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ALEX LIFESON’s ENVY OF NONE Project Releases ‘Look Inside’ Single
ENVY OF NONE, the new band from Alex Lifeson (RUSH), Andy Curran (CONEY HATCH), Alfio Annibalini and singer Maiah Wynne, will release its self-titled debut album on April 8 via Kscope. The LP’s second single, “Look Inside”, can be streamed below. Lifeson is no stranger to the concept of evolution. As a founding member of RUSH, he’s been able to explore more musical ground than just about any other guitar player out there — taking rock to new progressive heights throughout the decades and always in the most wildly inventive of ways. His influence can be heard on countless bands around the world, from indie shoegaze and math rock to heavy metal and beyond. Over the last few years, Lifeson has been focusing on a new project that, no matter how well-acquainted you are w...
Kanye West’s ‘The College Dropout’ Projected to Return to No. 15 on Billboard 200
Kanye “Ye” West‘s debut studio record, The College Dropout, is projected to move up to No. 15 on next week’s Billboard 200. According to HITS Daily Double, the record is expected to earn 19,900 equivalent album units — including 3,500 in album sales — thanks to Ye’s Netflix documentary series, jeen-yuhs. The rapper’s 2021 album DONDA is also looking to land on next week’s No. 19 slot, giving West two titles in the top 20. The College Dropout was released in 2004 opened at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and was certified four-times platinum by the RIAA in 2021. jeen-yuhs, which just premiered its third and final episode, covered the creation of the album and the lead-up to the rapper’s record deal with Roc-A-Fella, which was initially plagued by problems. In related news, Kanye West was named a...
Animal Collective Announce Additional 2022 Tour Dates
Hop into your Time Skiffs and get us to the summer because Animal Collective has expanded their 2022 US tour into June. See the full itinerary below. Previously a 15-city trek along the east coast and midwest, the newly-announced shows take place in May and June and stretch the band’s North American leg to the west. The jaunt now includes stops in Portland, Denver, and Austin as well as The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and The Warfield in San Francisco. The US run now concludes on June 4th in Madison, Wisconsin. Pre-sale for the additional dates begins on Thursday, March 3rd while general public follows on Friday, March 4th. Find your spot in the Collective via Ticketmaster. Advertisement Related Video The new shows also tout Philadelphia rockers Spirit of the Beehive in the supporting slo...
R.I.P. Alan Ladd Jr, Legendary Film Exec Behind Star Wars, Braveheart, Blade Runner Dead at 84
Alan Ladd Jr., the legendary film executive who greenlit Star Wars and produced such films as Braveheart and Blade Runner, has died at the age of 84. Via Variety, his daughter Amanda Ladd-Jones confirmed the news in a Facebook post. “With the heaviest of hearts, we announce that on March 2, 2022, Alan Ladd, Jr. died peacefully at home surrounded by his family,” she wrote. “Words cannot express how deeply he will be missed. His impact on films and filmmaking will live on in his absence.” Born October 22nd, 1937, Ladd Jr. grew up in the shadow of his famous father, the actor Alan Ladd (Shane). While he never became a household name like his dad, his mark on the film industry is undeniable. Advertisement Related Video Ladd Jr. began his career as an agent, workin...
We Took a Moment to Question the Nature of Reality With The Dropout’s William H. Macy
The Dropout is a true-crime story that happened right in front of our eyes, as a young woman named Elizabeth Holmes (played in the Hulu series by Amanda Seyfried) became a Silicon Valley darling with her concept for a blood-testing device that could revolutionize the health care industry — if it worked, that is. One of the first people to decry Holmes as a fraud was Richard Fuisz (William H. Macy), a family friend of the Holmes who took offense at his neighbor’s daughter getting involved in medical technology — his field of expertise — without consulting him. His investigation into Holmes’ work ended up being key to the reveal that her company was raising a billion dollars of funding for fraudulent devices, even while his obsession with exposing Holmes as a fraud coincided with the end of ...
R.I.P. Chuck Criss, Freelance Whales Member Dead at 36
Chuck Criss, a multi-instrumentalist who performed in the indie rock band Freelance Whales, has died by suicide at age 36. News of Chuck’s death was announced by his brother, Darren Criss, on Wednesday. “The last several years were increasingly difficult for Chuck as he struggled to find stability during an unfortunate rough patch in his life,” Criss wrote in a note posted to Instagram. “Despite our very vocal concerns about his well-being, and his protestations that everything was fine, it’s crushing to say now that Chuck clearly had had a severe depression welling up in him for some time, a depression that was only worsened by a lifelong struggle he had with expressing his feelings – a dangerous combination truly outmatched by his all-too-incredible ability to conceal it. Not just f...
