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Inside Perry Farrell’s Enduring Mission to Popularize Stateside Warehouse Culture
Losing a million dollars will teach a man a few things. Just ask Perry Farrell. Farrell has maintained just the right combination of DIY attitude and an appetite for controlled chaos to continue effectuating his lifelong ambitions in music—but it hasn’t always been sunshine and roses for the legendary rocker. Today the Jane’s Addiction frontman is planting the seeds of a promising global event series, “Heaven After Dark.” While the event itself has the makings of a hit, Farrell needed to apply decades of experience and intangibles to make it so. Ahead of the upcoming “Heaven After Dark” takeover of Los Angeles’ Catch One in early December 2022, Farrell caught up with EDM.com for a candid interview wherein he shared his view on...
HI-LO, Tiga, More to DJ During Art Basel 2022 for Epic Pool Parties
Winter in the U.S. is cold and bitter, but Miami will be bringing the heat in December thanks to Epic Pool Parties. The five-day techno and house music spectacular is coming to the heart of South Beach for this year’s Art Basel. Between November 30th and December 4th, the Sagamore Hotel will play host to a quintet of sun-kissed parties featuring a slew of high-profile DJs. Highlights at this year’s Epic Pool Parties are aplenty. Prospective attendees can look forward to electrifying DJ sets from HI-LO (the techno alias of Oliver Heldens), Ida Engberg, Tiga, Sonny Fodera and Biscits, among others. Last but certainly not least, the final event will tie a bow on the massive week with a momentous B2B set from two electronic music legends, Sasha and Danny T...
Twitter Defends Will Smith Amid Concerns Over ‘Emancipation’ Release
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 4 hours ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first ...
Phony Stark, aka Elon Musk Reportedly Thinks Berating Advertisers Is A Good Way To Bring Them Back
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty/ Elon Musk Phony Stark, aka Elon Musk, is giving a master class on successfully ruining a company in a short period. Spotted on Raw Story, Elon Musk’s Twitter has been losing advertisers at breakneck speed, and it’s all the Tesla CEO’s fault. His effort to rectify the situation reportedly is to criticize the companies for abandoning the Twitter ship, and spoiler alert, his plan is not working. Per Raw Story: The tech entrepreneur’s first month as Twitter owner has chased off half of the company’s top 100 advertisers, who have paused spending over concerns about content moderation and the firing of most of its ad sales team, and Musk has been unable to strong-arm them into returning, reported the Financial Times. “He seems to put o...
Will Smith Discusses Oscars Slap & New Movie On ‘The Daily Show with Trevor Noah’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Matt Wilson / Comedy Central Will Smith appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and talked about the infamous Oscars incident where he slapped Chris Rock . The Academy Award-winning actor got the chance to sit down with Noah for his first late-night interview since earlier in the year on Monday night’s episode. Smith was there to promote his latest feature, Emancipation, directed by Antoine Fuqua which will debut in theaters on Friday before airing on Apple TV+ on Dec. 9. During the conversation, Noah ventured a question about that night at the Academy Awards where Smith strode onstage and slapped presenter Chris Rock who had made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith. “I’d love to know since we’ve been talking – what has the journey been like tha...
Hibachi Lover Ye FKA Kanye West Storms Off Podcast Set After Antisemitism Quip
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Edward Berthelot / Getty Ye fka Kanye West was a recent guest on a podcast and stormed off the set after it appeared the host suggested they clear up a little antisemitism in the midst of their conversation. From what we’ve learned, Ye wasn’t angered by suggestions of antisemitism, but the host reportedly cut him off thus leading to him leaving midway. Ye was a guest on YouTuber media personality Tim Pool’s Timcast IRL podcast and video series, along with conservative blowhard Milo Yiannopoulos and white nationalist Nick Fuentes. The show was meant to cover a number of issues including Ye’s 2024 presidential run among other items of note. They were also joined by Luke Rudkowski of We Are Change as well. Around the 19-minute mark, Fuentes hops on the...
