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My Morning Jacket Releasing The Waterfall II
My Morning Jacket last released an album of new material in 2015. If you don’t remember, because you know, the world has changed, that one was titled The Waterfall. And now, part two is on the way. The group will release The Waterfall II this Friday (July 10) via ATO Records. In a release, the band was inspired by the band’s idyllic surroundings in Stinson Beach, which is just north of San Francisco, and that the original The Waterfall LP was supposed to be a massive double album. Instead, it’s in two parts. Jim James was inspired to release the second part after stumbling upon a song from those sessions while on a walk. Inspired by the rediscovery of “Spinning My Wheels,” James and company decided to release the remaining songs from the sessions. “As so many of us feel out ...
Luke Top’s ‘Keep LA Weird’ 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 singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Luke Top. Songs by friends and legends that were recorded in and around Los Angeles. These cosmic wonders only scratch the surface of a more colorful and interesting aural map of L.A., rather than the numb conformity of a boxy modern townhouse development. Complete with neighborhood & artist pairings. Jack Name (Vernon) – “Waiting For Another Moon”Jack’s music fills the cracks of L.A.’s shadow spaces. He is one of the most effortlessly strange songwriters I’ve ever come across and we love him for it. Big Search (El Matador Beach) – “Slow Motion Train”Big Search has always been able ...
SUZI QUATRO To Release ‘Through My Words’ Lyric Book
New Haven Publishing author and rock icon Suzi Quatro will release a new book, “Through My Words”, on July 27. This large, full-color hardcover contains Suzi‘s lyrics and personal photographs and includes her commentary about where she was when the music was made. The cover and interior graphic design were handled by Pete Cunliffe. Suzi states: “I turned 70 on June 3rd, 2020, and my bucket list looms large. Doing a lyric book was always on that list so, here it is. “‘Through My Words’ is an illustrated informative diary of my life, told through the lyrics of my songs. “Creation has always been my salvation. Enjoy!” Early pre-release copies are available from www.newhavenpublishingltd.com. The official Suzi Quatro documentary feature ...
ENNIO MORRICONE, Composer Of METALLICA’s Longtime Intro Song, Has Died
Ennio Morricone, the Oscar-winning composer of “The Ecstasy Of Gold”, the song from the classic film “The Good, The Bad And The Ugly” which has been opening METALLICA live shows since 1983, has died. He was 91. According to Morricone‘s longtime lawyer, the composer died early Monday in a Rome hospital of complications following a fall, in which he broke a leg. In response to the news, METALLICA wrote on social media: “R.I.P. Ennio Morricone, Your career was legendary, your compositions were timeless. Thank you for setting the mood for so many of our shows since 1983.” METALLICA frontman James Hetfield added in a separate post: “The day we first played ‘The Ecstasy Of Gold’ as our new intro in 1983 it was magic! It has become apart...
PAUL MASVIDAL Reflects On His Time With Legendary Band DEATH
Paul Masvidal, who toured and recorded with DEATH between 1989 and 1992, has reflected on his time with the legendary death metal band. On Sunday (July 5), Paul took to his Instagram to share a video of one of his performances with DEATH, as well as a band photo, and he included the following message: “I saw some photos recently that roused nostalgic thoughts around the years I played with Chuck [Schuldiner] and his band, DEATH. We met through a mutual friend in the underground tape trading scene in the 80’s and connected around music, guitars, smoking grass and a mutual love of animals. “In 1989, while I was still in high school, Chuck asked if I could perform dates with the group in Mexico City. I had about a week to learn over a dozen tunes, and off we went. Although I...
Official THE ROLLING STONES Jigsaw Puzzles To Be Released In September
THE ROLLING STONES will get the jigsaw puzzle treatment this summer. “Exile On Main St.”, “Emotional Rescue”, “It’s Only Rock Rock ‘N Roll” and “Some Girls” will be made available on September 4, 2020 as 500-piece puzzles, plus there will be a 1000-piece version of “It’s Only Rock Rock ‘N Roll” out on September 18, 2020. Zee Productions will release the album covers as jigsaws via its Rock Saws imprint. The iconic arts of some of rock’s most influential and highly regarded albums is presented in puzzle form for the first time ever. All puzzles come in a vinyl-box-set-sized box, perfect to fit alongside a vinyl record collection. Back in April 2019, Zee Productions launched its new range of rock and me...
