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Last year, Electric Forest launched a new piece to their Plug-In Program called, “The EF Wish Machine”; they decided to unveil the new fan appreciation incentive to encourage the Forest Family to spread positivity, kindness, and giving back, while making your dreams a reality. Well Fam, we have a chance to make our dreams come true again! Electric Forest has just announced The 2019 Wish Machine! This is our chance to make an impact, create change, and dream big. Roochute – Photo Credit – Electric Forest Before you learn more, plug into a Do LaB 2018 Electric Forest Mix of the Week : The Wish Machine is a gesture of impassioned hope during a time when many wish for change in the world. Photo Credit – Electric Forest Check out what the EF Site has to say! “What can you do in your community? What is your vision of kindness, your gesture of keen hope? You can plant a seed by donating time in a community garden, organizing a trash cleanup, giving a free art class, feeding unhoused people, raising funds for a local nonprofit, or teaching a child to read. What you choose to do is up to you. HQ will choose some efforts to travel full circle. The reward from The Forest can be BIG or small. Would you like to meet your favorite artist? Get a free wristband for your friend? Receive unlimited snacks from your favorite vendor? Have HQ book a set for your band? Whatever you wish is fair game. We come to Electric Forest to find heroes in each other. We leave to be heroes in the world. Submit your wish now, keep track of your progress, and stay tuned!” Photo Credit – Electric Forest What an amazing opportunity! Kindness, radical acceptance, and good deeds are what make The Forest such a special place. It’s creates a place where we are comfortable and feel at home, this is our chance to give that feeling to others outside of the Forest Community! Should you wish to participate, you’ll need to put those thinking caps on! What is your EF Dream? What would you do to have it granted? For example, “If I volunteer for the local homeless shelter once a week until EF2019, the Electric Forest will let me have lunch with Bassnectar!” Photo Credit – Electric Forest Some of the 2018 Granted Wishes included: The Wally Tree – Photo Credit – Electric Forest Jake And “The Wally Tree” – Jake was dedicated to planting trees in his community of Ann Arbor, Michigan, to provide a sustainable and positive impact on our planet. In return, Jake wished to celebrate the life of Wally Wojack – Sherwood Forest’s beloved original Lorax, and a very valued member of the Forest Family – by planting a tree in Sherwood Forest in honor of his legacy. THE FINAL 2018 WISH “GRANT” – A GRiZ Secret Set woodland Surprise. Over 5,000 proposals were submitted, 15 wishes were selected to support, celebrate, and reward. To wrap up the 2018 Wish Machine and acknowledge all GRANTed wishes, The Forest surprised wishers with an opportunity to meet and enjoy an intimate secret set from GRiZ. Photo Credit – Electric Forest The winners had no idea about the surprise and believed their wishes had been granted by being invited to attend the festival with their friends; they were told to meet at a designated spot, where they were shuttled to a secret woodland location. Along with the secret set, they enjoyed pizza, and an impromptu meditation session led by GRiZ himself. Check it out below; 2018’s Wish Machine sparked inspiration from across the globe, in local communities in Michigan, across the US, it even spanned all the way to Cambodia and Tanzania. Doing what they could, for their communities, neighborhoods, individuals in need, and societies; the Forest Family made the effort to help make the world a better place. From fundraising to raising awareness, donating, and volunteering, positivity was spread far and wide, and The Forest rewarded the most awe-inspiring acts of kindness. Read more stories about last year’s granted wishes, and submit your 2019 Wish now. The Wish Machine is another example of Electric Forest’s monumental commitment to generating ways for the Forest community to form an experience that means more. Photo Credit – Electric Forest The Electric Forest “Plug In” Program offers many ways for fans to gain extraordinary participatory access to the festival. Check out more info and ways to get involved HERE. Photo Credit – Electric Forest Electric Forest sets itself apart from most other festivals distinctly because of their conscious decisions to continuously find ways to care, give back, and encourage kindness. The 2019 Electric Forest info will be released soon and tickets will go on sale in December and make sure to check out our review of Weekend One of Electric Forest 2018. Photo Credit – Electric Forest Follow Electric Forest: Facebook | Twitter | Official Website The post Electric Forest Encourages Kindness By Granting Wishes appeared first on EDM | Electronic Music | EDM Music | EDM Festivals | EDM Events. Source

Bacardi’s El Coco Tropical Danceteria made its debut at Return to Rio over the weekend, providing an all-day party with an abundance of thirst-quenching mojitos, surprise moments and tunes from the finest local and international DJ’s including Frank Booker, The El Coco House Band, Lady Erica and Bad Deep DJ’s. Nestled between the palm trees, this little slice of paradise was a haven for those in search of a good time. Find Bacardi El Coco making its way to Spilt Milk this weekend before it makes the journey to Lost Paradise over new years and Mountain Sounds next year. With a fresh music line-up for each festival, roll through to experience the ultimate mojito moment [Last photo via Entropico] Source

Another day, another rapper trying to tap into our beautiful electronic music market. This time, it’s T-Pain and he’s put the call out on Twitter for future bass artists to hit him up. Man. I need some future bass on this new album. Who do I need to holler at? — T-Pain (@TPAIN) November 13, 2018 Needless to say top tier producers were out in droves trying to jump in on the action (who wouldn’t, if you’ve got the skills it seems like free money!) including Whethan, Giraffage, AWE, Troyboi and even Sam Gellaitry. While T-Pain isn’t exactly the top of my list of people I want injected into electronic music, he’s not exactly at the bottom, and we’re interested to see what he comes up with! Check the full thread here and tell us who you think should collab with T-Pain for a fresh future bass t Source

