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Faith Hill Shares Romantic Slow Dance With Tim McGraw During His Surprise ‘Family Album Release Party’
Tim McGraw is finally unveiling his Here on Earth album on Friday (Aug. 21), but a pandemic is not stopping his family from throwing him a proper celebration. Faith Hill took to Instagram on Tuesday (Aug. 18) to share that she and the couple’s daughters “surprised Tim with our first ever family album release party. Yeah, I know…..Honestly, it is the truth. We have never listened to one of our new albums with just the girls. Ever.” “An unforgettable evening for what in my humble opinion is one of the greatest albums Tim has ever recorded,” she continued. “We listened to the double vinyl records blaring from the speakers!!!!!! A night we will never forget.” The post featured the McGraws’ twinkle light-covered home, with the country power ...
Ben Gibbard Dedicates Postal Service Classic ‘Such Great Heights’ to USPS
The Postal Service meets the United States Postal Service. Again. Ben Gibbard kicked off the Democratic National Convention’s #TeamJoeSings series today (Aug. 19) in support of Democratic nominee Joe Biden. He started his set with Death Cab for Cutie‘s “Northern Lights,” but he shined a light on one of his biggest musical influences that’s currently undergoing a national crisis ahead of the presidential election: the USPS. “It’s an honor to be here and support Vice President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. And I think more than any election in my lifetime, this one is of paramount importance,” the 44-year-old frontman stated while tuning his guitar for the next timely tune. “And one of the many institutions outside of democracy that’...
Nashville Venues Encourage Fans to #MaskNowPartyLater to Speed Concerts’ Return
Promoters in the city have launched a new social media awareness campaign, asking the touring industry to step up and spread the word. Venues and event creators in Nashville have banded together to encourage Americans to wear a mask and take safety precautions to help slow the spread of COVID-19 through a new campaign. The #MaskNowPartyLater campaign officially launched Wednesday (Aug. 19) with the incentive of bringing awareness to the live music sector and how slowing the spread of the virus now will bring live music back sooner. The collective of event creators, vendors, sports teams, venues, athletes and artists in Nashville began educating the public on what it’s going to take to get live events back sooner with the hashtag and are now calling upon the entire sector to step up and sha...
Cardi B Recorded ‘WAP’ In 2019 But Finished It In Quarantine — Just In Time To Make It A Smash
Every summer needs an anthem. It’s fitting that 2020’s standout, “WAP,” is a globe-quaking No. 1 team-up between Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, is an ode to staying home and having sex. What else is there to do in quarantine? Well, if you’re Cardi, the answer, apparently, is finish a No. 1 hit about staying home and having sex. That’s what her recording engineer, Evan LaRay Brunson, tells Grammy.com in a new interview about how the song came together. As Brunson tells it, Cardi had recorded the first verse of “WAP” a year ago before setting it aside to work on other music. After the COVID-19 pandemic effectively shut down the live music industry, Cardi picked the tune back up while staying in a house in California with Brunson and others. A...
Siesta Key Set For Its First-Ever Reunion
Presenting “Truth! Facts!”: Siesta Key is having its first-ever reunion! Right after the season finale — airing Tuesday, August 25 — the cast will gather with host Jeannie Mai for a virtual tell-all and dish on every bit of drama from the past season. From Juliette‘s relationship status to Madisson‘s big move, the Floridians will reveal what they have been up to since filming wrapped. Knowing this MTV crowd, there are bound to be surprises galore and secrets unearthed. We predict we’ll look just like Chloe when all is said and done: Do not miss the season finale of Siesta Key Tuesday at 8/7c and the reunion at 9/8c, only on MTV! And check out a special sneak peek from the reunion below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates ...
Ben Gibbard Performs Postal Service’s ‘Such Great Heights,’ Dedicates It to USPS
Finally, the collab we’ve all been waiting for: The Postal Service meets the United States Postal Service. After an outcry of support for the USPS, following accusations of the President Trump-appointed Postmaster General attempting to slow mail delivery in time for the election, another Postal Service has seen a spike in interest. This one, however, is Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello’s version of it. And Gibbard apparently figured the coincidence made him the right candidate to help out. In a recent performance for the Democratic National Convention’s #TeamJoeSings series, Gibbard played Death Cab for Cutie’s “Northern Lights” and…Postal Service’s “Such Great Heights.” Before performing the latter song, Gibbard shared a story on how the band got their name. “I think more t...
