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  • The Shins’ ‘Wonderful Christmastime’ Cover Ousts Mariah Carey’s Classic as Top Mall Song

    'Tis the season for everything holly and jolly, especially when it comes to the radio airwaves and shopping mall stereos. PlayNetwork, the company that compiles in-store playlists for over 400 brands, has shared a list of the top 20 songs that will be on repeat in stores all holiday season long. After dominating the No. 1 spot on PlayNetwork's list every year since 1994, Mariah Carey's classic, "All I Want for Christmas," has been ousted by The Shins' cover of Sir Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime."

  • Deadmau5 Sneaks Out of Hospital, Hops Plane to Play Miami Show

    Canadian progressive-house producer/DJ Deadmau5, born Joel Zimmerman, was hospitalized Thursday due to a case of severely swollen lymph nodes, EDM Sauce reports. But in under a day the artist broke doctor's orders -- which, based on the producer's social media accounts, included an IV, a sonogram and some other tests in addition to bedrest -- by sneaking out and hopping on a plane to Miami, arriving just in time to throw down at a Red Bull Music Academy gig held at The Fillmore.

  • Charli XCX Featured on Mr. Oizo’s New EP ‘Hand in the Fire’ [LISTEN]

    French producer Mr. Oizo, aka Quentin Dupieux, has returned with a new EP titled Hand in the Fire. The four-track release features British singer-songwriter Charli XCX on the title song, two solo tracks and an instrumental version of "Hand in the Fire." The EP is available to stream or download via Ed Banger Records' SoundCloud. Listen below.

  • Feminist Icon Camille Paglia on Taylor Swift’s Girl Squad and "Obnoxious Nazi Barbie" Stuff

    Feminist academic and curmudgeon critic Camille Paglia has penned yet another criticism of pop icon Taylor Swift, this time taking on the artist's Girl Squad. In the treatise, Paglia says Taylor's squad is a "tittering, tongues-out mugging" posse that does the opposite of empower females due to the presentation of a "silly, regressive public image." "Swift herself," she adds, "should retire that obnoxious Nazi Barbie routine of wheeling out friends and celebrities as performance props."

  • Sleater-Kinney Covers The Ramones’ ‘Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)’ [WATCH]

    Sleater-Kinney served up some top shelf holiday cheer to the crowd at Cleveland's House of Blues the other night when they covered Ramones' "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" during a stop on their tour in support of this year's 'No Cities to Love'. As AV Club reports, they kicked-off their encore with the song. Carrie Brownstein in particular looks like she's having a blast with the Joey Ramone-penned holiday cult classic. Watch the riot grrrls rock their way through the Ramones cover below.

  • Azealia Banks Blasts Donald Trump, Shares ‘Count Contessa’ Video [WATCH]

    Azealia Banks unveiled the video this week for "Count Contessa," which Pitchfork reports was previously shared as the first single off the forthcoming album Fantasea II. However, before fans could rejoice over finally seeing the Harlem-born princess of rap in the headlines for what she does best, the Broke With Expensive Taste star managed to find time to blast Donald Trump and share her feelings about Lil Kim, Diana Ross and others on Twitter.

  • Chase & Status Share Complete ‘London Bars’ EP & Video Series [WATCH]

    The London electronic bass music production duo Chase & Status, aka Saul Milton (Chase) and Will Kennard (Status), have shared the complete London Bars EP and video series which aims to highlight some of the UK's brightest rising grime MCs. The project features new tracks with Frisco, Giggs, Bonkaz and Novelist, and was released Chase & Status' own label, MTA Records.

  • Robert Plant, Kindness, Tinariwen, More Contribute New Tracks for Charity Album for Refugees

    Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant have teamed-up with the British Red Cross for a charity album that aims to shine the spotlight on real-life experiences of refugees and asylum seekers in the U.K. and around the world, while also raising funds for the cause. The album, entitled 'The Long Road', also features tracks from Tinariwen, Kindness, Scroobius Pip and the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars and is being produced by Ethan Johns. 'The Long Road' is due out March 4 2016 and is available for pre-order this week.

