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Offspring Apologizes For Destroying Sneaker Boxes At Their Store
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / NIke To help deter sneaker resellers and ensuring that actual sneakerheads get their hands on coveted kicks on release day, stores have done everything from limiting purchases to one per person to having customers actually wear recently purchased sneakers out the store. But sneaker boutique, OFFSPRING in the UK might’ve gone a bit overboard recently when they had employees literally crush the sneaker boxes of the Nike “Ambush” Dunks to keep them from making their way to the secondary market. To add insult to injury, the box was actually discarded and the sneakers were placed in a plastic bag and given to customers. The clip of an employee jumping all over sneaker boxes drew much criticism from social media. While the idea is, well, creative, many a...
HHW Gaming: The Atari VCS Retro Console Is Finally Available Via Retail
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Atari VCS / Atari It took A LONG TIME, but Atari’s retro console/PC is finally available via retail. It has been a bumpy road for the Atari VCS, but we are finally here. The unique system that serves as both part-desktop PC, part-retro console and takes its cues from the classic Atari 2600 can now be purchased via Atari’s website, Best Buy, and Micro Center, promising a Spring 2021 shipping date. If you check GameStop’s website, you can’t purchase the console, but it does say the Atari VCS will ship on July 2. We first spoke about the console back in 2017. Then, it was called the AtariBox before getting a rebrand in 2018 and renamed the Atari VCS along with an IndieGoGo campaign that allowed people to back the console’s development in June 2018. Atari at ...
Security Who Claimed Pooh Shiesty Shot Him Now Says He Can’t Remember
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Not too long ago Pooh Shiesty was arrested in connection of the shooting of a security guard at the King of Diamonds club in Miami, Florida. But now the alleged victim of the shooting is changing his tune. According to TMZ, the security guard in question is recanting his sworn testimony who’s now claiming he doesn’t remember what he told police who were investigating the May 30 shooting. Shiesty’s attorneys, Bradford Cohen and Saam Zangeneh, filed a new motion this week in court alleging that the security guard’s testimony is now in question as the guard is claiming he was on powerful pain killers when he was making his statement to authorities. “According to the docs, obtained by TMZ, Frivin Dor‘s transcribed interview with Pooh’s...
These Twins Broke the Guinness World Record for “Smallest Mobile Nightclub”
Claustrophobics beware, there’s a new nightclub in town. Enter the Doof Shed the world’s “Smallest Mobile Nightclub” that just nabbed a Guinness World Record for its creators, twin brothers Harry Nathan and Evangelos “Boonie” Labrakis. In the wake of the year the world halted due to COVID-19, the twins wanted to devise a plan to keep the music alive. So they repurposed a metal shed and turned it into a nightclub, where people can get down on a dancefloor that spans just 1.53 x 0.74 meters. Harry Nathan and Evangelos “Boonie” Labrakis in the world’s “Smallest Mobile Nightclub.” Wesley Tan Guinness World Record titles are no joke, so this club had to have all the features of a normal venue. According to a press...
deadmau5, Don Diablo, More Confirmed as ADE 2021 Conference Speakers
The Netherlands just recently announced its third wave of COVID-19 relaxations, green-lighting large-scale events more than a year after the onset of the pandemic. The world’s leading electronic music summit, Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is wasting no time, planning to return to its full live format in October 2021 at its homeport of Felix Meritis Palace. The picturesque canals of the Dutch waterways will be taken over by the dance music industry’s finest once again this fall. Organizers have announced the first confirmed conference speakers: House superstar and futurist Don Diablo, deadmau5 and his business partner Dead Wilson, Mixcloud CEO and co-founder Nico Perez, IMPALA chair Helen Smith, musical duo Zaena x Jason Maek, and AR/...
Soundgarden and Chris Cornell’s Estate Reach Temporary Agreement Over Band’s Social Media Accounts and Website
Over the past few years, the surviving members of Soundgarden and Chris Cornell’s estate have been embroiled in a number of legal issues. On Tuesday, the two parties agreed to settle the issue surrounding the band’s social media accounts and control of the Soundgarden website. “Soundgarden and Vicky Cornell, the personal representative of the Estate of Christopher Cornell, are pleased to announce that, effective June 15, 2021, they have come to a temporary agreement that will transfer the Soundgarden social media accounts and website to the band’s remaining members, Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, and Ben Shepherd and their managers, Red Light Management,” a statement obtained by SPIN read. “This includes Soundgarden’s website [https://www.soundgardenworld.com], Facebook [https://www.faceb...
