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The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Swings into the ’60s: Review
The Pitch: When we last saw the super-powered, super-dysfunctional Hargreeves siblings, they had front-row seats to the end of the world — mostly because they caused it. In a last-ditch attempt to stave off the apocalypse, time-traveling Number Five (Aiden Gallagher) zaps the Umbrella Academy back to the past to stop it, only to find out he’s flung his brothers and sisters scattershot throughout different years in the early 1960s in Dallas, Texas. Each of them thinking they’re alone, they try to settle into new lives: Hulking Luther (Tom Hopper) turns to drink, despair, and bare-knuckle boxing; mind-control maven Allison (Emmy Raver-Lampman) gets married and embeds herself in the budding Civil Rights Movement; knife-throwing bruiser Diego (David Castañeda) is institutionalized; pansex...
Porno for Pyros Reunite for First Performance in 24 Years: Watch
Porno for Pyros are back. As promised, Perry Farrell’s ’90s supergroup came together on Thursday night as part of Lollapalooza’s Lolla2020 live stream. Farrell, drummer Stephen Perkins, guitarist Peter DiStefano, and bassist Mike Watt gathered together for an acoustic backyard performance of “Pets” and “Kimberly Austin”. The reunion marked the first time this particular lineup has performed together in over 24 years. Otherwise, the last time the Porno for Pyros moniker was dusted off was when the original lineup featuring bassist Martyn LeNoble reunited for Farrell’s 50th birthday party. Since then, Farrell has teased of getting the band back together to no avail. This isn’t the last we’ll see of Farrell. The Lollapalooza founder has two other special performances in store for the weekend:...
Alanis Morissette’s Such Pretty Forks in the Road Shines Light into the Depths: Review
The Lowdown: Alanis Morissette is back! After an eight-year hiatus, one of the ’90s pinnacle pioneers of alt rock is sweeping back into the spotlight with her ninth studio album, Such Pretty Forks in the Road. After four years of work and a three-month delayed release due to COVID-19, the album applies a trademark Morissette treatment — cutting lyrics and a voice that howls and croons and whispers as deftly as an arrow — to questions of adulthood, responsibility, and creativity to greater and more complete effect than what we’d last seen from her. The resulting album is extremely haunting, immaculately polished, and complexly kind. The Good: Such Pretty Forks in the Road finds Morissette exploring the tenuousness of fame, youth, and passion but in a way that thwarts that tenuousness in its...
Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil on Being Betrayed, Regaining His Confidence and His Favorite New Scream Queen
Affable, good-natured to a fault, the usually upbeat Scotsman Simon Neil reluctantly admits to feeling a tad flustered lately. There’s not much that can bring down this fun-loving frontman for chart-topping rock trio Biffy Clyro, but our current coronavirus crisis and the attendant lockdown has come damned close. He turned 40 last year, having endured several personal upheavals, but he’d spent two studious years composing the group’s reflective new A Celebration of Endings set, their ninth, and six months perfecting it in the studio. “And then just as you’re about to reveal it to the world, the world makes other plans, saying No, you just can’t release this now,” Neil sighs over the phone while explaining the necessary postponement from spring. “And then not being able to bring it to life ...
The Beyhive Is Loving Beyonce’s ‘Black Is King’ Visual Album
Beyonce‘s new visual album, Black Is King, arrived on Friday (July 31), premiering on Disney+ about a year after the 2019 release of the Lion King remake, which Beyonce voiced Nala in. Black Is King, which is based on the music from the superstar’s soundtrack for the animated film, features Childish Gambino, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell, Jay-Z and Blue Ivy Carter. As expected, Queen Bey’s Beyhive flooded Twitter with reactions to the new visual album, expressing excitement over the songs, the looks, the cinematography and of course, the celebration of Black culture. See some of the best fan reactions below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with givi...
3 Women Are Nominated For Best Direction at the VMAs And Not One Had a Co-Director: That’s a First!
This is a much more vibrant outlook for female directors than at the Oscars, where two women have never been nominated for best director in the same year. Three women are nominated for best direction at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, which will be presented on Aug. 30 — Taylor Swift for “The Man,” Billie Eilish for “xanny” and Hannah Lux Davis for Doja Cat’s “Say So.” It’s only the second time in the VMAs’ 37-year history that three women have been nominated in this category in the same year—and it’s the first time it’s happened where none of the female directors had a male co-director. Female directors had three of the five nominees in this category in 2005, but only Floria Sigismondi was nominated for a clip she directed by herself—The White Stripes’ “Blue Orchid.” The other t...
