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Cleveland Still Rocks
Cleveland’s Coventry Village, a neighborhood lined with vintage shops, restaurants and bars was once the hippest area in the city. Located in leafy Cleveland Heights on the city’s east side, the once-bustling area has been quiet since the pandemic hit. Few more so than one of the area’s few constants: independent music venue The Grog Shop. Nestled between a movie theater and coffee shop, The Grog Shop’s exterior makes you think you’re entering a restaurant or café, not one of the best concert venues in the Midwest. It can go toe-to-toe with such other regional tastemaking venues as the Empty Bottle in Chicago and Magic Stick in Detroit. Yet once the door swings open and you pass security, it just feels like a music oasis. Dimly lit with sticky floors and a barely-above-ground sta...
Unearthed Daft Punk Interview Details Humble Beginnings of the Duo’s Alive 2007 Tour
After Daft Punk announced their shocking retirement, it’s clear our favorite robot artists will be going out on top. However, in a newly released, previously unpublished interview by Variety‘s Jonathan Cohen, it’s clear that fate’s path could have easily taken a different turn. 15 years ago, Daft Punk was set back following the release of Human After All, a commercial flop at the time that only sold a fraction of the units of their preceding album. Though they had opted not to tour following the release of Discovery, they were ready to hit the road, but there were questions as to whether the opportunity would financially present itself given the commercial reception of their latest record. Then, like a godsend, Coachella presented ...
Inspired by Kygo, This San Francisco Giants Prospect is Chasing His DJ Dreams
Hunter Bishop, a top prospect in the San Francisco Giants organization, produces hits both on and off the field. You’ll get that pun in a moment. Bishop is a 22-year-old outfielder who produces melodic dance music under the moniker Bish. According to MLB, Bishop discovered Kygo around 2016, when he became so enamored with the tropical house pioneer’s music that he decided to take a crack at music production. He eventually purchased his first DAW (digital audio workstation) and taught himself how to navigate the software before releasing his first original track, “Hard to Find,” in February 2020. That same month, Bishop had the opportunity to meet Kygo, who he described as a “musical idol,” when he came to Scottsdale for a show. “Bei...
5 Songs You Never Would Have Heard Without SOPHIE
After the crushing loss of electronic music icon SOPHIE last month, artists from all ends of the music community united together to mourn collectively and share their favorite moments with the late artist. Her far-reaching influence can be attributed to her unique manipulation of sonics and her persistent sense of self, inspiring young creators—especially those holding LGBTQ+ identities—to feel comfortable in their own skin and pursue their dreams. SOPHIE’s work received large-scale recognition in 2018, when her debut album, Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides, earned a Grammy nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album. At the same time, she was also a prolific producer, assisting a plethora of iconic names in the studio over the years. To celeb...
10 Times Daft Punk Blew Our Minds
After nearly 30 years of groundbreaking music, Parisian duo Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, famously known as Daft Punk, amicably ended their partnership. The band were among the most influential and renowned acts of their time, crafting a unique sound that merged electronic, Euro music with funk elements — a unique blend that made them icons in the music world. After hearing the news, fans and fellow artists alike gushed forth with tributes denoting the massive reach of the dynamic duo’s one-of-a-kind artistry. Without question, Daft Punk’s artistic ingenuity and anonymity have left an indelible mark on the music industry and beyond. We don’t know for sure if there’s a future for Daft Punk. However, we can surely pause a day later to look back and celebrate the lega...
EDM Artists React to Daft Punk Split: “An Impossibly Rich, Immaculate Legacy”
We’re not crying, you’re crying. The electronic music community was flung headlong into hysteria today after Daft Punk revealed their shocking split after 28 years. Naturally, a deluge of tributes to the legendary “One More Time” producers immediately overwhelmed social media from the likes of Zedd, Porter Robinson, TOKiMONSTA, Alesso, and countless others. In a particularly poignant post from fellow electronic music fulcrum Madeon, the French compatriot shared an open letter of sorts, tipping his cap to the iconic duo’s “impossibly rich, immaculate legacy.” “Their songs became diaries, I kept them close and I’ve been attaching new memories to them at every chapter of my life. It’s a cherished treasure,” he wrote while gu...
