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LeBron James & Other Superstars Send Powerful Message On Opening Night of The NBA Restart
Source: Mike Ehrmann / Getty There were worries that when the NBA officially returns, it would be a distraction and take the focus away from social justice efforts and matters. During the first two official games of the restart, that was definitely not the case. The NBA is officially back, and we can’t front; it was refreshing to see. The league and its players didn’t miss a step either because both games delivered when it came to competitiveness. BUT honestly, everyone was wondering exactly how social justice matters would be tackled before the start of games. Prior to tip-off of both the Pelicans vs. Jazz andLakers vs. Clippers games, during the national anthem, players, coaches, and even the officials all kneeled while locking arms in solidarity. LeBron James, who is one of the leagues ...
Snoop Dogg Says Eminem Isn’t On His Top 10 All Time Rappers List
Source: Kevin.Mazur/INACTIVE / Getty Snoop Dogg has earned the right to be a stern critic of his peers given the fact he is a living legend in the realm of Hip-Hop by all accounts. In a recent interview, the Doggfather rightfully gave praise to Eminem as a top-tier lyricist but says he doesn’t even crack his top 10. Sitting with The Breakfast Club, the D-O-Double-G spoke his mind as he’s known to do regarding his mentor and producer, Dr. Dre, who gave the Long Beach, Calif. OG his big break back in the early ’90s and broke the career of several other artists after his tenure with N.W.A. was in the rearview. When the conversation turned to Dr. Dre’s massive influence and legendary status as a producer, Snoop passionately championed his longtime friend by noting his ear for talent and how he...
Covers Are Nothing New: Remakes Keep Hitting Rock Radio Charts, Led By Chris Cornell’s Guns N’ Roses Redo
Updates of Martika’s ‘Toy Soldiers’ and Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ also debut. Three remakes debut on Billboard‘s rock radio charts dated Aug. 1, joining a host of other updates of older material on various rock airplay rankings. Leading the way among debuting tracks is the late Chris Cornell‘s version of Guns N’ Roses‘ “Patience,” which bows at No. 16 on Mainstream Rock Songs and No. 36 on Alternative Airplay. Cornell appears on both charts posthumously for the first time, following his May 2017 death. He’d last hit Alternative Airplay with “Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart,” which reached No. 18 in December 2015. On Mainstream Rock Songs, he had last charted in May-June 2016 with anoth...
First Country: New Music From Dan + Shay, Eric Church, Rascal Flatts, Lauren Alaina and More
First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos and albums that dropped this week. Hear the latest from Dan + Shay, Rascal Flatts and more below. Dan + Shay, “I Should Probably Go To Bed” This gorgeous pop piano ballad, co-written by the CMA Awards’ reigning vocal duo, elevates the pair to new heights and should find success across several formats. Arranged and produced by Dan Smyers, the opening solo piano quickly swells to include strings and towards the end builds to a lovely crescendo before sliding back to solo piano. Shay Mooney’s boundless range still surprises as he hits notes that will probably haunt him when he has to sing the song live for decades to come. The harmonies and layered backing vocals recall the Beach Boys, Beatles and ELO. The first single from ...
What’s Your Favorite Beyoncé Album of All Time? Vote!
Beyoncé had the BeyHive swarming Disney+ early Friday morning (July 31) to watch her Black Is King visual album, but which of her solo albums still has you buzzing? Excluding her work in Destiny’s Child and her Everything Is Love LP with husband Jay-Z under the name The Carters, Queen Bey has six No. 1 albums to her regal title, from her debut studio album Dangerously in Love to her surprise eponymous project Beyoncé. Then, of course, there’s her new Black Is King visual album, which celebrates the journey of a young Black king and is accompanied by a deluxe edition of The Lion King: The Gift, which adds three new tracks and eliminates the audio snippets from the Disney live-action remake of The Lion King. Bey also gav...
What’s Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote!
Music lovers had a lot of great new releases to dive into this week, including instant hits from Beyonce, Billie Eilish, Sam Smith, A$AP Ferg and more. Queen Bey unveiled her stunning visual album for Black Is King, accompanied by a deluxe edition of The Lion King: The Gift, which adds three new tracks. Eilish assured her fans that she’s doing great, both as a recent megastar adjusting to fame and as an 18-year-old woman trying to find her place in the world. Sam Smith teamed up with Nigerian star Burna Boy for the innovative “My Oasis” and A$AP Ferg told us to “Move Ya Hips” in a fun new collab with Nicki Minaj and MadeInTYO. In the country world, Dan + Shay resist that late night text in “I Should Probably Go to Bed.” Both Dominic F...
