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Mykki Blanco and Michael Stipe Share Video for New Song “Family Ties”: Watch
Mykki Blanco has shared the video for “Family Ties,” a new song featuring R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe. It’s out now via Transgressive; check out the video, directed by Kit Monteith and featuring a Stipe cameo, below. “Family Ties” is produced by FaltyDL. Last year, Blanco shared the nine-track Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep EP, featuring production from FaltyDL. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Black Midi Cover Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” on New Cavalcovers EP: Listen
Black Midi have released a three-track EP titled Cavalcovers, featuring their renditions of Taylor Swift’s “Love Story,” King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid Man,” and Captain Beefheart’s “Moonlight on Vermont.” The EP arrives just as Black Midi kick off their headlining North American tour. Give it a listen below. Cavalcovers is a play on words referencing the band’s 2021 album Cavalcade. Last year, Black Midi recorded five fan-voted covers for different territories and retailers that were available on limited flexi discs. Three of those covers comprise the tracklist for their new EP. For “21st Century Schizoid Man,” all three members of Black Midi contributed vocals for the first time. The group also enlisted Kaidi Akinnibi to lay down saxophone on the track. Revisit Pitchfork’s 2019 Ri...
Lykke Li Shares New Song “No Hotel”: Listen
Swedish pop singer Lykke Li is back with her first new song in two years. “No Hotel” is co-produced by Li and longtime collaborator Björn Yttling. Check out the track below. Li’s most recent album was 2018’s So Sad So Sexy and its 2019 companion EP, Still Sad Still Sexy. In 2020, she released the Swedish-language single “Bron,” as well as a cover of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive.” Last year, she also released a 10th anniversary edition of her second album, Wounded Rhymes. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Let’s Eat Grandma Announce 2022 Tour, Share Video for New Song “Levitation”: Watch
Let’s Eat Grandma, the British duo of Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth, have announced a UK and North American tour and shared another song from Two Ribbons, their forthcoming album. The track is called “Levitation” and it comes with a music video directed by Noel Paul. Check it out below. This is the fourth song Let’s Eat Grandma have shared from the LP, following the title track, “Happy New Year,” and “Hall of Mirrors.” In a statement, Walton said “Levitation” is about “feeling all over the place, escaping to your imagination, and being in a disorientating and surreal mental state, which can be both scary and elevating somehow—everything feels more creative and things look brighter.” After appearing at Stag and Dagger Festival this spring and Latitude Festival in the summer, Let’s Eat ...
Michael Gudinski, Late Mushroom Group Founder, Honored With Life-Size Statue In Melbourne
Michael Gudinski, the larger-than-life founder of Mushroom Group, is immortalized with a statue in his hometown, Melbourne. The late independent music great is honored with a life-sized sculpture, presented Thursday morning (March 24) as part of the group’s “MG Day,” a celebration of Gudinski’s life and legacy. Dan Andrews, premier of Victoria; rocker Jimmy Barnes; family members and Mushroom staff were on hand for the unveiling of the Michael Gudinski AM Statue, which captures MG with his familiar “No. 1” salute. Created by local artist Darien Pullen, of Meridian Sculpture, the statue stands outside of Rod Laver Arena, a spot where Gudinski produced countless concerts during his lifetime. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Indeed, Gudinski was remembered last March with a state me...
Los Tigres del Norte Score 16th No. 1 on Regional Mexican Airplay Chart With ‘En Dónde Estabas’
Los Tigres del Norte crosses off a new milestone this week on their Billboard chart career as they land a 16th No. 1 on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart, spanning four distinct decades of chart champs. Their latest single “En Dónde Estabas” hits No. 1 on the almost 27-year-old chart as it jumps 4-1 thanks to a 28% boost in audience impressions, to 6.5 million, earned in the United States in the week ending March 20, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. Los Tigres del Norte becomes just the second act to score No. 1s on Regional Mexican Airplay in the ’90s, ’00s, ’10s and ’20s. Who else has achieved the feat? Banda El Recodo, likewise, has notched 16 No. 1s, dating back to its first, the six-week champ “Adorable Mentirosa,” with Juan Gabriel, in 1999. With 16 No. 1s, Los Tigres enter...