Blood on the Tracks makes the case for still owning physical albums. If it doesn’t already exist, there’s a remarkable essay waiting to be done just on the experience of holding Bob Dylan’s 1975 masterwork in one’s hands. Like the songs within, the album sleeve, when flipped between front cover and back, evokes so many strong, immediate feelings. There’s the curious neatness of the underlined, right-justified, all-capitalized artist name and title descending line by line, one word at a time, down the left-hand side of the album front in white. A band of reddish purple (or purplish red) drapes (not drips) beneath it – a color much closer to a deep bruise than pooling blood. Such a simple, precise layout for such a raw and emotionally restless record. However, we then gaze to the right to find Paul Till’s hazy cover photo. If we let our eyes focus for a moment, an image, which has more in common with Monet’s “Water Lilies” than the artwork of most ‘70s folk rock albums, comes to the surface. The dulled boundaries of Dylan’s profile float, as if ripples on a pond, but somehow hold together below a thick head of curled hair and a thin pair of dark sunglasses. The image might be of Dylan sitting at a piano, but he could just as easily be posing for the U.S. Mint. No doubt an art class could spend an entire period making heads or tails of French artist David Oppenheim’s illustration on the sleeve’s reverse, and Pete Hamill’s sprawling 1974 liner notes horseshoeing around Oppenheim’s sketch could themselves warrant liner notes. All of it instantly unforgettable. Branded in the mind at once and always. An arrangement of images and words and colors and fonts that somehow portend a classic album – a work of great weight – before ever listening to a single recorded note or lament. Anyone who has ever spent time holding the record can attest to that apparent heft. However, nothing, apart from the songs themselves, carries the power of that title: Blood on the Tracks. It’s the type of phrase that indeed could’ve been “written by an Italian poet from the 13th century.” One that didn’t originate as the title of a ’70s acoustic pop album but rather endured the linguistic weeding out of the centuries because nothing quite so durable in construction, relevant to experience, or forceful in its evocations emerged to replace it. __________________________________________________________ Consequence of Sound and Sony bring you an exploration of legendary albums and their ongoing legacy with The Opus. Hosted by Paula Mejia, the first installment starts Friday, November 16th and revolves around Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks in conjunction with the new Bootleg Series release, More, Blood, More Tracks. Subscribe now. __________________________________________________________ They are words, as Dylan sings, “that glow like burning coals.” In their short breath, we can feel the brute force of the “freight train” Dylan sings about in “Simple Twist of Fate”. Of course, we can also leave the literal or figurative train at the station all together. For many, it’s more powerful to think of Dylan, a man once dubbed a savior and prophet, as having shed his blood across these painful songs – or tracks. Having given something so vital of himself as one’s agony and anguish. Most critics and listeners consider Blood on the Tracks to be the breakup album to end all breakup albums, attributing the record’s many bruises and wounds to Dylan himself, who was in the earlier stages of a crumbling marriage to Sara Dylan during its writing and recording. Son and musician Jakob Dylan has gone so far as to describe the album as “my parents talking.” However, Dylan has long denied this speculation, expressing “Idiot Wind” levels of frustration at the claims during some interviews and acknowledging the possibility that parts of his real-life pain might’ve seeped into the songs in others. What everyone seemingly agrees upon is that the album is soaked through and dripping with pain from every groove. A few months after the release, Dylan told Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary in a radio interview that “a lot of people tell me they enjoyed that album. It’s hard for me to relate to that — I mean, people enjoying that type of pain.” But is it Dylan’s suffering that we embrace or the unique outlook and treatment he offers of something as familiar and universal as heartbreak? While most breakup albums depict their protagonists at their lowest, most broken heap-on-the-floor moment, the songs of Blood on the Tracks treat relationships (and their demise) like a much longer and varied stretch of track. The album awakens with “Tangled Up in Blue”, putting us in mind of a red-haired girl from the past, only to take us through the couple’s story and leave us back in the present with the image of the storyteller setting out to write their next chapter. Dylan credits painter Norman Raeben with inspiring these “time-jumping” songs. Likewise, “Shelter from the Storm” finds its weary traveler taken in by a woman, with subsequent verses skipping between his departure, additional memories of his arrival, and reflection on their final falling out. In some ways, it’s a more honest depiction of how our minds piece together memories to build a version of the past, but it also allows Dylan to express the idea that the pain he once felt (“Now there’s a wall between us/ Something there’s been lost”) has ultimately led to the gratefulness he later pledges (“I’ll always do my best for her/ On that I give my word”). It’s so rare on this album that any one verse, let alone song, signifies only a single emotion. Little about the sound of the album itself suggests devastation. There’s certainly a sting to the dirty blues of “Meet Me in the Morning” and a melancholy emanating from both the gentle interplay of guitar and piano on “You’re a Big Girl Now” and the mandolin and organ floating throughout “If You Say Her, Say Hello”. Still, most of Blood on the Tracks opts for acoustic plucking that typically belies this type of subject matter. The rambling opening of “Tangled Up in Blue” makes us want to strap on our boots rather than wallow in bed, the gallows cabaret of “Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts” could be playing at this harvest’s barnyard hoedown, and the scathing “Idiot Wind” taps into an anger that one rarely associates with the melancholy heartache of breakup albums. Strange of all might be the bouncing, playfully phrased “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go”, a song that mixes the jubilation of a present dalliance with the disheartening letdown of the inevitable writing on the wall. But what stands out most of all about Blood on the Tracks remains Dylan’s brutal honesty. While we may never know for certain whom Dylan is singing about or to (if anyone), there’s no mistaking the genuine feelings that are being imparted in these songs. A line as simple as “I’ve got to get to her somehow” (“Tangled Up in Blue”) tells us everything we need to know about the speaker’s desperation and determination. There’s no misinterpreting the vitriol rising from Dylan’s wounds on a line like “You hurt the ones that I love best/ And covered up the truth with lies” (“Idiot Wind”) or mistaking the helplessness as he wails, “I’m going out of my mind, oh oh/ With a pain that stops and starts/ Like a corkscrew to my heart/ Ever since we’ve been apart” (“You’re a Big Girl Now”). Whether or not Dylan has let us glimpse into his own personal life through these songs hardly seems to matter by album’s end. He’s given us a look at something as sincere as anything can be — real or imagined. Bob Dylan, photo by Ken Regan More than 40 years later, we continue to turn to Blood on the Tracks when our own lives turn as messy as the emotions in these songs. It’s an album that understands that pain takes on many different forms while also realizing that our lowest points aren’t that far removed – one way or the other – from our best times. That happiness and pain are part of life’s bargain and inseparable. If Blood on the Tracks was any less painful, it would be dishonest. If it was any less hopeful, it would be pointless. Essential Tracks: “Tangled Up in Blue”, “You’re a Big Girl Now”, and “Shelter from the Storm” Source

