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Billy Corgan Debuts New Song Inspired by Highland Park Shooting
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan hosted a virtual benefit concert last night (July 27) for victims of the deadly July 4 mass shooting in his home base of Highland Park, Ill., and took the opportunity to debut a new song, “Photograph,” directly inspired by the incident. Corgan said he got the idea after a local journalist asked him if he’d considered writing a song about the shooting, and afterwards, he appropriated a new Pumpkins track he’d been working on for that purpose. “I started playing something and thought, that could work. Took a nap, woke up and the song was spinning in my head,” he said. “This is my reaction, I guess you could say, to what happened. I don’t know if it’s a good song or a bad song, but it certainly expresses the way that I feel.” Corgan elaborated that the ...
Ella Mai and Roddy Ricch Contemplate Lost Love in New “How” Music Video
Ella Mai and Roddy Ricch have joined forces for a music video directed by Colin Tilley for their recent single “How.” Released in May, the track hears the two artists contemplate how a partner can suddenly experience a change in feelings and leave the other person hanging. The visual opens with Mai driving through the mountains in a blue car, color-coordinated to match her outfit and sunglasses. The singer contemplates her partner flirting with other women as she drives away from her home. “What’s the risk it happened? Rollin’ with myself,” Mai sings in the chorus. “I got too attached, now I’m workin’ on my health.” Ricch joins in later to voice the man’s perspective, wondering how his partner could abandon him as the two play a game of chess. “How” comes off of Mai’s sophomore album Heart...
Marilyn Monroe Only Exists On Screen in New Trailer for Blonde: Watch
Ana de Armas takes on Old Hollywood’s biggest star in Blonde, the Marilyn Monroe biopic hitting Netflix September 23rd. Take a look at the new trailer for the film below. Directed by Andrew Dominik and based on Joyce Carol Oates’ 2000 novel of the same name, Blonde will be the first Netflix original to be given an NC-17 rating for “some sexual content” (and reportedly a sexual assault scene) by the Motion Picture Association. “It’s a demanding movie,” Dominik said of the rating. “If the audience doesn’t like it, that’s the fucking audience’s problem. It’s not running for public office. It’s an NC-17 movie about Marilyn Monroe, it’s kind of what you want, right? I want to go and see the NC-17 version of the Marilyn Monroe story.” Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, and J...
Leonard Cohen Tribute Album to Feature Peter Gabriel, Iggy Pop, Mavis Staples, & More
Blue Note Records has announced a new covers album titled Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen. Out October 14th, it features a star-studded lineup of vocalists including Peter Gabriel, Iggy Pop, and Mavis Staples. Among the other heavy hitters on the LP are Norah Jones, Nathaniel Rateliff, and James Taylor, the latter of whom recorded a version of “Coming Back to You” that serves as the lead single. Meanwhile, Sarah McLachlan takes on “Hallelujah.” Here It Is was produced by Cohen’s longtime friend Larry Klein, who assembled a core band of jazz-based musicians including guitarist Bill Frisell, saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, pianist Kevin Hays, bassist Scott Colley, and drummer Nate Smith. Advertisement Related Video “Leonard Cohen had been a friend since 1982 or so, and in the last ...
The Cure Announce Wish 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition with 24 Unreleased Tracks
The Cure will mark the 30th anniversary of their album Wish by releasing an expanded deluxe reissue on October 7th. Remastered by The Cure’s Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, the 3xCD/2xLP set spans 45 tracks, including the original 1992 album plus 21 previously unreleased demos. Also included are the four tracks from The Cure’s 1993 mail-order only cassette Lost Wishes, which have never appeared on CD or digitally, as well as a previously unreleased song called “A Wendy Band” from the 1992 Manor Studio sessions, an alternate mix of live favorite “From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea,” and a previous unheard live version of “End” from 1992. Below, you can hear “Uyea Sound,” as it appeared on Lost Wishes. Pre-orders for the Wish deluxe set are now ongoing. You can find th...
Garbage on 30 Years of Garbage, Touring with Tears For Fears and Alanis Morissette
Garbage are nearing the end of their extensive 2022 tour, which saw them supporting Tears For Fears on their The Tipping Point trek, as well as another leg of dates supporting Alanis Morissette on her Jagged Little Pill 20th anniversary shows. But the ’90s rockers have definitely not run out of steam; if anything, they’re completely in their element. Their show this month at Festival d’été de Québec was a perfect example of what they do best — not only were the tracks from their most recent 2021 album No Gods No Masters represented with passion and poise, their laundry list of hits sprinkled in throughout the set was a great demonstration of their enduring legacy. As lead vocalist Shirley Manson mentions in her recent episode of Consequence‘s The Story Behind The Song podcast, th...
