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deadmau5 and Richie Hawtin Top Lineup of Speakers at Beatport’s Inaugural ReConnect Summit
Beatport has announced the headlining speaker lineup for the company’s inaugural ReConnect summit, set to take place in New York on September 21st and 22nd. Dance music stalwarts and PIXELYNX founders deadmau5 and Richie Hawtin are slated to speak about their experience in the Web3 space and provide insights on metaverse music experiences in the years to come. Representatives from Meta, Red Light Management, Disruptor Records, the Association for Electronic Music and more will lead discussions on timely topics like diversity and inclusion, wellness and branding among others. Beatport’s ReConnect summit builds upon Beatport’s philanthropic initiative that launched shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic wrecked havoc on the music industry. It has since raised more than $...
Listen to Dabin’s Exclusive EDM.com Playlist Ahead of Headlining Splash House Performance
To celebrate his first-ever performance at Splash House in Palm Springs, Dabin has curated a special playlist locked and loaded with a bouquet of his favorite melodic bass, indietronica, future bass and dubstep tracks of the moment. Available exclusively via EDM.com, the 25-track playlist also includes selects off Dabin’s blockbuster, rock & roll-infused album, Between Broken. “So excited to perform at Splash House!” Dabin told us. “I’m playing a much chiller, vibey set and it’s something I’ve never done before so I’m extra excited.” Touching down at the first of two August editions of the poolside event, a linchpin of the SoCal festival scene, Dabin will headline the Margaritaville stage alongside John Sum...
Showtime Acquires Doc Based on Rock Book ‘Meet Me in the Bathroom’
Former SPIN intern Lizzy Goodman’s 2017 chronicle of the 2000s-era New York rock scene, Meet Me in the Bathroom, is headed to Showtime in the form of a Pulse Films documentary directed by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern. The long-in-the-works film debuted earlier this year at Sundance; Showtime will air it before the end of the year, while Utopia will distribute it to theaters. Meet Me in the Bathroom detailed the rock resurgence in New York over the first decade of the new millennium through oral history-style, firsthand accounts from The Strokes, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Ryan Adams, among others. The book was hailed not only for documenting personal, often salacious details about the artists’ interpersonal relationships, but examining the effect of ...
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Go Up in Smoke on New Single, ‘Burning’
Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O reflects on a fire that nearly destroyed her East Village apartment in the late 1990s on the group’s new single, “Burning,” a video for which is expected on Friday (Aug. 12). Driven by a piano loop inspired by The Four Seasons’ “Beggin,’” the track is drawn from the group’s next album, Cool It Down, due Sept. 30 from Secretly Canadian. Discussing “Burning,” Karen O recalls leaving a votive candle burning in her New York home and going across the street for a drink, only to return and find a massive blaze having already been extinguished by firefighters. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money...
Travis Scott Teases New Music, Possibly Putting Final Touches on ‘Utopia’ LP
Travis Scott has been gradually making his return to music following the Astroworld tragedies. At the beginning of this month, the rapper announced a Las Vegas residency at Resorts World’s Zouk Nightclub taking place this fall, an experience called Road to Utopia. He also performed a headlining show over the weekend at London’s O2 Arena, where he performed the new track “God’s Country.” According to recent social media posts, Scott may have even more new developments in the works. The rapper appears to be teasing that a new album is on the way, presumably his long-awaited fourth studio LP, Utopia. On August 7, the rapper shared a photo dump captioned, “now to finish” with a CD emoji. The following day, he took to Twitter, declaring that he’ll “be back when it’s album time.” Utopia was...
Street Fighter 6 Brings Modern Style and Hip-Hop Culture to the Iconic Franchise
As we’ve previously discussed, there are very very few names in video games as big and as culturally relevant as Street Fighter. Since Street Fighter II launched in 1991 and transformed the fighting game world, Capcom’s flagship series has maintained its spot as the king of the genre. Now, as we inch toward Street Fighter 6 — the first title designed for the current generation of consoles — the series looks to continue to build on the success that some of Capcom’s other properties (like Resident Evil and Monster Hunter) have seen since Street Fighter V released in 2016. With a new visual flair and a more modern “urban” aesthetic, the series is branching out in directions it hasn’t entirely explored before — all while maintaining the tight gameplay and genre-defining features that the serie...