Funimation Is Officially Merging With Crunchyroll After Sony Acquisition
Anime fans will finally be able to find any series they need under just one platform. Back in August last year, Funimation owner Sony completed its purchase of rival anime streaming platform Crunchyroll for almost $1.2 billion USD, and now the tech and media giant have officially announced the merger of the two services. Interestingly enough, Sony has decided to forego the Funimation branding, instead migrating all content from its subsidiary over to Crunchyroll, which will now become the main — and only — service. Combined, the streaming platform will have “more than 40,000 episodes and over 16,000 hours of content,” including anime series and films with subs and dubs. More content will gradually make its way over to Crunchyroll as well. As for what this means for Funimation subscribers, ...
John DiMaggio To Reprise Voice Role of Bender in ‘Futurama’ Revival
Voice actor John DiMaggio, who gave life to the character of Bender in Futurama, has officially boarded Hulu’s revival of the fan-favorite comedy series. DiMaggio confirmed the news with a statement expressing his gratitude for his fans, family and colleagues during #Bendergate: “I’M BACK, BABY! So damn grateful for the love and support of fans and colleagues alike during this whole time (especially my wife, Kate), and I cannot wait to get back to work with my ‘Futurama’ family,” DiMaggio said in a statement. “#Bendergate is officially over, so put it on the back of a shelf behind Xmas decorations, or maybe in that kitchen drawer with all of the other crap you put in there like old unusable crazy glue, or maybe even put it in a jar you save farts in. Whatever floats your boat, I don’t care...
HBO Announces Postponement of ‘The Larry David Story’ Documentary One Day Before Supposed Premiere
The premiere of HBO‘s highly-anticipated The Larry David Story documentary will be postponed. HBO confirmed the news on social media, tweeting, “The #LarryDavidStory on @HBOMax is being postponed. Instead, Larry has decided he wants to do it in front of an audience.” The two-part documentary, helmed by Larry Charles, was set to premiere on March 1. The Larry David Story follows the start of David’s journey into comedy, beginning with his standup career all the way to his co-creating efforts for Seinfeld and his most recent eleven seasons of the ground-breaking series Curb Your Enthusiasm. “Twenty-five years old, I didn’t know what I wanted to do. Well, what do you do when you’re talking and people are laughing? You do comedy,” David can be heard saying in the initial trailer...
Take a First Look at Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna in Roku’s ‘Weird Al’ Biopic
Evan Rachel Wood is channeling her inner “Material Girl” in Roku‘s upcoming Weird Al Yankovic biopic, sharing a first look of her portrayal of Madonna. Both the actress and Rolling Stone unveiled the photo, which shows Wood sporting a lavender tulle skirt, a lace cardigan and fingerless gloves, a myriad of necklaces and bracelets — including the cross earrings — and her teased blonde hair with a black hairband. “The secret’s out! I am having WAY TOO MUCH FUN playing the iconic Madonna in @therokuchannel’s WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story with Daniel Radcliffe,” the actress wrote on Instagram. The first look image arrives shortly after Roku also teased Daniel Radcliffe‘s transformation into Weird Al Yankovic, where he can be seen wearing a Hawaiian shirt, curly hair and glasses. Joining Radclif...
Bob Dylan goes meta as Sony and Universal partner with Snowcrash NFT platform
Solana-based NFT marketplace Snowcrash has announced that Sony Music and Universal Music Group — the two largest music labels in the world — have officially partnered with the upcoming platform. The two music labels will release Bob Dylan and Miles Davis NFT collections later this year, ahead of wider integration with their rosters of artists. Jesse Dylan, who probably not coincidentally is Bob Dylan’s son, is the co-founder of the Snowcrash marketplace, which draws its namesake from Neal Stephenson’s 1992 sci-fi novel that also invented the term Metaverse. Bob Dylan is a major investment by both labels: UMG spent around $400 million on his song catalog in 2020, while Sony bought his recorded music rights for more than $150 million last year. In a statement, Dylan the younger stipulated th...
Watch Bad Bunny Fight Brad Pitt in Trailer for New Movie Bullet Train
Bad Bunny is set to star in the new Sony Pictures action movie Bullet Train. In the film’s first trailer, released today, the Puerto Rican rapper-singer can be seen starting a fight with Brad Pitt on the namesake train after stabbing him in the chest. Watch it below. Bullet Train will hit theaters on July 15. The David Leitch–directed film will also star Michael Shannon, Joey King, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Zazie Beetz, and more. It’s based on the Japanese novel Maria Beetle by Kotaro Isaka and features a script written by Zak Olkewicz. Bad Bunny is currently on the road for his extensive 2022 tour, which will continue through the fall. His last album, El Último Tour del Mundo, came out in 2020. Since then, Bad Bunny has released a handful of new songs, including “Volví,” “D...
