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Russell Crowe Taps Into His Inner Nicolas Cage for Maniac Motorist Movie Unhinged: Review
The Pitch: Ever wander on to YouTube, watch a few “Fail” videos, and suddenly find the algorithm inundating you with “Epic Fail” and “Expensive Fail” videos? YouTube sees your morbid curiosity for mayhem, and takes note. A day later, confident of where society seems to be heading, emboldened and in conjunction with your social media habits (a steady diet of Caucasian sociopaths refusing to wear masks), YouTube suggests more videos of people refusing to wear masks, getting into fistfights in grocery stores, and dash-cam footage of these folks trying to run people off the road with their cars. This genuinely happens to me all the time. In a way, the existence of Unhinged was algorithmically inevitable. Unhinged is a film particularly interested in road rage. Who are these guys? What drives a...
This T-Shirt Accurately Sums Up the Summer 2020 Concert Season
Footage not found. That’s an apt way to describe the 2020 summer concert season, which has effectively been canceled due to the pandemic. There are exceptions of course, but is it really worth risking your life to see Smash Mouth? To commemorate the 2020 Summer concert season that was not, we’re rolling out a new T-shirt design. As part of our continued commitment to supporting independent musicians, a portion of proceeds from all of our merchandise is benefiting MusiCares’ COVID-19 Artist Relief Fund. The remainder goes to directly supporting Consequence of Sound, an independently owned media company. Our Summer 2020 Concert T-Shirt is available in black or indigo color, and features our new logo on the back. Grab yours below, or by visiting Consequence Store, where you can find our full ...
John C. Reilly, Tim Heidecker, and Fred Armisen Star in New Show Moonbase 8
Three heavenly bodies have appeared on the horizon: John C. Reilly, Tim Heidecker, and Fred Armisen are banding together to write, produce, and star in the new series Moonbase 8. The out-of-this-world comedy will crash land on Showtime in the fall. The show has been described in a statement as “a workplace comedy that follows three subpar astronauts living at NASA’s Moon Base Simulator with high hopes of being chosen to travel to the moon.” The series is a co-production of A24 and Heidecker’s Abso Lutely Productions, with Jonathan Krisel serving as co-creator, director, and writer. Krisel is no stranger to the starry cast: he worked with Heidecker on Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, with Reilly on Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule, and with Armisen on Portlandia. Fo...
Kid Musicians Turn System of a Down’s “Chop Suey” into a Christian Metal Song: Watch
A group of kid musicians have turned the iconic System of a Down hit “Chop Suey” into a Christian metal song, and … it’s a little weird, to say the least. The video was funded by the O’Keefe Music Foundation, a nonprofit organization that has done an incredible job of producing high-quality performances featuring aspiring young musicians. We’ve previously reported on impressive covers of Metallica’s “Seek & Destroy”, Pantera’s “Walk”, and more songs on the foundation’s YouTube channel. Taylor Jade Campbell, an 8-year-old singer who last year rocked Slipknot’s “The Devil and I”, returns to lead a band of teenagers on “Chop Suey”. However, this time the lyrics have been changed, courtesy of Diane O’Keefe (a member of the O’Keefe Music Foundation team), turning the song into an ode to Chr...
London Grammar Return with New Single “Baby It’s You” Produced by George FitzGerald
English indie pop trio London Grammar are no strangers to the world of EDM. Their elegant, enticing works have been remixed by countless dance music producers such as ARTY, Sasha, and Ross From Friends, and they even collaborated with Flume on an original track, as well as Disclosure on the sleeper hit “Help Me Lose My Mind.” Now, with the help of house music titan George FitzGerald, London Grammar have put forth their first offering for 2020, “Baby It’s You.” In classic London Grammar fashion, singer Hannah Reid‘s emotive vocals soar over soulful pads and piano notes. FitzGerald’s production gives the single a tasteful deep house-infused edge, not far off from “Help Me Lose My Mind,” but more akin to somet...
Calvin Harris Shares New Exclusive Remix and Sun-Kissed “Summer Sessions” Playlist as Love Regenerator
Amazon Music‘s summer playlist series rolls on with a sun-kissed selection from Love Regenerator, the alias of Calvin Harris. Since kicking off with electronic boy wonder Martin Garrix, the series has featured Jayda G, Disclosure, and Kygo, among others. Harris’ playlist is brimming with warm, foot-tapping house music courtesy of Hardrive (“Deep Inside”), MK (“Burning”), and Daft Punk (“Around The World”), among many others. It also features a number of his own originals, like “One Kiss” with Dua Lipa and “Promises” with Sam Smith. In addition to his carefully curated selections, he also shared a new exclusive remix of his collaboration with Steve Lacy, “Live Without Your Love,&...
