Burning Man 2020 would have taken place in the Black Rock Desert of northern Nevada from Aug. 30 to Sept. 7. In what is undoubtedly a second home to the approximately 80,000 people who attend every year, like the rest of us, COVID-19 removed a pillar of a community and its “residents,” so to speak,
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Chiquis and Lupillo Rivera traveled five hours north of Los Angeles to a small town called Gilroy, California on Sept. 4. There they serenaded a group of farm workers — most of whom are Latino — who haven’t stopped working since the COVID-19 outbreak and are expected to show up to work even during the
Said The Sky has a new single forthcoming, “Worth Living For,” in honor of World Suicide Prevention Day. The inspirational teaser below shares a glimpse into the new concept and single, featuring Levi the Poet and Olivver the Kid in collaboration with To Write Love on Her Arms. The music is amplified with homemade videos
NBC is planning to honor the late Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman with a re-run of an episode of Saturday Night Live that he hosted in April 2018. The episode will air at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT on Sept. 5. During the show, Boseman reprised his role as T’Challa from the superhero pic, this time appearing
The beginning of September has come as a pleasant surprise as a plethora of new music has been released. This past Friday we saw releases from Martin Garrix, Lido, and sumthin sumthin among many others. Diplo presents a new full length ambient album and Martin Garrix teams up with Ytram and Elderbrook for ‘Fire.’ We have
This week had BTS shining even more than usual, as the K-pop superstars landed their first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 for “Dynamite.” (They also debuted the television performance of the single at the MTV Video Music Awards one day earlier). Billboard spoke to the septet about the feat, so be sure to check out
So far, Couch Lands has brought the bass and it’s brought the heat. But since we’ve been stuck at home and the time for Bass Canyon has come and gone, with Lost Lands supposed to be coming up, it’s time to really make things hot. A Lost Lands edition of Couch Lands is coming September
An Arizona resident has asked a judge to bar Kanye West from appearing on the state’s Nov. 3 ballot, accusing the hip-hop artist of serving as an election spoiler and arguing that a law prohibits him from running in the state as an independent presidential candidate. West’s lawyer on Wednesday (Sept. 2) reported filing just
Amazon Music and Twitch are linking up to bring fans a seamless streaming experience. Artists can now link their Twitch accounts to Amazon Music, so their live streams air via the music streaming app. Similarly to Twitch, notifications are sent out to followers when an artist goes live. In addition, they may be featured on
The awards aired on MTV, a host of other ViacomCBS channels and the CW broadcast network. The MTV Video Music Awards posted fairly stable ratings on Sunday (Aug. 30), despite a very different kind of show than in years past. The VMAs — which aired on MTV, 11 other ViacomCBS cable networks and The CW
Illenium just dropped his new single, “Nightlight,” and Ray Volpe loved it so much he “just had to bootleg it.” Ray has been a favorite of ours for a long time, but this Illenium bootleg just hits different. And Illenium would agree. He responded on Twitter, “FKN BRUHHHHHH SENDING U STEMS.” So, safe to say
In one of the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards’ unequivocal highlights, Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande shared a stage — responsibly, of course, with each wearing face masks — and delivered their No. 1 hit “Rain On Me” to the masses on Sunday night (Aug. 30), as the centerpiece of a larger Gaga medley celebrating
Future riddim… what is it? Well, as a fairly newly-prescribed genre, we’re going to have to listen to find out. New label Halcyon, spearheaded by Oolacile, is pushing the new sound and just dropped their debut compilation with SVDDEN DEATH, Voltra, Oolacile himself, Leotrix, Akeos & l7, phonon, Cripplingg, and BVSSIC. As it appears from
Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, died Friday of cancer, his representative said. He was 43. Boseman died at his home in the Los Angeles area with his wife and family by his side, his publicist
Not so long ago, Blanke dropped the debut single from his upcoming sequel EP, Change & Decay: The Fall. Now, the second single “Alchemy” is here and it’s hard to deny we’re absolutely in love. Drum & bass isn’t Blanke’s typical style, but he’s been delving more into the style in live shows and influences here
Lebanese fashion designer Zuhair Murad is giving back to his community after the devastating explosion in Lebanon’s capital of Beirut earlier this month that has killed nearly 80 people and injured 4,000. Murad announced the launch of a limited-edition #RiseFromTheAshes Beirut ReliefTee to raise funds for Offrejoie, a Lebanese non-profit organization. All net proceeds will go toward Beirut relief efforts. “These