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The Music In Coinbase’s Viral Super Bowl Ad Was Produced By Com Truise and Samples The Beatles
Coinbase’s viral Super Bowl advertisement was a hit. For Coinbase, it was a hit to their servers. The commercial was simply a QR code that bounced around the screen like the classic DVD logo in the 90s. It was a simple and ingenious marketing strategy, and the traffic that Coinbase received during the ad’s 60-second run time temporarily crashed the company’s servers. But the music was also a hit. The track from the commercial was created by electronic music veteran Com Truise, who sampled the melody of a motown classic and produced an eerie chillwave song. “Money (That’s What I Want)” was originally written by Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford. Barrett Strong was the first artist to record and release the track in 1959 before The Beatles and The Kingsmen ea...
Beloved Bass Coast Festival to Return In Summer 2022
Tickets to the 2022 edition of the beloved Canadian boutique music festival Bass Coast are on sale now. Emerging from a two-year hiatus, the electronic music and arts festival is scheduled to return for its 12th edition from July 8th to 11th in Merritt, B.C., on the shared traditional territories on the Nłeʔkepmx and Syilx nations. After being postponed twice due to the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic, organizers were preparing for a return in 2022. However, just days before tickets were scheduled to go on sale, the host city of Merritt was ravaged by floods. Out of respect for everyone affected, Bass Coast organizers chose to focus their efforts on helping those in need. In response to the devastating floods, the Bass Coast community came together to raise $21,100 for the ...
SLASH: Partnering With GIBSON RECORDS On ‘4’ Album ‘Sounded Like A Match Made In Heaven’
SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS‘ new album, “4”, was released on February 11 via Gibson Records in partnership with BMG, “4” is Slash‘s fifth solo album and fourth overall with his band featuring Myles Kennedy (vocals), Brent Fitz (drums), Todd Kerns (bass, vocals) and Frank Sidoris (guitar, vocals). “4” has the history-making distinction of being the first-ever album to be released on the new Gibson Records label, which is headquartered in the iconic American instrument brand Gibson‘s hometown of Music City, Nashville. In light of the 30-year partnership between Gibson and the Grammy Award-winning Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Slash, it made sense for the new SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS&#...
A PERFECT CIRCLE’s BILLY HOWERDEL To Make Solo Debut At Las Vegas Event
Billy Howerdel, the critically acclaimed songwriter and multi-instrumentalist behind A PERFECT CIRCLE, will make his solo debut with a February 23 performance at #Happens Las Vegas. The outing will give fans their first taste of the Howerdel‘s upcoming album with the collection’s first single, “Poison Flowers”, slated for a March 4 release via Alchemy Recordings/BMG. Howerdel explains: “This new album was birthed while on tour with A PERFECT CIRCLE. A weird blend of confidence, vulnerability and mortality urgently compelled me to write a letter of sorts in the form of an album.” Joining Howerdel for the performance will be Josh Freese (DEVO, THE VANDALS, NINE INCH NAILS, A PERFECT CIRCLE, GUNS N’ ROSES), Danny Lohner (NINE INCH NAILS), Kaela Sincla...
METALLICA Announces Eighth Annual ‘Metallica Night’ With SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
METALLICA and the San Francisco Giants will hold the eighth annual “Metallica Night” on Tuesday, May 24 at Oracle Park — formerly AT&T Park — in San Francisco. METALLICA said: “It’s a tradition that we’ve missed the last two seasons, so we’re really excited for the return of Metallica Night at Oracle Park with our hometown baseball team, the San Francisco Giants. This year marks the eighth time we’ll take the field for the National Anthem, first pitch, and a few other pre-game shenanigans, and it all takes place on Tuesday, May 24th against the New York Mets. “Special Event Metallica packages include a ticket to the game and a limited-edition METALLICA/Giants T-shirt; a portion of the proceeds from every Metallica Night Special Event tick...
Watch MICHAEL ANTHONY Sing DAVID LEE ROTH-Era VAN HALEN Classics With SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE
Fan-filmed video of SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE performing the VAN HALEN classics “Runnin’ With The Devil” and “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” live this past Saturday, February 12 as part of Hagar‘s 2022 “Sammy Hagar & Friends” residency at The STRAT Hotel, Casino & SkyPod can be seen below. Handling lead vocals on the David Lee Roth-era VH songs was THE CIRCLE‘s Michael Anthony, who was also a member of VAN HALEN‘s classic lineup. In a 2014 interview with the “Lamont And Tonelli Show”, which airs on the Bay Area rock station 107.7 The Bone, Anthony was told by the radio hosts that he is such a great lead singer in his own right that he could probably front his own band. “Yeah, you know, but...
