Turnstile had the honour of throwing the first pitch at the Orioles baseball game on Tuesday, August 8 in their hometown of Baltimore, Maryland.
The Baltimore Orioles game against the Houston Astros was held at Oriole Park in Camden Yards. Turnstile walked out to the mound with guitarist Pat McCrory throwing the ceremonial first pitch. His bandmates, frontman Brendan Yates, drummer Daniel Fang and bassist Franz Lyons stood behind him in support.
Speaking to broadcaster Melanie Newman during a pre-pitch interview, McCrory shared that the Orioles are inspiring some songs after he was asked what they would write in a song about the baseball team.
“Their season right now is inspiring some songs. We honestly might have a demo already somewhere waiting, you just have them get ahold of us,” he said. The guitarist also took the time to describe his perfect day at an Orioles game, sharing that all he needs is a hotdog, a collectible cup, his mum and his friends.
Yates also added: “We all grew up coming here, so to have family here and to be at the park at an evening game is just a really cool experience. We’re just happy to be here.”
Turnstile recently wrapped up serving as opening support for Blink-182 on their North American tour. They were also nominated for Best Rock Song, Best Rock Performance, and Best Metal Performance at the 2022 Grammy Awards.
Last month, the band had to cancel their London show at Brixton Academy due to the venue’s continued closure.
They also debuted a new song earlier this year called ‘Listening’ as part of the third season of Tim Robinson’s Netflix sketch show I Think You Should Leave.
The show’s fourth episode features a song by a group called The Everything-You-Knows, who are made up of Turnstile’s Yates, McCrory, Fang and Lyons.
HARD Summer stayed true to its name over the weekend, descending on the City of Angels for a momentous return to L.A. after 10 years.
Prior to its start, the festival’s new location had been a hot topic of conversation within the music community. After a decade in San Bernardino, this year’s HARD Summer utilized a brand-new combination of venues with five stages spread out across the campuses of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Exposition Park and BMO Stadium.
Despite the expected logistical headaches, you can always count on HARD to showcase the best and brightest in stateside electronic music. And they did just that on Day 1 as we walked into a ferocious DJ set from EDM.com Class of 2022 star ISOxo. From there, the energy skyrocketed.
What would a music festival be these days without Shaq? DJ Diesel stomped in and tore up the Green Stage, quaking Downtown L.A. with his no-holds-barred brand of dubstep and riddim.
Diesel also showcased a handful of tracks from his upcoming debut album, GORILLA WARFARE, before it destroys the festival circuit like the backboards he used to shatter in his NBA days.
HARD’s first day came to a close with one of its most anticipated sets, a b2b from Kaskade and John Summit. Despite a gap in age of over two decades, they beautifully bridged the gap of house music’s past and future.
John Summit and Kaskade performing at HARD Summer 2023.
While HARD Summer’s return was triumphant in many aspects, there were a few minor hiccups. Many attendees bemoaned the event’s logistical challenges and said its sheer size occasionally led to longer-than-anticipated wait times to enter each stage. However, these minor quibbles did little to dampen the overall spirit of the festival.
Day 2 brought sweltering heat both in the air on the stage. One of the afternoon’s highlights was a spellbinding performance from Giolì & Assia, a rising superstar tandem in the world of electronic music. The EDM.com Class of 2021 duo stunned with their signature sound, a hypnotic blend of house and ambient music.
At nightfall, Flosstradamus and Yellow Claw pulled up for a gigantic headlining b2b set. The influential producers ripped up the Green Stage and dropped a slew of their biggest trap anthems, like the ageless “Prison Riot.”
Yellow Claw and Flosstradamus performing at HARD Summer 2023.
Meanwhile, hip-hop icon Kid Cudi was a breath of fresh air on the Purple Stage, where he cycled through his deep catalog of generational hits, including “Day ‘n’ Nite.”
Cudi also played out new music from his upcoming ninth studio album, INSANO. An unquestioned highlight came when he performed a hotly anticipated unreleased track, tentatively called “Wild.”
HARD Summer 2023 came to a close with the weekend’s biggest performance, a b2b from Skrillex and Four Tet. They brought it all home with a typically show-stopping DJ set, playing banger after banger before a rollicking crowd. Dubstep, house, moombah, Taylor Swift, you name it—we heard it all.
Skrillex and Four Tet performing at HARD Summer 2023.
