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RISE AGAINST’s ‘The Black Market’ Re-Released With Three Bonus Tracks
Melodic-hardcore greats RISE AGAINST have released an expanded edition of their 2014 magnum opus “The Black Market” on July 15 via Interscope/UMe. For the first time ever, all recordings that were previously available as bonus tracks — “About Damn Time” and “We Will Never Forget” from “The Eco-Terrorist In Me” 7″ and the Japan-only bonus track “Escape Artists” — have been added to the international digital version of the album. Hailed upon its release by Kerrang! as “a magnificent wake-up call,” by Alternative Press as reflecting “the sheer heart with which [its songs] were forged and the very visceral emotion they contain,” by Allmusic as “a strong contender for [RISE AGAINST‘s] most time...
S.G. Goodman Goes After Southern Stasis and That Old Time Feeling on Jim James-Produced Debut
Type ”Murray, Kentucky” into a Google Maps search box, and the jagged edges of what USA Today once called the “Friendliest Small Town in America” come into view. There are two labels. One, predictably, is for Murray State University, a public college in town. The other is simply called “Confederate Monument.” It’s right there by the courthouse in town, Gen. Robert E. Lee standing sentinel over a porcelain drinking fountain surrounded by columns. It was erected in 1917; things being how they are today, who knows how much longer it will stand. S.G. Goodman, whose debut album, Old Time Feeling is out July 17, doesn’t specifically write about the monument standing in her town, but her subtexts are pointed straight in its direction. She sings — her voice as soulful as her themes can be challeng...
RIAA Drops 2020 Mid-Year’s Best Gold & Platinum Report, Future & Drake’s “Life Is Good” Is Top Digital Single
Source: Prince Williams / Getty In the era of music streaming, few Hip-Hop stars have occupied the top spots in the manner that Drake and Future appear to do so at will. RIAA recently released its 2020 mid-year report and shared that the pair’s “Life Is Good” collaboration is the top digital single of the year thus far. Via an infographic, the Recording Industry Association of America laid out the songs and albums that moved the needle from the top of the year to the midpoint we’re under now. For the past six months, Future’s “Life Is Good” featuring Drake has gone five times platinum, thus it was crowned as the Top Digital Song for 2020. Other notable Hip-Hop top sellers include Lil Baby’s My Turn, now certified platinum, Lil Uzi Vert’s Eternal Atake, also certified platinum, with Future’...
SNL’s Michael Che To Star In A New Sketch-Comedy Show For HBO MAX
Source: photo: WENN Now that HBO MAX has brought back Sesame Street and announced the upcoming release of the long rumored Snyder Cut of the Justice League, they’re setting their eyes on some new material and Saturday Night Live‘s Michael Che is about to cash in on their growing library of original programming. Vulture is reporting that the Brooklyn comedian has just inked a deal with the new streaming service for a six-episode sketch-comedy series in which he will star and pen himself. Each of the six episodes will revolve around a theme such as police brutality, love and unemployment, while using the “sketches and vignettes to illustrate what it feels like to experience this from a black vantage point.” If you’re familiar with his work on SNL’s The Weekend Update or his own IG stories, y...
The Aces’ ‘Songs That Get Us Out of Bed’ Playlist
With everyone sequestered and self-quarantining due to the coronavirus, we’ve asked our favorite artists to come up with playlists that keep you entertained. Here is Utah-based alt-pop outfit the Aces: Hello everyone! This is a playlist to get you up and AT ‘EM. We all need a little extra push and motivation right now, so we put together some songs that help us feel ready to take on the world, even if we are just doing it from a zoom call in our PJ’s lmao. – The Aces “Sugar” – BrockhamptonI love this song. Especially the rhythmic elements, I think it’s so catchy. – Alisa Ramirez “My Phone Is Trying to Kill Me” – The AcesBest. Song. EVER. A bop, so special, never been done before!!! A favorite off our upcoming album! – Alisa Ramirez “Savage” – Megan Thee StallionI literally work out to this...
Japanese Rapper Awich is “Shook Shook” on Her New Single: Stream
Japanese rapper Awich is ready to break through to America with her upcoming EP, and there’s no better track to make a memorable introduction with than “Shook Shook”, the new song she’s dropped today. Over the past few years, Awich has been busy establishing herself as a rising force within Japan’s hip-hop scene. And now, in a few weeks, she will cross over to western audiences with Partition, her upcoming EP due out August 21st via Universal. “Shook Shook” is our first taste of Partition, and it comes on strong in the best of ways. Awich alternates between Japanese and English while rapping about her experiences as a women in the male-centric music industry. Behind her, a dark piano loop can be heard atop a gritty bass beat, all smoothed out by producer Chaki Zulu. It’s almost reminiscent...
