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Danger Mouse and Black Thought Share New Song “Aquamarine” With Michael Kiwanuka
Danger Mouse and Black Thought have released another single in the buildup to their collaborative album Cheat Codes. The third single from the duo, “Aquamarine,” includes a guest appearance from UK vocalist and songwriter Michael Kiwanuka. Watch the music video for the track below. “For ‘Aquamarine,’ when I heard the music I just had a feeling to sing about standing up for something that’s unique and following that path,” Kiwanuka shared in a statement. “I don’t know why but that’s what came out. Sometimes when you’re following something that’s unique to you it’s as if ‘enemies are all around.’ At times life can feel fragile like ‘everything’s burning down.’ For some reason the chords and music made me feel that way.” Cheat Codes will be released on August 12 via BMG. The album includes pr...
Drake Announces October World Weekend Concerts With Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, and More
Drake has announced a special concert series he’s calling October World Weekend. The three-day event will take place on July 28-29 and August 1 at various venues in Toronto with Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, Lil Baby, and an act billed as “All Canadian North Stars.” Tickets go on sale this Friday. A flyer for the event lists October World Weekend as being part of the Road to OVO Fest Tour. Drake further explained what that means in an Instagram post, writing, “I am currently working on bringing OVO FEST around the world in 2023 for the 10th Anniversary, but of course we wanted to turn the city up for the summer!!! More event announcements to come.” Last month, Drake released his house-inspired album Honestly, Nevermind mere hours after announcing it in the first place. It’s since be...
Listen to Four Tet’s New Song “Scythe Master”
Four Tet has shared a new track, “Scythe Master.” It appears on a new compilation from Eat Your Own Ears Recordings, EP 1, which comes on a limited cassette as well as digitally. The EP also features new tracks from Mount Kimbie and Sylvan Esso, as well as a previously released Ride mix from the Cure’s Robert Smith. In a press release, Kieran Hebden said, “Shout out the magical powers of EYOE and the Scythe Master. Long may their musical offerings continue to bring bliss to this world.” Four Tet’s last studio albums were Parallel and 871, complementary LPs that followed the preceding Sixteen Oceans. He released Sound Ancestors with Madlib last year. He recently went to court and won a streaming dispute with his former label Domino; while that was going on, he put out a track und...
Thom Yorke Shares New Version of Radiohead’s “Bloom” for Greenpeace: Listen
Thom Yorke has shared a solo rendition of Radiohead’s “Bloom” for a new Greenpeace ad. Check out the video, which is part of Shark Week, a campaign to protect the oceans, below. “In the last 50 years the global shark population has plummeted by 70 percent,” the video description notes. “Sharks are being wiped out by overfishing for profit. But our oceans can recover if we protect them.” Back in 2017, Radiohead collaborated with Hans Zimmer to rework “Bloom” for the BBC series Blue Planet II. That version, recorded with the BBC Concert Orchestra, was retitled “Ocean (Bloom).” Earlier this year, Yorke shared new solo songs “5.17” and “That’s How Horses Are,” as well as his album with Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner, the Smile’s A Light for Attracting Attention. Content This content can also ...
An Insider’s Guide to Bass Coast Music and Art Festival 2022
The time has almost come. After not one, but two postponements, Bass Coast Festival is gearing up for one of its biggest editions yet. From July 8th to 11th, the boutique music and arts fest returns to Merritt, B.C. on the shared traditional territories on the Nłeʔkepmx and Syilx nations. Ahead of Bass Coast’s long-awaited return, EDM.com has put together an insider’s guide to help prospective attendees prepare for what’s to come. And we’ve curated a few handy tips and tricks from the festival’s organizers as well as trusted patrons. PACKING ESSENTIALS When packing for any outdoor activity within Canada, it’s essential to prepare accordingly for the weather. While the forecast may read sunny skies, you just never know when it will cloud over and do...
Stavern Festival Celebrates 20 Years of Pushing the Music Festival Envelope In Norway
With Stavern Festival’s massive 2022 edition just hours away, let’s have a look back at the history of one of Norway’s biggest live music events. Stavernfestivalen—as it’s called in Norwegian—was launched way back in 2001, when its first iterations laid the foundation for what would eventually become one of the country’s most hyped festivals. Since its inception, Stavern took near the city of Larvik in South Norway, which is located in a key spot, reachable within less than two hours from the country’s capital of Oslo. But by 2015, the festival had well-transitioned from a small local event to a powerhouse brand. So it was time to move its location to the gigantic Larvik Golf Arena. With this massive space still acting as the home of Stavern and its a...
