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Michelle Obama Releases Spotify Playlist in Honor of New Podcast
The former First Lady included a number of electronic tunes from the likes of Carneyval, NAO, Kendrick Lamar, and more. Earlier in the year, former First Lady Michelle Obama released an energizing workout playlist. In honor of the first season of her new Spotify-hosted podcast, she has now returned to the music world with another collection. Like her previous workout-themed tunes, this diverse assortment features many artists new and old across a wide range of genres, and a number of electronic tunes. Included in her personal selections is music from legendary R&B and neo-soul acts Jill Scott and Erykah Badu, chart-toppers Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar, and hits from electronic-adjacent favorites NAO and Carneyval. In addition to the aforementioned artis...
Roland Celebrates 40 Years of TR-808 with Mini-Documentary and Free DAW Plugin
In addition to the interesting history lesson published by Roland, fans can try out a digital version of the machine on their favorite DAW. Roland Corporation, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of electronic musical instruments and software, is celebrating the 40th anniversary of one of its signature devices, the TR-808. A backbone in the worlds of hip-hop and electronic music, the drum machine was used in many of the genres’ most iconic works. On their website, they uploaded a detailed infographic page showing off the history of the device, some famous users and works, and how it’s now integrated into DAWs in the present day. The list of TR-808 users is immense. Notable names include Marvin Gaye, Kayne West, Beastie Boys, Aphex Twin, Daft Pu...
Artist Rights Alliance Sends Open Letter to Jeff Bezos Questioning Twitch’s Unlicensed Music Policy
The nonprofit organization is calling on the Amazon CEO to clarify his statement regarding unlicensed music on Twitch during his recent testimony to Congress. The Board of Directors of the artist-run nonprofit organization Artist Rights Alliance, which is dedicated to protecting musicians and songwriters, has penned an open letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos after his recent testimony to Congress. After Bezos and other tech industry leaders spoke on a variety of topics, including their data collection practices, the organization wants him to follow up on his ambiguous answer to a question regarding Twitch’s hosting and delivery of unlicensed music. As explained in the document, US Representative Kelly Armstrong asked Bezos if Twitch allows users to stream u...
TOOL Could ‘Knock Out’ New EP While In Quarantine, Says DANNY CAREY: ‘We Don’t Have A Record Deal Anymore’
On Sunday (August 9), TOOL drummer Danny Carey spoke to SKINNY PUPPY founding member cEvin Key (a.k.a. Kevin Crompton) about how he and his bandmates have been spending their coronavirus downtime. He said (see video below): “TOOL hasn’t been jamming. We’ve been just kind on hiatus. Nothing’s really been happening. But I think it’s time. We kept hoping that we were gonna get back out, so we were just kind of, ‘Hey, enjoy this while it lasts,’ but now it’s looking like it could go to the rest of the year, so we need to get the lead out and start functioning — maybe knock out another EP, at least, or something like that. We’ve never really done that since our first release — done an EP — so I thought it would be kind of nice to do somethin...
DON DOKKEN Says ‘LARS ULRICH Was Right’ About NAPSTER: ‘He Was A Soothsayer’
In a new interview with Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF radio statio, Don Dokken praised METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich whose band’s image took a tremendous beating in the eyes of music fans after METALLICA launched legal action against the pioneering music file-sharing service Napster in 2000. “The Internet, especially Napster, they killed us,” Don said. “You bust your ass for nine months making a great record. You put it out on a Monday, and on Wednesday, it’s a free download. It hurt us financially. “[Lars] took the bullet, and I give him high praise,” Dokken continued. “He had the balls to go up in front of Congress, and he was a soothsayer. Lars said, ‘If you allow this to keep happening, it will be the end of the music industry,&#...
Watch METALLICA Perform In Munich During ‘St. Anger’ Tour
METALLICA has posted another video as part of its new concert series, “#MetallicaMondays”, where the band is streaming a complete live show for fans on the group’s YouTube channel and on Facebook every week. The latest concert to be shared was recorded on June 13, 2004 at Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany. The band’s setlist was as follows: 01. Blackened 02. Fuel 03. For Whom The Bell Tolls 04. Fade To Black 05. Frantic 06. The Memory Remains 07. Wherever I May Roam 08. St. Anger 09. Sad But True 10. Creeping Death 11. Damage, Inc. Encore: 12. Harvester Of Sorrow 13. Nothing Else Matters 14. Master Of Puppets 15. One 16. Enter Sandman Encore 2: 17. Dyers Eve 18. Seek & Destroy Earlier today, METALLICA confirmed its return to the stage for the first time since th...