Google to Reduce App Commission Fees for Spotify Under Expanded Pact
Users who download the Spotify app from the Google Play store will soon be able to decide whether to subscribe to the audio streaming service using Google Play or Spotify’s separate payment services, the companies said Wednesday. The updated payment feature will roll out later this year and will essentially allow Spotify to lose less in commission fees to Google, should users choose to subscribe to the streaming service via Spotify’s payment service. Last October, shortly after the high-profile antitrust case between Apple and Epic Games that ruled, in part, that Apple’s 30 percent commission fee for in-app purchases was acceptable, Google said it would be decreasing its service fees on in-app Android subscriptions to 15 percent beginning in January 2022. Specific terms of the revenue shar...
BTS’ J-Hope Tests Positive For COVID-19
BTS‘ J-Hope is resting up after testing positive for COVID-19. The K-pop star visited a hospital Wednesday (March 23) with a sore throat, and, after taking a PCR test, was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, reads a statement from BigHit Music. J-Hope is fully-vaxxed, currently has “no symptoms other than a sore throat,” and is undergoing treatment at home while under quarantine, the statement adds. When he’s out and about, the singer should return to active duties next month, reps say. Which means J-Hope should be fit in time for BTS’ sold-out Permission To Dance On Stage – Las Vegas concerts. There’s additional good news for ARMY: Except for J-Hope, all BTS members are in good health and not presenting with “special symptoms.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest video...
2Pac’s Childhood Poetry Booklet With Haikus and Illustrations Could Fetch up to $300,000 USD at Auction
A booklet filled with haiku poetry and illustrations done by an 11-year-old 2Pac could fetch up to $300,000 USD at auction. The unpublished body of work is part of Sotheby’s latest hip-hop themed auction and is supposedly “the earliest known manuscript by Shakur to come to market.” Signed by Pac, the booklet is addressed to his godfather and Black Panther Jamal Joseph, “Chui,” “Sekou” and “Bilahl” and was sent to them in the Spring of 1983 while they were incarcerated in Kansas’ Leavenworth Penitentiary. “This is dedicated to my family who are imprisoned for trying to build a better nation for me,” a page reads. “I kept it [the haiku booklet] for about a year and then got permission from a prison counselor to send a package home (to my wife Joyce) along with some other letters and legal do...
Alleged Sawed-Off Shooter Tory Lanez Launches “KEEP OUR BLACK MEN ON COACHELLA” Petition
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jason Koerner / Getty Tory Lanez remains a thing for all the reasons we’re still trying to figure out despite the allegations that continue to dog him and his flippant attitude toward the whole ordeal. Adding to his list of acts one could deem unsavory, the height-challenged Canadian crooner launched a petition to, quote, “KEEP OUR BLACK MEN ON COACHELLA.” On Monday, Lanez tweeted, “Protect [B]lack men” in vague fashion but it appears he was gearing up for his next big act, which followed on Tuesday afternoon (March 22). “I Just made this …. because someone has to …,” Lanez tweeted, complete with a trio of Black power fist emojis. The tweet was in support of the petition, and the description can be viewed below. From Change.org: We are watching the ...
Damon Dash Calls Out The Grammy’s For Canceling Kanye West Performance
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Courtesy of Damon Dash / Damon Dash With Kanye’s recent antics such as harassing his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian and cyberbullying her new beau, Pete Davidson, it really didn’t surprise many when The Grammy’s banned Yeezy from performing at this year’s awards show. But Damon Dash feels that the Recording Academy have no right to judge Kanye for anything he’s done, doing or will do. According to TMZ, Damon Dash is so upset that Kanye is forbidden from performing at this year’s Grammys event that he basically wants to go out and “make our own Grammys.” Maybe they can get publicity on Kanye’s upcoming social media website (per French Montana) whenever he gets that up and running. Related Stories Keep in mind that though Kanye isn’t allowed to perform onstage at ...
Nas “Wave Gods” Video ft. A$AP Rocky, DJ Premier & Hit-Boy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Garrett Bruce / press handout Nas’ latest album, Magic, dropped late last year, but that doesn’t mean he’s stopped promoting the project. The Queensbridge rapper and mogul just release the visual for “Wave Gods” and it features A$AP Rocky, DJ Premier and Hit-Boy. The track has Nas touting him and Hit-Boy are the new Gang Starr, and the endearing way its delivered, and DJ Premier on the cuts, means its said with all respect for the Hip-Hop legends. Related Stories The video includes plenty of NYC imagery, from Queens to Harlem, and the subway, and was directed by A$AP Rocky and Hidji of AWGE along with Spike Jordan. And per 2022 Hip-Hop protocol, Nas also dropped new “Wave Gods” merch on shop.massappeal.com to coincide with the release.&nbs...
