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Dee Snider Announces Streaming Concert Filmed in Front of Live Audience
Dee Snider has announced a streaming concert that was filmed in front of a live audience. The stream goes live on July 29th, a day before the release of the Twisted Sister singer’s new solo album, Leave a Scar. Livestreams became the norm for many artists during the pandemic. It was a way to bring the concert experience into the homes of fans worldwide, but most featured only the performers and no crowds. For Snider’s upcoming stream, the metal legend filmed a June show in Patchogue, New York, in front of a full crowd, and he’ll beam the full performance across the interwebs for 30 days starting on July 29th for virtual ticketholders. Advertisement Related Video “I can’t wait to see all you crazy motherf—kers when we’re on the road again, but for now, grab a cold one, crank the volume, it’...
Simple Plan Share Studio Recording of Scooby-Doo Theme Song: Stream
Someone grab the Scooby Snacks because Simple Plan have unveiled their take on “What’s New Scooby-Doo?” The track served as the theme song for the kids’ television series of the same name, which ran from 2002 to 2006 on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. Stream it below. “What’s new Scooby Doo?/ We’re gonna follow you/ You’re gonna solve that mystery/ I see you, Scooby-Doo/ The trail leads back to you/ What’s new, Scooby-Doo?” the Canadian rockers croon on the peppy track, which has long been a staple at their live shows. The band shared an Instagram post announcing the news, which featured them drawn in the distinctive style of the classic cartoon. They wrote “It’s finally happening! The ‘What’s New Scooby-Doo’ theme song will officially be available to stream at midnight! We always have so m...
Beck Goes Undercover As Young Paul McCartney in Trippy Deepfake ‘Find My Way’ Video
Beck goes undercover as a de-aged Paul McCartney in the mind-bending video for “Find My Way,” which employs controversial deepfake technology to swap the 51-year-old American alt legend into the body of the 79-year-old Beatle. The song from Macca’s remix album, McCartney III Imagined, comes to life thanks to director Andrew Donoho’s inventive visual, which uses technology from Hyperreal Digital, a company that specializes in creating hyper-real digital avatars. In the visual for the funk-tinged remake of the song from the McCartney III album, FauxCartney takes a number of trips down the same stripe-y hotel hallway, dancing, popping and locking his way through the space as it gets overgrown with greenery. “The technology to de-age talent and have them perf...
Darkside’s Dave Harrington & Nicolas Jaar on the Grief, Alchemy & ‘Psychokinetic’ Connection of New Album ‘Spiral’
“We had never written songs that way before,” he continues. “There was a piano in the house we had rented; we sat at the piano. I mean, this is songwriting 101 stuff, but because we’re both tinkerers and producers and electronics are so important to what we do, we hadn’t tried that as an entry point into our music before.” Spending an extended period of time together for the first time since the world tour behind Psychic wrapped in 2014, Jaar and Harrington spent a lot of time just talking, cooking and generally hanging out. “I remember most vividly,” Jaar recalls via email, “when we decided to go out into the yard just with a guitar and my phone to record voice notes. I remember Dave would always sit in the shade and I would sit in the s...
Grimes on Discord, Her ‘Space Opera’ & Being Right About the Future: ‘I’m Not Just Trying to Be Weird’
Discord – The Movie, which also included a cameo from J Balvin, is part of Discord’s recent “Imagine a Place” campaign reframing the once gamer-focused platform as a place where people with all sorts of interests can congregate — including artists and their fans. After a press preview of the film — and between burbling interruptions from her one-year-old baby — Grimes took a moment to chat about her strategy as an artist on Discord, her relationship with social media, how her upcoming “space opera” album differs from her last and her future plans in television and podcasting. Watch the short film below, and scroll on to hear from Grimes herself. How did you first become familiar with Discord? I actually learned about Discord becaus...
Pop Smoke “Coup,” Jim Jones ft. Fabolous & Eric Bellinger “Filet Mignon” & More | Daily Visuals 7.22.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Pop Smoke continues to keep his presence in the rap game felt thanks to more posthumous music being released and to show love his hood comes out and represents for his latest video. In the visuals to “Coup,” Pop’s old hood is the backdrop as it’s representatives comes out to show out in memory of the fallen soldier and throw up their hood to let everyone know that they bout it as they celebrate the life and legacy of Bashar Barakah Jackson. Rest In Peace, King. Fellow New York delegates Jim Jones and Fabolous link up for the clip to “Filet Mignon” and take that Big Apple swagger to the Bahamas where they enjoy the warm weather and jet skis like some true ballers. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Migos, Millyz, and more. POP SMOKE – “COUP” [...
