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Song of the Week: Travis Scott Flaunts His Business Acumen on “FRANCHISE”
Young Thug and Travis Scott (photos by Philip Cosores), M.I.A. (photo by Ben Kaye) Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify New Sounds playlist. Sometimes a rapper becomes bigger than the game. Travis Scott got there before he turned 30. Let’s do the rundown: owns his own record label, Cactus Jack Records; founded his own annual music festival, Astroworld; collabs on sneakers with Nike that are so popular that some stores won’t carry them for fear of being bombarded by Scott’s fans; and has his own meal featured at participating McDonald’s restaurants. That’s without mentioning the 45 million in album sales, six Grammys, and a Billboard Music Award. A lot of rappers have gold grills and drop ...
The Title to Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat Sequel is Absolutely Glorious
The title to Sacha Baron Cohen’s upcoming Borat sequel has been unveiled, and it’s as glorious as you’d expect. The follow-up to 2006’s Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is called Borat: Gift of Pornographic Monkey to Vice Premiere Mikhael Pence to Make Benefit Recently Diminished Nation of Kazakhstan. As The Film Stage points out, the title was revealed in filing with the Writers Guild of America. Cohen is credited with writing the screenplay alongside collaborators Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, and Lee Kern. It’s still unclear when or where the Borat 2 will premiere — though a streaming service seems like a pretty good guess. Rumors of a Borat sequel first emerged earlier this year, af...
Father of the Bride Cast Reunites for Virtual Netflix “Sequel”: Watch
The cast of Father of the Bride reunited for the first time in 25 years (!) on Friday. The all-star group of actors got back together for Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish), a “special sequel” that caught up with the Banks family over a Zoom call for a wedding-related announcement. Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Kieran Culkin, Martin Short, and George Newbern all looked delighted to see one another again for the 25-minute performance. There to host for the modern family gathering was Reese Witherspoon. And because the miniature sequel is supposed to take places years down the road, the ensemble was expanded to include several new faces, with Alexandra Shipp, Ben Platt, Florence Pugh, and Robert DeNiro all joining the fold. We won’t spoil anything, but make sure t...
Chicago Church That Held Emmett Till’s Funeral Placed On List Of U.S. Endangered Sites
Source: Andrew Lichtenstein / Getty The tragically short life of Emmett Till became a tipping point for the Civil Rights Movement, and his enduring legacy serves as a reminder not much as changed in America. However, the nation will recognize the church that held his funeral will be listed as one of the Most Endangered Historic Places in the United States. According to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times, the Roberts Temple Church of God In Christ in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood was the site of Till’s funeral, with the 14-year-old’s badly beaten and bloated body on display for the world to see the horrific crime and shame his murderers publicly. According to lore, it was a three-day event that was attended by thousands and received national media recognition. The National Trust for H...
TOM HUNTING Completes Recording Drum Tracks For EXODUS’s ‘Brutal’ New Album
Tom Hunting has completed laying down the drums tracks for EXODUS‘s long-awaited new album. The San Francisco Bay Area thrashers’ next disc will be the follow-up to 2014’s “Blood In Blood Out”, which was their first release since the departure of the group’s lead singer of nine years, Rob Dukes, and the return of Steve “Zetro” Souza, who previously fronted EXODUS from 1986 to 1993 and from 2002 to 2004. On Friday (September 25), Souza shared an Instagram photo of Hunting behind his kit, and he included the following caption: “The master Mr Tom Hunting standing behind his arsenal that he played on , on this record !!Drums are done !!! Crushing !! Starting vocals tomorrow!!! I’m telling you metalheads !!! This shit is BRUTAL!!”...
AMARANTHE Earns More Money From Streaming Than From Touring
Swedish modern metallers AMARANTHE spoke to France’s Duke TV about how they have been affected by the fact that music streaming has cannibalized record sales and left them at historic lows. “We have been very fortunate in the streaming department, let’s say,” guitarist Olof Mörck said. “We released our first album 10 years ago, and it’s been streaming non-stop for 10 years. So even if we didn’t get any huge revenue after the first year, let’s say, then when you add all the different albums together — six albums in nine years — makes a pretty big collection of songs that are constantly streaming. “The thing about it [is] we make the most of our money from streaming, actually, and not from touring, because we like to reinvest that touring...
