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Wizkid – Mope
Mope is the latest new single from Wizkid, you should listen to it. Nigerian music superstar, Wizkid dishes out a brand new single he calls “Mope“, for his teeming fans. The new tune is an impressive piece of music for your listening pleasure. Mope is off his latest 14 tracks project titled “More Love, Less Ego”. It fills in as a follow-up to the second track Love & Money on the album. Listen to and share Wizkid’s new song – Mope below. Download coming soon.
Ninety – Smoke and Chill
Nigerian singer, Ninety drops a brand new single titled Smoke and Chill. Ninety returns with a fresh new single produced by Egar Boi just a few months after his released debut EP “Rare Gem” which includes songs like Buttercup, Kiss N Tell, etc. The new record is an impressive piece of music he sings about life without worry and his effort to build an empire, and how he copes by smoking & chilling all pen down with frank and relatable lyrics. Listen and share Ninety – Smoke and Chill below. [embedded content] Download
VIDEO: Black Sherif – 45
Blacko put out an impressive performance in a new music video for his song, titled – 45, out now. Ghanaian singer, Black Sherif drops the official music video for his released track titled 45 taken from his latest album titled The Villain I Never Was. The singer links up with the creative music director TG Omori a.k.a Boy Director, who delivers an entertaining and catchy visual for everyone viewing pleasure. Watch and share Black Sherif’s new music video – 45 below. [embedded content]
Queen Release Unearthed Song Featuring Freddie Mercury: Listen
Queen have unearthed a rare unreleased song with Freddie Mercury vocals. The band recorded “Face It Alone” during sessions for 1989’s The Miracle, which is being reissued on November 18. The song had been forgotten by the band and was believed lost, according to the band’s interview with BBC Radio 2, where the track premiered. Listen to “Face It Alone” below. “It was kind of hiding in plain sight,” Brian May told Radio 2’s Zoe Ball. “We looked at it many times and thought, oh no, we can’t really rescue that. But in fact, we went in there again and our wonderful engineering team went, okay, we can do this and this. It’s like kind of stitching bits together. But it’s beautiful. It’s touching.” The reissue of The Miracle—the penultimate album to be released in Mercury’s lifetime—includes The ...
Silk Sonic, After Winning a Bunch of Awards, Aren’t Submitting Album to 2023 Grammys
Silk Sonic are not submitting their debut album, An Evening With Silk Sonic, for consideration at the 2023 Grammy Awards, Rolling Stone reports. “We truly put our all on this record, but Silk Sonic would like to gracefully, humbly, and, most importantly, sexually, bow out of submitting our album this year,” the band’s Bruno Mars told Rolling Stone. “We hope we can celebrate with everyone on a great year of music and partake in the party. Thank you for letting Silk Sonic thrive.” Voting for the 2023 Grammys begins today. Albums and singles released between October 1, 2021, and September 30, 2022, are eligible for submission and consideration. Silk Sonic’s album was released on November 12, 2021. The eligibility period for the 2022 Grammys spanned September 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021. As...
Beat Happening Announce Vinyl Reissues of Entire Catalog
Beat Happening have announced remastered vinyl reissues of their entire catalog: 1985’s Beat Happening, 1988’s Jamboree, 1989’s Black Candy, 1991’s Dreamy, 1992’s You Turn Me On, and the 2003 rarities and B-sides compilation Music to Climb the Apple Tree By. The six-album reissue campaign will arrive November 11 via Domino. Jamboree, Black Candy, Dreamy, You Turn Me On, and Music to Climb the Apple Tree By will be available on standard black vinyl, while Beat Happening will be available as a double LP. In 2019, the seminal Olympia, Washington trio released the We Are Beat Happening box set including all of their albums, newly remastered by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios. Those reissues will now be available as separate LPs for the first time. Read more about Beat Happening in “The S...
