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New Books Celebrate The Life And Music Of Rock Legends JIMI HENDRIX And JOHN BONHAM
This September marks 50 years since the passing of Jimi Hendrix and 40 years since the passing of John Bonham. To celebrate both legendary and influential artists, respected author/journalist Greg Prato has assembled two new books, “Avatar Of The Electric Guitar: The Genius Of Jimi Hendrix” and “Bonzo: 30 Rock Drummers Remember The Legendary John Bonham”. Each book is priced at $19.99 for the paperback and $9.99 for the Kindle version. Both are available from Amazon. It is widely believed that Jimi Hendrix was one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time…and quite possibly, THE greatest. All you have to do is compare what rock guitar sounded like before Jimi burst on the scene in the late ’60s, and what it sounded like after. And in addition to trailb...
NAPALM DEATH Frontman Says He Is ‘Very Pro Mask’: ‘It Shows Respect For Your Fellow Human Beings’
NAPALM DEATH frontman Mark “Barney” Greenway has weighed in on the face mask debate, saying that wearing a mask during a pandemic “shows respect for your fellow human beings.” Grenway addressed the hot-button issue as lawmakers continue to push for their constituents to wear face masks to limit the spread of coronavirus. Months after his own advisers recommended it, President Donald Trump finally briefly wore a mask in public in July during a visit to wounded service members at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Speaking to “Lambgoat Vanflip” podcast, Barney said about how his native United Kingdom has handled the coronavirus crisis so far (hear audio below): “This push for economic opening or whatever has meant that, inevitably, there&#...
Famed DJ Erick Morillo Dead at 49
Famed international DJ and music producer Erick Morillo has died at the age of 49. According to a report from TMZ, authorities said Morillo’s body was found today, September 1st, in Miami Beach. At the time of this article’s publishing, police have not publicly divulged any further information surrounding his death. WPLG Local 10 reports that officers say they received a 911 call at 10:42AM and detectives are currently on the scene conducting an investigation, according to an email from Miami Beach Public Information Officer Ernesto Rodriguez. The news arrives after a tumultuous 2020 for Morillo, who was recently arrested and charged with sexual battery on a woman in connection to a December 2019 incident. Morillo, who denied the allegations, had turne...
This Chiptune Synthesizer Lets Producers Emulate Sounds of the Nintendo Entertainment System
The connection between the electronic music and gaming communities has been one of symbiotic alignment for decades, and its mythos runs through the chiptune genre. Inspired by retro 8-bit arcade games and consoles, chiptune is dance music’s Bordeaux, aging with grace over the years to deliver some of the finest music in the EDM epoch. The NES Poly Chiptune Synthesizer seeks to pay homage to its namesake genre through its innovative hardware, which is inspired by the sounds of the legendary Nintendo Entertainment System. The synth features eight waveform settings and eight preset sound parameter settings, making 64 preset patches available to producers looking to reproduce the glitchy sounds of the original Nintendo game console. The NES Poly is als...
John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers is Dropping an Electronic Album
John Frusciante‘s recent return to Red Hot Chili Peppers isn’t curbing his desire to produce electronic music. The fabled guitarist, who had said he “came back to the band because [he] knew that [he] could continue to play electronic music,” has announced a new electronic album called Maya, which is slated for a release on October 23rd via Timesig. Named after his beloved cat, who passed away after a battle with cancer last year, the record is inspired by jungle, breakbeat, and hardcore. “I don’t have that interest in singing or writing lyrics like I used to,” Frusciante said. “The natural thing when I’m by myself now, is to just make music like the stuff being released this year. I really love the ba...
Doja Cat’s Forthcoming Album Is Inspired By Afrobeat and House Music
Doja Cat is dipping her toes into the dance music pool for her forthcoming album, revealing in a recent interview that the record is rooted in afrobeat and house music, among other genres. Following her “Best New Artist” win at the 2020 MTV VMAs, the polarizing Los Angeles-based pop star dished on her upcoming album in a recent interview with MTV News. “I have my album coming, can’t say when,” she said when asked about her next project. “I really wanna make it a surprise, I don’t wanna say too much.” “It’s not gonna be perfectly consistent, I’ve never been anyway, but we do have some dancehall stuff on there, some afrobeat stuff, some funk, house,” she continued. “I’m trying to cover all bases, I can’t wait for people to hear ...
