music blog
Exclusive: Watch Swedish House Mafia Discuss Early Ambitions and 2010s EDM Boom
Thanks to Swedish House Mafia, it feels like 2010 again. Back then, electronic dance music was enjoying its heyday. And Swedish House Mafia were emblematic of the scene at the time—cohesive and tight-knit, but combustible and ready to explode. You couldn’t go to a music festival without hearing the visceral, signature sound of the trio, who dominated the circuit like Michael Jordan in Game 6. Generational anthems like “Miami 2 Ibiza” and “Don’t You Worry Child” soundtracked the EDM boom of the early 2010s, a timeframe which Swedish House Mafia conjured with their long-awaited debut album, Paradise Again. Released just days ago, the record functioned as a neurotransmitter, triggering the elusive serotonin rush that fans thought would never happen aga...
AFEM Launches First-Ever Survey to Explore Neurodiversity In Electronic Music Industry
The music industry has historically struggled to be inclusive to people who are neurodiverse. But as new information and research arise rapidly, music professionals in all sectors of the industry are broadening their horizons and understanding the importance of neurodiversity, the viewpoint that various neurological conditions are normal as opposed to being considered deficits. The Association For Electronic Music (AFEM) just launched a first-of-its-kind survey that will collect information from music industry workplaces. The data will be used to inform organizations and employees alike about what it’s like to work in the electronic music industry with a neurodiverse condition as well as employ people that have one. Neurodiversity includes the following: ASD (autism spectr...
This Teacher Plays House Music Bangers Every Morning While His Students Arrive at School
I wish my elementary school teacher played house music when we arrived for school. The self-proclaimed “Tech House Teacher” on TikTok, better known as Mr. P by his students, is a teacher based in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. P has been playing tech house bangers for his students to motivate them as they arrive to school each morning. One even penned a letter, urging him to keep it up. “Dear Mr. P, can you please keep playing house music when we come into school in the morning?” reads the note. “It really makes me happy and ready for the day.” Mr. P is also pursuing a career as a DJ and producer, creating tech house tracks under the moniker Jakeshoredrive and releasing them on a number of notable record labels, like Hood Politics. And his educational meth...
Flux Pavilion Taps Into His Roots for Cinematic Dubstep Banger, “Lore”: Listen
No matter how much we grow and adapt, it’s impossible to ignore our roots. Just Flux Pavilion, whose new single harkens back to his pioneering dubstep days of yesteryear. “After a couple years of exploring the space in-between the drops, I woke up one morning with a distinct feeling in my heart that I needed to write a f***ing banger,” said Pavilion, whose new single “Lore” dropped today. “So I’ve done exactly that.” He also said the track lays the foundation for the concept of the “Fluxiverse,” a fictional universe developed by his team over the last four years. Its mystical themes are conveyed by his new song’s eerie spoken-word segment, a soliloquy that serenades us to its eventual climax. “The elder gods...
Editrix Announce New Album, Share New Song “One Truck Gone”: Listen
Editrix II: Editrix Goes to Hell: 01 Editrix Goes to Hell02 The Hunt03 Queering Ska04 One Truck Gone05 Cowboy06 Hieroglyphics07 Horse Girls08 Gut Project09 I Can Hear It10 Two Questions11 Mythic Victims12 Time Can’t Be Redeemed Editrix: 05-04 Somerville, MA – Crystal Ballroom @ Somerville Theatre *05-05 Montreal, Quebec – Théâtre Plaza *05-06 Portland, ME – Space *05-07 Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom *05-09 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere * * with Deerhoof
Flasher Recreate National Treasure in New “Love Is Yours” Video: Watch
Flasher have shared the title track from their new album Love Is Yours. It comes with a music video directed by Camilla Smura. In the clip, Flasher recreate scenes from the film National Treasure, with drummer Emma Baker taking on the Nicolas Cage role. Watch below. Love Is Yours is out June 17 via Domino. It’s the Washington, D.C. rock duo’s follow-up to 2018’s Constant Image. “Love Is Yours” is the second single from the LP, following “Sideways.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Flasher: Love Is Yours
John Carpenter Announces Firestarter Soundtrack, Shares New Song: Listen
John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies have announced the soundtrack of Firestarter, a new film adaptation of the Stephen King thriller. The soundtrack is out digitally via Back Lot Music on May 13 (the same day as the film’s theatrical and streaming Peacock release). A vinyl, CD, and cassette release will follow on October 14 via Sacred Bones. Find “Firestarter (End Titles)” below. The new Keith Thomas–directed film, starring Zac Efron and Ryan Kiera Armstrong, is about a girl with pyrokinetic powers. Watch the trailer below. Revisit the 2017 interview “John Carpenter on the Music That Made Him a Horror Icon.” All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commissio...