Download | Listen and subscribe via iTunes | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | RSS Welcome back to another episode of This Must Be the Gig, the podcast that gives you an all-access pass to the world of live music! The indelible Iceland Airwaves first launched 20 years ago, and this week Lior Phillips checks in with her first in a series of reports from the magical festival. Lior sits down with two members of the incredible live band Superorganism, just prior to the group’s sublime Reykjavik set. Orono Noguchi and Soul discuss their first concerts, getting to meet (and potentially babysit for) Stephen Malkmus, getting a pep talk from Nardwuar the Human Serviette, and so much more. Tune in next week for even more exciting reporting from Iceland Airwaves! This episode was brought to you by our friends at Vivid Seats. Listen above and subscribe now to keep your finger on the pulse of the live music world. Follow the series on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Source

Meek Mill will release a new album at the end of the month. As Vogue reports, the Philly rapper’s as-yet untitled record will be out on November 30th and addresses “his experiences and the issue of social justice.” The LP will serve as Meek Mill’s first full-length effort following his release from prison earlier this year after the Supreme Court of Philadelphia overturned his controversial, heavily-criticized sentence. He previously shared his Legends of Summer EP, which included the Miguel-featuring single “Stay Woke”. Meek’s last album was Wins and Losses in 2017. Since getting out of prison, Meek Mill has taken up the role of an avid advocate for criminal justice reform. Revisit the rapper discussing the subject on The Tonight Show below. Source

You’ve got to hand it to Dan Aykroyd; the quirky comic is certainly tenacious. He’s been trying to get a third entry in the original Ghostbusters series made for almost 30 years at this point. Even after numerous false starts — including the 2016 female-led reboot — the man who played Ray Stantz still has hope. In fact, in a recent interview, he revealed there’s a new script for Ghostbusters 3 being penned right now. “There is a possibility of a reunion with the three remaining Ghostbusters,” Aykroyd said during a discussion on AXS TV’s The Big Interview with Dan Rather. “It’s being written right now.” The three he’s referring to are, of course, himself, Ernie Hudson (Winston Zeddemore), and Bill Murray (Peter Venkman). Murray has been notoriously evasive when it’s come to strapping on the proton packs once more (though he did cameo in that reboot two years ago). But Aykroyd went on to say that he’s pretty sure he can get the actor back in the brown flight suit. (Read: Bill Murray’s Top 10 Performances) “I think Billy will come. The story’s so good,” he said. “Even if he plays a ghost.” In the past, Murray has said he’d only consider returning for a third Ghostbusters if he could play a ghost. A script in which his character died in the first scene and came back as a specter was actually once green-lit, according to the original films’ director Ivan Reitman. The plot would have seen Oscar, the son of Sigourney Weaver’s Dana Barrett and — demanding on your interpretation of certain quotes — Venkman’s stepchild or lovechild, picking up the family business. However, Reitman could never reach the infamously hard to contact Murray, and then Harold Ramis (Egon Spengler) got sick and passed away in 2014. Perhaps the new take Aykroyd mentioned is a reworking of that original script to excavate Ramis’ scenes, or perhaps it’s something else entirely. Sony’s Ghost Corps, the production company tasked with overseeing the Ghostbusters franchise, is also working on an animated feature. A sequel to Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters: Answer the Call is unlikely considering the hit it took at the box office, something Aykroyd blames on inflated reshoot costs. Even as a mega-fan with a tattoo to prove it, this writer isn’t so sure we should keep trying to animate a movie like blasting so much echo-slime into the Statue of Liberty. Maybe it’s best to let sleeping terror dogs lie and just be happy that all four GBs were able to reunite for the closet thing we’ll get to a true sequel, the 2009 video game. Source