24kGoldn’s ‘Mood’ Ascends to Hot Rock & Alternative Songs Chart Throne
The Iann Dior-featuring song jumps 3-1. 24kGoldn scores his first No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts as “Mood,” featuring Iann Dior, jumps 3-1 on the lists dated Sept. 5. “Mood” rises as the greatest gainer in all three chart metrics: streaming, airplay and sales. In the streaming and sales tracking week ending Aug. 27, the song scored 20.8 million U.S. streams (up 37%) and sold 7,000 downloads (up 63%), according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. In the radio tracking week ending Aug. 30, it earned 7.8 million all-format audience impressions (up 251%). 24kGoldn has charted one other entry so far on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs: “City of Angels” reached No. 7 on each list in...
Tainy & J Balvin Top Latin Airplay Chart With ‘Agua’: ‘We Have That Chemistry’
The SpongeBob-featured tune rises 2-1. Tainy and J Balvin’s “Agua” top s Billboard‘s Latin Airplay chart, rising 2-1 on the Sept. 5 survey. Balvin accumulates 25 No. 1s, moving closer to Enrique Iglesias’ record 31. Tainy, meanwhile, ups his career count to two leaders. The tune is from the forthcoming soundtrack to The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run. The song arrived in July, while the film is set to premiere at a date to be announced. “It’s a career highlight,” Tainy tells Billboard. “This one is special because it was fun. Working with Balvin is always amazing. We have that chemistry, we are friends and it showed with the final product. We mostly had fun while creating. We’re both big SpongeBob fans who gre...
Cardi B Is the New Face of Balenciaga
In the words of Cardi B: “I like those Balenciagas, the ones that look like socks!” Now, the rapper will be wearing a whole lot more Balenciaga, because she’s the new face of the designer fashion brand. The clothing label took to Twitter on Tuesday (Sept. 1) to share the promo photos behind their new line, featuring the “WAP” star laying among a playground in a silky black gown. “New Face of Balenciaga,” Cardi wrote, retweeting the photo. This isn’t her first dip into the fashion world. Cardi has had a number of lines with Fashion Nova, and is often seen flaunting her designer ‘fits on Instagram. 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...
Cardi B & ‘Best Friend’ Kulture Step Out in Matching Pink Birkins
Cardi B is passing on her style genes to baby Kulture. The rapper took to Instagram on Monday (Aug. 31) to share an adorable video in which she’s strutting outside of a building with her two-year-old daughter in head-to-toe pink (and matching pink Birkin bags). “Me and my best friend,” Cardi captioned the clip. See it here. The toddler, who just turned two in July, received the luxurious Birkin from her dad Offset as a gift. In a video he shared, Kulture is dressed in a fairy princess outfit as Offset presents his little girl with a gray gift bag, which contains Hermes’ iconic orange box. As they unwrap the box together, it turns out to be a small, bright pink Birkin bag inside.”Wow! Oooh! OK, girl! I see you, beautiful baby!” Offset coos...
Lana Del Rey Shares Update on New Album Chemtrails Over the Country Club
It didn’t take long for Lana Del Rey to return to music. We’re approaching the release of her spoken-word album Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass, which is slated to drop on Sept. 29, but Del Rey shared an update on Chemtrails Over the Country Club that she said was due out this month. In an Instagram post from the “very contained set, Del Rey said that she’s in the process of filming a video for the title track. Del Rey also said that before that song is available, she will be releasing another song titled “Let Me Love You Like a Woman.” “I love the record, and I love you guys, and I can’t wait to see you soon. Probably in 2030,” she said in the clip. “Just kidding. See you in 2029.” Del Rey also added that the album would be coming “soon.” Her previous proper album,&nbs...
The Mortuary Collection Is Halloween Horror With a Mean Streak: Fantasia Fest Review
This review is part of our Fantasia Festival 2020 coverage. The Pitch: “The world is made of stories…” and they are left behind by the dead. Montgomery Dark (Clancy Brown) is an aging mortician tasked with not only caring for the bodies of his recently deceased clients but for the stories of their deaths. These he collects and keeps in the massive library of his sinister and dilapidated mortuary. After officiating the funeral of a child, he meets Sam (Caitlin Custer), a young woman looking for a job. Her interview takes a turn for the macabre as she asks Montgomery to scare her with his tales, setting the stage for this spooky anthology. It was a Dark and Stormy Night… Set in the vague past, The Mortuary Collection feels like Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark for twenty-somethings with a d...
