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CLIP Ushers in a New Era of Rap at Rolling Loud New York 2022
While each lineup is curated to reflect local rap scenes, Rolling Loud New York 2022 includes the additional challenge of finding artists who reflect the city’s style. Apart from New York’s drill scene, the energy of underground rap appears in artists like CLIP, who performed on Day 3 at the festival’s Fashion Nova stage. Known for her SoundCloud viral track “Sad Bitch,” CLIP leads a generation who’s determined to get their sounds heard without compromising their personal swag. Releasing her debut Perception EP earlier this month, CLIP is frequently labeled as an “alt” or “emo” rapper, but she clarifies that she’s really just a mix of genres and styles. Performing songs like “FALL BACK” at Rolling Loud, CLIP’s voice is naturally sultry, hazy and never too girly, which may stem from her nat...
X&G’s Gaszia Joins Forces With Sooski for Mind-Bending EP, “Pre-Faze”
Ethereal vocals and gritty bass production can oftentimes gel in fascinating ways. Gaszia and Sooski’s new joint EP, Pre-Faze is a strong testament. Gaszia achieved success in electronic music as one half of boundary-pushing duo X&G, who announced their split earlier in 2022. Over the past eight years, X&G’s brand of bold and experimental bass music took them to stages across the world and led to numerous high-profile collaborations, like one with Skrillex and Boys Noize’s Dog Blood. Now, Gaszia has made his return to tastemaker label KUMO Collective, teaming up with British singer-songwriter Sooski for Pre-Faze, a three-track EP that solidifies him as an act to watch. KUMO’s 100th release, Pre-Faze is a mesmerizing journey through heavenly vocals and otherworl...
Emancipator and Lapa Release Collaborative House Album, “11th Orbit”
Following a series of ambitious and experimental singles, Emancipator and Lapa have released a full-length album, 11th Orbit. Out now via Emancipator’s own Loci Records, 11th Orbit spans 10 potent dancefloor heaters with exotic and worldly composition. The record sees the longtime collaborative duo concocting new sonic flavors to their own respective discographies, with Lapa laying down the groundwork for more melodic house while Emancipator drives the foundation of downtempo rhythms and instrumental electronica. From the dripping synths of “Vortex Cortex” to the unexpected disco breakdown of “Souldia,” 11th Orbit explores a cheeky arrangement of sounds and welcomes a fresh outlook for the duo’s creative partnership. The only other collaborator on the album is showcased on “...
Watch Lost Lands 2022 Performances By ILLENIUM, Subtronics, REZZ, Madeon, More
It’s the Monday after Lost Lands, which means ravers have traded earplugs for neck braces after one of the nation’s most popular dubstep festivals. Headbangers showed out at the 2022 edition of Excision‘s flagship fest. The sheer amount of talent at Lost Lands was staggering, and if the festival’s reputation as the “Dubstep Olympics” was ever in doubt, any scintilla of that was effectively quashed this year. One Lost Lands devotee has uploaded footage from “Couch Lands,” the prehistoric-themed festival’s livestreaming counterpart. Fans can now head to YouTube to watch over 50 DJ sets from the likes of Knife Party, Wooli, REZZ, ILLENIUM, Madeon, SVDDEN DEATH, Eptic, Barely Alive and a momentous closing performance from Subtronics, among ...
HHW Gaming: HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ Series First Trailer Arrives, Gamers React
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: HBO / The Last of Us Happy TLOU Day. HBO dropped the first trailer for its highly-anticipated series based on Naughty Dog’s masterpiece, The Last of Us, to celebrate the video game holiday. For those who don’t know, TLOU Day (formerly known as Outbreak Day) coincides with 26th September, the day when sh*t goes to hell in the fictional world of The Last of Us. To kick off the celebration of the beloved game that first arrived on PlayStation 3 consoles in June 2013, before seeing a remastered version for PS4 and a complete remake for PS5, HBO decided to say here is a nice trailer for you to enjoy. In the mainly wordless first look of the HBO series, we get glimpses of Outbreak Day, Pedro Pascal as the game’s main protagonist Joel, and Bella Ramsey’s E...
It’s Up: Cardi B Hits Back At Akbar V, Tweets Got Flagrant Real Quick
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Prince Williams / Getty Cardi B has endured her share of beef online over the years of her career with some of her Hip-Hop peers taking aim at her music and personal life. Akbar V is currently catching the wrath of the Bronx superstar after Cardi B responded to what some are perceiving to be a dig at her talent.The still-ongoing beef between Cardi B and Akbar V seemingly began after the latter posed a speculative thought that some fans took as a slight toward Glorilla’s “Tomorrow 2” track featuring Cardi. It appeared that Akbar was questioning the song’s impact on the charts and Cardi responded to the now-deleted tweet and it’s been off to the races since. Cardi went for the jugular, mentioning Akbar’s five children from five different men, her alle...
