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Grammys Announce 5 New Award Categories, Including Songwriter of the Year
The Recording Academy on Wednesday unveiled five new Grammy Awards categories that will be introduced at the 2023 iteration of the annual event. Among them are Songwriter of the Year, Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media, Best Spoken Word Album, Best Alternative Music Performance and Best Americana Performance. Additionally, the Recording Academy will present a Special Merit Award for Best Song for Social Change, which will be determined by a Blue Ribbon Committee and celebrate music that addresses timely social issues. “We’re so excited to honor these diverse communities of music creators through the newly established awards and amendments, and to continue cultivating an environment that inspires change, progress and collaboration,” Recording Academy CEO ...
Eleven’s in Bloody Trouble in “Look Ahead” at Stranger Things 4 Vol. 2: Watch
Now that we’ve seen the first seven episodes of Stranger Things Season 4, Netflix has offered a “look ahead” at its remaining two episodes at the streamer’s annual Geeked Week event on Thursday. Scroll below to see the sneak peek of Volume 2. In the 30-second clip, Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) has to come to terms with the havoc she’s inadvertently wreaked on Hawkins since we brought Will back from the Upside Down. She’s dressed in a bloody hospital gown as a demonic voice — perhaps Vecna — offers her a foreboding message: “It is over, Eleven. You have freed me. You can’t stop this now.” There aren’t many other plot points we can decipher from the preview, but there are a few things we can glean from the clip: Medieval costumes will be worn. Steve, Robin, and the rest of the gang will ...
She Wants Revenge Announce Summer Comeback Tour
She Wants Revenge are hitting the road. On Thursday, the dark alternative act announced the “Disappear Tour,” slate of summer headlining dates across the US. The tour signals a coming together between singer Justin Warfield and multi-instrumentalist Adam Bravin after their second indefinite breakup in 2020. (The first occurred in 2012 following the release of the duo’s third and most recent album, 2011’s Valleyheart.) Back in April, Consequence even did a deep dive into the history and happening of the California-based darkwave act as part of our ongoing Whatever Happened To series. The cross-country trek begins August 11th at the Music Box in San Diego, California, before continuing on to cities like San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Las Vegas. After eleven other ...
Microsoft Making Glass Platters That Store Music Data
Microsoft officially has our backs for when the impending apocalypse wipes out our music libraries. The tech giant has partnered up with Oslo-based Elire Group for the latter’s Global Music Vault initiative, using pieces of glass to preserve the world’s most important music recordings. Together, Microsoft and Elire Group have created what they call a Proof of Concept (PoC) glass platter, which will store a sample selection of music files. The PoC platter is about the size of a coaster, and can hold 100 gigabytes of data in any digital format, encrypted or unencrypted. A laser encodes data in the platters by creating layers of microscopic engravings, which artificial intelligence algorithms can then read back by decoding those images and patterns. Microsoft debuted the PoC platters a f...
Stanning BTS: Proof of a Comeback Pt. 2
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Radio Public | Pocket Casts | RSS PROOF is practically here and our excitement is palpable! Join Stanning BTS hosts Kayla and Bethany this week as they catch up on everything that has happened leading up to BTS’ majorly anticipated comeback. Related Video The hosts also discuss Proof of Inspiration, concept photos, FESTA, and the Bangtans Boys’ visit to the White House all on this comeback episode of Stanning BTS. Listen via the player above. Advertisement Make sure you like, review, and subscribe to Stanning BTS wherever you get your podcasts. You can also show your Iconic status by snagging the Stanning BTS Iconic ARMY T-shirt, now on sale at the Consequence Shop ...
Here Are All the Performers & Presenters for the 2022 Tony Awards
Tony winners Bernadette Peters and Billy Porter are among the performers set for the 75th annual Tony Awards, which will air Sunday (June 12) from Radio City Music Hall in New York. The show will include performances from all six of this year’s nominees for best musical (Girl From the North Country, MJ, Mr. Saturday Night, Paradise Square, Six: The Musical and A Strange Loop) and two of the three nominees for best revival of a musical (Company and The Music Man). The show will not include a performance from the third nominee in that category, Caroline, or Change. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The ceremony will also include a special reunion performance by the original cast members of the 2007 musical Spring Awakening. The show was nomina...
