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RÜFÜS DU SOL Announce Summer 2022 North American Tour
After recently announcing one of their biggest outings to date at Washington’s iconic Gorge Amphitheater, RÜFÜS DU SOL have announced they’ll be bringing the action all summer long. The beloved electronic outfit released their captivating Surrender album in October 2021, a timeframe that straddled the group’s fall tour at the time. Since Surrender, however, they’ve been more in-demand than ever, from performing on major late night television programs like Jimmy Kimmel Live to earning headlining slots at a myriad of major music festivals. The duo also earned themselves a Grammy nod in the category of Best Dance/Electronic Recording for their haunting single “Alive.” Now, RÜFÜS DU SOL are putting pedal to the metal with the first seven tour stops on their ...
Above & Beyond Create Cinematic Soundtrack for Climate Change Documentary, “The Last Glaciers”
This year’s World Water Day will arrive with an earnest message: our world’s glaciers are in a fragile state. Above & Beyond are contributing their production prowess to a new documentary, The Last Glaciers, which explores the effects of climate change on some of the world’s oldest landmarks. Spearheaded by Craig Leeson and Malcolm Wood, the 40-minute documentary takes viewers on a simultaneous journey through Antarctica, the Himalaya, Alps, and the Andes, home to the world’s most challenging and breathtaking environments. Above & Beyond’s soundtracking efforts mark the legendary trio’s first of their career. They find themselves in good company with classically trained British composer and producer Darren ...
MÅNESKIN Announces First-Ever North American Tour
Italian rockers MÅNESKIN have announced details for their first world tour, which will consist of 48 dates spanning across North America and Europe. The “Loud Kids” tour dates, produced by Live Nation, have expanded to include the band’s very first headline tour of North America, as well as upgrades and additions to their rescheduled European indoor shows due to popular demand. Commencing on October 31 in Seattle, the tour will see MÅNESKIN play 17 North American cities — including stops in New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Washington and Canada — before embarking on their rescheduled European tour in 2023, plus new dates. Due to popular demand, MÅNESKIN have upgraded European shows to iconic venues including London’s O2 Arena, Accor Arena in Paris, Berlin’s Merce...
BLACK SABBATH’s GEEZER BUTLER Teams Up With YELLOWHEART To Launch Multi-Part NFT Graphic Novel
YellowHeart, the NFT marketplace for music, ticketing and community tokens which accepts both crypto and credit card payments, has teamed up with Geezer Butler, legendary Grammy Award-winning musician, songwriter and bass player and founding member of BLACK SABBATH, for his first-ever NFT, a graphic novel called “The Antibody Collection” which will go live on March 25 at 12 p.m. EST. The exclusive multi-part NFT collection will offer each chapter as an animated limited edition NFT, each featuring original bass driven-music composed by Geezer Butler, as well as original artwork by notable artist KOL (Kolin Humphries). Butler will also donate his proceeds from the NFT to various organizations involved in Ukrainian relief efforts including IFAW, Harmony Fund, Save The Children and...
Ignite – IGNITE
RATING: 9/10 IGNITE‘s new self-titled album comes six years after the release of their previous full-length, “A War Against You”. But the tangible excitement that radiates from “Ignite” makes the band sound like they never missed a day. Yet in that time, they underwent a major member change, with Eli Santana (HOLY GRAIL) taking over vocal duties. And while his style isn’t much different from Zoltán “Zoli” Téglás, there is an infectious energy that Santana brings to the record. By self-titling a release that’s more than 25 years into their career, IGNITE are clearly celebrating a new beginning. “Ignite” is brimming with the charms of West Coast skate punk: quick tempos, group vocals and adrenaline-fueled, anti-establishment l...
Under Satan’s Wrath – MYSTIFIER / LUCIFER’S CHILD
RATING: 7/10 Demos and splits have been cherished building blocks for numerous death and black metal bands since the tape trading days of the early eighties and nineties. While the rightfully romanticized tape trading network is now a page from a chapter of metal’s past, to new bands the value of these kinds of releases continues to be relevant. Established bands, too, keep that flame burning. Brazil’s classic blackened death horde MYSTIFER has just partnered with the Greek black metal entity LUCIFER’S CHILD for a thoroughly enjoyable split release titled “Under Satan’s Wrath”, a collection that features three tracks from each band. MYSTIFIER has been spewing its bestial sonic bile since 1989, revered among devotees of death, black and war metal alike. T...
Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Readies Speed Duel GX: Duel Academy Box and Midterm Paradox Mini Box Release
Following the release of the Speed Duel: Battle City box, Konami‘s Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game is now set to release the “Speed Duel GX: Duel Academy Box” and “Speed Duel GX: Midterm Paradox.” Just like the popular Speed Duel: Battle City Box, the Speed Duel GX: Duel Academy Box is designed to allow eight players play in a dynamic tournament experience. Aside from brand new Skill Cards introducing legendary Duelists from the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime, the collector’s set features decks centered around Jaden Yuki’s Elemental HEROs, Aster Phoenix’s Destiny HEROs, Dr. Crowler’s Ancient Gears and more. The Speed Duel GX: Duel Academy Box features 200 cards with Secret Rare variants of iconic GX-era cards. Continuing the focus on the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX animated series, the Speed Duel GX: Midterm Paradox Min...
Life Story of KFC Founder Colonel Sanders To Be Explored in New Film ‘A Finger Lickin’ Good Story’
The life story of KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders is being adapted into a film entitled A Finger Lickin’ Good Story: The Life of Colonel Sanders. According to reports, the movie will be based on the book The Colonel’s Secret: Eleven Herbs and a Spicy Daughter, which was written by Sanders’ daughter Margaret and released in 1996. “Margaret Sanders’ 1996 book is laced with humor but also tells of a sometimes complicated relationship she had with her father. It’s a first-hand account of how Harland Sanders built Kentucky Fried Chicken, now one of the world’s largest restaurant chains,” Deadline adds. “I knew Sanders was a real man but I had no idea how many jobs he had, how many failures, how many challenges, but the biggest surprise was that he was around 65 years old when he set out to ...
Samuel L. Jackson Teases Nick Fury Appearances In ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ and ‘The Marvels’
Samuel L. Jackson has seemingly confirmed that his Marvel character Nick Fury will be appearing in both the upcoming Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and The Marvels. In a recent interview on the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast, the actor revealed that during his work on Secret Invasion for Disney+ recently in London, he also visited the neighboring sets for the other two films. “When I was in London just now, it was [Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania], and [The Marvels] was happening, and we were getting ready to do [Secret Invasion],” Jackson said. “So it was like, three Marvel movies on one lot. I was kind of running around from place to place.” The 73-year-old actor went on to joke about how many more appearances he can make in the MCU: “Well, you know, it’s kind...
Michael B. Jordan and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II To Star in Amazon Thriller ‘I Helped Destroy People’
Michael B. Jordan and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II have signed on to co-star in Amazon’s I Helped Destroy People, a thriller based on a 2021 New York Times article of the same name written by Janet Reitman. The article tells the story of F.B.I. agent Terry Albury, who was tasked with investigating Muslim communities in the aftermath of 9/11 as the only Black agent at his bureau. After 16 years at the job, Albury became disillusioned by the war on terror and began leaking classified documents, which eventually landed him a four-year prison sentence. Following a competitive situation, Amazon Studios landed the rights to the project. Ben Watkins, the creator of Amazon’s Hand of God series, will be writing the script. Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo will produce the film for Outlier Society, alongside Ab...
Christina Ricci Joins Cast of Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’ Addams Series
Christina Ricci is officially joining the cast of Netflix‘s Wednesday, the streamer’s upcoming series focused on The Addams Family daughter who she portrayed twice in the ’90s. Netflix announced the news on social media but confirmed that the actress will not be playing the role of a grown-up Wednesday, much to the dismay of the fans who signed a petition asking Netflix to cast Ricci in her old role. “Yes, it’s true — the magnificent Christina Ricci is joining the cast of the new Wednesday Addams series as an exciting new character *snap snap*,” the tweet read. Wednesday will be Tim Burton‘s directorial TV debut and will follow Wednesday as a student — but with a supernatural twist: “The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at ...
Denzel Curry and T-Pain Bemoan Their “Troubles” on New Single: Stream
We’re one step closer to hearing one of our most anticipated albums of 2022: Denzel Curry has shared the T-Pain-featuring single “Troubles” today, another sample of his upcoming album Melt My Eyez See Your Future before it drops this Friday, March 25th. Produced by Curry’s frequent collaborator Kenny Beats, “Troubles” sees him and fellow Floridian T-Pain detail their rise to fame, and the unexpected grievances that come along with being in the public eye. “Maneuver through the game I put my n***** in a huddle/ Now we all just running routes and fitting pieces to the puzzle,” Curry spits in his trademark rasp. Then, T-Pain’s instantly-recognizable vocals arrive in the chorus to deliver the track’s most pertinent line: “Got some problems that the music can’t fix.” Advertisement Related ...