  • Sigur Rós Members Produce Talking Dog Movie ‘3 Dogateers Save Christmas’ [WATCH]

    Georg Holm and Orri Dyrason, the bassist and drummer for Sigur Rós, produced 2014's holiday-themed family film The Three Dogateers Save Christmas in which three talking dogs save Christmas from burglars much like Macaulay Culkin did in Home Alone 25 years ago. The movie's tagline is "Christmas just went to the dogs," so it's no surprise it's just one part of what turns out to be an entire Dogateer franchise--Jurassic Bark is in the works and Indiana Bones might actually turn out to be a thing. Watch the trailer for The Three Dogateers Save Christmas, below.

  • Bassnectar Chocolate Announcement Hints at Bass Center Camping Festival in 2016

    Bassnectar, the moniker of electronic producer/DJ Lorin Ashton, has announced a Willy Wonka-themed golden ticket giveaway as he rolls out his first batch of delicious-looking organic Bassnectar chocolate. Initially, the producer's announcement declared that winners would receive "free weekend admission to next year's 'Bass Center 2016' (2 full weekend VIP passes, plus camping)," Your EDM reports, although anything hinting at camping has since been erased from all internet sources.

  • Sleigh Bells Share Video for New Song ‘Champions of Unrestricted Beauty’ [WATCH]

    Sleigh Bells have surprise-released the first taste of their forthcoming fourth album, a new song entitled "Champions of Unrestricted Beauty." The Brooklyn-based noise pop duo of Alexis Krauss and Derek Edward Miller tweeted "We are finishing up our record, didn't want to wait" when they first dropped the song; a few hours later they self-released a video in which they set a bunch of balloons on fire. Watch the new video and listen to the band's poppiest song yet, below.

  • Punk Rock Bowling Festival Announces 2016 Headliners, Adds East Coast Date

    Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival has announced its initial lineup of headliners for 2016 and that the festival is adding an east coast date for the first time ever. As Punk News reports, Flogging Molly, Descendents, The Exploited, Subhumans, Dillinger Four and many others will be playing the festival. In addition to taking over its usual home in Las Vegas May 26-30, the festival will also be taking place June 10-12 at the Stone Pony Summer Stage in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

  • Journey Into Björk’s Mouth for Jesse Kanda-Directed 'Mouth Mantra' Video [WATCH]

    Björk has shared a new video for "Mouth Mantra" from this year's 'Vulnicura.' In the Jesse Kanda-directed journey into the depths of the experimental Icelandic artist's mouth, fans experience the songs from the lyrics' perspective, trapped within a cavern of tastebuds and (notably perfect) teeth until the cameras shift at the video's end to focus instead on the singer's dancing.

  • Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry’s Secret Laboratory Studio - Blue Ark - Burns Down

    Lee "Scratch" Perry's Secret Laboratory studio in Switzerland, also known as the Blue Ark, has burnt down in a fire. The pioneering dub producer took to Facebook after the fire destroyed the studio and everything inside of it, admitting that he had carelessly left a candle burning when he went to bed, stating "I am so sad and my wife is so mad."

  • Macy Gray Calls Out Trump, Lax Gun Control in New ‘All I Want for Christmas’ Song [LISTEN]

    All Macy Gray wants for Christmas is universal health care, marijuana legalization and a real solution for global climate change. In her new holiday song entitled "All I Want for Christmas," the soulful R&B singer-songwriter takes on some of the most pressing social and political issues of our time and while asking Santa for some more love and peace, she calls out the country's lax gun control laws and asks whether Donald Trump is even qualified for the presidential job.

  • AraabMuzik Drops New Instrumental Trap EP - 'Goon Loops' [LISTEN]

    The drum machine wizard and self-proclaimed MPC King, AraabMuzik, the stage name of Rhode Island-born electronic producer and DJ Abraham Orellana, has returned with a new instrumental hip-hop infused trap EP entitled 'Goon Loops.' The entire seven track release is available to stream, and for a limited time to download for free.

