumptions about their favorite musicians or celebrities. Even the record’s title, he shares, derives from an Orca whale — a creature whose outward appearance may disguise its internal suffering. Dapperton (real name Brendan Patrick Rice) bounces through gritty, introspective lyrics on th...
The 50 Best Songs of the Year 2000
The year 2000 looms large in pop culture history: the Y2k non-scare, the Seinfeld “Newmannium” episode, the “In the Year 2000″ sketch from Conan O’Brien’s original late-night show, the Hulu series PEN15. And just like, say, the grunge-defined 1991, the year immediately conjures specific sounds: gleaming teen-pop, earnest radio rock, the Neptunes and Timbaland. There’s never a bad time to revisit this music. But in the middle of a pandemic, with America on the verge of collapse, it feels extra comforting — a blast of nostalgia for a time when you could safely exit your home, visit your local mall’s Sam Goody and buy Mystikal’s “Shake Ya Ass” CD single. For this list, our only criteria was that the songs appear on albums or soundtracks released in 2000. Here we go. 50. Papa Roach, “Last Reso...
Kelsy Karter and More Headline SPIN’s Untitled Twitch Stream Next Week
It’s Friday and we’re hitting you with a double shot of streaming today courtesy of the Swedish rockers in Solence and a live celebration with LUVK and VenessaMichaels on SPIN’s Untitled Twitch Stream. We’ve also already seen electrifying sets from the Foxies, Akinyemi, Irontom, and the Happy Fits (all of which are still on Twitch for another week or so before they move to our YouTube page). Since we like to look toward the future, we’re already going to let you know what we’ve got in store for next week. Lumer and Skofee will kick things off on Monday and Tuesday, and then Kelsy Karter will take over the stream live on Wednesday ahead of the release of her latest album, Missing Person, on Friday. Thursday evening will be a very special production from Luna Aura, a...
Sad13’s Power-Pop Memories, Anthony Ramos’s Feel-Good Exhale, And More Songs We Love
Every now and then, I get this itch to drop everything, change my hair, and become a dancing gay Brooklyn bartender à la Coyote Ugly, never mind the fact that I can’t dance. I thought I might be alone in my disputatious daydreams until I heard Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club.” The rising pop starlet has been charting her takeover since signing with Atlantic Records as a teen, and the dusty yet decadent single is a promising sign of what’s to come. In a rhinestone cowboy hat, Roan starts off slow with visions of “a special place where boys and girls can all be queens every single day,” letting the soft keys give way to a triumphant electronic chorus reminiscent of Kacey Musgraves’s “High Horse.” Her voice reads as hallowed as the halls she sings about, and there’s a palpable electricity in ...
After 70 Long Years, Uncle Ben’s Name Is Rebranded As Ben’s Original
Source: SOPA Images / Getty Uncle Ben’s is finally getting a much-needed makeover, marking the move as one of the first steps towards racial inclusivity within the company’s business strategy. According to an announcement on its website, Mars Food will drop “Uncle” from the brand’s name for the new Ben’s Original logo, along with removing the caricature of the fictitious trusting gray-haired Black servant smiling on the box. Customers will see the new packaging will hit shelves as soon as early 2021. Apparently, the company received feedback from thousands of customers and associates over the course of several weeks to ditch the racist imagery (think: Aunt Jemima) from the rice brand. “We understand the inequities that were associated with the name and face of the previou...
Chris Rock Hosting ‘Saturday Night Live’ Season Premiere, Megan Thee Stallion Musical Guest
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Saturday Night Live is starting its new season out with a bang. NBC announced that Chris Rock will host the premiere episode while the musical guess will be rapper Megan Thee Stallion. Season 46 of the renowned sketch comedy show will kick off on October 3 and it will be Rock’s third time hosting. The former SNL cast member is an Emmy and Grammy Award winner who currently stars in FX’s drama Fargo. And, he helped Busta Rhymes announce his new album. Megan thanks to her legion of hotties and fans of her bars has become a Hip-Hop star and recently landed in the pages of Time magazine as one of its 100 most influential people. This will be the “Savage” rapper’s SNL debut. Let us know if you’ll be tuning in via the comments. You Deserve to Make Money Eve...
Tems – The Key
Tems is here with a brand new song titled ‘The Key‘, a track from her ‘For Broken Ears’ EP. Before now she dropped her lead single ‘Damages‘ currently enjoying decent airplay. The new EP from Tems ‘For Broken Ears’ a capsule of soothing late music with 7 tracks. Most of the songs self-produced by the singer herself, other producers on the project are Oddio and Spax. Listen, enjoy Tems – ‘The Key’ below. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Tems_-_The_Key_NaijaMusic.com.ng.mp3 Download Share this: 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 chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help gi...
DREAM THEATER To Release ‘Distant Memories – Live In London’ In November
Progressive music titans DREAM THEATER have announced the latest live installment in their impressive 31-year catalog of releases. Due on November 27, the band is set to unleash its ninth career live album, “Distant Memories – Live In London”. Recorded at their sold-out show at the Apollo Theatre in London, the live release documents the band’s popular world tour in support of their latest critically acclaimed studio album “Distance Over Time” and the 20th anniversary of their seminal concept album “Metropolis Part 2 – Scenes From A Memory”. Fans can check out the live version of “Pale Blue Dot” from “Distant Memories – Live In London” below. Says guitarist John Petrucci: “Whether you had a chance to ...
MY DYING BRIDE Announces New EP, ‘Macabre Cabaret’
No rest for one of Britain’s most melancholic exports: Just half a year after MY DYING BRIDE returned from its break with its haunting and successful masterpiece “The Ghost Of Orion”, the kindred of Yorkshire raise the curtains to the “Macabre Cabaret” — a new MLP that will be released on November 20 via Nuclear Blast. The official lyric video for the disc’s first single, “A Secret Kiss”, can be seen below. “Macabre Cabaret” contains three new songs (plus a hidden gem on the physical editions) — dark luscious death doom ear candies that will dive their victim into a sensual world of darkness and temptation and conceal the borders between sweet pain and destructive illusion. Singer Aaron Stainthorpe states: “‘Macabre Ca...
THE DEAD DAISIES Release New Single ‘Bustle And Flow’
THE DEAD DAISIES have released a new single, “Bustle And Flow”. Check out a trailer for the song’s animated video below. With Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION) joining THE DEAD DAISIES, it’s now a leaner four-piece outfit that has brought a new urgency and vigor to its overall sound and vibe. With Deen Castronovo (JOURNEY, BAD ENGLISH, HARDLINE) on the drums, the powerful and complementary fretwork of guitar virtuoso Doug Aldrich (WHITESNAKE, DIO), and the solid rhythm guitar foundation of David Lowy (MINK, RED PHOENIX), Glenn‘s primal rhythms have supercharged the band’s front line with rock solid bass grooves and unmatched vocal intensity. “Bustle And Flow” is taken from THE DEAD DAISIES...
DEVILDRIVER Unveils Music Video For Anthemic New Single ‘Wishing’
DEVILDRIVER‘s music video for the song “Wishing” can be seen below. The track is taken from the band’s recently announced double album, “Dealing With Demons”. The first volume — titled “Dealing With Demons I” — drops on October 9 via Napalm Records and marks the California metallers’ first release of new, original material since 2016’s acclaimed “Trust No One”. Representing the onset of a final purging of the themes that have long possessed frontman Dez Fafara and DEVILDRIVER‘s music, each track on “Dealing With Demons I” illustrates a different demon to be dealt with or released. As “Dealing With Demons I” explores the purging of a different demon per track, “Wishing” illustra...
