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SKILLET’s Jesus-Loving Frontman JOHN COOPER Blasts CARDI B’s GRAMMY Performance
John Cooper, the frontman and bassist for the Grammy-nominated Christian rock band SKILLET, has blasted Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s performance of their hit song “WAP” during Sunday’s Grammy Awards. “WAP”, whose title itself is an abbreviation for “wet ass pussy,” is a track filled with explicit lyrics referencing female empowerment and sexual pride. During the show, the singers changed many of the original lines in “WAP”, and CBS censored out others, while performing on a stage that featured a pole on a massive high heel, and ending with the two rappers writhing together on a giant bed. Earlier today, the 45-year-old Cooper, who defines himself as “conservative in ideology,” posted an episode of his “Coope...
QUEENSRŸCHE’s TODD LA TORRE Is ‘Really, Really Nervous’ About Playing Shows Before COVID-19 Herd Immunity Is Achieved
In a new interview with Ghost Cult Magazine, QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Todd La Torre was asked when he will feel comfortable performing in front of live audiences again. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “That’s a really good question, because we’ve had shows booked. And it’s, like, ‘Is this outdoor? How far away? Are they mandating masks?’ And if they say, ‘Well, masks are recommended,’ for me, I don’t like that at all. “Until I think we can reach herd immunity, where it’s legit safe that way, and I’ve had my vaccine, I think I’ll feel fairly comfortable then,” he continued. “Right now, until we can all get that achieved, there are shows on the books, and it makes me really, really nervou...
Camilo Scores Second Top Five on Top Latin Albums Chart With ‘Mis Manos’
The Top Latin Albums chart ranks the most popular Latin albums of the week in the U.S. based on multimetric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. Mis Manos was written, produced and recorded in its entirety by the Colombian artist, who secured his first entry on a Billboard chart in 2019 with “Desconocidos,” a collaboration with Mau y Ricky and Manuel Turizo (No. 31 peak on Hot Latin Songs). Since then, he’s ...
Paradigm Agrees to Sell Music Division to Wasserman
Gores added: “We are huge fans of Casey Wasserman and the company he’s built, and I am very pleased that he and his team will be at the helm of this important business line. It’s both thrilling and bittersweet to reach this agreement, transition to a new era for Paradigm, and initiate a stabilizing solution during a global pandemic that has created an existential crisis for our industry.” The Beverly Hills-based Paradigm’s roster includes Ed Sheeran, Billie Eilish, Coldplay, Kacey Musgraves, Imagine Dragons and many other top-selling artists. The firm, run by chairman Gores, has built up its music division through years of acquiring boutique talent and management companies, including Monterey Peninsula Artists, Little Big Man, Third Coast Artists Agency, AM Only, Windish Agencies and...
Snoop Dogg, Post Malone & More Musician-Owned Wines You Need to Try
Mary J. Blige – Sun Goddess Wines To make summer of 2020 a bit more breezy at the beginning of quarantine, Mary J. Blige teamed up with Fantinel Winery to unveil Sun Goddess Wines. The Sun Goddess collection features an Italian Pinot Grigio Ramato and an Italian Sauvignon Blanc. The “Sun Goddess” name was inspired by Blige’s powerful childhood memories with her mother and an endless love for the warmth of the sun. Order it with one-hour delivery on Drizly here. Post Malone – Maison No. 9 The “Circles” star also created his own sip of summer in 2020, launching a French rosé wine called Maison No. 9 inspired by his love of the Mediterranean lifestyle and rosé. The wine is named after Post’s favorite taro...
‘Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché’ Doc Explores Punk Trailblazer In All Her Contradictions
Born Marion Elliott to a white mother and Black father (he was Somali born) in what she described as a tough neighborhood, Styrene felt like an outsider from both the white and Black communities; some of the most revelatory parts of the documentary are Zoë Howe’s reading of poems (“Half-Caste,” “I Wanna Go Back to Africa”) that Styrene wrote about her racial identity. Considering the banshee warrior wail that characterized Styrene’s vocals, it’s unfortunately easy to miss the depth of her lyrics, but hearing her poems read aloud is a testament to the succinct strength of her pen. Forming X-Ray Spex as a teenager by taking out an ad in Melody Maker, Styrene was famous (in the U.K., at least, by punk scene standards) by 19, with songs like the female...
