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BAPE x Reebok Tease Spring Summer 2022 Collaboration
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: REEBOK / Reebok 2022 is already showing promise for streetwear culture. BAPE and Reebok are teasing a Spring Summer 2022 collaboration. Today (Monday, January 5) BAPE and Reebok have announced they will partner once again on a collection. While the pieces to be included in the forthcoming drop have yet to be revealed, Reebok said in a statement that the capsule is slated to drop later this month and will be unveiled officially by the brands on January 10. This is not the first time the two brands have come together. Back in December 2020 they jointly co-designed Club C, marking the first time the two brands have worked together on Reebok’s iconic model, first launched in 1985. The BAPE x Reebok Club C was a fusion of Reebok’s minimalist silhouette and sig...
Artist Formerly Know As Kanye West Working On ‘DONDA 2’, Twitter Does What It Does
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Kanye West aka Ye spent a gang of money to promote his last album, DONDA, with a numerous album listening events, pushed back release dates and a feature-heavy guestlist. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that he is working on its sequel, DONDA 2. Complex first reported that music exec Steven Victor revealed that the artist formerly known as Yeezy was working on the project. “Ye has started working on his new masterpiece DONDA 2,” Steven Victor told Complex. But worth noting, many people have already pointed out that Ye has a suspect track record when it comes to proper sequels (remember Cruel Winter, the sequel to Cruel Summer?—never happened). Will it drop? Will it make the original’s recording budget look like a pittance? Will he ...
Eptic and Space Laces Have a Collab In the Works
Let’s be honest—we’re all full of crap with our New Year’s ambitions. We go to the gym on January 1st, but only on January 1st, waking up 11 months later with a Dorito-filled kangaroo pouch and regret. But bass virtuoso Eptic is kicking off the year with a much better goal in mind, at least for fans of electronic music. The Belgian beatsmith took to Twitter on January 1st to announce that a new collab with Space Laces is in the works: “My main goal of 2022 is to finally get started on that @spacelaces collab,” he wrote. Eptic and Space Laces are two of the most gifted sound designers in the electronic music scene. Their trailblazing approaches to dubstep and trap music have largely helped shape each genre as we know them today, inspiring le...
REZZ Announces Release Date of “Spiral” Bonus Track, “MENACE”: Listen to a Preview
In the wake of her scintillating third album, REZZ is kicking off 2022 by dropping a new bonus track. The Juno Award-winning artist took to social media to share a preview of the new cut from Spiral, which dropped in November 2021. Days prior REZZ tied a bow on a monster year with a performance at Colorado’s Decadence NYE music festival, where she debuted the track, “MENACE.” With its gritty bassline and spellbinding synths, “MENACE” is signature REZZ. It’ll slide right into the sonic mythos of the eerie Spiral, a record which proved that the one they call Space Mom has experienced remarkable artistic growth, both as a producer and songwriter. And since the album’s release just missed the eligibility cutoff for 2021 Grammy Award consideration, R...
Departure Festival to Debut In Mexico’s Playa Del Carmen With Nora En Pure, Black Coffee, More
Making up for one of the most celebrated dance music festivals in Mexico, Departure is coming to Playa Del Carmen for an immersive five-day experience. Scheduled for January 6-11, the annual destination event is proudly organized by Pollen Presents, The Brooklyn Mirage, and The Cityfox Experience, who have organized a festival experience like no other, soundtracked by a number of the world’s most renowned house and techno artists. With four custom stages, including a never-before-seen Mirage Mainstage on the beach, Departure will feature performances from a slew of dance music mainstays and underground tastemakers. The Playa Mirage stage will be headlined by Black Coffee, Dixon B2B Âme and Maceo Plex, as well as feature a must-see, six-hour collaborative set between Jamie Jones, Jose...
Beyond Wonderland Announces Huge Lineup for 2022 SoCal Festival With Zedd, DJ Snake, More
Beyond Wonderland, the Alice In Wonderland-themed EDM spectacular in Southern California, is returning in 2022 with a massive lineup. Insomniac Events today announced over 80 artists scheduled to perform at the fest, which is scheduled for March 25th and 26th at San Bernardino’s NOS Events Center. True to form, North America’s preeminent electronic music event promoter has once again put together a staggering lineup. The 11th edition of Beyond Wonderland will feature performances by Zedd, DJ Snake, Seven Lions, Zomboy, Sippy, Above & Beyond, Zeds Dead, JOYRYDE and many more. Fans can also look forward to the festival’s psychedelic stages, like the Queen’s Domain, Caterpillar’s Garden, and Mad Hatter’s Castle, among others. A surefire highlight o...