Kygo Purchases Minority Stake in Top-Selling Finnish Alcohol Company
Highlighted by warm chord progressions and sun-kissed xylophone plucks, Kygo‘s music has long been synonymous with summer. The tropical house pioneer is now taking his bubbly brand from figurative to literal, bottling it into a new partnership with top-selling Finnish alcohol business The Long Drink Company. The company’s flagship product is the “Finnish Long Drink,” a 5.5% ABV libation described as a “refreshing citrus soda with a premium liquor kick” with roots that go back to the 1952 Summer Games in Finland in the aftermath of World War II. Unsure of how to serve drinks quickly to the country’s visitors, the government needed a “revolutionary new liquor drink,” and the rest is history. In Finland, the phrase ...
deadmau5 Announces New Merchandise Drop, Shares Teaser of Collection
deadmau5 fans rejoice, because the man himself is dropping a new collection of merchandise soon. The Grammy Award-nominated electronic producer and DJ took to Twitter today, August 21st, to share a teaser of the merch drop, which will arrive tomorrow. Soundtracked by his single “FALL,” the video shows numerous items that will be available for sale, including t-shirts, hoodies, sweatpants, plaid button-ups, and even mau5-branded slides. All of the items can be purchased via deadmau5’s mau5hop marketplace. deadmau5 is hot on the heels of a remarkable drive-in rave in Toronto, where he performed before the city’s skyline in a successful, socially distanced event. Take a look inside the concert here. Check out the announcement below and head over to the offici...
Queen + Adam Lambert Releasing First-Ever Live Album
Though they’ve been touring for what feels like forever, Queen and Adam Lambert have yet to release a live album together. The 20-plus song collection Queen + Adam Live Around the World is the group’s first-ever release live release with Lambert. It drops worldwide on Oct. 2, in CD, CD+DVD, CD+Blu-ray and vinyl formats. The former American Idol contestant joined the band in 2011 and has played 218 shows with Queen to date. The set is a compilation of concert highlights personally selected by drummer Roger Taylor, guitarist Brian May and Lambert from over 200 concerts, including appearances at Rock in Rio, the UK’s Isle of Wight Festival, and one of their last performances before lockdown – the Fire Fight Australia benefit show. All formats include the band’s entire 22-minute Fire Fight Aus...
Rolling Stones, Ariana Grande, Elton John Are Music’s Highest-Paid Musicians
This year may be a disaster for the music biz, but that doesn’t (obviously) mean that 2019 wasn’t. Last year, a number of artists made a shit-ton of money on the strength of touring. Billboard shared its ranking of last year’s highest-paid musicians, and the Rolling Stones top the list. The band made $65 million last year, including $60.5 million in touring. Ariana Grande was in second with $44.3 million, with $33.7 million from touring. The top five is rounded out by Elton John ($43.3 million overall), the Jonas Brothers ($40.9 million) and Queen ($35.2 million). Other names on the list include Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga, Post Malone, Kiss, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Backstreet Boys, BTS, Khalid, John Mayer, Fleetwood Mac, Cher, Metallica, Aerosmith and Billie Eilish. Che...
What’s Your Favorite Demi Lovato Hit? Vote!
Demi Lovato was “Made in the USA” 28 years ago today, Aug. 20, and to ring in her birthday, Billboard wants to know which of her Hot 100 hits is your favorite! She’s spent over a decade on the chart, with her career-first entry being the Camp Rock highlight “This is Me” with Joe Jonas, who played Shane Gray in the 2008 Disney Channel Original Movie while Lovato portrayed the main character Mitchie Torres. The song went all the way to No. 9. But apart from her Disney Friends for Change anthems, Lovato continued churning out more hits with her Disney friends, from her Jonas Brothers collaboration “On the Line” from her 2008 debut studio album Don’t Forget to her joint bop with Selena Gomez “One and the Same&#...
‘Drag Race’ Stars Mourn the Loss of Chi Chi DeVayne: ‘Rest Well, Sister’
On Thursday (August 20), news broke that fan-favorite RuPaul’s Drag Race queen Chi Chi DeVayne, who appeared on season 8 of the show and on season three of the show’s All Stars spin-off series, had died at age 34 following a battle with pneumonia. In her two appearances on Drag Race, DeVayne (born Zavion Davenport) charmed audiences everywhere with her stellar lip syncing skills, along with her homemade couture. Following her fourth place finish in season 8, fans quickly began a campaign to see her appear on an All Stars season, which she did two years later on All Stars 3. Following the news of her passing, fellow stars from the RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise took to social media to mourn DeVayne and celebrate her life, toasting...
