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St Vincent Shares Video of Herself ‘Fumbling Through ‘Stairway to Heaven”
St. Vincent is a guitar player, and like anyone passionate about their craft she misses noodling around in guitar shops. So what did she do? Shared a video of herself “fumbling through” the song everyone fumbles through while testing out a new ax: Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven.” “Since guitar stores have been closed, I thought you might have missed the sound of someone fumbling through ‘stairway to heaven,’” she captioned the Instagram clip before poking fun of some other classic songs you’re bound to hear in a guitar store. “(Not pictured but honorable mention, ‘smoke on the water’ ‘sweet home Alabama’ ‘black dog’ ‘where ever I may roam’). Love to all my guitar players out there. I know. I miss it too.” St. Vincent has been active on social media since quarantine started, and even be...
Chuck D, Ice-T and More Send Well Wishes to Hospitalized Biz Markie
Biz Markie has reportedly been hospitalized due to complications from Type 2 diabetes. According to TMZ, the 56-year-old rapper has been receiving care at a Maryland hospital for several weeks and his condition “appears serious;” however, Markie’s rep is optimistic. “He is receiving the best care from an amazing team of medical professionals and we remain positive about the outcome,” they told the outlet. After news broke, members of the hip-hop community took to Twitter to send well wishes to the legendary emcee. “Just heard @BizMarkie has been in the Hospital.. Get well Homie!!” Ice-T tweeted. “Get better @BizMarkie everybody send a happy GET WELL RT to THE BIZ …..always been a very nice man,” Chuck D wrote. This isn’t the first time Markie has experienced complications from diabetes, an...
Doja Cat Got COVID-19 After Calling Those Scared Of It ‘Pussy’
Karma’s a bitch, just ask Doja Cat. During an interview with Capital Xtra, the rapper revealed that she contracted COVID-19. “I got COVID,” she confessed. “Honestly, I don’t know how this happens, but I guess I ordered something off of Postmates, and … I don’t know how I got it, but I got it … I’m OK now, it was a four-day symptom freakout, but I’m fine now.” The diagnosis comes after Doja mocked the virus’ severity in an Instagram live video, calling it nothing more than “a flu” and anyone scared of it “pussy.” “Bitch, I’m not scared of a coronavirus or the motherfucking beer version of that shit,” the 24-year-old declared at the time. “I’m gonna get corona and then I’m gonna get a Corona, cos I don’t give a fuck about corona, bitch. It’s a flu!” “I’m not scared. Y’all are pussy, period,”...
The Sword Announce Conquest of Quarantine Session, Cover T. Rex’s “Children of the Revolution”: Watch
The Sword have announced a new socially distant performance series, Conquest of Quarantine. The heavy rockers are today premiering the first tune from the three-song lockdown session, a cover of T. Rex’s “Children of the Revolution’, exclusively via Heavy Consequence. The new series comes on the heels of The Sword’s recent career-spanning compilations, Conquest of Kingdoms and Chronology 2006-2018. Both cull archival live recordings, B-sides, and rarities. As singer-guitarist J.D. Cronise told us in our recent interview, the band hoped to tour in support of the album before the pandemic effectively paused live music. Instead, The Sword performed together virtually in isolation and streaming the footage for fans. “Since we’re not touring this summer as originally planned, we figured we shou...
The Internet Has Spoken: Taylor Swift’s Folklore Album Cover Is Actually Very Metal
Remember when pop star Justin Timberlake retreated into the forest to get his “folk” on and became a bonafide Man of the Woods? It looks like Taylor Swift spent her quarantine attempting to take that same earthy path, and the result is a new album literally called folklore. What’s more, she put it together with help from Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, himself A Wisconsin Man of the Woods, and Aaron and Bryce Dessner, members of quintessential indie outfit The National. As Fluxblog founder Matthew Perpetua so succinctly put it, “I guess Taylor Swift finally went out in the woods with the National and Bon Iver boys to actually make ‘some indie record that’s much cooler than mine,’” plucking choice lyrics from Swift’s 2012 hit single “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”. So I guess...
Joe Keery Plays an Evil Driver in Trailer for Spree: Watch
Joe Keery is back, but not to save the day. The Stranger Things star is ditching his Hawkins hero guise for a devilish new look in the forthcoming rideshare thriller Spree. The film hits VOD on August 14th via RLJE Films and they’ve just dropped a trailer. Directed by Eugene Kotlyarenko, Keery plays Kurt, a 23-year-old rideshare driver that’s hungrier than ever to go viral. So hungry, in fact, that he’s devised an uncompromising scheme that takes advantage of his passengers. Judging from the trailer below, Spree appears to find itself in the found-footage genre as Keery’s character has wired his car with a number of cameras to capture the mayhem. Because of this, there’s an air of authenticity to the chaos. Editors’ Picks In addition to Keery, the film stars a who’s who of cast membe...
