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“The Sopranos” Star Michael Imperioli to DJ at Forthcoming NTS Radio Broadcast
Michael Imperioli, star of prestigious crime drama The Sopranos, is trading weapons for waveforms as a DJ. Imperioli, who won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004 for his portrayal of DiMeo crime family member Christopher Moltisanti, will be DJing at a forthcoming one-off broadcast by NTS Radio. Spinning a “personal selection” of music he calls “632 ELYSIAN FIELDS,” Imperioli will DJ for a full hour. You can tune into his DJ set via NTS Radio tomorrow, July 8th, at 1PM ET (10AM PDT). A scroll through Imperioli’s Instagram illuminates a love of music, with posts about My Bloody Valentine, PJ Harvey, Alan Vega of iconic electronic duo Suicide, and one in which he reveals his best concert experience was The ...
Here is a Techno Song Featuring Vocalized Versions of Elon Musk’s Best Tweets
Elon Musk, the eccentric billionaire, Tesla boss, DJ, and father to a human named X Æ A-Xii, is sauntering through life with an iridescent glow after his flagship automobile and battery company dethroned Toyota as the world’s largest automaker by market value. A decade after Tesla went public, the company’s market cap recently eclipsed a staggering $224 billion, almost 30% more than that of Toyota. What better way to pay tribute to the unprecedented milestone than with a visual representation of the meteoric rise of Tesla soundtracked to a techno song featuring vocalized versions of its fabled founder’s best tweets? The madcap video arrived courtesy of tech journalist David Canellis by way of Hard Fork, the money and markets vertical of technology outlet Th...
Hudson Mohawke and Tiga Join Forces for Wonky Single “Love Minus Zero”
Hudson Mowhawke and Tiga have teamed up to release a new single called “Love Minus Zero,” a rave-ready breakbeat beast released independently. Following its July 6th debut on Annie Mac‘s BBC Radio 1 show, HudMo took to Twitter to exult that the single has been “quietly in the works the last couple of years” while likening it to “hardcore romance.” Along with the release of “Love Minus Zero” came the announcement that Hudson Mowhawke and Tiga will be releasing a new song each month through the end of 2020, according to a press release. As two of the most versatile and brilliantly mercurial producers in the electronic music sphere, it’s anyone’s guess as to what they have cooked up for fans in the remainder of the ye...
Bob Mould and Milana Rabkin Join Kyle Meredith Live
Kyle Meredith Live… Bob Mould and Milana Rabkin Kyle Meredith Live, our new bi-weekly series exclusively on Consequence of Sound’s Instagram, returns with another round of guests to discuss the hottest topics in music going down at the moment. Today, Kyle will speak with legendary singer-songwriter Bob Mould, who will discuss politics, Black Lives Matter, Pride, and how it all factors into his latest record, Blue Hearts. On Thursday, Kyle will connect with Milana Rabkin, co-founder of Stem, a new distribution platform for artists in need of finding alternative ways of getting paid beyond album sales. Kyle Meredith Live airs Tuesday and Thursday at 3:00 p.m. ET via Consequence’s Instagram account. For more interviews, be sure to subscribe to Kyle Meredith With…, a tri-weekly podc...
Axl Rose’s Worst Nightmare: Maskless Revelers Dance to “Sweet Child O’ Mine” at Packed Michigan Lake Party
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Axl Rose has been one of the staunchest proponents of social distancing, even getting into Twitter spats with government officials who’ve seemingly downplayed the protective practice. Now, the singer’s worst nightmare has manifested itself: a sea of unmasked revelers dancing to the Guns N’ Roses hit “Sweet Child O’ Mine” at a Fourth of July lake party in Michigan. In recent weeks, Rose has ripped into Sen. Rand Paul, Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin, and Surgeon General Jerome Adams after each made statements that seemed to contradict recommendations by the CDC and health leaders to practice social distancing. Mnuchin and Adams even replied to Rose’s tweets, leading to the GN’R singer further condemning their comments. Mnuchin was dubbed an “asshole...
Martin Scorsese to Direct Documentary on New York Dolls’ David Johansen
Martin Scorsese and New York Dolls’ David Johansen (photo via Montecruz Foto/Wikipedia) For his next film project, Martin Scorsese is highlighting the life of one of New York City’s esteemed rock icons. Showtime Documentary Films has announced that the legendary filmmaker will be directing a new documentary on New York Dolls frontman David Johansen. According to its official synopsis, the as-yet-untitled film will follow the entire life and career of Johansen: growing up on Staten Island, his time in NYC’s East Village neighborhood during the mid-1960s, and of course fronting the legendary glam-punk band the New York Dolls. However, the film will also explore Johansen’s post-Dolls years; both the ’80s lounge music he made under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter, and the blues records h...