James Earl Jones Retires As Voice Of Darth Vader
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeff Kravitz / Getty The legendary actor James Earl Jones has decided to step away from being the voice of Darth Vader & granted permission for an AI firm to use archived files for future projects. According to a report, the 91-year-old actor apparently made the decision to no longer actively voice the villain that he has become synonymous with. Jones felt the inclination to step back while recording for his brief vocal cameo in 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker. “He had mentioned he was looking into winding down this particular character,” Matthew Wood, a 32-year veteran with Lucasfilm and Skywalker Sound said to Vanity Fair in an interview. “So how do we move forward?” Related Stories The answer came in the form of a startup, Respeecher. The firm which i...
Needed Me: Rihanna To Headline The 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gotham / Getty The National Football League Super Bowl is about to get spicy in 2023. Rihanna will be headlining the Halftime Show. As per NBC News, the Barbadian singer, actress, and businesswoman will be taking her talents to the stage in major fashion at State Farm Stadium for the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show at Super Bowl LVII. The telecast will be produced by DPS with Roc Nation and Jesse Collins serving as executive producers, and Hamish Hamilton serving as director. Roc Nation is also serving as the strategic entertainment advisor of the live performance. “Rihanna is a generational talent, a woman of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations at every turn. A person born on the small island of Barbados who became one of the most ...
Bill Callahan Shares New Song “Natural Information”
Bill Callahan has shared a new song from his upcoming album YTILAER. After recently sharing the album’s lead single “Coyotes,” today he’s back with “Natural Information.” Listen to the regular version of the song below, or if you’d rather, settle in for the six-hour YouTube visualizer below. YTILAER is out October 14 via Drag City. The album features a full band sound that includes Callahan providing guitar and vocals alongside Matt Kinsey (guitar), Emmett Kelly (bass and backing vocals), Sarah Ann Phillips (B3, piano, and backing vocals), Jim White (drums), Carl Smith (contra alto clarinet), Mike St. Clair and Derek Phelps (brass). Revisit Pitchfork’s 2019 feature “Bill Callahan the Family Man.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Conte...
Pavement Finally Tried Their Album-Themed Pierogi
Pavement finally got to try the album-themed pierogi developed in their honor by an Ohio bakery at their Saturday night tour stop in Detroit. Rudy’s Strudel rolled up with pierogi, stuffed cabbage rolls, and other pastries for the band on September 25. The restaurant unveiled the pierogi at an event in Parma, Ohio last month, teaming up with a local brewery and a record shop, The Current Year. In August, Rudy’s owner Lidia Trempe said she was inspired to develop Pavement-themed pierogi via her own fandom. She said that she skipped her prom in 1995 in order to see the band perform in Cleveland. Bob Nastanovich shared a brief statement about the custom treats in Detroit via Rudy’s: Everybody loved them including [opener] Circuit Des Yeux, who dug in. It was all smiles and band and crew...
Christine and the Queens Shares New Song “rien dire”
Christine and the Queens is back with a new song from the Redcar project. The single is called “rien dire,” and it’s set to appear on the upcoming album Redcar les adorables étoiles (out November 11 via Because Music). Listen below. “That song is about a conversation of love that carries on even if you don’t see the person or hear the person anymore,” Christine and the Queens told Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1. “True love is a conversation that is never interrupted. And by never I mean not even by death. That’s my current faith I have right now. That song is a conversation I have with someone that’s not there anymore. We can’t be without each other, which can be annoying because I’m a very timid person.” “Rien dire” is French for “say nothing,” and the single is built around pulsing synth pad...
Panda Bear Joins Teebs on New Song “Did It Again”: Listen
Teebs has enlisted Panda Bear for a new song, “Did It Again.” It leads a double-single released today by the Brainfeeder producer, alongside “NES.” Check out both tracks in the playlist below. Teebs, aka Mtendere Mandowa, also made the artwork, which you can see in the YouTube image. These are his first tracks since 2020. He and Noah Lennox previously collaborated on the 2019 song “Studie.” Last month, Panda Bear released the collaborative album Reset with Sonic Boom. Check out Pitchfork’s recent feature “Panda Bear and Sonic Boom Wring Joy Out of Terrible Times on Their Collaborative Album Reset,” and read more about Teebs in Pitchfork’s feature “The Golden Dawn: L.A. Beat Scene Origins.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