Gucci Mane ft. Pooh Shiesty “Who Is Him,” Lil Wayne “Glory” & More | Daily Visuals 7.3.20
Source: Radio One Digital / @Stretchd_34 for Radio One Digital With Gucci Mane releasing his latest album So Icey Summer today it’s only right that Guwop drop some visuals in support of his fourth compilation album and from the looks of things he’s already taking advantage of the quarantine relaxations. For his Pooh Shiesty assisted visuals to “Who Is Him” Gucci Mane throws himself a pool party where the requirements are an insane physical degree and a thong to go with them. The life of a rap star, b. Keeping with the Southern flavor on this Friday, Lil Wayne keeps his legacy going with his latest clip to “Glory” where Weezy climbs to the top of the mountain to spit his thunder clapping verses. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Tory Lanez and Kevin Gates, Yo Gotti, an...
NBA Will Allow Players To Display Social Justice Messages On Their Jerseys
Source: Al Bello / Getty Looks like NBA players have been giving the greenlight to become the voice of the voiceless whenever the 2019-2020 season resumes in Orlando, Florida. According to Deadline the National Basketball Association has reached an agreement with the players union which will allow your favorite NBA superstars and bench warmers (they got fans too) to don social justice statements on the back of their jerseys. Similar to when players were allowed to wear their nicknames on their uniforms in 2014, the agreement will give players the option to sport one of 29 which include Black Lives Matter; Say Their Names; Vote; I Can’t Breathe; Justice; Peace; Equality; Freedom; Enough; Power to the People; Justice Now; Say Her Name; Sí Se Puede (Yes We Can); Liberation; See Us; Hear Us; R...
Statue Of Frederick Douglass Removed From New York Park, Damaged Beyond Repair
Source: The Washington Post / Getty A statue of Frederick Douglass near the site of one of his most iconic speeches was torn down and damaged beyond repair over the holiday weekend. The act of vandalism occurred on the anniversary of Douglass’ famed “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” speech in Rochester, N.Y. As reported by local outlet WROC, the statue’s construction was spearheaded by Carvin Eison, Project director, re-energize the legacy of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commemoration, and went up in 2018 at the Maplewood Park site in honor of Douglass, who was a resident of Rochester. “This is all that is left at this [particular] moment of a monument that we put so much work and thought and love and care into,” Eison said to the outlet, speaking of the base...
KKKaren & KKKarl Kouple Painted Over California Black Lives Matter Street Sign
Source: Screencap / Twitter In a video that has since gone viral, a white couple defaced a Black Lives Matter street mural by covering the wording in Black paint. At the scene of the vandalistic act, a man yelling “All Lives Matter” while driving by pulled out a gun and aimed it at one unnamed man before he was promptly arrested. CBS SF shared in their reporting on the July 4 incident that the couple were both seen wearing Donald Trump shirts and an American flag shirt. In the video, the man can be heard arguing with a man filming the act going down saying loudly and proudly with his chest, “No one wants you here, No one wants Black Lives Matter here. Of course, the man isn’t doing any of the painting and has on a Make America Great Again hat. Additional footage of the vandalism surfaced w...
Movement Detroit Organizers Officially Cancel 2020 Event, Tease Lineup for 2021 Edition
As the impact of the pandemic continues to crumple the live music industry, Detroit music festival Movement is the latest to succumb to the wrath of COVID-19. Prior to its initial postponement earlier this year, Movement had taken place every Memorial Day Weekend since 2006. Back in March 2020, organizers announced the heartbreaking news that the festival could no longer go on as planned and announced its rescheduled dates, September 11th to 13th. They have now decided to pull the plug on those dates and instead look forward to the event’s 2021 iteration, which is slated for May 29th to 31st. All current tickets are valid and refund requests will be honored. While fans may not be able to attend this year’s fest, they can find solace in the fact that organizers have already...
John Frusciante Says He Returned to Red Hot Chili Peppers to “Continue to Play Electronic Music”
Following his return to the group following an indefinite hiatus, fabled Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante is excited about the band’s prospects and its willingness to feature electronic influences. In a recent interview with Ele-King, Frusciante offered up some exciting news on the band’s forthcoming music, exulting in his reunion and asserting his intention to dabble in electronic music. “That’s right. I came back to the band because I knew that I could continue to play electronic music, and I have the leeway to get along,” he said. With a forthcoming album called MAYA on the horizon, which is named after his cat who passed away due to cancer last year, Frusciante is preparing to go full throttle in both rock and electro...