Corey Taylor has spoken about how people in Slipknot‘s home state of Iowa have reacted to the band over the years.
Taylor has said he reckons that the people of Iowa are still “so mad” about Slipknot’s success, suggesting it was down to the state’s increasing conservatism and the disdain of “bitter” musicians from the area who never had the same level of success.
“We were judged for so fucking long about who we were, I mean we came from The Fringe and what we represented was something that, to do this day, is still anathema to a lot of people in Iowa,” he said in an appearance on the Zach Sang Show.
“There are a lot of people in Iowa that are very ashamed of the fact that Slipknot comes from there and it’s because of this newfound Resurgence and conservative bullshit. As much as Iowa – when I was there – was a purple State it’s very red now and there’s a lot of people who I know who are not happy about it.”
When Sang expressed surprise at people being disappointed in Slipknot hailing from Iowa, Taylor said: “Not if you come from there, not if you know the people. There’s a lot of fucking dicks who still live in Des Moines, Iowa, that are so mad. I know dudes that I’ve known for 30 years, I run into them and they side-eye me hard.
“There’s so many bitter pricks in that goddamn town and and they’re just hanging on you know, like they just don’t want to accept the fact that they didn’t want it [success] as much as we did. And I’m not going to sit here and say that they didn’t deserve it because there were a lot of great bands in this scene that we came out of, but for whatever reason, they didn’t push hard enough and even when we did make it, and we tried to shine that spotlight on the Des Moines scene, because it was almost in a weird way like a pseudo Seattle moment.
“There was a lot of people trolling through Des Moines trying to find the next Slipknot. Everybody who we tried to help blew it, they just didn’t fucking want it as much as we did you know: I mean we would have lived and died for the shit and these guys just thought it was a crumb.”
Taylor also recently spoke out about the recent spate of fans throwing things at artists during shows, describing it as “fucking ridiculous” and arguing that it means “artists aren’t regarded as people anymore”.
Meanwhile, Taylor recently announced an upcoming UK and European tour for his second solo album ‘CMFT2’.
Starting on November 8, the tour will kick off with a show at Leeds’ O2 Academy, followed by a gig in Wolverhampton the following day. From there, the dates will see Taylor make stops in cities including Manchester, Glasgow and London. You can purchase tickets here.
If you expend your time, energy, resources and serotonin to a music festival, it should go beyond the music.
Your Paradise fits the bill. Believe it or not, Fiji’s allure doesn’t lie only in its postcard-perfect scenery. The islands become the canvas for this once-in-a-lifetime festival, a breeding ground for transformative shared experiences.
One of the world’s most intimate music festivals, Your Paradise is squarely in a league of its own. It takes place annually on the remote Mamanuca Islands, which can only be described as breathtaking. Located off the coast of Nadi, the sheer natural beauty of the festival’s home of Malolo Lailai, or “The Island of the Resting Sun,” only scratches the surface.
Your Paradise returns from December 10-16, 2023 with a headlining performance from Grammy-nominated superstar Bonobo, who will be joined by TSHA, Koven and Kah-Lo, among many other high-profile artists. Here are a handful of reasons why you need to experience it for yourself.
A new experience in a fossilized festival space
Let’s be honest: today’s stateside music festival blueprint desperately needs a redraft. How many times can you see the same DJs headline corporate festivals that are caricatures of each other?
Many jaded music fans now feel the need to escape to foreign countries to scratch their festival itch as they prioritize unique, community-driven experiences over commercial EDM extravaganzas.
So why not vamoose to Fiji? Having been there ourselves, we can attest there’s no event in the market quite like Your Paradise, which is firmly established as one of the world’s top destination music festivals despite its modest affordability.
“Your Paradise is really, really fun,” Skrillex said after making the trip and performing in 2016. “You’re in Fiji with your best friends. It’s intimate. I don’t know anybody that has gone to Your Paradise that says anything shy of, ‘It was an incredible time.'”
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A luxury vacation for a fraction of the price
The aptly-named Your Paradise is as much a honeymoon as it is a music festival, but you won’t break the bank. Imagine staying in a bungalow in the lush Fijian jungle and dancing barefoot on a white-sand beach mere steps away. But at any moment, whisking away to a yacht party, oceanfront DJ set, skydiving excursion or even to a wild dayclub smack dab in the middle of the ocean with nothing around for miles.
