Author Archives: Mike
Author Archives: Mike
Moses Sumney has emerged in the past year as an independent artist to watch, riding a wave of word-of-mouth praise based on hushed recordings and dynamic live performances. Raised between Southern California and Ghana, he was so shy growing up that he would write songs avidly but hide them inside his mattress. After moving to Los Angeles to attend UCLA at age 20, he taught himself to play the guitar and gingerly started performing on campus, writing soul-infused folk tunes using guitar and layered arrangements built on loop pedals.
Continue readingGRAMMY-Award winning singer-songwriter, Shaggy, continues to bring his unique blend of reggae and dancehall to a world-wide audience with his latest single “I Need Your Love” featuring Mohombi, Fayadee and Costi (Ranch/Brooklyn Knights Entertainment/ RAL). Already the infectious, feel-good song is on track to become one of 2015’s songs of the summer.
Continue readingDescribed by Rob as what is sure to be “the most f**ked up film of the year” fans have been treated to exclusive updates and information on the highly anticipated release. Now Rob Zombie’s 31 crowdfunding campaign hits the home stretch with the unveiling of a first in crowdfunding: the auctioning of classic movie props and collectibles.
Continue readingRock icons Whitesnake have just released another music video from their 12th studio album. The video for “Soldier Of Fortune” premiered on CraveOnline.com, is now live, and can be seen here: https://youtu.be/z69sxDq3Ybc. The song comes from The Purple Album, a re-imagination of classic songs from David Coverdale’s time as the lead singer for Deep Purple’s Mark 3 and Mark 4 studio albums and will be released in North America on May 18th via Frontiers Music SRL.
Continue readingToday, Miley Cyrus announced the official launch of The Happy Hippie Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to rallying young people to fight the injustices faced by homeless youth, LGBT youth, and other vulnerable populations.
Continue readingHot on the heels of two powerful Coachella performances, Sylvan Esso is releasing H.S.K.T. a collection of remixes of their exhilarating single “H.S.K.T.,” featuring Dntel and Hercules & Love Affair among others. The remixes will be released digitally on May 12 and on 12″ vinyl August 21. The digital version includes bonus tracks and the 12″ will include those tracks on a digital download card. To celebrate the announcement, the North Carolina-based duo hired Sara Padgett and Adam Heathcott of Endless Endless to direct the mesmerizing lyric video that is available now.
Continue readingToday, Giorgio Moroder premieres the video for his brand new single “Déjà vu” featuring Sia on Vevo.
Continue readingFollowing the monumental success of the gold-selling, critically acclaimed, and chart-dominating Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, the Remix Album features ten new remixes by top talents. The soundtrack’s two platinum-certified smashes—The Weeknd’s “Earned It (50 Shades of Grey)” and Ellie Goulding’s “Love Me Like You Do”—receive the remix treatment from Marian Hill and Gazzo, respectively. Meanwhile, Kastra transforms Laura Welsh’s “Undiscovered,” and Kaskade lends his signature style to Skylar Grey’s “I Know You.” The full slate of remixes is included below.
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