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Some Sema – STENGAH
RATING: 8/10 If you have the cojones to name yourselves after a MESHUGGAH song, the least we can do is give you a shot. Fortunately, while exhibiting a clear debt to the aforementioned legends, STENGAH‘s debut album does much more than simply emulate someone else’s formula. This French band have a sound that has clearly been meticulously crafted: those all-important bendy, polyrhythmic riffs are a fundamental part of the majority of these songs, of course, but they are far from being the main event. “Soma Sema” combines those mutant djent tropes with plenty of post-metal squall, elegant progressive detours and moments of outright metal fury. The end result is frequently exhilarating. “At The Behest of Origins” erupts with pure percussive venom, before th...
Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes Steals the Show Wearing Ukraine’s Colors on Corden
Duran Duran brought their upbeat new song “Tonight United” to the Late Late Show with James Corden. “This song is about the world coming together over music,” said Simon Le Bon as Nick Rhodes, wearing a conspicuous blue-and-yellow suit in honor of Ukraine, ramped up the synths. The new song, from the band’s new album Future Past, is a reminder of how good these New Wave stalwarts are at updating their sound without letting go of the dance-pop energy we love them for. Duran Duran begin their North American tour this August at New York’s Madison Square Garden in New York. Nile Rodgers and Chic will open for them on every date. On [TKdate], Duran Duran was nominated for entrance into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022. All original members of the band are nominated i...
The War on Drugs, Animal Collective, Margo Price to Play New Sacred Rose Festival
Sacred Rose, a massive new music festival for fans of jam, indie, psych-rock, and soul music, is coming to Chicago’s SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois on August 26-28, 2022. Tickets go on sale Monday (March 21) at noon central time. The lineup includes Phil Lesh & Friends, Khruangbin, The War On Drugs, Black Pumas, Kamasi Washington, Animal Collective, Umphrey’s McGree, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Goose, STS9, Greensky Bluegrass, and Margo Price. The three-stage festival will be doing daily stage lineup announcements and set time reveals via their social media pages and website. “In 2018 when we shifted North Coast from a multi-genre festival to a fully electronic music event, we started dreaming up Sacred Rose and what it could mean for fans of Americana, psych-rock, jam, in...
HHW Tech Review: The Galaxy Note Lives On In Samsung’s New S22 Ultra Smartphone
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls (@BeanzGotGamez) / Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra Samsung took a bold step with one of its latest flagship smartphones, and it was a VERY wise decision. After months of speculation, Samsung casually “killed off” its relatively popular Galaxy Note model, making the exceptional Note20 Ultra the device’s swan song. At the same time, Samsung also decided to keep what made the Note line great and just introduce it into the S22 Ultra model, bringing together loyal Note users and with the other Galaxy smartphone users. A decision that we believe will benefit Samsung in the long run. Display Source: Bernard Smalls (@BeanzGotGamez) / Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra One area where Samsung always delivers with its flagship smartphones is the display, and with the ...
Comedian Primetimestein AKA Alex Stein Delivers Harsh Bars For Vladimir Putin At TX Council Meeting
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mikhail Svetlov / Getty Alex Stein, also known as comedian and social media star Primetimestein, forged a living out of trolling public political gatherings with over-the-top antics. Stein went viral this week after taking the podium at a Texas council meeting to deliver some murderous bars towards Vladimir Putin in defiance of the Russian leader’s attack on Ukraine. During the gathering in Plano, Texas, a modestly dressed Stein approached the podium for his three-minute address to the council, but all hell broke loose once he hit play on a Bluetooth speaker and began spitting hot fiyah in denouncing Putin. Trying to grasp the lyrics isn’t going to be our task today. Just check out the video Stein posted below and witness the lyrical barrage yourself. Ple...
