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BTS Announces New Album Will Be an Anthology With Three New Tracks
BTS on Wednesday shared a “logo trailer” for their upcoming album, revealing that the LP will arrive as an anthology of their entire music catalog with three new tracks. The visual compiles BTS’ different musical eras into short-form text slides, which read the names of their previous EPs and albums, including O!RUL8,2?, Skool Luv Affair, Love Yourself: Tear, Map of the Soul: 7, Be. and more. Proof will celebrate the leading K-pop group’s ninth anniversary, according to a statement from their label, Big Hit Entertainment. “The BTS anthology album that embodies the history of BTS will be released as they begin a new chapter as an artist that has been active for nine years to look back on their endeavors,” the statement read. “The anthology album Proof that cons...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2022: Women and ‘80s Pop Win Big
On Wednesday morning, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced the seven artists who will be inducted this November in Los Angeles: Pat Benatar, Duran Duran, Eminem, Eurythmics, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, and Carly Simon. Eminem is the only artist who just became eligible this year, although Duran Duran, Parton, Richie and Simon were also first-year ballot Hall of Famers. After a few years that saw many guitar-driven arena rock bands join the Hall, the 2022 class includes lots of synthesizers, pop balladeers, and a little country and hip-hop. The field was narrowed down from the 17 artists nominated in February, with A Tribe Called Quest, Beck, Kate Bush, Devo, Judas Priest, Fela Kuti, MC5, New York Dolls, Rage Against the Machine, and Dionne Warwick left out this year. Judas Preist will...
‘LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’ Celebrates ‘Star Wars’ Day With ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 and ‘The Bad Batch’ DLC
In celebration of “May the Fourth” Star Wars Day, Warner Bros. Games has now announced new DLC characters joining LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, featuring your favorite personalities from both season two of The Mandalorian and the animated series The Bad Batch. On the Mandalorian front, some of the standout characters from season two will be joining the likes of Din Djarin and Grogu aka Baby Yoda, including the former Jedi Ahsoka Tano, the infamous Boba Fett and his new-found partner Fennec Shand, Mandalore’s legendary Bo Katan, and the evil Empire loyalist Moff Gideon. As for The Bad Batch, the DLC will include all five of the clone misfits: Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, Crosshair and Echo. All 10 characters will be joining the existing roster of Character Collectio...
‘Fortnite’ Unlocks ‘Star Wars’ Outfits, Weapons and More for May the 4th Event
Fortnite is celebrating Star Wars Day — May the 4th — by unlocking franchise-inspired outfits, weapons, quests and more for a two-week event, Epic Games announced on Tuesday. Every non-Battle Pass Star Wars outfit that has been in the Item Shop will return for the limited-time celebration. Among those making a comeback are the Imperial Stormtrooper outfit, Kylo Ren, Zorii Bliss, Finn, Rey, Sith Trooper, Boba Fett, Fennec Shand and Krrsantan. The Mandalorian skin, which previously appeared in a Battle Pass, will not return. In terms of weapons, the gamer has added different-colored lightsabers from franchise staples Luke Skywalker, Kylo Ren, Mace Windu and Obi-Wan Kenobi, which previously appeared in Fortnite during a 2019 event in support of The Rise of Skywalker‘s release. Elsew...
Beach House Score New Netflix Movie Along for the Ride: Watch a Clip
Beach House scored the new Netflix film Along for the Ride, based on the 2009 young adult book of the same name by Sarah Dessen. It’s the Baltimore, Maryland, group’s first-ever feature film score. Below, watch a clip from the movie featuring music from the band. Scroll down for the Along for the Ride trailer, which does not feature the score. Sofia Alvarez, who wrote and directed the film, said in a statement: Along for the Ride is a movie about teenage insomniacs with much of the action taking place at night. Beach House’s dream pop sound is so lucid and nostalgic with an emotional current that buzzes through your body while you listen to it—all things, I was hoping, the movie would evoke as well. It felt like such a perfect fit to me that I would have been devastated if they had not wan...