Megan Thee Stallion Says She Was Shot in the Foot
Megan Thee Stallion has issued a social media statement regarding the incident over the weekend that led to Tory Lanez’s arrest and her own trip to the hospital. The “Girls in the Hood” rapper was taken to a Los Angeles hospital with what was reported at the time as a foot wound caused by broken glass found in Lanez’s car. However, Megan has now said the injury was in fact “gunshot wounds” she sustained “as a result of a crime that was committed against me and done with the intention to physically harm me.” She also clarified that she was never arrested, and the police only drove her to the hospital. Despite her public statement, the Los Angeles Police Department told TMZ that while Megan Thee Stallion was with police, “she did not report that she was the victim of any crime.” Accordi...
Twitter Accounts for Barack Obama, Kanye West, Elon Musk Hacked in Massive Security Breach
Twitter accounts for a number of high-profile individuals including former president Barack Obama, former vice president Joe Biden, Kanye West, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg, Warren Buffett, and others were hacked on Wednesday as part of an apparent cryptocurrency scam. The massive security breach also targeted major companies including Apple, Amazon, Uber, and Cash App, as well as cryptocurrency exchange sites such as Binance and Coinbase. Once the accounts were hacked, they transformed into crypto Nigerian Princes. That’s right, the cyber attackers utilized the oldest grift on the internet: the advance-fee scam. The zombie Twitter accounts advised their respective followers to send bitcoins to a secure address, promising that the money would be returned double the amount. This...
John Vanderslice Shares New Song “Lure Mice Condemn Erase”: Stream
John Vanderslice has been a crucial part of indie rock for the past few decades now, but it looks like now he’s more infatuated with electronic artists than anything else. At least that’s what appears to be the case with “Lure Mice Condemn Erase”, a new single he’s released today. After years of helping define the sounds of artists like Death Cab For Cutie and Sleater-Kinney, Vanderslice has been challenging himself to create electronic music on his computer while quarantined, reports BrooklynVegan. The process has been rather fruitful. In addition to this new song, Vanderslice is planning on releasing an EP called Eeeeeeeep. It marks his first time recording entirely on a computer. Apparently, that experience came with a big learning curve. “What blew me away was how terrible my first sta...
Subtronics Announced as Headliner of “Pavement Rave” Drive-In Concerts in August
As COVID-19 continues its relentless rampage through the concert industry, drive-in raves have been become the new normal for fans of live music. In lieu of sold-out festivals and concert halls, Carnage, Seven Lions, and many other major artists in electronic music have opted to plan and perform at drive-in shows to connect with fans beyond livestreaming. Joining in on the drive-in concert craze is bass music artist Subtronics, who is slated to perform at twin shows in Dickson City, Pennsylvania “Pavement Rave” on Friday, August 7th and Saturday, August 8th, 2020. Supporting the “Griztronics” producer, who is from nearby Philadelphia, are Brainrack, Forreign, Jeanie, Shizz Lo, and blossoming dubstep young gun Vampa, ...
DEADSY To Release First Album In More Than 14 Years
DEADSY, the art-industrial-rock band fronted by Elijah Blue (a.k.a. P. Exeter Blue I), son of actress/singer Cher and Gregg Allman, will release its long-awaited third album in early 2021. The disc’s first single and video will precede the full-length effort this fall. DEADSY is also planning to reissue its second album, “Phantasmagore”, on all digital platforms and vinyl. DEADSY announced its comeback in a social media post on Tuesday (July 14), The band wrote: “We’ve been laboring for the last 2 years, as the clarion call of DEADSY has brought us back into a state of making. We could not be more pleased with the yield and its energy. “Our forthcoming album, and 3rd release, entitled ‘Subterfugue’ (Sub-tur-fyoog) will begin its preliminary c...
GENTLE GIANT Reunites Virtually For First Time In Four Decades
The classic GENTLE GIANT lineup has reunited for the first time since 1980 for a unique new video. Pieced together over the last few months, it’s a brand new performance of “Proclamation” (originally from the band’s 1974 album “The Power & The Glory”), including appearances from GENTLE GIANT alumni Derek, Ray and Phil Shulman, Gary Green, Kerry Minnear, John Weathers and Malcolm Mortimore. There are also guest appearances by numerous notable musicians, including Jakko Jakszyk (KING CRIMSON), Billy Sherwood (YES), Lee Pomeroy (ELO/STEVE HACKETT), Dan Reed (DAN REED NETWORK), Richard Hilton (CHIC) and Mikey Heppner (PRIESTESS). “This terrible pandemic is being felt all over the world and with everyone being stuck at home, I figured now would be t...
