CloudNone and Direct have a fascinating history collaborating together. The two Monstercat roster artists have churned out some of the label’s moodiest electronic projects in the last couple of year’s. From their double-single, deep house release “Mojito/Maragarita” to their 2019 breakbeat-pop fusion on their Lost and Found EP, CloudNone and Direct continue pushing their collaborative sound
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“We had to record music that way … throwing a party, with no planning, spontaneous, and it worked for us,” lead vocalist Eduin Caz tells Billboard. “‘Juro Por Dios,’ ‘Ni El Dinero, Ni Nada,’ and ‘Pideme’ were our first couple of songs that went viral. It was like magic. People sing our songs and recognize
The holidays are just around the corner and it seems like every artist has been in a hurry to release new music before the end of the year. Just in the past couple days we’ve seen a new Deluxe album from Disclosure, New EPs from the likes of FuntCase, SubDocta, Gorgon City, and k?d. Malaa,
The Sweetener World Tour circled around North America and Europe from March 18 to Dec. 22, 2019. It was Grande’s biggest tour yet, yielding the highest total gross, total attendance, number of shows (97), average gross ($1.509 million), average attendance (13,699 tickets), and average ticket price of her career ($110.18). It supported her fourth and fifth studio albums
Future riddim might be the “hot new thing,” but bass house will never go out of style. Just check out “Got It,” the new track from SWAGE, and you’ll see what I mean. Bringing his everlasting love of breakbeat into the mix, SWAGE gets intense with textured bass and a relentless, pounding rhythm. This is
Democrat Waters, who has represented California’s 43rd congressional district since 1991, is the most senior of the 12 Black women in Congress, and is currently the chairwoman of the Committee on Financial Services. The rapper’s NYT essay, accompanied by a video, was entitled “Megan Thee Stallion: Why I Speak Up for Black Women,” and it
via press release Rockstar Games continue to champion new underground music and culture with the latest Grand Theft Auto Online update, The Cayo Perico Heist. Featuring an exotic, all-new location, The Cayo Perico Heist tasks 1-4 players with planning and executing an action-packed Heist on the heavily fortified Caribbean island of Cayo Perico, home to
12 Days of Grizmas 2020 will culminate with a December 23 digital charity festival featuring performances by Griz, J. Worra, Destructo, AC Slater, Sunsquabi and more than 10 other unannounced artists. Profits from Grizmas go to Detroit non-profit Seven Mile, which funds music, art and coding programs for inner city youth in Detroit. In the
GRiZ just announced his 7th annual 12 Days of GRiZMAS event! The staple Detroit holiday series will run quite differently this year, with the festivities streaming live on Twitch and Zoom over December 12 – 23. Fans around the world will soon be treated to live-streamed performances, activities, and community service initiatives to make a
SNL cast member Kate McKinnon appears in the sketch as Dido, who delivers the iconic hook on the original song. “He can’t buy it himself because he lost his job because he was stealing from his boss,” McKinnon’s Dido sings in the parody. SNL‘s Bowen Yang also appears in “Stu,” hilariously portraying a piano-playing Elton
If you’re looking for some good, old-fashioned quarantine fun, The DJ Game: Underground Edition has you covered. The biggest underground DJ lineup now fits in your pocket, featuring Carl Cox, Peggy Gou, Richie Hawtin, Annie Mac, Charlotte De Witte, and many more. The “light-hearted” card game features 42 of the world’s leading house and techno
Dolly Parton is spreading much-needed holiday cheer early with A Holly Dolly Christmas this weekend. To ring in her favorite time of the year at the end of a turbulent one, Parton will perform holiday classics and hymns partly from her Christmas album of the same name during the one-hour CBS Christmas special. She’ll also recount her personal
Enter the world of Timmy Trumpet — the Mad World. The DJ/producer and multi-instrumentalist just unleashed his triumphant debut album, which tells his unique artistic story and encompasses a plethora of electronic sub-genres. The 18-track epic collection features collaborations with R3HAB, Scooter, Vini Vici, Vengaboys and Gabry Ponte, and 11 brand new, previously unheard productions. Timmy Trumpet
Change is Coming: As a woman of color, I’ve encountered ill treatment, but before needing to defend myself, others have showed up to condemn that behavior. More people are standing up against prejudice, proving that there’s no space for that in our industry. There’s A Ways to Go: There aren’t enough women — especially women of color
2020 year end and 20201 year preview compilation album season is upon us. It’s a most wonderful time of the year where all the D&B labels and many bass music labels release epic compilation albums with a number of aims: recapping the past year, remixing some of the best tracks from said past year, or
As Halle, 20, puts it, the creativity she and her sister discovered in the past year has been “a blessing in disguise.” In June, Chloe x Halle released their second album, Ungodly Hour, an R&B set that nods to the genre’s 1990s heyday but has an unmistakably modern sound courtesy of Chloe’s production. It landed at