Black Sabbath could soon be turned to steel in the great magnetic field that is the band’s hometown. According to the Birmingham Mail, the city of Birmingham, England is set to pay tribute to their most famous musical sons by naming a bridge after the band and immortalizing them with a stainless steel bench upon that span. The bench will feature images of the original lineup of the doom metal legends, including drummer Bill Ward, with the words “Geezer. Ozzy. Tony. Bill. Made in Birmingham 1968.” etched upon it. The bridge in question is situated on Broad Street, a lane that boasts the city’s Walk of Stars, a Hollywood Walk of Fame-style tribute to the famous people that have emerged from Birmingham. As Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, and Tony Iommi already have stars on this street, the city council will cap off their tribute to the band by awarding one to Ward and one to the whole band. Those five stars will be set in front of the soon-to-be crafted steel bench in, naturally, the shape of a cross. Other musicians who have stars on the street are Slade frontman Noddy Holder and ELO co-founders Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne. This project is being spearheaded by Mohammed Osama, an architect and Sabbath fan who lives in Dubai. He says he hopes that this tribute can bring all four original members of the group together one last time. “I mean just reunite them at their home town,” he told Birmingham Live, “no gigs or anything. Just the four them being celebrated together at their home town would be the best ending and closure I could possibly think of.” The plan just needs final approval by the city council, and it appears that Iommi himself is a fan of the plan, tweeting about the project yesterday: This is Birmingham's unique Black Sabbath tributehttps://t.co/AODW5IK73m pic.twitter.com/w15VT2LzNp — Tony Iommi (@tonyiommi) November 13, 2018 Black Sabbath wrapped up a nearly 50-year run last year with Ozzy, Iommi, and Geezer playing massive shows around the world and finishing their final tour with two nights at Birmingham’s Genting Arena. Bill Ward was absent from the tour, after financial disputes and other issues caused him to exit Sabbath prior to recording their final album, 13. Metallica’s Top 5 Songs Tool’s Top 5 Music Videos Behemoth's Top 5 Songs Alice in Chains' Top 5 Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy” Annotated Video Source

One of the most iconic voices of our time is looking to tap into the future bass market. Of course, we’re talking about T-Pain. In a recent tweet, the hip hop star calls on the electronic music community, “Man. I need some future bass on this new album. Who do I need to holler at?” Naturally, nearly every future bass producer under the sun — even those who just dabble — are hollering back at T-Pain for a potential collab. While some are raising their hands, other Twitter users are nominating the producers they feel would be a best fit for a track (or possibly more) with T-Pain – personally, we nominate Lido. Shaun Frank, TroyBoi, Moksi, Quix, SMLE and more are all thrown into the mix. “Let me Buy U a drank and we can talk about it,” Whethan says for the win. T-Pain is known for his distinct autotune sound, although he sounds great without it. He’s surely a talent that can take his production any which way and adapt accordingly — next stop, future bass. We can’t wait to hear where this goes. T-Pain Needs A Future Bass Producer Man. I need some future bass on this new album. Who do I need to holler at? — T-Pain (@TPAIN) November 13, 2018 Let me Buy U a drank and we can talk about it — Whethan (@whethanmusic) November 14, 2018 @Shaun_Frank — Hunter Siegel ;( (@HunterSiegel) November 14, 2018 Yeah I can make anything for the right $ — SHAUN FRANKenstine (@Shaun_Frank) November 14, 2018 Sup ! I’ll even make u some Moombahton let’s go — ETC!ETC! (@IAMETC) November 13, 2018 I got that future sound for u…..holla — TroyBoi (@TroyBoiMusic) November 14, 2018 you already know — 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚡 (@princefox) November 13, 2018 bruh — giraffage (@giraffage) November 14, 2018 possibilities are endless — Cash Cash (@cashcash) November 13, 2018 — Moksi (@wearemoksi) November 14, 2018 Hit my line — JayKode (@JayKode) November 13, 2018 @QUIX — SAYMYNAME (@CHEFSAYMYNAME) November 14, 2018 Let @smlemusic produce the whole record — Lookas (@Lookas) November 13, 2018 WELLLL WE DID IT YEARS ON YOU AGO WE CAN DO IT AGAIN https://t.co/rhDcXqKqHs — smle ˚͜˚ (@smlemusic) November 13, 2018 — VINDATA (@vindata) November 14, 2018 My man, you gotta peep @Lido — matt… he’s okay (@themattmeadow) November 14, 2018 got u — BENZI (@benzi) November 14, 2018 @shibuyabeats@leotrixofficial@DJNittiGritti@fluffpinkuu@Audien@HanzBeats All of these people are INCREDIBLE at future bass and the surrounding sub genres. Definitely hit them up. Leotrix, Nitti, and Audien have management, so email them. — omar (@MooreKismetBass) November 14, 2018 More than 10K redditors over on r/futurebass could probably help you out… https://t.co/ulRPH13aBQ pic.twitter.com/JDtgsgqGSw — Reddit (@reddit) November 13, 2018 what is life https://t.co/DhorCNX3lE — San Holo [album1 out now] (@sanholobeats) November 13, 2018 Photo via RCA This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: T-Pain Is Going Future Bass, Calls On Producers For Help Source

Janelle Monáe has already lined herself up a busy schedule for the coming year, having signed on for a number of forthcoming films, including a Harriet Tubman biopic, the animated film UglyDolls, and a live-action adaptation of Disney’s Lady and the Tramp. Even with all this on the horizon, she’s not done supporting her latest musical effort and Album of the Year contender Dirty Computer just yet. Monáe recently stopped by Spotify’s studios in New York to contribute to the streaming platform’s Spotify Singles series. For her entry, she recorded a laid back, wafting cover of Bob Marley & The Wailers’ “High Tide or Low Tide”. She also shared a new live version of her own “I Like That”, one with a similarly relaxed, immersive vibe. Take a listen to both below. Revisit Monáe’s expectedly show-stopping performance of “Make Me Feel” for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert below. Source