War Rap: Ukraine War Fuels Angry Voice for Furious Generation of Rappers
From the battlefronts of Ukraine comes rap music — filled with the anger and indignation of a young generation that, once the fighting is done, will certainly never forget and may never forgive. Ukrainian rapper-turned-volunteer soldier Otoy is putting the war into words and thumping baselines, tapping out lyrics under Russian shelling on his phone, with the light turned low to avoid becoming a target. It helps numb the nerve-shredding stress of combat. “Russian soldiers drink vodka, we are making music,” says the rapper, whose real name is Viacheslav Drofa, a sad-eyed 23-year-old who hadn’t known he could kill until he had a Russian soldier in his sights and pulled the trigger in the war’s opening weeks. One of the ironies of the Feb. 24 invasion launched by Russian President Vl...
Dirtybird Campout West Coast 2022 Announces Phase One Artist Lineup: See Who’s Playing
The dependably playful Dirtybird Campout is returning with a white-hot lineup for its upcoming West Coast iteration. Happening this Oct. 7-9 at the Modesto Reservoir Campgrounds in central California, the event will feature music from twin sister duo Coco & Breezy, bass stars such as Eprom, Goldie, The Librarian and Mary Droppinz, house mongers including VNNSA, Walker & Royce and Mz Worthy and, of course, Dirtybird founder Claude VonStroke, who’ll be playing under that moniker and as part his Get Real project with Green Velvet. More artists will be announced in the coming months. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Designed to mimic the summer sleepaway camp of your youth (albeit with vastly fewer rules), the fall event will also fe...
See Harry Styles As a Closeted Officer in ‘My Policeman’: First-Look Photos
Harry Styles is basically the king of mid-20th century movies. After making his acting debut as a soldier in Christopher Nolan’s 2017 World War II film Dunkirk and then landing a role opposite Florence Pugh in Olivia Wilde’s forthcoming Golden Age thriller Don’t Worry Darling, the 28-year-old musician will next star in Michael Grandage’s My Policeman as a closeted police officer in the 1950s — a character that has just made his world debut in gorgeous new still photos from the film. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Posted Thursday (June 9) to Prime Video’s Twitter account, the two stills serve as the first visuals look into My Policeman, which is set to premiere in theaters Oct. 21 before arriving on Prime Video Nov. 4. The film is ...
Cactus Jack Returns: Travis Scott Headlines Day N Vegas 2022
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ethan Miller / Getty The 2022 Day N Vegas festival just got a little bit more lively as Travis Scott was named as a headliner, marking his first major concert performance since the Astroworld tragedy. According to reports, the rapper will headline the final day of the weekend concert event set to take place at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. Scott’s appearance will mark his first major concert event in the U.S. since November 2021, when the crowd gathered at his set during the Astroworld concert festival surged, crushing many. That incident left 10 people dead, with many joining up to sue the “Sicko” rapper as well as Drake and Live Nation for damages. Scott had committed to performing at music festivals that will be held in South America later in th...
Trapped In The Cooler: R. Kelly Should Get Over 25 Years In Prison, Says The Feds
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty Disgraced and dastardly R&B crooner R. Kelly is looking at serious times. Federal prosecutors are going to request that the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer, and convicted sexual predator, be sentenced to over 25 years in prison. Mind you, that 25 is just for one of his cases. Reports TMZ: Federal prosecutors out of the Eastern District of NY — who won a conviction against Kelly last September — just filed their recommendation for his sentencing, and they believe there’s more than enough reason to send him away for “in excess of 25 years.” Related Stories In the docs, obtained by TMZ, the feds say Kelly’s particularly menacing because of his history of enticing minors. Prosecutors hold up the case of his relationship with ...
Woman Questioned Bernie Mac & His Comedy Skills, Twitter Fries Her Ferociously
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jason Merritt/TERM / Getty Bernie Mac emerged in the early 1990s as one of the brightest standup comedians of his era, parlaying that fame into a long television and film career. A young woman on Twitter unaware of Mac’s claim as a “King of Comedy” asked if he was “actually funny,” and folks on the social media network had plenty of correction. Bernie Mac Actually IS Funny Twitter user @itsme_duhhhh, also known as Brandi, wrote on Wednesday (June 8), “Show me proof Bernie Mac was actually funny. Pls. Cause y’all dragging it.” Well, the proof was shown time and again to Brandi, who later had to eat her words and apologize for questioning Mac’s comedic chops. When the ratio began to ramp up, Brandi realized the error of her ways. “Is putting me ...
