Chevelle Franklyn is a Jamaican renowned reggae and gospel reggae singer. She released her first gospel album, “Joy“, in 2001, toured internationally, and won (in 2002) 5 Caribbean Gospel Reggae Marlin Awards. Her gospel music was controversial with some for combining dancehall with the gospel. In 2008, she performed in Lagos, Nigeria at “The Experience“, a gospel mega-concert that attracted 400,000 attendees. In 2009, she was featured on one track “Surely Goodness” on American Christian musician, Israel Houghton’s album “The Power of One“; the album won the Grammy award in 2010 for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album. Festival of Life Concert Festival of Life is a charity o...
Rock and roll icon and two-time Grammy winner Tom Morello has released the third single off his highly anticipated album, “The Atlas Underground Fire”. The track “Let’s Get The Party Started” is a collaboration with BRING ME THE HORIZON. Tom says: “BRING ME THE HORIZON is really the current standard-bearer of hard rock/metal today, and thank God for them for that. “I had a couple of huge riffs and we just started mashing it up with Zakk Cervini, who has worked with them before. This song was written on three continents — Oli [lead singer Oliver Sykes] was in Brazil, Jordan [Fish, keyboardist] was in England and then I was here in L.A. It was a real United Nations of metal coming together to produce this song, which really feels to me like it captur...
UNDEROATH has shared “Pneumonia”, the third single off its upcoming seventh full-length album, “Voyeurist”, set for release on January 14, 2022 via Fearless Records. “Pneumonia” is a sonic and lyrical voyage through death, partly inspired by the passing of guitarist Tim McTague‘s father. Clocking in at just over seven minutes, the track shows UNDEROATH continuing to push their boundaries as a band, serving as one of the most melodic and experimental songs in their career. As the track progresses, the listener is met with eerie guitars, pulsating drums, and an earth-shaking switch from Aaron Gillespie‘s lush vocals to Spencer Chamberlain‘s intense screams. On the writing process, McTague elaborates: “We started writing the song, ra...
METALLICA played a special intimate concert last Thursday night (September 16) at the 500-capacity The Independent in downtown San Francisco. Professionally filmed video footage of the show’s opening song, “Whiplash”, can be seen below. The band’s setlist was as follows: 01. Whiplash 02. Ride The Lightning 03. The Memory Remains 04. Now That We’re Dead 05. Holier Than Thou 06. No Leaf Clover 07. Sad But True 08. Moth Into Flame 09. Fade To Black 10. For Whom The Bell Tolls 11. Creeping Death 12. One 13. Master Of Puppets Encore: 14. Battery 15. Fuel 16. Seek & Destroy Per city mandate, The Independent has reportedly been requiring proof of vaccination at every show since the venue reopened in July. Attendees were required to wear masks at all times except ...
Polyvinyl Record Co. and Emmy-nominated artist, author, activist and musician Laura Jane Grace (AGAINST ME!, THE DEVOURING MOTHERS) have announced the release of “At War With The Silverfish”, Grace‘s brand new seven-song EP. Half recorded at Grace‘s TinyQuietStudio in Chicago, Illinois and half recorded at Electric Eel in St. Louis, Missouri and mixed by her DEVOURING MOTHERS bandmate Marc Hudson, “At War With The Silverfish” is the follow-up to her critically acclaimed solo album “Stay Alive” and finds Grace in a range of stripped-back, poignant modes that amount to an honest and holistic account of our shared humanity. Additionally, Grace will be performing solo this fall and winter supporting “At War With The Silverfish”, makin...
J. Cole on Wednesday surprised fans with the drop of “Heaven’s EP,” his first new single since the release of his latest album The Off-Season. Arriving with an accompanying Las Vegas-based music video directed by Simon Chasalow, the track builds on Drake‘s new track, “Pipe Down,” from Certified Lover Boy, which was produced by Leon Thomas III, FaxOnly, Jean Bleu, Simon Gebrelul and Anthoine Walters. “Some people say that I’m running third, they threw the bronze at me/Behind Drake and Dot, yeah them n***** is superstars to me,” Cole raps on the new song. “Maybe deep down I’m afraid of my luminosity/So when you see me on red carpets, I’m movin’ awkwardly.” Cole’s sixth studio album, The Off-Season, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart after moving an impressive 282,00 equivalen...
HipHopWired Featured Video For the past few months Millyz has been quietly buzzing and making a name for himself, and as of late has even gotten the attention of some of the rap game’s most respected lyricists and artists. Today the Boston representative continues to build on his growing popularity with the visuals to “American Bully” where the up and coming rapper links up with his peoples and spreads the love in the form of smoke, drinks, and even a food buffet. Back in Chicago G Herbo finds himself on the cover of Forbez before rolling through his city and parking in the middle of a basketball court in his black-and-white clip to “Stand The Rain.” Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Coi Leray, EST Gee featuring Lil Durk, and more. MILLYZ – “AMERICAN BULLY” [embedded ...
When you opt to embed the word party in your name, you have an obligation to put the “fun” in “function.” That is exactly the goal of #Partystarters, a seductively kinetic EP that partywithray hopes will cover dance floors from LA to Berlin with sweat. The Los Angeles-based producer recently unveiled the record, a song-cycle of frisky dance music designed for club hedonism. #Partystarters is a breakneck locomotive of steamy swag house. partywithray shows out on its four tracks, each of which drip with the down-and-dirty élan of a neon-swathed club floor. ZHU makes an appearance on the EP’s opener, a come-hither banger called “Lil Mama” that finds the Grammy nominee providing a flirtatious topline over a sultry arr...
Today, September 22nd, legendary DJs Pete Tong and Carl Cox will perform at a virtual event as part of their “Club Rewind” campaign to showcase the power of Gig1, Virgin Media’s state-of-the-art gigabit broadband service. Tong and Cox will go back-to-back, with the former performing in London and the latter from Glasgow. Gig1’s internet will power the technology that manages outputs for the master and headphones as well as connecting the “Club Rewind” event locations. This will allow crowds to share the experience and virtual set and give fans the option to tune in from the comfort of their own home. The event will take place between 7PM and midnight. “Music has the power to transport you back in time, relive memories and c...