Download | Listen and subscribe via iTunes | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | RSS Today’s episode of Kyle Meredith With… features classic rock legend Steve Lukather of Toto, who talks about everything from the “pamphlet jerk-fest” of Rolling Stone today to Weezer’s successful cover of their revitalized smash hit “Africa”. Lukather laughed about the band’s take on their song, saying: “They’re gonna have to play that song for the rest of their lives, too!” The guitarist also discussed his new memoir, The Gospel According to Luke, and the prolific combined studio credits of Toto as a whole, which range from Michael Jackson‘s Thriller and work with The Beatles and Ringo Starr. Kyle Meredith With… is an interview series in which WFPK’s Kyle Meredith speaks to a wide breadth of musicians. Each episode, Meredith digs deep into an artist’s work to find out how the music is made and where their journey is going, from legendary artists like Robert Plant, Paul McCartney, U2 and Bryan Ferry, to the newer class of The National, St. Vincent, Arctic Monkeys, Haim, and Father John Misty. Check back Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for new episodes. Rate the series now via iTunes. Follow on Facebook | Podchaser | Twitter Source

Maryland rockers Clutch are gearing up to hit the road again next year. The band just announced a month’s worth of tour dates that will take them around the U.S. in February and March of 2019 to support their most recent album, Book of Bad Decisions. The tour kicks off on February 19th at The Senate in Columbia, South Carolina, and wraps up on March 19th at New York’s Irving Plaza. Tickets will go on sale this Friday at 10am ET through the band’s website. You can also get them here. That last date should be of particular interest to New York-based Clutch fans as the band was forced to cancel the second gig of their two-night stand at Irving Plaza last month after frontman Neil Fallon inexplicably passed out on the street in Secaucus, New Jersey. According to the singer-guitarist’s social media account, no cause was found for the incident and the tour picked back up the next night in Philadelphia. Clutch are currently heading off to Europe for a series of dates starting on November 27th in Amsterdam and have a few more 2018 U.S. dates on the docket, including a big New Year’s Eve gig in Cleveland, Ohio, at the Masonic Cleveland Auditorium. Clutch 2019 U.S. Tour Dates: 02/19 – Columbia, SC @ The Senate 02/21 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works 02/22 – Fayetteville, AR @ Majestic 02/23 – Austin, TX @ Stubbs BBQ 02/24 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Varsity 02/26 – Springfield, MO @ Gillioz Theater 02/27 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s 03/01 – Billings, MT @ Pub Station 03/02 – Missoula, MT @ Wilma Theater 03/08 – Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion 03/09 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom 03/10 – Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theater 03/13 – Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall 03/14 – Green Bay, WI @ The Distillery 03/16 – Snowshoe, WV @ Ballhooter Spring Break, Snowshoe Mountain 03/18 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom 03/19 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza’ Source

Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson’s beloved podcast 2 Dope Queens has come to an end. The comedy series shared their final episode today, and they certainly went out with a bang. In the surprise episode, the pair sit down with Michelle Obama to talk about the former First Lady’s new memoir Becoming, the “Angry Black Female” stereotype, and a number of other topics. You can listen to the episode below. The pair addressed their fans in a statement posted to WNYC’s Studios website, which read in part: “We could not have done it without you. The podcast was created as a space for female, POC and LGBTQ performers to shine (and for Phoebe to teach you all about why Bono is, in fact, great). We — and by we, we mean YOU — showed the world that people want and need to hear more diverse voices.” Williams and Robinson have hosted 2 Dope Queens since it first aired in 2016 on WNYC. The show was the studio’s first comedy podcast, and has since launched the spin off series Sooo Many White Guys as well as a four-episode HBO special directed by Tig Notaro earlier this year. While the podcast may be over, several 2 Dope Queens comedy specials are still coming to HBO in 2019. Source

Last month, Mick Jenkins gifted fans with his acclaimed sophomore album, Pieces of a Man. The Chicago rapper is back now with news of a supporting 2019 North American tour, plus a music video for “Reginald”. Jenkins’ upcoming trek officially launches January 5th in Vancouver before passing through such cities as Seattle, Oakland, Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, New York, Detroit and Toronto. The MC wraps things up at Thalia Hall in his hometown on February 2nd. (Read: Songs of the Week: Robyn, Mick Jenkins, and More) As for his new Jude Appleby-directed visual, it stars Jenkins “as a chief detective on a wild and unpredictable sting operation” and plays out like a parody of classic cop shows. Check out the music video below, followed by Jenkins’ full tour schedule. Mick Jenkins 2019 Tour Dates: 01/05 – Vancouver, BC @ Fortune Sound Club 01/06 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos 01/08 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne 01/09 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlows 01/10 – Oakland, CA @ New Parish 01/11 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey 01/13 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory 01/15 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater 01/17 – Austin, TX @ CATIL 01/18 – Dallas, TX @ Trees 01/20 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West 01/22 – Washington, DC @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue 01/23 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza 01/24 – Philadelphia, PA @ TLA 01/25 – Boston, MA @ Middle East Downstairs 01/27 – Toronto, ON @ Mod Club 02/01 – Detroit, MI @ Shelter 02/02 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall Source

Nicky Romero is back with a brand new track, “Bittersweet,” and this progressive house gem will have his old school fans jumping for joy. The Dutch mega-producer has been putting out a steady string of releases this year, each showcasing a slightly different style from the last. This time Nicky teams up with Swedish duo Trilane, Canadian musician Kokaholla and vocalist Quarterback to produce a clean and uplifting progressive track that sounds like it would be right at home on any top 40 radio station’s drivetime slot. The song opens with a looping vocal chop playing over a light piano melody, from there Quarterback’s vocals take over. This is definitely a pop-leaning breakup song in terms of the verse. After that, an anthemic sounding synth riff plays over the vocals. From there, the snare comes in and builds into a thoroughly enjoyable progressive house drop, complete with all sorts of bright production flourishes. The second verse comes after that with some guitar synths layered over the original piano melody. After that, a dramatic vocal break leads back into the drop. Check out Nicky Romero vs. Trilane & Kokaholla “Bittersweet ft. Quarterback” Out now on Protocol!  This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Nicky Romero Drops Uplifting New Single “Bittersweet” Source

