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LARS ULRICH Is ‘Not Sold On The Idea’ Of A METALLICA Biopic
In a new interview with Collider, Lars Ulrich was asked whom he would like to see play him in a hypothetical METALLICA biopic. He laughed and said: “Yeah, well, they’d need a five-foot-seven, small, balding… I mean, we sort of joke about this all the time. We used to have kind of the standard answer back in the day, just because you’d get asked that every three months in interviews. James Spader would play me, the Cowardly Lion from ‘The Wizard Of Oz’ would play [James] Hetfield, and we’d joke about how Carlos Santana would play Kirk [Hammett]. We had all kinds of fun, but the question would beckon, what time period are we talking? Is it METALLICA in their youthful times, or now? There’s so many incredibly talented people out there, and it’s ...
MEGADETH’s DAVID ELLEFSON On DAVE MUSTAINE Allowing Him To Pursue Other Projects: ‘There’s A Trust Thing There’
In a new interview with the “Shockwaves” podcast, MEGADETH‘s David Ellefson spoke about the fact that Dave Mustaine has seemingly been supportive of the bassist pursuing a number of business ventures outside of the band, including running a record label, launching a line of coffee, producing a horror film, writing books and releasing his first solo album. “He knows I’m here,” Ellefson explained. “I’m not going anywhere. I’m back. MEGADETH is my home. And there’s a trust thing there. It’s not like I’ve got a wandering eye and I’m out looking to find a new home. It’s, like, no, I’m home. This is it. This is what we do until the end of MEGADETH. This is what we do. But in the meantime, there have been so...
DISTURBED Releases Cover Of STING’s ‘If I Ever Lose My Faith In You’ (Video)
DISTURBED has released a cover version of Sting‘s 1993 single “If I Ever Lose My Faith In You”. The official music video for the track, directed by Matt Mahurin, can be seen below. Said the band about the new cover: “We have loved this song for a long time, and even though it was released in 1993, it seems strangely applicable to today’s world. The song is about losing faith, and might initially sound pessimistic, but it’s about the importance and power of personal relationships, and how they can save you and provide solace in an increasingly confusing world.” DISTURBED had great commercial success with its last cover, an orchestral treatment of SIMON AND GARFUNKEL‘s 1964 song “The Sound Of Silence”, which appeared on 2015’s...
Katy Perry Accepts Gracies Impact Award From Alliance for Women in Media Foundation & Performs ‘What Makes a Woman’
Katy Perry received the Gracies Impact Award Thursday night (Sept. 10) from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) for her positive impact on society through her music. Perry not only performed her feminist anthem “What Makes a Woman” off her new album Smile, but she spoke to the true testament of women’s power during her acceptance speech at the 45th annual Gracies Awards. “I believe that women are so strong and versatile and well-equipped to take on so many different jobs,” the pop star declared during her speech. It’s the championing theme of “What Makes a Woman,” which she wrote for her daughter Daisy Dove Bloom. The Smile singer announced the birth of her firstborn on Aug. 27, just one day be...
Department of Justice Argues TikTok Employee Can’t Stop Trump’s ByteDance Ban
The Department of Justice argues a TikTok employee’s fear that the executive order banning transactions with Beijing-based parent ByteDance will keep him from getting paid isn’t enough to warrant a temporary restraining order that would keep the Department of Commerce from enforcing it. President Donald Trump on Aug. 6 issued an order that would bar “any transaction by any person” with ByteDance or any of its subsidiaries. TikTok on Aug. 24 sued, arguing its due process and first amendment rights were being violated. The same day, a technical program manager named Patrick Ryan sued Trump and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Jr. arguing that the vaguely worded ban on transactions between U.S. persons and ByteDance could mean that he can’t get paid. Earlie...
Kelsea Ballerini’s Quarantine Album ‘Ballerini’ Is Here: Stream It Now
The pandemic hasn’t slowed Kelsea Ballerini. The two-time Grammy nominated artist released Kelsea back in March, a full-length album that peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard 200. Today sees the arrival of Ballerini, the unplugged follow-up and companion album to Kelsea. For the new album, the country star returned to all 13 tracks and viewed them through the lens of lockdown. They were deconstructed, reinterpreted and re-recorded during quarantine, this time stripped back to raw emotions. Of the projects, Ballerini explains: “Kelsea is glitter: bold and effervescent and dreams that are boundless. She’s who I want to be. While Ballerini is emotional, vulnerable, soft: observes her surroundings and chooses her words carefully. She’s who I am.” The new album features the previously released “cl...
