Jessu Shares Her Experience As A Twitch DJ [Interview]

Twitch had always been known for live streaming gaming and live chatting, with a dash of music. Music had a presence, but the “Music” category was usually buried in the website. One Friday night just before the pandemic, I needed some background tunes while getting ready for a night out to see a show, so …

Richie Hawtin shares 1996’s ‘CONCEPT 1’ album 25 years after original release – Dancing Astronaut

by: Austria Masim Jan 6, 2021 Richie Hawtin’s ​CONCEPT 1 series will be available in its entirety as a digital release and distributed as an exclusive album package ​through Bandcamp. CONCEPT 1 was first started in 1996 as a subscription series that featured a limited run of monthly 12-inch releases at 2000 each. Now, 25 years after its initial …

Buck Meek shares new single and music video ‘Candles’

Big Thief‘s Buck Meek has shared a new single, ‘Candles’, alongside an accompanying music video, directed by Riley Engemoen. The new track is lifted from Meek’s forthcoming new album, ‘Two Saviors’, which is slated for a January 15 release on Keeled Scales. ‘Candles’ was co-written with fellow Big Thief bandmate, Adrianne Lenker. It also marks …

Jimmy Edgar shares new single alongside announcement of first album in eight years, ‘CHEETAH BEND’ – Dancing Astronaut

by: Sami Weisband Jan 6, 2021 Following Jimmy Edgar‘s 2020 collaborations with artists from the likes of Hudson Mohawke, SOPHIE, and Danny Brown, the electronic sound-bender returns for the official announcement of forthcoming LP, CHEETAH BEND. The project will be his first full-length solo album since his critically acclaimed 2012 output, Majenta. Accompanying the news, …

Alice Glass shares stop-motion video for new track ‘Suffer and Swallow’

Former Crystal Castles singer Alice Glass has debuted new track ‘SUFFER AND SWALLOW’, the first single from her upcoming debut album, which is set to arrive later this year. The self-produced track comes accompanied by a stop-motion video from director Lucas David – which sees Glass represented as a doll who finds herself in a …

Dr. Dre shares health update after hospitalisation over suspected brain aneurysm

Dr. Dre has taken to social media to assure fans he’s “doing great”, following reports he was hospitalised and taken to an intensive care unit after a suspected brain aneurysm. On Instagram, the hip-hop mogul thanked family, friends and fans “for their interest and well wishes”. He wrote that he was “doing great and getting …

Good Morning Mix: STMPD RCRDS shares double-sided 2020 mixtape to recap momentous year – Dancing Astronaut

by: Ross Goldenberg Jan 4, 2021 While STMPD RCRDS didn’t take home the title of Dancing Astronaut‘s 2020 Label of the Year, Martin Garrix and company wholeheartedly deserve an honorable mention for the label’s mountain of high-grade music that pushed the envelope of house music and beyond in 2020. As a fitting final note to …

Nandi Bushell shares new love of Britpop with cover of Blur’s ‘Song 2’

Nandi Bushell, the young viral star who famously beat Dave Grohl in a drum challenge last year, has shared her first new cover of 2021 – a tribute to her burgeoning love of Britpop. READ MORE: 10-year-old drummer Nandi Bushell’s greatest cover songs “This week I have been learning about #Britpop, the 90’s and about this …

Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos shares 39 previously unreleased demos – Dancing Astronaut

by: Sami Weisband Dec 31, 2020 After more than a year of radio silence following Passion Pit‘s May 2019 collaboration with Galantis, “I Found U,” frontman Michael Angelakos has directed 30-plus previously unreleased demos of remixes, a cappella versions, and more to SoundCloud. The SoundCloud haul serves as something of a rarity in the industry, …

Dzeko shares first end-of-year mashup mix since 2014 through Proximity [Stream] – Dancing Astronaut

by: Ross Goldenberg Dec 31, 2020 Dzeko and Torres’ 10-minute end-of-year mashup mix series was the highlight of each December throughout the dance music golden age in 2012 to 2014. Although the members of the now-dissolved duo have since forged solo campaigns, Dzeko is leaving 2020 on a positive note with his decision to resume …