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Above & Beyond Release Series of Ambient Music and Guided Meditation Compositions
With no clear light at the end of the pandemic’s tunnel in sight, many people are experienced a phenomenon known as “quarantine fatigue,” a behavioral instinct to return to pre-COVID-19 societal habits despite posing a danger to others. Speaking to TODAY recently, Melanie Ross Mills, a family relationship expert in Dallas, said, “We are created to bond and connect. We suffer when our social bonds are broken.” In harrowing times like this, when we must comply with stay-at-home ordinances in order to keep ourselves and others safe, it’s easy to become stir-crazy and lose your sense of self. Enter Above & Beyond, who are doing their best to combat the psychologic pitfalls associated with the global lockdown by releasing Flow State Meditations o...
Martin Garrix Announces Release Date for Upcoming John Martin Collab “Higher Ground”
Martin Garrix took to Facebook today to announce the official release date of his forthcoming collab with John Martin, titled “Higher Ground.” The single, which harkens back to the euphoric, mainstage progressive house sound that helped catapult the Dutch prodigy to international stardom, is dropping this Thursday, May 14th via his own STMPD Records banner. Garrix debuted the track during his rooftop livestream back in early April. He also dropped the curtain on “Higher Ground” during his May 5th, 2020 livestream event, giving fans a taste of the uplifting single from the back of a moving boat, which you can watch here. Fans have been buzzing about the mega-collab for quite some time. John Martin is, of course, the velvety voice behind some of the most ico...
David Gilmour Covers a Pair of Syd Barrett Solo Songs
Previously in his ongoing Von Trapped livestreams that he records with his family while in quarantine, David Gilmour has covered Leonard Cohen while helping his wife, Polly Samson’s new book Theater for Dreamers. Now, he’s certainly taken things up a notch. In the latest one, Gilmour covered late Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett, performing “Octopus” and “Dominoes” from a pair of albums from 1970 — The Madcap Laughs and Barrett respectively. In addition to performing the songs, Gilmour shared some stories from his time being in a band with Barrett. The genesis of these stories came from Gilmour’s proofreading a forthcoming book of Barrett’s lyrics. “Octopus” starts at 17:35 and “Dominoes” starts at 32:50 of the broadcast. Samson’s Theater for Dreamers was supposed t...
Ava DuVernay Shares How Little Richard Tipped Her $100 Every Week When She Was A Waitress
Source: Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty When the news of Little Richard’s passing was announced, everyone began sharing memories of encounters they had with the architect of Rock ‘N Roll. When They See Us director, Ava DuVernay was one of those people with fond memories of the late musician who passed away due to bone cancer on Saturday (May.9). In a tweet, she revealed that while she was a waitress in Los Angeles, Richard would leave her a $100 tip every week. “I served soul food brunch to Little Richard every Sunday for a year while waitressing at Aunt Kizzy’s Back Porch in LA. I was a college student. He tipped me a crisp $100 bill each week on a $75 breakfast with friends. This was 30 years ago. Helped me so much. God rest his soul.” I served soul food brunch to Little Richard every Sunda...
Charlamagne Tha God Feels Black People Need To Legally Strap Up To Avoid Becoming Another Ahmaud Arbrey
Source: Tom Williams / Getty The modern day lynching of Ahmaud Arbrey sent shockwaves across the nation as it was a reminder that not only are Black people continuously hunted down by both authorities and everyday Amerikkkans, but that the justice system is a complete joke as his killers were allowed to walk free until the video caused an uproar and people demanded justice. Though both his caucasian killers have since been arrested for his unjust murder, a conviction isn’t exactly guaranteed as we learned when George Zimmerman was found innocent for the murder of Trayvon Martin. But is this racial disparity in America the reason behind Black men and women going out and purchasing firearms? Charlamagne Tha God seems to think it’s a factor and truth be told, he’s not wrong. During a panel di...
Brooklyn Rapper Nick Blixky Shot & Killed
Source: Nick Blixky / Instagram An up and coming Brooklyn rapper named Nick Blixky was shot and killed in his home borough last night (May 10). He was just 21 years old. Born Nickalus Thompson, he was found with gunshot wounds in front of 200 Winthrop Street in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn around 9:30 p.m, per NBC New York. Nick Blixky was reportedly shot in his chest and buttocks, according to the NYPD. Unfortunately, after being taken to NYC Health & Hospitals/Kings County he was pronounced dead. CNN reports that police found Blixky after responding to a 911 call. The Brooklyn native was due to drop a mixtape titled Different Timin in June. Blixby’s “Drive The Boat” single and video, which dropped in late 2019, has amassed over 2 million views on YouTub...
