OVO Sound singer PARTYNEXTDOOR and labelhead, the 6 God himself, have teamed up again, this time for PND’s smooth new record ‘Come and See Me’. Produced by Drake’s in-house producer, the uber talented 40, and with Drake supplying another quality verse to the new track, it shows again why Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR make a great team on OVO.
After a huge 2015 for the Madison festival with a memorable headlining set from Chance The Rapper, the University of Wisconsin’s Revelry Music Festival has now revealed its 2016 lineup. This year the festival, which will take place at Madison’s historic Orpheum Theatre on April 30th (the same day as Madison’s infamous Mifflin Block Party), will feature performances from ‘Tuesday’ singer/rapper and OVO signee iLoveMakonnen, Kanye West’s GOOD Music producer Hudson Mohawke, Wisconsin’s own rapper WebsterX and more!
Check out our recap video from last year’s festival below and get your tickets for this year now!
Following her successful headlining tour, today marks the release of Niykee Heaton’s new 12-track mixtape on Capitol Records. Similarly titled, The Bedroom Tour Playlist, the new project can be downloaded now on iTunes and all other digital retailers. The Bedroom Tour Playlist features a number of Heaton’s previously heard fan favorites, now remixed and remastered, as well as five brand new records, including Niykee Heaton’s big collaboration with Atlanta rap trio Migos, her remix to ‘Bad Intentions’. Heaton performed tracks from her new project live to over 10,000 fans on her latest tour, and now is your chance to join in and peep inside Niykee Heaton’s bedroom.
Check out the tracklist for The Bedroom Tour Playlist below and stream Heaton’s Migos collaboration and remix to her ‘Bad Intentions’ record.
Get ready because Mike Posner just announced the title and release date for his long awaited sophomore album. Releasing on May 6, 2016, Posner’s follow up to his 2010 debut 31 Minutes to Takeoff will be titled At Night, Alone. Mike’s new album isa reference to how the album’s tracks were both written and how they should be listened to, “at night and alone,” Posner writes. The album will be released via Island Records and will feature a number of brand new records from the ‘Cooler Than Me’ artist/producer, including his new hit single ‘I Took a Pill in Ibiza’ and other records from his 2015 EP, The Truth.
Check out the cover art for At Night, Alone below.
In anticipation of his forthcoming debut album, Aa, electronic producer Baauer has released his latest and last single from his long awaited project, and it’s a big one! Recruiting the legendary M.I.A. and also bringing in an exciting feature from G-Dragon, Baauer’s new single ‘Temple’ is a three-headed monster. The new record was previewed for fans at Alexander Wang’s recent New York Fashion Week show, but now you can listen to the new track in its entirety.
Kari Faux is most exciting emerging female rapper right now, and except for a short list of others, it isn’t even close. The Childish Gambino co-signed artist and Little Rock native has been on everyone’s radar ever since her ‘No Small Talk’ record, which Childish Gambino later remixed for his Stone Mountain mixtape. Her relationship with Donald Glover’s (Gambino) crew eventually led to a deal with “Wolf & Rothstein”, and today we have Faux’s new music video for ‘This Right Here’. Faux’s new record is off her forthcoming album, Lost En Los Angeles, which releases next month on April 8th, 2016.
Watch Kari Faux’s new video for ‘This Right Here’ below.
Portugal. the Man (Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration)
Rockers Cage The Elephant have just announced a huge 2016 tour, with some major supporting acts. Kicking off May 1st at the Verizon Arena in Little Rock, Cage The Elephant will be joined by Portugal. the Man, Broncho and Twin Peaks on their huge tour which will make stops in Chicago, Milwaukee, Nashville, Los Angeles and many many more, until the tour concludes June 26th in Phoenix.
With such a talented lineup and a huge selection of tour dates, you definitely have no excuse to miss out on this one. Cage the Elephant will be supporting their new LP, Tell Me I’m Pretty, and you can check out their official website for more ticket information. Definitely get your tickets fast before they all sell out!
If you didn’t know by now, Charlie Puth is definitely #TeamSelena. Currently on his Nine Track Mind Tour, Charlie Puth shared some strong words for the Purpose singer the other night in Dallas. “F*ck you, Justin Bieber,” Puth shared with the Dallas crowd while performing his Selena Gomez collaboration ‘We Don’t Talk Anymore’. Puth later tweeted that he was simply joking around and has nothing but great things to say about the ‘Love Yourself’ singer, but either way, he definitely got quite a positive reaction from his sold-out crowd in Texas.
Watch Puth call out the Biebs below and check out Puth’s tour dates and see if he is coming to a city near you.
To say that American gospel and R&B singer Leon Bridges is like nothing else in music today would be a vast understatement. Although the Fort Worth, Texas native is just 26 years old, Bridges has a voice and sound straight out of the 1960s. His debut album, Coming Home, was met with critical acclaim across the board, and if his timeless sound was shared with fans decades ago instead of in 2016, Bridges today would be an R&B legend. So while us millennials don’t get to see the likes of B.B. King and Otis Redding in their prime, we are more than lucky to have Leon Bridges.
Tonight Leon Bridges brought his 2016 spring tour to The Riverside Theatre in Milwaukee, WI. The sold-out crowd was diverse in all sorts of age ranges. Bridges not only has fans old enough that they could have went to school with the talented singer, but as no surprise he has a huge supporting cast from those who grew up with soul music. Young or just young at heart, Bridges’ music was bound to bring joy to all ages in Wisconsin tonight.
Opening for Bridges tonight was R&B artist and Phili-native, Son Little. Son Little performed a number of songs from his self-titled 2015 debut, and while his music is slightly more blues rock infused (when compared to Bridges), it still gave us a window into a better era of music. If you like Gary Clark Jr., you’ll definitely like Son Little. Son Little’s performance certainly set the tone for the rest of the night.
Next up was Leon Bridges himself. Taking time to thank his sold out crowd, dressed to the 9s in a stunning gray suit, Bridges gave an intimate performance to the Milwaukee crowd tonight. While at moments he would give brief introductions to his songs, all-in-all he made the night about nothing but the music itself. Song for song everyone in attendance sang along, and when fans didn’t know necessarily every word, they still swayed their shoulders side to side and danced to Bridges’ beautiful voice. Bridges primarily performed his Coming Home album tonight, but even found time to mix in some new music as well. It’s a wonder how he finds time to write new music since it seems like he has been on tour all of the past year. Bridges gave Milwaukee a night it will not soon forget.
Check out our photos from Leon Bridges’ and Son Little’s Milwaukee performance below, and be sure to check out the remaining dates on his current tour here.
If it wasn’t cool enough that Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Full House” cover and theme song for Netflix’s new “Full House” reboot, “Fuller House”, recently charted on Billboard, less than an hour ago Carly Rae invited the star of the 90s sitcom, actor/comedian Bob Saget to perform a very special duet of her nostalgic cover.
Currently in Milwaukee for her Gimmie Love Tour, Carly Rae was performing at the Tuner Hall Ballroom, just a mile away from Bob Saget’s standup performance at The Pabst Theatre. Lucky for Carly Rae’s fan, Saget’s performance ended in time that he could rush over to join Carly Rae to help perform her ‘Full House’ cover. Bob Saget’s Backstreet Boy’s cover, reworked as ‘Danny Tanner Was Not Gay’ will forever be a classic, but Saget just can’t hit the high notes that Jepsen can. Either way though, it made for an awesome performance from the two.
Watch Bob Saget and Carly Rae Jepsen team up to perform the ‘Fuller House’ Theme below.