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Olympia Music Festival Scammed by Fake Jonathan Richman
Up until Friday, August 27th, Modern Lovers singer Jonathan Richman was scheduled to headline LoveOly Summer Fest in Olympia, Washington — or so the organizers thought. As it turns out, the Olympia Film Society fell victim to “an elaborate booking scam” and neither Richman nor his publicist knew anything about the concert until they were contacted for an interview. As reported by The Olympian, the scam was uncovered when Mark “Markly” Morrison, host of the Low Profile podcast, contacted Richman’s publicist Debbie Gulyas to request an interview with the veteran singer-songwriter. Both Gulyas and Richman were “confused,” as they had no knowledge about his festival appearance until receiving the email. The Film Society, which books concerts for the weekly festival, had slated Richma...
JoJo on How Mental Health, Depression, and Joni Mitchell’s Blue Shaped Her New EP
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS JoJo sits down with Kyle Meredith to discuss her new EP, Trying Not to Think About It, it’s firth single “Worst (I Assume).” and the building the new songs around mental health, negative patterns, and how depression affects your relationships. Advertisement Related Video The singer/songwriter/actress talks extensively on how the new songs were built around mental health, negative patterns, and how depression affects your relationships. JoJo also discusses how Joni Mitchell’s Blue lent a heavy dose of inspiration when looking towards lyrics, while the classic sounds of Usher, Justin Timberlake, and Aaliyah along with...
Hurricane Ida Destroys Legendary New Orleans Jazz Site The Karnofsky Shop
The Karnofsky Shop, New Orleans’ first jazz record store and the place where an immigrant Jewish family helped along Louis Armstrong’s music career, has been demolished by Hurricane Ida, reports CBS affiliate WWL-TV. Ida made landfall Sunday as one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the US. It carried so much force it reversed the flow of the Mississippi river and resulted in at least one death, with the potential for more casualties as rescue crews struggle to reach stranded residents. Given the human devastation, the Karnofsky Shop won’t be the greatest loss in the storm, though it will be felt dearly by lovers of music history. According to A Closer Walk NOLA, the Karnofsky family opened a tailor shop in 1913, and hired Armstrong when he was just a child to work on their junk ...
Lady Gaga Announces Chromatica Remix Album Featuring Charli XCX, Arca, and More
To paraphrase her hit “Sour Candy,” Lady Gaga is gearing up to “unwrap” the highly-anticipated remix version of last year’s Chromatica. Titled Dawn of Chromatica, the forthcoming project boasts nearly an identical tracklist to its original, though entirely composed of remixes from some of the most exciting acts in the game. Dawn of Chromatica is set for release September 3rd via Interscope. Dawn of Chromatica features a stacked cast of guests. Arca lends a remix of the Ariana Grande-featuring “Rain on Me,” while Charli XCX and A. G. Cook will put their own hyperpop spin on “911.” “Sour Candy” will get an update from DJ extraordinaires Shygirl and Mura Masa. Rising pop starlets Rina Sawayama, Ashnikko, and Dorian Electra will also contribute their own remixes to the album. The whole project...
Inside Chubby and the Gang’s Retro Evolution
If you listened to Speed Kills, Chubby and the Gang’s bloody-knuckled 2020 debut, the British hardcore bruisers’ new record should feel plenty familiar. For a while, at least. But about halfway through The Mutt’s Nuts, all those throttling guitars and volcanic drums suddenly cease as the album morphs into something more methodical, more nuanced. Retro power-pop bleeds into American doo-wop, like Elvis Costello writing for The Chantels. What’s this, has Chubby gone soft? No fucking way, says frontman Charlie “Chubby” Manning-Walker — just “three-dimensional.” “I don’t want to be a band who just has 12 tracks of 200 miles an hour,” Manning-Walker tells SPIN. “We sort of did that with Speed Kills and I don’t want to make the same record twice.” After 15 years spent grinding on the U.K. hardco...
Meek Mill ft. Lil Baby & Lil Durk “Sharing Locations,” Belly ft. Nas & The Weeknd “Die For It” & More | Daily Visuals 8.27.21
HipHopWired Featured Video After teasing the collabo for a second, Meek Mill done finally went and dropped a visual for his Lil Baby and Lil Durk assisted cut and man did they seem to have enjoyed themselves for this one. Linking up for the visuals to “Sharing Locations,” Meek, Durk, and Lil’ Baby hang out on the runway next to a private plane where they floss pounds of diamonds on their persons, stacks of cash like it’s Monopoly money, and thick women because, duh. Nas meanwhile finds himself in an apocalyptic future where the world is a wasteland AND he and Belly roam the streets while The Weeknd broadcasts his vocals from an undisclosed location in the clip to “Die For It.” Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Baby Keem featuring Kendrick Lamar, Soulja Boy featuring T...