  • Igloofest Returns to Montreal for 10th Anniversary, Reveals Lineup

    Igloofest, the month-long outdoor electronic dance music arts, and culture festival, returns to Montreal this winter. The festival will be celebrating its 10th anniversary with an impressive roster of over 80 DJs including Bonobo, Modelselektor, Brodinski, Lunice, Black Tiger Sex Machine, Carl Craig and more, Thump reports.

  • Awakenings NYC to Bring Techno to Hammerstein Ballroom This Valentine’s Day

    Dutch techno brand Awakenings is bringing nearly 20 years of next-level production and techno culture vibes to Hammerstein Ballroom this Valentine's Day. The first ever Awakenings NYC's lineup includes Drumcode's Adam Beyer B2B Ida Engberg, Pan-Pot and Julia Govor B2B Kamran Sadeghi; more artists are to be announced as the date draws closer.

  • Oneohtrix Point Never, Nate Boyce Share Short Film ‘Repossession Sequence’ [WATCH]

    Oneohtrix Point Never, the moniker of electronic producer/DJ Daniel Lopatin, has teamed up with visual artist Nate Boyce on a short film entitled "Repossession Sequence." The nightmarish CGI video features excerpts from Lopatin's recent album Garden of Delete including "Freaky Eyes," "Ezra" and "Mutant Standard" as well as some additional composition.

  • RPM Announces Big Week NYC Series Featuring Fetty Wap, Knife Party, Dillon Francis and More

    Big Week NYC, the annual end-of-year electronic dance party series, has announced this year's lineup of DJs, producers and rappers who will perform at six different events throughout the last week of December, and it's a perfect nightcap to 2015. The concerts hosted at Pier 94 on Manhattan's West Side and downtown at Pier 36 will bring together many of dance music and hip hop's biggest, most bass-fueled names including Fetty Wap, Yellow Claw, Knife Party, Griz, Adventure Club, Dillon Francis, Oliver Heldens, Etc! Etc!, 12th Planet, Paper Diamond and many more in the days leading up to New Year's Eve performances by Future and Rudimental at Pier 36 and The Chainsmokers, Nicky Romero, Travis Scott and Ansolo at Pier 94.

  • Beyonce, Michael Jackson Remixed by Darkside’s Dave Harrington for Holiday Series [LISTEN]

    Earlier this week, Dave Harrington, formerly one half of the electronic duo Darkside alongside Nicolas Jaar, launched his 12 Days of Remixes holiday series. In the spirit of the season the multi-instrumentalist and producer is sharing previously unreleased remixes and edits he's made and dropped in many of his DJ sets over the past few years. He kicked things off on December 1 with an edit of Michael Jackson's "Human Nature" and followed-up today with a reworking of Beyonce's "Blow." He'll be posting new tracks every day leading up to the 2nd Annual DH & Friends Holiday Spectacular on December 13th via his Soundcloud. Listen to his "Copyright Breaking Edit" of Beyonce's "Blow" below.

  • M. Ward Announces New Album 'More Rain,' Shares First Single [LISTEN]

    M. Ward has announced that his new album, entitled More Rain, is scheduled to drop on March 4th via Merge records. The 12-track album will feature collaborations with Peter Buck of R.E.M., K.D. Lang, Neko Case, The Secret Sisters and NRBQ's Joey Spampinato. With the announcement, the long-term fixture of the Portland alternative indie folk scene shared the first single, "Girl From Conejo Valley," which you can listen to below.

  • Enya Shares 'Echoes in the Rain' Music Video, Hints at 2016 Tour [WATCH]

    Eithne Ni Bhraonain, better known simply as Enya, recently released her eighth studio album, Dark Sky Island, and now the Irish singer-songwriter has shared a video for "Echoes in the Rain." The artist had shared a lyric video for the same track ahead of the full album release, but she goes full-orchestra in the official video, which you can watch below.
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