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James Gunn Named Co-Head of DC Studios with Peter Safran
DC Studios’ long search for a creative leader has come to an end, as James Gunn, the quippy filmmaker behind Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy franchise and DC’s The Suicide Squad, has been tapped as co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He’ll divide responsibilities with Peter Safran, a longtime talent manager turned producer who not only worked on DC films such as Aquaman and Shazam!, but also helped build up the Conjuring universe. Gunn and Safron said in a joint statement, “We’re honored to be the stewards of these DC characters we’ve loved since we were children. We look forward to collaborating with the most talented writers, directors, and actors in the world to create an integrated, multilayered universe that still allows for the individual...
How to Get Tickets to keshi’s 2023 Tour
keshi is set to follow-up this year’s “Hell / Heaven Tour” with 2023’s “Hell & Back Tour,” and tickets to his return trip are already up for grabs. The Houston multi-instrumentalist was dubbed by Consequence as one of 15 rising artists to watch in 2022 and released his debut album, GABRIEL, in March. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is keshi’s Next Tour? keshi still has dates left on his “Hell / Heaven Tour” for 2022, including a November run in Australia and New Zealand as well as a Pacific stretch that stops in Thailand, Singapore, and more. In December, he’ll play shows in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan before wrapping for the year in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 17th and 18th. Advertisement Related Video The tour resumes in Dub...
Quasi Announce Tour and New Album, Share Video for New Song “Queen of Ears”: Watch
Breaking the Balls of History: 01 Last Long Laugh02 Back in Your Tree03 Queen of Ears04 Gravity05 Shitty Is Pretty06 Riots & Jokes07 Breaking the Balls of History08 Doomscrollers09 Inbetweenness10 Nowheresville11 Rotten Wrock12 The Losers Win Quasi: 12-07 London, England – The Victoria02-10 Boise, ID – Neurolux02-11 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court02-13 Albuquerque, NM – Sister02-15 San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger02-16 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall02-17 Austin, TX – The Parish02-18 Dallas, TX – Club Dada02-20 El Paso, TX – Lowbrow Palace02-22 Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge02-23 Pioneertown, CA – Pappy and Harriet’s02-24 Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon02-25 Oakland, CA – Starline Social Club02-26 Sacramento, CA ̵...
Neil Gaiman Announces New Album, Shares Songs With FourPlay String Quartet: Listen
Neil Gaiman—the celebrated author of graphic novels including Stardust, Coraline, and The Sandman—has announced that he’s releasing an album of original music: Signs of Life is due out April 28, 2023, via Instrumental Recordings. The album is an extended collaboration with Australia’s FourPlay String Quartet, with words, music, and backing vocals from Gaiman. Ahead of the release, Gaiman and FourPlay String Quartet have shared two new songs: “Credo” and “Bloody Sunrise,” the latter of which arrives with its own music video. “Bloody Sunrise” includes lyrics, music, and backing vocal by Gaiman and lead vocals from Lara Goodridge. Directed by James Chappell, the video opens with Goodridge lying in a coffin before rising to join the rest of the FourPlay String Quartet for a chilling performanc...
U.S. Girls Share New Song “Bless This Mess”: Watch the Video
U.S. Girls have shared their second new song of 2022: The new track, “Bless This Mess,” arrives with a music video featuring real-life footage of Meg Remy from 1998, digitally altered to match the song’s lyrics. Check it out below. The new visual was created by Remy and artist Evan Gordon. In a press release, Gordon explained how it came to be: I buckled down and painstakingly dragged the eight-minute clip over each word of the song, forwards and then backwards, splitting off any partial or direct match. Beyond my expectations, I was able to find multiple matches for each phrase. From here, I worked on stitching the clips together to make complete phrases, selecting from my list of matches much like making a comp of vocal takes. This video is a realfake. It’s naturally authentic while...
Watch Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul’s New “Mantra” Video
Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul are closing out the year with a gauzy video for Topical Dancer track “Mantra.” Check it out below. In a press release about the song, Adigéry and Pupul said, “Mantra is a reworked version of our Yin Yang Self-Meditation, the audiovisual meditation tape which we released back in 2019. We used elements from this original recording in Mantra such as the stream of consciousness and the the heartbeat which we sped up to use as one of the bass drums in Mantra. Whereas Yin Yang Self-Meditation invites you to look inward, we invite you to express yourselves with ‘Mantra.’” Previous singles from the record include “It Hit Me.” Read Pitchfork’s Rising feature “Dance Duo Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul Want to Make You Move, Laugh, and Squirm.” Content This con...