Announcing a New Season of the Pitchfork Review Podcast
Co-hosted by Editor-in-Chief Puja Patel and Reviews Editor Jeremy D. Larson, and featuring guest critics and contributors, Pitchfork’s weekly podcast The Pitchfork Review includes in-depth analysis of the albums and artists we’re listening to right now. The show will offer insight into what our staff finds extraordinary, exciting, and just plain terrible. Peek behind the curtain of Pitchfork, meet our critics, and consider music in a different way. Episodes for the upcoming season will be released Thursdays, with our first episode launching next week, on October 20. Check out a trailer below, and subscribe to The Pitchfork Review here. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Lizzo Kept Love of Radiohead “Hidden” so She Wouldn’t Be “Made Fun Of” by Classmates
In a new interview, Lizzo said she felt compelled to keep her love of Radiohead “hidden” to avoid being “made fun of” by her classmates. “It was a Black school,” she explained in a Vanity Fair cover story, “mostly Black and brown, Caribbean, I had Nigerian friends… They were all listening to what was on the radio: Usher, Destiny’s Child, Ludacris, and I was into Radiohead’s OK Computer.” She said she “kept it hidden, even when I was in a rock band, because I didn’t want to be made fun of by my peers — they’d yell, ‘White girl!’ Also, I was wearing these flared bell-bottoms with embroidery down it — and they’d say, ‘You look like a white girl, why do you want to look like a hippie?’ I wanted to be accepted so bad; not fitting in really hurt.” Advertisement Related Video It wa...
JPMorgan Chase Cuts Ties with Kanye West Following Allegations He Praised Hitler
JPMorgan Chase has cut ties with Kanye West following his numerous antisemitic comments — including newly surfaced allegations he once praised Hitler and Nazis. Conservator provocateur Candace Owens first shared the news, writing on Twitter that there was “no official reason given” for the JPMorgan Chase’s decision, but West will have until late November to find a new financial institution. In response, West told Page Six he was “happy” about crossing the line into antisemitism “so we can speak openly about things like getting canceled by a bank.” “I was told there was no official reason given, but they sent this letter as well to confirm that he has until late November to find another place for the Yeezy empire to bank,” Owens tweeted alongside a purported photo of the official notice. Ad...
Tegan Explains Her Complicated Relationship With Sara in High School Clip: Exclusive
High School isn’t just a triggering phrase for anyone who had a difficult adolescence — it’s also the title of the new Amazon Freevee series based on the memoir by Tegan and Sara Quin. Centered around the complicated sisterhood of two musically gifted twins as they come of age in the mid-90s, High School is all about what it’s like to discover who you are, and where your talents lie, during these formative years. The nature of being a twin plays a big role in the series, as seen in the below exclusive clip. While Tegan (played by Railey Gilliland) is used to having to look after her sister Sara (Seazynn Gilliand), she finds that constant dynamic in her life being challenged by Maya (Amanda Fix), a new friend from school to whom Tegan is getting closer. The clip captures the nuanced nature ...
Tom DeLonge Thanks Matt Skiba for Keeping Blink-182 Alive
After Tom DeLonge left Blink-182 in 2015, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker turned to Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio to continue the project. Blink’s classic lineup is now reuniting, and DeLonge has shared a message thanking Skiba for “all that you have done to keep the band alive.” “I sent this to Matt personally,” DeLonge wrote in a social media statement, “but it’s important for the world to know that I honor him.” The letter reads: “I wanted to take a minute and say thank you for all that you have done to keep the band alive and thriving in my absence. I think you are enormously talented (I still love to listen to your band to this day). You have always been so kind to me, not only in the press, but also to others. I really noticed. Emotions between the three of us in...
Bruno Mars Closes the Door on Silk Sonic Grammy Consideration: ‘Humbly… Sexually Bow Out of Submitting Our Album’
Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak are choosing to sit out this year’s Grammy Awards. In a statement to Billboard on Thursday (Oct. 13), Mars confirmed that the duo will not submit the acclaimed debut by their Silk Sonic duo, An Evening With Silk Sonic, for Grammy consideration. “Andy and I, and everyone that worked on this project, won the moment the world responded to first single ‘Leave The Door Open.’ Everything else t just icing on the cake,” Mars said of the retro soul track that won four Grammy awards in April, including song of the year, record of the year, best R&B song and best R&B performance; the An Evening album was released in Nov. 2021, which would have made it eligible for nominations at the 2023 ceremony. “We thank the Grammys for allowing us to perform on their platfor...
