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Carl Cox Has Launched His Own Motorsport Racing Team
After releasing his first-ever live album last year, Carl Cox is now fueling another passion: racing. The techno music legend has launched his own motorsport racing team, which will compete in this year’s Extreme E championship, an off-road racing series. He joins an Extreme E lineup that includes teams run by a number of iconic motorsport names, like McLaren and Lewis Hamilton (X44 Vida Carbon Racing). Cox, who founded his Carl Cox Motorsport brand in 2013, is a longtime racing enthusiast and competitive drag racer. However, the Extreme E championship marks his first venture into electric racing. “I’m here to make a difference. To have the opportunity to be part of something so dynamic on four wheels is a dream come true,” Cox said in a press release share...
Adventure Club, SLANDER, Zomboy, More Confirmed for Sunset Music Festival 2023
Sunset Music Festival, now in its 11th year, has become a yearly staple for Tampa ravers. And this year’s lineup does not disappoint in the slightest. Prospective attendees are safe to expect a variety of electronic sounds and sub-genres at Sunset 2023, from house and techno to trance and bass, and everything in between. This year’s lineup, the first phase of which was recently revealed, features Chris Lake, Adventure Club, SLANDER, Zomboy, Habstrakt, Wax Motif, Westend and more. Additional highlights includes a sunset performance from Champagne Drip and a high-profile B2B set by Eptic and Space Laces. More artists will be announced in the weeks ahead. The Mainstage at Sunset Music Festival 2022. Brian Rapaport//EDM.com Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Expect t...
Eurovision Is “Disgusting,” Says Eurovision Contestant John Lydon
The Eurovison Song Contest is “disgusting,” “phony,” and “absolutely awful,” according to upcoming Eurovision contestant John Lydon. The former Sex Pistols frontman trashed the contest on RTE’s Radio 1 just one day after announcing that his band, Public Image Ltd., would be vying to represent Ireland. “It’s absolutely awful, the songs,” Lydon said (via Metro). “The whole thing of it is disgusting to me. I’m a songwriter, I perform live, and these shows just come across as so dreadfully phony to me.” Advertisement Related Video He added that he had never watched Eurovision in his life. “But look, we’re giving it a chance to break out of that mould,” he said, though he had “no idea” how to go about it, and in fact seemed unsure of what would be demanded of him. “Apparently, I have to do...
Liturgy Share Choral Piece “Angel of Sovereignty” Ahead of Upcoming Double Album: Stream
Liturgy have shared the choral piece “Angel of Sovereignty” ahead of their upcoming double album 93696, out March 24th. Outwardly, a two-minute song that’s almost exclusively the sound of a children’s choir seems like a bizarre choice for a single. But Liturgy have been known to throw a curveball, and the track epitomizes the project’s uncompromising nature. There are no traditional rock instruments; nor is there anything remotely metal about the piece. However, the same compositional complexities that run through Liturgy’s “heavier” offerings, if you will, are still at work here. The arrangement of the vocal melodies is unconventional and beguiling — a test for listeners both in its choir-only format and composition. Advertisement Related Video As a teaser for 93696, the track has effecti...
How to Get Tickets to Coachella 2023
Coachella is set to return to Indio, California in 2023, taking over two weekends at the Empire Polo Club from April 14th-16th and April 21st-23rd. Learn more about the festival below, and scroll on to buy tickets. You can also stay up to date on the latest Coachella news and rumors by visiting our Coachella Live page. What Is Coachella? Paul Tollett and Rick Van Santen co-founded the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 1999. Organized by Goldenvoice, a subsidiary of AEG Presents, the two-weekend, multi-stage event features musical artists from a range of genres, including rock, pop, hip-hop, and electronica, as well as art installations and sculptures. Who Is Headlining Coachella in 2023? This year’s trio of headlines is especially historic, as Bad Bunny and BLACKPINK will br...
How to Get Tickets to Sonic Temple Arts + Music Festival 2023
Following a three-year hiatus, the hard rock Sonic Temple Arts + Music Festival is set to return in 2023. From May 25th to 28th, the genre’s biggest acts — Foo Fighters, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, and KISS, among them — will perform at the Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. In addition to being the festival’s first run since 2019, the 2023 Sonic Temple is a notable show for Foo Fighters, who are returning to the stage following the 2022 death of drummer Taylor Hawkins with a slew of summer festival appearances. Ahead of the event, read on to learn how to get tickets to Sonic Temple Arts + Music Festival 2023. What Is Sonic Temple Arts + Music Festival? Advertisement Related Video Sonic Temple is a four-day music festival that focuses on rock and metal. The event debuted in Co...
