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This Is the Vintage DJ Equipment You Saw In the Finale of “Stranger Things 4”
Spoiler alert: Do not read if you have not watched “Chapter Nine: The Piggyback” of Stranger Things 4, now streaming on Netflix. While we process the pandemonium of the heart-pounding Stranger Things 4 finale, let’s revisit that chilling “Snow Ball” scene and its badass vintage turntables. When this season’s villain—a dark wizard named Vecna who feeds on the trauma of kids—closes in on his telepathic kill of Max, Eleven infiltrates her memories in an attempt to save her. Wandering the depths of her psyche, Eleven finds a young Max skateboarding in a park. Searching for signs of Vecna, Eleven instead spots something from an entirely different memory of Max’s. In the “memory within a memory,” she en...
Ray Volpe Announces “Legend of the Volpetron” Headlining Tour
After the biggest announcement of Ray Volpe‘s career, fans from New York City to Los Angeles will be seeing nothing but laserbeams. “It’s all led to this,” tweeted the surging “Laserbeams” producer, who today revealed his first-ever headlining tour. Volpe’s “Legend of the Volpetron Tour” is set to kick off on July 26th before a run of 33 dates which includes DJ sets at New York’s fabled Webster Hall and Ohio’s Lost Lands, one of the world’s most popular bass music festivals. The announcement arrives at a crest in the blossoming career of Volpe, who was named to EDM.com‘s Class of 2022 earlier this year. He is currently watching “Laserbeams,” his breakthrough single and the most-pla...
Nicki Minaj Says “I’m Not Pregnant, I’m Fat”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz In an Instagram Live chat with her Barbz, rapper Nicki Minaj was asked if she and husband Kenneth Petty were expecting a second child. She responded, “I’m not fat, guys, I’m pregnant. Sorry.” The comment was apparently meant to be a joke. However, her fans definitely took the news and ran with it. As noted on TMZ, the screen was flooded with messages of congratulations from her fans which is when she realized she misspoke, “Oh wait. Did I say it wrong? I’m sorry. I think I said it wrong. I meant to say, I’m not pregnant. I’m fat.” Related: Feds Want Longer Jail Sentence for Nicki Minaj’s Husband Related Stories The rapper and Petty have a son—whose name they have yet to reveal, who was born in September 2020. The...
SUPREME Cancels Bullet Hole Vans Release Because DUH
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SUPREME / Supreme While streetwear is often at odds with political correctness SUPREME is showing they have a heart. They have canceled their Bullet Hole Vans collaboration. Source: SUPREME / Supreme As spotted on High Snobiety the New York City label is putting these feet pieces on ice indefinitely. Originally slated for a Thursday, July 7th roll out SUPREME tapped artist Nate Lowman to remix their Old Skool and SK8-HI silhouettes. The shoes featured bullet hole graphics on the upper panel and the midsole. These selections were not only featured on SUPREME’s website but also on their social media channels. But last week the release was scrubbed from all their online outlets. While neither brand has revealed why the sneakers have disappeared, it seems to ...
Beyoncé’s IVY PARK x adidas Announce New Dreams of Ivytopia Capsule
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: adidas / adidas The latest in the ongoing creative partnership between Beyoncé’s IVY PARK and German shoemaker adidas is called IVYTOPIA; a journey to discover one’s own nirvana. Source: adidas / adidas According to adidas, the collection will feature distinct looks with inclusive and gender-neutral sizing in fashion, performance gear, footwear, and accessories. The new gear drops on July 21 online and the next day in select stores, globally. Related Stories The cinematic campaign at its core is “about finding healing through connection and sharing one another’s dreams of escape to IVYTOPIA, whether that’s simply daydreaming or going on a road-trip,” notes an adidas press statement. Related: Beyoncé Covers ‘British Vogue’ To Prep Us For New Album The...
Incoming L Alert: Jackie Robinson Nike Dunk Low Finally Get Release Date
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / Nike That took entirely too long. The highly-anticipated, sure to be heartbreaking, for those without a plug or excessive income, the Jackie Robinson Nike Dunks finally have a release date. Source: Nike / Nike On July 11, Nike finally revealed that the Nike Dunk Low that honors the legacy of the late, great Jackie Robinson will be getting released the day of the MLB All-Star Game in Los Angeles. That would be June 19. The Nike Dunk Low pays homage to the Black man that not only broke the color barrier in major league baseball but was one of its most outstanding players of all time. As for the kicks, the Brooklyn Dodgers great’s quote from 1947 gets printed across the shoe’s blue hits: “I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me…All I ...