DJ Snake and Alison Wonderland to Welcome Back Canada’s Longest-Running Halloween Massive
The start of the fall season in Canada comes with mixed emotions for ravers. Dropping temperatures and leafs symbolize that it’s time to pack up outdoor festival camping gear and get ready for a long winter. Halloween can feel like the last yearly hurrah to dress up as wild, sexy and scary creatures to release remaining remnants of animalistic instincts from dancefloors in the summer before the snow falls. SCREAM 2022: The Resurrection, presented by Boodang Canada on October 29th in Edmonton, Alberta is making its return as the largest and longest running Halloween massive in Canada. But what exactly makes this event so special? Read on to find out why 15,000 creatures will be howling at SCREAM 2022. Alison Wonderland There is perhaps no better electronic music artist to headline a Ha...
Here Are the Set Times for Second Sky 2022
This weekend, fans of Porter Robinson will descend on the Bay Area for the third chapter in the saga of Second Sky, the Nurture artist’s curated music festival. This year’s fest will feature a special headline set from Robinson himself, as well as a hotly anticipated B2B between his Virtual Self alias and G Jones. Second Sky 2022 will also feature performances from RL Grime, Hudson Mohawke, Bladee and more. Skrillex is also primed for his first festival set of 2022 at Second Sky after replacing Fred again.., whose third studio album, Actual Life 3, is scheduled to release one day prior. Skrillex coincidentally filled a guest slot at the fest’s inaugural edition in 2019. Second Sky 2022 will take place on Saturday, October 29th on the grounds of the Oak...
Record-Breaking Amsterdam Dance Event Draws In 450,000 Attendees
The dust has just begun to settle on Amsterdam Dance Event 2022, and its numbers confirm a record-breaking year. The five-day assembly of conferences, performances, panels and more brought out over 450,000 attendees, who hailed from 146 different countries. 2022 marked a full return for the event following a series of pandemic-related cancellations. Last year’s partial return to action saw ADE’s Pro programming cancelled due to uncertainty surrounding the Dutch government’s restrictions. For that reason, it’s certainly no surprise that this year’s 27th edition of ADE achieved blowout results by every metric. More than 1,000 events dotted the city across 200 unique locations and over 2,500 artists participated in the nonstop action, like electronic music ...
Joel Corry Performs Among Elton John and Britney Spears Lookalikes In “Hold Me Closer” Remix Video
The new music video for Joel Corry‘s remix of Elton John and Britney Spears’ “Hold Me Closer” will have you seeing double. Corry’s remix is the first official rework of the global hit, which in itself is a rework of two of John’s iconic originals, “Tiny Dancer” and “The One.” Directed by Rebekah Creative, the video sees Corry DJing among a team of dancing Britney Spears and Elton John stunt doubles, who are dressed in some of the iconic outfits the two iconic artists have famously donned over the years. Corry’s remix plays up the duet’s already augmented danceable qualities, rooted in nu-disco. Leaning into his euphoric pop sensibilities, Corry incorporates bright, shimmering pianos under the vocals. Meanwhile, the cha...
BadBadNotGood’s Leland Whitty Announces Debut Solo LP ‘Anyhow,’ Shares New Song “Awake”
Leland Whitty of Canadian instrumental band BadBadNotGood will be branching out on his own with a solo studio album. Due for release this December, Anyhow sees Witty enlist his older brother Lowell on the drums across nearly the entire project. Today, Whitty shares the first single from the forthcoming LP, “Awake.” Opening with fluttering piano and gentle violin melodies, the track quickly grows more powerful with the addition of a saxophone and booming drum beat. Instruments are gradually layered on top of one another to form complex yet delicate harmonies. “Awake” is a promising preview of Whitty’s Anyhow, building on his accomplished tenure as a musician within BadBadNotGood. In terms of genre, the band traverses jazz, hip-hop and alternative music. This particular song points in the di...
HHW Gaming: Is The Xbox Series S Holding Back Next-Gen Games? Some Devs Think So
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty When Microsoft first announced the Xbox Series S, the idea of a mid-tier, affordable, next-gen console sounded good to gamers, but could it also be slowing down the development of next-gen games? Some developers believe that is the case. According to a VGC report, a game developer claims “many” studios want Microsoft to drop the requirement that games they work on have to launch on the Xbox Series S. VFX artist Ian Mac [319 articles]” target=”_blank”>Maclure said the quiet part out loud In response to a post from Jeff Gerstmann, formerly of Giant Bomb. Gerstman said in a tweet, “Series S is holding back next-gen games’ argument seems really broken to me.” Maclure, a part of the Xbox Series X|S title I Am Fish...