Underground Vibes | 063
“I Want More” – Marc Benjamin Marc Benjamin is already showing immense signs of growth this year, dropping his third release in 2021 with “I Want More,” a bright house gem filled with catchy vocals and uplifting melodies. “Give Luv” Ft. Pamela Hunt – Capozzi Following up her first EP Boss, Capozzi is back with The Dark Side EP, a 3-track journey through deep rhythms and groovy basslines, and “Give Luv” featuring Pamela Hunt is without a doubt a highlight. “One I Want” Ft. Misdom – HEKLER 2021 is set to be a massive year for HEKLER, as he just dropped the first single off his debut album, “One I Want” featuring Misdom. The tune represents a stylistic change for the rising producer, seeing him bring together granulated synths and ethereal melodies for a stunning result. “Bl...
The Five-O’s 5.0: 1991 Ford Mustang SSP Police Car Rewind Review
In the annals of Fox Body Mustang history, the SSP police models—that’s for Special Service Package—certainly stood out as notable when new but now, some three decades later, they’re positively legendary. They’ve taken on mythical status, with whispers of how they’d been modified from the factory with performance engines and gearboxes with specific calibrations, but this was often not the case. And while the rumor mill also said each were hand-built by a skunkworks team in Ford’s plant, this is also untrue. In reality, these were built alongside all other Fox Body Mustangs on the exact same assembly line, with the vast majority having the same components as the street-spec, regular cars normal folks plucked from showroom floors. See all 6 photosAs one of ...
EDM.com Presents Synth Sisters, Vol. 8
There is so much talent within the electronic music community that it’s difficult to keep a finger on its pulse. To assist you on your music discovery journey, EDM.com’s monthly “Synth Sisters” series illuminates new releases from brilliant women producers of all genres and sizes with the hope of celebrating their contributions. “Goosebumps” – Pillows Producer and singer-songwriter Pillows brought an intoxicating deep house rework to Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar‘s iconic “Goosebumps.” Released via New State Music, this dance-pop cover is the latest in a series of covers from the Los Angeles talent. “Cali” – Capozzi Capozzi returned to IN / ROTATION to stun with her three-track The Dark Side EP. “CaliR...
Song of the Week: serpentwithfeet Gains Traction with Soulful “Same Size Shoe”
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, serpentwithfeet gains traction with “Same Size Shoe”. There are two types of hype in the music business. One type makes it feel like an artist has the primal forces of nature behind them, controlling all media and advertising to make it seem like their next album will not only be the next canonical masterpiece to change music forever, but also the antidote to all that ails our suffering species and planet. And, then, there’s the type of hype that seemingly finds root in the tiniest speck of soil imaginable and slowly grows from th...
My Morning Jacket’s Patrick Hallahan on New Cooking Show, Food-Themed Songs
As Patrick Hallahan calls up SPIN, the My Morning Jacket drummer is gearing up for a full-blown blizzard — 12 to 18 inches of snow are expected in his current home of Louisville, Kentucky within 24 hours. And where many Americans would devolve into a panic after a day without takeout, this dude’s prepared — with a fully stocked kitchen and the culinary skills to make good use of it. But one core message from his new cooking show, In the Kitchen With Patrick Hallahan, is that interesting dishes (and, by association, memories) are tucked away in our cupboards and rarely visited fridge drawers. We just have to seek them out — and, for the novices among us, embrace the unknown. “The biggest lesson to learn in life really is to push past the fear and challenge yourself to do some...
EDM.com Presents “Quarantini Chats” Episode #14: Blanke
Whether they’re bedazzling eggs with rhinestones, baking their own sourdough from scratch, or concocting absurd cocktails, those in the social media community at large have embraced their creativity during their time in quarantine. Harnessing that creativity and manifesting it into the dance music community, EDM.com’s Instagram Live interview series “Quarantini Chats” invites the brightest music producers and DJs in the game to join our platform and craft a custom cocktail as they sip and dive into a wide range of topics with our special guest hosts, The Hotel Lobby. As he continues to bulldoze the boundaries of EDM’s genre pool with his trailblazing sound design, prodigious Australian producer Blanke is joining EDM.com for the 14th episode of “Quarantin...
