We were confident that Coachella’s Friday kick off could not be topped. Well it looks like we were wrong. This year The Early Registration teamed up with Pigeons & Planes to catch all the best moments of Coachella 2015, and Saturday’s lineup of shows were even better than Friday. Today fans saw performances from Tyler the Creator, The Weeknd, Run the Jewels, Hozier, Toro y Moi, Father John Misty and more!
Wow! What an opening day for Coachella 2015, and The Early Registration teamed up with Pigeons & Planes to catch all the best moments. Kicking off the iconic music festival this year, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival saw amazing performances from Vic Mensa, Lil B, Alabama Shakes, Azealia Banks, Action Bronson, AC/DC, Tame Impala, Lykke Li and many more! And how are this year’s art installments? They even top last year’s, as the Indio festival spent more money on art in 2015 than ever before.
Chicago trio Hurt Everybody may be the hardest working collective in music (or at least on my Soundcloud home page). Supa Bwe, Mulatto Beats and Carl have a water-like flow of output, and it’s not by any mistake or coincidence. Last month, Supa made a vow to stop being slept on, even if he had to release new music daily. Since that tweet, he’s dropped countless loose tracks, done a handful of features and traveled to SXSW.
Tonight he and his musical accomplices have released a hazy and (as always) ambitious new project titled I Know Where The Light Goes, premiering on FakeShoreDrive. Another testament to Hurt’s work ethic, the project was recorded in just three days. The six-track EP is described as a “manifestation of [Hurt Everybody’s] fascination with light & all of it’s mysteries.” It should also be noted that the production was handled by Mulatto, as well as Green Slime, Zen Zan and others.
[UPDATE: You can pre-order Tyler’s new album Cherry Bomb on iTunes now and receive ‘DEATHCAMP’ and ‘FUCKING YOUNG / PERFECT’ right away.]
Odd Future’s Tyler The Creator just launched a new application entitled “Golf Media”, which you can download here. The app’s description on iTunes reads:
Golf Media is basically my brain in one place. It does just about everything except cure asthma. If you find an app that cures asthma, definitely let me know.
Listen as Chicago rapper Towkio recruits fellow SAVEMONEY rapper, Chance the Rapper, for Towkio’s new track ‘Heaven Only Knows’. The song, which also features Lido and Eryn Allen Kane, is another new track from Towkio’s forthcoming .Wav Theory mixtape. Dropping April 28th, .Wav Theory is set to feature production from Peter Cottontail and Kaytranada, and guest vocals from Chance, Vic Mensa, Donnie Trumpet and more.
Celebrating his 5th NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship, Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K) revealed a key ingredient in his pre-game rituals to hype up the Duke Blue Devils. “I really like Meek Mill. I play it all the time.” said Krzyzewski. While Coach K revealed that Meek is the players’ choice, it is still awesome to see that Mike himself is also a Meek fan.
Check out some of our exclusive photos from Duke’s National Championship win over the Wisconsin Badgers below.
With the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival just a few days away and fans waiting patiently, the festival has finally released its 2015 Weekend 1 set times. Be sure to check out the set times carefully, as some artists’ performing dates have changed. For example, you will no longer have to choose between getting a good spot for Drake and seeing Lil B perform (#TYBG). Performing at Coachella this year will be Drake, Jack White, The Weeknd, AC DC, Tyler the Creator, Alesso and many more!
The first weekend of Coachella runs from Friday, April 10th until Sunday, April 12th. Check out the set times below or at Coachella’s official website.
Minutes ago, Mike Posner wrapped up an intimate performance of brand new music on YouTube Livestream. While Mike performed in a low lit room for just a handful of people, the set was streamed for many fans watching at home. Sitting at his piano, Posner premiered new tracks which contrast greatly from his previous mixtapes and debut album, 31 Minutes to Takeoff. Posner kicked off his new folk-influenced and slower-tempoed sound with ‘Buried in Detroit’, an emotional track about our eventual mortality and his hometown of Detroit, MI.
“Next to my father and my father’s father too, I had a spot in New York City, but baby that ain’t no substitute. Not from my hometown, that place people avoid. I made love in every city, but I’ll be buried in Detroit.”
Next, Posner sang another piano ballad, ‘Iris’, before he picked up his guitar and told a story behind his final song for the evening, ‘Took a Pill in Ibiza’. “Almost a year ago, I was in the studio with a buddy of mine. His name is (Country music’s) Jake Owen.” said Posner. Mike then told fans about their competitive songwriting, where each would try to bring the better new song to the table. After Owen asked Posner about the inspiration behind one track, Mike explained that the song was inspired by one girl he used to mess around, with mixed with another girl he used to mess around with, and with some of the song simply made up. Owen then asked “Why don’t you just tell the truth?” These words inspired ‘Took a Pill in Ibiza’ are ones that Posner will never forget. This advice from Owen is likely a big inspiration behind Posner’s new sound.
In ‘Took a Pill in Ibiza’, Mike Posner describes himself as a singer everyone forgot and who blew his chance. But if the studio versions of Mike’s new tracks sound as good as the live performances, Mike just may prove himself wrong in 2015. Just days ago Mike saw his first #1 Billboard hit with Maroon 5’s ‘Sugar’ (written by Posner), and perhaps we may see another one in the future, but performed by Posner himself.
Watch the performances of Mike Posner’s brand new songs below.
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