Jeff Beck’s 10 Best Songs: With Yardbirds, Solo & Beyond
You’re likely to find Jeff Beck‘s face on any Mount Rushmore of guitarists — and maybe of musicians, period. His musical praises are being sung worldwide since his shocking death Wednesday (Jan. 11) from bacterial meningitis at age 78. And rest assured that everything being said about the seven-time Grammy winner and two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee is true. And maybe even understated. While his skills are unquestionably worth celebrating, those discussions sometimes obscure the fact that Beck’s greatest gift was in service to the songs he played. Whether with the Yardbirds or the various incarnations of his own band, or with a wide variety of collaborators, Beck elevated his songs with purposeful and deliberate choices — of notes, riffs, phrasings — that raised them to the pro...
Shakira Slams Pique in New Bizarrap Session: Here Are the Lyrics Translated to English
Shakira did not hold back on her first single of the year, “BZRP Music Session #53,” helmed by Argentine hitmaker Bizarrap. In the nearly four-minute dance-pop track, the Colombian artist is more unapologetic and empowered than ever, spitting diss verses to her ex-boyfriend and soccer star Gerard Piqué and even throwing a jab at his new girlfriend, Clara Chia Marti. “I’m not getting back with you, don’t cry for me, nor beg me/ I understood that it’s not my fault that they criticize you/I only make music, sorry that it bothers you,” she chants, also saying in the lyrics, “You left me the in-laws as my neighbors, media outlets at my door and in debt/ You thought you hurt me, but you made me stronger/ Women don’t cry anymore, they cash in.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See lates...
Zendaya, Austin Butler & More Score 2023 SAG Awards Nominations
A day after winning at the 2023 Golden Globes, Zendaya and Austin Butler have a new awards show to look forward to: the 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards. Both young superstars scored nominations Wednesday (Jan. 11) at the SAG Awards – Butler for outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role for his electric breakthrough role as Elvis in Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 biopic of the music icon and Zendaya for outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series for her second season as Rue in HBO’s Euphoria. It’s the first SAG nomination for both actors. The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All at Once dominate the film nominations, with five nods each, while Ozark and Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story lead TV nods with four apiece. The 2023 SAG Awards will tak...
Red Stewart Remembers Jeff Beck: He ‘Was On Another Planet’
Rod Stewart is remembering Jeff Beck as “the greatest,” an otherworldly axeman with whom he formed one of rock music’s hallowed partnerships more than 50 years ago. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Beck, who passed away Tuesday (Jan. 10) after contracting bacterial meningitis, at the age of 78, was a guitarist “on another planet,” Stewart recounts in a social post. Posting a picture of the pair together, he writes that Beck “took me and Ronnie Wood to the USA in the late 60s in his band the Jeff Beck Group and we haven’t looked back since. He was one of the few guitarists that when playing live would actually listen to me sing and respond. Jeff, you were the greatest, my man. Thank you for everything. RIP”. Beck tapped Stewart in 1967 to join hi...
Freddie Gibbs Is Planning Four New Albums
Freddie Gibbs is keeping himself busy as he plans work on four new albums. The $$$ rapper confirmed the news to XXL Magazine, “Alchemist and Madlib ain’t goin’ nowhere, so keep that in mind. And me and Boi-1da in the studio now real, real, real heavy.” He also teased a possible R&B project, “I’m making the best music of my life, so it’s no reason to stop. And I’m the king of R&B, so I gotta do that album as well.” Release dates for the records are yet to be revealed, but this will mark the eight overall project from the MadGibbs duo, the third studio album with Alc and a debut effort with Boi-1da. Gibbs also opened up about his foray into acting, explaining that he is taking the craft seriously after receiving praise for his lead role in Down With The King. “I’m going into this thi...
RRR’s “Naatu Naatu” Wins Best Original Song at 2023 Golden Globes
M.M. Keeravani and Chandrabose have won Best Original Song at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards for “Naatu Naatu” from RRR. Their song competed against ones performed by Taylor Swift (Where the Crawdads Sing’s “Carolina”), Rihanna (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s “Lift Me Up”), Lady Gaga (Top Gun: Maverick’s “Hold My Hand”), and Gregory Mann (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’s “Ciao Papa”). Earlier in the evening, Justin Hurwitz won Best Original Score for his work on Babylon. “I’m very much overwhelmed with this great moment happening,” M.M. Keeravani said upon accepting the award. “It’s been an age-old practice to say that this award actually belongs to someone else. So I was planning to not say those words when I get an award like this, but I’m sorry to say I’m going to repeat the tradition b...
