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H.C. McEntire Announces New Album Every Acre, Shares New Song “Dovetail”: Listen
Durham, North Carolina singer-songwriter H.C. McEntire has announced a new album album: Every Acre is due out January 27 via Merge. The album was co-produced by McEntire, Missy Thangs, and Luke Norton, and includes collaborative tracks from S.G. Goodman and Amy Ray. Along with the announcement, McEntire has also shared a lyric video for a new song called “Dovetail.” In the visual, the songwriter assembles the song line by line from strips of paper containing the lyrics, as the video cuts to shots of McEntire maintaining her typewriter. Check it out below. Every Acre follows 2020’s Eno Axis and 2018’s Lionheart, both of which were released on Merge. McEntire notably spent two years working as a backup singer with Angel Olsen and her band. Content This content can also be viewed on the site ...
Watch Mickey Guyton Sing With Elmo on Sesame Street
Mickey Guyton was featured on today’s new episode of Sesame Street. Joined by Elmo, Big Bird, Abby, Cookie Monster, and more, Guyton performed a song about the importance of community: “C’mon, clap your hands and sing along/A community where we all belong/You’re here for me/That’s what makes a community,” they sang. Watch the video below. The country star is one of several celebrity guests who will appear on the 53rd season of Sesame Street. Last season boasted episodes featuring Anderson .Paak singing about holidays, Billie Eilish performing “Happier Than Ever” with Count von Count, and Kacey Musgraves singing about her favorite colors. Mickey Guyton recently shared a solo track called “Somethin’ Bout You,” marking her first new solo music since releasing her Grammy-nominated debut album,...
MIKE Announces Tour, Drops Video for New Song “What Do I Do?”: Watch
MIKE has shared another new single from his upcoming album Beware of the Monkey. “What Do I Do” comes with a music video directed by Xin Wang. In the visual, the New York rapper can be seen wandering along the coast of Maryland. MIKE has also announced a slate of North American tour dates. Check out “What Do I Do” and his full schedule below. “What Do I Do” is the second song MIKE has shared from Beware of the Monkey, following “Nuthin I Can Do Is Wrng.” The new LP is named after a horoscope he saw in a Chinese restaurant and interpreted as a warning about the future. It’s due out December 21 via his label 10k. MIKE’s previous album, Disco!, came out last year. Read more about Disco! at the No. 16 spot in Pitchfork’s “50 Best Albums of 2021.” All products featured on Pitchfork are independ...
Jeff Rosenstock and Laura Stevenson Release Second Neil Young Covers EP: Listen
Jeff Rosenstock and Laura Stevenson have released another new EP of Neil Young covers. The four-track release, called Younger Still, follows 2019’s Still Young. On the new release, the artists play “Razor Love” (from 2000’s Silver & Gold), “Comes a Time” (the title song of Young’s 1978 album), “Hey Babe” (from 1977’s American Stars ’n Bars) and “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” (the title track of Young’s 1969 album with Crazy Horse). Find the EP below. Rosenstock and Stevenson began work on their new EP in 2019, recording two of the tracks in Rosenstock’s Brooklyn apartment in Brooklyn before he moved to Los Angeles. They reconvened this past summer in the basement of Rosenstock’s Los Angeles home to record four different songs for Younger Still. “We have done something that we h...
A Boogie Drops New Single “Ballin” Following Decision To Delay Album Release
A Boogie has shared a new track called “Ballin,” produced by Wheezy, Don Cannon, Lee Major and Sean Momberger. “Got my hoodie on like Melo in the garden / Got my money up / I’m ballin’ like LeBron son (Yeah),” he raps in one verse. “They want me to lose my breath (Hm) / So, I got to watch my step (Hm).” While the New York rapper will no longer be dropping his new album tomorrow, it seems like he’ll continue to feed fans new music in the meantime. A Boogie’s Me vs. Myself was initially slated to release on November 4 but the rapper pushed back the date in order to avoid falling on the same day as Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss. The rapper was candid about now wanting to compete with Drake on the charts, writing on his Instagram story, “Sorry but album dropping in December now, Drake was dro...
The Latin Grammys Are Evolving — And Asking Members to Come Along
Just minutes after nominations to the 2022 Latin Grammy Awards were announced in September, Manuel Abud called all of the nominees in the best new artist category. “One of our nominees was at school,” the Latin Recording Academy CEO says, referring to 15-year-old Yahritza Martinez, frontwoman of sierreño trio Yahritza y Su Esencia. “She stepped out to take my call and then went back to class.” Artists don’t usually learn about their nominations in a personal call from the academy’s CEO. But Abud — who stepped into the new role in 2021, succeeding longtime president/CEO Gabriel Abaroa Jr. after 18 years — says a top priority is making the academy more accessible to the Latin music community. The goal is more participation and greater representation across what Abud calls the “four Gs”: geog...
