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Beach Slang Break Up Following ‘Emotional and Psychological Abuse’ Accusations By Former Manager
On Jan. 5, former Beach Slang manager Charlie Lowe accused the band’s James Alex of emotional, psychological and narcissistic abuse in a series of tweets. It detailed him punching walls, calling Charlie an “ungrateful bitch” and more. Charlie continued: “I endured constant emotional, psychological & narcissistic abuse from James Alex for years,” Charlie wrote. “I have learned he sells his too-kind-to-be-true persona to hide that he is truly the most selfish horrible person I will ever meet. I was diagnosed with C-PTSD from how he treated me.” On Monday, Alex’s family posted a response on Beach Slang’s Instagram account, saying that the band was over and Alex is currently in treatment. The statement also said that Alex has been diagnosed with “Bipolar Disorder, Paranoid Schizophre...
Marvel Boss Kevin Feige Says They’re Not Using CGI Chadwick Boseman In ‘Black Panther 2’
Source: Marvel Studios / Marvel Studios A year and change ago when Disney+ made its debut many subscribers had joined the new streaming service in anticipation of their Marvel Cinematic Universe based series and now their $69.99 yearly cost is finally going to pay off. With WandaVision set to drop this week (January 15th) and other MCU series in the chamber for the rest of the year, MCU head honcho Kevin Feige gave Deadline an interview and spoke about what Marvel Studios has planned for Disney+ and the silver screen going forward. While we’re excited to see what comes of Marvel’s Phase 4 and beyond, the burning question on the culture’s mind is what’s going to become of Black Panther 2. With the sudden death of Chadwick Boseman last year, rumors have been flying around about the poss...
Donald Trump’s iPhone Is A Brick After Broad Social Media Ban, Right-Wing Cesspool Parler Shut Down
Source: NurPhoto / Getty Donald Trump has been effectively silenced. After years of gaslighting and racism, the final straw was Donald Trump inciting a coup on the U.S. Capitol for social media companies to say enough is enough. Following the failed act of insurrection, Twitter first suspended Trump’s Twitter account for 12 hours and removed Tweets, including a video in which he continued to push the lie that the election was stolen from him. Mark Zuckerberg took things even further, announcing that Facebook and Instagram banned the liar-in-chief indefinitely. Subsequently, following an open letter from our forever First Lady Michelle Obama calling for all social media companies to take action and give Trump the boot from their services, Jack and his company did it and permanently banned T...
Black U.S. Capitol Police Officer Hailed As Hero For Taking On Domestic Terrorists
Source: Probal Rashid / Getty Among the many shocking images of destruction and wanton folly to emerge from the invasion of the U.S. Capitol by mostly white domestic terrorists, one was especially jarring. A U.S. Capitol police, Eugene Goodman, was seen on video taking on the violent mob by himself while leading them away from the Senate chambers, earning him a nod as a hero to many. The image of Goodman bravely shoving one of the protestors while seemingly retreating was revealed to be a diversionary tactic by CNN reporter Kristin Wilson. Officer Goodman was deliberately drawing the crowd of rioters away from the Senate chambers, which was undergoing the certification of the Electoral College votes in favor of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Goodman’s her...
Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” Is The Highest Certified Song In History
Source: Lil Nas X / Columbia Records Lil Nas X has made history once again. He know has the biggest song of all time as a credit. Hypebeast is reporting that the Atlanta native recently got some news that only a handful of elite performers have received. Last week the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America®) certified his “Old Town Road” Remix with Billy Ray Cyrus was certified 14 times platinum in the United States. This is the first time ever a single has achieved this type of success which roughly equates to 14 million units sold. Naturally the announcement went viral causing Nas to comment on the big win. “OLD TOWN ROAD IS OFFICIALLY 14 TIMES PLATINUM! MOST PLATINUMS FOR ANY SONG EVER! LETS GOOO!” he posted on Twitter. OLD TOWN ROAD IS OFFICIALLY 14 TIMES PLATINUM! MOST PLATIN...
TYNAN and Ace Aura Drop Riveting Single “Stay” on Monstercat
TYNAN and Ace Aura, two of bass music’s brightest rising talents, have teamed up to kick off 2021 in a stellar way with their new collaborative effort, “Stay.” Taking a tremendously forward-thinking approach to bass music, the duo employ elements of future bass, dubstep, and even breakbeat to create a riveting track with unrivaled energy. Bright supersaw synths float high above a glitched-out, grinding bass line, as futuristic arpeggios oscillate in spectacular fashion. A sound akin to a xylophone takes the spotlight in the breakdown section before breakbeat drums elevate the tension for the second drop. TYNAN and Ace Aura’s latest is an astounding melodic offering with bold and imaginative sound design, and plenty of high-energy bass work. It’s the perfect way for the producers and t...