Peruzzi – Things I Need
Check out this Peruzzi’s brand new song, “Things I Need.” Nigerian singer Peruzzi drops brand new songs, one of which is titled Things I Need, following his new track tagged “Hypertension“. He dedicates the stunning new record to his music lovers and your listening pleasure. Peruzzi, however, has recently appeared on a few tracks, including Wayte by Duru, and Off-white by Chizzy among others. This track should be added to your playlist. Listen and share Peruzzi – Things I Need below. Download coming soon.
DJ Shawn ft L.A.X & Reekado Banks – Baddest
Check out this fresh new tune from DJ Shawn titled – Baddest. Nigerian disc jockey, DJ Shawn comes through with a brand new piece titled Baddest, in which he features Reekado Banks and L.A.X. The new record is an impressive tune to rock your day. It serves as a follow-up to his previous mixtape “Party In The Jungle“. More so, Baddest was produced by Wende and D3an, and it however deserves a spot on your playlist. Listen and share DJ Shawn ft Reekado Banks & L.A.X – Baddest below. Download coming soon.
L.A.X – Para
Don’t miss this brand new single titled “Para” by L.A.X. Nigerian singer L.A.X just a couple of months after his released single tagged Waist Drop returns with a new street banger he calls “Para“. Para was produced by Wende & D3an. It is an amazing solo track that should be added to your playlist. The record is a follow-up to some tracks he featured on like Body by Ibraah, Falz’ Roger Milla, and Lil Frosh Like Dat (Remix). Listen and share L.A.X – Para below. Download coming soon.
PsychoYP ft Zilla Oaks & Backroad Gee – IC3
Don’t miss PsychoYP’s new single released titled – IC3. Nigerian rapper PsychoYP teams up with Zilla Oaks and Backroad Gee for his latest track he calls IC3. It is his fourth track released so far this year. The new record is a fantastic piece of good music for your listening pleasure. It is dedicated to his teeming fanbase for their supportive effort. You can as well check out the recent single he featured titled Under Attack (Africa Remix). Listen and share PsychoYP ft Zilla Oaks & Backroad Gee – IC3 below. Download coming soon.
Megan Thee Stallion Previews Sophomore Album ‘Traumazine’ With Ominous Teaser Video
Megan Thee Stallion confirmed that she had finished recording her sophomore album late last month. Now, the Houston rapper is offering fans a preview of what they can expect on the new record, entitled Traumazine. Set to a simple piano track, the 20-second clip shows Megan wearing a black veil as she slowly approaches a casket, surrounded by ominous onlookers. Once she approaches, she places a single black rose on the coffin. The video cuts to a woman walking away from the casket as it pours around her. It’s unclear if the mystery woman is Megan, as she wears a giant white hat that obscures her face. The clip fades to reveal the album title, Traumazine. Last week, Megan posted the word’s definition, a “chemical released in the brain when it is forced to deal with painful emotions caused by...
Bright Eyes Reveals Details for Next Batch of Companions Reissues
Bright Eyes has revealed details for its next batch of Companions catalog reissues, which will arrive Nov. 11 on Dead Oceans. The Companions editions of albums Lifted or the Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground, I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn all include EPs with six new recordings featuring guest performances by Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Becky Stark and Maria Taylor. Lifted includes a cover of “November” by Azure Ray, I’m Wide Awake boasts a version of “Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel” by Townes Van Zandt and Digital Ash is appended with a take on “Agenda Suicide” by fellow Nebraska band The Faint. Also out today is one new contemporary re-record from each of the three EPs: “You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will,” (originally from Lifted)...
