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Galadriel Has a Vision of Doom in New Trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Watch
The sky turns red and flames lick the top of massive pinnacle in the second teaser trailer for Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. It’s a vision of doom, experienced by Galadriel (Morfydd Clark), though whether it’s also an early glimpse of Mount Doom remains to be seen. Not everyone seems to believe her. “You have fought long enough, Galadriel. Put up your sword,” Elrond (Robert Amayo) says in the trailer. “It is over.” “You have not seen what I have seen,” she replies. And when he counters, “I have seen my share,” she repeats herself slowly, as if biting off every word: “You have not seen what I have seen.” Advertisement Related Video Elsewhere in the trailer we get our first glimpse of Isildur (Maxim Baldry), as well as other denizens of the...
Disturbed Return with “Hey You,” First New Song in Four Years: Stream
Disturbed are back with a new single, “Hey You,” marking their first new original song in four years. The multiplatinum metal band has also revealed that it will release a new as-yet-untitled album later this year. While Disturbed have recorded notable cover songs in the past, including their smash-hit version of Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence,” it is very evident in the opening seconds of the new song is that it’s NOT a cover of the iconic Pink Floyd hit of the same name. “Hey You” harkens back to Disturbed’s massive debut 2000 album, The Sickness, with singer David Draiman delivering his signature staccato vocals over a crushing Dan Donegan guitar riff in the verses. The chorus showcases the more melodic side of Disturbed, while still maintaining the overall heaviness of t...
Thom Yorke Shares New Version of Radiohead’s “Bloom” for Greenpeace: Stream
Thom Yorke has shared a solo version of Radiohead’s “Bloom” for a new Greenpeace ad created for Shark Awareness Day titled “The Lonely Shark.” Clocking in at under two minutes, the reworking pares down The King of Limbs cut to a piano-driven track as Yorke’s haunting vocals are used to soundtrack the depiction of two sharks that are separated when one of them is ensnared by a fishing boat. “In the last 50 years the global shark population has plummeted by 70%,” reads the video’s description. “Sharks are being wiped out by overfishing for profit. But our oceans can recover if we protect them.” In March, Yorke shared a new solo track called “5.17” for the soundtrack to the sixth and final season of Peaky Blinders, which was followed by “That’s How Horses Are” one month later. His last solo a...
The Bear Renewed for Season 2
We hope you’re hungry, because FX has just greenlit a second season of their hit new series The Bear. The Jeremy Allen White-starring drama has been renewed less than a month after all eight episodes of Season 1 premiered on June 23rd, Variety points out. The Bear follows Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (White), a young chef who — after a stint in a prestigious New York City restaurant — returns home to Chicago to run his family’s sandwich shop following his older brother’s sudden death. Carmy must process his grief as he attempts to revive the feeble Italian beef joint; thankfully, he has the help of Sydney (Ayo Edibiri), an overqualified new hire among the kitchen’s ragtag crew of delinquent employees. “The Bear has exceeded our wildest creative, critical and commercial expectations,” FX Enterta...
Avión Reserve Cristalino Listening Experience Kit Offers Immersive Audio With Your Spirits
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Avión / Avion Spirits and the rich tones of vinyl records is a most natural union. The Avión Listening Experience is keenly aware of this as it melds top-flight audio and premium Tequila Avión. Source: Avión / Avion The Avión Listening Experience recently debuted in Brooklyn, with NBA player and influencer Iman Shumpert serving as the host. Also on hand was NYC audio icon Danny Keith Taylor and Tequila Avión’s Carlos Andrés Ramirez to usher those in attendance into the world of quality tequila and a ridiculous sound system. Those speakers you see Shump standing in front of cost more than a Bentley, and if you got the bank account, they’re worth every penny. Related Stories “Music has always been a safe haven for me to be my most unapologetic self and with...
What?: Orlando Brown Claims Bow Wow Has Some “Bomb A** P****,” Twitter Hilariously Reacts
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Kevin Winter / Getty When Bow Wow opens up Twitter, he’s going to find out Orlando Brown said something real complimentary about him that left Twitter collectively scratching their heads. Orlando Brown Says Bow Wow Has That B.A.P Former child actor, rapper, and singer turned absolute mess Orlando Brown turned Twitter upside down after an interview with Funny Marco went viral. In the clip currently making its rounds on Twitter, Brown had some very eye-opening things to say about Mr. 106 & Park himself, Bow Wow, real name Shad Moss. Marco asked the former That So Raven star when was the last time he watched the popular BET Show music video countdown show, 106 & Park. Brown responded when the show was hot when “Bow Wow was on air.” He didn’t st...
