The Weeknd calls Recording Academy ‘corrupt’ in wake of Grammy snub controversy – Dancing Astronaut

by: Farrell Sweeney Nov 26, 2020 The Grammy nominations are here, and they aren’t without their fair share of controversy. This year The Weeknd leads the way with perhaps the most notable snub, being absent from the 2021 nominations. The artist put out chart-topping After Hours earlier this year, which raked in Platinum and Gold …

Circa Waves’ Kieran Shudall launches “experimental” solo project, Ven

Circa Waves frontman Kieran Shudall has launched a new solo project, Ven – listen to first single ‘H8 Lovin’ below. Taking to Twitter this week (November 24), Shudall told fans he’d been “writing lots of really personal and electronically experimental music” since the release of Circa Waves’ surprise EP ‘Sadder Happier’ in May. “I finally …

Excision, Afrojack, & More Play In First-Ever “Friendsgiving In Verdansk” Warzone Tournament

Today, an all-star roster of electronic music talent, professional athletes and gamers are participating in “Friendsgiving In Verdansk,” a Call of Duty battle royale extravaganza streaming live beginning at 12pm PT. Fans can tune in to Nerd Street Gamers on Twitch as Afrojack, Excision, Cheat Codes, Nicky Romero, Ookay, Snails, and more are set to …

Flume, Alison Wonderland, and more to play triple j’s digital graduation party – Dancing Astronaut

by: Sami Weisband Nov 26, 2020 Flume fans recently awoke to what is perhaps the most exciting news of the decade thus far: the Grammy Award winner is releasing a new mix. The occasion comes courtesy of Australian radio station triple j, which has announced a 2020 “graduation party” for the graduates whose respective ceremonies …

Rammstein’s Till Lindemann releases second National Geographic book

Rammstein’s Till Lindemann has released a second National Geographic picture book with fellow musician Joey Kelly. The German-language book, which documents Lindemann and Kelly’s journey down the Río Yavarí river, is called Amazonas: Reise zum Rio Javari (translation: Amazon: Trip On The Río Yavarí). Featuring exclusive photographs by Thomas Statchelhaus and Matthias Matthies, fans can …

Bombay Bicycle Club to play debut album in full on livestream next month

Bombay Bicycle Club are set to play their debut album ‘I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose’ in full in a new live-streamed gig next month. The gig comes as the band prepare to release a new live album on December 11, recorded at their Brixton Academy gig last year where they played …

Dancing Astronaut Gives Thanks 2020 – Dancing Astronaut

by: Rachel Narozniak Nov 26, 2020 Today is Thanksgiving. It’s a time to give thanks for good health, good friends, good family, and, of course, good music. We thought we’d take the time to pay tribute to our favorite parts of dance music culture on this day of thanks, not only for the ones behind …

“Fux whoever ain’t fuck with us”

Killer Mike has responded to Run The Jewels not receiving a single nod in the 2021 Grammy Awards nominations list. The rap duo made up of Killer Mike and El-P missed out in Tuesday’s (November 24) nominations, having released their fourth album ‘RTJ4’ in June this year. While many expected them to at least get a nomination …

The Weeknd says he had been planning a 2021 Grammys performance before nomination shutout

The Weeknd has claimed he had been planning a performance at the 2021 Grammys for “weeks” before the slate of nominations revealed he had gotten zero nods for his album ‘After Hours’. In a tweet posted today (November 26), the Canadian singer said that he had been working “collaboratively” with the Grammys “for weeks” on a …

Finneas announces new Christmas single coming next week

Finneas is ready to dive into the holiday spirit, announcing that he’ll be dropping his first-ever Christmas single early next week. Taking to social media to tease the single, the producer unveiled that the song will arrive next Tuesday (December 1). The song will be his first standalone single since he released ‘Where The Poison …