Spotify is taking over. (As if it hasn’t already…) The music streaming service is now active in the following 13 new markets: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories and Egypt. The company just announced the massive Middle East and North Africa expansion this week. With this recent development, Spotify now reaches 78 markets across the globe and counting. An official statement comes from Cecilia Qvist, Spotify’s global head of markets: “I am super excited to share with you that, from today, Spotify is now available across the Middle East and North Africa. Spotify is launching in MENA with a full Arabic service, dozens of locally-curated playlists for every mood and moment, and access to a full catalog of millions of songs, for both our free and premium users. Music fans will also enjoy Spotify’s personalized music recommendations from day one, which will help them to enjoy, discover and share new music from both local and international artists simply and easily.” Spotify is also introducing it’s Arab hub, where users can discover and access their favorite Arabic music. The platform’s Global Cultures initiative recently launched Latin and Afro hubs as well. We can expect Spotify’s global takeover to continue to grow. Source: Billboard This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Spotify Now Reaches Middle East and North Africa Markets Source

Since Friday, the rock world has been been buzzing about the band Threatin, who apparently duped European clubs into thinking the band had a huge following, only to see the band play to empty venues. Now, the band’s frontman and only true member, Jered Threatin, has released his first statement, simply stating, “What is Fake News? I turned an empty room into an international headline. If you are reading this, you are part of the illusion.” He also tagged a number of news outlets. What is Fake News? I turned an empty room into an international headline. If you are reading this, you are part of the illusion.#Marketing #Psychology #SocialMedia #FakeNews #Threatin #BreakingTheWorld #MusicIndustry @NBCNews @BBCNews @JoeRogan @RollingStone @billboard pic.twitter.com/vsvHHPDpze — Threatin (@JeredThreatin) November 14, 2018 As reported yesterday, his hired touring members quit the band once they started seeing the headlines pop up on Friday about Jered’s apparent deceptive practices, with the drummer and guitarist both delivering tell-all interviews to give their sides of the story. Along with Jered’s statement today, MetalSucks, which has been diving deep into the story, has uncovered details about Jered’s musical past. His real name is Jered Eames, and he is originally from Missouri, before moving to California. He played in the death metal band Saetith, and he apparently once joined Abigail Williams as their bass player. After seeing the MetalSucks article, Abigail Williams leader Ken Sorceron confirmed that Eames was indeed in the band for one week in 2010. Much more has been dug up about Jered Threatin’s past, so we encourage you to visit MetalSucks for all the details. Source

How does a man who already has everything celebrate his 40th birthday? By flying out a bunch of beautiful women to party in Jamaica. Diplo just turned 40, which is a huge deal for anyone. But for the Florida native who’s been around the world and back again, no experience is really “new” anymore. So to celebrate his birthday, he flew out to Jamaica and invited a bunch of models and influencers to join him, including: Nicole Williams, Grace Mahary, Mélodie Monrose, Helen Gedlu, and Shanina Shaik, and the influencer DJs Chantel Jeffries and Simi and Haze Khadra, as well as another person from Kylie Jenner’s orbit, Justine Skye. Photos of the excursion are plastered all over Instagram now, including a thirst trap picture from Diplo himself. Jamaica also makes perfect sense for the location of the party, as the country’s history and culture have influenced so much of Diplo’s music. When asked earlier this year about his critics who view his interpretation of dance hall as “whitewashing,” he told The Guardian, “I might be too tired to answer that in a good way. I don’t…really…f–king care. What kind of music am I supposed to make? Being a white American, you have zero cultural capital, unless you’re doing Appalachian fiddle music or something. I’m just a product of my environment.” H/T W Magazine This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Diplo Celebrates His 40th Birthday In Jamaica By Flying Out Models & Influencers Source

Young Thug will get to spend the holidays at home with his family. The Atlanta rapper was released from custody on Wednesday morning, after spending more than a week behind bars in a DeKalb County jail. Young Thug is facing eight felony charges, including possession and intent to distribute meth, hydrocodone, and marijuana. He had been out on bail pending his trial, but last week a judge revoked his bond after the rapper failed a drug test. As part of his release, Young Thug Thug will be required to stay sober, undergo substance abuse counseling, meet with his probation officer, and submit to random drug testing at least two times a week. Prior to his release, Young Thug told the judge, “I just want to be home with my family.” Despite his mounting legal troubles, Williams has still remained productive in the studio. He dropped a Young Thug EP called On the RVN, featuring Elton John and Jaden Smith, in September, as well as contributed to Metro Boomin’s Not All Heroes Wear Capesmixtape this month. The rapper also teamed up with Juice WRLD on their collaborative project WRLD on Drugs, released in October. Source

