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What Is a Top Gun? And Other Burning Questions
This month, the very long-awaited arrival of Top Gun: Maverick is poised to make us yearn for a time when we all had a need… for speed. The original film Top Gun was a huge hit upon its initial release, making stars of its core cast and creating a whole new appetite for patriotic tales of daring in the skies. Honestly, the fact that it took over 30 years for a sequel to happen is pretty impressive, and the new film has already begun racking up rave reviews from those who saw it at its CinemaCon premiere. But if it’s been a while since you properly Top Gun-ed, this should hopefully offer up all the information you need to know before seeing the sequel. What Is Top Gun? Released in 1986, Top Gun is a U.S. military recruitment device in the form of a movie about the United States Navy Strike ...
21 Years In, The Black Keys Are Still Boogieing
Few bands comprised of only two members have managed to achieve the unity and spirit that Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney have championed as The Black Keys. Now in the 21st year of their lengthy careers in the rock world, Auerbach and Carney have laid an impressive foundation for their band: festival headliners, Grammy winners, radio and sync specialists, and so many more accolades are associated with The Black Keys in 2022. And when Auerbach and Carney reunite to create music, it’s remarkably easy for them to pick up where they left off. “I feel like Pat and I’s relationship might be better than it’s ever been right now,” says Auerbach ahead of the release of The Black Keys’ eleventh(!) studio album, Dropout Boogie (out Friday, May 13th). “I think the longer that we get to make ...
N8NOFACE’s Days of Future Past
The risk of making progressive and prescient art is that you may be unappreciated in your lifetime. But N8NOFACE never cared. Music has been his therapeutic outlet since his teens — a means of coping with drug-fueled risks while sharing grim tales of friends and family who sell and succumb to narcotics in his hometown of Tucson, AZ. After years of accretive but minor recognition, the 46-year-old’s aggressive, anarchic, thugged-out, occasionally depressive and sometimes romantic amalgams of synth-driven punk, rap, minimal wave and rock have spiked in popularity. Every track from Don’t Dial 911, N8’s 2020 Eyedress-produced EP, has hundreds of thousands of plays. He’s sponsored by Joker Brand, the clothing company of esteemed LA photographer Estevan Oriol, touring with punk/rap groups half hi...
Sasha Alex Sloan on the “Authentic Experiences” That Shaped I Blame the World
“Do I dare say I’m proud of this record?” Sasha Alex Sloan asks. “It feels scary to say that out loud.” Chatting with Consequence over the phone, the singer-songwriter seems to hold an extremely tentative optimism around the release of her forthcoming full-length album, I Blame The World (available Friday, May 13th via RCA Records). It’s a quality worth noting, especially when she recently described I Blame the World as a “non-hopeful” album. “I couldn’t write about anything else,” she says, referring to the fork in the road many creatives arrived at throughout the pandemic and in the months of piecing the arts industry back together since: lean into hopeful escapism, or embrace realism. Sloan chose the latter. Advertisement Related Video To her point, the eleven-track collection...
May 9th Named Ghostface Killah Day in New York City
May 9th has officially been deemed Ghostface Killah Day in New York City. The Wu-Tang Clan rapper was honored for his contributions to the music industry by Mayor Eric Adams, who presented him with an official Proclamation. The ceremony on Monday coincided with the opening of Ghostface’s coffee shop Killah Koffee in Staten Island with business partners Ross Filler and Shawn Wigs. The rapper had been selling his coffee online for a year prior, but the shop marked the business’ first brick-and-mortar venture. Killah Koffee ain’t nothin’ to mess with! Proud to join Staten Island’s own @GhostfaceKillah to celebrate this new small business in the heart of Shaolin. pic.twitter.com/ZzqPYWStzv — Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) May 9, 2022 “There’s so many people coming out here seeing a performer, a ...
Death Cab for Cutie Announce New Album Asphalt Meadows, Share “Roman Candles”: Stream
A new Death Cab for Cutie album is on the way. The indie rock veterans’ tenth studio album Asphalt Meadows is arriving on September 16th via Atlantic, and today, they’ve offered a preview of what’s to come with the lead single “Roman Candles.” Additionally, Death Cab have unveiled a run of US tour dates for 2022. Asphalt Meadows is Death Cab’s proper follow-up to 2018’s Thank You For Today, and was produced by Grammy Award-winner John Congleton, whose recent credits include St. Vincent, Sharon Van Etten, and Wallows. If “Roman Candles” is any indication, Death Cab are still finding ways to push the envelope within the alt-rock sphere, now that they’re ringing in their 25th year as a band. Pre-orders for the record are ongoing. Lyrically, “Roman Candles” seems...
