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20 Questions With MK: The Producer Defends Vocal House, ‘All We’re Trying to Do Is Make Something Great’
Mark Kinchen has been under the spell of house music since the late ’80s, when the producer followed his interest in music to the burgeoning electronic scene then happening in his hometown of Detroit. It was this function of being in the right place at the right time, with the right taste, that he witnessed dance world pioneers like Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson forging the electronic genre and where he picked up a love of house music that would fuel his career for the following three decades. MK’s latest release is “2am,” a piano-heavy house heater featuring vocals by Carla Monroe, who also delivered the lyrics on the producer’s still soaring 2018 single “17.” The new single is out on Ultra and MK’s own AREA10 imprint. Since ...
Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Set For Big Opening Sales Week In U.K.
TayTay is blowing away her rivals in the U.K. chart race. Taylor Swift’s surprise album release Folklore (EMI) has raced to the lead of the midweek chart, and is outperforming the rest of the Top 5 combined, the Official Charts Company reports. Swift’s eighth and latest album was the most downloaded and streamed LP over the weekend, according to the OCC, and is on track to become the pop star’s fifth U.K. No. 1 following Red (2012), 1989 (2014), Reputation (2017) and Lover (2019). As previously reported, three songs from the new set are tracking for Top 10 debuts on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, led by “Cardigan” at No. 4 (“Exile” with Bon Iver is at No. 7 on the Official Chart Update and “The 1” starts at No. 9). Folklore should enjoy another chart punch in months to come when it’...
A 79-Year-Old Doing Hip-Hop? ‘The Simpsons’ Is Where Free Speech Battles Age Bias Claims
As the old saying goes, no business is like show business. For one thing, show business is speech business. But what acts by an entertainment producer are legitimately free speech, and what acts are plain ol’ discrimination? That’s not always clear. Just look at the ongoing case of Alf Clausen, the 79-year-old who was fired as Simpsons composer after 27 years of celebrated work on the animated classic. As his lawsuit heads toward an important hearing next week, Clausen looks to undercut Fox’s positioning that this dispute relates to an important First Amendment issue. Clausen is suing Disney and its Fox divisions with the claim that his termination was due to age and disability discrimination. The musician says he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and he o...
Lana Del Rey’s ‘Violet’ Poetry Audiobook Has Arrived
After months of delays, Lana Del Rey’s Violet is blooming. The alternative pop singer released her audiobook of Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass, which features 14 poems read by Del Rey, with music performed by her frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff (Bleachers, Fun). Violet was announced last December ahead of a scheduled January release. However, it was pushed back after the singer’s family was robbed. And then, the pandemic. Hardcover and ebook editions will include over 30 original Del Rey poems and should drop Sept. 29 via Simon & Schuster, with CDs, vinyl, picture discs and bundles landing soon after, on Oct. 2. Matching the album cover art, the book cover features a painting of a lush tree decorated with four citrus fruit. As previously reported, half the proceeds of the col...
Spotify Premium Prices Differ Around the World—Here are the Countries Paying the Most and Least
Spotify is the most prevalent music streaming service in the world, but not everyone gets the same deal. According to a study by SavingSpot, the official blog of CashNetUSA, the price of a Spotify Premium subscription differs around the world. The study examines the monthly subscription fee for each of the 78 countries where the streaming platform is available to users and analyzes World Bank’s “Adjusted net national income per capita” data to compare the costs with the respective average national wage relative to each region. Researchers then used that data to create maps that illuminate which countries’ users are getting the best and worst value for their money. According to the study, the countries that get the best value do so not because...
Prince Harry Used deadmau5-Inspired Secret Instagram Account While Dating Meghan Markle
A recently released biography may have revealed Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex‘s affinity for dance music. Authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand discovered that after his first date with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex—then Meghan Markle—he followed her on Instagram using a secret account. Interestingly enough, his username was inspired by iconic Canadian EDM producer deadmau5. In Finding Freedom, Scobie and Durand write that the couple dated in secret, but after their first encounter, she followed a user by the name of “SpikeyMau5.” The page was a private account that donned a profile picture of deadmau5’s iconic mau5head. They then go on to explain why Prince Harry chose that name and how it was inspired by one of his favorite artists and a...
