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POISON Frontman BRET MICHAELS Lends His Voice To ‘Affordable Insulin Now’ Act
POISON frontman and lifelong Type 1 diabetic Bret Michaels is lending his voice to the Affordable Insulin Now act which would cap insulin prices at $35 for people with private health plans and Medicare Part D plans. Michaels, currently on a solo tour and about to embark on “The Stadium Tour” with POISON this summer, fully favors the Affordable Insulin Now act and encourages his friends and followers to make sure they tell their representatives and government officials to vote in favor of the act. Michaels partnered with EASE T1D and worked with California aenator Richard Roth to fight for the passage of what became SB97 in California, bringing much-needed diabetes education to school children. “All diabetics deserve a fighting chance to afford insulin,” states Micha...
Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite Announces Memoir Spaceships Over Glasgow
Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite has announced a memoir. Spaceships Over Glasgow: Mogwai and Misspent Youth is out September 1 via White Rabbit. The book covers his time in Mogwai, his early love for bands like Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, and Jesus and Mary Chain, and his formative live encounters with Nirvana and the Cure. Its title is a lyric from 2001’s “Take Me Somewhere Nice.” “I am immensely proud to be working with White Rabbit on my first book Spaceships Over Glasgow,” Braithwaite said in a statement. “The process of researching it and writing it has been challenging but one that I’ve really enjoyed. It’s incredibly exciting to be able to share it with the world.” He added on Twitter that the book was about his “teenage idiocy, life in general, gigs and playing in Mogwai.”
KeiyaA Shares New Song “Camille’s Daughter”: Listen
KeiyaA has returned with a new song that’s set to appear on the new compilation Soon Come from Errol and Alex Rita’s south London–based music incubator Touching Bass. The track, “Camille’s Daughter,” is the first new music from KeiyaA as lead artist since the release of her 2020 debut Forever, Ya Girl. Find it below. Soon Come is out July 1. The A-side, which includes KeiyaA’s song, has a theme of “day” while the B-side is themed “night.” Today, a new song from the B-side by Ben Hauke called “Turn It On” was also shared. Revisit the Rising feature “KeiyaA’s Divine Soul.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Faye Webster Shares Video for New Song “Car Therapy”: Watch
Faye Webster has shared the video for her new song “Car Therapy.” Directed by Sean Valdivieso and edited by hbaCreate, it shows the process of recording at Spacebomb Studios with a Trey Pollard–led orchestra for an orchestral EP. Car Therapy Sessions is out April 29 via Secretly Canadian. Watch the video below. The new EP features songs from I Know I’m Funny Haha and Atlanta Millionaires Club. “The recording experience was beautiful, I was truly fighting tears,” Webster said in a statement. “I think I had actually even cried listening to the demos. I was put in a position where I could see the conductor as well as the producer, which I needed because I honestly couldn’t pick up on my cues sometimes even though I wrote the songs. I was so distracted in how beautiful the orchestra soun...
Harlem Festival of Culture, Inspired by Questlove’s Summer of Soul, Announced for 2023
Today, the inaugural Harlem Festival of Culture has been announced. The event was inspired by Questlove’s award–winning documentary Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised), which centered on the long-forgotten Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969. The reimagined festival will take place in the summer of 2023 at the same location as the original event: Marcus Garvey Park, formerly known as Mount Morris Park. Exact dates have not been revealed, however the lead-up to the event will consist of a series of live entertainment and social and economic development programs, culminating with a multi-day outdoor music festival, according to press materials. The Harlem Festival of Culture was founded by Musa Jackson, (editor in chief of Ambassador Digital Magazine) wh...
Should Leah Be More Understanding Of Jaylan’s Teen Mom 2 Move?
Leah and Jaylan have repeatedly stated their intentions to live closer to each other and not date at a distance. But during tonight’s Teen Mom 2 episode, the couple — who just officially became boyfriend and girlfriend — experienced a setback in their shared goal. Jaylan got a job in West Virginia, but it was not as close to Leah as she had hoped and he needed to be “in person for a bit” (aka not work remotely). Leah pondered why he would not just stay in Georgia since they wouldn’t be in close proximity regardless. “It’s eight hours versus two hours,” he explained to Leah. “Georgia is out of reach, babe.” “I think long-distance is long-distance any way you look at it,” Leah countered. “It’s not like ...
