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Chance The Rapper “A Bar About A Bar,” M.I.A. “The One” & More | Daily Visuals 6.1.22
HipHopWired Featured Video For a minute there it seemed like Chance The Rapper was going to be a Hip-Hop mainstay and rack up all kinds of platinum plaques and accolades for the foreseeable future. Then he won some Grammies and fell back from the spotlight. But the Chicagoan is still doing his music thing and recently dropped a new visual for “A Bat About A Bar” in which he showcases what a night at a bar can consist of such as a black cowboy, long lines, and a bathroom that’s out of order. Real random but entertaining. M.I.A. meanwhile makes her return as well and in her clip to “The One” takes to the lake to become one with nature and possibly get ready for the next Avatar film, The Way of Water. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Z-Ro, The Homies, and more. CHANCE T...
HHW Gaming: Amazon Allowing Customers To Request An Invite To Buy PS5
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty Are you still looking for a PlayStation 5 console? Amazon might be your saving grace in your years-long search. In a move the company should have done a long time ago, Amazon is now launching a more “orderly” way to secure a PlayStation 5. Usually, when you visit the PlayStation 5 landing page, you’re greeted with the dreaded “currently not in stock” message, but that’s changing. Amazon allows shoppers to request an invite to buy the highly coveted next-generation video gaming console. A request button can now be seen in the spot to the right where the “buy” button would typically be located. According to Amazon, if chosen, you will receive a link via email, and you will have 72 hours to scoop up your PlayStation 5 console. Oh, and the...
Watch The Mountain Goats Warm-Up for a Big Show in ‘Training Montage’ Video
The Mountain Goats have announced their forthcoming record, Bleed Out, which is due Aug. 19. The band just released the gleeful “Training Montage” video, where we see a funny montage that starts with the band throwing axes and skateboarding backstage. [embedded content][embedded content] Before performing onstage, they took comical clips of themselves running around venues and arenas and doing push-ups on benches, literally “training” for a big show, singing: “Everybody ready for justice / Just another mile to go / But the strings will keen and the horns will cry / When it’s just me against the sky.” Bleed Out will arrive via Merge Records, and is available for pre-order. Produced by Bully’s Alicia Bognanno, according to a release, the record is “a c...
Nikki Lane Unveils First Album in Five Years, Denim & Diamonds
Nikki Lane has been keeping busy the last few years with various music collaborations. For the first time in five years, Lane is slated to release what marks her fourth studio album, Denim & Diamonds, which is out Sept. 23. With the announcement, Lane just shared the video for it’s lead single, “First High.” [embedded content][embedded content] The Jocelyn Cooper-directed “First High” video takes us down Lane’s own memory lane, where she indulges in nostalgia for her rebellious upbringing. Lane cries of a youthful freedom of driving fast and smoking with punks: “Take me back to the first show / Right back to the first note / When I knew my heart was pure rock ‘n’ roll / I’m still searching for that first high.” “This song is about chasing that feeling of the first rollercoast...
The 25 Best Pride Songs of 2022 (So Far): Staff Picks
2022 has already proven to be a year in which popular, newly-released singles are fewer and further between, especially when it comes to the Billboard Hot 100. But that doesn’t mean there haven’t been plenty of incredible new songs to jam out to this year. That goes double for LGBTQ artists — even just halfway through the year, dozens of queer and trans stars have already released career-defining songs, with some even upending their entire public personas in favor of releasing something that is honest about their sexualities. Exceptionalism in queer art has also spanned genres; pop, R&B, rock, folk, and even some country has seen major singles by queer artists hit the market in 2022. So, to celebrate the work these artists put into their songs this year, check out Billboard’s...
Did Angel Olsen Just Show the Music Industry How to Make Vinyl Green?
Could there be a simpler way for the music industry to go green? While acts like Coldplay and Justin Bieber have been focused on bicycle-powered stadium shows and kinetic dancefloors, for her new album Big Time (out Friday on Jagjaguwar) Angel Olsen took a more straightforward approach that’s replicable for artists of all sizes. Each vinyl or CD copy of the album purchased from her label’s website has carbon offsets built into the pricing, meaning the environmental impact that went into producing — and will go into consuming — the vinyl album (for $1 each) or CD (50 cents each) is effectively neutralized. All the proceeds from these surcharges go to Native, a public benefit corporation specializing in carbon offsets, which will use the money to purchase carbon offsets supporting the Medfor...