Packages are divided into three categories to suit every traveller’s needs: Solo, Couples and Groups. With each package, you can either include flights or opt to go flightless and organize travel using your own points.
Whichever one you choose, all of Your Paradise’s packages include a five-night stay on the island as well as boat transfers, festival passes, access to pool parties and secret afterparties, daily meditation, beach yoga sessions, traditional kava ceremonies, sustainability workshops, tree and mangrove planting, and local village visits.
The starting price of the flightless option is $1,799 USD. To put that into perspective, the average weeklong honeymoon costs over $5,000, according to The Knot. Moreover, a nationwide survey from Casino.org found that, on average, Americans are willing to spend $728.49 to attend just one dream concert, encompassing the cost of tickets, travel and accommodations.
The Cloud 9 dayclub, or “Fiji’s Floating Paradise.”
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Partying with purpose
Since the event’s inception nearly a decade ago, sustainability and altruism have been pillars of Your Paradise. During the COVID-19 pandemic, they delivered over 20,000 meals to Fijian families in need. They also recently become an official member of the Mamanuca Environment Society (MES), a nonprofit founded by local businesses to support the environmental protection of Fiji’s west coast.
Throughout the festival, its organizers host a spate of community-based volunteer programs, like tree-planting sessions to zero out emissions. They also operate a robust environmental program each year with the ultimate goal of donating $15,000 FJD to the MES and planting over 1,500 mangroves and trees.
All shows, parties, add-ons and bars do not offer single-use plastics and all drinks are served in reusable, biodegradable cups.
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Zero-tolerance policy for abusive behavior
Let’s address one of today’s biggest flashpoints in music festival culture: harassment. It’s sad that it’s come to this, but many women find themselves unable to enjoy events—if they even decide to attend them at all.
In a scene where sexual harassment remains rampant, Your Paradise is a rare refuge. The festival has a zero-tolerance policy with regards to threatening or abusive behavior, both physical and verbal. The same goes for excessive intoxication.
“If your behavior is deemed to have the potential to negatively affect another guest’s experience, then the Supplier, at our discretion, may not let you continue with your holiday,” reads Your Paradise’s terms and conditions.
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The warmth of the Fijian locals and culture
Fijians are beloved for their kindness, warmth, hospitality and inviting personality. To say that the charismatic locals are happy to have you on the island would be a gross understatement.
You’ll quickly find out the meaning of the word “bula”—a common Fijian phrase that translates to “hello” or “welcome”—and you’ll find yourself mirthfully yelling it throughout your days.
The words “immersive” “and intimate,” on the other hand, have been desperately thrown around by entertainment execs like coins into a wishing well. Your Paradise, however, is a true embodiment of both. Tourists are welcomed with open arms and then immersed into Fiji’s rich culture.
KILJ blazes his own path in the rap world, defying stereotypes along the way. At just 18 years old, KILJ, born Jelani Lofton, offers a refreshingly vulnerable perspective in his music, going beyond surface-level content. Inspired by the candid and genre-melding late rapper Juice Wrld, KILJ makes music with heart, proving age is no barrier to pursuing your passion and making an impact.
Born in Prince George’s County, Maryland, and currently based in Atlanta, Georgia, KILJ began releasing music in January 2019 at just 14 years old. Now at 18, he has achieved impressive feats in his music career. The rapper’s music, which he initially recorded independently in his bedroom, has received over 25 million streams and led to an invite from The Recording Academy to attend the #GRAMMYsNextUp event. Most importantly, KILJ’s music has had an immense personal impact, with the artist often receiving messages from fans sharing how his music saved their lives.
KILJ’s journey into making music took root due to his admiration for Juice WRLD. The “Lucid Dreams” rapper, known for hit songs with emotionally raw subject matter, inspired KILJ to believe it was possible to create rap music that went beyond flaunting wealth and focused on more vulnerable themes such as mental struggles.
As a multi-talented creative, KILJ juggled school, music, and auditions for TV roles, leaving him stretched thin at times. Despite these challenges, KILJ’s unwavering determination led him to balance his responsibilities, and he managed to graduate high school on time in June 2023.
KILJ’s versatile background in the industry sets him apart from other rappers. Before honing in on his rap career, KILJ was a national competitive dancer and a television actor in several TV shows and commercials. With plenty of entertainment industry experience under his belt, KILJ is equipped to navigate the music world and push boundaries in the rap game as a true artist.
