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Graves Responds to Allegations of Sexual Assault and Rape
Following graphic allegations of sexual assault and rape by two different women on Twitter, DJ and producer Graves has taken to the social media platform to respond. Graves’ response was precipitated by a deluge of tweets in support of two women on Twitter who shared their experiences with the Hawaiian artist, whose birth name is Christian Mochizuki. Just after midnight on June 10th, 2020, Twitter user @tiffanynonaka shared screenshots describing a traumatic sexual experience she encountered with Graves, who she explicitly calls out by name, at the age of 22. Following her initial allegation, Tiffany posted another tweet, which contained screenshots from an alleged second victim who had reached out to her. The second victim claimed to have been raped by ...
Grammy Award-Winning Rock Band Wolfmother Goes EDM in New Single “High On My Own Supply”
Swapping finger picks with future bass, Australian rockers Wolfmother recently unveiled their new single “High On My Own Supply.” The track represents a stark contrast from the award-winning band’s celebrated catalog of hard rock and metal, which was amassed by its prolific frontman and only continuous member, Andrew Stockdale. Considering it represents the first time Wolfmother has deviated from their rock roots, the fact that fans have largely disapproved of “High On My Own Supply” does not take away from its brilliance. The track is a soaring future bass effort that takes a page out of MGMT‘s quirky, kaleidoscopic playbook, utilizing euphoric synths and vocal chops in its intoxicating chorus. The new single should open up a n...
Carl Cox, Eats Everything, Nightmares On Wax to Headline the Next “Set for Love” Weekender Stream
Following a wildly successful “Set for Love” livestream in the month of May, electronic music charity Last Night A DJ Saved My Life has announced the event’s follow-up. This time around, the LNADJ team are bringing some of house music’s corps d’elite to throw down for COVID-19 relief, inviting Carl Cox, Eats Everything, and Nightmares On Wax. The “Set for Love” livestream event is going down next weekend each day from Friday, June 19th to Sunday, June 21st from 7PM to 1AM CEST (10AM PST, 1PM ET) on the Last Night A DJ Saved My Life Facebook page. The headline sets can also be viewed on DanceTelevision‘s social channels as well as the artists’ own platforms. Moreover, each day of the “Set for LoveR...
Michael Stipe Joins Forces With Big Red Machine for New Song ‘No Time For Love Like Now’: Listen
Michael Stipe unveiled the music video for his new collaboration with Big Red Machine, “No Time For Love Like Now” on Thursday (June 11). In the song’s violet-hued visual, the R.E.M. frontman delivers a vocal take in the studio as he looks back on all the small things society took for granted before the days that words such as “quarantine,” “social distancing” and “coronavirus” became part of the everyday lexicon. “There’s no time for dancing/ There’s no time for undecideds/ No time for love like now/ Where did this all begin to change/ The lockdown memories can’t sustain/ This glistening, hanging free fall,” he sings over a synth-heavy orchestration led by Justin Vernon and The National‘s Aaron Dessner. “‘...
The 20 Songs of the Summer of the 21st Century, Ranked: Critic’s Picks
Every year, one song crowns Billboard’s Song of the Summer chart… but over the past 20 years, which Song of the Summer has been the most season-defining? The Song of the Summer is a concept that still captures the public’s imagination — the idea of one ubiquitous single that is intrinsically tied to the days of beach parties, cookouts and warm nights outside. Every year, Billboard launches the Song of the Summer chart to track the most dominant songs on the Hot 100 from Memorial Day to Labor Day, and every year, different sounds, voices and ideas rule pop radio (and, now, streaming services) to vie for the crown. There’s no formula to becoming Song of the Summer — looking back at the history of the chart, there have been dance hits and slow jams, rock singles and rap anth...
The Biggest Dance Music Livestream of Quarantine Just Got Even Bigger: See The Lineup
Billing itself as “the biggest digital music festival in history,” upcoming dance music livestream festival Electric Blockaloo just got even bigger. Today (June 11), the event added artists including Bob Moses, Maya Jane Coles, Deadmau5’s techno alter-ego Testpilot, Skream, Blondish, Seth Troxler, Khruangbin, MK, DJ Soda, Ekali, Felix da Housecat, Ivy Lab, Kevin Saunderson, The Knocks, Krafty Kuts, Luciano, Carl Craig, MK, Paris Hilton, Rudimental, DJ Sneak, Sherelle, STS9, Steve Aoki and Todd Terry to its already massive lineup featuring a staggering 850 artists. Electric Blockaloo takes place June 25-28 inside the video game Minecraft, which during the festival will feature 65 digitally-rendered stages including those hosted by labels and artists like Bedouin,...
