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KISS’s Twice-Postponed Concert In West Palm Beach To Finally Take Place In September
KISS‘s concert at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida, which was originally scheduled for October 8, 2021 and was then postponed to November 5, 2021 “due to ongoing weather issues,” will finally take place on September 21, 2022. All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the new date. More information will be e-mailed to ticketholders directly. The original West Palm Beach show was postponed when weather reportedly started to deteriorate around 7:30 p.m. on the day of the gig. Officials asked the crowds occupying the amphitheater’s hill to seek shelter in the covered area of the venue or even their cars as the tropical storm was about to get serious. Heavy rains and lightning continued for another two and half hours, and around 10:00 ...
Song of the Week: Belle and Sebastian Are Leaving “Unnecessary Drama” Behind
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, Belle and Sebastian mark their comeback with one of their rowdiest entries ever. There’s something about the lucky number seven for Belle and Sebastian lately. The seven-piece act is returning with a new album for the first time in seven years, and their latest single “Unnecessary Drama” is offering the first look. It’s a more boisterous entry from the band, featuring a can’t-miss harmonica riff and propulsive energy. “The song is about a young person experimenting in being a human again after a forced hiatus,” frontman Stuart Mur...
Nilüfer Yanya Unveils New Album PAINLESS: Stream
Nilüfer Yanya has released her latest album PAINLESS via ATO Records. Stream it below on Apple Music and Spotify. The London native’s new studio effort arrives three years after she burst onto the map with her 2019 debut album Miss Universe, and two years after the Feeling Lucky? EP. PAINLESS was preceded by singles “stabilise” and “midnight sun,” both of which made the tracklist for the 12-song LP. PAINLESS also shows off a marked sonic shift from the bedroom pop of the singer-songwriter’s debut firmly into indie rock territory. “I think I realized, to me, my music always sounded like rock music, but maybe to other people it hadn’t,” she told NPR ahead of the new album’s release. “Now I’m like, it’s definitely rock music.” Advertisement Related Video In her chat with the ou...
On Sale Today: Phish, The Chicks, Bauhaus, Greta Van Fleet, and More
After a busy week of tour announcements, the time has come for tickets to go on sale. Here’s the latest in the live concert landscape and how to lock in tickets. Phish are returning for their annual spring and summer tour. Bauhaus are reuniting and touring the US for the first time in over sixteen years. The Chicks are hitting the road in support of their first album as a group in over fourteen years. Get all the details on these tours and more below. It’s been fourteen years since The Chicks released an album, so the group won’t be wasting their shot at touring Gaslighter. The country trio is set to embark on a 27-city headlining tour and will be bringing along Patty Griffin and Jenny Lewis for select dates. Lock in seats via Ticketmaster. Advertisement Related Video Phish are set to...
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Cast and Character Guide: Who’s Who in Amazon’s Epic New Series
Fans have been patiently, (or, let’s face it, impatiently), awaiting the release of the new series Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power since Amazon bought the TV rights to the franchise for $250 million back in 2017. In the past couple of months, we’ve finally been rewarded for our patience with a couple of promotional breadcrumbs, like a highly-anticipated Super Bowl trailer, as well as first looks at the characters via Vanity Fair. The show, which is coming to Prime on September 2, 2022, is set thousands of years before The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings in Middle-earth’s Second Age, and promises to fabricate a fantastical backstory to the franchise we know and love. With that comes a cast of brand new characters, as well as some of our favorite familiar faces. Here’s your definitive,...
Big Thief’s James Krivchenia Announces New Album Blood Karaoke, Shares New Song: Listen
Big Thief drummer and producer James Krivchenia has announced a new experimental solo album. It’s called Blood Karaoke and it’s due out April 15 via Reading Group. He’s shared the lead single, “Emissaries of Creation,” which you can check out below. Krivchenia created Blood Karaoke by sampling unwatched YouTube videos found through random online generators. (The generators found clips of Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentations, video game walkthroughs, old local news clips, and more.) “It was a very iterative, long process, lots of editing and putting together little moments or 10 second chunks with lots of samples. The music was conceived to be a somewhat unbroken 40 minute long composition and I think of the singles as excerpts,” he said in a statement. Big Thief released their fifth a...
