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Mr. Bungle Announce Virtual Halloween Concert
Mr. Bungle, photo by Eric Larsen Mr. Bungle are celebrating the release of their first album in 21 years with a virtual Halloween concert. The show, dubbed “The Night They Came Home”, will premiere on October 31st. As previously reported, Mr. Bungle will release The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo on October 30th. The newly recorded LP updates a 1986 demo and features a lineup of original members Mike Patton, Trey Spruance, and Trevor Dunn alongside thrash legends Scott Ian (Anthrax) and Dave Lombardo (ex-Slayer, Misfits). With live concerts still on pause for the most part due to the pandemic, Mr. Bungle will bring their record-release party to the whole world, with a global stream beginning noon PT / 3 p.m. ET on Halloween day. Virtual tickets are $15 each and allow streaming up to...
A24’s Saint Maud Is A Captivating Debut Full of Human and Psychological Terror: Beyond Fest Review
The Pitch: Maud (Morfydd Clark) does palliative care for a private healthcare facility and becomes the maid for Amanda (Jennifer Ehle), a former avant garde dancer and choreographer. Maud has found God following a traumatic event at work, hinted at through flashbacks and haunting visions, and has now taken a pious approach to work that borders on fanaticism. Faced with antagonism from Amanda, Maud slowly spirals more and more into religious fueled actions and experiences — talked to and touched by God — that will lead to a string of actions that have an irreversible impact and her and those around her. This Cast and Crew Are Doing the Lord’s Work: British writer and director Rose Glass boldly shows off her chops and gives viewers a lot to appreciate and more importantly a lot to look forwa...
Watch Pendulum Perform From Historic Island Military Fort
Last month, Australian DnB veterans Pendulum returned with their first new music in 10 years. This past weekend, they played those two tracks and much more during a livestream performance from a historic island military fort in the English Channel. Premiering this past Friday, “Pendulum at Spitbank Fort” features the trio — Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen and Paul Harding — doing a very rock-oriented show incorporating Pendulum classics like “Watercolour” and “Witchcraft” along with new music including “Driver” and “Nothing for Free.” You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat a...
What’s Your Favorite Top 10 Christmas Album? Vote!
With the seasonal return of Billboard’s Top Holiday Albums chart Tuesday (Oct. 6), which top 10 album can’t you wait to start playing nonstop again? Carrie Underwood unwraps an early Christmas present this week, with her new holiday album My Gift debuting at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top Holiday Albums chart (dated Oct. 10). With the chart’s seasonal return on Tuesday (Oct. 6), which top 10 album can’t you wait to start playing nonstop again? Before the holiday tally dashed away in early January 2020, Pentatonix‘s The Best of Pentatonix Christmas was the last star effort to adorn the top of the Billboard tree. It makes its comeback this week at No. 4. And Mariah Carey‘s Merry Christmas rin...
Sony Music Suing Musicians for Allowing Attorney to Use Album Artwork
Sony wishes to sue Lyon and Collins for selling unauthorized, “pirate” versions of their own albums on websites. Last week, UMG made a similar move, countersuing musicians including Joe Ely and Syd Straw for distributing their own music in an unauthorized way. But that’s not all! Most spectacularly, Sony aims to hold the musicians liable for secondary copyright infringement because the musicians’ attorney, Evan Cohen, is apparently using album artwork to recruit other clients. As a letter to the judge puts it, “[B]oth Lyon and Collins appear to have authorized their attorney, Evan Cohen, to distribute and display SME’s copyrighted album artwork on Mr. Cohen’s website, so that Mr. Cohen can advertise his business centered on preparing termination notices.” Here’...
Summer Walker Reflects on the Making of ‘Over It’ 1 Year Later, With Unreleased Studio Sessions: Exclusive
Last year, Summer Walker won R&B fans over with her debut album Over It. Headlined by silky singles such as “Playing Games,” “Come Thru” and her Hot 100 top 40 single “Girls Need Love (Remix)” featuring Drake, Walker’s rookie performance went platinum and was lauded by listeners and media. One year later, Walker surprises fans with never-before-seen studio footage of her creating her 2019 heater to commemorate the project’s first anniversary (Oct. 5). The two-minute-long video finds Walker busy in the studio crafting her album alongside her go-to producer/beau London on Da Track and LVRN co-founder Justice Baiden. One highlight includes Walker deftly whipping up her sticky earworm “Body,” which samples 702’s &...
