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Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld Pays Tribute to Power Trip’s Riley Gale
In the 24 hours since the news of his death was announced, a number of tributes from friends, other bands and colleagues have paid tribute to Power Trip singer Riley Gale. Few, if any, would have expected that the 34-year-old would have been the subject of another tribute on Fox News. Today (Aug. 26), Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld, who struck up a friendship with Gale over Twitter despite their differing political views, started The Five with an on-air tribute to him. It turns out that the two were fairly close friends. Wearing a Power Trip t-shirt that he said the singer gave him, Gutfeld said Gale was “an all-around brilliant dude” and that he “died in his sleep,” which wasn’t previously reported. He went on to describe the band’s negative reaction to him playing songs from 2017’...
Ozo and TrikyTee (Team Tekno) win Pepsi BBNaija Turn Up challenge
Team Tekno made up of Ozo and TrikyTee together won the Pepsi BBNaija Turn Up challenge. For the Pepsi Turn Up challenge, the housemates were grouped in pairs, Team Tekno, Team Davido, Team Wizkid, etc. Each team performed a song by a Nigerian musician who also doubles as a Pepsi ambassador. Each team took the stage one after the other to make their rendition. At the end of the day, TrikyTee and Ozo aka Team Tekno won the Pepsi BBNaija Turn Up challenge. As winners they will each receive 1 million naira, an all-expense paid trip to One Africa Music Fest and 1 year supply of Pepsi. There can only be one winner, and #BBOzo and #BBTrikytee of team @alhajitekno who will each take home N1 million, an all-expenses trip to the One Fest Music Festival and a year’s supply of Pepsi courtesy @P...
Organizer of Controversial “ReUnite” Desert Festival Shares GoFundMe After Reports of a Fatality at the Event
One of the organizers of “ReUnite,” an illicit desert festival in Mojave, California that allegedly masqueraded as a protest, has shared a GoFundMe page following reports of a fatality at the event. Following the conclusion of the festival, which has been excoriated by a litany of news outlets and social media users due its purported disregard for the state’s social distancing ordinances, Rick Silver took to Facebook to call for donations to cover funeral costs for a deceased man. Facebook via Rick Silver It’s important to note that Silver does not unequivocally attribute the death in question to ReUnite. Silver revealed himself to be one of the organizers of the event in a June 16th Facebook post in which he also shared a dedicated fundraising p...
Porter Robinson Drops Introspective New Single “Mirror”
Porter Robinson is continuing his journey to Nurture with the next installment from the album, titled “Mirror.” The new single gives fans another glimpse into the mind of the famed producer, following its predecessors “Get Your Wish” and “Something Comforting.” Through the vulnerable track, we see Porter continue his transcendent path past self-doubt, giving listeners a much-needed sense of unity through a feeling that plagues so many of us. “Mirror” features his signature soaring synths paired with a duet of his own vocals, which serve as an internal monologue. The uplifting piano chords open to a bright soundscape that channels a sense of optimism, while the lyrics explore the negative emotions one may battle. The juxtaposit...
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As Clubs Remain Closed, Gorgon City, Benny Benassi, More Share Favorite Ibiza Memories [Exclusive]
COVID-19 is like a school bully, kicking the shins and stomping on the sandcastles of the live music industry every chance it gets. Its unrelenting wrath has been felt in droves by not only the electronic music community, but the modern music zeitgeist at large. Innumerable artists, managers, sound and lighting engineers, operators, bartenders, and virtually every other moving part of what makes the wheels of a venue turn have found themselves hapless in the virus’ wake. There is perhaps no place on earth more suitable for a soppy session of nostalgia while we wait patiently for nightclubs to reopen than Ibiza. With no ostensible light at the end of the tunnel of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, EDM.com caught up with a number of influential electronic music artists to wax poetic ab...
Alok Celebrates 1-Year Anniversary of CONTROVERSIA with Exclusive EDM.com Playlist
This month, Brazilian superstar Alok is celebrating the one-year anniversary of his successful CONTROVERSIA banner. A subsidiary of the legendary label Spinnin’ Records, the imprint has seen 14 tracks accumulate over 100 million Spotify streams and 50 million YouTube views to-date since its inception. Singles from Alok, Sevenn, HUGEL, Bhaskar, Dubdogz, JORD, Felguk, and more have situated CONTROVERSIA as a definite one to watch. In honor of the milestone, CONTROVERSIA will debut an exclusive sample pack filled with sounds from the label’s talented roster, which will be available for download via Splice. If that wasn’t enough, the imprint has also unveiled ten new remixes of Alok’s “Free My Mind,” “Killed By The City,&...