Qrion and Sasha Team Up for Mesmerizing, 8-Minute Deep House Cut “Dry & High”
Qrion and Sasha have joined forces for a mesmerizing deep house track, “Dry & High,” out now by way of Last Night On Earth. “Dry & High” immediately jumps into action with a smooth four-on-the-floor groove. It’s not long before wispy vocal samples and sharp percussive elements quickly come into focus, illuminating the higher frequencies. Qrion and Sasha have certainly left no room for second guesses. Qrion and Sasha released two versions of the track: the full, eight-minute-plus version and a three-and-a-half minute edit. You can listen to both below. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Earlier this year, we caught up with Qrion, who was named to EDM.com‘s Class of 2022 earlier this year, to discuss her nostalgi...
Ready For a Heatwave: Everything You Need to Know About the Debut of Chicago’s Newest Fest
Angling for a standout debut in the birthplace of house music, Heatwave Music Festival is the latest newcomer in an increasingly competitive festival scene. Chicago-based promoter Auris Presents are spearheading the effort to make Heatwave the Windy City’s next success story. As the tastemakers behind the city’s leading venues RADIUS, Concord Music Hall and PRYSM, the team certainly has the track record and tenure to boot. Here’s everything you need to know leading up to the inaugural Heatwave Music Festival in Chicago’s historic Douglass Park. HEATWAVE DATES & TIMES The debut of Heatwave takes place on the weekend of July 16th and 17th, with festival hours running from 2pm to 10pm each day. LOCATION & TRANSPORTATION The festival is set...
Super Bowl Halftime Show & Grammys Have Never Won Top Emmy for Variety Programs: Could This Be the Year?
The Grammy Awards and the Super Bowl Halftime Show have a few things in common. Both, of course, have been fixtures on network television for decades, but neither has even won the top Emmy Award for variety programming — an award currently called outstanding variety special (live). Both shows are nominated in that category again this year. Will one of these shows finally prevail this year? Quite possibly. Each received five Emmy nominations this year, which is more than the other three nominees in this category — The Oscars (which received three nods), The Tony Awards Present: Broadway’s Back! (which received two) and Live In Front Of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes (which also received two). The Grammys became a live telecast in March 1971, but they assumed a hi...
TikTok to Add Content Ratings on Videos With ‘Overtly Mature Themes’
In an effort to prevent potentially disturbing or “overtly mature” material from reaching users under the age of 18, TikTok will begin adding content scores to videos as part of a new feature meant to emulate ratings used in the film, TV and gaming industries. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news According to a blog post shared on Wednesday, TikTok will begin rolling out an early version of the feature in coming weeks and place a “post unavailable” message to block out videos that are age restricted. To determine which videos fall into that restricted category, TikTok will assign a “maturity score” based on the video’s “thematic maturity” levels. “When we detect that a video contains mature or complex themes, for example, fictional scenes th...
R. Kelly Back in Chicago For Sex Trial
R. Kelly has been returned to the federal jail in downtown Chicago ahead of his trial on child pornography and obstruction-of-justice charges, just two weeks after the disgraced R&B star was sentenced in New York to 30 years in prison for racketeering and sex trafficking. The 55-year-old Kelly was transferred Tuesday from the federal jail in Brooklyn to the Metropolitan Correctional Center, the Chicago Tribune reported. He was also held at the Chicago lockup after he was indicted on federal charges in Chicago and New York in 2019. Jury selection for his federal trial in Chicago is set to begin Aug. 15. Kelly was convicted in 2021 in New York on charges that he sexually abused young fans, including children, in a systematic scheme that prosecutors alleged went on for decades. He was sen...
Macklemore Teases ‘Special’ Collaboration With Tones And I
Macklemore’s long-rumored collaboration with Tones And I is apparently in the can, and we now know what it sounds like. The Grammy-winning rapper shared a snippet on social media, with the music man looking particularly pleased with himself as he tested the cut on his car’s sound system. “Can you guess who’s singing on the hook,” he writes. It is, of course, Toni Watson, better known as Tones And I, who can be heard singing “I’m on fire,” and pumping up the song with the empowering line, “You can’t take my voice from me. I will rise up.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf7QcZ1juRP/?hl=en The Australian singer and songwriter, who had a monster hit with 2019’s “Dance Monkey,” is a huge fan of Macklemore, as is much of ...