Madonna Teams With Sickick and Fireboy DML for New “Frozen (Remix)”: Listen
Madonna, the Canadian producer Sickick, and Fireboy DML have released a new remix of “Frozen.” The second remix of the 1998 classic, originally from Ray of Light, follows an official release last December of the version that went viral on TikTok. Check it out below. An official video will follow soon, according to a press release. Also below, watch Fireboy DML’s new “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” for NPR. Last week, Madonna raised eyebrows with an Instagram video that interspersed images from war-torn Ukraine with clips of herself dancing. It was captioned with a condemnation of President Vladimir V. Putin and a call for humanitarian action, as well as a message of support for Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who reportedly proceeded to follow her on Instagram. Content This content can ...
Kevin Morby Announces New Album and Tour, Shares Video for New Song: Watch
Kevin Morby has announced a new album. The follow-up to 2020’s Sundowner is called This Is a Photograph; it’s out May 13 via Dead Oceans. He’s also announced a world tour. Check out the video for the album’s title track and his upcoming tour dates below. The new album was produced by Morby’s frequent collaborator Sam Cohen. It features contributions from Cassandra Jenkins, Makaya McCraven, Tim Heidecker, Alia Shawkat, and more. It was partially recorded at Cohen’s upstate New York studio with additional sessions in Memphis at Sam Philip’s Recording Co. “Sam Cohen and I wanted to throw everything at the wall with this one,” Morby said in a statement. “It’s about the battle every family faces, that of chasing the clock, to live our lives and hold onto one another for as long as possible. Tha...
PC Music Announces PC Music, Vol. 3 With A. G. Cook, Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek, and More
PC Music has announced another edition of its roster-spanning compilations. PC Music, Vol. 3 features appearances from Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek, Clairo, A. G. Cook, and more. It’s out May 13. See most of the track list—minus three mystery titles—plus a trailer for the project below. Vol. 3 arrives nearly six years after the previous installment, 2016’s PC Music, Vol. 2. The label’s recent releases include a self-titled EP from Hyd, remixes from Caro♡, and other tracks from Hannah Diamond, Ö, and Umru. Charli XCX’s next album Crash is due on March 18, and “Baby” is the latest track from the project. Caroline Polachek released her new single “Billions” in February, following last summer’s “Bunny Is a Rider.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. PC Musi...
Snoop Dogg Reveals Plans To Resurrect Death Row Records
In a recent interview with TIDAL, Snoop Dogg went into detail as to how he plans to resurrect Death Row Records as its new CEO. He divulged how he came about the idea of the acquisition stating, “I’m looking at Death Row just depreciating. I’m watching how I’m putting Def Jam back in the light; they’re hot again. People talking about them, and artists signing. I’m like, shit — imagine what I could do with Death Row?…To be in control of the brand means that I got all of the pieces that I need to do what I got to do, from the masters to the publishing, to the IP, to the label, to the logo, to everything. It’s all mine. I’m able to move it around and do what I need to do with it.” Snoop has since secured Dr. Dre’s project and is planning on bringing Tupac‘s work back to the record label. Snoo...
A Timeline of Residente & J Balvin’s Feud
Residente and J Balvin‘s feud, which initially involved hot dog comparisons, has evolved into a multi-layered back-and-forth event. It all started after the Colombian star called for a boycott of the Latin Grammys last September in response to what he perceived as lack of urban representation in the nominations. Residente quickly responded to Balvin saying, “It’s as if a hot dog cart got offended because he couldn’t earn a Michelin star […] your music is like a hotdog cart. Almost everybody likes it, but when those people want to eat well, they go to a Michelin-starred restaurant.” Since, the feud hadn’t made headlines. Until now. On March 3, the Puerto Rican artist dropped a nearly 10-minute diss track where he not only blasts Balvin but also the industry, including managers who take song...
Executive Turntable: CMG Names Digital Marketing SVP, Atlantic Taps Viral Marketing Head
Rebecca “Dimplez” Ijeoma was named senior vp, digital marketing & content development at Capitol Music Group (CMG). Ijeoma will co-lead the company’s digital department alongside CMG senior vp, digital strategy, business development & operations Nicholas Osborne out of CMG’s Hollywood headquarters. In the role, Dimplez will be tasked with strengthening marketing collaborations with digital and social media partners through campaigns and projects, while focusing on direct-to-fan engagement and commerce on a marketing campaign level. Dimplez’s hire marks a return for the executive at CMG, where she previously served as director, digital marketing from early 2017 through more than half of 2018. In that role, she was a key force in launching R&B singer Queen Naija, among other proj...
