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Hayley Williams, St. Vincent and Lana Del Rey Perform Covers for Jack Antonoff’s Charity
Bleachers frontman and prolific producer Jack Antonoff, along with his sister Rachel Antonoff, took their 7th annual Ally Coalition Talent Show that supports LGBTQ+ youth virtual this year. Even though it was streamed on Twitch, that didn’t make it any less impressive. This year’s lineup included St. Vincent, Hayley Williams, Sleater-Kinney, Lana Del Rey, Spoon, The Chicks among many more. St. Vincent’s Annie Clark sang The Beatles’ 1968 ditty about Paul McCartney’s sheepdog, “Martha My Dear,” Lana Del Rey delivered “Silent Night” while sitting in front of her Christmas tree and Hayley Williams, with her hair up in a towel, did Massive Attack’s “Teardrop.” Other highlights included performances by Maggie Rogers, Brittany Howard and Antonoff performing “This is Me Trying” by&...
Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall Return to Queens in Coming 2 America Trailer
The long-awaited sequel to 1988’s Coming To America has been in the works for years, but Coming 2 America is finally on the way. Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall lead a long list of characters who are returning to Queens from Zamunda 32 years after the first film was released. The pair have to return to America after Prince Akeem’s (Murphy) father, King Jaffe Joffer (James Earl Jones) tells the newly crowned king on his death bed that only a male can become king and that he has a son in America…leading he and Semmi (Hall) to head back to the site of their misadventures. The returning cast is joined by Wesley Snipes, Tracy Morgan, Leslie Jones, Jermaine Fowler and Teyana Taylor. It is directed by Craig Brewer. Watch the trailer below. [embedded content] Coming 2 Ameri...
Frank Zappa’s Birthday Celebrated with New Branded IPA
Celebrate Frank Zappa’s birthday (December 21st) this year with the perfect boozy stocking stuffer: the Zappa-inspired “Why Does It Hurt When IPA?”. The new and cleverly titled beer is a collaboration between the Zappa Family Trust and San Diego’s Duckfoot Brewery Company. The West Coast-style IPA is brewed with so-called “ZAPPA hops”, Simcoe and Cascade, said to be as “hugely eclectic” as the late rock icon himself. According to a press statement, the beverage promises “notes of passion fruit, spice and grapefruit,” a noted favorite of Zappa’s. In addition to these bright flavors, the packaging for the new beer features never-before-published photos of Zappa himself playing guitar while sitting on the toilet. Indeed, this IPA loves to fold in all the jokes: there’s Zappa on the can a...
Hayley Williams Covers Massive Attack, St. Vincent Sings The Beatles at Ally Coalition Talent Show: Watch
Hayley Williams, St. Vincent, Lana Del Rey, photos via The Ally Coalition Each year, Jack Antonoff and his sister Rachel Antonoff host a talent show to raise money for their charitable organization The Ally Coalition, which supports LGBTQ+ youth. Because of the pandemic, this year’s event took place virtually, with performance from the likes of St. Vincent, Hayley Williams, Sleater-Kinney, Lana Del Rey, Spoon, The Chicks, and more. Among the notable moments: Hayley Williams covered Massive Attack’s “Teardrop” in her bathrobe; St. Vincent’s Annie Clark sang The Beatles’ “Martha My Dear”; and Lana Del Rey crooned “Silent Night”. The evening also saw Maggie Rogers play “Blood Ballet”, one of the rarities included on her new archival collection, and Clairo covered Norah Jones’ “Sunrise”. Super...
Gremlins Is Classic Holiday Comfort Horror
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | RSS Psychoanalysis is a weekly series on the Consequence Podcast Network that takes an in-depth look at a mental health topic through the lens of horror. “You say you hate Washington’s Birthday or Thanksgiving and nobody cares, but you say you hate Christmas and people treat you like you’re a leper.” Today, Lara, Mike, and Jenn and joined by special guest Dan Caffrey for a Holiday Comfort Horror episode on Joe Dante’s 1984 holiday horror classic, Gremlins! The conversation is as diverse as the gremlins themselves. Jenn has a new horror hero in Lynn Peltzer, Mike shares his experience watching Gremlins with his daughter, Lara can’t resist a sad story, and Dan loves Stripe’s hilarious ...
The 10 Best Leonard Cohen Songs
To paraphrase a saying attributed to Buddha, when the student is ready, the Leonard Cohen song will appear. Philosopher king and ladies’ man, poet and ordained Buddhist monk, aesthete and pilgrim — in his nearly 50-year musical career, Cohen embodied contradictions and sang his story-songs in a trademark sandpapery voice in the pursuit of beauty and truth. When asked about his baritone, he was the first to say, “I never thought I could sing.” But sing he did. He sang his heart out. From his first 1967 album Songs of Leonard Cohen to his elegiac 14th studio and final album You Want it Darker in 2016, he sang about relationships, reflected on life, death, love, impermanence, and Biblical themes. Cohen’s life trajectory is well known to fans. He began his career as a poet and novelist in Mont...