IRON MAIDEN’s ADRIAN SMITH Unboxes First Copy Of His Upcoming Fishing Memoir ‘Monsters Of River & Rock’
A one-and-a-half-minute video in which Adrian Smith, the legendary lead guitarist of IRON MAIDEN, unboxes the very first copy of his upcoming memoir, “Monsters Of River & Rock”, can be seen below. Smith is well known in the community as a fisherman, and a former cover star of coarse-fishing bible the Angler’s Mail (biggest chub of the season, August 2009). In his first, very personal, riverside memoir, “Monsters Of River & Rock”, Smith takes us with him on his incredible journey, through the highs and lows of life on tour, and on the river-bank, as his fishing gear travels with him across the world. Adrian got hooked on fishing as a child growing up in East London, plundering ponds and bomb craters on the Hackney Marshes for newts and sticklebacks and ...
You Can Now Feel Sound Through Your Feet With DROPLABS’ Audio-Enabled Footwear
DropLabs, the first sonic-sensory footwear designed to transform the way people experience digital entertainment, today announced the release of its Triple Black Edition, an update to its original EP 01 sneaker. The latest product boasts an all-black exterior, but the real magic is on the inside. DropLabs patented technology, embedded in the midsole of the shoe, delivers audio, in stereo, from any connected device to your feet, creating full-body bass audio which simulates the energy of a live event and immerses you in music, movies, gaming, VR and more. DropLabs‘ original release, the EP 01 Classic, sold out quickly and followers have been eagerly awaiting this newest drop. Both the new EP 01 Triple Black and the Classic editions contain numerous system upgrades including dynamic tu...
Neuropunk Boostergang – EXPANDER
RATING: 9/10 Folks that are uninitiated to the cacophonous noise that is generated by EXPANDER may see the words “thrash” and “Texas” in the band’s bio and press releases, and get a preconceived idea that the group would be another straightforward band in the vein of POWER TRIP, or share a production sound with fellow Austin metallers ETERNAL CHAMPION. Any of those existing notions are destroyed fairly quickly into the quartet’s second full-length, “Neuropunk Boostergang”. While there are moments of more traditional thrash and ugly blackened death lurking within, it’s all wrapped in a gloriously anarchic noisy shell that would have fit in well during the glory days of labels like Touch And Go and Amphetamine Reptile. Distorted rumbles a...
35 Years Later, TWISTED SISTER’s DEE SNIDER Looks Back On Historic PMRC Hearings
In 1985, the Parents’ Music Resource Center (PMRC), led by Tipper Gore, was trying to introduce a parental warning system that would label all albums containing “offensive material.” The system was to include letters identifying the type of objectionable content to be found in each album (e.g. O for occult themes, S for sex, D for drugs, V for violence, etc.), which resulted in the “Parental Advisory” sticker now found on new album releases with “questionable content.” The incongruous trio of Dee Snider, Frank Zappa and John Denver were called before Congress to testify in defense of music. Dee spoke about the experience in a new interview with “Hardcore Humanism With Dr. Mike”. He said (hear audio below): “For every reaction, the...
Bright Eyes’ Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was Dances Through Grief and Love: Review
The Lowdown: It’s been nearly 10 years since Bright Eyes released an album, and somehow everything and nothing has changed. Gone, this time for good — as Conor Oberst once declared — is the “rootsy Americana bullshit” that colored career-defining records like I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning. Sonically, the reunited trio’s newest work has one foot in the stylized hyper-production of their last album, The People’s Key, and another in the Gothic, orchestral sweep of Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground. Sure, some of the old emblems remain: the cryptic overture, the half-sentimental, half-ominous soundbites, Oberst’s brooding and beautiful lyrical histrionics. And yet, the album isn’t an outright gloomy one. In the past decade, the members of Bright Eyes have grown up....
Brian Setzer Launches Reverb Store to Sell His Personal Guitars, Amps, More
If you’ve ever contemplated learning how to play rockabilly music at home, then now might be the time to give it a try. Brian Setzer has partnered with Reverb to sell a handful of guitars, amps, and more from his storied career, several of which he used to help popularize the genre. The official Brian Setzer Reverb Shop will open to the public on August 26th online. Among the items he’s selling are a Gretsch 6120 Smoke Prototype that he used on The Brian Setzer Orchestra’s hit “Sleepwalk” and a leopard-print Gretsch Hot Rod that he played in the 2002 Disney film The Country Bears. He’s also listing a custom Gretsch Hot Rod in green pin-stripe and Gretsch Hot Rods in white and red sparkle, all of which were seen on various Christmas tours by The Brian Setzer Orchestra. Many of the other gui...