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The rapper’s music features authenticity, polish, and infectious beats. From the melodic confidence of “The One” to the buzzing energy of “Militant,” KILJ’s talent is evident. He peels back the curtain of his creative process on his Instagram and TikTok, sharing colorful photos from his time in the studio and video content documenting his journey with his dedicated followers. KILJ’s music can be found on Spotify, where he boasts over 400K monthly listeners.
KILJ intends to keep progressing in the rap world and envisions lots of success in his future. He aims to have a song hit the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and dreams of his discography one day including some gold and platinum songs. In a few years, KILJ sees his music career leading to frequent tours where he can more directly inspire and connect with his fans through his memorable music.
What started as just KILJ in his bedroom with a mic and free recording software has grown into impressive traction in the music industry at such a young age. Having just graduated this year, the sky’s the limit for KILJ’s music journey.
Items from the Twitter headquarters including vinyls, instruments and furniture are being auctioned off, it has been announced.
Twitter was recently bought by tech billionaire Elon Musk, who decided that the company needed a rebrand. The social media platform now refers to itself as X, but its website is still twitter.com.
Set to commence on September 12 through Heritage Global Partners, music fans also have the chance to bid on the office’s record player that comes with a collection of 24 records, dubbed “The Twitter Essential’s”.
The LPs included in the pack feature artists such as David Bowie, Tom Petty, Marvin Gaye, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, ABBA, Pink Floyd, John Lennon, Nirvana, Elton John, Prince, Bee Gees, Madonna and Fleetwood Mac. Contemporary releases include My Morning Jacket’s ‘Z‘, Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour‘, and the Bohemian Rhapsody soundtrack.
Other items being auctioned off are Twitter logo lights, Twitter signs and a Twitter bird shaped coffee table. The company held an auction earlier this year in preparation for its rebranding.
Elsewhere, actor Mark Hamill called for Twitter users to boycott the site in protest against Musk’s rebranding of the platform to X.
The Star Wars actor encouraged users to stop tweeting entirely on Tuesday (August 1). “This will only be effective if EVERYONE refrains from tweeting (X-ing?) on August 1st a/k/a #TweetlessTuesday,” he wrote on the platform.
Musk’s rebranding has also faced a few roadblocks, with the erection of the new logo on the roof of the company’s headquarters being halted and the rebrand being halted in Japan, following clashes with the trademarked name of hit rock band, X Japan.
Matt Fax’s new album functions as a sonic diary, bottling his elusive search for identity into an evocative dance opus.
Story of the Fall plunges us into Fax’s universe right off the rip with “Beyond Belief,” an enthralling melodic house cut that could soundtrack a late-night drive through a sparkling cityscape. The suspense only builds from there as the renowned producer unfurls a spellbinding song-cycle that encapsulates a three-year journey to self-discovery.
“Story of the Fall is my most personal project so far,” Fax said in a press release. “It follows my evolution as a person and artist over the past three years, searching for a new identity in music and real life.”
Fax’s polished sound crescendoes through the album, oscillating between haunting progressive house and euphoric trance. It’s a dichotomy he’s mastered throughout the course of the past decade.
Highlights are abundant throughout the album’s 15 tracks, but among its most potent is the gripping “Eclipse.” Here, Fax produces fluttery arpeggios to serenade us through a propulsive progressive house arrangement. The same can be said of “Best Days Of Our Lives,” an aching downtempo track where a wistful vocal from H.E.A.R.T.S. yearns for the last vestiges of happier, simpler times.
Fax’s versatility in the studio is also on full display in Story of the Fall. Case in point is “Somber,” a stunning track where he pivots from cinematic electronica to filthy, crackling trap. He again flexes his fluidity with the hypnotic “This Time,” channeling the warmth of vaporwave to bring the album home with a synth-soaked stunner.
Check out Story of the Fall below and find the album on streaming platforms here.
BTS’ V has shared ‘Love Me Again’, the first track from his upcoming solo EP ‘Layover’ – scroll down the page to watch the music video now.
The song is one of two that will be released ahead of the full record, with the second – ‘Rainy Days’ – due to arrive on Friday (August 11).
“I wish you would love me again / No, I don’t want nobody else,” V sings in the chorus over a minimal foundation of guitar melodies and sparse beats. “I wish you could love me again.”
In the accompanying music video, he performs the song in a cavernous space, next to TVs displaying the lyrics.
