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Look Inside the First Edition of Detroit’s Iconic Movement Music Festival Since 2019
Detroit’s legendary Movement festival is officially back. The long-running techno and house music festival made its hotly anticipated return to Hart Plaza for the first time since 2019, welcoming more than 50,000 people over Memorial Day Weekend. “Seeing people walk through the gates for the first time again in three years was very special and quite surreal,” said Movement Festival Director Jason Huvaere in a statement. “We’ve waited a long time for this reunion.” Movement 2022 saw headlining performances from a bevy of electronic music legends such as Richie Hawtin, Adam Beyer and a momentous hometown closing set by Jeff Mills—and we were on the ground at the birthplace of techno to capture it all. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles A...
The Mountain Goats Announce New Album Bleed Out, Share Video for New Song: Watch
The Mountain Goats have announced their next album. It’s called Bleed Out, and it was produced in full by Bully’s Alicia Bognanno. The follow-up to last year’s Dark in Here arrives August 19 via Merge. Today, the band has shared lead single “Training Montage” along with a goofy music video. Check it out below and scroll down for the album art, tracklist, and a string of upcoming tour dates. Bleed Out was inspired by action movies from the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s, in which Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle found comfort toward the end of 2020. Cozied up in his North Carolina home, Darnielle watched French thrillers like 2008’s Mesrine, vintage Italian Poliziotteschi, and 1974’s The Freakmaker starring Donald Pleasence. In January 2021, just weeks after Darnielle had started writing, his ...
Composer Ingram Marshall Dies at 80
The composer Ingram Marshall has died, Nonesuch Records announced today (June 1). A cause of death was not specified. Marshall was 80 years old. Ingram Marshall grew up in New York State and studied music as an undergraduate at Lake Forest College and Columbia University. He continued his education at California Institute of the Arts, working as a graduate assistant to electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick before getting his MFA. Marshall was particularly interested in the Javanese gamelan and went to Bali in 1971 to study the tradition. In his early work, he combined his love for gamelan with his interest in the tape loop techniques introduced by contemporaries like Steve Reich and Terry Riley. Marshall made a name for himself on the West Coast with electroacoustic compositions includ...
King Princess Announces Release Date for New Album Hold On Baby
King Princess—the moniker of Brooklyn-raised vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Mikaela Straus—has announced the release date for her sophomore album: Hold On Baby is out July 29 via Zelig and Columbia. Straus produced her record with Mark Ronson, Ethan Gruska, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Dave Hamelin, Shawn Everett, and Tobias Jesso Jr. The LP also has contributions from Zach Fogarty, Amy Allen, and Fousheé. Find the album cover, as well as King Princess’ upcoming tour dates, below. Hold On Baby will include the single “For My Friends,” as well as two new songs that get released on June 8: “Cursed,” and, “Too Bad.” In a statement, King Princess said, “I want this album to give you all some strength in accepting ourselves; as chaotic as we can be.” She continued, “It’s not e...
Phil Lesh, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and Nels Cline Announce “Philco” Set at Chicago Festival
Sacred Rose is a music festival taking place from August 26-28 at Chicagoland’s Seatgeek Stadium. Today, it’s been announced that Grateful Dead icon Phil Lesh will headline. The Phil Lesh & Friends lineup for the show includes Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and Nels Cline, and the set is being billed as a one-off show under the name Philco. Also performing with Lesh are Jeff Chimenti, Karl Denson, John Molo, Stu Allen, Grahame Lesh, and Elliott Peck. “Nels and I are honored to be asked to join Phil and Friends for Sacred Rose,” Tweedy said in a statement. There has been so much about Phil and the Dead to be inspired by over the years, from their longtime musical brotherhood to their wonderful and incomparable music, to their relentless touring and longevity. But perhaps the biggest inspiration is...
