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MOTIONLESS IN WHITE Has ’16 Or 17 Songs’ To Choose From For Upcoming Album
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE frontman Chris “Motionless” Cerulli spoke to Ethan Jackson of the Topeka radio station V100 about the progress of the recording sessions for the band’s follow-up to 2019’s “Disguise” album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “All that’s really left to do is record the vocals, which I’m gonna start right after this tour. I was in California working with our producer Drew [Fulk] throughout a lot of the summer. And now it’s just, like, okay, well, we’ve got everything in place, all of the stuff’s written. Now it’s just time to record the vocals. The music’s all good. So, yeah, as soon as this tour is over, I’m going right there and working on it till it’s done.”...
ROB HALFORD: ‘JUDAS PRIEST Is Part Of The Fabric Of Music In American Culture Now’
Singer Rob Halford of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST, who are celebrating their 50th anniversary, spoke to The Virginian-Pilot about the band’s longevity. “I think anything of quality sustains itself,” he said. “Right from those early kinds of ground shakers — how far can I think back? — ‘United’, ‘Take On The World’, ‘Evening Star’, anything from that point on where you make that connection and it starts to stick and that is also your motivation to keep making music at a very high standard. We’ve never approached our albums as it being about one song serving as a radio track and the rest is filler. … Good stuff lasts forever.” He added: “PRIEST is part of the fabric of music in American culture now. We...
The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” Is Fastest Song to Hit 2.5 Billion Spotify Streams
The Weeknd‘s “Blinding Lights” has broken another streaming record shortly after making Billboard Hot 100 history. According to Chart Data, the After Hours cut surpassed 2.5 billion Spotify streams and is officially the fastest song to achieve this feat. “Blinding Lights” was originally released in November 2019, meaning that the track took only 22 months to earn that amount of streams. The song’s new Spotify achievement arrives less than a month after it become the longest-charting song on the Billboard Hot 100. “Blinding Lights” logged a total of 88 weeks on the chart in mid-August, beating the 87 weeks of Imagine Dragons‘ “Radioactive.” “Forever grateful to be able to experiment with sounds, try new things with my voice and create music with the people I truly love and respect...
Diddy Shares His Opinion on Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’ and Drake’s ‘Certified Lover Boy’
Rap mogul Diddy has shared his thoughts on two of the most anticipated album releases of the year. In the past couple of weeks, Diddy has taken time out of his Italian vacation to comment on this Kanye West‘s DONDA and Drake‘s Certified Lover Boy. Diddy took to social media to comment on the albums, first offering his congratulations to both artists, “I just wanna say that you guys are true kings of creativity.” He adds, “Both of you guys are so special and necessary. Thank y’all for the inspiration! I wanna make sure that what hip-hop knows is the reach and the power that we have. I really wanna take my hat off to both of these brothers for sharing their truth.” Diddy makes sure to praise both artists for their authenticity and for staying true to their own individual and highlighting tha...
Cardi B and Offset Welcome Baby Boy, Their Second Child Together: ‘He Is Already Loved So Much’
“We are so overjoyed to finally meet our son,” the couple said in a statement provided by Cardi’s representatives. “He is already loved so much by family and friends and we can’t wait to introduce him to his other siblings.” Offset also celebrated the occasion by sharing a shirtless photo of himself embracing the child while lying on a hospital cot next to Cardi. “Chapter 5,” he captioned the sweet picture on Instagram, a reference to this being his fifth child. Cardi and Offset are already parents to their 3-year-old daughter Kulture, who was born on July 10, 2018. Offset is also the father to three other children from previous relationships. In late June, Cardi revealed her pregnancy at the 2021 BET Awards while onstage with Migos duri...
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky Pose With Nicki Minaj and Kenneth Petty in New Photos
It was unclear when the photos and video were taken, or what the occasion was. But they appeared to be enjoying each other’s company, and people couldn’t stop tweeting about their hangout session. Some fans especially loved baby seeing “Papa Bear” — as Minaj has affectionately called him — and the expression on his face while seated between two superstars. “imagine having nicki minaj as your momma and rihanna as a auntie,” one person pointed out in their tweet. Check out their pictures together on Instagram, and watch their video clip below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in t...