Amazon Prospers During Pandemic With Expectation-Beating Results
Amazon dodged a coronavirus bullet in its second quarter, posting big gains in sales and operating income as shoppers around the world stayed home and did the bulk of their shopping online. The online retail giant, which operates the Amazon Music streaming platform and is one of a small handful of tech companies in the “trillion-dollar club”, reported net sales of $88.9 billion in the quarter ending June 30, 2020, beating analysts’ expectations with a whopping 40 per cent improvement on the same period last year. Also during the period, operating income almost doubled to $5.8 billion, up from $3.1 billion in second quarter of the previous year. Revenue from subscription services ballooned to $6 billion, well advanced from the $4.6 billion reported in the corresponding per...
Alanis Morissette Multitasks Like a Hero In ‘Tonight Show’ Performance With Her Daughter
Alanis Morissette is back, and she has some bright young talent at her side. The veteran Canadian artist returns with Such Pretty Forks in the Road, her first studio album since 2012’s Havoc and Bright Lights. On Thursday night (July 30), Morissette completed her comeback with a debut virtual performance of album track “Ablaze” on The Tonight Show. Singing from her well-stocked library, Morissette proved she’s the ultimate multi-tasker as the belted out the new number while holding her young daughter and chatting between lyrics. It was the ultimate “rock mom” performance. “Ablaze” is one of 11 tracks on Such Pretty Forks in the Road, which dropped at midnight. Watch Morissette and her band perform on Jimmy Fallon’s late-night TV show below. [embedded content] You Deserve ...
Neck Deep’s ‘All Distortions Are Intentional’ Inspired Playlist
With everyone sequestered and self-quarantining due to the coronavirus, we’ve asked our favorite artists to come up with playlists that keep you entertained. Here is Welsh pop-punk band Neck Deep: This is a look into the lyrics, music and artists that have inspired us, especially when we were writing our fourth studio album All Distortions Are Intentional. Alice In Chains – “Them Bones”Straight up one of the best album openers ever. Ben’s was jamming a lot of Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam and Nirvana leading up to ADAI – the spirit of the 90s grunge/alt scene was part of the fabric of the album. The cult indie movie Singles, in which AIC cameo in a club scene, influenced ‘What Took You So Long’. Transit – “Joyride”Hard to pick a song off this record as it’s a favorite of everyone in the band....
Carl Cox Drops Remix of Kenneth Bager and Jez Phunk’s “Farmacia (Homage To Frankfurt)”
When Kenneth Bager and Jez Phunk released “Farmacia (Homage To Frankfurt)” back in 2019, the track instantly became a staple within the world of tech house. It has now caught the attention of legendary techno producer and DJ Carl Cox, who released an official remix of the track today, July 30th. Cox’s take on “Farmacia” dials up the tempo of the original, moving it deeper into the techno realm with a rolling bassline and rhythmic, driving toms and percussion. The atmosphere remains, as does the instantly recognizable, entrancing synth work. Cox’s remix of “Farmacia” is certainly more club-oriented than the original, but respectfully compliments it and retains its signature elements. “I wanted to turn it into s...
Go Behind The Scenes Of ANTHRAX’s Tour With IRON MAIDEN In Episode Three Of ‘Persistence Of Time’ Video Series
ANTHRAX invites you to get the inside story behind the making and promotion of the band’s fifth album, “Persistence Of Time”, and its 30th-anniversary Deluxe Edition. This six-part video series is hosted by drummer Charlie Benante, who assembled and oversaw the anniversary edition. Throughout the series, he shines light on where the band was at during the writing and recording of the album, the album’s songwriting process, collaborating with PUBLIC ENEMY for “Bring The Noise” track and subsequent tour, the “No Prayer On The Road” tour with IRON MAIDEN and the “Clash Of The Titans” tour with SLAYER and MEGADETH, why the album’s cover art was revised for the Deluxe Edition, the week spent filming an episode of the popular TV s...
Which Song Best Represents METALLICA? LARS ULRICH Responds
During an appearance on yesterday’s (Wednesday, July 29) episode of SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk”, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich was asked to name a song that, in his opinion, best represents what METALLICA does, both musically and lyrically. He responded: “‘[Master Of] Puppets’ is definitely a very, very, very close to the top choice, because, I guess, it checks a lot of boxes. Obviously, it’s a longer song, it’s kind of a journey, and it’s got the light and the dark, the heavy and the more melodic. So it’s got the many different moods. Obviously, it’s also got an incredible set of lyrics. The lyrics can be whatever you want. And I’ve had conversations with tons of people about different meanings an...