Anitta, Saweetie, Common, DJ Khaled and More Congratulate Chicago’s Class of 2020
DJ Khaled, Anitta, Thomas Rhett, CNCO, Saweetie and Andy Grammer are among the more than 20 artists congratulating and sending inspirational messages to Chicago’s 2020 graduating class in a video compiled by Billboard and Dick Clark Productions. “The future of the world is in your hands…you’ve got everything you need” suggests Billy Porter to the graduates. “Go light the world up…Remember that you do have it within you to reach the highest level of your potential,” advises Common. Grammer performs a new song set to the “Pomp & Circumstance” graduation march specifically for the graduates. Starting June 14, the clip will be featured on the “Graduation 2020: For Chicago. By Chicago” website as part of the Windy City’s city-wide virtual high school graduation celebration. The website and ...
BTS Announce New Album Map of the Soul : 7 ~ The Journey ~
BTS can’t stop, won’t stop… even during a global pandemic. On the heels of their participating in the Obamas’ “Dear Class of 2020” digital graduation event, during which the k-pop group gave a commencement speech and headlined the afterparty, BTS has announced a new album. Map of the Soul : 7 ~ The Journey ~ marks BTS’s first Japanese album in over two years. It’ll be released digitally on July 14th with a physical release to follow in the U.S. on August 7th. The Journey expands on the tracklist of BTS’s most recent Korean album, Map of the Soul : 7, which was released back in February. Included on the new album are two original songs, “Stay Gold” and “Rasen no Meikyuu -DNA Kagaku Sousa-“, as well as newly recorded versions of “ON”, “Black Swan”, “Make It Right”, and “Dionysus” in Japanese...
Harlem Rapper Emma Lee Sparks a Revolution on New Song “Hugo Pinell (MOSH)”: Stream
As protests against racism, police brutality, and white supremacy continue to sweep the nation, Emma Lee’s rallying new single “Hugo Pinell (MOSH)” could not have come at a better time. On the track, the Uganda-born, New York-raised rapper sparks a revolution, inviting others to join her in overthrowing oppressors of all kinds. “No matter what they did/ I wouldn’t quit/ Now we got a like-minded mosh pit/ We got an army full of tactics/ And the strike is all ready like a matchstick,” says Lee with conviction. “It’s on you to decide, but choosing nothing is the same thing as choosing sides,” adds Lee, echoing current sentiments that silence can be equated to violence and complicity. The entire boils over during the chorus, where Lee powerfully declares, “We alive, organize, let’s MOSH when y...
R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe Officially Releases “No Time for Love Like Now”: Stream
Back in March, former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe shared a demo of a new song titled “No Time For Love Like Now”. Made in collaboration with Big Red Machine — aka The National’s Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon — the studio version of the song has now been released, complete with a stylish music video. This time around, Stipe is fully immersed in Dessner and Vernon’s soundscapes, giving his vocals a more ethereal quality. There’s depth to the sound now, which isn’t too surprising given that Stipe was literally singing over their recording in the OG demo. While Aaron produced the track, his brother and National bandmate, Bryce Dessner, actually orchestrated it. As for Vernon’s part, he supplied electric guitar, clearly channeling his inner Peter Buck. In an interview w...
Hip-Hop Supergroup Spillage Village Return with New Single “End of Daze”: Stream
Spillage Village, a supergroup featuring EarthGang, J.I.D. and 6LACK, are back with their first single since 2017. Titled “End of Daze”, it’s taken from their upcoming album due out this summer. Rounded out by Mereba, JurdanBryant, Hollywood JB, and Benji, the Atlanta-based Spillage Village penned the new song entirely during quarantine. As the title suggests, much of the lyrics reflect on the apocalyptic-nature of this pandemic era; the track also happens to be a timely offering given the protests taking over the streets of America. “It’s the end of days, end of times/ My oh my, up in a blaze, you can’t hide/ Why oh why, all the kids afraid, mama cries,” goes the chorus. “God packed his bags and said bye bye/ God packed her bags and said bye bye.” Today’s cut was recorded at J. Cole’s Dre...
Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil on Protests, Quarantine and Teaming Up With Brandi Carlile
Like most of us, Kim Thayil has spent the past few months more or less sheltering in place. Which, by his own definition, might not be something particularly out of character for the 59-year-old Soundgarden guitarist. “So many of the people I know who are writers and players, if they’re not the kind of person that jumps around and parties all the time, tend to live as hermits to begin with,” he says, calling SPIN from his Seattle-area home. But while Thayil, whose dense, twisted-metal riffs and noise-damaged, often frenzied solos belie his generally reserved public demeanor, would likely never be perceived as the jump-around-and-party type, he has managed to remain fairly active while also staying home and doing nothing much at all. “I think a lot of this shelter-in-place thing has really ...