Clutch Announce Live from the Doom Saloon Volume II Livestream Concert
If you’ve ever wanted to build your own Clutch setlist, now’s your chance. The band might even play it during its upcoming livestream performance, dubbed “Live from the Doom Saloon Volume II”. Clutch are encouraging fans to pick their “dream 14-song setlist” for the virtual concert, which costs $9 and streams at 5:00 p.m. PT / 8:00 p.m. ET on August 7th (and available on-demand through that weekend). Donations from the show go to benefit the Innocent Lives Foundation. Any Clutch song from their 1991 “Pitchfork” 7-inch through 2018’s Book of Bad Decisions and their recent Weathermaker Vault Series is game. It’s a lot to choose from, but whoever submits the winning setlist — as picked by the band — will receive an insane prize pack including: a TremLord 30 combo amplifier from Orange Am...
KIX Plays ‘Socially Distanced’ Concert In Virginia In Front Of 50 People
Veteran Maryland rockers KIX played their first “socially distanced” concert Friday night (July 24) at a private party in front of 50 people. The show took place at Tally Ho Theater in Leesburg, a town in Northern Virginia, which entered Phase 3 of its reopening plan on July 8, and is allowing performing arts venues to reopen with half capacity indoors. On Saturday, KIX took to its social media to share video of the performance, and it included the following message: “Our first social distancing gig! We haven’t played in four months. Private party at Tally Ho Theater in Leesburg VA. The venue did an outstanding job adhering to state guidelines. Temperature checks AT THE DOOR, no more than 50 people allowed, all venue staff wearing masks at all times, KIX crew wearin...
THROWN INTO EXILE Releases New Single And Music Video, ‘The Mourning’
Los Angeles natives THROWN INTO EXILE have released a new single and music video, “The Mourning”. It is the first taste of what’s to come as the band prepares for its sophomore release later this year. Prior to the world being put on pause, 2020 was shaping up to be a great year for the five-piece, with an active 2019 playing festivals from the Mexico Metal Fest to Psycho Las Vegas and supporting some of today’s metal heavyweights, including IN FLAMES, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, ARCH ENEMY and AT THE GATES. Guitarist and main songwriter Mario Rubio says: “While ‘The Mourning’ is a step in a more aggressive direction for THROWN INTO EXILE, the song has a very somber atmosphere to it musically and lyrically that anyone can relate to at any point and sets the...
BUTCHER BABIES Have ‘Really, Really Big News’ Coming In Next Couple Of Weeks
BUTCHER BABIES singer Carla Harvey spoke to the “Appetite For Distortion” podcast about how she and her bandmates have been spending their coronavirus downtime. She said (hear audio below): “We canceled our whole touring here, like everyone else did. Out of necessity, we had to do it. I’m not happy about it. But we do have some really, really cool stuff coming up. We’re doing an online festival in Europe [in early August as part of the European Metal Festival Alliance] that’s gonna be awesome. We have some big surprises for you guys for that. It’s gonna be an hour-long show from us. We have a show that had been previously unreleased that we’re releasing, and three quarantine-style videos that we’ve done that are fan favorites, so weR...
Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac Co-Founder, Dies at 73
Peter Green, the influential blues rock guitarist and co-founder of Fleetwood Mac, has died. He was 73. The musician’s death was confirmed by his family members in a statement shared with the BBC. “It is with great sadness that the family of Peter Green announce his death this weekend, peacefully in his sleep. A further statement will be provided in the coming days,” the statement reads. Born in London in 1946, Green began his career as a teenager in 1965 as the guitarist for John Mayall‘s Bluesbreakers, where he replaced Eric Clapton. Two years later, Green teamed up with drummer Mick Fleetwood to form Fleetwood Mac. The two later recruited John McVie on bass. Under Green’s direction, the early incarnation of Fleetwood Mac released three albums, starting with its 1...
Regis Philbin, TV Host With the Most Congenial Demeanor, Dies at 88
Regis Philbin, the indefatigable and downright neighborly host of talk shows and game shows who spent more time in front of a television camera than anyone else, has died. He was 88. Philbin died of natural causes according to a family statement, People reported on Saturday (July 25). The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Philbin’s representatives for comment. Unfailingly perky and personable during his 60-plus years in show business, Philbin hosted live morning programs from Los Angeles and New York from the early 1970s through 2011, sharing cups of coffee and flipping through the morning papers alongside the likes of Ruta Lee, Sarah Purcell, Cyndy Garvey, Mary Hart, Kathie Lee Gifford and Kelly Ripa. Like Jack Paar before him, Philbin engaged his audience with tales about his p...
