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Boris Announce Vinyl Reissues of Flood and NO via Third Man Records
Boris have announced vinyl reissues of 2000’s Flood and 2020’s NO, continuing their partnership with Third Man Records. The LPs arrive August 27th. The news is a major boon for Boris fans, as Flood will receive its first-ever vinyl pressing and NO will finally be released on vinyl outside of Japan. The latter will also see its first widespread digital release after initially being offered exclusively via Boris’ Bandcamp. The reissues continue a successful partnership between Third Man Records and Boris, whose records have drifted in and out of print, often becoming pricey collectibles. Last year, Third Man gave Boris’ early records Absolutego and Amplifier Worship overdue represses, and the label previously re-released the band’s landmark albums Boris at Last -Feedbacker- and Akuma No Uta....
Funko Rolls Out Figurines of BTS, Green Day, Pearl Jam, and More for Popapalooza 2021
Funko is celebrating Popapalooza 2021 with its latest Pop! Rocks line of figurines including BTS, Green Day, Pearl Jam, and more. “It’s Funko’s festival of new music Pops! Check out what’s coming soon and follow along the fun with #Popapalooza,” the toy brand shared to announce the new collection, which also features the likes of DJ Khaled, Boyz II Men, Korn’s Jonathan Davis, Twenty One Pilots, John Lennon, The Notorious B.I.G., Ozzy Osbourne, and Yungblud. While the members of BTS have been turned into vinyl figures plenty of times before, this new collection depicts the K-pop boy band in looks from their smash music video for “Dynamite.” Meanwhile, Osbourne is decked out in his look from the cover of 1981’s Diary of a Madman, while Lennon is rocking a military jacket, and Biggie is chann...
Karol G, CNCO, El Alfa & More Win Big at Heat Latin Music Awards 2021: Full List
Special awards were handed out throughout the night, including Premio Oro to Wisin for his remarkable 18-year career and Premio Compromiso to Gloria Trevi for her social commitment to her Ana Dalai Foundation. The 2021 Heat Latin Music Awards followed all COVID-19 safety procedures, which included temperature checks, hand-sanitizing stations and mask coverage for all staff. The audience sat in separate pods of four people and wore masks as well. Below check out all the winners for the sixth edition of the awards: BEST MALE ARTISTCAMILOMALUMAJ BALVINNICKY JAM — WINNER PRINCE ROYCEFARRUKOOZUNABAD BUNNY BEST FEMALE ARTISTROSALÍAKAROL GGREEICYFARINAKALI UCHISNATTI NATASHAANITTANATHY PELUSODANNA PAOLA — WINNER BEST BAND OR GROUPCNCO — WINNERREIKPISO 21MORATZION & LENN...
Big Red Machine & Taylor Swift’s ‘Renegade’ Has Arrived: Stream It Now
Big Red Machine had a busy week, releasing album opener and lead single “Latter Days,” featuring Anais Mitchell, on Tuesday alongside a music video and “The Ghost of Cincinnati” on Wednesday. “With everyone that’s on this record, there’s an openness, a creative generosity and an emotional quality that connects it all together,” Dessner said in a press release of the collaborators on the album, which also includes Fleet Foxes and Sharon Van Etten. The 15-song album, due Aug. 27 through Jagjaguwar/37d03d, was produced by Dessner at his Long Pond studio in upstate New York — the same location of Swift’s Disney+ documentary Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions. Listen to Big Red Machine’s “Renegade,” fea...
Imagine Dragons Explore Grief & Loss on New Song ‘Wrecked’: Listen
On Friday (July 2), Imagine Dragons offered up the latest preview of their fifth studio album, Mercury – Act 1, with the powerful new song “Wrecked.” According to a press release, the latest Mercury song — following the release of “Follow You” and “Cutthroat” in March — was written by frontman Dan Reynolds after his sister-in-law died of cancer. “She was the brightest light,” Reynolds says about Alisha Durtschi Reynolds, who was married to Dan’s brother Paul and had seven children. “A beacon of joy and strength for everyone she met. Her sudden passing has shaken me in ways that I still am unable to express. I was with her and my brother when she passed, and it was the first time in my life that I had witnessed death in...
HHW Gaming: Xbox Teams Up With Nike For ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ SNKRS Kit Featuring The Lebron 18 Low
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / Space Jam: A New Legacy x Xbox x Nike SNKRS Kit Another day, another dope collaboration featuring Space Jam: A New legacy, Xbox, and this time Nike. Beep, beep. In June, Xbox gave us our first look at Space Jam: A New Legacy The Game and three new custom controllers drawing inspiration from LeBron James’ remix of the beloved film that first starred Michael Jordan. Thursday (Jul.1), Xbox announced another collab with Nike that will feature another custom pair of James kicks, the LeBron 18 Low, and a controller that you will be able to get your hands on if you move quickly. Source: Nike / Space Jam: A New Legacy x Xbox x Nike SNKRS Kit The kit, which will be available via Nike’s SNKRS app ( we heard your groans) on July 17, features the kicks and con...
