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GRiZ’s Guide to the Best Emerging Producers in Electronic Music
If there’s anyone who can foreshadow the immediate future of electronic music, it’s GRiZ. EDM’s de facto Funkmaster General has long been championed as a tastemaker in the genre. Having released seven albums and helped usher in the careers of countless artists over the course of his illustrious decade-plus career, GRiZ has had a bird’s eye view of the dance music scene—and what lies ahead. We’ve joined forces with GRiZ to highlight seven artists who he believes are riding a wave to electronic music domination at the moment. In his own words: Moore Kismet “I found their tunes a while back and was instantly impressed. Such a fresh sound, and a lovely human to boot. Bound to continue to star status! And seriously, we know you know, but I just wanted to...
#UnmuteUs Protests Spark Easing of Restrictions for Dutch Nightlife and Festivals
The #UnmuteUs movement is continuing to grow in scale throughout the Netherlands after over 150,000 took to the streets in the latest round of protests. However, a silver lining has now taken shape. Across 10 different cities, Dutch citizens have voiced discontent with the government’s COVID-19 policies and demanded nightclubs and major events—including festivals—be provided a pathway to return to the region. This year, frustration with the Dutch government among the public and private sector has escalated as the government’s rolling ban on music festivals has pushed into September. With no sign of relenting, 70,000 protestors took to the streets in late August with the dawn of #UnmuteUs. Recommended Articles Following the events of this weekend, however, a highly v...
See St. Vincent Chase Herself in Haunting ‘The Nowhere Inn’ Video
In lieu of the upcoming film The Nowhere Inn where she stars with Carrie Brownstein, St. Vincent has shared a video for the film’s title track. Here, she stands behind a singer that is performing to a packed audience in an elegant theatre, while she is actually the one singing for the poser performer, as they both bear matching green gowns. St. Vincent and the performer are mimicking each other’s graceful hand gestures, and when the curtain closes, she chases her doppelganger through several red curtains. Singing “Been waiting now for years to see you / In my everlasting mirror,” she approaches and tries to turn around the fake-St. Vincent, to find out she has no face at all and pulls out a ring from her hair. After reading her name imprinted into the ring, naturally, she eats it. The vide...
Big Ears Festival Returns to Tennessee in 2022
For the first time in three years, the Big Ears Music Festival returns to Knoxville, Tennessee on March 24-27, 2022. Hosting over 100 concerts spanning various genres, the festival will have over 12 venues, and will feature films, exhibitions, talks, workshops, parties, and surprises. Headliners include Kim Gordon, Animal Collective, Yves Tumor, Low, John Zorn, Sparks, Meredith Monk, Moses Sumney, and Annette Peacock. Two large concert events are scheduled for the anticipated fest. Composer and instrumentalist John Zorn will present eight concerts throughout the four-day festival, with 14 collaborators joining him on stage including Bill Frisell, Stephen Gosling, and Kenny Grohowski. A tribute to the musical world of New Orleans, rooted in Haitian and Cuban sounds, will be the first t...
R.I.P. Norm Macdonald, Beloved Comedian Dead at 61
Norm Macdonald, the beloved comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast member, has died at the age of 61 following a nine-year private battle with cancer. “He never wanted the diagnosis to affect the way the audience or any of his loved ones saw him. Norm was a pure comic,” Macdonald’s friend and producing partner, Lori Jo Hoekstra said in a September 14th statement announcing his death (via Deadline). “He once wrote that ‘a joke should catch someone by surprise, it should never pander.’ He certainly never pandered. Norm will be missed terribly.” With a quick wit but painfully slow delivery, Macdonald was known for long walks to bamboozling simple, left-field punchlines. His “Moth” joke, delivered during a 2009 appearance on Conan, is a particularly beloved example of his tension-snappin...
Grimes’ Met Gala Sword Was Made Out of Fermented (?) Guns and Inspired by Dune
The most likable aspect of Grimes has always been how she makes her nerdiest dreams come true. As the latest evidence, look no further than her Met Gala look, which was inspired by Dune and included a sword made out of fermented (?) guns. The Canadian pop artist spoke to Vogue about the inspirations behind her outfit, and dropped the tidbit about fermented guns to ET. It’s not clear what she means by the guns being fermented; fermentation is an organic process that gives us beer, yeasted breads, chocolate, and more, and usually refers to microorganisms causing a desirable change in food or liquid. Some metal-eating bacterias exist, though the crusty byproduct would make for poor weaponry. Perhaps her partner Elon Musk found something in his preparations for coloniz...