Following the release of ‘Rainy Days’ on Friday, ‘Layover’ will be unveiled in full on September 9. On that same day, a music video for the single ‘Slow Dancing’ will also be shared.
According to official descriptions of the tracks, ‘Rainy Days’ will “tug at the listeners’ heartstrings”, while ‘Slow Dancing’ takes the form of “a ‘70s romantic soul-style track that exudes a laid-back and free-spirited feeling”. The EP will also feature a piano arrangement of ‘Slow Dancing’, alongside the pop R&B track ‘For Us’, and ‘Blue’, a “homage to old school R&B with a modern twist”.
V has worked with Min Hee-jin, the CEO of NewJeans’ label ADOR, on ‘Layover’, with Min leading the project, including elements such as the music, choreography and promotion style. As well as spearheading NewJeans’ successful debut, Min previously held the role of creative director at SM Entertainment, where she worked on groups like Girls’ Generation, SHINee, f(x), EXO and Red Velvet.
Speaking about the record, V said: “This is an album that has my personal preferences. There will be a lot of things to show. I prepared it while thinking that ARMY would be happy, so I hope you all look forward to it. You will be able to see solo artist V, which will show a new side and will be different from BTS’s V.”
Although ‘Layover’ will mark V’s first official solo release, he has previously shared a plethora of solo works through BTS’ Soundcloud page, like ‘Winter Bear’ and ‘Snow Flower’ and K-drama soundtracks, including Itaewon Class’ ‘Sweet Night’ and Our Beloved Summer’s ‘Christmas Tree’.
V is the final member of BTS to make his official solo debut. Bandmate Jungkook previously stepped into the spotlight with his single ‘Seven’ and is aiming to release his debut solo mini-album by November 2023.
Apple’s technological innovations are getting sweeter for musicians and creatives alike.
A patent application originally filed by Apple in June 2021 was reportedly approved on Tuesday, August 8th. The filing explores ideas for “Modularized Computing and Input Devices,” which ostensibly includes an attachable vinyl turntable.
Obtained by Gizmodo, the patent features sketches and diagrams illustrating the innovative device, which appears to be capable of connecting multiple screen displays, keyboards, and quite possibly more hardware.
Perhaps the most notable component of the filing, however, is the vinyl turntable, which the application calls an “input device” capable of connecting to the base. What’s more interesting are the various use cases for the turntable.
“The computing device can be utilized by a music producer, a disc jockey, an audio engineer, or the like to generate music in one configuration while also being modular to permit the user to remove the input device and removably attach a keyboard or second display to the base to provide traditional laptop functionality,” reads the patent application.
Screenshot from Apple’s patent filing for “Modularized Computing and Input Devices.”
Elsewhere in the filing, Apple explains how the devices connected to the unit’s base are capable of folding on top of each other, similar to a laptop. Another configuration allows the screen and a shorter keyboard to be attached.
In addition to Apple’s filing, there were 83 other patents published today, according to the USPTO’s database. Apple is known for filing huge swaths of patent applications for products that don’t always see the light of day.
Green Day‘s iconic album ‘Dookie’ turns 30 years old early next year, and the band have started teasing anniversary plans.
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The album was released on February 1, 2024, and the band look set to mark it with a series of celebrations.
At the moment, the teaser is pretty vague, with just the hashtag #Dookie30 and a photo of a tape deck, but more plans are sure to be shared ahead of the 30th anniversary.
Back in 2019, the band surprised fans by playing ‘Dookie’ in full at a show in Madrid. Having teased fans that they’d be performing the entirety of their seminal 1994 record, the pop-punk veterans delivered when they took to the stage at their last-minute Spanish show ahead of the weekend’s MTV EMAs.
Looking forwards, Green Day last month debuted a new song titled ‘1981’ during their set at the festival d’été de Québec in Canada.
The new track comes after Green Day – comprised of frontman and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Durnt and drummer Tré Cool – parted ways with their label, Reprise Records, after their contract expired.
In December 2021, they shared a clip of themselves recording music at London’s RAK Studios, set to what could be a new song. In the short video, the numbers “1972” flash on screen, leaving fans wondering if it could be the name of a new song or an entire new album.
The band’s last album released was 2020’s ‘Father Of All Motherfuckers’. In a four-star review, NME praised the LP for being a “good old knees-up”.
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