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Flying Lotus and Denzel Curry Host New Remix Challenge for “Black Balloons Reprise”
Flying Lotus and Denzel Curry are calling on fans to transform their collaborative 2019 tune “Black Balloons Reprise.” A balloon version of Flying Lotus issued the challenge across his social media channels and provided details on how fans can get involved. In the description of the track on SoundCloud, Lotus revealed that the contest is in honor of the one-year anniversary of his Flamagra LP and the recent release of the deluxe edition of the album, which included its instrumental versions. In celebration of the one year anniversary of the landmark album, Flamagra, Flying Lotus has returned with a new and intimate perspective of that epic body of work; Flamagra (Instrumentals). The album is an exploration of Lotus’ mastery of production techniques & virtuosic mus...
Video Surfaces of Zack de la Rocha Playing Guitar in His Pre-Rage Against the Machine Band: Watch
Just a few years before becoming the electrifying frontman of Rage Against the Machine, Zack de la Rocha was cutting his teeth as the guitarist in the hardcore band Hard Stance. Now, 30 years later, video footage of a young Zack playing guitar with Hard Stance at a show in March 1990 has surfaced. Hard Stance formed in 1987 as a straight-edge hardcore band, with Zack on guitar and Eric Ernst on vocals. At one point, Ernst left Hard Stance, and de la Rocha took over lead vocals, eventually leading to the formation of the band Inside Out. The gig in question took place March 4th, 1990, and was apparently Hard Stance’s final concert. According to Zack’s Wikipedia page, by 1990 he would have been fronting Inside Out, so the show could have been a one-off farewell with Hard Stance. Nonetheless,...
Halle Berry Says She’s Playing a Trans Character in an Upcoming Film
Over the past few weeks, the entertainment industry has seen actors step down from voice acting roles because they don’t align with their character’s race — the point being that there are nuances and complexities that are being overlooked. Is the same true for cis, straight actors who portray queer roles? Halle Berry may have to answer that question soon, apparently, because she appears set to portray a trans character in her next film. “I’m thinking of [playing] a character where the woman is a trans character, so she’s a woman that transitioned into a man,” Berry revealed during an Instagram Live Story with hairstylist Christian Brown. “She’s a character in a project I love that I might be doing,” added Berry. “I want to experience that world, understand that world… Who this woman was is...
#MetallicaMondays: Watch Metallica’s Hit-Filled 2007 Lisbon Show
For the latest installment of #MetallicaMondays, the thrash legends are revisiting their Lisbon, Portugal show in 2007. The archival concert footage goes live this evening (July 6th) at 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT via Metallica’s YouTube channel below. The show took place at Lisbon’s Super Bock Super Rock and kicked off the “Sick of the Studio Tour” prior to the release of Death Magnetic in 2008. The European trek was named during a fan competition, with the band choosing the winning entry. Appropriately, it reflects Metallica’s many hours in the studio working on the laborious Death Magnetic, which was considered a return to the band’s thrash metal roots upon release. The hype for Death Magnetic was boiling by the time Metallica took the stage in Lisbon. Fans clamored for what message boa...
Consequence of Sound Launches New T-Shirts
T-shirts are here! Consequence of Sound is unveiling a new capsule of branded shirts as part of our newly relaunched webstore. The initial designs include several logo tees in a variety of different styles, including midnight navy, cardinal red, galaxy splatter, and dream tie-dye. Additionally, we’re commemorating the Spring 2020 concert season that was not with a limited-edition tee available in black and storm blue. As with our custom face masks, we’ll be donating a portion of the proceeds MusiCares’ COVID-19 Artist Relief Fund benefiting artists and other music industry professionals. Stay tuned for more designs, as well as other pieces of limited-edition merch, to be revealed in the coming weeks. If you’re interested in submitting your designs, send your ideas ...
Zack de la Rocha Rocks Out on Guitar in Pre-Rage Against the Machine Band in Unearthed Footage
Believe it or not, there was a time before Rage Against the Machine. Zack de la Rocha just has some extra video proof now. In a newly resurfaced throwback video, the RATM singer can be seen with his pre-Rage hardcore band Hard Stance. It’s been 30 years since the March 1990 clip was taken at Hollywood Live in Hollywood, California, and de la Rocha seems just as energetic as he’d be known for years later. The group formed in 1987, but the Rage Against the Machine singer only became their lead vocalist to fill another’s shoes later on. De la Rocha lets vocalist Eric Ernst take the mic for most of the show, but little did he know, he’d form RATM just a year later and own the mic for years to come. Still, the clip shows a lot of stage diving, running around and well, whatever else you’d expect...