Sorry Announce New Album Anywhere But Here, Share Video for New Song
North London band Sorry have announced their sophomore album: Anywhere But Here arrives October 7 via Domino. Today, Sorry have released the new single “Let the Lights On,” which arrives with a new music video. Check it out below. Anywhere But Here follows Sorry’s 2020 debut 925 and their Twixtustwain EP from last year. The new album was recorded in collaboration with Portishead’s Adrian Utley. Sorry were inspired by classic 1970s songwriters such as Randy Newman and Carly Simon, as well as bands like Slint and Tortoise. “If our first version of London in 925 was innocent and fresh-faced, then this is rougher around the edges,” the group’s Louis O’Bryen said of the forthcoming LP in press materials. “It’s a much more haggard place.” All products featured on Pitchfork are independ...
Tegan and Sara Announce New Album Crybaby, Share Video for New Song
Tegan and Sara have announced their new LP Crybaby with a video for its second single, “Yellow.” Their 10th studio album—and first since signing with Mom + Pop—is due out October 21. Below, check out the Mark Myers–directed clip for “Yellow,” which pays homage to Coldplay’s video for their 2000 song of the same name. Crybaby was co-produced by Tegan and Sara with John Congleton at Studio Litho in Seattle and Sargent Recorders in Los Angeles. Of the new single “Yellow,” Sara Quin said in a statement: [The song] was written after we began to take steps to heal the bruises we have both carried with us since adolescence and early adulthood—wounds that never quite healed right and flare up seasonally, sending us spiraling backward in time. Are we doomed to remain forever 15, breaking up and bre...
Spotify Buys Heardle, Blocking Game in Various Territories
Heardle, the music trivia game in which players try to identify songs based on increasing snippets, has joined Spotify. The acquisition means the game will be available only in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, a press release notes. The game will remain free to play, according to the press release. After news broke of the acquisition, some players, including the BBC’s music correspondent, reported that their stats had disappeared. Pitchfork has emailed a Spotify representative for comment on the preservation of stats, as well as the game’s international availability. Heardle became popular off the back of the viral guessing game Wordle, which The New York Times bought early this year. In a daily challenge, players first hear a second of a ...
No Devotion Announces New Album No Oblivion, Shares Video For New Song: Watch
No Devotion has announced No Oblivion—their first new music in seven years—with a video for the new song “Starling.” The band comprises vocalist Geoff Rickly (Thursday), guitarist Lee Gaze, and bassist Stuart Richardson, who produced the new LP. No Oblivion is due out September 16 via Velocity. Check out the video for “Starling” below. The band released their debut album Permanence in September 2015 on Rickly’s label Collect Records; shortly afterwards it was revealed that the controversial pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli was a silent partner, and the label eventually dissolved. Permanence was reissued in June 2022 on Velocity. Check out “Geoff Rickly On Surviving Martin Shkreli” on the Pitch. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. No Devotion ̵...
Elon Musk Fathered Twins With Top Neuralink Executive In 2021: Report
Elon Musk quietly welcomed twins with Shivon Zilis, one of his top executives, in November 2021, Business Insider reports. According to the outlet, who claim to have reviewed court documents, Musk and Zilis filed a petition to change the twins’ names in order to “have their father’s last name and contain their mother’s last name as part of their middle name.” The appeal was reportedly approved by an Austin, Texas judge in May 2022, per Insider, who withheld the kids’ names to protect their privacy. The twins were allegedly born weeks before the Tesla CEO fathered his second child with Grimes, his now-ex. Following the proliferation of Insider‘s report, Musk, who occasionally produces electronic music and has long ch...
Win 3-Day Passes, Transportation and More for Alaska’s Sacred Acre Festival 2022
Coming to Ninilchik, Alaska in September 2022, Sacred Acre Festival is bound to immerse attendees in a locale of stunning natural beauty, strong community and an impressive roster of electronic music talent. Over three days from September 9-11, revelers will gather in a sprawling location of over 40 acres of idyllic meadowlands adjacent to the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds. It’s here where they’ll see the largest digital art and onstage laser displays ever showcased in Alaska, and be able to partake in a slew of onsite excursions like glacier hikes, ATV excursions and sustainable fishing charters. Touted as Alaska’s first major EDM festival, Sacred Acre’s exciting lineup features two performances from none other than pioneering “world bass” artist CloZee, as wel...