Juneteenth Celebration 2022 to Feature The Roots, Killer Mike, Mickey Guyton, and More
Juneteenth 2022 marks the liberation of Black Americans from slavery 157 years ago. In celebration, The Roots, Killer Mike, Mickey Guyton, and more will take the stage at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday, June 19th for a special concert that will be broadcast live on CNN. Other artists on the roster for the evening include Earth Wind & Fire, Robert Glasper, Jhené Aiko, Anthony Hamilton, Billy Porter, Lucky Daye, Mary Mary, and Michelle Williams. Additionally, the show will feature the 68-piece symphony Re-Collective Orchestra. Conducted by Thomas Wilkins and Derek Hodge, the group will be the first all-Black orchestra to ever play the Hollywood Bowl in the venue’s 100-year history. See the full lineup poster below. “This is the most important event we’ve ever produced at Live Nation U...
Why Kate Bush Granted Stranger Things Clearance of “Running Up That Hill”
Strangers Things 4 might bring Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (Make a Deal with God)” to a new career high on the Billboard charts thanks to its repeated use in the Netflix show’s latest installment, which debuted over Memorial Day Weekend. Though its reached instantaneous viral fame, the process of securing the 1985 cult-pop favorite was apparently years in the making. Warning: Spoilers ahead. The song is first introduced as an auditory balm for the character Max (played by Sadie Sink), who has isolated herself after the traumatic events of the previous season and blocks out her friends and classmates by blasting the tune through her headphones, and later serves as a crucial plot device. In a report by Variety, Stranger Things music supervisor Nora Felder reveals she was given free ran...
What the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard Verdict Means for Depp’s Future Career
It seems like an inevitability, at this point: Johnny Depp will be back on the big screen again soon. Not that he’s felt exactly absent from our screens over the last several months, as his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard raged not just in a Virginia courtroom but across the entire Internet. The resulting decision was not a clear-cut victory for either side, but with Depp being awarded $10 million in compensatory damages in comparison to Heard being awarded $2 million, the jury made it clear who they thought was more in the wrong here. However, while Depp fans are treating yesterday’s verdict as a clear-cut victory for the star, the question becomes: What happens next, at least in terms of Depp’s career — the very thing he accused Heard of damaging? Advertisement Related Video ...
Steve Jones Doesn’t Like the Sex Pistols’ Music Anymore: “I’d Rather Listen to Steely Dan”
Sure, Steve Jones might be in the midst of promoting Pistol, the new FX series about his band, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he has to like his own music. In two recent interviews, the Sex Pistols guitarist has admitted that his tastes have changed quite a bit since being a punk rocker in the ’80s; nowadays, he’d “rather listen to Steely Dan.” The topic first came up in an interview with The Telegraph last week. “I never really listen to the Pistols’ music anymore,” Jones admitted. “I’m fucking tired of it, to be honest with you. I’d rather listen to Steely Dan.” It might come as a shock that Jones would prefer a jazz-rock group over the genre he helped pioneer, but rest assured he meant what he said. Speaking with The Associated Press about the re-release of the Pistols’ hit...
Otega – Everytime
Check out this brand new single fromm Otega titled – Everytime. Nigerian singer Otega drops a brand new single he calls “Everytime“, taken from his just-released solo EP called “Magic“. The new record is an impressive track dedicated to his fans/supporters. It fills in as a follow-up to his song on the released extended play titled “Single Lady“. However, it deserves a spot on your playlist. Listen and share Otega – “Everytime” below. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Otega_-_Everytime_NaijaMusic.com.ng.mp3 Download
Otega – Single Lady
Check out this brand new single fromm Otega titled – Single Lady. Nigerian singer Otega drops a brand new single he calls “Single Lady“, taken from his just-released solo EP called “Magic“. The new record is an impressive track dedicated to his fans/supporters. It fills in as a follow-up to his song on the released extended play titled “Pay Me“. However, it deserves a spot on your playlist. Listen and share Otega – “Single Lady” below. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Otega_-_Single_Lady_NaijaMusic.com.ng.mp3 Download
Blaqbonez – Go Home
Check out this brand new single from Blaqbonez titled – “Go Home”. Nigerian singer/rapper Baqbonez is back with a brand new single he calls “Go Home“. The new record impressive piece of music for your listening pleasure. It fills in as a follow-up to his previously released song “Commander” which is still garnering more streams and airplay. However, Blaqbonez’s new album is underway and is expected to drop this year. Listen and share Blaqbonez – “Go Home” below. Download coming soon.