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché Is Hardly Cliché: SXSW Review
Editor’s Note: The following review is as part of our coverage of the 2021 South by Southwest Film Festival. Stay tuned for further reviews straight outta Austin — well, virtually, of course. Below, Rachel Reeves checks out the new rock doc on Poly Styrene. The Pitch: Marianne Elliott-Said, aka Poly Styrene, is a punk rock icon. She was the first woman of color to front a successful UK punk band. She defied stereotypes and inspired countless women to do the same. She was also a highly flawed individual who struggled with mental health issues, a misogynistic industry, her personal identity and relationships. She was all of these things and so much more. Now, years after her passing, Styrene’s daughter Celeste Bell and co-director Paul Sng have released an incredibly personal tribute to...
Kanye West is Now Worth $6.6 Billion
Well, he’s definitely got his money right. Lord. According to Bloomberg, Kanye West is now worth a whopping $6.6 billion dollars. It was around this time last year that the rap superstar finally cracked the nine-figure threshold and became a certified billionaire. Now, after a terrific sales year for his sneaker and apparel brand Yeezy, and the closing of a new Yeezy partnership with Gap, the recent divorcee has seen his wealth skyrocket roughly 500%. Like all net worth estimations, some of this is based on fickle market speculation. However, Yeezy’s high-profile deals with Adidas and Gap have launched its value into the neighborhood of $3.2 to $4.7 billion. Since West remains the sole owner of the company, that money can be attributed to his personal net worth, which also includes another...
Paris Texas Share New Song “Situations”: Stream
Last month, the South Central rap duo Paris Texas released their first ever song, a metal-tinged banger fittingly titled “Heavy Metal”. The track quickly picked up some considerable blog buzz, and now they’re back with a much different-sounding loosie called “Situations”. There’s not a whole lot of info out there about the LA pair, but we do know that their names are Louie Pastel and Felix, and it seems unlikely that this is their first entry into the world of music. “Heavy Metal” featured pounding guitar chords that stopped and started with the choppy suspense of a horror film, but “Situations” is a completely different vibe. The track is piece of funky, warped club rap that sounds a lot more like Outkast than Death Grips. The vocals slip and slide over its tubular groov while gurgli...
Alice Cooper: David Bowie Saw My Stage Show and Said This Is What He “Should Be Doing”
Legendary rockers Alice Cooper and David Bowie each broke new ground as theatrical stage performers. While the two pioneers of glam rock were contemporaries, Cooper says it was his stage show that influenced Bowie. In a new feature for Metal Hammer, Cooper answered a number of fan questions. One reader named Debbie asked, “Did you ever cross paths with your theatrical comrade, David Bowie?” “David used to come to the show when he was a mime artist, he was Davy Jones back then,” responded Cooper. “I remember at one of our ‘Welcome to My Nightmare’ shows, he brought his band the Spiders From Mars and he was saying, ‘This is what we should be doing.’ But he never did it the way we did it.” He added, “When we started doing theatrics and still had hit records, that opened up a huge door for Bow...
Ben Gibbard Covers Kirsty MacColl in Livestream, Says Death Cab for Cutie Is Recording a New Album
For the first few weeks of quarantine, Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard did his best to entertain fans by performing livestreams, sometimes with different themes. After stepping away, he returned on Wednesday to mark the year-anniversary of COVID by returning to the internet waves. If you recall, last year’s streams saw Gibbard coughing quite a bit and he said he may or may not have had COVID at the time. Later in the show, he said that Death Cab is currently recording a new album and are aiming to have it done soon. Gibbard added that the songs sound better with his bandmates by his side. He did joke that he doesn’t want to do these anymore and is excited to perform in person again and implored viewers to get vaccinated. <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp....
Charli XCX to Perform on Bandsintown PLUS
Charli XCX never stops experimenting. Last year, she set a new standard for fan interaction when she opened up the creative process behind her fourth album, How I’m Feeling Now, to input from social media. This Saturday, she’ll bring the same collaborative spirit to her performance for Bandsintown PLUS, where the lucky winners of an online audition will join her onscreen as virtual backup dancers. Since its launch in January, Bandsintown PLUS has become the go-to platform for artists like Charli who are looking to push the limits of livestreaming — whether it’s sharing screen time with fans or the next idea no one’s thought of yet. That commitment to experimentation also shines through in the service’s broad range of sounds on display. Thursday night it will showcase Drake-approved multi-i...