Jarvis Cocker Announces Companion Album to Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch
Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker has announced a French pop covers album titled CHANSONS d’ENNUI as a companion piece to Wes Anderson’s upcoming movie The French Dispatch. It’s due out October 22nd to coincide with the film’s release worldwide. In a statement, Cocker explained the album is actually credited to a fictional pop singer in the movie named Tip-Top. “JARV IS… were asked to record a version of ‘Aline’ (originally a hit in the 60s for non-fictional French pop star Christophe) under the guise of Tip Top,” he wrote on Instagram. “You may have heard it in the trailer for the film. One thing led to another & now there is a whole Tip Top album Les Chansons d’Ennui.” He added, “Having grown up with a deep love of French pop this was a dream come true for me: I get to ...
Alanis Morissette Blasts HBO Documentary Jagged About Her Life
On Tuesday, September 14th, the new Alanis Morissette HBO documentary, Jagged, will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. According to the singer, however, it’s a misleading glance at her life. In a new statement, Morissette blasted Jagged and accused it of including “implications and facts that are simply not true.” “I was lulled into a false sense of security and their salacious agenda became apparent immediately upon my seeing the first cut of the film,” Morissette told Rolling Stone. “While there is beauty and some elements of accuracy in this/my story to be sure — I ultimately won’t be supporting someone else’s reductive take on a story much too nuanced for them to ever grasp or tell.” News first broke last Friday that Morissette had seen Jagged and disapproved of the d...
The Reality Behind AR and VR
For the last decade at least, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have been touted multiple times as hot, emerging technologies on the cusp of going mainstream. They were supposed to become part of our everyday lives and a staple of our entertainment consumption. Except somehow they never did cross that magical threshold to become ‘must have’ experiences. But now, finally, massive advances in headset/glasses in terms of both weight and design, plus the arrival of LIDAR as standard on some top-end phones could be game-changers. LIDAR is a method for determining distance by targeting an object with a laser and measuring the time for the reflected light to return to the receiver. Lidar can also be used to make digital 3D representations of objects. On top of that, thanks to artifi...
Watch My Morning Jacket Jam on ‘Love Love Love’ Video
My Morning Jacket announced they’d be releasing their first proper new album in six years last month. The veteran rockers just dropped a vibrant video for “Love Love Love,” the second single off their upcoming record. Check it out below. [embedded content] Radiating a soulful, modern Beatles, the video is embellished with neon collages and pop art swirling in and around the band as they jam. The jagged guitar riff brings a classic rock feel intertwined with the video’s heady rainbow flair. “‘Love Love Love’ is trying to steer the ship away from everything I’m talking about in ‘Regularly Scheduled Programming,’ and speak toward positivity and pure love,” frontman Jim James said. “Finding truth within yourself and in the world around you.” The mesmerizing video was directed by George Mays ...
GIVĒON Announces Dates for His 2021 “Timeless Tour”
After showing out for his first festival appearance at Lollapalooza, GIVĒON is expanding his live show appearances this Fall/Winter 2021 with his first-ever tour. The “Timeless Tour” will host 15 shows and traverse over 14 different cities — the first of which will be Detroit, Michigan on November 28, 2021 at El Club. Other stops on the run include major cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Oakland, Atlanta Chicago and more, with he final stop being Seattle on December 22, 2021. The Long Beach-born crooner’s live show run will be in support of his latest EP When It’s All Said and Done… Take Time which released back in March of 2021. Since then, the artist has made big time appearances on Justin Bieber‘s Justice album for “Peaches” with Daniel Caesar as well as Drake’s chart-topping Certif...
THE DOORS: ‘Live At The Bowl ’68 Special Edition’ Coming To Movie Theaters In November
Trafalgar Releasing has announced that on November 4, in celebration of 50 years of THE DOORS‘ legendary album “L.A. Woman”, “The Doors: Live At The Bowl ’68 Special Edition” will transform movie theaters worldwide into concert venues giving fans the closest experience to being there live alongside Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek. In addition to viewing the full concert film, this special event includes extras filmed exclusively for the big screen: a brand-new musical performance of Densmore and Krieger with special guests, plus a conversation with Densmore, Krieger and the band’s manager, Jeff Jampol. On July 5, 1968, THE DOORS lit up the storied stage of the Hollywood Bowl with a legendary performance that is widely co...