Relic Is a Terrifying and Touching Allegory for Dementia: Review
The Pitch: Three generations of women deal with the inevitability of death in the face of a global pandemic largely affecting the elderly. Kay (Emily Mortimer) and her daughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) travel to grandmother Edna’s (Robyn Nevin) remote Australian home after receiving news that she has disappeared. When Edna returns days later with no memory of where she’s been, the house begins to change, complicating an emotional story of aging with sinister undertones. Directed by Natalie Erika James, who also wrote the script along with Christian White, Relic effectively weaves in elements from Hereditary and The Visit to deliver a terrifying tale that tugs at the heartstrings. The Ties That Bind: Relic struck a nerve with me. The story of a woman dealing with her ailing mother at the end o...
Mike Shinoda Talks Making an Album on Twitch and Life After Quarantine
Despite being in quarantine for the past four-plus months, Mike Shinoda hasn’t only found time to stay busy, he’s managed to be productive. The Linkin Park/Fort Minor singer has used his time at home to hang out with his kids, jam on new tunes by Run the Jewels, Thundercat, Trash Talk, and of course, to make new music. But what’s garnered the most attention lately have been Shinoda’s Twitch streams. During these sessions, Shinoda, with the input of his fans, has managed to create new music, and sometimes, he might just drop a nugget (like this one about Linkin Park). The way the streaming schedule played out, four days were dedicated to making music, while one was spent working on visual art. And thus, an album was born. Shinoda is releasing that new solo album, Dropped Frames, V...
Jeff Tweedy Shares Potential Plan for Reparations in the Music Industry
On June 18, Jeff Tweedy announced that he would start donating 5% of his writer royalties to racial justice organizations and urged other artists to do the same. And in a new interview, Tweedy explains not only its importance but also how this promise can turn into an industry-wide mission. “It’s not an exaggeration to say our culture wouldn’t be our culture without black genius,” the Wilco singer told Rolling Stone. “There’s a shameful history there, and there are things the industry should still be ashamed of. There are things about the way Black artists are treated today that are different and unfair. It isn’t an equal playing field.” He plans to start pushing for these donations with BMI, which currently allows artists to do this on a “one-off basis” but are looking into a sustainable ...
How Tate McRae Evolved From A Dance Star To A ‘Vicious’ New Talent
Before she was an subterranean pop artist navigating the darker spaces on songs like “Vicious” and “You Broke Me First,” Tate McRae was a dancer. She even appeared as as finalist on So You Think You Can Dance. But she learned how to play piano, and since then, McRae’s been digging into her musical side. “Music has kind of always surrounded me,” the Canadian singer-songwriter told MTV recently, sitting in front of a dance award from her youth, in a segment she filmed from home while in quarantine. “As a dancer, when you’re moving, you’re listening to music so much because you’re trying to portray it with your body. You’re dissecting a song way more than anyone would actually think you are.” That look into her past...
City Girls And Doja Cat Mean Business In Their NSFW “Pussy Talk” Video
After a seemingly endless parade of obstacles — including jail time and the leak of their latest album, the 15-track City on Lock — paved the way for their fateful reuniting last fall, City Girls are back, and they mean business. That much was made clear with the Sunday (July 6) release of the music video for their trash-talking single “Pussy Talk.” The visuals place the duo, Yung Miami and TJ, and “Say So” singer Doja Cat in an office setting, where they clank at keyboards with acrylic nails, prop their red-bottomed Christian Louboutin heels atop desks, and scan through file cabinets filled with documents about various types of men (princes, hockey players). The Daps-directed video pans to fantasy scenes in which the crew dons glittering bo...
STYX’s TOMMY SHAW Performs ‘Fooling Yourself’ With CONTEMPORARY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
43 years ago today, legendary rockers STYX released their triple-platinum album “The Grand Illusion”, which included the smash hit “Fooling Yourself”. With that release, STYX became the first band to score four triple-platinum albums in a row: “The Grand Illusion” (1977), “Pieces Of Eight” (1978), “Cornerstone” (1979), “Paradise Theater” (1981). As a celebratory nod to the album’s success, STYX singer/guitarist Tommy Shaw collaborated with 88 kids (ages 12-18) from the Contemporary Youth Orchestra in Cleveland, Ohio, who gathered together from their homes to record their parts for an extra special performance “Fooling Yourself” with Shaw at his home in Nashville, music director Liza Grossman in Clevel...
