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Steve Angello Bets On Blockchain Marketplace to Revolutionize Music Rights Ownership
Steve Angello is placing a bet on the future of music rights and throwing his weight behind anotherblock, a Swedish startup dedicated to expanding public access to royalty investing by way of NFTs. Founders Sebastian Knutsson and Mattias Miksche both boast impressive pedigrees from different sectors of the technology industry. Knutsson is the founder of King, the publishing and development company behind Candy Crush, while Miksche’s company Stardoll has operated as an angel investor in AI-learning platform Sana Labs, among other successful early stage companies. According to a press release shared with EDM.com, the Swedish House Mafia star threw his hat in the ring during anotherblock’s latest pre-seed funding round, which raised $1.2 million. The platform will seek to tokenize...
Skrillex Previews New Music With Mura Masa, PinkPantheress, Willow In Heartfelt Instagram Post
“Life does speak to you in whispers but if you don’t listen it can become an earth quake,” Skrillex wrote in a poignant Instagram post previewing new music. The upcoming track, a collaboration between PinkPantheress and Willow which features additional production from Mura Masa, was first teased on PinkPantheress’ TikTok over the weekend. The singer’s caption called the song a dream collaboration years in the making, and the clip has since garnered over two million views. In the brief preview, PinkPantheress’ playful hook is contrasted by Willow, who interjects with vocals crying out, “Now my life’s a downward spiral…” Despite the magnitude of the collab—and the buzz surrounding it already—Skrillex kept his announcement down ...
SUICIDE SILENCE Returns To CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS
California metallers SUICIDE SILENCE have come full circle and returned to their original label home, Century Media Records. With nearly two decades of non-stop touring around the globe, hundreds of thousands of records sold and cementing themselves as a lynchpin band in modern extreme metal, the Riverside quintet has rejoined the label that released the highly acclaimed albums “The Cleansing” (2007), “No Time To Bleed” (2009) and “The Black Crown” (2011). SUICIDE SILENCE guitarist Chris Garza states: “I can’t believe how far we’ve all come since the band began 20 years ago. Today we’re back where it all started — writing music together in the same room where the first three albums were created. We’re incredibly excited to b...
MATTHIAS JABS Unboxes SCORPIONS Figures From KnuckleBonz (Video)
A two-minute video of Matthias Jabs unboxing the bundle of SCORPIONS figures from KnuckleBonz, creator of the Rock Iconz music collectible series, can be seen below. The SCORPIONS figures (set of three or separately) are available for order at this location. This set includes Rudolf Schenker Rock Iconz statue, Klaus Meine Rock Iconz statue and Matthias Jabs Rock Iconz statue. All Rock Iconz statues are officially licensed, limited-edition collectibles. This is a fine-arts process where each statue is hand-cast, painted and numbered. The statues are created in 1/9 scale. Each statue comes with a certificate of authenticity on the base of the statue. Each statue sells for $155 and ships worldwide. KnuckleBonz has been creating high-end statues since 2003 and continues to be dedicated to hono...
GODSMACK Announces October 2022 European Tour
GODSMACK will embark on a European headlining tour in October. Fan presales start this Wednesday, January 26 at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. at Godsmack.com. Presale code: smackthis2022. General public on-sales start Friday, January 28 at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Tour dates: Oct. 05 – Cologne, Germany – Palladium Oct. 06 – Paris, France – Casino de Paris Oct. 08 – Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy Oct. 09 – Manchester, UK – Academy Oct. 11 – London, UK – Roundhouse Oct. 12 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy Oct. 14 – Brussels, Belgium – AB Oct. 15 – Offenbach, Germany – Stadthalle Oct. 16 – Berlin, Germany – Columbiahalle Oct. 18 – Munich, Germany – Zenith Oct. 19 – Zurich, Switzerland – K...
SKILLET’s JOHN COOPER Says ‘Rock And Roll Does Not Belong To The Devil’: ‘Music Belongs To God’
John Cooper, the frontman and bassist for the Grammy-nominated Christian rock group SKILLET, recently spoke to blogger and podcaster Alisa Childers about the criticism he and his bandmates have faced for at times sharing the stage with “horrifically un-Christian” artists at various rock festival around the country. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “There are people that criticize, and, honestly, I don’t even mind it. It’s never even crossed my mind to bother me, just because I’m, like, ‘Hey, they don’t get it and they don’t need to.’ … So I don’t really mind it. “My vision is this — part of what [the new SKILLET album] ‘Dominion’ is about, to me, the culture mandate, part of that, to me, and I ...