Iron Maiden Battles Drake For U.K. Chart Crown
In the first half of the cycle, 8,000 combined sales separate the two albums, according to the OCC. Bruce Dickinson and Co. have five U.K. No. 1 albums from a 40-year career, with their latest two studio LPs Final Frontier (from 2010) and The Book of Souls (2015) going-back-to-back. Meanwhile, Drake has three career U.K. No. 1 albums and, with CLB, he should snag his tenth Top 10. Coming in at No. 3 on the albums chart blast is London rapper Little Simz’s Sometime I Might Be Introvert (Age 101), while Newcastle rockers The Wildhearts are set for a career high with 21st Century Love Songs (Graphite), new at No. 4 on the midweek chart. Kanye West’s Donda (Def Jam) falls 1-5, as ABBA’s Gold (Polydor) is fueled by the Swedish pop greats’ comeback announcement and the release of two songs. The ...
Brandi Carlile Performs Gorgeous Cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Woodstock”: Watch
Brandi Carlile has always been upfront about her love for Joni Mitchell, often playing songs by the folk legend onstage while on tour. Over the weekend, though, Carlile played a particularly special set for SiriusXM’s Small Stage concert series where she broke out a show-stopping cover of “Woodstock,” an underrated Mitchell song from her 1970 album Ladies of the Canyon. Watch a replay of her rendition below. For her take on the cut, Carlile and her bandmates drew “Woodstock” out into a nearly six-minute-long scorcher. Over with some wavering keyboard notes, Carlile opened the Mitchell song with subdued gusto and heart — which is as to be expected, after all, considering she’s famous for putting on incredible live sets — before her bandmates kicked in with big country rock guitar riffs and ...
Baby Keem Announces Release Date for Debut Album The Melodic Blue, Shares Trailer
After years of teasing and slowly rolling out songs, Baby Keem has finally announced the release date for his debut studio LP. It’s called The Melodic Blue and it’s due out September 10th through his cousin Kendrick Lamar’s elusive production company pgLang via Columbia. Watch a teaser trailer for the new album below. The Melodic Blue is technically Baby Keem’s first-ever album, serving as the follow-up to his 2019 mixtape Die for My Bitch. So far, he’s previewed the album with the Travis Scott collaboration “Durag Activity” and his excellent single “Family Ties” featuring Kendrick. The latter track easily earned the title of Song of the Week last month. The tracklist for The Melodic Blue has not been formally unveiled, but Baby Keem did reveal in his Instagram stories that he sampled our ...
Consequence Aims at Drake in Diss Track “Party Time”
In the midst of the Certified Lover Boy versus DONDA discussion, Consequence came to Kanye West‘s defense by dissing Drake on the cut “Party Time.” The three-minute cut hears Consequence both hint at and namedrop Drake several times. In the line “And ever since Sophie had a story to tell/You been taking Ls and coming out the cage/And thought we couldn’t tell you were coming after K/But it never plays to oversell yourself/But most crabs are a shell of theyself,” he is possibly referring to Sophie Brussaux, the mother of Drizzy’s child, while the lyric “Even the shotters in Toronto, know you tripping Drake/I won’t trip, but Trippie left you dripping red/Infrareds pointed at your cranium/Baby, this ain’t the date at Dodgers Stadium/This is PM doing it to paladium” refers to Drake and Trippie ...
2Baba – Searching ft Bongos Ikwue
Nigerian music legend 2Baba drops his second single of the year titled “Searching” featuring Bongos Ikwue. Two of Nigeria’s music legends 2Baba and Bongos Ikwue link up on “Searching“, a new release from the Hypertek Digital boss. It follows his first track “Rise Up” with rapper and actor Falz. 2Baba samples one of Bongos Ikwue’s most popular song “Searching”, however, he had some very amazing lyrics of his to make the tune a contemporary hit record. The sync between this two respected Idoma musicians is flawless and the go back and forth on the record. In other news, 2Baba has been having some little family squabble with his wife Annie who called him out soke days ago on Instagram. Although the singer did not say a word, there is much reason to believe all is not well in the family....
Somnia – HAWKWIND
RATING: 8/10 Half a century into their career and legendary space rockers HAWKWIND‘s ground-breaking, experimental madness has provided immeasurable influence on heavy progressive music. Since day one, they’ve contributed to the world of music by taking a left-field approach, allowing themselves to creatively wander along their path, all the while remaining on a consistent and logical trajectory while never betraying their core sound and essence. Numerous notable musicians have had stints with the English band, including CREAM drummer Ginger Baker and Lemmy, the latter of whom was ousted following a Canadian/American border drug-related arrest. But HAWKWIND‘s true heart and soul has always been its only remaining original member, frontman Dave Brock. Although at 80 heR...