Quinta Brunson Makes History With 3 Comedy Emmy Noms for ‘Abbott Elementary’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Christopher Willard / Getty In its first season, Abbott Elementary was extremely well-received by critics and fans alike who praised the show for its wholesome and hilarious portrayal of a group of public school teachers in Philadelphia. Now the show (and its cast) are getting praise from the Television Academy with seven Emmy nominations. Including three for the show’s creator, Quinta Brunson, who is the first Black woman to be nominated for outstanding comedy series, lead actress in a comedy and writing for a comedy series (for the “Pilot”). At 32, Brunson is also the youngest Black woman ever nominated in the comedy acting category, per Variety. If she wins in the acting and writing categories, Brunson will join legendary actress Isabel San...
L’s On Deck: Travis Scott Air Jordan 1 Low “Black/Phantom” Colorway Incoming
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / NIke The highly-anticipated Air Jordan 1 “Travis Scott” Low “Reverse Mocha”‘s haven’t even dropped yet and already we’re getting word of another colorway set to drop during the holiday season later this year. Yesterday news broke that a sleek grey, black and white colorway of the highly sought after silhouette is expected to release on December 15th and man are these joints a beauty. Originally thought to be a “Friends and Family” exclusive the “Black/Phantom” Cactus Jack Air Jordan 1 Lows were originally seen when worn by Travis Scott months ago and while many felt these would never see the light of day it seems like they indeed will be hitting retailers. Naturally you can expect stock numbers on these to be as low as previous Cactus Jack Air Jord...
Pantera’s Surviving Members Planning 2023 Reunion Tour
The two surviving members of Pantera’s classic-era lineup will reunite for a 2023 tour, SPIN can confirm. The legendary hard rock group disbanded in acrimony in 2003, and founding members/brothers “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott and drummer Vincent “Vinnie Paul” Abbott died in 2004 and 2018, respectively, but vocalist Phil Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown will carry the torch forward with as-yet-unnamed other musicians. Formed in 1981 by the Abbotts when they were teenagers in Texas, Pantera honed its chops for years as a bar band playing Judas Priest and Van Halen covers before settling on its unique, thrash- and metal-driven sound in the early 1990s. Anselmo, who joined in 1987, described Pantera in a 1992 SPIN profile as “the heaviest band in the world.” Thanks to 1992’s Vulgar Display of Power a...
Pearl Jam Reschedules Apollo Theater Show, Drops ‘Quick Escape’ Video
Pearl Jam has rescheduled its planned March 26, 2020 show at Harlem’s famed Apollo Theater for Sept. 10 and will broadcast it live on its long-running SiriusXM channel Pearl Jam Radio as part of the company’s Small Stage Series. The performance at the intimate, 1,500-capacity venue will be open only to SiriusXM subscribers and contest winners and will take place the day before a previously announced concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Pearl Jam’s fall North American tour begins Sept. 1 in Quebec City, Quebec, in support of its 2020 album Gigaton. Originally planned for the day before the release of Gigaton, the Apollo gig was scrapped due to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic, which also forced several postponements of the Gigaton tour. Pearl Jam hasn’t performed in a New York venue a...
Danger Mouse and Black Thought Share New Song “Aquamarine” With Michael Kiwanuka
Danger Mouse and Black Thought have released another single in the buildup to their collaborative album Cheat Codes. The third single from the duo, “Aquamarine,” includes a guest appearance from UK vocalist and songwriter Michael Kiwanuka. Watch the music video for the track below. “For ‘Aquamarine,’ when I heard the music I just had a feeling to sing about standing up for something that’s unique and following that path,” Kiwanuka shared in a statement. “I don’t know why but that’s what came out. Sometimes when you’re following something that’s unique to you it’s as if ‘enemies are all around.’ At times life can feel fragile like ‘everything’s burning down.’ For some reason the chords and music made me feel that way.” Cheat Codes will be released on August 12 via BMG. The album includes pr...
SPIN DNA: Groundbreaking Investigative Journalist Rory Nugent ‘Inside the IRA’
In this ongoing series, we revisit some of our most memorable moments with SPIN’s journalists, photographers and editors. Writer Rory Nugent started working with SPIN in 1993, brought in by our then Features Editor Elizabeth Mitchell. He hit it off with Editor in Chief Bob Guccione Jr, who was looking for the right writer to get inside the Irish Republican Army, who had been terrorizing Britian for decades. And as they say, the rest is history… And what history he made. With his incredible adventures inside the IRA, after which, in the article, he correctly predicted the so-called Good Friday peace treaty with the British government. Or that time the news declared him deceased. Or when his boat capsized and he was adrift for days in the ocean. And his time in Sudan, where he wa...