Zedd Teases Collaboration With Virtual Riot
Have you ever wondered what a collaboration between Zedd and Virtual Riot might sound like? Same here. Earlier today, we reported on a new remix—produced and shared by Virtual Riot—of Zedd and Kesha‘s “True Colors,” which appeared as the titular track of the former’s sophomore studio album in 2015. Virtual Riot, one of bass music’s most technically gifted sound designers, has been working on the still-unreleased remix for over five years. However, it seems that he and Zedd have more in the works. When a fan tagged both producers in a tweet questioning why they haven’t worked together, Zedd chimed in with a succinct yet far from cryptic confirmation. “Oh but we have,” he wrote, followed by a smirking emoji. What followed was a barrage of tweet...
Joseph Capriati’s Injuries are “Not Life-Threatening” After Stabbing by Father
Following the stabbing of Joseph Capriati over the weekend, the famed Italian DJ’s management confirmed that his injuries “are not life-threatening.” Parallel shared a statement via Facebook in which the company thanked fans for sending their love to Capriati, who was stabbed by his father on January 9th, 2021. The renowned electronic music producer, who lives and works in Spain but had returned to his parent’s home in Caserta due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was reportedly stabbed in the chest with a kitchen knife. When the news broke, Capriati was in stable condition after a delicate surgery for a pneumothorax, or a collapsed lung. At the time, Alberto D’Agostino, director of the Major Trauma Surgery Department of the Sant’Anna a...
New Trio Drove Debuts With Six-Track EP, “Dusk,” Via Martin Garrix’s STMPD RCRDS
With the might of Martin Garrix‘s STMPD RCRDS behind them, new Dutch electronic group Drove has officially made their debut with a new EP called Dusk. Released January 8th and comprised of six tracks, the project puts a modern twist on melodic house music, falling somewhere between the rapture of RÜFÜS DU SOL and the melodrama of Bob Moses. From pulsing club bass and laid-back rhythms to floating vocals and carefully programmed percussion, Dusk fuses dance-pop with future house to craft a mood primed for your next late night drive. The Dillon Francis-assisted “Places” incorporates filtered vocals with breezy synths, while “Alive Again” is dark and enigmatic. “Know” marks the debut of Ex Love, widening the scope of Dus...
Regina King’s One Night in Miami Is a Quiet and Powerful Meditation on Race: Review
This review was originally part of our coverage of the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. The Pitch: On the night of Cassius Clay’s (Eli Goree) historic win over Sonny Liston in 1964, the man who would become Muhammad Ali gathers his friends — Muslim Brotherhood activist Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), football player Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge) and singer Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.) — to celebrate, debate, and plan for a new world. Play It Again, Sam: Based on real events, Kemp Powers’ 2013 play is a speculative consideration of what happened when the four African American icons gathered together for one night in 1964. Historically, this is the year that Cooke would be murdered; Malcolm X would be assassinated the following year in 1965. Expanding upon his original source material, Powe...
The Evolution of Ted Danson, Mr. Mayor of Television
If it feels like Ted Danson has always been on our television screens, well, it’s because that’s more or less true. He’s been around since at least the mid-1970s, cropping up in one long-running sitcom after another, buoying that with everything from prestige dramas to procedurals to a brief stint as a movie star in the ’90s (Three Men and a Baby, anyone?) He’s one of the hardest-working, and most ubiquitous, people in show business, cultivating a very specific persona that has itself morphed and changed as Danson’s hair has turned from brown to gray. Now, fresh off a four-year stint on the critically-acclaimed The Good Place, Danson finds himself as yet another bumbling man of power in a crisp suit, although a bit less openly demonic this time: Mayor Neil Bremer on NBC’s latest show, ...
EVH Unveils New 2021 Guitar Models in Eddie Van Halen’s Honor
EVH has unveiled a new series of colorful guitar models for 2021, honoring the company’s founder and namesake, the late Eddie Van Halen. All in all, there are nine new EVH guitars coming in early 2021. New models for the 5150 Series will include the 5150 Series Deluxe Poplar Burl featuring ebony fingerboard ($999.99 MSRP), the 5150 Series Standard with ebony fingerboard ($899.99), and the neon pink finished 5150 Series Standard with maple fingerboard ($899.99). The standard guitar will be available in February while the Poplur Burl arrives in April. The reimagined 5150 series guitars are engineered for “speed” and “comfort” — no surprise given Eddie’s lightning fast playing technique. The guitars’ Stratocaster-style basswood body has a deeper upper body curve, bold-on quarter-sawn maple ne...
