Future, Missy Elliott, Glorilla, and more to perform during Grammy’s hip-hop celebration

Future, Missy Elliott, Glorilla and more are set to perform during this week’s Grammy’s tribute to 50 years of hip-hop. Earlier this week, Questlove revealed that he’s co-curated the tribute in a new announcement video released on January 31, teasing that he’d been working on the tribute with some of the “biggest names” in hip-hop. …

Orbital Team Up With Penelope Isles For Mesmerizing Single, “Are You Alive?”

Photo credit Kenny McCracken As they gear up for their highly anticipated 10th LP, ‘Optical Delusion’, the legendary brotherly duo Orbital have released the final single before the album drop, titled “Are You Alive?“. It’s a mesmerizing collaboration with their studio mates Penelope Isles, who deliver a sensational vocal on top of a pensive, spellbinding …

Eurovision 2023 stage design revealed

The stage design for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest has been revealed. Designed by New York firm Yellow Studio, the stage design is meant to look like a wide hug enfolding the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, where the contest is being held, reflecting the country opening its arms to Ukraine. Last year’s contest was …

EDDIE lands on Rezz’s HypnoVizion label with latest single, “Incubator”

Rezz’s HypnoVizion label is already off to a promising start since it was founded late last year. Her own ‘Nightmare on Rezz Street 2’ is essentially a gimme, as that would have been released on her own label regardless. That being said, resurrecting Isqa, teaming up with Quackson and Wreckno herself, and now releasing the …

Dave Stewart mentee Faye Fantarrow shares single ‘AWOL’

Faye Fantarrow, the singer-songwriter who is being mentored by Eurythmics‘ Dave Stewart, has shared new single ‘AWOL’ – check it out below. The song comes from the Sunderland artist’s debut EP of the same title, which is set for release next Friday (February 10) via Stewart’s label Bay Street Records, which he signed her to …

Speed House Queen CHYL signs to Dim Mak and releases “Hooyah!” with Fahjah

Like any millennial, I enjoy a good meme. “Can I get a hooyah???” may have gotten its start on Vine but the phrase has found its way into various mediums over the years, enjoying a few years of silence before it was resurrected on TikTok in 2021. Now, we see speed house queen CHYL use …

Skrillex, Carl Cox, The Prodigy and More to Perform at Parklife Festival 2023

Wu-Tang Clan, Rudimental, Fred again.. and more have also been confirmed. The organizers of Manchester’s Parklife Festival have revealed the event’s 2023 lineup, which boasts an incredible selection of headlining artists. Returning to Heaton Park June 10th and 11th, this year’s fest will feature over 70 artists across 10 stages. And it features a gigantic lineup …

Flume Spotted In the Studio With Tinashe and JPEGMAFIA

JPEGMAFIA shared a picture of the three artists on Twitter with the caption “AI GIRLFRIEND.” A gargantuan collaboration is on the horizon. For the past few weeks, renowned hip-hop artist JPEGMAFIA has been sharing behind-the-scenes photos of himself in the studio working on new music. This time around, he’s teased a new high-profile collab with Flume …

Orderly Releases Intoxicating Lo-fi House Single, “We’re The Last To Leave”

Ordley is an Australian newcomer who is crafting his own unique blend of indie-dance/melodic-house music, reminiscent of the sounds of Fred Again, Duskus, The 1975, & Tourist. Over the last few months Ordley has been working on a collection of new music set to release over the next few months. His latest single of this …

US planning to up touring visa costs for foreign acts by 250 per cent

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is planning to raise touring visa fees for foreign acts by more than 250 per cent. DHS has written in its proposal that applications for a P visa, which is for acts arriving in the US to perform temporarily, would increase from the current rate of $460 (£375.23) …