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HHW Gaming Review: ‘Madden NFL 21’ Is The Same Old Dog With One New Trick
Source: EA / Madden NFL 21 Thanks to COVID-19, there is a bit of uncertainty in the air when it comes to wondering if we will actually see NFL games played this year. With that in mind, EA’s annual football game Madden NFL 21 will have a more significant role in delivering football fanatics their pigskin action. But does this year’s iteration of the popular football video game franchise give the quality fans have come to expect? I’m gonna keep it a buck, it’s been a while since a Madden game has pulled me in, and I was hoping that Madden NFL 21 would be that game to lure back into the franchise that I once loved as a kid going into my teen years. The game’s marginal improvements failed to keep me excited about the football video game franchise, and the new game modes did little to keep me ...
The Smashing Pumpkins Share Two New Songs “Cyr” and “The Colour of Love”: Stream
The Smashing Pumpkins have returned. The first of their five mysterious countdowns has reached its end, and the Chicago rockers have unveiled two new singles: “Cyr” and “The Colour of Love”. The tracks are presumably off their forthcoming double album. “Cyr” is a dance anthem that sounds like Adore meets ABBA, while “The Colour of Love” brings to mind all the midnight anthems within 2000’s Machina. Both hearken back to Billy Corgan’s salad days, back when he worshipped The Cure on FM radio. The two tracks bode well for the highly anticipated follow-up to 2018’s Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1. It also speaks to the more focused and conceptual nature that Corgan had described to the Tennessean earlier this year: “It’s probably a wider swath of music,” Corgan explained at the time. “The last ...
The Rolling Stones Enlist The Killers for New Remix of “Scarlet”: Stream
The Rolling Stones (photo by Heather Kaplan), and The Killers on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) The Rolling Stones have recruited The Killers and Jacques Lu Cont for the latest remix of “Scarlet”. It will be included in the elder rockers’ forthcoming Goats Head Soup box set, out September 4th. Take a listen below. After unearthing this long-lost Jimmy Page collaboration in July, The Stones released a charmingly sloppy music video starring Normal People’s Paul Mescal, and followed that up with an initial remix by The War on Drugs. Now, their study in “Scarlet” continues. This time, they’ve turned to The Killers, still riding high from the release of their fun new album Imploding the Mirage, as well as English electronic artist Jacques Lu Cont, ak...
Stephen King’s Insomnia Was Made for Constant Readers
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Radio Public | Stitcher | RSS The Losers return to Derry, Maine for some much-needed R&R. Maybe it’s the pillow, or the weather, or straight-up allergies, but they just can’t seem to get any shut-eye. Even worse, they’re having these bizarre visions and being chased by little bald doctors. Join Randall Colburn, Ahse Digg, Dan Pfleegor, and Jenn Adams as they discuss the multiverse madness within Stephen King’s 1994 horror fantasy novel Insomnia. Together, they discuss the grimy horror within and the many connections to The Dark Tower. Somewhere along the way, they find a way to sleep. Founded in January 2017, The Losers’ Club is a weekly podcast for Constant Readers, hor...
Katy Perry’s Smile Makes Us Reconsider What We Want from Pop Music: Review
The Lowdown: Katy Perry has always seemed willing to be pop’s sexy clown: serving up effervescent anthems that don’t take themselves too seriously. When Perry did delve into her own a-woke-ening on 2017’s Witness, she was dismissed as politically tone-deaf and creatively off the mark. But on her sixth album, Smile, Perry manages to marry her “purposeful pop” with the big, uplifting production of her massive hit-making past. Perry is an entertainer who seems to sincerely want to make audiences a little happier; however, her album’s old tricks leave us wondering what we ask of pop music in 2020. [embedded content] The Good: This week, Perry marked two major milestones: She welcomed her first child, Daisy Dove, and celebrated the 10-year anniversary of her juggernaut album Teenage Dream. If y...