Watch Josh Homme’s Acoustic Take on Them Crooked Vultures Song
Josh Homme dusted off a Them Crooked Vultures deep cut during Lollapalooza’s virtual festival on Thursday, playing a solo acoustic version of “Spinning in Daffodils.” The Queens of the Stone Age frontman, sporting a regal mustache and beard, tackled the track in a backyard-type setting, cranking out dusty, knotty riffs on his Gibson. Homme was introduced by Lollapalooza co-founder Perry Farrell, whose former band Porno for Pyros reunited for the first time in over two decades to play a brief acoustic set. “Spinning in Daffodils” appears on Them Crooked Vulture’s 2009 debut LP, which features the core power trio of Homme, Dave Grohl, and Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones. According to Setlist, they performed that song 71 times onstage; Homme previously played it twice. Lolla2020, which replace...
Hinds Light a Fuse on “Spanish Bombs” with The Clash Cover: Stream
Hinds released their excellent new album The Prettiest Curse last month to help soundtrack our summer. While they were recording those songs, it turns out they were also rehearsing a cover of The Clash’s track “Spanish Bombs”. Now, they’ve released the studio version of that cover. Of course, “Spanish Bombs” comes from London Calling, The Clash’s iconic album and one of the most influential punk rock records of all time. While “Spanish Bombs” is a classic in its own right, the song has additional meaning for the members of Hinds because of its perspective on the Spanish Civil War — singer Joe Strummer was inspired to write about it after he heard about the Costa Brava hotel bombings on the radio at the time — as a piece of pop culture history. “The Clash were my mom’s forever favorite band...
Guns N’ Roses to Release Greatest Hits Album on Vinyl for First Time Ever
Guns N’ Roses’ multi-platinum 2004 Greatest Hits compilation is set to receive its first-ever vinyl release. The double-LP set arrives September 25th. For many budding rockers in the early aughts (this writer included), Greatest Hits served as the entry point into Guns N’ Roses’ legendary discography. The tracklist spanned the band’s career at the time, and hit all the major checkpoints: the obligatory Appetite for Destruction mega-hits (“Welcome to the Jungle”, “Paradise City”, “Sweet Child ‘O Mine”), the best songs from Use Your Illusion I and II, the Lies ballad “Patience”, and even soundtrack contributions (the cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil” from Interview with a Vampire). Making the vinyl version particularly collectible is the inclusion of “Shadow of Your Love”...
R.I.P. Alan Parker, Director of Pink Floyd’s The Wall and The Commitments Dies at 76
Alan Parker, Oscar-nominated British writer and filmmaker of Fame, Pink Floyd’s The Wall, The Commitments, and Midnight Express, passed away on Friday. He was 76. The British Film Institute confirmed Parker had been battling a lengthy illness. Born into a working-class family in Islington, North London, Parker studied science at the Dame Alice Owen’s School before ditching the institution to work in the advertising field. After working his way through several agencies as a copywriter, Parker cut his teeth and made a name for himself directing several award-winning commercials. By the early ’70s, Parker had begun writing scripts and filming shorts. In 1973, he personally financed his first fictional film No Hard Feelings, a coarse love story against the Luftwaffe bombings of World War II th...
Hoops Break Up Following Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Former Member
Bloomington, Indiana dream pop band Hoops have broken up in response to sexual abuse allegations against former member James Harris. Harris is accused of sexually assaulting a girl, identified as Megan, when she was 17 years old and he was 21. According to the accuser, Harris was also sleeping with a 15-year-old girl around the same time. The victim shared a Twitter direct message from the band’s Kevin Krauter to a friend in which he said “James himself says he doesn’t remember having sex with her on the night of the incident in question, but like understands that some action of his could have been seen as non consensual.” He also stated that “there was nothing in our awareness that we ever tried to intentionally hide or cover up.” In regards to “the second rumor,” he said the band members...
Iggy Pop Calls on Soccer Fans to Invest in Detroit Team
Michigan native Iggy Pop recruits soccer fans to support Detroit City FC in a new ad promoting the team’s crowdfunding equity campaign. “You’ve been saying ‘we’ for years,” the Stooges singer intones in the clip. “‘We are the pride of this city.’ ‘We don’t march to anyone’s drum but our own.’ ‘We are City ’til we die.’ Now it’s time to own up. Be an owner of Detroit City FC.” Detroit City launched the campaign on Thursday as a fundraising measure to help renovate their stadium, expand their staff, and create a reserve fund during the financial challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The club’s co-owner and CEO, Sean Mann, told The Athletic that they aim to sell up to 10 percent of the team in $125 shares or units, eyeing an overall goal of $1.2 million. Toby Barlow, co-...