Black Dresses Return With New Album Forget Your Own Face: Listen
Black Dresses, the Toronto-based noise-pop duo of Devi McCallion and Ada Rook, have released a new album. After first releasing excerpts from the album on their Patreon, Forget Your Own Face is out now. Listen to the duo’s latest below. The duo announced a breakup in 2020, citing “extended harassment” from fans. McCallion and Rook subsequently released Forever in Your Heart in 2021. “We’re no longer a band unfortunately,” the duo wrote upon that album’s release. “Regardless, we’ve decided to keep putting out music. Blessed to make & share these songs.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Watch Yves Tumor’s New Video for “Secrecy Is Incredibly Important to the Both of Them”
Yves Tumor has shared a new music video for “Secrecy Is Incredibly Important to the Both of Them,” a song from last year’s The Asymptotical World EP. Directed by Jordan Hemingway, the clip finds Tumor taking on a number of cinematic roles: a geisha smoking cigarettes by candlelight, a businessman assassinated outdoors in a spotlight, and a punk veteran trapped in a room with a spiked club-wielding cellmate. Check the music video out below. Next week, Tumor will embark on an extensive tour of North America and Europe in support of the new EP and 2020’s Heaven to a Tortured Mind. The trek will see Tumor staying on the road on through August of this year. Read more about The Asymptotical World on Pitchfork’s list of “The 31 Best Rock Records of 2021” and see “Jackie” at No. 25 on Pitchfork’s ...
Buddy Announces New Album Superghetto, Shares Video for New Song “Wait Too Long”: Watch
Buddy has announced a new album. Superghetto is out March 25 via Lil Company/RCA. The first single from the Compton rapper’s sophomore album is “Wait Too Long.” The single features Blxst, and its music video is out now. Watch it below. Buddy’s last album was 2018’s Harlan & Alondra. In 2020, Buddy and Kent Jamz released the collaborative project Janktape Vol. 1. In 2020 he joined Tinashe on the song “Glitch.” Blxst was among the 2021 XXL Freshman Class alongside Flo Milli, Coi Leray, 42 Dugg, Pooh Shiesty, and Iann Dior. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Artwork by Renell Medrano
Oceanator Announces New Album Nothing’s Ever Fine, Shares New Song “Bad Brain Daze”: Listen
Oceanator, the indie rock project of Brooklyn-based musician Elise Okusami, has announced a new album titled Nothing’s Ever Fine. It’s due out April 8 via Big Scary Monsters/Polyvinyl. Oceanator has shared the lead single “Bad Brain Daze” and an accompanying music video directed by Chris Farren as well. Check that out below. Nothing’s Ever Fine was co-produced by Oceanator and Bartees Strange. It’s her sophomore LP, following her 2020 debut full-length Things I Never Said and her 2017 self-titled EP, and spans 11 tracks in total. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Nothing’s Ever Fine: 01 Morning02 Nightmare Machine03 The Last Summer04 Beach Days (Alive Again)05 Solar Flares06 Post-Meridian07 Stuck08 From the Van09 Bad Brain Daze10 Summer Rain11 Evening
Here Are the Lyrics to CKay’s ‘Love Nwantiti’
CKay released his soothing “Love Nwantiti” back in 2019, but the song took over TikTok in 2021, as users took part in a silky smooth dance challenge. Thanks to the success of “Love Nwantiti,” CKay rose to the top of Billboard‘s Emerging Artists chart (dated Nov. 13) to become the top emerging act in the U.S. for the first time. The Nigerian-based star also scored his first Billboard radio chart No. 1 as the song ascended to the summit of the Rhythmic Airplay list dated Jan. 22, 2022. If you need a guide to follow along with CKay’s “Love Nwantiti,” find the lyrics below: Explore Explore CKay See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Tu tu tuUh tu uh tu tu tuTu tu tuUh tu uh tu tu tuYeah My baby, my Valentine (yeah)Girl, na you dey make my temperature dey ris...
Here Are the Lyrics to Drake’s ‘Knife Talk’ Featuring 21 Savage & Project Pat
For Certified Lover Boy, Drake called on his fellow hip-hop stars 21 Savage and Project Pat for the dynamic “Knife Talk.” Upon its 2021 release, Drizzy’s album blasted to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 613,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 9, according to MRC Data, the biggest weekly sum for an album in over a year. Nine of the album’s tracks hit the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, marking the first album ever to generate as many as nine top 10 Hot 100 hits. “Knife Talk” cut in at No. 5. If you need a guide to follow along with Drake’s “Knife Talk” featuring 21 Savage and Project Pat, find the lyrics below: I gotta feed the streets, my pistol gon’ bleed the streetsSki mask on my face, sometimes you gotta cheatTo stay a...