Drake Fan Leaves Anti-Kanye Signs In Front of Ye’s Old Chicago Home
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty On Sunday (August 29), Kanye West’s highly anticipated album, Donda finally hit the streets and while it’s been a total love and hate affair with the album on social media, one Drake superfan decided to ride for the King of The North and give Yeezy a piece of his/her mind. Taking to Kanye’s childhood home to send him a message, the aforementioned fan left a few signs on the steps of Yeezy’s old Chicago home including “44 45 BURN OUT” (the dart Drake threw at Kanye on Trippie Redd’s “Betrayal”) and “CLB Coming Soon” (Certified Lover Boy is said to be dropping this Friday). The Drizzy ridah also had an middle-finger left over for social media influencer and Kanye supporter, Justin Laboy, with a sign that read “F*CK JUSTIN LABOY.” Well, that was...
Say Her Name 5 Times: ‘Candyman’ Becomes First Film Directed By A Black Woman To Top The Box Office
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rodin Eckenroth / Getty Nia DaCosta has made history with her Candyman film. The polarizing direct sequel to the 1992 horror film directed by DaCosta and co-written by Jordan Peele took the top spot over the weekend in the U.S., bringing in approximately $22,370,000, easily surpassing initial projections of $15 million. The movie’s impressive showing at the box office, Candyman surpassed Ryan Reynold’s love letter to sandbox games Free Guy, Paw Patrol: The Movie, Disney’s Jungle Cruise, Don’t Breathe 2, and The Suicide Squad. With that amazing accomplishment, DaCosta’s Candyman became the first film directed by a Black woman to earn the top spot at the U.S. domestic box office. Fellow directors Ava DuVernay and Gina Prince-Blythewood came c...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Liza Lentini, SPIN Features Editor
Name Liza Lentini, SPIN Features Editor Best known for A 20-plus-year-long writing career championing the underdog and being unapologetically opinionated while doing so. Also, known for taking my dog Alfie absolutely everywhere. Current city I divide my time between my hometown of Boston and my tiny mountain chalet right outside NYC. Really want to be in Anywhere by the ocean. Always. Excited about All the cool people I’m interviewing as SPIN’s Features Editor. My current music collection has a lot of Just really great music. Who, Beatles, Bowie, Led Zep—you won’t find them on the list below because it was too impossible to choose. I also have tons of punk, ska, and new wave. If you came over to my house spontaneously, you’d likely find a soul or blues album in the background on any given ...
Rotimi – Weapon ft Fireboy DML
Nigerian American singer Rotimi drops a brand new song titled “Weapon” featuring Fireboy DML. Actor and singer Rotimi has a brand new piece of music titled “Weapon” with talented Nigerian singer Fireboy DML. The new jam is taken from his newly released album “All Or Nothing“. The Power movie star thrills with his voice as he eulogies the body of his lover, Fireboy comes through mid-track with some proper afrobeats vibe. Listen, enjoy Rotimi – “Weapon” ft Fireboy DML below. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Rotimi_-_Weapon_ft_Fireboy_DML_NaijaMusic.com.ng.mp3 Download 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 mon...
Fivio Foreign Claims Kanye West Is Collaborating With Him on His Album
Kanye West is back in the headlines, but this time regarding a rumor that he is working on Fivio Foreign‘s next album. Kanye’s most recent Chicago spectacle saw many entertainers make a series of cameo appearances, including Don Toliver, Westside Gunn and Rooga amongst other controversial guests like Marilyn Manson and DaBaby. Fivio Foreign delivered a memorable verse on the last to renditions of the album and took to Twitter after the show to confirm to fans that he and Kanye have more in store. He responded to a Tweet that read, “Kanye West gotta exec produce Fivio Foreign’s whole career from now idc,” to which he said, “He doin my album.” It was regarded as mere speculation, however, Fivio later confirmed that Kanye will be executive produce his forthcoming debut album, The Bible. Fivio...
Watch MEGADETH Play Sold-Out Concert In DAVID ELLEFSON’s Hometown
MEGADETH played its seventh show with bassist James LoMenzo in nearly 12 years this past Sunday night (August 29) in Phoenix, Arizona. “The Metal Tour Of The Year” concert at the the Arizona Federal Theatre saw MEGADETH share the stage with co-headliners LAMB OF GOD, along with TRIVIUM and HATEBREED. MEGADETH‘s setlist was as follows: 01. Hangar 18 02. Take No Prisoners 03. She-Wolf 04. The Conjuring 05. A Tout Le Monde 06. Trust 07. Conquer Or Die! 08. Dystopia 09. Tornado Of Souls 10. Symphony Of Destruction 11. Peace Sells Encore: 12. Holy Wars… The Punishment Due Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below (courtesy of YouTube user Billy AZConcertGuy). Produced by Live Nation, the rescheduled trek will hit a further 22 cities before wrapping in Que...