New MEGADETH Record Will ‘Definitely’ Be A Thrash Album, Says DIRK VERBEUREN
MEGADETH drummer Dirk Verbeuren spoke to “Todd Nief’s Show” about the progress of the recording sessions for the band’s follow-up to 2016’s “Dystopia” album. He said (hear audio below): “We had to push things back a little bit, but at the end of May, both David Ellefson [bass] and myself went to Nashville to go in the studio there with Dave [Mustaine], and we recorded drum and bass tracks for the record, which we’d been working on about a year and a half or so prior — we started, with Dave, working on song ideas and riffs. So the foundation for the album is done. Dave Mustaine is currently recording all the guitars — all the rhythm guitars. Kiko [Loureiro, lead guitar], at some point — he’s in Europe at the moment — is gonna come ...
Perfume Genius Shares Video for Recently Discovered ‘Rusty Chains’ Demo
In what’s been a terrible year, one of the few standouts has been Perfume Genius. The artists also known as Mike Hadreas released his latest effort, Set My Heart on Fire, wayyyyy back in April. Apparently being at home has allowed him to unearth some other material from his past. In a tweet on Monday night, Hadreas revealed that he recently stumbled upon a nearly 10-year-old demo for “Rusty Chains.” What’s someone to do while at home and while in quarantine? Make a video for the alternative version. “I found this demo from nearly ten years ago now, it really stirred something up in me so i made a video for it to share with you,” Hadreas said. I found this demo from nearly ten years ago now, it really stirred something up in me so i made a video for it to...
Nas to Release New Music With Hit-Boy Next Week
Nas surprised fans on Monday (Aug. 10) by announcing that he’s dropping some music with producer Hit-Boy next week. He has yet to reveal if the release will be a single or full album. “I’ve been trying to do this with this man for years,” Nas says of Hit-Boy in a clip uploaded to social media. “We’ve got the time, that alignment.” {“nid”:”8524269″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”Nas' Top 25 Deep Cuts”,”relative_path”:”\/articles\/columns\/hip-hop\/8524269\/nas-top-25-deep-cuts\/”,”media”:{“width”:”1548″,”height”:”1024″,”extension”:”jpg”,”mime_type”:”image\/j...
Lewis Capaldi Scores Second No. 1 on Adult Pop Songs Airplay Chart With ‘Before You Go’
Lewis Capaldi collects his second No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Pop Songs radio airplay chart, as “Before You Go” takes over atop the list (dated Aug. 15). The Scottish singer-songwriter first led with his breakthrough ballad “Someone You Loved” for seven weeks beginning last September. {“nid”:”8550667″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”Here Are the Lyrics to Lewis Capaldi's 'Before You Go'”,”relative_path”:”\/articles\/news\/lyrics\/8550667\/lewis-capaldi-before-you-go-lyrics\/”,”media”:{“width”:”1548″,”height”:”1024″,”extension”:”jpg”,”mime_type”:”image\/jpegR...
Ben Shapiro Reads the Censored Lyrics to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘WAP’ & He Can’t Handle It
Ben Shapiro joined the virtual conversation regarding Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” collaboration the rappers released last Friday (Aug. 7). But the conservative political commentator’s stiff line-by-line recitation of the censored lyrics became a major turn-off for Twitter users. Shapiro dissected the hypersexual track and decoded its NSFW lyrics on his most recent episode of The Ben Shapiro Show Monday (Aug. 10), which also featured the censored music video playing in the background. “Wet a– p-word, p-word is female genitalia,” he clarified while emphatically reading Cardi’s first verse. “And it gets significantly, significantly more vulgar, like a lot more vulgar.” {“nid”:”9431972″,”type&...
Kelly Clarkson to Temporarily Fill in for Simon Cowell on ‘America’s Got Talent’ Following His Bike Accident
American Idol’s inaugural winner Kelly Clarkson is helping out her old friend and former AI judge Simon Cowell. Clarkson filed an “urgent memo” on Instagram Monday (Aug. 10) to announce she will be filling in for him during Tuesday and Wednesday’s live telecasts of America’s Got Talent, since Cowell had back surgery this weekend after getting into an electric bicycle accident Saturday afternoon (Aug. 8). “My friend, Simon Cowell, is doing better now but was in an accident and won’t be able to make Tuesday and Wednesday’s live shows for AGT,” Clarkson wrote in a note posted to Instagram. “But no worries America, someone far wiser, cooler, and hotter is taking his seat! The unbelievably amazing Kelly Clarkson You’re welcome in...
