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Xbox Design Lab: Rubberized Grips And Metallic Finishes Return Alongside Three New Color Options
Xbox Design Labs’ customization options are now even more expansive. If you’ve toyed around with the idea of creating a new controller in the Xbox Design Lab but were waiting for some old features to return, now is your time. That’s because Xbox has brought back rubberized grips and metallic finishes. Three new colors are...
9th Person Dies From Astroworld Festival Injuries
Bharti Shahani was a 22-year-old college senior who attended the Houston event with her sister and cousin Astroworld Festival 2021 (Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images) Bharti Shahani has died after being injured at the 2021 Astroworld Festival, The Associated Press and KTRK report. James Lassiter, an attorney for Shahani and her family, said the young...
Amine Is Back Outside and New Project ‘TWOPOINTFIVE’ Is Proof
Since the release of his sophomore album Limbo, Aminé has been in a different bag. The Portland rapper is high off what he calls his new EP/LP/mixtape/album TWOPOINTFIVE. The second in the POINTFIVE series following 2018’s ONEPOINTFIVE, the 12-song in-betweener project finds the 27-year-old stretching his vocals over more upbeat tempos — becoming his most...
Megan Thee Stallion Brings Her ‘Hotties’ to Top 10 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart
Megan Thee Stallion nabs her fourth top 10 album on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, as Something for Thee Hotties: From Thee Archives debuts at No. 3 on the list dated Nov. 13. The set starts with a little over 38,500 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 4, according...
Twitch Comes To Switch
If you’ve been looking to watch your favorite Twitch streamers on the go (and don’t already own a smartphone), the Twitch app is now available on Switch. Nintendo tweeted the surprise announcement today that you can download the app from the Switch eShop. Now you can watch your streamer of choice play Animal Crossing: New...
Jazz Music Awards Set to Launch in 2022
Rushion McDonald, who executive-produced the Steve Harvey daytime talk show from 2012 to 2017, will spearhead production for the inaugural Jazz Music Awards: Celebrating the Spirit of Jazz on Oct. 22, 2022, at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta. Presented by Jazz 91.9 WCLK, the Jazz Music Awards recognizes “a broad spectrum of creators within the national and international jazz world, from mainstream and...
Travis Scott Wants Fans Affected by Astroworld to Email Him Directly
Travis Scott is asking fans impacted by the fatal Astroworld festival that left eight dead and more than 300 injured to reach out to him by email for assistance. In a statement released Thursday (Nov. 11) attributed to Scott and his team, the rapper said he wishes to share his condolences and provide aid to...
20 Questions With Walk The Moon: Returning to Touring, Hearing ‘Shut Up and Dance’ At Weddings & Why The Pandemic Resulted in ‘The Best Work We’ve Ever Done’
Walk The Moon have become one of the most consistent rock radio crossover acts in modern music: following smashes like “Shut Up and Dance,” “Anna Sun” and “One Foot,” the trio has another ubiquitous single with “Can You Handle My Love??,” which has peaked at No. 16 on the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart. Yet...
Regina Spektor Announces 20th Anniversary 11:11 Box Set
The limited-edition release includes live performances and previously unreleased songs Regina Spektor, photo by David Panarelli Regina Spektor has announced a limited-edition box set to celebrate the 20th anniversary of 11:11, her debut album. The collection will include a remastered vinyl copy of 11:11 and two mastered, vinyl-only live performances, entitled Papa’s Bootlegs, featuring previously...
Grateful Dead Is Celebrating Hanukkah With New Bobbleheads
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. The first night of Hanukkah is just a few weeks away, and if you’re a Deadhead looking to make your festive decor a bit more rock n’ roll, look no further. Grateful Dead launched...
The Walters Sign With Warner Records Following Reunion: Exclusive
Following a four-year hiatus, indie-rock band The Walters have reunited and finalized a deal with Warner Records, the company exclusively tells Billboard. The Chicago quintet will commemorate their reunion and new deal with a string of live shows in December. The reunion comes after the band’s 2014 single “I Love You So” has picked up steam...
Far Cry Lead Leaves Ubisoft After 10 Years
Far Cry executive producer, Dan Hay, has announced his departure from Ubisoft after working there for over 10 years. This news comes by way of Video Games Chronicle, which reports that Hay will officially be gone from the company behind Far Cry, Assassin’s Creed, and Tom Clancy’s The Division, tomorrow. Ubisoft told VGC that Hay...
Meduza & Hozier’s ‘Heart’ Beats Into Top 10 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs Chart
Meduza launches at No. 10 on Billboard‘s multimetric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart (dated Nov. 13) with “Tell It to My Heart,” featuring Hozier. Released Oct. 29, the track earned 2 million U.S. streams and sold 1,100 downloads in the week ending Nov. 4, according to MRC Data. It’s Italian production act Meduza’s fourth top 10,...
