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New Music Friday Roundup: Dada Life, REZZ, Moore Kismet & More [1/7/22]
Just like that, 2022’s first New Music Friday has come and gone. And if today was any indication, electronic music artists are hungrier than ever not only to release new music, but also to innovate. Dada Life, REZZ, Moore Kismet and more wasted no time kicking off the year with must-listen tracks and setting the tone for 2022. Take a listen below. Dada Life – So Good Dada Life turned back the clock to their electro house days in “So Good,” a track with all the bells and whistles of a classic party-starting Dada Life anthem. REZZ – MENACE REZZ fanned the flames of her scintillating Spiral album with a new bonus track, “MENACE,” a maniacal midtempo banger. Crankdat & Ruvlo – Lasers Crankdat and Ruvlo stomped onto Disciple with “L...
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EDM.com Playlist Picks: David Guetta, Armin Van Buuren, Jonas Blue and More [01/07/22]
The electronic music community is constantly evolving with new sounds every week, as artists become more innovative with their compositions. EDM.com’s weekly “Playlist Picks” series highlights the top releases in the genre, helping uncover the latest tracks that will soon dominate the dance music scene. EDM.com Top Hits David Guetta & Morten – Permanence Armin van Buuren & Avira – Hollow (feat. Be No Rain) – Colyn Remix Jonas Blue & Why Don’t We – Don’t Wake Me Up Festival Hits 2021 Steve Aoki & Shaquille O’Neal – Welcome to the Playhouse Recommended Articles Hugel, Jude & Frank and Twolate – La candela viva Dada Life – So Good Electronic Avenue Excision, Dion Timmer & Donna Tella – ...
The Weeknd Releases Music Video for “Sacrifice”
The Weeknd kicked off 2022 with a bang as his fifth studio album Dawn FM has now been finally released to the public. And after teasing multiple trailers leading up to the launch day, the Toronto-born crooner has also accompanied the drop with his first visual for “Sacrifice” — track number five off of the new record. The song itself features a sample from Alicia Myers’ “I Want to Thank You” track from 1981 along with production assistance from Swedish House Mafia and Max Martin. Cliqua lead the way for directing this new music video, and it clocks in at just over four minutes. It opens with a close-up shot of The Weeknd who looks perplexed and as if he just woken up from a slumber as a radio-esque voice in the background gradually guides him to a beaming light. From there, the scene trans...
Watch 2 Chainz and 42 Dugg’s Video for New Song “Million Dollars Worth of Game”
2 Chainz has shared a new song, “Million Dollars Worth of Game,” featuring Detroit rapper 42 Dugg. It’s a single from his upcoming album Dope Don’t Sell Itself, which, according to his Instagram, is due this month. Check it out below. Dope Don’t Sell Itself will be 2 Chainz’s first album since 2020’s So Help Me God! The typically prolific rapper had a relatively quiet 2021, making a few appearances on albums like Yung Bleu’s Moon Boy, Westside Gunn’s Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Side B, and Benny the Butcher’s The Plugs I Met 2. More recently, he collaborated with DJ Premier for a single called “Mortgage Free.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Four Tet’s Streaming Royalties Dispute With Domino: What’s Going On and Why It Matters
In bringing the lawsuit, Four Tet asked for damages of up to £70,000 (about $95,000) plus costs. Hebden also seeks a court judgment over the 50 percent royalty rate. If a judge determines that the contract doesn’t cover streams and other digital formats, then Four Tet should’ve received a “reasonable market rate” for them, according to the musician’s legal arguments. As noted by UK music trade outlet Complete Music Update, the litigation fits into a long-running debate over whether digital formats represent a “sale” or a “license” under the terms of analog-era contracts. Lawsuits have been waged over this issue since the iTunes era. In 2009, Eminem’s former producers F.B.T. Productions lost one such royalty case against label giant Universal Music Group. Almost a decade later, Enrique Igle...