Nationwide Tour On Deck For Jack Harlow with City Girls
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Jack Harlow is riding the momentum garnered by his new album by announcing that he’s going on his first-ever big tour, and will be joined by the City Girls. On Monday (May 9th), the “First Class” rapper announced that he will embark on his first major nationwide tour days after releasing his second album. The Come Home the Kids Miss You Tour takes its name from the title of his sophomore effort, and Harlow broke the news through his Instagram account with the caption, “See you soon.” The City Girls will be joining the rapper for the tour, bringing the energy with their hits “Twerkulator” and “305” on each date save for the show happening in Boston, Massachusetts. The tour is sponsored by Live Nation. Related Stories The tour will k...
Bad Bunny’s ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ Is Spotify’s Most-Streamed Album of 2022
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Latinos continue to prove that culture doesn’t move without their contributions. Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti is the most streamed album in 2022 on Spotify. As per Hype Beast the Vega Baja, Puerto Rico native is putting up numbers this year, more than your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper. According to Billboard Magazine the musician has dethroned Drake for the most streamed artist of this calendar. Related Stories His latest effort Un Verano Si Ti (A Summer Without You in English) has broken some very important streaming records including the most streamed artist in one day with 183 million on the day of its release (May 6). On Friday all 23 songs from the new LP charted on Spotify’s Daily Top Songs Global chart, with s...
HHW Gaming: Sorry PS4 & Xbox One Owners, You Need A PS5 or Xbox Series X To Play ‘Gotham Knights’
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: WB Games / Gotham Knights It looks like video game studios are slowly transitioning away from the PS4 and Xbox One, and we think that is a good idea. Gotham Knights will be the next big video game that only next-generation console owners will be able to enjoy. Tuesday (May.10), Warner Bros. Interactive unveiled a new gameplay demo of its highly anticipated game Gotham Knights, which also came with some disheartening news. The studio announced the game would no longer be coming to last-generation systems. That is a complete 360 from original news when Gotham Knights was first announced in 2020 when Warner Bros. Interactive said the game would be coming to the PS4 and Xbox One. [embedded content] As for the reasoning for the decision, the studio said ...
Rapper Gunna In Fulton County Jail On RICO Charge
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Fulton County PD / Fulton County Sheriff’s Department Gunna is in custody in Fulton County Jail and facing RICO charges. The Atlanta rapper was named in the indictment, along with Young Thug, that came down on Monday (May 9) accusing his YSL label of participating in a myriad gang racketeering crimes. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Gunna, born Sergio Giavonni Kitchens, 28, was booked into the Fulton jail on early Wednesday morning (May 11). Related Stories Gunna is facing one count of conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. Per the 88-page indictment, the Young Stoner Life label and its affiliates are a gang (Young Slime Life) involved in crimes like drug dealing and murder, amongst others. Besi...
Nine Inch Nails, Misfits, Sunny Day Real Estate Set For Riot Fest
Nine Inch Nails, My Chemical Romance and The Original Misfits will headline the 2022 edition of Riot Fest, which will take place Sept. 16-18 at Chicago’s Douglass Park. The event also features the first confirmed performance since 2010 of the reunited Sunny Day Real Estate, news of which was exclusively revealed by SPIN in January. The Original Misfits will perform their classic debut album Walk Among Us at Riot Fest, in celebration of its 40th anniversary. Other top acts on the bill include Bauhaus, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Portugal. The Man, Jimmy Eat World, Yungblud, Ice Cube, Jawbox, Yellowcard and Sleater-Kinney. Tickets are on sale now at Riot Fest’s Web site. One of the only major U.S. festivals not affiliated with a multi-national promoter, Riot Fest has long been a reunion destination for...
Anitta’s Global Vision: A Trilingual Takeover
Indio, Calif., and Rio de Janeiro are nearly 7,000 miles apart. Indio is a desert, and Rio a tropical beach paradise; Rio a bustling metropolis of nearly 7 million people, and Indio, for most of the year, a sleepy small town. But in mid-April, the disparate locales somehow became one when Anitta turned Coachella into a Brazilian Carnival. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Sérgio Mendes’ classic samba “Mas Que Nada” played over the speakers; then, as it transitioned into her own “Onda Diferente,” the 29-year-old rode a motorcycle onto the main stage, wearing a spangled and feathered Roberto Cavalli ensemble in yellow, green and blue, the colors of the Brazilian flag. Over the course of the next 45 minutes, her eye-popping show — a mas...