JUDAS PRIEST’s RICHIE FAULKNER Talks About Having GEORGE LYNCH As His Father-In-Law: ‘He Is A Lovely Guy’
JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner spoke to SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk” about his decision to relocate to Nashville last year after spending several years living in Florida. “I was getting a bit bored with [Florida’s] incessant heat and humidity,” Richie said. “Now, I love Florida, but Christmas day was like a day in mid-August. And growing up in the northern hemisphere, in England, Christmas was cold and it was pubs with a roaring fire and a baked potato and stuff like that. So I just wanted some autumn, some fall weather, and I wanted to look forward to the seasons. When the season of spring rolls around after a four-month winter, you look forward to it and you appreciate it and you enjoy the sun. So I was just looking for a ch...
Mass Failure – SCORDATURA
RATING: 8.5/10 They do things properly in Scotland. Brutal death metal has never been so well endowed with mind-blowing bands as it is today, but even by this year’s skull-shattering standards of excellence, “Mass Failure” rips incredibly fucking hard indeed. SCORDATURA warned us in advance, of course; both 2013’s “Torment of the Weak” and 2017’s “Self-Created Abyss” were utterly pulverizing and delivered with startling levels of technique and musicality. If those records lacked anything, it was meticulous songcraft: a common enough flaw in most music of this kind, which often descends into a battle to see who can string the most dissonant riffs together. Here, from opening track “Disease of Mind”‘s face-removing fury ...
Bill Murray’s Lawyer Brilliantly Responds to Doobie Brothers’ Humorous Legal Threat
Bill Murray’s company, William Murray Golf, has been using the Doobie Brothers song “Listen to the Music” in ads without compensating the band, and the result has been a back and forth of dad jokes between both sides’ legal counsel. On Wednesday, the Doobies’ lawyer Peter Paterno publicly issued the funniest legal threat we’ve seen. “It’s a fine song. I know you agree because you keep using it in ads for your Zero Hucks Given golf shirts,” he wrote in the letter. “However, given that you haven’t paid to use it, maybe you should change the company name to ‘Zero Bucks Given.’” The attorney went on to point out that the actor’s unlawfully used songs from other clients as well. “It seems like the only person who uses our clients’ music without permission more than you do is Donald Trump,” he w...
Trap Nation and Lowly Release “Cyberpunk 2077”-Inspired Compilation
Trap Nation and Lowly have never shied away from highlighting new talent. With their latest compilation, MIDNIGHT2077, the YouTube giants have successfully curated a unique and skilled bunch yet again. Comprised of 17 brand new tracks, MIDNIGHT2077 is chock full of newcomers ready to impress Trap Nation and Lowly’s 29 million-plus audience. Each tune has a futuristic, sci-fi feel directly inspired by CD Projekt’s highly-anticipated video game Cyberpunk 2077. Though each included song has been written by various artists, the cohesiveness of the compilation is never lost. Trap Nation and Lowly have truly outdone themselves when it comes to MIDNIGHT2077. “Wake Me Up” by Kim & Affectwave is the grooviest of the lot, opening with a heavily digitized v...
BEC Drops Mesmerizing New EP “Turning Point”
After successfully launching her new imprint, BEC has returned with a new offering for all the diehard techno fans out there in the form of her three-track EP, Turning Point. If you were on the hunt for something to hypnotize you into oblivion in the best way possible, look no further. This new EP showcases a stripped back, purist styling and serves to further cement BEC as a key breakout star on the techno circuit. The EP opens with the titular track, which sets the tone for the heady experience that is to follow. Its steady state feels as if you are going headfirst into a visualizer, slowly losing grasp with the outside world right up to the point where she pulls you back in with the sharp synths. “The Forgotten One” sees the producer delivering a more club-ready t...
Zedd to Join Muscular Dystrophy Association’s “Fall Guys” Charity Tournament
Zedd will be joining the Muscular Dystrophy Association‘s “Let’s Play For A Cure” effort, navigating chaotic obstacles in the free-for-all title Fall Guys for a charitable cause. The MDA first created the livestream event initiative in 2019, and today “Let’s Play For A Cure” is hosting game night tournament events on a weekly basis with streamers engaging in high-stakes competition across Call of Duty: Warzone, Fortnite, and Fall Guys. Forthcoming events are set to feature Jon Sandman, professional gamer and developer missharvey, and more. Today, September 26th, Zedd will be streaming with a goal of raising $5,000. As Zedd tests his dexterity on the popular platform game, random donors along the way wil...