Art Moore Are Eloquent Indie-Pop Daydreamers
Art Moore’s Taylor Vick is a daydreamer. “I recently learned that some people, if you tell them to close their eyes and imagine an apple, there’s no image that appears,” she says. “For me, I very clearly see shit in my mind — eyes open or shut. I can often get lost in that.” This power informed Art Moore, the trio’s self-titled debut album. Vick, who’s spent the last decade as a folky singer-songwriter under the name Boy Scouts, teamed up with regular Ezra Furman collaborators Sam Duerkes and Trevor Brooks to create a record of evocative indie-pop vignettes. On “Snowy,” Vick imagines herself as a widow, overcome with a rush of memories as she embarks on a winter road trip. On “Muscle Memory,” she pictures walking by an ex’s house half-accidentally, sitting down at their old meeting sp...
Netflix’s Upcoming Documentary Covers ‘The Rise and Fall of AND1’
Set to add to its Untold sports documentary series, Netflix has now released the official trailer for Untold: The Rise and Fall of AND1. The upcoming documentary chronicles how a graduate school project partnership between Jay Coen Gilbert, Seth Berger, and Tom Austin during their time at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School turned into a major basketball footwear and clothing company. Focussing on famed AND1 Mixtape and accompanying AND1 Mixtape Tour, Untold: The Rise and Fall of AND1 features interviews with famed AND1 streetballers like “The Professor,” “Hot Sauce,” “The Main Event,” “Shane the Dribbling Machine” and Rafer “Skip 2 My Lou” Alston. Directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Kevin Wilson Jr., the documentary outlines how the brand exploded onto the scene and saw a me...
Sebastian Stan Is Unrecognizable in First Look Image of A24’s ‘A Different Man’
Sebastian Stan took to Instagram to share a first look at his character in the upcoming A24 film A Different Man, and the actor is unrecognizable with all the prosthetics. The Marvel staple presented his character, Edward, and confirmed in the caption that artist Mike Marino — who also did work on Colin Farrell as Penguin in The Batman — transformed him for the role. Stan did not reveal much else, but fans and friends in the comments section were stunned by incredible work A Different Man is written and helmed by Aaron Schimberg, and reportedly follows the story of a man with neurofibromatosis who undergoes facial reconstructive surgery. A play is then written based on his life, and the character of Stan gets obsessed with the actor who portrays him in the play. Joining Stan in the cast ar...
Brian Eno Returns to Singing on New Album FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE
Brian Eno hasn’t sang much on his own albums for the better part of the last two decades, but that will change on FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE, a new project due Oct. 14 from Verve/UMC. The ambient music legend offers ghostly, processed vocals on the album’s first single, “There Were Bells,” which was written last year in tandem with his brother Roger for a performance at The Acropolis. [embedded content][embedded content] “Like everybody else — except, apparently, most of the governments of the world — I’ve been thinking about our narrowing, precarious future, and this music grew out of those thoughts,” Eno says. “Perhaps it’s more accurate to say I’ve been feeling about it … and the music grew out of the feelings. Those of us who share those feelings are aware that the world is changing at a sup...
The Kid Mero Talks ‘Desus & Mero’ Split: “Everybody Grows”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jamie McCarthy / Getty The brand has moved on. Joel “The Kid Mero” Martinez of Desus & Mero fame addressed the split with his longtime creative partner and chalked it up to the two of them growing apart. About a week ago, the Internets was thrown for a loop when Desus Nice confirmed that the brand was no more which was shortly followed by Showtime announcing their talk show was a wrap. As the days went along, and more details were revealed—allegedly, the cause of the split was a rift with their longtime manager and sides were chosen—Mero remained quiet. However, speaking to WFAN last night (July 26), he finally addressed the split from his fellow Bronx brethren. “It’s just natural progression,” Mero told WFAN’s Keith McPherson. “It’s like we said on t...
Louisiana Rapper JayDaYoungan Shot & Killed Outside Home
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: @JayDaYoungan / Instagram JayDaYoungan, a rapper from Bogalusa, La., was shot outside of his home on Wednesday (July 27) along with a close family associate. JayDaYoungan would later succumb to his injuries shortly after the shooting incident was reported. According to local outlet WAFB, JayDaYoungan, real name Javorius Scott, was shot alongside Kenyatta Scott, Sr., but it is being reported that there is no relation. Initial accounts of the shooting on Twitter stated that the man was JayDaYoungan’s father but reports from the Bogalusa Police Department said that Scott Sr. was simply close with the Scott family. Authorities posted the details of the shooting via its Facebook page, and WAFB adds in its reporting that the police were investigating an e...