Sir Mix-A-Lot Creates Cheeky NFTs For A Worthy Cause
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tim Mosenfelder / Getty If you thought the world of NFTs and cryptocurrency lacked a little spice, veteran rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot is here to change that – and just in time to celebrate an anniversary and do some good to boot. The “Baby Got Back” rapper is reportedly marking the 30th anniversary of his hit number one single by putting out a series of non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. Sir Mix-A-Lot is partnering with a developer, META-X Studios to create the NFTs in a series that will be called “Bit Butts”. The collection of digitally-crafted cabooses will first be hand-drawn, colored, and assembled by animation artists commissioned for the project, with the Seattle, Washington rapper himself contributing personal designs for some of the more rare NFTs. The “Bit ...
Don Lemon Wrapped Up In Chris Cuomo, CNN Beef
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Santiago Felipe / Getty The legal tussle between ousted anchor Chris Cuomo and his former employer CNN is moving forward but this time some of Cuomo’s former coworkers are now filling the wrath. In a recent legal filing, Cuomo singled out his one-time close friend Don Lemon by saying the network didn’t discipline the host for his alleged transgressions while on the job. Deadline was the first to report on the $125 million arbitration filing from Cuomo against CNN, which paints the firing and subsequent fallout as a smear campaign. “Cuomo has had his journalistic integrity unjustifiably smeared, making it difficult if not impossible for Cuomo to find similar work in the future and damaging him in amounts exceeding $125 million, which includes not only the ...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Dolly Parton Still on 2022 Ballot
Several weeks after the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced the list of artists nominated for its Class of 2022, one of this year’s nominees — Dolly Parton — released a statement requesting her name be withdrawn because she didn’t feel she’d “earned that right.” The iconic country singer elaborated on her decision in an interview with Fox News on Thursday. “My perception and I think the perception of most of America — I just feel like that’s more for the people in rock music,” Parton said. “I’ve been educated since then, saying that it’s more than that, but I still didn’t feel right about it. It kind of would be like putting AC/DC in the Country Music Hall of Fame. That just felt a little out of place for me.” The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation has officially acknowledged ...
Prince Benz ft Master KG & Makhadzi – Ke Nosi
Check out this brand new piece of music from Prince Benza titled – “Ke Nosi”. Coming in from one of the Open Mic Production music act, called Prince Benza, is this brand new single titled “Ke Nosi” featuring Master KG and Makhadzi. The new record “Ke Nosi” is an amazing masterpiece with excellent delivery and a special feel from the guest appearances. “Ke Nosi” fills in as a follow-up to his previously released body of work tagged – Modimo Wa Nrata. However, this track deserves a spot on your playlist, happy listening. Listen and share Prince Benz ft Master KG & Makhadzi – “Ke Nosi” below. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Prince_Benza_-_Ke_Nosi_ft_Master_KG_Makhadzi__NaijaMusic.com.ng.mp3 Download
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Amazon Closes $8.5 Billion Deal to Acquire MGM
Amazon has officially brought yet another company under its wing. Jeff Bezos’ empire announced today that it has closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM. The deal, which was first announced back in May 2021, adds more than 4,000 movies and 17,000 TV shows to Amazon’s Prime Video catalog. This merger means that giant franchises like the James Bond series, as well as Silence of the Lambs, Rocky, and The Hobbit, now belong to Amazon. The company now owns the rights to some storied TV classics, such as The Apprentice and the fabled racist Donald Trump tapes. With their ownership of MGM’s studios now in effect, Amazon plans to use the acquisition to boost Prime Video and Amazon Studios’ growing catalog of new originals. Advertisement Related Video “The storied, nearly century-old studio — wi...
Arcade Fire Announce New Album WE, Share “The Lightning I, II”: Stream
Arcade Fire have announced their new album. Entitled WE, the band’s sixth full-length is due out on May 6th via Columbia Records. As a preview, they’ve shared the first single, “The Lightning I, II.” Arcade Fire set out to record an album in February 2020, but when the pandemic began, Win Butler and Régine Chassagne decided to hunker down and write more songs instead of sticking with what they already had. “It was the longest we’ve ever spent writing, uninterrupted, probably ever,” Butler said in a statement. The finished product, WE, is at once a double album and a practice in restraint. Seven songs unravel in 40 minutes, split between two sides: Side “I” deals in isolation, while Side “WE” revels in human connection. The project was produced by Radiohead’s go-to boardman, Nigel Godr...