A ‘RuneScape’ Board Game and Tabletop RPG Is In the Works
Steamforged Games has officially announced a RuneScape board game and a tabletop role playing game (TTRPG) book. According to reports, fans of the longtime MMORPG will be able to get their hands on the board game and TTRPG book later this year. Steamforged shared that both games will highlight “fresh-but-faithful” adaptations of the many quests and characters from RuneScape’s two-decade history; the board game will feature a one to five player campaign in the world of Gielinor, where ComicBook states “players will craft and upgrade equipment, upskill their characters, and take on a variety of different sidequests,” while the TTRPG will have a hardcover rule book with instructions for character-building and guides. Phil Mansell of Jagex, the developers of RuneScape, shared that this will be...
New Survey Reveals Game Developers Aren’t Interested in Crypto or NFTs
Ahead of the 2022 Game Developers Conference, organizers ran their usual industry survey gathering a glimpse into the present and future of the gaming world. Informed by the ongoing interest in cryptocurrency and NFTs, this year’s State Of The Game Industry 2022 survey featured a section dedicated to the tradable digital asset built on blockchain technology and accompanying non-fungible tokens. The question, “What is your studio’s interest in cryptocurrency as a payment tool?” saw 72% of people respond “Not interested,” 21% “Somewhat interested,” 6% “Very interested” and 1% “Already using it.” While “What is your studio’s interest in non-fungible tokens (NFTs)?,” saw similar responses with 70% of people responding “Not interested,” 21% “Somewhat interested,” 7% “Very interested” and 1% “Al...
Damon Albarn Addresses Taylor Swift Comments at Career-Spanning Intimate L.A. Show
Say this much for Damon Albarn, the guy’s got a sense of humor. As he was winding down his 17-song, 75-minute set at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, he addressed the elephant in the room: his much-discussed comments about Taylor Swift. In case you missed it somehow, Albarn caused quite the stir by knocking Swift’s songwriting that lit social media on fire Monday following Swift’s harsh rebuke. Many of her friends and collaborators came to her defense, leading Albarn to swiftly issue an apology. The day will mostly be remembered for that Before closing with “Song 2,” Albarn addressed the firestorm he created. Joking that “before he cast me into the social media abyss,” Albarn said that Los Angeles Times‘ Mikael Wood asked him if he’d play “Song 2.” That he did, after saying tha...
Twitter Puts On Their Capes To Defend Bow Wow After Tweet Asks Users To Name 3 of His Songs
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Prince Williams / Getty When it comes to Bow Wow, aka Shad Moss, he’s usually the butt of the jokes on social media, BUT this time, Twitter is putting on their capes for the Hip-Hop star. You can clown Bow Wow for all of the ridiculousness he may get involved in sometimes, but one thing you can’t take from him is the hits he has produced. On Twitter, the no.1 place for social discourse, a user shared a ridiculous tweet stating, “imagine a n***a puts a gun to your head and tells you to name 3 bow wow songs.” We can name quite a few off the top of our heads here, “Bounce With Me,” “Like You,” “BasketBall,” “Outta My System,” the man has got a plethora of hits. As expected, he got flamed in the quote retweets with numerous followers telling him to put ...
Unreleased Pusha T Track Teased At NIGO’s Kenzo Paris Fashion Week Show
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Stephane Cardinale – Corbis / Getty Pusha T earned the right to be considered one of Hip-Hop’s top lyricists, and anticipation for new tunes remains high among his supporters. Fans of King Push are currently abuzz after the news went wide that an unreleased track from the Virginia great was teased at a Paris Fashion Week event.A Bathing Ape founder NIGO is the newly appointed head designer for the luxury brand Kenzo, and the moment was capped by a Paris Fashion Week showing that unveiled a new collection. Details on the event are below. From Paris Fashion Week: On the final day of Paris Fashion Week Men’s, Nigo unveiled his first combined womenswear and menswear collection for Kenzo in the Galerie Vivienne — the same venue as the late house fo...
Seeing Sounds: Pharrell Williams Announces Tiffany & Co. Collaboration
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Stephane Cardinale – Corbis / Getty Pharrell Williams continues to prove why he is our favorite influencer’s favorite influencer. He has a forthcoming collaboration with Tiffany & Co.. As spotted on Hype Beast the Virginia Beach, Virginia native is lending his unique approach to style with American luxury jewelry retailer. Last week he attended the Kenzo Fall/Winter 2022 show in Paris, France which was curated by his long time friend NIGO. As expected Pharrell showed up dressed to impress wearing an army green hooded parka coat, a Human Made pizza logo t-shirt, jeans and a beret. But it wasn’t the fit that turned heads but his lenses. P was sporting custom Tiffany & Co. sunglasses that take eyewear grandeur to new levels. Related Stories...
