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Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen Debuts New Song, Plays “Saint Nothing” on Livestream: Watch
On Friday night, everyone from Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold to The War on Drugs participated in the Vote Ready, a Concert for Voter Registration livestream. While most of the sets were filled with comforting covers and stripped-down renditions of classics, a few artists used the opportunity to debut new material, including Grizzly Bear and Department of Eagles singer-guitarist Daniel Rossen. Rossen...
Taylor Swift Calls Out Trump for ‘Calculated Dismantling of USPS,’ Urges Fans to ‘Vote Early’
Taylor Swift took to Twitter on Saturday to slam Donald Trump for tampering with the U.S. Postal Service so close to the 2020 election. “Trump’s calculated dismantling of USPS proves one thing clearly: He is WELL AWARE that we do not want him as our president,” she wrote. “He’s chosen to blatantly cheat and put millions of Americans’ lives at risk in an effort to hold on to power.” The presi...
SCORPIONS Aren’t Interested In Playing Drive-In Concerts: ‘It Doesn’t Have Any Atmosphere’
In a recent interview with “Pollstar Live! Digital Session”, guitarist Matthias Jabs ruled out the possibility of SCORPIONS playing drive-in concerts in the future. “The SCORPIONS aren’t [interested in playing] those — how do you call it? The car, movie-theater type of shows,” he said (see video below). “It doesn’t have any atmosphere, I don’t think,...
Cactides – Titan To Tachyons
RATING: 8.5/10 At a time when the outside world seems more menacing and hostile than ever before, “Cactides” is an album you can crawl into and hibernate from the insanity. Led by relentlessly ingenious guitarist Sally Gates, this avant-metal trio make music that defies the usual laws of melodic physics, slamming angular noise rock, free jazz and monolithic post-metal together in a bew...
HALESTORM’s LZZY HALE: ‘I Feel Like I’m Writing The Best Songs I Ever Have’
Lzzy Hale says she has “already succeeded in besting” HALESTORM‘s 2018 album “Vicious” with the material she has been writing for the follow-up effort. “Write…redraft…write… ok …there’s something special…follow it…finish it!” she wrote in an Instagram post on Friday (August 14). “I can’t wait for all of...
Immersion – Primitive Man
RATING: 8/10 If you’re a fan of heavy music, there is seldom a shortage of exciting music that fits the bill. Then, of course, there are bands that make the vast majority of so-called heavy bands sound like absolute lightweights. PRIMTIVE MAN definitely fit into that category, and for those who have enjoyed (if indeed ‘enjoyed’ is the right word) the band’s efforts to date,...
Report: Former Chelsea star to join Stoke City on a one-year contract, medical on Monday
Former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel will make a return to English football with Championship side Stoke City next week, The Telegraph reports. The Nigerian, who enjoyed a trophy-laden career with the Blues between 2006 and 2017, was recently contracted to Trabzonspor, where he made 23 appearances. Mikel only joined the Turkish outfit last summer, but he mutually terminated his contract in Mar...
Report: Manchester United jump ahead of Chelsea in the race to sign £27m centre-back
Manchester United have jumped ahead of Chelsea in the race to sign AS Monaco defender Benoît Badiashile, a report from Le 10 Sport claims. Badiashile made his debut for Monaco as a 17-year-old in 2018 and over the past two years, he has managed 46 appearances across all competitions. Based on his progress, he was rewarded with a fresh four-and-a-half year deal in December 2019, but it appears that...
Transfer roundup: Chelsea close to left-back signing, Newcastle United to land midfielder
Today, we have entered the third weekend of the Premier League summer transfer window. It has been a quiet day with no player arrivals, but Sheffield United appear close to recruiting a new goalkeeper in the form of Aaron Ramsdale. The Blades have agreed on a fee with Bournemouth for the 22-year-old (Daily Echo). The shot-stopper appears set to rejoin the club after three-and-a-half years. Let’s h...
Report: Newcastle United boss wants 31-cap international to strengthen the defence
Newcastle United manager Steve Bruce has identified Manchester United’s Chris Smalling as a target to strengthen the heart of the defence, a report from Sky Sports claims. Smalling spent the previous campaign on loan with AS Roma in the Serie A and he was hugely impressive during his 37 appearances across all competitions. The Giallorossi have been unable to strike a permanent deal for his service...
VIDEO: BBNaija Kaisha and Nengi get into a fight with each other
The BBNaija house was set on fire during a serious fight between Kaisha and Nengi. It was a rather tensed atmosphere in the Big Brother Naija Lockdown house as a fight broke out between Nengi and Kaisha who were at each other’s throat. Kaisha and Nengi resorted to name calling and a shouting match between each other as the other BBNaija housemates tried to separate them. This would not be the firs...
Mozilla and Google reportedly renew Firefox search agreement
Mozilla and Google have extended their arrangement to keep Google the default search engine within the Firefox browser until at least 2023, ZDNet reported. The companies have not formally announced the deal, which ZDNet estimates is worth between $400 and $450 million per year, but are expected to announce it later this fall. The current arrangement was due to expire at the end of 2020. The move c...