Blinding Lights And Chromatica Dreams: Get To Know Your VMA Artist Of The Year Nominees
This year, the North Carolina rapper continued his incredible streak of features by appearing on a staggering 11 — and also found time to release seven of his own singles, including team-ups with Drake, Camila Cabello, and more. He dropped his third album in 13 months, Blame It on Baby, in April, and saw his Roddy Ricch collab “Rockstar” hit No. 1. That tune has spent 18 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 as of this writing, which speaks to the kind of longevity DaBaby has cultivated in such a short amount of time. At this year’s VMAs, he’s also nominated for Best Hip-Hop and Best Choreography, and his Cabello collaboration, “My Oh My,” also landed one for Best Cinematography. He’ll bring the full expanse of his power to the stage, too, as one of the n...
LAJON WITHERSPOON Hopes To See SEVENDUST Get ‘Bigger’
In a new interview with “Two Doods Reviews”, SEVENDUST singer Lajon Witherspoon was asked what he and his bandmates want to do differently to reinvent or break the mold of the past 20 years, or if they just want to continue the momentum. He replied (hear audio below): “I just wish definitely that we can stay on the avenue that we’re on, but also just go down different avenues and make it bigger — open more minds to what’s going on in our community. “A lot of people say it’s metal — I think it’s soul rock and roll, soulful music that we play. And I just hope that it gets bigger,” he continued. “I’ve always said with a new album, I feel like it’s a beginning again, and I definitely feel like there’s a new beginning...
RIKKI ROCKETT Says FRANKIE BANALI Reached Out To Him Two Months After He Was Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer
During an appearance on the latest episode of the “This May End Badly With Craig Fraser” podcast, POISON drummer Rikki Rockett spoke about his friendship with QUIET RIOT‘s Frankie Banali, who died last week after a battle with pancreatic cancer. The 59-year-old Rikki, who went through his own battle with cancer five years ago, said (see video below): “[Frankie] and his wife contacted me about two months after he was diagnosed, ’cause they knew what I went through. So I called my doctors down in San Diego to see if there was a trial for him, because pancreatic is really a bad one. So they made the trip down there — they took all the information to my doctors in San Diego — and, unfortunately, there wasn’t a trial, or a better trial, or any better treatmen...
ACE FREHLEY On Making Music: ‘I Like Coming Up With Ideas Off The Top Of My Head’
Ace Frehley, KISS co-founder and 2014 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee, continues his reflections on a lifetime in music with “Origins Vol. 2”. No stranger to cover versions throughout his musical history — having recorded, rebranded and repossessed such notable nuggets as “New York Groove”, “Do Ya” and “I Wanna Go Back” over the course of his eight previous studio efforts — this new collection presents a thoughtful and exciting selection of songs that inspired and helped shape the legendary guitarist. Foremost of importance to the original Spaceman is delivering an album his fans will enjoy, but one where every song also has a place in his life’s jukebox. Describing the process in selecting the songs on this album, Ace comments: ...
ERIC PETERSON Reflects On TESTAMENT’s ‘Darkest’ Period
In a new interview with Guitar World, TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson said that the “darkest” period of the band’s career probably took place around the time of the 1992 album “The Ritual”. “I remember Atlantic Records telling us that we had only sold around 250,000 records that year — which would be amazing now [laughs] — and we were down about that,” he said. “We lost our management around that time, Alex [Skolnick, guitar] told us that this was going to be his last tour with TESTAMENT, and Lou [drummer Louie Clemente] left — so everything was kind of falling apart around then, but we were still hopeful. “So we changed some things around, changed how we did business and formed our own record company and things like that — and just w...
Tekashi 6ix9ine to Release New Album Tattle Tales
Tekashi 6ix9ine has been very, very active on social media and beyond since he was released from prison four months early due to COVID-19 concerns. And now he’s got an album on the way. The rapper announced on Instagram that he’s releasing the strangely titled, but apropos Tattle Tales on Sept. 4. In the same post, Tekashi also shared that he was currently in Chicago. https://www.instagram.com/p/CEXWzL5pFUs/ “GOOBA,” the first song he recorded since being released from prison, came out in May, and Tekashi collaborated with Nicki Minaj on “Trollz” in June. His most recent single “Punani,” came out in August. Prior to his release, the rapper was four months short of serving his full two-year prison sentence. Now, he’ll be finishing out his term at home due to the pandemic and conce...