Yasiin Bey Will Not Portray Jazz Great Thelonious Monk In Biopic Despite Reports
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dominique Charriau / Getty Yasiin Bey was the subject of several reports stating that he would be portraying Jazz legend Thelonius Monk in an upcoming biopic but now, the Brooklyn rapper and actor isn’t attached to the project any longer. According to Bey, he was given the impression that the production company was on board with the film but apparently, he was given improper information. A press release went out earlier this week from Jupiter Rising Film, a production company headed by Peter Lord Moreland and Alberto Marzan, which would begin filming Thelonious in the summer of 2022. In the release, Bey was noted as the main star of the film as Monday. However, a report from Pitchfork notes that T.S. Monk, Thelonious Monk’s son and the chairman and co-fou...
The Spice Must Flow: New ‘Dune’ Trailer Features Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet & More
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Warner Bros. / WB Dune is perhaps the great science fiction novel of all time but has yet to get a proper live-action adaptation despite two major attempts. A new trailer for the upcoming film reveals more details and looks to be one of the most highly anticipated films of the year. The latest trailer for Dune features Timothée Chalamet, who plays the reluctant messiah to the Fremen, Paul Atreides aka Paul Muad’Dib. The clip also features Zendaya, who plays Chani, and her voice opens up the trailer as she explains how the proud desert-dwelling Fremen people of Arrakis, also known as Dune, have been invaded by ruling powers across the Imperium who wish to control melange or space, a powerful substance only found on the barren planet. The trailer also featu...
Billie Eilish Shares Trailer for New Disney+ Concert Film Happier Than Ever: Watch
Billie Eilish is a teen idol, a superstar, and now… a Disney princess? Or perhaps we should say Queen, as the reigning ruler of pop music has signed a deal with streaming giant Disney+ for her new concert film Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles. The special premieres September 3rd, and Eilish has today shared a glamorous new trailer for the special, which you can watch below. A Love Letter to Los Angeles shares a name with her upcoming sophomore album, Happier Than Ever. Via Billboard, Eilish will perform all 16 tracks from the LP in an intimate set at The Hollywood Bowl. She’ll be accompanied by her collaborator/brother, FINNEAS, as well as both the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The latter’s music and artistic director Gustavo Dudaeml will co...
Illuminati Hotties Links Up with Big Thief’s Buck Meek on New Single “u v v p”: Stream
Illuminati Hotties, the indie rock project of producer-songwriter Sarah Tudzin, has just released a new single from her upcoming album Let Me Do One More. It’s called “u v v p” and it sees her teaming up with Big Thief’s own Buck Meek. Stream the track below. “u v v p” has arrived just in time for summer, with its laid-back beach vibes and sunny steel guitar. So far in her career, Illuminati Hotties has made the biggest waves with punk-leaning pop numbers, but this Beach Boys-style track suits her just as well. By the time Buck Meek kicks in near the end for a verse that sounds like a cowboy reading a melodramatic letter, it’s clear that no matter what Tudzin writes, she can’t help but have fun while doing it. This is the third track Tudzin has shared from Let Me Do One More, her second pr...
Whitney Houston’s Hologram Headed for Las Vegas Residency
Death is no obstacle when there’s money to be made, which is how we arrived at “An Evening With Whitney: The Whitney Houston Hologram Concert,” a new residency at Harrah’s Las Vegas. Whether she would have wanted to or not, Houston will be looking to dance with somebody for six months starting October 26th. The late singer’s estate has been pursuing this lucrative likeness since 2019. They even launched a truncated tour in COVID-plagued 2020, though the planned US leg never came to pass. This Vegas residency will feature “all the hits,” and see a very Houston-like simulacrum performing with backup singers, background dancers, and a live four-piece band. Responses have ranged from ‘why not’ to ‘what the hell,’ but Pat Houston, Whitney’s sister-in-law, former manager, and current manager of ...
Camila Cabello Releases ‘Don’t Go Yet’ Single: Stream It Now
Camila Cabello released her new single “Don’t Go Yet” on Friday (July 23). The “Señorita” singer teased the song earlier this week and later debuted two Easter egg-filled trailers of the music video, where the 24-year-old singer is driving a vintage car while changing the radio station and getting whisked away in a joy ride before the video zooms out and reveals the miniature, tropical set in a claymation-style edit. The second clip picks up where the first one left off, where Cabello rings the doorbell to a pink mansion on top of the hill. A poster of what looked like a telenovela promoting the single read, “Bienvenidos a la Familia,” which translates from Spanish to, “Welcome to the family!” You Deserve to Make Money Even Wh...