Wu-Lu Announces Debut Warp Album, Shares Video for New Song: Watch
The south London–based musician and producer Wu-Lu (aka Miles Romans-Hopcraft) has announced his new album Loggerhead. It’s out July 8 via Warp. Today, he’s shared the lead single “Blame” and its Denisha Anderson–directed video. “‘Blame’ is about a breakdown in communication between my inner voice and external voice, and a situation that arose which led me to end a relationship,” Wu-Lu said in a statement. Watch the visual below. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Loggerhead: 01 Take Stage02 Night Pill [ft. Asha]03 Facts04 Scrambled Tricks05 South [ft. Lex Amor]06 Calo Paste [ft. Léa Sen]07 Slightly08 Blame09 Ten10 Road Trip11 Times12 Broken Homes
Broken Social Scene Announce North American Tour and New Graphic Novel
Broken Social Scene have announced a string of North American tour dates kicking off in September. The Toronto indie collective will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the breakthrough LP You Forgot It in People on the upcoming trek, performing the album in full at each concert. Tickets go on sale Friday (May 6). Find Broken Social Scene’s full schedule below. Broken Social Scene have also announced a new graphic novel in conjunction with the pivotal LP. They’ve paired with Z2 comics and writer Lonnie Nadler for Broken Social Scene: You Forgot It in People, The Graphic Novel. The book reimagines the LP into a series of intertwining vignettes. Along with Nadler, 13 visual artists contributed to the graphic novel, which will be released along with a 10″ vinyl single of “Lover’s Spi...
070 Shake Details New Album, Shares New Song: Listen
070 Shake has announced the release date for her new album You Can’t Kill Me: The musician’s second studio LP is due out June 3 (via G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam). Below, check out Shake’s new single “Web,” as well as the full tracklist for You Can’t Kill Me. “Web” follows You Can’t Kill Me lead single “Skin and Bones,” which 070 Shake shared last month. In December, she shared the NLE Choppa collaboration “Lose My Cool.” Initially intended as a single for her new album—then titled You Can’t Kill Me Because I Don’t Exist—“Lose My Cool” does not appear on the album’s current tracklist. In 2020, 070 Shake released her debut album Modus Vivendi. Check out Pitchfork’s feature “070 Shake Moves Beyond the Buzz.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. You Can’t Kill Me:...
Oscar Isaac Reveals He Wishes ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ “Was a Better Film”
In a recent interview with the New York Times, Oscar Isaac recounts his time filming X-Men: Apocalypse. Isaac has most notably played the role of the titular antagonist in the 2016 film and has once called his experience excruciating due to the amount of prosthetics he had to wear. In a 2018 GQ interview, Isaac revealed, “I didn’t know when I said yes that that was what was going to be happening. That I was going to be encased in glue, latex, and a 40-pound suit – that I had to wear a cooling mechanism at all times. I couldn’t move my head, ever.” He shared the difficulties of maneuvering in the suit, “And I had to sit on a specially designed saddle, because that’s the only thing I could really sit on, and I would be rolled into a cooling tent in-between takes. And so I just wouldn’t ever ...
‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Set Images Showcase New Team Uniform and Hint at Film’s Main Villain
With Thor: Love and Thunder coming this July, the God of Thunder’s newest group of friends in the Guardians of the Galaxy are now gearing up for production for the team’s third standalone film, and new set photos have emerged showcasing a brand new uniform as well as a hint at who the main villain of the film might be. Featured below, the set images showcase both lead actor Chris Pratt‘s Star-Lord as well as Karen Gillan‘s Nebula dressed in the now-iconic Guardians uniform that debuted with Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning’s comic book run for the group back in 2008. The almost 15-year-old story arc is also said to form the core of James Gunn’s new project, introducing the long-awaited Adam Warlock, who is now being portrayed by Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and The Revenant veteran Will Poul...
Darth Vader Returns in New Trailer for Disney+ Miniseries ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’
Disney+ has shared a new trailer for its forthcoming series, Obi-Wan Kenobi, releasing later this month. Starring Ewan McGregor in a reprisal of his iconic role as the Jedi Master, the show takes place ten years after 2005’s Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. “The story begins 10 years after the dramatic events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” where Obi-Wan Kenobi faced his greatest defeat—the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as evil Sith Lord Darth Vader,” a description of the series reads. While previous trailers have teased the backstory of the exiled Kenobi, this new video closes with a montage of close-up shots of the bionic suit of Vader (portrayed by Hayden Christensen) being assembled. After l...
Dwayne Johnson Voices Krypto the Dog in New ‘DC League of Super-Pets’ Trailer
The Dwayne Johnson-voiced animated dog Krypto is loving life in a new trailer for the upcoming film DC League of Super-Pets, but his owner Clark Kent/Superman (John Krasinski), has other plans for the night, such as going on a date with a woman named Lois. Krypto, who has superpowers similar to those of his owner, promptly retaliates by jettisoning Lois into the ocean. “My dog’s the best,” Superman says. “But he’s not the greatest with other animals.” When the Justice League is kidnapped by a tiny guinea pig, Lulu (Kate McKinnon), Krypto has to learn to get along with a gang of shelter pets with superpowers in order to save their owners. Among the group is a hound named Ace (Kevin Hart), a pig named PB (Vanessa Bayer), a turtle named Merton (Natasha Lyonne) and a squirrel named Chip (Diego...