Dave Chappelle Hosted a Socially Distant 4th of July Music Festival
After his 8:46 stand-up special showed that live events can work safely during the pandemic, Dave Chappelle gave his fans another night to remember over the holiday weekend. The comedy icon hosted a July 4th music festival in Yellow Springs, Ohio, featuring some of the biggest names in both hip-hop and comedy. This isn’t Chappelle’s first music fest — as his famous “Block Party” featuring Kanye West and Mos Def took place 16 years ago and he’s hosted other events in Yellow Springs — but its certainly his first music event featuring a socially distant crowd. Saturday’s six-hour event was presented to a 400-person audience, with every attendee tested for COVID prior to the show. The show featured performances from Erykah Badu, Common, and Talib Kweli, with stand-up from M...
Jeff Tweedy and Family Cover Neil Young, My Bloody Valentine
In his latest quarantine-inspired Instagram episode of “The Tweedy Show,” Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy enlisted his wife Susie and sons Spencer and Sammy for a family affair of covers. Throughout the sessions, Jeff covered Neil Young’s “Try,” Sammy covered Arthur Russell’s “Close My Eyes” and Link Wray’s “La De Da,” and the family dished out a rendition of My Bloody Valentine’s “When You Sleep.” The Tweedy fam has linked up for performances during the duration of quarantine, notably a bathroom-bred Jimmy Kimmel Live! performance of “Evergreen.” Tweedy also made the rounds on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert recently. Revisit out 2019 interview with Tweedy and check out the latest performance below: [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are l...
QUEEN’s ROGER TAYLOR On Possibility Of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Sequel: ‘I Wouldn’t Want To Be Seen As Cashing In Again’
QUEEN drummer Roger Taylor says that a sequel to the band’s biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” is unlikely to happen. Released in November 2018, “Bohemian Rhapsody” has become the highest-grossing musical biopic of all time, bringing in more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office. It was also No. 1 biggest-selling film of 2019 on home release. Asked in a new interview with Rolling Stone if there were any ideas they were throwing around for a possible “Bohemian Rhapsody” sequel, Taylor said: “I have to say no. I really do think that we need to sit back for a year or two and look at things and see if that is a believable or credible thing to do. The movie was a great hit. We were delighted, obviously. But I think I wouldn’t want to be seen a...
JUDAS PRIEST’s Performance At 2015’s WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival To Be Broadcast On Knotfest.com
British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST will broadcast their full-length live concert video “Battle Cry” as part of the Knotfest.com Concert Streaming Series on Friday, July 17 at 12 p.m. PST / 3 p.m. EST / 8 p.m. GMT/ 9 p.m. CET. Catch all the action over on Knotfest.com. “Battle Cry” features PRIEST‘s performance from the 2015 edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, where the band let loose this jaw-dropping show for 85,000 people in the middle of a tremendous string of shows following the release of 2014’s “Redeemer Of Souls” album. What makes the show’s track listing so appealing is it balances new classics (“Dragonaut”, “Halls Of Valhalla”, “Redeemer Of Souls”) along with headbanging classics (...
ALESTORM Releases Animated Music Video For ‘S**t Boat (No Fans)’
Scottish pirate metallers ALESTORM have released an animate music video for the song “Shit Boat (No Fans)”. The track is taken from the band’s latest album, “Curse Of The Crystal Coconut”, which was released on May 29 via Napalm Records. Commented ALESTORM: “Oh wow, everyone knows that short songs are the best songs, so naturally we had to make a music video for the shortest song on our album. “This animation was put together by the lovely people at RMIT University in Melbourne, and it features all the classic elements of an ALESTORM video: Magical Girl transformations, giant Hungarian men dropping turds on your garden, rubber ducks, and crudely drawn cartoon penises. Enjoy!” Producer Aaron McLoughlin stated about the video: “Yeah, the ...
SEETHER Bassist Speaks Out Against ‘Cancel Culture’: ‘It Comes From Such A Mean, Dark Place’
SEETHER bassist Dale Stewart has spoken out against “cancel culture,” saying it comes from “a mean and dark place” while “masquerading as tolerance and acceptance.” Cancel culture is the idea that someone, usually a celebrity or a public figure, whose ideas or comments are considered offensive should be boycotted. These people are ostracized and shunned by former friends, followers and supporters alike, leading to declines in any careers and fanbase the individual may have at any given time. Speaking to Tucson, Arizona’s Rock 102.1 KFMA radio station, Stewart said (see video below): “This whole cancel culture, it comes from such a mean, dark place, yet it’s masquerading as tolerance and acceptance of different cultures and points of vie...