New Juice WRLD Album Fighting Demons Announced
The second posthumous LP from the Chicago rapper is out in December Jarad Anthony Higgins aka Juice WRLD, August 2018 (John Shearer/WireImage) Grade A Productions and Interscope Records will release the new Juice WRLD album Fighting Demons on December 10. It will mark the second posthumous record from the Chicago rapper, following last year’s Legends...
Ninth Victim Dies After Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival
A 22-year-old college senior who was critically injured at the Astroworld festival in Houston has died, the family’s lawyer said Thursday (Nov. 11), making her the ninth person to die in a crowd surge after fans pushed toward the stage during a performance by headliner Travis Scott. Bharti Shahani died Wednesday, attorney James Lassiter said...
Cuba’s New ‘Patria y Vida’ Revolution: Watch El Funky’s First U.S. Interview With Yotuel and Beatriz Luengo
Artist Mentioned Gente De Zona On the evening of November 1, 39-year-old rapper El Funky (real name Eliecer Márquez Duany) got on a plane in Havana bound for Miami, leaving his native Cuba for the first time in his life. “Cuba looked so dark from above. There were so few lights. When you get here...
Xbox Design Lab: Rubberized Grips And Metallic Finishes Return Alongside Three New Color Options
Xbox Design Labs’ customization options are now even more expansive. If you’ve toyed around with the idea of creating a new controller in the Xbox Design Lab but were waiting for some old features to return, now is your time. That’s because Xbox has brought back rubberized grips and metallic finishes. Three new colors are...
9th Person Dies From Astroworld Festival Injuries
Bharti Shahani was a 22-year-old college senior who attended the Houston event with her sister and cousin Astroworld Festival 2021 (Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images) Bharti Shahani has died after being injured at the 2021 Astroworld Festival, The Associated Press and KTRK report. James Lassiter, an attorney for Shahani and her family, said the young...
Amine Is Back Outside and New Project ‘TWOPOINTFIVE’ Is Proof
Since the release of his sophomore album Limbo, Aminé has been in a different bag. The Portland rapper is high off what he calls his new EP/LP/mixtape/album TWOPOINTFIVE. The second in the POINTFIVE series following 2018’s ONEPOINTFIVE, the 12-song in-betweener project finds the 27-year-old stretching his vocals over more upbeat tempos — becoming his most...
Megan Thee Stallion Brings Her ‘Hotties’ to Top 10 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart
Megan Thee Stallion nabs her fourth top 10 album on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, as Something for Thee Hotties: From Thee Archives debuts at No. 3 on the list dated Nov. 13. The set starts with a little over 38,500 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 4, according...
Twitch Comes To Switch
If you’ve been looking to watch your favorite Twitch streamers on the go (and don’t already own a smartphone), the Twitch app is now available on Switch. Nintendo tweeted the surprise announcement today that you can download the app from the Switch eShop. Now you can watch your streamer of choice play Animal Crossing: New...
Jazz Music Awards Set to Launch in 2022
Rushion McDonald, who executive-produced the Steve Harvey daytime talk show from 2012 to 2017, will spearhead production for the inaugural Jazz Music Awards: Celebrating the Spirit of Jazz on Oct. 22, 2022, at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta. Presented by Jazz 91.9 WCLK, the Jazz Music Awards recognizes “a broad spectrum of creators within the national and international jazz world, from mainstream and...
Travis Scott Wants Fans Affected by Astroworld to Email Him Directly
Travis Scott is asking fans impacted by the fatal Astroworld festival that left eight dead and more than 300 injured to reach out to him by email for assistance. In a statement released Thursday (Nov. 11) attributed to Scott and his team, the rapper said he wishes to share his condolences and provide aid to...
20 Questions With Walk The Moon: Returning to Touring, Hearing ‘Shut Up and Dance’ At Weddings & Why The Pandemic Resulted in ‘The Best Work We’ve Ever Done’
Walk The Moon have become one of the most consistent rock radio crossover acts in modern music: following smashes like “Shut Up and Dance,” “Anna Sun” and “One Foot,” the trio has another ubiquitous single with “Can You Handle My Love??,” which has peaked at No. 16 on the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart. Yet...
Regina Spektor Announces 20th Anniversary 11:11 Box Set
The limited-edition release includes live performances and previously unreleased songs Regina Spektor, photo by David Panarelli Regina Spektor has announced a limited-edition box set to celebrate the 20th anniversary of 11:11, her debut album. The collection will include a remastered vinyl copy of 11:11 and two mastered, vinyl-only live performances, entitled Papa’s Bootlegs, featuring previously...








