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Watch 10 YEARS’ Music Video For ‘The Shift’
Knoxville, Tennessee rockers 10 YEARS have released the official music video for their new single, “The Shift”. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming album, “Violent Allies”, which will be released on September 18 via Mascot Records. The disc was recently recorded at West Valley Recording Studios in Woodland Hills, California with Grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson, who previously worked on 10 YEARS‘ 2010 effort, “Feeding The Wolves”. “The Shift” has already been streamed over a million times on Spotify, and 2.2 million collective plays across all platforms. Additionally, the track is Top 25 at rock radio. The band shares: “We have all been missing the stage so much, and ‘The Shift’ is one of those son...
MOONSPELL’s New Drummer Is Already Contributing To Songwriting Process
Vocalist Fernando Ribeiro of Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL spoke to Finland’s Kaaos TV about how he and his bandmates are dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. He said (see video below): “There was a time that we had to be distant from each other for at least a couple of months and work from home. And then, [about] two months ago, we resumed work with MOONSPELL. We did demos for the new album that we’re going to record in October, and also we played together with the new drummer. And also, we did two TV shows — one for the national TV, because it was a way of the national TV to help the musicians; they paid us a little fee, and we went there to play like a showcase — five songs — that is going to be ready in September… We did another show to create a kind of live thing ...
Regina Spektor Revisits ‘Prisoners’ on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
When Regina Spektor was invited to bring some live music to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, she brought one of her classic songs to the show — “Prisoners” off her 2002 album, Songs. “When I did my solo piano tour, I revisited some of the older songs. While dreaming up fun things for the Broadway shows I invited Caleb [Teicher], who is brilliant at using tap as percussion, to check out ‘Prisoners,’” Spektor said in a statement. The performance was filmed after Spektor’s Broadway run at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater last summer. She continued, “After the shows, we filmed the song at Roulette in Brooklyn, just to have a memory of that wonderful moment. Little did we know that being alone in a theater and on opposite sides of the stage would be where the world was heading. I await the day we c...
Cabaret Voltaire Announce First Album in Over 20 Years
Cabaret Voltaire will release their first album in over 20 years. Titled Shadow of Fear, the group shared the first single, “Vasto,” from the collection today (Aug. 19). Shadow of Fear is the first release with band founder Richard H. Kirk as the sole member of Cabaret Voltaire. Listen to “Vasto” below: [embedded content] “The album was finished just as all the weirdness was starting to kick in,” Kirk said in a statement. “Shadow Of Fear feels like a strangely appropriate title. The current situation didn’t have much of an influence on what I was doing — all the vocal content was already in place before the panic set in — but maybe due to my nature of being a bit paranoid there are hints in there about stuff going a bit weird and capturing the current state of affairs.” If you want to...
Peninsula Isn’t Nearly as Refined as Train to Busan: Review
The Pitch: In 2016, a near-perfect South Korean zombie flick crawled across the consciousness. Back then, Yeon Sang-ho’s Train to Busan—premised upon an extremely contagious virus turning people into man-eating monsters—reaped a whirlwind of success. When Sang-ho returned to make the sequel Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula, he couldn’t have predicted the prescient nature of his action-horror film. But amidst the resultant lockdowns and quarantines from Covid-19, the concept plays vastly different today. Following a former army captain and a small family surviving in Incheon, Peninsula combines components from I Am Legend, Mad Max, and the Fast & Furious series for a nonsensical joy ride that, while entertaining, lacks the sharpness of its predecessor. In Your Head: Peninsula opens to...
John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme Receives Audiophile Vinyl Reissue
John Coltrane’s landmark 1965 album A Love Supreme is set to be reissued on vinyl this October as part of Verve/UMe’s ongoing Acoustic Sounds audiophile series. The four-part spiritual suite has been remastered from its original analog tapes, pressed on 180-gram vinyl, and packaged by Stoughton Printing Co. in high-quality tip-on gatefold jackets. Along with A Love Supreme, Coltrane’s 1963 album Ballads is also being reissued on vinyl by Verve/UMe on October 9th. Pre-orders for A Love Supreme are available here, and Ballads here. “Working with UMe and Impulse!, we were granted access to Coltrane’s original master tapes to create what we believe are the highest-quality reissues of these iconic jazz albums,” Chad Kassem, CEO of Acoustic Sounds, said in a statement. “Each step in ou...