Diddy discovered act is on the rise in new video At 16, Brooklyn, New York rising star Lil Eddie was discovered by iconic mogul Diddy and made a name for himself behind the success of popular pop group, Fifth Harmony. Now ready to step into his own spotlight, the Puerto Rican-bred singer/songwriter releases promising new single, “Statue”. In the video, Lil Eddie hits Los Angeles for a tribute to the fans visual where the rising star shows growing popularity through viral marketing and word of mouth. The crooner is smooth on the vocals and allows his talents to shine bright. Great vocals, passionate lyrics, and promising quality, Lil Eddie is ready to take the world by storm with his undeniable sound. “Statue” recently found new life in the Philippines and has been siting in the top 20 on the Philippine Music Charts and the top 50 in the Philippines Hot 100 with 11.1M views in the last few months. Showing his starpower that has been co-signed by legends like some of music’s biggest names including Janet Jackson, Usher, Daddy Yankee, and Jennifer Lopez. “Statue” is the follow up to Lil Eddie’s previous efforts “Island” and “Toma”. “Toma” hit the Spain’s Spotify viral charts last week. Watch “Statue” by Lil Eddie above, available now via Metrophon B.V./EMI. Stream “Statue” today, available now on Spotify. The post Lil Eddie Ready To Shine On His Own with “Statue” : Watch appeared first on Verge Campus. Source

Listen via Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Radio Public | RSS Consequence of Sound and Sony bring you an exploration of legendary albums and their ongoing legacy. Join host Paula Mejia as she explores how masterpieces continue to evolve: shaping lives, shaking rafters, and ingraining itself into our culture. Maybe you’re a longtime fan who wants to go deeper. Maybe you’re a first-time listener curious to hear more – either way, you’re in the right place. The first installment of this exciting new anthology series dissects Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks, the Nobel prize winner’s fifteenth studio album that dates back to January 1975. Over four episodes, the series will showcase how Dylan’s stories have far surpassed what he originally pressed to record, all through myriad discussions with critics, artists, filmmakers, scholars, and other personalities. Stream a short teaser above and subscribe now. — Bob Dylan, photo by Ken Regan More Blood, More Tracks, the latest installment in Dylan’s enduring Bootleg Series, is currently on sale and streaming.The deluxe edition includes more than 70 previously unreleased recordings from the sessions behind Blood on the Tracks, specifically outtakes, studio banter, false starts, and alternate versions of “Tangled Up in Blue”, “Simple Twist of Fate”, and “Shelter From the Storm”. Source

Mercury Rev have announced a full reimagining of what they call “one of music’s most over-looked masterpieces,” Bobbie Gentry’s 1968 album The Delta Sweete. Dubbed Bobbie Gentry’s The Delta Sweete Revisited, the cover of the country-rock opera is due out Feburary 8th via Partisan Records/Bella Union. The band’s Jonathan Donahue and Grasshopper recorded their take on the album in the Catskill Mountains alongside Midlake member Jesse Chandler, with everyone pitching in on performing, rearranging, and producing. Joining the trio on vocals are a number of genre-spanning female vocalists, including Norah Jones, Marissa Nadler, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucinda Williams, Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval, Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell, Lætitia Sadier of Stereolab, Kaela Sinclair from M83, Beth Orton, and more. As a first listen to the collaborative effort, Mercury Rev have shared the Margo Price-featuring “Sermon”. The gospel-to-orchestral soundscape of the arrangement burns ominously around Price’s portentous delivery, a preview of how this remake has been approached with both reverence and the band’s own experimental edge. Take a listen below. In a press release, Price said of Gentry’s craft and career, “Bobbie Gentry is one of the greatest writers and performers of our time. She was the definition of country funk and southern soul. Her songs were well crafted, literary masterpieces. Bobbie produced so much of her own work that she didn’t get credit for. Her influence on my music has been massive and her influence on the music world in general is earth shattering. Bobbie is iconic, original, eloquent and timeless. She is an elusive wonder in a world of plain spoken, worn out cliques. She has remained a strong voice and an eternal spirit of the delta, wrapped in mystery, yet forever here.” Pre-orders for Bobbie Gentry’s The Delta Sweete Revisited are going on now. Find the cover art and full tracklist — which includes Lucinda Williams on a cover of “Ode to Billie Joe” that wasn’t on the original record — below. Bobbie Gentry’s The Delta Sweete Revisited Artwork: Bobbie Gentry’s The Delta Sweete Revisited Tracklist: 01. Okolona River Bottom Band (feat. Norah Jones) 02. Big Boss Man (feat. Hope Sandoval) 03. Reunion (feat. Rachel Goswell) 04. Parchman Farm (feat. Carice van Houten) 05. Mornin’ Glory (feat. Laetitia Sadier) 06. Sermon (feat. Margo Price) 07. Tobacco Road (feat. Susanne Sundfør) 08. Penduli Pendulum (feat. Vashti Bunyan w/ Kaela Sinclair) 09. Jessye’ Lisabeth (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) 10. Refractions (feat. Marissa Nadler) 11. Courtyard (feat. Beth Orton) 12. Ode To Billie Joe (feat. Lucinda Williams) Source