BRIAN FAIR: SHADOWS FALL Has Talked About Working On New Music
SHADOWS FALL, the Massachusetts metal band which was at the forefront of the New Wave of American Metal scene that dominated the ’00s, reunited to play a one-off show on December 18, 2021 at The Palladium in Worcester in their native Massachusetts. Also appearing on the bill were UNEARTH, DARKEST HOUR, WITHIN THE RUINS, SWORN ENEMY and CARNIVORA. In a new interview with the Podioslave Podcast, conducted just days after the reunion gig, SHADOWS FALL singer Brian Fair stated about the comeback performance (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It was insane, man. It couldn’t have gone any better than we could have hoped for. It was a long time coming. We sort of fizzled out as far as we never had a last big show to kind of head off into the sunset. We still all loved making...
Original QUIET RIOT Bassist KELLY GARNI Performs With The Band For First Time In 43 Years (Video)
Kelly Garni, original bassist and founding member of QUIET RIOT, joined the current version of the band on stage this past Friday (December 31) at Fremont Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada to perform the classic song “Slick Black Cadillac”. Video of his appearance can be seen below. Two days prior to the gig, Garni took to his personal Facebook page to write: “Here’s what I’m doing NYE. For the first time in 43 years, I will be doing a song with QUIET RIOT! I am very excited about it and hope to see many of my Vegas friends! And, you can’t beat $30 to do anything in Vegas on NYE! Come on down and help me bring in the new year! Be advised: if you comment with any of that shit about ‘this isn’t really QR,’ you will be GONE as soon as I se...
Ex-HANOI ROCKS Singer MICHAEL MONROE: Trailer For Official Documentary Now Available
The official trailer for the long-awaited documentary about former HANOI ROCKS singer Michael Monroe is available below. Directed by Saku Perinnön, the one-hour-and-17-minute documentary details the rise and fall of HANOI ROCKS and the band’s return in the early 2000s. Former members Sami Yaffa and Nasty Suicide share their recollections from the band’s past while Andy McCoy is featured in archival interviews and footage. Also interviewed for the film were Slash and Duff McKagan from GUNS N’ ROSES, Chris Shiflett from FOO FIGHTERS, as well as Michael‘s mother. Last spring, Monroe, who was born as Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm in 1962 in Finland, spoke about the documentary during an appearance on a video podcast hosted by Todd Kerns, the bassist of SLASH FEATURING...
Report: GRAMMY AWARDS Likely To Be Postponed Due To Omicron Variant
According to Billboard, the 64th annual Grammy Awards, which was originally set to take place January 31 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, will likely be postponed to a later date due to the omicron variant. A Recording Academy spokesman told the music industry magazine that no decision has been made and urged caution against speculation set off by an unnamed source. Last year, the 63rd annual Grammy Awards was also postponed due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19. The show eventually happened on March 14, 2021 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (moved from Staples Center, the former name of Crypto.com Arena). This year’s Grammy nominations were announced on November 23, 2021. The nominations were announced during a livestream from the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, which fea...
David Koechner Arrested on New Year’s Eve for DUI
David Koechner spent New Year’s Eve inside of a jail cell in Ventura County, California after being arrested on suspicion of DUI and a hit and run. TMZ reports that Koechner was pulled over by police around 3:00 p.m. local time following reports of a car driving erratically and allegedly hitting a street sign. He was given a field sobriety test, which he failed. The 59-year-old actor, known for his roles in Anchorman and The Office, was booked at the Ventura County Jail at 5:15 p.m. local time and released the following morning shortly before 6:00 a.m. Advertisement Koechner has a court hearing scheduled for March 30th. Consequence has reached out to Koechner’s representatives for additional information. Share this: [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_style” ti...
Josh Klinghoffer Covers Golden Girls Theme Song in Honor of Betty White: Watch
Like most of us, Josh Klinghoffer is currently mourning the loss of Betty White, who died on New Year’s Eve just weeks before her 100th birthday. The former Red Hot Chili Peppers member honored the longtime TV icon by sharing a guitar cover of the theme song to Golden Girls, the sitcom that helped solidify White’s legendary status. “There has been a lot of loss lately, a lot of endings,” Klinghoffer wrote on Instagram. “It’s happening all the time everywhere, but these past few weeks have seen the loss of a few important people in my life. I rarely feel like I have any wisdom to share, but the son of the creator of the show I have included the theme song to said this, and I think it’s just brilliant. He said (something like), ‘We are all experts at being exactly who we were the day be...