Marilyn Manson’s ‘We Are Chaos’ Album Is Here: Stream It Now
The year 2020 has been filled with chaos. Today, Marilyn Manson bring his own special brand. The goth-rock icon drops We Are Chaos, his 11th studio album and the followup to 2017’s Heaven Upside Down. Manson’s Chaos is a reflection of these difficult times. “When I listen to We Are Chaos now, it seems like just yesterday or as if the world repeated itself, as it always does, making the title track and the stories seem as if we wrote them today,” Manson said of the new album, which he reportedly completed in April. The rocker finished all 10 tracks without any additional, outside input. “There is most definitely a side A and side B in the traditional sense,” he continues. “But just like an LP, it is a flat circle and it’s up to the listener to put the last piece of the puzzle into the pictu...
James Blake Releases Emotive Rendition of Frank Ocean’s ‘Godspeed’
James Blake is “back to blonde,” according to his Twitter. And he’s also back to Blonde apparently, too. The London singer-songwriter just shared a heartfelt rendition of Frank Ocean’s “Godspeed” — a track he helped arrange and produce off the 2016 album Blonde — on streaming services Friday. It’s a track that fans have been begging for after he first performed the song live in 2017 and later shared a stripped-down Instagram cover back in January. And in celebration of the record (or also likely not) he’s decided to bleach his hair. Last month marked four years since Ocean released the seminal record, which closes with “Godspeed” along with track “Futura Free.” Blake opens with the track’s signature piano chords before diving into Ocean’s lyrics, leaving his rendition true to the original ...
Best Coast Share Surprise Live Live at World Cafe
Eight months after the release of their fourth album, Always Tomorrow, Best Coast are giving fans of the album a well-deserved treat. On Friday, the L.A.-based duo dropped a new live EP, Live at World Cafe, comprising tracks from the first live performance of the album and a few more from California Nights. “Today we share with you a new live EP from a show we played at World Cafe in Philadelphia in early 2020 before Always Tomorrow came out,” singer Bethany Cosentino said in a statement. “It was the first time we played new songs for fans, and the first time we stepped on stage as a full band in a really long time. 2020 obviously went a lil crazy and we were forced to put everything on pause, but we hope this Live At World Cafe EP will make you feel like you’re hanging with us....
Elvis Costello Shares New Jazzy Cut ‘Hey Clockface’/’How Can You Face Me Now?’
We’ve heard a lot from Elvis Costello in the last month, but nothing as playful as his latest track “Hey Clockface/How Can You Feel Me,” which is out now. The new single — which is the title track for his upcoming album arriving next month — follows releases “Phonographic Memory” and “We Are All Cowards Now,” both of which dropped in August. It sounds jazzier than anything like the former singles, but that’s just the way Costello does it. It was recorded in Paris back in February — right before everything went south — alongside jazz ensemble Le Quintette Saint Germain. Throughout, you can hear the group’s friendly clarinet-playing and some scatty percussion to round it all out. Hey Clockface will be Costello’s first album since 2016’s Look Now and will be released on Oct. 30 via ...
Mini Men Wildin’: Audio Recording Leaks Of Bow Wow Threatening Ex Kiyomi Leslie
Source: Prince Williams / ATLPics.Net Bow Wow is back on the domestic violence radar after an explosive audio recording was leaked that captured him threatening his ex-girlfriend, Kiyomi Leslie. In an exclusive audio recording given to It’s On Site, Kiyomi claims Bow Wow hit her in the stomach while she was pregnant. In the audio, you can also hear Bow Wow’s alleged voice telling Kiyomi she’ll have to “fight” him to leave the room. As the recording starts, you hear Kiyomi say, “This man hit me in my stomach.” Then another woman’s voice can be heard in the recording confirming that the model was indeed pregnant at the time that the tape was recorded. The hot take is especially damning for Bow Wow after Kiyomi previously revealed she experienced a miscarriage during her relationship with the...
Usher “Bad Habits,” Spillage Village, JID & EARTHGANG “Baptize” & More | Daily Visuals 9.10.20
Source: NBC / Getty Usher’s been in the R&B game for a quarter century but judging from his vocals you’d think he just got into the music game and has something to prove cause the man can still carry a tune and even cut a rug. Coming back to the forefront of the R&B genre with some new visuals to “Bad Habits,” Usher once again finds himself in some relationship trouble thanks to his cheatin’ heart and uses his stellar dance moves to win back his jilted lover. Not bad dance moves for a man with a dad bod. Heavy D still the G.O.A.T in that category though. R.I.P, big homie. Elsewhere, Spillage Village, JID and EARTHGANG link up to combine some culture with the holy ghost as they spit their gospel while entrancing viewers for their visuals to “Baptize.” Check out the rest of today’s d...
