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Kim Kardashian Can Breathe A Sigh of Relief, Kanye West & Julia Fox Seem To Be Getting Very Serious
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gotham / Getty Things are picking up quickly between Kanye West and his alleged new girlfriend, Uncut Gems star Julia Fox. Kim Kardashian can possibly breathe a sigh of relief. It seems Julia Fox is currently keeping rain boots wearing Kanye West’s attention right now. Per TMZ, the rumored new couple were spotted together in NYC on Tuesday (Jan.4) following a weekend in Miami that saw them hanging out with N.O.R.E and his wife. On Tuesday, West and Fox hit the Omicron-filled streets to catch Slave Play, one of the few Broadway plays that did not shut down due to the highly contagious COVID-19 variant. The popular but very polarizing play is right up West’s ally because it tackles topics like sex, race, gender, traumatic experiences, and, of course, interr...
Artist x Artist: Yola and Natalie Hemby in Conversation
For most of the 2010s, singer-songwriters Yola and Natalie Hemby worked in relative obscurity, mostly known by country-music enthusiasts and insiders. But in the last two years, all of that has changed. Yola’s 2019 country-soul debut Walk Through Fire was a surprise hit, earning the British newcomer four Grammy nominations in 2020. Since then, her career has taken off. Her follow-up, Stand For Myself — one of SPIN’s best albums of 2021 — is in the running for Best Americana Album at this year’s Grammy Awards. One of the best cuts on Yola’s album, “Diamond Studded Shoes,” is nominated for Best American Roots Song. The song was co-written by Natalie Hemby, a prolific songwriter who has written hits for country stars like Kacey Musgraves and Miranda Lambert. More recently, Hemby has been writ...
Where Podcast Producers May Turn for Deals in 2022
If 2020 and 2021 were the years Hollywood stars proved their mettle in podcasting, 2022 could be the year top influencers find their stride in audio. A survey of U.S. listeners by Acast and Nielsen finds nearly 40 percent of respondents said they wanted podcasts from YouTubers and influencers, outranking interest in shows from music and TV personalities. “We anticipate that this consumer desire will drive content creators who are looking to please their fans to pick up microphones and test the waters in podcasting this year,” Tommy Walters, Acast’s North America Commercial Insights Manager, said in an email to The Hollywood Reporter, noting that “smart content creators” understand the potential of podcast advertising will be able to carry their followings over to t...
Los Temerarios & Carlos Vives Postpone Their 2022 U.S. Tours Amid COVID-19 Surge
Los Temerarios and Carlos Vives announced Wednesday (Jan. 5) that they’ve postponed their respective U.S. tours amid a surge in COVID-19 cases across the nation. In an official press release shared on their social media channels, the Mexican grupero band said that due to the “critical situation,” they decided to postpone their 2022 tour — which was set to kick off Feb. 4 — and move it to 2023. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “At this moment, everyone’s health is top priority, and although we want to return to the stage and reunite with our fans, we don’t want to put anyone at risk,” Los Temerarios, led by brothers Gustavo and Adolfo Angel, wrote. Tickets purchased for the 2022 tour will be valid for the new dates, which they’ll be announcing in...
Turnstile Rocks 7 ‘Glow On’ Tracks in a Room Packed With Stuffed Animals for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert: Watch
Turnstile is the latest artist to jam for NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series. The Baltimore quintet performed multiple tracks from their critically acclaimed 2021 album, Glow On, for the set made available Wednesday (Jan. 5). Members Brendan Yates, Franz Lyons, Brady Ebert, Pat McCrory and Daniel Feng rocked from Feng’s home in front of a mind-boggling installation of stuffed animals by John Scharbach, a sweet contrast to the seven high-energy, hardcore tracks from their recent release. The band opened up their live set with “Endless,” before Yates welcomed viewers to their Tiny Desk. Explore Explore Turnstile See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “We’re Turnstile. Thank you for being here, thank you, NPR, for having us. Welcome to the Turnstile NPR Tiny Desk,” ...