Primavera 2023 Lineup: Blur, Kendrick Lamar, Depeche Mode, and More
Primavera Sound has announced its 2023 lineups for festivals that will take place across two weekends, the first in Barcelona (May 31-June 3) and the second in Madrid (June 7-10). Blur, Kendrick Lamar, Depeche Mode, Rosalía, Halsey, and Calvin Harris are the main headliners across both festivals, and Pet Shop Boys will headline a reduced lineup on the opening nights. Downbill highlights at both weekends include FKA Twigs, Sparks, Laurie Anderson, Japanese Breakfast, Sudan Archives, Four Tet, Le Tigre, Caroline Polachek, NxWorries, Turnstile, Kelela, Alex G, Alvvays, Pusha T, Death Grips, Baby Keem, Christine and the Queens, John Cale, St. Vincent, and Drain Gang. Check out the full lineup poster below. The War on Drugs and the Mars Volta will play one weekend apiece: Barcelona and Madrid, ...
MIKE Shares Video for New Song Featuring Sister Nancy: Watch
MIKE has teamed up with the dancehall vocalist Sister Nancy for a new song called “Stop Worry!” The track is set to appear on the New York rapper and producer’s upcoming album, Beware of the Monkey, which arrives on December 21. The artists have also shared a new Ryosuke Tanzawa–directed video for the single, which depicts MIKE in a dreamlike studio setting hanging out with an eclectic cast of characters. Check it out below; scroll down for the newly revealed Beware of the Monkey cover artwork and tracklist. Beware of the Monkey is the latest full-length from MIKE, following last year’s Disco! Since announcing the album with the track “Nuthin I Can Do Is Wrng,” he has also released three songs with Wiki and the Alchemist. Learn more about Sister Nancy and her iconic “Bam Bam” in Pitchfork’...
Yung Kayo Releases New EP, Nineteen: Listen
Yung Kayo is back with a new EP: Nineteen is the first project from the Young Stoner Life rapper since he released his debut, DFTK, back in February. The new EP includes the single “150,” as well as guest appearances from Jugg and the late Lil Keed. Listen to Yung Kayo’s Nineteen EP below. Yung Kayo, a native of Washington, D.C., celebrates his 19th birthday today (November 29). Last year, he featured on the Young Stoner Life album Slime Language 2. And, since sharing DFTK, Kayo has collaborated with Yeat on “Narcoticz.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Announced as SNL Musical Guests for December 17
For the first time since 2009, Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be the musical guests on Saturday Night Live. The band will perform on the NBC program on the December 17 episode, hosted by Elvis star Austin Butler. Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ appearance will follow Brandi Carlile’s December 10 performance and SZA’s December 3 slot as the musical guest. Karen O and Yeah Yeah Yeahs returned earlier this year with Cool It Down, their first new album since 2013’s Mosquito. The record was led by the single “Spitting Off the Edge of the World,” featuring Perfume Genius. The new LP is up for Best Alternative Music Album at the 2023 Grammy Awards, and the song got nominated for Best Alternative Music Performance. On the April 11, 2009, episode of Saturday Night Live, Yeah Yeah Yeahs played Fever to Tell’s iconic “Maps,”...
Taylor Swift Continues Record Streak on Artist 100 Chart, Michael Jackson Hits Top 10
Taylor Swift tallies a record-extending 55th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated Dec. 3), continuing her run as the top musical act in the U.S. Swift leads thanks to the continued success of her album Midnights, which logs a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 177,000 equivalent album units earned Nov. 18-24, according to Luminate. The set soared in atop the Nov. 5 chart with 1.578 million units, the largest one-week total since the opening frame of Adele’s 25 in December 2015 (3.482 million). Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Swift scores nine albums on the latest Billboard 200, the most among all acts. After Midnights, she appears with Folklore (No. 20), Red (Taylor’s Version) (No. 21), Lover (No. 29), 1989 (...
Kelly Clarkson Begs For a ‘Stupid Love’ in Lady Gaga Cover: Watch
Get ready to freak out, freak out, freak out, and get down, get down, get down to Kelly Clarkson‘s newest Kellyoke cover. On the Tuesday morning (Nov. 29) episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, the pop star-turned-talk show-host performed Lady Gaga‘s electric 2020 single “Stupid Love.” Standing under a constellation of strobing, Chromatica-inspired pink, purple and blue stage lights, Clarkson and her band Y’all put a slight rock edge to Gaga’s dance pop banger. “All I ever wanted was love,” sang the three-time Grammy winner, wowing her audience as usual with her ever-impressive belt. “I want your stupid love.” “Stupid Love” was released as the lead single off Gaga’s sixth studio album Chromatica, which marked her first proper solo LP since 2016’s Joanne. The record debuted at No. 1 on the Bil...