MTV To Explore What It’s Like To Be In A Secret Relationship
Help! is on the way for some individuals who are in a secret relationship. Recording artist Travis Mills and actress Rahne Jones are set to host MTV’s brand-new docuseries, Help! I’m in a Secret Relationship!, which will premiere on April 26. The premise: Mills and Jones will help individuals in long-term romances find out why they are being hidden from their partner’s family and friends. At the end of each episode, the “Hidden” will confront their partner and find out the shocking truth behind their significant other’s deception. Will the “hider” come clean and agree to make their relationship public, or will it be the end of the road for these couples? Get the first look at Help! I’m in a Secret Relationship! in the clip above, and do not miss th...
Jewel Sets the Record Straight
The otherwise musically-mononymous Jewel Kilcher’s story could be a lesson in real-life fairy tales: the rural Alaskan native who yodeled with her cowboy-musician dad, slept enchantedly under star-filled skies with her ranch animals, and was so free-spirited she once lived out of her car, taking photos to prove it, smiling, guitar in hand. By the time she was 20, she had signed a deal with Atlantic Records and in 1995, she released her multi-platinum debut Pieces of You. From there she rode off into a Grammy-nominated, stardom-laced sunset. But that’s hardly the whole story. “The big misconception, I think, in my career was that I was living in my car for my dream,” Jewel tells me. “That was not the case, I was living in my car because a boss wanted to have sex with me and when I wouldn’t,...
Trek to Yomi Delivers a New Take on the Classic Samurai Tale
As often as the adjective of “Japanese” gets thrown around to describe a video game, there’s a big difference between a game that just happens to be made by a Japanese team, one that’s set in Japan, and one that actually channels the spirit of the historic nation. Trek to Yomi is most definitely the third of these options, with a setting, plot and style that are all distinctly channeling both classic samurai movies as well as real Japanese history. Ahead of its release next month, SPIN spoke with composer and music producer Cody Johnson (Lost Soul Aside, Resident Evil 2) as well as composer and music director Yoko Honda to get the inside scoop about Trek to Yomi’s authentically Japanese soundtrack. As an added bonus, the co-composers were kind enough to share a brand new track, “Uchū,” whi...
Lucius Want Us to Dance Through the Pain
It’s late morning in early April and Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe – otherwise known as Lucius – look like Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe. This is only a notable thing because when they perform together, they don’t so much appear as themselves but as two arms of the same whole: voices twisted and wrapped around each other like structural vines, their matching hair and mirrored outfits like looking at one figure with over-rubbed eyes. Their physical presentation is just one part of how this duo of exquisite singer-songwriters toys with the idea of harmony, and how voices and music can blend to create its own new beating heart – how it all becomes, as their new album is titled Second Nature. “I’m in my pajamas,” says Laessig, looking down at her blue sleepshirt, Zooming from bed. Wolfe, in Nash...
The Kills Announce 17th Anniversary Double Album Reissue of No Wow
The Kills announced a 17th-anniversary (interesting number choice but sure why not) deluxe reissue of their 2005 album No Wow out June 3 via Domino. The reissue features the original recording and a new mix by Tchad Blake. Blake’s mix of the title track “No Wow” is out now alongside an accompanying music video. Directed by Sally Walker-Hudecki, it features a collage of Super 8 footage with elements of the original 2005 video directed by Kenneth Cappello. [embedded content][embedded content] The deluxe edition features a gold foil gatefold LP jacket, black-and-gold smoke vinyl LP, an exclusive 5×7 print, and a four-page booklet. A 2 CD including both versions, a single LP version of the Tchad Blake Mix 2022 on black vinyl and indie exclusive gold vinyl, and a single LP version of the origin...
Belle and Sebastian Release New Single ‘Young and Stupid’
Belle and Sebastian unveiled their latest single “Young and Stupid.” The song is off their upcoming new album A Bit Of Previous out May 6 via Matador. The single is accompanied by a lyric video showcasing the band members’ family photo albums which adds to the nostalgic nature of the track. [embedded content][embedded content] “Young and Stupid” is the second single off of A Bit Of Previous, preceded by “Unnecessary Drama.” The band recorded the album in the spring of 2020 in Glasgow. “We did it together, us and the city. This record was the first ‘full’ LP recording for B&S in Glasgow since Fold Your Hands Child, 1999. We clocked in every morning, we played our songs, we wrote together, we tried new things, we took the proverbial lump of clay, and we threw it every day,” Stuart M...