Just A Gent Signs Global Administration Deal With Angry Mob
Australian electronic artist and producer Just A Gent is the latest addition to the Angry Mob Music Group roster, Billboard can exclusively reveal. Hailing from Newcastle, New South Wales, the electro music-maker (real name Jacob Grant) has been releasing music as Just A Gent since 2013, and has amassed more than 300 million streams with such cuts as “Limelight (NGHTMRE Remix),” “Rolling Dice,” “The Change (featuring DMA’S) [Remix],” “Iris in the Dark,” and others. His 2016 cover of Kid Cudi’s “Day N Nite” for triple j’s Like A Version series has garnered almost 3 million plays. [embedded content] Over the years, he’s had nods from some of the top guns in electronic music, from Skrillex to Diplo, Dillon Francis, What So Not, and others, and dropped his debut full-length album project Plane...
Brandi Carlile Is a Queer Icon — And She’s Making the Music Business Better, Too
Brandi Carlile is happy to expound upon bad wine. Bad wine gives her a hangover. The pretension of wine culture leaves a bad taste in her mouth. “Without sounding like I’m judging wine as a concept, it’s annoyingly bougie and culturally hetero,” she says with a laugh. “It’s like golf.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news So when it came to developing her own boutique wine label, XOBC, she knew what she did want. It would be a wine for folks who are “a little left of center.” Something a bit rugged — maybe for a camping trip, to be sipped out of a Solo cup — “but it’s not going to give you a f–king headache.” And like everything Carlile does, it wouldn’t just be good — it would do good, too. Because Carlile and her wife, Catherine Shepherd, ...
Wolfgang Van Halen Blasts Reelz’ Eddie Van Halen Autopsy Episode: “F**k Everyone That Works on This Show”
Wolfgang Van Halen is seething over Reelz’ upcoming episode of its documentary series Autopsy: The Last Hours of …, which focuses on his late father, Eddie Van Halen. The episode is set to premiere this Sunday, June 5th, and Wolfgang is urging people not to watch it while also lambasting those responsible for the show. Eddie Van Halen died in October 2020, after a long bout with cancer. The immediate cause of his passing was listed as cerebrovascular accident, which is the medical term for a stroke. Among the underlying causes were pneumonia; myelodysplastic syndrome (a bone marrow disorder); and lung cancer, which he battled for three years. In a tweet on Wednesday (June 1st), Wolfgang shared a news article about the TV show, and wrote, “F**k @ReelzChannel, f**k everyone that works on thi...
Algernon Cadwallader Reunite for 2022 Tour
Algernon Cadwallader, the emo heroes who dropped two beloved albums and then disappeared, have reunited to announce their first tour in a decade. The band last toured together in 2012, shortly after the release of their sophomore album Parrot Flies. The reunited lineup boasts every original band member, including Peter Helmis (vocals, bass), Joe Reinhart (guitar), Colin Mahony (guitar), Nick Tazza (drums on 2008’s Some Kind of Cadwallader), and Matt “Tank” Bergman (drums on 2011’s Parrot Flies). “We’re just so stoked y’all have kept our band alive this long so that we have the opportunity to play these songs together again,” Helmis said in a statement. “These shows are gonna be 100% authentic Algernon.” Advertisement Related Video The 20-date tour kicks off October 14th in P...
Lil Durk Announces Fall 2022 US Tour
Lil Durk isn’t done touring behind his latest album, 7220, yet. Today, the Chicago rapper announced his Fall 2022 trek in support of the project, fittingly titled “The 7220 Deluxe Tour.” Spanning 15 cities, the trek kicks off on September 17th at The Criterion in Oklahoma City before making stops in Brooklyn, Nashville, Los Angeles, and more. It will close out in Seattle on October 17th. See the full itinerary below; tickets go on sale Friday, June 3rd at 11:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. A Live Nation pre-sale is set for Thursday, June 2nd (use code DAZZLE). Released in March 2022, 7220 debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and returned to the top spot four weeks later. It includes the singles “Pissed Me Off,” “AHHH HA,” and “Golden Child.” Advertisement Related Video Ahead of ...
The Johnny Depp Vs. Amber Heard Defamation Case Has Concluded
After a six-week trial, the Johnny Depp versus Amber Heard defamation case has concluded. The Depp v Heard case took place at the Virginia Fairfax County Circuit Court, where Depp sought compensation from his ex-wife, Heard. The high-profile case has been circulated on YouTube and Instagram with many fans tuning into the live-streamed trial each day. Seeking $50 million USD in damages for a 2018 The Washington Post piece against Depp for alleged domestic abuse, the jury eventually awarded Depp a total of $15 million USD in the defamation case — $10 million USD in compensatory damages and $5 million USD in punitive damages. The jurors also found Depp responsible for defamation through his attorney and awarded Heard $2 million USD. The reaction from both parties regarding the ending of the t...