Zion Williamson’s Former Agent Snitches, Alleges He Received Illegal Benefits To Play At Duke
Source: Don Juan Moore / Getty Zion Williamson is currently in the NBA terrorizing rims, but his former agent latest allegations have him revisiting his time while at Duke. This is not the news that Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski was looking forward to hearing on Mother’s Day. Williamson is currently engaged in a legal battle and its heating up with his former agent at Prime Sports Marketing, Gina Ford. She is doing her best Tekashi 6ix9ine impression and snitching alleging he took illegal benefits to attend Duke University and wear specific sports apparel brands. Courts documents shared by gaming law and sports betting attorney Daniel Wallach on Sunday (May.10) detailed the allegations. Ford claims Zion was aware his parents, Sharonda Sampson and stepfather Lee Anderson, “demanded and re...
Primavera Sound 2020 Canceled Due to COVID-19
Primavera Sound 2020 has been officially canceled. The Barcelona, Spain music festival was originally scheduled for June 3rd-7th, but was postponed until August 26th-30th in light of the ongoing pandemic. Now, the 2020 event has been completely called off. “We are devastated and are terribly sorry for the inconvenience caused, but the health and well-being of our festivalgoers and all of the people involved in the festival has always been and is still our absolute priority,” Primavera Sound said in a statement addressing the “most difficult decision in it history.” Editors’ Picks The festival’s original 2020 lineup included Pavement, The Strokes, Massive Attack, and Lana Del Rey. Tyler, the Creator, The National, Beck, Bauhaus, and Bikini Kill were also slated to perform. While the c...
Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone Season 2 Sets Premiere Date and Drops Creepy First Trailer: Watch
The Twilight Zone is closer than you think. Today, CBS All Access announced that the second season of Jordan Peele’s reboot will arrive on Thursday, June 25th for what they’ve dubbed “National Twilight Zone Day”. Unlike last year’s run, however, all 10 episodes will be available at once, and you can get a preview of what’s to come in the new trailer. “You are not who you appear to be,” says Billy Porter in a voice over. From there, we get a smash cut of scenes that include a not-so-subtle reference to the Invader from “The Invaders”, a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it nod to The Busy Bee Cafe from “The Nick of Time”, what appears to be an homage to 2001’s HAL, and essentially every star on payroll. As previously reported, many of those stars include the aforementioned Porter, Joel McHale, Top...
Shinedown Singer Says Band’s Summer Tour Is Still a Go: “You Can’t Stay Inside Forever”
While most bands are conceding that touring won’t happen for at least the next several months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Shinedown frontman Brent Smith says his band is planning as if they’re hitting the road this summer. As he puts it: “We are not afraid to play for you.” Shinedown were forced to postpone their spring North American “Deep Dive Tour” due to the pandemic, but quickly rescheduled the dates for the summer, before health experts and government officials started predicting that concerts wouldn’t resume until 2021. In a new interview with Jose Mangin for Zippo Live, Smith explained that the band is still hoping to honor the newly scheduled dates. “We are supposed to be on tour right now doing that tour, interspersed with headlining some festivals,” said Smith. “We rescheduled...
Migos Share New Track “Racks 2 Skinny”: Stream
Migos, the prolific rappers with the sticky triplet flows, have returned with a new track, “Racks 2 Skinny”. Produced by DJ Durel, “Racks 2 Skinny” finds the Migos having just spent an unwise amount of money. But the trio are not deterred. “When the racks too skinny (too skinny),” Quavo says in the hook, “I can make somethin’, squeeze a milli (squeeze, uh).” The song comes with a music video directed by Joseph Desrosiers and Migos. It features huge piles of rubber-banded cash, expensive grills, and space-age sports cars filmed like something out of Sin City. Check out “Racks 2 Skinny” below. This is the second new track that Migos have released in as many weeks. On May 5th (Cinco de Mayo) they released the new track “Taco Tuesday”. In February, they teamed up with Young Thug and ...
Cher Shares Touching Throwback Photo Amid Mom’s Health Battle on Mother’s Day
Cher took to social media on Sunday (May 10) to share a sweet Mother’s Day tribute along with an update on her mom’s current health battle. “Momma,Gee & Me,” the legend captioned a black-and-white snap of herself as a young girl posing alongside her mother Georgia Holt and half-sister Georganne. “Mom had to go to Hospital day before yesterday. Not Covid 19. She needed infusions,Iron,& Transfusion…They Say’ll She’ll Be Much Much better in a few days.” The post comes just two days after Cher’s first musical release of 2020: a Spanish re-recording of her take on ABBA‘s “Chiquitita.” Originally released as part of the singer’s 2018 ABBA cover album Dancing Queen, Cher will be donating all proceeds from the dual-lan...
