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Flux Pavilion Releases “Sink Your Teeth In” from Forthcoming 2020 Album
Flux Pavilion has released a new collaboration with rising indie vocalist Drowsy. “Sink Your Teeth In” highlights his more melodic soundscape, giving us a preview of what’s to come on his upcoming 2020 album. Following a recent collaboration with Feed Me and Meesh, “Survive,” both of these tracks show a transition into a new era of sound for Flux Pavilion. This involv...
Japan’s economy shrinks at record rate, slammed by pandemic
Japanese media reported the latest drop was the worst since World War II. But the Cabinet Office said comparable records began in 1980. The previous worst contraction was in 2009, during the global financial crisis of 2008-2009. The world’s third largest economy was already ailing when the virus outbreak struck late last year. The fallout has since gradually worsened both in COVID-19 cases and soc...
The Killers Premiere New Single “Dying Breed”: Stream
The Killers are just about one week away from the release of highly anticipated album Imploding the Mirage. In anticipation, they’ve shared a new single called “Dying Breed”. According to an interview with Rolling Stone, the track is a collaboration with producer Flood, who’d previously worked on The Killers’ Sam’s Town. As frontman Brandon Flowers explained, Flood helped to give th...
The Problematic Lovecraft and How We Can Flip the Script
H.P. Lovecraft In the 21st century, the horror genre is as deeply indebted to the works of H.P. Lovecraft as generations before were to Poe and Shelly. He’s hiding in the background of every strange tale in modern pop culture. Even when his influence isn’t obvious, dig into any work and you’ll find it; a mycelial network of literary tendrils, all leading back to the weird tales of a peculiar write...
We’re Like Totally Buggin’: A Clueless Spinoff Series is Coming to Peacock
Ready to be, like, totally buggin’? A Clueless spinoff reboot series is officially coming to NBC’s streaming platform Peacock. The news comes just weeks after the cult classic celebrated its 25th anniversary. The forthcoming TV show will reportedly focus on the character of Dionne, aka Dee, and how she rises to the top of the social ladder at Bronson Alcott High School in the absence of BFF Cher. ...
Bruce Springsteens Calls Lana Del Rey “One of the Best Songwriters in the Country”
Bruce Springsteen (photo by Ben Kaye) and Lana Del Rey (photo by David Brendan Hall) Bruce Springsteen has had Lana Del Rey all over his playlists for years now, but his fandom has just reached new heights. In a recent broadcast on SiriusXM, The Boss called the Norman Fucking Rockwell! mastermind “one of the best songwriters in the country.” Springsteen’s comments came during the latest episode of...
Bruce Springsteen Thinks Lana Del Rey ‘Is Simply One of the Best Songwriters in the Country’
Lana Del Rey’s been making headlines for not-so-great reasons recently. But people can “cancel” her all they want, and she can still rest easy because Bruce Springsteen thinks she “is simply one of the best songwriters in the country.” Since April, The Boss has taken over his own E-Street Band SiriusXM station to host a From His Home To Yours DJ series, and during the latest ep...
ARCH ENEMY’s ALISSA WHITE-GLUZ Collaborates With Her Sister On NO JOY’s ‘Dream Rats’ Single
NO JOY, the project of Jasamine White-Gluz, sister of ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Alissa White-Gluz, will release its first full-length album in five years, “Motherhood”, on August 21 via Joyful Noise and on Hand Drawn Dracula in Canada. The official music video for the disc’s new single, “Dream Rats”, featuring a guest appearance by Alissa, will make its online debut this ...
MATT SORUM On Response To Coronavirus Crisis: ‘It’s Time For Musicians And Artists To Have Some Relief’
Former GUNS N’ ROSES drummer Matt Sorum says that his heart goes out to all the musicians around the world who are facing economic hardships because of the coronavirus pandemic. “I get called every day to do a Zoom charity, and this charity, and that charity,” Matt told the “Drum For The Song” podcast, hosted by Dane Campbell, drummer of PHIL CAMPBELL & THE BASTAR...
RUSH’s GEDDY LEE Pays Tribute To PETE WAY: He Was ‘A True Rock And Roll Character’
RUSH‘s Geddy Lee has paid tribute to iconic bass player Pete Way. The founder of UFO, WAYSTED and, more recently, THE PETE WAY BAND died on Friday (August 14) at the age of 69. He sustained life-threatening injuries in an accident two months ago but fought hard until finally succumbing to those injuries. His wife, Jenny, was at his side. On Saturday, Lee took to his Instagram to write: ̶...
ANVIL’s STEVE ‘LIPS’ KUDLOW: ‘Music And Concerts Are Gonna Be The Last Thing To Come Back, If They Come Back At All’
ANVIL frontman Steve “Lips” Kudlow was a guest on a recent episode of the “Between Awesome And Disaster” podcast hosted by comedian Will Carey. Speaking about how he is dealing with the coronavirus crisis and what the touring circuit might look like post-pandemic, Lips said (hear audio below): “The outside world is upside down. You can’t do anything without worr...
‘Stop teasing us’, ‘Yesss’ – Some Arsenal fans react to Aubameyang’s cryptic Twitter post
Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has sent out a cryptic social media post. The striker is expected to sign a new deal with the London club his tweet with an hourglass emoji seems to have excited the fans. ….⏳ — Aubameyang P-E (@Aubameyang7) August 16, 2020 Some of the Arsenal fans think that the player could be close to signing a new deal with the club and it is only a matter of ti...
