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Loretta Lynn Dies at 90
Country music icon Loretta Lynn has died, her family said in a statement. “Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, October 4th, in her sleep at home in her beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills,” the family said. A cause of death was not announced. Lynn was 90 years old. Lynn had been hospitalized in 2017 in the wake of recovery setbacks after a stroke that year. Following the stroke, the legendary singer-songwriter postponed the release of a new album, Wouldn’t It Be Great. She recovered and the album was eventually released in 2018, which she followed with 2021’s Still Woman Enough. In a traditionally conservative genre, Loretta Lynn crafted singles about birth control and divorce. As she recounted on her signature 1970 song “Coal Miner’s Daughter,”...
Oso Oso Shares New Song “De Facto”
Oso Oso has shared a new single, “De Facto.” It’s the first material from Long Island’s Jade Lilitri since he dropped Sore Thumb in March. Check out “De Facto” below. Lilitri wrote and performed “De Facto,” which also features Jordan Krimston on drums. The song was produced and mixed by Sore Thumb and Yunahon Mixtape collaborator Billy Mannino. Revisit Pitchfork’s Rising feature “Oso Oso’s Enlightened Emo.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Open Mike Eagle Shares Madlib-Produced New Song “Circuit City”
Open Mike Eagle has released a new single called “Circuit City.” The Madlib-produced track is set to appear on his upcoming project, Component Systems With the Auto Reverse, and includes guest verses from Video Dave and Still Rift. Check out “Circuit City” below. Component Systems With the Auto Reverse is due out this Friday, October 7, via Open Mike Eagle’s label Auto Reverse. The 14-track project includes “I’ll Fight You,” “Burner Account” (with Armand Hammer), and “Multi-Game Arcade Cabinet,” which features R.A.P. Fererria, Still Rift, and Video Dave. The new release follows 2020’s Anime, Trauma and Divorce. Read “Open Mike Eagle on the Economics of Being an Indie Rapper” over on the Pitch. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Loretta Lynn’s 20 Biggest Billboard Hits
Country music legend Loretta Lynn passed away today, Oct. 4 at age 90. The beloved artist died in her sleep from natural causes at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. Lynn, who was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983, followed by her induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008, was born April 14, 1932, in Butcher Holler, Ky., and blazed a trail for myriad successful female artists on Billboard‘s country charts and beyond. Her audience widened to the masses following the film that chronicled her story: 1980’s Coal Miner’s Daughter, starring Sissy Spacek, as Lynn, Tommy Lee Jones as her husband of 48 years, Doolittle, and Levon Helm as her father. Lynn rolled up 16 No. 1s on Billboar...
JUN & XIUMIN Debut on Hot Trending Songs Chart
Thai rapper-singer Lisa of BLACKPINK returns to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs chart (dated Oct. 8), powered by Twitter, as “Lalisa” logs a fourth week at the summit. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Lalisa,” released in September 2021, is the fourth-longest-leading No. 1 in the chart’s brief history, breaking out of a tie with BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom” and BTS’ “Yet to Come.” BTS’ “Butter” has spent the most time at No. 1 (20 weeks), followed by Ha Sung Woon and Jimin’s “With You” and SB19’s “Bazinga” (seven weeks each). When “Lalisa” first led the Hot Trending Songs chart (dated Aug. 6), Lisa became the first woman to top the tally. The song is also the only title to appear on every Hot Trending Songs chart dating to the survey’s ince...
Pearl Jam, Tegan and Sara Lead Abortion Fundraiser Compilation ‘Good Music to Ensure Safe Abortion Access to All’
Good Music announced on Tuesday (Oct. 4) that they’re releasing a new compilation album to raise money for abortion access featuring Pearl Jam, Tegan and Sara and more. The expansive, 49-track collection, titled Good Music to Ensure Safe Abortion Access to All, will be released Friday (Oct. 7) at 12 p.m. PT for just 24 hours, exclusively on Bandcamp. It features previously unreleased contributions from the likes of Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell, Death Cab for Cutie, Fleet Foxes, Grouplove, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Mac DeMarco, Maya Hawke, The Regrettes, R.E.M., Soccer Mommy and Wet Leg. One hundred percent of net proceeds from the album will be split between The Brigid Alliance — a referral-based service that provides people seeking an abortion with travel, lodging, food, child...