Laycon – Senseless
Check out this brand new song from Laycon – ‘Senseless’ out now! Big Brother Naija Lockdown housemate Laycon drops a new track titled ‘Senseless’. Coming right after his buzzing EP ‘Who Is Laycon?’. While he is currently in the Big Brother house and currently one of the favourites on the reality TV show, his fans are enjoying his music as he continues to trend. Listen, enjoy Laycon – ‘Senseless’ below. [embedded content] 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 give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
PLS&TY Teams Up with Ethereum Blockchain Platform to Sell Limited Edition “Very Special” Vinyl
PLS&TY is on a mission to connect music and technology by joining forces with the Ethereum blockchain platform Foundation to sell limited editions of his Very Special EP on vinyl. The EP made waves when it was released back in April, featuring tracks with Sean Kingston, Alex Aiono, and Wifisfuneral, among others. He’s now using this momentum to shine a light on Foundation’s mission to serve as a stock exchange for art and culture, with hopes of inspiring other artists to do the same. The platform allows the market’s natural supply and demand to dictate the price of the goods sold on the platform. Through this dynamic pricing model, artists will benefit directly from the hype that surrounds their work. “For a lot of people, crypto might feel inaccessible or ...
UK’s Night Time Industries Association Wants Nightclubs to Reopen—With Masks and Social Distancing
With nightlife across the United Kingdom (and the rest of the world) still at a virtual standstill amid regulations and safety precautions enacted in order to limit the spread of COVID-19, nightclubs and venues are facing a severe fallout with no way to reopen. The Night Time Industries Association is now making a push to get the UK government to allow clubs to operate once again, but if it happens, things certainly won’t go back to the way they were before the pandemic. “Whilst there are some areas of increased risks over other sectors there are many real benefits that such businesses have over other sectors,” said a report from the NTIA. “Particularly, [as] all our venues have security to give 100% cover of matters such as temperature checks, track and t...
Join Heavy Vibes’ Shuffle Challenge for Their Latest Release, “Defy Me”
London-based duo Heavy Vibes appeared in the EDM scene just this February with the independent release of their four-track EP, In II Reality. Now, the group returns with their new single, “Defy Me.” Immediately kicking off with guns blazing, the house-oriented “Defy Me” is loud and proud, incorporating bold bass beats, a four-to-the-floor rhythm scheme and a hearty dose of phaser effects. To boot, Heavy Vibes put a genre-bending spin on the song by fusing future house synths with a slower BPM and tropical house-inspired melodies. “This is our heaviest song to date, whilst still bringing a tonne of summer vibes and we’d imagine lots and lots of shuffling,” the duo wrote on their Instagram. Accompanying the release of “Defy Me&...
Kayzo Enlists REAPER and Qoiet for Fiery Single “Wait”
Earlier this month, Kayzo released “Say It,” the first single from his forthcoming EP, The Year the World Stood Still. Fast-forward a couple of weeks, and the prolific producer is back with the second single to preview the project, which is due out later this fall. Kayzo and REAPER have known each other for a long time, dating back to around when the latter launched his musical project. The duo has now teamed up with Qoiet for “Wait,” a filthy new hardstyle and drum & bass hybrid. Released via Kayzo’s Welcome Records banner, “Wait” sweeps listeners on an expedition through raging fires of sonic vibrations. During the track’s conception, Kayzo and REAPER established the production together. Kayzo blended his signature styles of rock and electronic music and REAPER contributed his d...
SLIPKNOT’s JAY WEINBERG Says Playing With BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E-STREET BAND Was ‘Completely Insane’
In a new interview with the “Spittin’ Chiclets” podcast, SLIPKNOT‘s Jay Weinberg reflected on being asked to fill in for his dad as the touring drummer for BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E-STREET BAND more than a decade ago. He said: “That was completely insane. And I didn’t expect for that to happen, but the stars aligned in that way that just like it was one of those ‘right places at the right time’ kind of things. “I was the last kid of all the people in [THE E-STREET BAND],” he continued. “After the band had kind of split up in ’88, all the guys in the band had kids and went on to do other things. Then they got back together in ’99, and the kids in the band — my sister, actually, included; she got up a couple of...
SMASHING PUMPKINS Release Two New Songs, ‘Cyr’ And ‘The Colour Of Love’
SMASHING PUMPKINS have released two new songs, “Cyr” and “The Colour of Love”. The tracks are expected to appear on the band’s upcoming follow-up to 2018’s “Shiny And Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.”, due later in the year via Sumerian. “Shiny And Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.” was SMASHING PUMPKINS‘ first in over 18 years to feature founding members Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin and James Iha, along with longtime guitarist Jeff Schroeder. “‘Cyr’ is dystopic folly,” Corgan said in a statement, “one soul against the world sort of stuff, set against a backdrop of shifting loyalties and sped up time. To me it stands as both hopeful and dismissive of ...