Issa Rae Teams With Converse For New Converse By You Collection
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Converse / Converse As Issa Rae prepares for the final season of Insecure to get underway, the talented actress is already working on side projects and one of them happens to be some new attire courtesy of Converse. HypeBeast is reporting that Issa will be working with Converse to drop a Customize By You collection and will be collaborating with designer, Nicky Fulcher to make her vision come to life. The kicks are said to be centered around the classic Chuck 70 silhouette that were all the rage back in the day. “Launching the Converse By You collection, Issa Rae said, “it was all about empowering the next generation to get up and DO what it is they aspire to do. So the team took some of my personal affirmations and approaches to life, and put them i...
Andrea Constand Speaks On Sudden Release of Bill Cosby
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty As Bill Cosby was being released from prison due to a technicality overturning his conviction for aggravated sexual assault, the woman he admitted giving pills to before that took place got to speak out. Andrea Constand took to Twitter yesterday (June 30th) after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court made the decision to overturn Cosby’s 2018 conviction to release a statement. Ms. Constand expressed that she found the ruling “not only disappointing but of concern because it may discourage those who seek justice for sexual assault in the criminal justice system from reporting or participating in the prosecution of the assailant.” She also took time to thank the other women who came forward with their accounts of being assaulted, as well as the di...
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Begins Filming, Kevin Feige Says The Film Will Make “Chad Proud”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jesse Grant / Getty Despite some fans being against the idea of it, we’re heading back to Wakanda because filming for Marvel Studios’ highly-anticipated Black Panther sequel titled Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has begun filming in Atlanta. Variety exclusively reports that production for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the follow-up to the Oscar-winning billion-dollar film Black Panther officially began at Pinewood Studios in Atlanta, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige told the publication. Black Panther director and writer Ryan Coogler will helm the sequel. Feige says the original cast from the first film will be returning, but we already know it will not feature the late actor, Chad Boseman returning in the role of the titular character. Boseman tra...
R.I.P. Bryan St. Pere, Hum Drummer Dead at 52
Bryan St. Pere, the drummer for the massively influential shoegaze and alt-rock band Hum, has died. He was 52 years old. His bandmates confirmed the news in a statement earlier today, writing, “It is with very heavy hearts and tear filled eyes that we share the news that our beloved friend and bandmate, Bryan St. Pere, has passed away. We are devastated and deeply saddened by his sudden, and unexpected passing. Bryan was a dear friend, a loving father, brother, and was an incredible person and musician. We all feel extremely lucky to have shared time and space with him. Peace and love to all who knew Bryan, and those he touched. We will miss him dearly.” At an early age, St. Pere was drawn to the drums and decided to start playing the instrument after falling in love with Rush, particularl...
BTS Perform “Butter” and “Dynamite” for SiriusXM: Watch
BTS were guests on the SiriusXM show HITS 1 on 1 on Thursday, sitting down for an interview and a spectacular two-part performance of “Dynamite” and “Butter”. After a brief remote chat with SiriusXM hosts Tony Fly and Symon in which they hyped up their upcoming single “Permission to Dance”, BTS put on an award ceremony-worthy performance. Look, at this point it’s not really shocking that the Bangtan Boys can put more production into a single TV appearance than most artists do in a music video, but it’s still pretty amazing to see every time. Things kicked off simply enough, with BTS sitting in a loft set on some midcentury modern couches. They had as much fun playing off each other during “Dynamite” as they would on a helipad, getting up to dance through the final chorus. As the song ...
Justin Vernon, Aaron Dessner, and Taylor Swift Team Up on New Big Red Machine Song “Renegade”: Stream
Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and The National’s Aaron Dessner have a new album up their sleeve under their collaborative moniker Big Red Machine. Over the past few days, they’ve been releasing songs from the record one by one, and they return tonight to drop the biggest one yet: “Renegade” featuring the one and only Taylor Swift. Stream it below. “Renegade” is the third track we’ve heard from How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?, following the album’s lead single “Latter Days” with Anaïs Mitchell and the stripped-down number “The Ghost of Cincinnati”. Apparently they recorded this song in Los Angeles the same week that Dessner and Swift took home the Album of the Year Grammy for folklore. It’s a folk-pop earworm and it boasts future classic Swift lines like, “Is it insensitive for me to say ...