Feid Announces His First-Ever U.S. Headlining Tour: Here Are the Dates
Colombian star Feid is set to headline his first-ever U.S. tour. Dubbed U.S. Trip, the Live Nation-produced stint is set to kick off Oct. 13 in Atlanta and will make stops in key Latin markets such as Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas and Miami before wrapping up in Los Angeles on Nov. 25. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Last year, Feid toured the U.S. as the opening act for Karol G’s entire Bichota Tour. “For me, it is going to be a huge door that is going to open. Ever since I began making music, for me, it is a dream to be able to tour in the USA and that Karol has given me the opportunity to accompany her by opening the shows is super important,” Feid told Billboard at the time. “I am very grateful to her and her entire team for the great ...
Kompany to Headline Club Show Fundraising for Underprivileged Kids In Southern California
‘Tis the season for a Kompany Christmas party in Los Angeles. But no need to go dusting off the old suit and slacks for this holiday celebration. The “Red Alert” producer is gearing up for the holidays to support a timely mission. Brought together by Exchange LA, Los Angeles Mission and Insomniac’s Bassrush, the “Kompany Christmas Party” will be bringing the heat to beat the winter blues—all for a charitable cause. Exchange LA has established a generous tradition of gift-giving over the last eight years, teaming up with local affiliates, including ABC7, to raise thousands for underprivileged children in Southern California. This year the tradition continues with an adrenaline-fueled night soundtracked by Kompany, UBUR, JOOL and Iman. Scroll to Conti...
REZZ Commits to Unearthing the Unexplainable With New Record Label, HypnoVizion Records
REZZ‘s new era of expansion is in full swing. The Spiral producer has been one of electronic music’s biggest success stories over the last five years and remains one of the most influential figures within the bass music genre, taking the gritty style from the deep depths of the unknown to showcasing it on the world’s most prominent festival stages. Several highly visible, like-minded artists have also seen success in REZZ’s wake. Now she aims to continue that journey of building and showcasing a new class of rising talent through the lens of HypnoVizion Records, her new record label. REZZ has launched a new record label, HypnoVizion Records. c/o Press Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles While the the direction of the new venture remains a bit of ...
Black Coffee Opens Up About Near-Fatal Accident On the “Most Pivotal Day” of His Life
It’s no secret that Black Coffee has earned his spot in the dance music history books, but speaking candidly on a recent interview, the Grammy-winning artist opened up about how his life was almost cut short decades earlier. Raised in the town of Mthatha, Nelson Mandela’s hometown, the South African superstar says that a brush with fate almost led to his death. During a public gathering celebrating the release of Mandela from prison in 1990, a taxi plowed into the crowd, leading to an injury that caused Coffee to be hospitalized for three months. The scars from the devastating injury were lasting, and he was effectively left unable to use one of his arms due to severe dislocation. Speaking on Steven Bartlett’s The Diary of a CEO podcast, Coffee says the emotional anguish o...
Colored Bricks and Fresh Kicks: Check Out This Functional LEGO Drum Machine
Is there anything that can’t be built with LEGO? YouTuber Brick Technology has certainly tested what we thought could have been the limit of the iconic childhood toy by creating a fully functional electronic drum machine. Building a mechanical LEGO device like this is well within his wheelhouse after having built an impressive array of remote vehicles and projectile-shooting devices, all made from the colored bricks. Inspired by the now-discontinued Roland TD-9, perhaps constructing this drum machine with an intricate arrangement of bricks and pins from scratch is the only way to get a device like the source material into your home studio. The device was engineered using a shrewd system of levered picks and a conveyor belt-like runway outfitted with various pegs to encode the in...
Group Of Women Dressed As Aliens Assault & Rob Two Women In Times Square
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alexander Spatari / Getty Things in the streets of New York are getting so wild that even women are getting in on the violence and in Times Square no less. According to The New York Daily News, six women dressed down in neon green alien jumpsuits pounced on two women who were celebrating a birthday in a Times Square subway station this past Sunday (Oct. 1), and relieved them of their goods. The mother of one of the victims described the unruly group of women as “loud and obnoxious” as they descended the stairs in the subway before the attack went down. “There were no words exchanged prior,” said the woman, who asked to remain anonymous. “In police footage I’ve seen, you could see that my daughter and her friend were standing on the platform talking and la...