On Thursday, November 15th at 9am, the Miami City Commission will vote at City Hall on Ultra Music Festival’s proposal to move its venue to Historic Virginia Key Beach Park (HVKBP) for March 29-31, 2019. Some residents of Virginia Key and the mayor of neighboring Key Biscayne have loudly voiced their disapproval, but another issue also stands in Ultra’s way, perhaps more significant. Rapture Festival, which has been held at HVKBP for the past two years, already has a contract on the venue for March 29 and 30, 2019. This morning, Rapture Festival released a statement to press strongly opposing Ultra’s new proposal: Rapture Music Festival has successfully held two editions on consecutive years 2017 and 2018 at the Historic Virginia Key Beach Park (HVKBP). We are strongly opposed to Ultra Music Festival’s proposal to relocate to HVKBP as we currently have a signed contract with the Historic Virginia Key Beach Park Trust for March 29 and March 30, 2019 and we’re very much looking forward to returning to this beautiful beachside setting for our third edition with our fans. Rapture Festival brings a lineup similar to Ultra’s Resistance stage, hosting names such as Luciano, Chris Liebing, Guy Gerber, Hernan Cattaneo and RPR Soundsystem. In further comparison to Ultra, Rapture is much, much smaller in attendance, drawing just 7,000 attendees in 2018. This could definitely be seen as a positive by the community of Virginia Key, who are worried about the environmental effect festivals have on the surroundings. Whether the city of Miami will vote to approve Ultra’s proposal and oust Rapture to another date or location, or deny Ultra’s proposal, remains to be seen. Should things proceed as planned, we’ll know one way or the other tomorrow morning. This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Rapture Music Festival Releases Statement Strongly Opposing Ultra’s New Venue Proposal Source

Origins is a new music feature in which we charge an artist with digging into the influences behind their latest single. Aaron Taos moves at his own pace. We were big fans of his 2015 EP, GUITS, but it wasn’t until this year that we got a proper follow-up in his Night Thoughts EP. Of course, he peppered the intervening years with a number of infectious singles, each of which found the nimble songwriter sprinting through everything that falls under the umbrella we call “indie.” Now, just a few months out from Night Thoughts, Taos is at work on a new release, Birthday Boy, which he describes as “a loose concept album about growing older and the milestone that a birthday brings in terms of self reflection.” Today, Consequence of Sound is jazzed to share the effort’s lead single, “Control”. Taos’ bright, propulsive guitar work sets the stage for clever lyrics that explore the anxious restlessness that accompanies routine, while an entrancing swell of synths evoke the weird spontaneity for which he’s longing. “‘Control’ is about the monotony and malaise of daily life in the suburbs,” he tells us. “I wrote this track while I was back at my parent’s house in Guilford, Connecticut for the summer. It’s about going through the motions day-to-day and falling in a pattern where you lose some agency… aTruman Show-type situation.” He adds, “I intentionally wrote this track with a sort of stream of consciousness approach — it’s basically just a conversion with myself.” Accompanying the single is a video from director Patrick Golan, whose camera follows a day in the life of an amiable sea creature. “I played him the song and he came back with this concept right away,” Taos says. “His initial pitch was ‘picture a fish monster hanging with his bros on the boardwalk,’ and I was in. I’m actually the one wearing the fish suit. They were some pretty serious prosthetics and I was stuck in that thing for 14 hours shooting in August. It was hell on earth, especially when I started sweating.” See the fruits of his suffering below. Though Taos clearly struggled with his self-imposed suburban exile, it did prove fruitful for his upcoming release. By avoiding “the distractions of the city,” he was able to take full control of Birthday Boy’s writing and production, something he hadn’t done since self-producing his debut EP. “In the process, I rediscovered that love and creativity that initially drew me to recording and writing my own music in the first place.” Birthday Boy is due out sometime in January. As you’re waiting, tide yourself over by allowing Taos to break down the Origins behind “Control”. Whitest Boy Alive – “Burning”: The tempo and guitar work of this track were a big inspiration sonically for “Control” and much of the rest of the project. I’m a sucker for a good riff. Bloc Party – “Banquet”: Bloc Party has always been one of my favorite bands. I love the harsh, punchy guitar tone of the offbeat chops on this song and translated that idea to “Control”. The Truman Show: I was home for the summer in the suburbs of Connecticut while writing this track. My daily routine had become so monotonous: wake up, eat, work, run, record, sleep. After living in the city for so long where life was unpredictable, the bland efficiency of life in the suburbs got to me and lyrically resonated with the themes of this movie. Plus, I stan Jim Carrey all day. Anxiety: This is more of a feeling, but I was getting really anxious that summer for no particular reason. I’ve struggled with bouts of depression and anxiety for the last couple years, and it seems to flare up more when life is moving along smoothly and predictable. I don’t know what that says about my psyche, but I’m sure it’s something I need to unpack Game of Thrones: This is in reference to my line: “Do you wanna know when I’m at my best?/ 2 AM in my bed, watching some Game of Thrones.” Clearly this song is not about Game of Thrones but one way I like to chill out when I’m anxious is to get engrossed in a film, show, or book. Just anything really that takes you out of your head and invested in something else. Plus Game of Thrones is iconic. Source

The classic soundtrack to the ’70s blaxploitation film Foxy Brown is back on vinyl for the first time in nearly two decades. The standard weight black vinyl reissue by Motown and UMe marks the 45th anniversary of the original release. Foxy Brown was composer Willie Hutch’s second film score, following his work on another blaxploitation movie, The Mack, and coming after Hutch’s third studio album Fully Exposed. The soundtrack showcased the range and depth of his sublime R&B, and a number of its songs were later sampled frequently in hip-hop songs by The Notorious B.I.G., Mobb Deep, Wiz Khalifa, and Big K.R.I.T, among many others. The reissue is faithful to the soundtrack’s original packaging and tracklist, which you can find below. Foxy Brown Sountrack Tracklist: 01. Chase 02. Theme Of Foxy Brown 03. Overture Of Foxy Brown 04. Hospital Prelude Of Love Theme 05. Give Me Some Of That Good Old Love 06. Out There 07. Foxy Lady 08. You Sure Know How To Love Your Man 09. Have You Ever Asked Yourself Why (All About Money Game 10. Ain’t That (Mellow, Mellow) 11. Whatever You Do (Do It Good) The soundtrack is available for purchase now. Revisit one of its best tracks below. Source