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MUST DIE! Announces New Full-Length Album, “CRISIS VISION”
Bass music virtuoso MUST DIE! has announced he is releasing a new full-length album, CRISIS VISION. The album will be MUST DIE!’s first in over six years following his seminal debut, 2014’s Death & Magic. That record featured a number of tracks that are considered to be highly influential in the electronic music scene, such as the house hybrid “Hellcat” and dubstep banger “Gem Shards,” the latter of which Skrillex famously rinsed in countless live DJ sets. In March, MUST DIE! announced that he has a collaboration in the works with electronic music legend Skream and young gun Akeos. We’re unable to confirm whether or not the unreleased track will appear on CRISIS VISION, but fans can certainly hold out hope considering the magnitude of...
Don Diablo Makes History With $1.2 Million Sale of First-Ever Full-Length Concert NFT
Don Diablo has made NFT history after selling his Destination Hexagonia piece for a staggering $1,259,280, or 600.0Ξ. Diablo sold the one-of-a-kind NFT, or non-fungible token, on the aptly titled SuperRare marketplace. The drop, which sold in just four minutes, was the first-ever full-length concert experience to be sold as an NFT. The HEXAGON label boss, who called Destination Hexagonia a “next level sci-fi animated live concert experience,” has been working on developing the piece over the course of the last year. The winning bidder received a unique hand-crafted box, which includes a hard drive that contains the only copy of the high-quality file of the film in existence. Watch Diablo explain the inspiration behind the ambitious NFT project...
Military Vehicles Prepare to Invade the 2021 Mint 400 Off-Road Race
There’s a new competition class in the works for the 2021 Mint 400 off-road desert race, and it’s dedicated exclusively to military vehicles. The class will allow manufacturers and owners of historic and modern mil-spec vehicles to race against one another—a uniquely unusual type of convoy for combat-ready vehicles. This news comes on the heels of the race’s recently announced electric vehicle competition class. See all 6 photos What’s the rationale for a racing class dedicated to military vehicles? Machines from U.S. military vehicle makers, including those of GM Defense, Flyer Defense, Oshkosh, AM General, and Polaris Defense, are more than capable of tackling the rugged off-road desert terrain of the Mint 400. In addition to it being a great proving ground for mi...
Here Are the 13 Best ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’ Memes From Taylor Swift Fans
Taylor Swift caused quite the social media frenzy on Friday (April 9) following the release of her re-recorded sophomore breakthrough album Fearless (Taylor’s Version). The 31-year-old singer traveled back in time to 2008 and breathed new life into the 20 original tracks fans came to know and love at a younger age while adding six never-before-released songs “From the Vault.” But those bonus cuts weren’t the only things unleashed online. Her die-hard followers spun their own (even Swift co-signed) versions of the Internet’s beloved cinematic memes, from Adam Driver’s infamous wall-punching scene in Marriage Story expressing one’s preparation for “Today Was a Fairytale (Taylor’s Version)” to Rachel McAdams’...
First Stream Latin: New Music From Manuel Medrano, La Doña, Juanes & More
Mon Laferte, Seis (Universal Music México) Mon Laferte wrote her sixth album, aptly titled Seis, while hunkered down in the pueblo mágico Tepoztlán, nearly two hours south of Mexico City. The Chilean singer-songwriter started writing it a month after the COVID-19 lockdown was imposed. “I was like everyone else, just filled with uncertainty,” she told Billboard. “So I clung onto my music and my guitar because I thought, if the world ends, I at least want people to know how I was feeling.” It’s the first album in which she sings regional Mexican (banda, corridos tumbados, mariachi) music in homage to the country she’s live in for the past 14 years. In it, she doesn’t hold back while singing about toxic relationships, past and future loves, and the lo...
The Wallflowers Announce New Album Exit Wounds, Share New Song “Roots and Wings”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-09T16:52:07+00:00“>April 9, 2021 | 12:52pm ET Jakob Dylan and The Wallflowers have announced a new album titled Exit Wounds, which marks their first full-length in nearly a decade. It will be released on July 9th via New West Records, one week before the band’s 53-date arena tour. Exit Wounds spans 10 songs and was produced by Butch Walker. Singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne appears on four tracks. In a statement, Dylan explained the meaning of the album’s title. “I think everybody — no matter what side of the aisle you’re on — wherever we’re going to next, we’re all taking a lot of exit wounds with us. Nobody is the same as they were four years ago,” he said. “That, to me, is what E...