Celebrated Electronic Music Venue U Street Music Hall Closes After 10 Years
Celebrated DC electronic music venue U Street Music Hall is officially closing its doors after 10 years due to the impact of COVID-19. Back in June 2020, U Hall joined forces with a bevy of major DC music venues, including Echostage and Heist, to seek pandemic relief from the city. After they were forced to shutter, they sent a letter to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser in which they pleaded for crucial financial aid that would help their venues survive. However, with no end to the pandemic in sight, U Street Music Hall has now made the unfortunate decision to shut down. “It is with tremendous sadness that we share with you today that U Street Music Hall is closing effective immediately,” the venue announced on its website. U Hall was one of the most popular dance music d...
Tiësto Reveals a New Album in the Works
Tiësto is the like Energizer Bunny of EDM, refusing to pump the brakes even after decades of releasing its most inescapable anthems. In a recent chat with Apple Music‘s Zane Lowe, the dance music legend revealed that he has a new album in the works. In addition to chatting about his approach to DJing live, embracing younger artists such as Martin Garrix, and his recent signing to Atlantic Records, Tiësto told Lowe about the album, which does not have a release date at the moment. “Well, I just signed with a new record label and I signed to Warner now, so that’s a big difference the team there really helps me to get good songs to work on. So yeah, we were working on a new album,” he said. “It was just a different kind of beast, I f...
Madonna Turned Down David Guetta Collaboration Because He’s a Scorpio
In a recent Q&A video with popular French YouTubers, David Guetta unveiled how he lost the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to produce one of Madonna‘s albums. While speaking with David Coscas and Raphaël Carlier, who produce videos under the moninker Mcfly et Carlito, the French dance music figurehead shared a story of an interesting conversation with the pop icon. During their chat, she explained how much she enjoyed his remix of her 2009 single “Revolver” and piqued his interest in producing her next album. He then explains that they sat down to discuss details and everything was pleasant until she asked for his star sign. After discovering Guetta was a Scorpio, she promptly ended the discussion and ceased contact with him, he said. An excerpt of the ...
Mxmtoon, Social Media’s Savviest Indie-Pop Singer, Is Ready For A Nap
By Sam Manzella Mxmtoon’s Maia is one of the busiest young women in the indie-pop world, but you wouldn’t know it from a cursory glance at her space. Zooming in for a video call with MTV News from her apartment in Brooklyn, the 20-year-old social media star-turned-pro singer-songwriter readily accepts compliments of her lush surroundings. Cascading houseplants and small trinkets adorn the white shelves on the wall behind her. “I’m an introvert,” she says, “so I’m fine with just hanging out in my room, taking care of my plants.” The serene setup is a stark contrast to Maia’s jam-packed schedule: She dropped her second EP of 2020, Dusk, on October 1, less than a year after releasing 2019’s Masquerade, her first full-length studio album. She’s been churning out daily 10- to 15-minute ep...
16 And Pregnant Sneak Peek: Mom-To-Be Madisen And Her Dad Have A Heart-To-Heart
Madisen is 34 weeks into her 16 and pregnant journey — and in the sneak peek below, the Arkansas native seeks some advice from her father before she becomes a parent herself. “Just do it your way — as much as I did for you, if not better,” Nick, who raised his daughter on his own, says in the clip above from the season premiere. “I don’t think that I’ve done enough.” “You’ve done a pretty damn good job,” Madisen tells her dad, to which he replies, “You turned out pretty good.” Nick reassures his girl that she could talk to him about “anything,” but he can’t help but reflect back to when Madisen didn’t want to communicate with him about her pregnancy. How did Nick react when he first learne...
Miley Cyrus Is Bringing A Stripped-Down Unplugged Set To Her Backyard
Throughout 2020, with the live-music industry effectively shut down, artists have taken to livestreaming, recording remotely, and when possible, pumping out show-stopping performances right from home. In Miley Cyrus‘s case, just over a month after hitting the 2020 VMAs with a glamorous, self-referential rendition of new single “Midnight Sky,” she’s heading to the backyard for something very special. Both glam and au naturale, in a glitzy dress and under a canopy of trees, Cyrus is set to rock the proverbial house for MTV Unplugged Presents Miley Cyrus Backyard Sessions, a new special set to hit MTV on Friday, October 16 at 7/6c. It’ll be an “unplugged” and “stripped back” show, finding her delivering “Midnight Sky” as well a...