Feist to Debut New Music During Summer 2021 Live Residency MULTITUDES
Leslie Feist has announced MULTITUDES, an upcoming live residency that will feature intimate performances of all-new songs. The limited capacity, in-the-round production was developed by the Canadian singer-songwriter with designer Rob Sinclair, who has worked with David Byrne, Peter Gabriel, and Tame Impala. It will feature custom 18-point D&B Soundscape immersive audio and is described in a press release as an “intimate, radically communal, and topsy-turvy concert that muddies the roles between audience and performer.” Musicians Todd Dahlhoff and Amir Yaghmai will accompany Feist during the shows. Created during and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, MULTITUDES aims to bring people back together. Audiences are encouraged to participate in the performances. Related Video MULTITUDES...
The Killers and Bruce Springsteen Re-Record “A Dustland Fairytale”: Stream
The Killers have joined forces with Bruce Springsteen to re-record their song “A Dustland Fairytale”. This new version, simply titled “Dustland”, was debuted by The Killers and Springsteen during a Wednesday morning appearance on The Today Show. The song is also available to stream on DSPs. This marks the first time The Killers and Springsteen have recorded together, which is surprising given just how indebted the band’s music is to The Boss’ (see: 2006’s Sam’s Town). As The Killers’ Brandon Flowers recounted in a statement posted to social media, the collaboration came about after Springsteen reached out to him via text. “I start getting some texts from a number I don’t have marked in my phone. ‘Watching Glastonbury. You guys have become one hellacious live band my brother! Love the gold ...
Alien Weaponry Announce New Album Tangaroa, Unveil Title Track: Stream
Alien Weaponry have announced their highly anticipated sophomore album, Tangaroa, out September 17th via Napalm Records. The New Zealand band also shared the music video for the title track. The thrash-metal trio take an environmentalist stance with the song and video, decrying the pollution of oceans and the savagery of illegal fishing practices. The poignant clip plays like a horror movie where the world’s oceans finally take revenge on humanity, drowning us in the copious plastic we’ve dumped into the water. “We decided to write this song about how the ocean is being suffocated by humans and their waste,” singer-guitarist Lewis de Jong said in a press release. “The ocean is an important part of my life, and it’s important to protect it.” Related Video Added drummer Henry de Jong: “‘Tang...
Banks Unleashes New Single “The Devil”: Stream
Banks is back and turning up the heat with her new single “The Devil”. The R&B singer’s last album proper was 2019’s III, and she followed that in 2020 with the live EP Live and Stripped. As she confirmed in a new press release, “The Devil” is the first sinful taste of a larger project coming soon. Over a bass line as dark and deep as the pit, Banks whispers, “Someone write my new name down.” The song is about metamorphosis, and the lyrics find a slinky power in embracing the darkness within. She sings,”Way down I go/ Got a one-way ticket and the Devil waiting/ Call from down low/ Naive, I know.” Related Video In a statement, Banks said, “’The Devil’ is about being stronger than the demons that haunt you. About rebirth and transformation into the forces of nature we were...
2021 Mercedes-AMG GT43 4-Door First Test: Pretensions of Performance
Brand purity and authenticity seem to be in peril. At least in the auto industry. Some examples stand out as being notably egregious: Four-door cars are widely being labeled as coupes; signature design elements, such as BMW’s Hofmeister kink and kidney grille, are losing their once traditional forms; and SUVs are morphing into lifted sedans. The AMG brand is undergoing an identity crisis, as well. Whereas it once adhered to a “one man, one engine” principle, its badge is now displayed on cars powered by mass-manufactured powerplants. The 2021 Mercedes-AMG GT43 4-Door is one such car; it looks the part of a super-sedan, but its engine’s specifications are identical to those of the Car of the Year-winning Mercedes-Benz E450, which is positioned as a lesser,...
In Spite Of…Everything, Lordstown Endurance Electric Pickup Said to Be On Track
Lordstown Motors appears to be shifting chairs on the deck of the Titanic. The electric truck startup kept a scheduled media event one day after CEO Steve Burns and chief financial officer Julio Rodriguez resigned after an investigation by the company’s board. The virtual meeting with the Automotive Press Association out of Detroit started with a statement by Angela Strand, the lead independent director who has been appointed executive chairman. Lordstown is committed to transparency and plans to start limited production in late September, with no disruptions in day-to-day operations envisioned, Strand says. Then president Rich Schmidt and chief engineer Darren Post proceeded with an upbeat presentation about the virtues of the Lordstown Endurance electric pickup, which the company s...