Indiana Jones 5 Casts Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Harrison Ford’s Co-Star
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-09T17:29:21+00:00“>April 9, 2021 | 1:29pm ET Phoebe Waller-Bridge has been cast as the female lead in the upcoming Indiana Jones movie. According to Deadline, the Emmy-winning Fleabag actress will co-star alongside Harrison Ford in the fifth installment of the iconic adventure series. Unlike the first four movies, the most recent being 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Steven Spielberg will switch from director to producer, while James Mangold (Ford v Ferrari, Logan) will step into the directors seat. Don’t worry, though: legendary composer John Williams, who’s scored every film in the franchise, will return to craft its soundtrack. Th...
Joni Mitchell Announces New Box Set The Reprise Albums (1968-1971)
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-09T18:21:48+00:00“>April 9, 2021 | 2:21pm ET Joni Mitchell is celebrating arguably her greatest run as an artist with a new box set. The collection, titled The Reprise Albums (1968-1971), will feature her prolific four-album run for Reprise Records — 1968’s Song to a Seagull, 1969’s Clouds, 1970’s Ladies of the Canyon, and 1971’s Blue — just in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic Blue. The box set is due out June 25th via Rhino. The Reprise Albums (1968-1971) will feature newly remastered versions of all four albums, but arguably the most significant is Song to a Seagull. Mitchell and mixer Matt Lee updated the original mix after discovering that it was...
Money Trails: Matt Gaetz Caught In 8K Ultra HD Paying Accused Sex Trafficker Through Venmo
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bloomberg / Getty Douchebag Rep. Matt Gaetz is looking real funny in the light right now. The Trump-loving Florida Republican Congressman is in a world of trouble after The Daily Beast shared two late-night Venmo transactions in May 2018 he sent to his friend, accused sex trafficker Joel Greenberg. According to the report, Gaetz sent Greenberg $900 through the mobile payment app on that day and then just minutes later sent three young women varying sums of money through Venmo as well. In the description for the payments Gaetz sent to Greenberg, he wrote “Test.” In the second payment, the creepy Florida congressman wrote: “hit up ___.” The Daily Beast did not share the nickname Gaetz called the person becuase she had just turned 18 “less than six mont...
Okuuur: Cardi B Drops $29K During Shopping Spree For Daughter Kulture
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Cardi B has proven that there is no limit when it comes to her loved ones. Earlier this week she spent someone’s yearly salary on Kulture during a shopping spree. As spotted on Page Six the Bronx bombshell dripped her princess in all designer like it was nothing. “I went crazy shopping. All for Kulture though, nothing is mine. All KK,” she revealed via a now expired Instagram Story. As if she expected the masses to question her spending habits she quick closed out the video by saing “What? God gave me a doll for a reason!” She then took to her actual Instagram feed to give a more in-depth look at her pick-ups saying, “This is what happens when God gives me the baby girl I always wanted. I shop more for her ...
Puma Dropping New ‘Court Rider’ Basketball Sneakers
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Puma / Puma Basketball After signing the likes of J. Cole, Rihanna and LaMelo Ball, Puma is looking to strike while the iron is hot and are announcing the release of their new Court Rider basketball sneakers that uses the latest basketball tech from Puma while integrating the style of their Rider line. Source: Puma / Puma Basketball Ever since Jay-Z got down with Puma as its Creative Director the brand that street cats helped propel back in the day has been going hard to gain ground on the popularity that Nike and adidas have been enjoying for a minute. The new Court Rider boasts a full-length Rider foam midsole engineered specifically engineered for the basketball court along with a rubber outsole that features PUMA’s high abrasion rubber material. ...
Long Live The Dog: DMX’s Best Guest Verses
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Today (April 9), Hip-Hop lost another legend and an incredibly spiritual soul way too seen when DMX passed away at the young age of 50-years-old. Known for his gruff voice, gritty style, and overall “I Don’t Give A F*ck” attitude, Dark Man X moved audiences with his raps, prayers, and on-stage presence. With the release of his debut album It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot, X immediately became a Hip-Hop superstar and maintained his popularity for years to come via numerous guest appearances in which his verses sometimes outshined whoever gave him a bag to hop on the track. To honor the late-great DMX and his illustrious career, HipHopWired has compiled DMX’s best guest features just to give anyone who isn’t familiar with the Yonkers legend an...