Disney’s ‘Encanto’ Soundtrack Enchants Billboard Charts
The soundtrack to the Walt Disney animated film Encanto vaults 110-7 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Jan. 8) for its first week in the top 10. The set is in its fifth week on the tally and shoots into the top 10 following the film’s premiere on the Disney+ streaming service on Dec. 24. Encanto is the most recently released soundtrack to reach the top 10 since Disney’s own Frozen II jumped 15-3 on the Dec. 7, 2019, chart, on its way to No. 1 a week later. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an...
alt-J Share ‘Hard Drive Gold’ Video
Today, alt-J released a video for “Hard Drive Gold,” the third song off their upcoming fifth studio record, The Dream. [embedded content][embedded content] The Mercury Prize-winning trio is set to release The Dream on February 11 through Canvasback/Atlantic, and it is available for pre-order now. The new track’s accompanying video is the band’s singer/guitarist/songwriter Joe Newman’s directorial debut, and his partner, Darcy Wallace, co-directed. “’Hard Drive Gold’ is a slightly tongue-in-cheek song written at what we thought was the height of the cryptocurrency gold rush,” alt-J’s Newman said in a statement. “It’s the story of the ultimate childhood fantasy, the schoolboy who becomes a millionaire overnight, and the different interactions he has with people in his life from teachers...
MELVV On the Promise of NFTs: “Ownership Is Finally Returning to the Musicians”
You can roll your eyes and call “BS” on NFTs all you want, but their potential for musicians is undeniable. And no matter how many of those in the dark write them off as foolish without nary a Google search, independent artists will gladly continue to reap the rewards. Such is the case with MELVV, a popular electronic music producer and DJ who has performed at many of the nation’s most coveted music festivals, like Coachella, Electric Forest, and Lollapalooza. He, like many other artists, recently discovered a latent love of NFTs after a snakebitten lifecycle with a major record label. MELVV recently opened up about his experiences in a candid blog post on Mirror.xyz, a decentralized publishing platform. Due to sustained creative differences with his former label and the ...
EDDIE VAN HALEN’s First Wife Reveals His Last Words, Says The End Came In ‘Slow Motion’
Eddie Van Halen‘s ex-wife Valerie Bertinelli has opened up about the legendary guitarist’s death. In her new book, “Enough Already: Learning To Love The Way I Am Today”, which will be released on January 18, she reveals that she and their son, Wolfgang, were both present at the time of Eddie‘s passing after a years-long battle with cancer in October 2020. They were joined by other family members, including Eddie‘s second wife, Janie Liszewski, and his brother, Alex Van Halen. People magazine has published an excerpt from the book in which Valerie recalled saying to Eddie just days before his death as they cried together: “Maybe next time, right? Maybe next time we’ll get it right.” Eddie‘s death on October 6, 2020 came in “s...
FALLING IN REVERSE Releases New Single ‘Zombified’
Platinum-selling rock band FALLING IN REVERSE has released the official Jensen Noen-directed music video for its new single “Zombified”. The song was written by FALLING IN REVERSE frontman Ronnie Radke along with Cody Quistad and Jon Lundin. “Zombified” is expected to appear on FALLING IN REVERSE‘s upcoming EP, “Neon Zombie”, which will be released “soon,” according to the band’s social media. Last April, FALLING IN REVERSE took part in “Live From The Unknown”, an immersive livestream experience featuring two totally unique concerts with different setlists. FALLING IN REVERSE recently announced “Live From the Unknown: The Tour”, a winter 2022 headline run which kicks off on January 13 in Atlanta and runs th...
AVENGED SEVENFOLD’s Upcoming Album Is ‘Very Influenced By KANYE WEST,’ Says M. SHADOWS
AVENGED SEVENFOLD frontman M. Shadows has confirmed to Metal Hammer that the band will complete the recording of its eighth studio album next month. “In January, we’re going in to finish the strings on the record,” he said. “The record’s been recorded for a year, but we haven’t been able to put the real strings on it, because we couldn’t fly out to Prague. When an orchestra have to social distance and they aren’t sitting next to each other, they can get out of tune, and we have just finally got to a place where we can use this 70-piece orchestra as we intended. We finish the record in February, mix it in March.” Regarding the musical direction of the follow-up to 2016’s “The Stage”, M. Shadows said: “There are so...
IRON MAIDEN’s BRUCE DICKINSON To Resume Work On New Solo Album This Spring
In a new interview with Loudwire, IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson was asked whether there are any plans for him to work on a new solo album to follow up 2005’s “Tyranny Of Souls”. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I am obviously coming over to [America to] do the one-man [spoken-word] show [beginning in late January]. When I get to the end of the one-man show thing at the end of March, then the idea is I’ve got about three weeks cooling my heels somewhere. I’ll lie down in a darkened room for a couple of days and recover from the tour and then put my singing head on and go and have a chat with [longtime collaborator] Roy [‘Z’ Ramirez]. ‘Cause we’ve already got a bunch of material, but we need to organize it a ...