Seventeen Announce New Album Face the Sun
The K-pop band Seventeen have announced the title and release date of their fourth studio album: Face the Sun arrives May 27 via Pledis Entertainment. The new album will follow the 2019 studio LP An Ode, as well as the October 2021 Attacca EP. There are 13 members in Seventeen: S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, the 8, Mingyu, DK, Seungkwan, Vernon, and Dino. Last week, the group released its first English-language single, “Darl+ing.” Check out the song’s music video below. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
TRIUMPH Feature Documentary ‘Rock & Roll Machine’ To Premiere On Nugs.net
Nugs.net, the leading music platform for live concert streams and recordings, has partnered with Round Hill Music for the global premiere of the feature documentary “Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine”. Fans can tune in for the premiere event on Friday, May 13 at 8:30 p.m. EDT, which will kick off with an exclusive, moderated question-and-answer session with all three members of TRIUMPH — guitarist/vocalist Rik Emmett, drummer Gil Moore and bassist Mike Levine. Tickets for the global streaming event can be purchased starting today for $19.95 exclusively at nugs.net/triumph. Streaming is available worldwide, with the exception of Canada. Tickets will be available through Sunday, May 15 at midnight EDT. “We are thrilled to bring this exclusive streaming premiere to fans outsi...
SKID ROW’s DAVE ‘SNAKE’ SABO: ‘My Happiness Isn’t Based On How Many Zeroes Are On My Bank Account Statement’
In a new interview with “The Mistress Carrie Podcast”, SKID ROW guitarist Dave “Snake” Sabo was asked which is harder to keep together: a band or a marriage. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Well, I’ve had success and failures at both. There’s a lot of similarities in the two things, but what usurps everything is love and respect. And that’s a two-way street. Rachel [Bolan, bass], Scotti [Hill, guitar] and I, and Rob Hammersmith, the drummer who’s been in the band 12 years, and now Erik [Grönwall, vocals], there’s a love and respect that is completely palatable; you can feel it in the room with us, in the dressing room, on stage. It’s all very real. That has to exist with the home life too. I love my famil...
ANVIL Releases Lyric Video For New Song ‘Take A Lesson’
The official lyric video for the song “Take A Lesson” from Canadian metal legends ANVIL can be seen below. The track is taken from the band’s 19th album, “Impact Is Imminent”, which will be released on May 20 via AFM Records. On “Impact Is Imminent”, ANVIL fires off merciless riff attacks, relentlessly driving drums and impressive bass grooves, complemented by vocal melodies and lyrics that inevitably drill themselves into the listener’s aural tract. As always, guitarist/vocalist Steve “Lips” Kudlow and founding drummer Robb Reiner are at the epicenter of this heavy metal extravaganza. For the past eight years, they have been supported by bassist Chris Robertson, who not only complements the ANVIL fold on a personal level, but als...
M. SHADOWS Explains AVENGED SEVENFOLD’s Return To WARNER BROS. After Costly Legal Battle
During an appearance on a recent episode of “The Bob Lefsetz Podcast”, AVENGED SEVENFOLD singer M. Shadows offered an update on the band’s long-awaited follow-up to 2016’s “The Stage” LP. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We recorded an album a few years ago. We haven’t finished it yet. We kind of took some time off for family, COVID, weird touring circumstances, some changes within our team. And we are still currently with one record left on Warner Brothers Records. We’ll be finishing that record up — I think we have May locked out; our producer can get back to work on it — and then we’re gonna go mix with Andy Wallace in August. And then we’re gonna figure out if it’s [going to be released in the] first ...