Dipset “Kith/New York Knicks Freestyle,” Conway The Machine “Jesus Khrysis” & More | Daily Visuals 12.18.20
Today (Dec. 18) KITH dropped some beautiful exclusive Air Force 1’s with the New York Knicks colorway. To help promote their latest Nike collaboration, KITH recruited some OG New Yorkers to drops a freestyle capturing the essence of being a New Yorker. Holding court in the “World’s Most Famous Arena,” Madison Square Garden, Dipset reunites to rock the exclusive capsule collection from KITH while dropping gems about life in the Big Apple and the beautiful pain that comes with being a Knicks fan. A little further upstate in Buffalo, Conway The Machine continues to show and prove why he’s one of 2020’s breakout rap stars in his new clip to “Jesus Khrysis” performs everywhere from the stage to a storage facility. This man just loves to rap. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work fr...
Vanessa Bryant Responds To Her Mother’s Lawsuit: “Her Claims Are Obviously False.”
Source: FREDERIC J. BROWN / Getty Vanessa Bryant has been thru a lot over the last year and it seems as if her mother plans to make her life even more difficult after filing lawsuit citing neglect and unpaid wages—and now Vanessa is speaking out. According to published reports, Vanessa Bryant’s mother, Sofia Laine, has filed a lawsuit against her daughter for financial support, claiming she worked unpaid as a “longtime personal assistant and nanny” for the family. Adding that before his untimely death on Jan. 26, Kobe had “promised to take care of” his mother-in-law “for the rest of her life.” On Thursday (Dec 17), Vanessa Bryant took to social media to speak out against the “hurtful” lawsuit, calling the suit an “extortion attempt” that her mom is trying to legalize in court. “M...
Watch MACHINE HEAD’s ROBB FLYNN Perform Acoustic Covers Of THE EAGLES, PEARL JAM And ALICE IN CHAINS
Video of MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn‘s latest “Acoustic Happy Hour”, which was originally livestreamed on Facebook Live this past Friday, December 18, can be seen below. The session includes covers of THE EAGLES‘ “Hotel California”, PEARL JAM‘s “Black” and ALICE IN CHAINS‘ “Bleed The Freak” as well as acoustic renditions of MACHINE HEAD tunes “Is There Anybody Out There?” and “Descend The Shades Of Night”. Flynn told Kerrang! magazine about “Acoustic Happy Hour”: “It’s just basically a free show on Facebook. I try to learn two new songs every Friday. I take requests, and I try to play MACHINE HEAD songs that have never been played live acoustic. Last week I covered M...
RICHIE SAMBORA On His Decision To Leave BON JOVI: ‘There Was Really Almost No Choice About It’
In the new issue of People magazine, Richie Sambora opened up about his controversial decision to leave BON JOVI in 2013, saying that he wanted to spend more time with his daughter Ava, now 23. “It wasn’t a popular decision by any means, obviously, but there was really almost no choice about it. I had a lot of conscious work to do around [my personal life],” the 61-year-old guitarist said. “We’ve been through a lot of things together. That was a time of psychological maintenance for the family. You know, I ain’t no angel. But I realized, Ava needed me to be around at that point in time. Family had to come first, and that’s what happened.” Sambora, who spent time in rehab in 2007 and 2011 for alcohol and prescription drug abuse, added that the...
SACRIFICE Releases Demo Version Of New Song ‘World War V’
Canadian thrash metal veterans SACRIFICE have released a demo version of a new song called “World War V”. Check it out below. The band said: “[Here is] a small sampler of what we’ve been up to since the travel bans came into effect. Across the continent from our homes to yours. Enjoy.” War On Music Records released “The Ones I Condemn”, the latest album from SACRIFICE, on vinyl for the first time in March 2010. It was made available as a limited-pressing gatefold LP. The first three albums from SACRIFICE — “Torment in Fire” (1986), “Forward to Termination” (1987) and “Soldiers Of Misfortune” (1990) — were also re-released on vinyl via War On Music Records in February 2010. “The Ones I Condemn” was mad...
TESLA Hasn’t Used Coronavirus Downtime To Work On New Music, Says BRIAN WHEAT
TESLA bassist Brian Wheat, who is promoting his just-released autobiography, “Son Of A Milkman: My Crazy Life With Tesla”, was asked in a new interview with Anne Erickson of Audio Ink Radio if the band has been using the coronavirus downtime to work on new music. He responded (hear audio below): “No, no. We haven’t really even seen each other. I mean, I see Jeff [Keith, TESLA singer] every once in a while when I come to Sacramento to do some work in my studio. But I haven’t seen Frank [Hannon, guitar], I haven’t seen Dave [Rude, guitar], and I’ve seen Troy [Luccketta, drums] once since February of last year. So, we haven’t been together due to travel restrictions. We all have families and kids and elderly parents, so everyone’s kind of ...