DJ Shadow Remixes King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s “Black Hot Soup”: Listen
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have shared another song from Butterfly 3001, their album featuring remixes of songs from their 2021 album Butterfly 3000. “Black Hot Soup (DJ Shadow ‘My Own Reality’ Re-Write)” is the opening song from the album and it arrives today with a new video directed by John Angus Stewart. It stars Australian actor John Safran and features Alkiviadis Grapsas and John Dimoulas. Watch it below. Butterfly 3000 was the band’s second album of 2021 following L.W. The band is heading on an extensive tour this year. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
SZA Shares New “I Hate U” Video, Starring Lakeith Stanfield: Watch
SZA has shared a new visualizer for her latest song, “I Hate U.” The video for the track, previously available on SoundCloud and officially released late last year, is directed by Jack Begert and features Lakeith Stanfield. Check it out below. SZA released “Hit Different” with Ty Dolla $ign in September 2020, her first new single as a lead artist since 2017’s Ctrl. She followed it with the B-side “Good Days” at the end of the year, and released a video for the track in March 2021. Revisit Pitchfork’s 2017 interview “‘I’m Literally Still Shook’—SZA Reflects on Her Breakout Year.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
SZA Shares “I Hate U” Visual Starring LaKeith Stanfield
SZA has dropped a visualizer for her hit song “I Hate U.” The single was covertly released on Soundcloud via an anonymous account in August, followed by its official debut on streaming services last month. It went on to become the most-streamed R&B track by a female artist on Apple Music after only a week on the platform. The video opens with a shot that pans a picturesque coastal landscape. LaKeith Stanfield stars in the visual, shown arguing on the phone and then solemnly walking across the beach while he contemplates his relationship. Fans commented under the video on YouTube, expressing their excitement for SZA’s next album over four years after the release of her debut LP Ctrl. While SZA has spoken about working on the project in interviews over the past few years, she has yet to ...
Drakeo the Ruler Posthumously Releases “Ain’t That the Truth” Music Video
A music video is out for Drakeo the Ruler’s single “Ain’t That the Truth” featuring Ralfy the Plug. The song is the title track of the late rapper’s fifth full-length album, which was released in July. Directed by Spingen Productions, the visual shows Drakeo and his brother Ralfy simply hanging out in their home studio. “We know the truth, the truth hurts,” Drakeo raps on the track. “Ain’t that the truth?” Drakeo, whose real name is Darrell Caldwell, was killed at twenty-eight-years old last month. On December 18, an altercation that broke out backstage at the Once Upon A Time in LA music festival in Exposition Park in California where Caldwell was set to perform and he was fatally stabbed. He was rushed to the hospital but ultimately died due to his injuries. In other music news, 2 C...
Bon Jovi Announce Spring 2022 US Tour
Hard rock icons Bon Jovi have announced a Spring 2022 US arena tour that spans 15 dates in April. The trek kicks off April 1st in Omaha, Nebraska, and runs through an April 30th date in Nashville. The route will hit markets in the Midwest, along the East Coast, and throughout the Southeast and Texas. Tickets go on sale to the general public January 14th at 10 a.m. local time in most markets, and can be purchased via Ticketmaster. Pre-sales will begin as early as January 11th. Related Video “We have all missed touring and we know that nothing can replace the energy of a live show for the fans or the band,” Jon Bon Jovi said via a press release. Advertisement The band was forced cancel its last major tour with Bryan Adams in April 2020 after pandemic lockdowns hit. Bon Jovi have played a han...
The Boys Season 3 Reveals a Release Date, First Footage Full of Summertime Revenge
Lots of weird, wild, and scary stuff has happened over the course of the first two seasons of superhero action dramedy The Boys (that poor whale), but there’s nothing quite as scary as Homelander (Antony Starr) smiling. That’s what gets put front and center in this first look footage from Season 3, which Amazon Prime Video announced Friday will premiere this June. Per the official YouTube description, “Payback’s coming June 3rd.” Season 2 of the series ended with neo-Nazi superhero Stormfront (Aya Cash) getting pulverized but Homelander remaining, in the eyes of the public, a big damn hero. And while Starlight (Erin Moriarty) is also back in the public’s good graces (not to mention her original, less-revealing supersuit), she’s more than aware that behind the blinding grin we see in this t...
Rooney Mara Set to Play Audrey Hepburn in Upcoming Apple Biopic
Apple is cooking up some breakfast at Tiffany’s. Per Deadline, Apple Studios is developing a biopic on the life and career of Audrey Hepburn with Rooney Mara starring as the iconic actress. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo star will also serve as a producer on the film, while Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name) is set to direct. Michael Mitnick, who wrote for Martin Scorcese and Mick Jagger’s short-lived HBO series Vinyl, will pen the biopic’s screenplay. After cutting her teeth as a chorus girl on London’s West End, Hepburn shot to instant stardom with her first leading film role in 1953’s Roman Holiday, which earned her an Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA Award. She went on to become a legend in the Golden Age of Hollywood, with iconic roles in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, My Fair L...