This Music Video Immortalizes a True 1940’s Love Story with Unearthed Footage from Brooklyn Jewish Community
Electronic music vocalist Mima Good is living vicariously through her grandparents to celebrate their love and Jewish ancestry. Good’s new music video for her scintillating lo-fi single “Granddaddy” is a compilation of late 1940s footage that was serendipitously unearthed by her family. It features retro footage of her grandparents, who filmed one another over the years as they fell more and more in love with each other. In an ode to their deeply rooted Jewish heritage, all of the archival footage was recorded in the Brooklyn Jewish community of the era and moonlights as a powerful celebration of love after The Holocaust. Good rhapsodized about the video and its inspiration in a press release. “At 17, my grandfather enlisted with the US Coastguard and fought in...
The Chainsmokers Headlined a Hamptons Drive-In Show That Devolved Into Concert Devoid of Social Distancing
Update: Following the publishing of this article, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state’s Department of Health will conduct an investigation into the “Safe & Sound Hamptons” concert. The Chainsmokers‘ recent performance in the Hamptons appeared to defy social distancing guidelines largely instated by medical experts in light of COVID-19. Announced earlier in the month, the event was the first leg of a charity concert series in support of a number of organizations and featured additional performances from Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, who performs under the moniker DJ D-Sol, Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman‘s band, and Matt White. At the time of writing, the ticketing page for the concert is sti...
BLACK VEIL BRIDES: ‘Re-Stitch These Wounds’ Audio Samples Available
BLACK VEIL BRIDES will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut, “We Stitch These Wounds”, with a brand new, reimagined, re-recorded 2020 edition of the album titled “Re-Stitch These Wounds”, released on July 31 via Sumerian Records. Audio samples of all the tracks that are set to appear on the disc are available in the YouTube clip below. Speaking on “Re-Stitch These Wounds” and his band’s 10th year milestone, frontman, vocalist Andy Biersack says: “We are so excited to have the opportunity to revisit and reimagine our debut album for its 10-year anniversary. “A decade ago, I was just a teenager trying to find my way and meet like-minded musicians. I was fortunate enough to meet Jake and Jinxx and we clicked instantly. I can remem...
JEFF SCOTT SOTO: ‘You Don’t Really Work With YNGWIE; You Work For YNGWIE’
Jeff Scott Soto says that he left Yngwie Malmsteen‘s band more than three decades ago because he realized “you don’t really work with Yngwie; you work for Yngwie.” Soto, who sang on Yngwie‘s first two albums, 1984’s “Rising Force” and 1985’s “Marching Out”, discussed his relationship with the legendary Swedish guitarist during a recent interview with “That Metal Interview With James”. Asked if Malmsteen was “difficult to work with,” Soto said: “One thing I had to learn early on is you don’t really work with Yngwie; you work for Yngwie. And this is one of the reasons why I left early on. “I’m so used to working with people — we craft, we build, we formulate together. And I reali...
Hard to Stop – HIGH SPIRITS
RATING: 8/10 Professor Black has carved out his niche in the metal scene by paying tribute to the warmer and catchier sounds of the ’70s and ’80s. Black slings science-fiction prog with AKTOR, melodic thrash with DAWNBRINGER, and under his own name, has paid tribute to the sounds of BATHORY and MOTÖRHEAD. Everything Black attaches his name to is sheer heavy metal comfort food, no projects more so than HIGH SPIRITS. The most beloved of Black‘s efforts, this project revels in the riff book of bands that would have been on the heavier end of MTV‘s playlist, pre-hair metal explosion. Black‘s collections of riffs stand out from others trolling around in the same landscape thanks to an extremely positive energy which propels the power behind the anthems. HIGH SPIRIT...
MOTÖRHEAD Teams Up With WWE For New Product Line
Not every WWE wrestling superstar becomes synonymous with a heavy metal band, but Triple H isn’t every WWE superstar. Throughout his remarkable 25-year tenure in WWE, Triple H has won 14 world championships, engaged in countless five-star classics and led unforgettable groups such as D-Generation X, Evolution and The Authority to enormous success. And he accomplished most of that while entering the squared circle to the headbanging sounds of MOTÖRHEAD. Now, Triple H and MOTÖRHEAD are once again together in the form of this new product line, available at WWE Shop. Among the smorgasbord of must-have products, the WWE Universe can find a limited-edition vinyl album of MOTÖRHEAD‘s “Evolution Of The Game”, snug hooded sweatshirts, and eye-catching t-shirts to celebrate T...