Blessd Breaks Down 5 Essential Tracks on New ‘Siempre Blessd’ Album
Following his debut album Hecho en Medellin, Blessd (real name: Stiven Mesa Londoño) presents his sophomore set Siempre Blessd out Thursday (Nov. 3) via Warner Music Latina and JM World Music – Cigol. Home to 13 tracks, including the previously-released “Instagram (Remix)” with De La Ghetto and Darell, and “Tendendia Global” with Myke Towers and Ovy on the Drums, Siempre Blessd continues to consolidate the artist’s status as Colombia’s breakthrough performer. The set navigates from songs that will inspire aspiring artists from the barrios to dream big (such as “Barrio Antioquia”), to songs about embracing solitude after a failed relationship (such as the Ñengo Flow-assisted “Solitario”) to songs inspired by him discovering the world (such as “Europa”). But beyond all, it’s full...
Selena Gomez Calls Taylor Swift the ‘Most Influential Artist’ to Her Career: ‘She’s Definitely Inspired Me’
Selena Gomez opened up on her newly curated SiriusXM Radio channel on Thursday (Nov. 3) about one of the many reasons she admires Taylor Swift. “The most influential artist, for me, it is kind of Taylor,” the singer said of her bestie. “Not because she’s my friend, but she has been an artist that can transition into so many different genres and she is able to do it seamlessly and I admire that so much. And that’s so rare. I love her process and I just admire all the work that she’s done. She’s definitely inspired me.” While Swift pivoted back to diaristic pop with her latest record-smashing No. 1 album Midnights last month, Gomez’s most recent studio set remains 2020’s Rare, which contained her first No. 1 hit “Lose You to Love Me” as well as follow-up singles “Look At Her Now,” “Rare” and...
Billy Joel & Stevie Nicks to Co-Headline 2023 Stadium Concerts
Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks are hitting the road next year for a very special concert series. On Wednesday (Nov. 2), the Piano Man took to Instagram to share that he and the Fleetwood Mac singer will be joining forces for a “one night only” event that turned out will be a little more than a single evening. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Two Icons – One Night Only, Billy Joel & @stevienicks, live at @attstadium on Saturday, April 8! Tickets go on-sale Friday, Nov. 11 at 10AM local time,” the “Uptown Girl” singer shared, along with a poster for the event to be held in Arlington. Joel rolled out two more dates on his page on Thursday, revealing that Los Angeles and Nashville will also be getting concert dates on March 10 and M...
Ex-Employees Of Kanye West Speak Of Alleged Hitler Obsession
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty Another group of employees has come forward to claim that Ye aka Kanye West had an obsession with Adolf Hitler & Nazis, bringing them up in meetings. According to reports, former employees of the “Father Stretch My Hands” rapper alleged that he would often “mention conspiracy theories about Jewish people or praise Hitler” in business meetings over the past five years. Ye also entered into a settlement agreement with a former employee who witnessed several instances of the former billionaire making these statements. While Ye has denied these statements according to NBC News, the outlet did reach out to the ex-employee who spoke anonymously due to having signed a non-disclosure agreement as part of their settlement. They also reviewed the a...
StockX Said To Be Laying Off More Of Their Employees
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cody Glenn / Getty Things haven’t been going to well for StockX in 2022, and now it’s been reported that the company will be laying off more of their workforce as they look to tighten up their belt to close out the year. According to Nice Kicks, StockX will be undergoing another round of layoffs just months after they let 8% of their workforce go as well. As to why StockX is letting more people go, that’s anyone guess. Their reputation took a huge hit when Nike accused them of selling them fake Nikes and Jordans as everyday customers have been complaining online about waiting weeks for sneakers they purchased on their website. Still, StockX released a statement somewhat explaining their latest move. “Our business is multifaceted and continues to evolve, a...
Parents & Staff Slam Sudden Closure (and Reopening) of Donda Academy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: New York Daily News / Getty Kanye West, now known as Ye, is getting criticism from inside his own camp after the sudden closure of Donda Academylocated in Calabasas, California. The newly-formed charter school closed after West made recent anti-Black and anti-Semitic remarks sparking a backlash from his (now-former) business partners—including Adidas and Balenciaga. According to the New York Post, one of West’s closest friends and frequent collaborator Malik Yusef confirmed that several teachers and administrators left the school after the comments. “Staff members of the Jewish faith were lost,” Yusef said, adding, ““I know we had a couple people of the Jewish faith who worked there [who] basically recused or resigned in light ofpublic pressure from, I am...