Dirty Projectors Announce Super João EP, Share “Holy Mackerel”: Stream
Dirty Projectors are currently two installments into a planned five-EP series they’re releasing over the course of the year. Each four-song collection features a different band member taking lead: For March’s Windows Open, it was Maia Friedman, while Felicia Douglass stepped forward for June’s Flight Tower. Now, Dirty Projectors mastermind Dave Longstreth has announced his own contribution, the Super João EP, and shared the lead single, “Holy Mackerel”. Arriving September 4th, Super João has the sort of smooth samba sounds you’d expect from an effort named after bossa nova pioneer João Gilberto, who passed away last year. Longstreth co-wrote the lyrics with Little Wings’ Kyle Field before recording direct to tape with Kyle Thomas of King Tuff, who happens to be his neighbor in Los Angeles....
Sexually Repressed Fox Anchor Tucker Carlson Freaks Out Over “WAP” Video: Watch
Nothing quite scares conservative men like a woman expressing her sexuality on her own terms. Add in the fact that she’s Black, too, and you’re bound to rile up the entire GOP base. That’s essentially what happened the other week when Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion unleashed their hotly anticipated single “WAP”. The collaboration’s acronym stands for “wet-ass pussy” and, much to many folks’ chagrin, was actually unabashedly about some wet-ass pussy. What a crime. The right immediately condemned the hip-hop track. One Republican congressional candidate named James P. Bradley described “WAP” as “what happens when children are raised without God,” later adding that he felt “sorry for future girls if this is their role model.” Bear in mind, he’s all for keeping a sexual predator in the White ...
Snoop Dogg “Nipsey Blue,” DeJ Loaf “No Saint” & More | Daily Visuals 8.18.20
It’s been a year since Hip-Hop took a huge loss when Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed outside his neighborhood establishment and while many took to social media to pour their hearts out, Snoop Dogg decided to drop an entire track dedicated to his fellow Cuz. For his visuals to “Nipsey Blue,” the Doggfather gets all in his feelings from the studio to the streets of LA as he remembers the good times he shared with the young G while stock footage of them kicking it together play throughout the video. Rest in Power, Nip. Speaking of YG’s, DeJ Loaf is out here reminding everyone she got bars and for her black-and-white clip to “No Saint” gets her G’d up style on and looks ready to ride on whoever dares talk to her sideways. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Problem featur...
Geofenced Streams Could Lead to Virtual Concert Tours
Haitian DJ Michael Brun is experimenting with a way to help artists earn additional revenue during the worldwide live music shutdown. Rather than perform as a part of a large livestreamed festival, he’s exploring a new method for artists to limit their audience to fans in a particular area—geofencing. By hosting geofenced livestreams, artists can host shows specifically in one city and justify admission based on the fact that it’s an exclusive performance. When speaking with the Deccan Chronicle, Brun stated that he will be treating each city on his experimental virtual tour to exclusive setlists and stage production. This opens the door for other artists to follow in his footsteps and embark on virtual concert tours from the comfort and safety of their homes or studi...
Underground Vibes | 053
“All My Heroes” Ft. Sarah Rebecca – Naeleck In an interesting change of pace, Naeleck crafts a forward-thinking synthwave anthem with his latest single Dancing Dead single “All My Heroes,” enlisting singer and songwriter Sarah Rebecca for a breathtaking vocal performance. “Friends Now” – Former Hero Making his debut on San Holo’s bitbird, Former Hero just released one of his best works to date, creating an indie-electronic gem with “Friends Now.” “Felt This Way” – Joey McCrilley UK-based producer Joey McCrilley’s latest is one of his brightest singles ever. The talented producer is known for combining soulful funk sounds with house aesthetics, and “Felt This Way” is no exception. “Strangers” Ft. XChenda – Yonexx & WXLF Finding its home on Lacuna, Yonexx and WXLF...
TOKiMONSTA Signs With WME, Hits Career Milestone
Already in the midst of a busy release schedule for her new remix album, TOKiMONSTA is making moves on the back end of the industry, today announcing a change in talent representation from Paradigm to the William Morris Endeavor (WME) agency, one of Hollywood’s largest. This shift marks a career milestone for TOKiMONSTA, confirming her upward trajectory with a big league contract. Her future under WME includes the release of a companion remix album for her sixth studio album, Oasis Nocturno, and a confirmed Coachella 2021 performance. TOKiMONSTA’s long-awaited time in the spotlight came in 2017 with the release of her fifth full-length project, Lune Rouge, which was nominated at the Grammys for “Best Dance/Electronic Album” that year. She made history, be...
