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MAYHEM And WATAIN Announce March/April 2022 North American Tour
Notorious Swedish black metal collective WATAIN will join forces with equally infamous Norwegian black metal legends MAYHEM for a tour through North America, aptly labeled “The Sanguine Sodomy Of North America”, starting on March 7, 2022. They will be supported by U.S. blackened speed metal punks MIDNIGHT. WATAIN and MAYHEM issued the following statement: “MAYHEM and WATAIN are delighted to announce that what is to become known in history as the sanguine sodomy of North America is set to take place in the spring of 2022, with both our bands at the helm and with the infamous MIDNIGHT joining us as special guests. We hereby invite all of our North American friends and foes to celebrate the return of Darkness and Evil to your lands, and to join us in what is destined to beco...
Where Is America’s Oldest Record Store?
In many ways, the folks who own and work in record stores are some of the most important keepers of recorded music history. Digital music helped wipe out the big chains. Thankfully we still have mom and pop indie shops. They’ve kept the torches burning for genres that predate streaming, for artists that never had mainstream success — or ones whose work was never reissued — for sourcing rarities from unexpected places, and for rolling with the times, while still holding reverence for what came before. About 90 minutes east of Pittsburgh is George’s Song Shop, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It is believed to be the oldest record store in America. First opened nearly nine decades ago in 1932 by brothers Eugene and Bernie George, the store’s current owner John George (no relation) has been ...
Taylor Swift Wedding Crashes in ‘I Bet You Think About Me’ Video
Finally out from the vaults, Taylor Swift released “I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version)” with a video directed by actress Blake Lively. The song is one of the nine unreleased songs on her re-recorded album, Red (Taylor’s Version). The song also features vocals from country star Chris Stapleton. [embedded content][embedded content] The video shows Swift attempting to win over the character played by Whiplash star Miles Teller. She crashes his wedding, wearing only bright and fitting red outfits. The new video follows Swift’s other new video, the “All Too Well: The Short Film” featuring Dylan O’Brian and Sadie Sink, which was also released on November 12. Swift stopped at The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and Late Night With Seth Myers on the same night to discuss all of her ne...
Emotional Oranges Reflect on Their Creative Journey and LA Influences
Azad and Vali – or A and V as they like to be called – form the LA-based band, Emotional Oranges. Though the pair launched the group back in 2017, they have been a part of the music industry for some time; A as an audio engineer and V as a vocal coach, so it’s fair to say their musical expertise is far greater than many other rising artists. In the four years that the pair has been making music, they have already been on tours and released three studio albums, with Juicebox, their most recent album dropping earlier in June. Through their bodies of work, Emotional Oranges have established a distinctive sound that emulates the LA lifestyle: feel-good and considerably soothing. As part of the DHL Fast-Track program Emotional Oranges celebrate their LA roots in a virtual performance at the ren...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Josh Chesler, SPIN Deputy Editor
Name Josh Chesler, SPIN Deputy Editor Best known for Hanging out in tattoo shops, being the bearded guy on various TV shows and Twitch streams, and only interviewing bands I like as SPIN’s Deputy Editor. Current city Long Beach, CA Really want to be in Any place where I can turn my email off. Catch me in the South of France eating an endless buffet of fancy cheeses instead of my usual routine of responding to hundreds of emails. Excited about That week between Christmas and New Year’s where we all just kind of float around and pretend like we exist without actually doing anything. My current music collection has a lot of 2000s post-hardcore, punk rock, and third-wave emo. I might’ve outlived Myspace, but a lot of my favorite music didn’t. And a little bit of ...
‘Marvel’s Avengers’ Drops First Trailer Introducing Spider-Man
Earlier this month, Square Enix announced its upcoming content release schedule for Marvel’s Avengers, and one of the highlights was the introduction of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Now, the developer has dropped a fresh trailer offering fans of the game a first look at the character and how he’ll fit into the universe. Featured above, the almost two-minute clip showcases a cinematic sequence of Spidey fighting off AIM agents in his iconic acrobatic, web-slinging ways before uniting with the rest of the Avengers, which now include the recently released Black Panther as well as the first bonus character Kate Bishop. Most noticeably, unlike the more unique uniforms sported by the Avengers back at the game’s original launch, we see Spider-Man wearing a suit that seems to draw m...
Snoop Dogg Unveils Stacked Tracklist for 19th Studio Album ‘Algorithm’
With a new record on the way, Snoop Dogg has shared the official tracklist for Algorithm. The stacked 25-track project marks his first release as Def Jam’s Executive Creative and Strategic Consultant and will feature appearances from the likes of Mary J Blige, Ty Dolla $ign, Benny The Butcher, Jadakiss, Busta Rhymes and supergroup Mount Westmore with Ice Cube, E-40 and Too Short. Algorithm will mark Snoop’s second full-length release of the year following From tha Streets 2 tha Suites, which dropped on 4/20. Over the weekend, it was revealed that Snoop had signed Benny The Butcher to Def Jam. “I’m on Def Jam Records right,” Snoop said in an interview. “I’m a creative consultant executive, and just to let you know that it don’t exist no more, I’m going to announce on your show that I just s...
Taylor Swift: Red (Taylor’s Version)
Just beyond the bounds of normal human awareness lies a realm governed by a benevolent blonde whose songs are sacred texts. In wormholes on Tumblr and TikTok, you’ll discover a new language of signs and symbols, and a bounty of messages waiting to be decoded. Nail polish colors hold secret meanings. Halloween costumes are harbingers. Lost scarves are mythologized like lost arks. This is the Swiftiverse. Is Red (Taylor’s Version) really trying to exist anywhere else? The second of six albums that Swift is remaking from scratch to regain financial and legal control of her catalog, it’s built on the well-founded belief that her fandom will consume anything spun by her hands—even lightly retouched versions of songs that came out less than a decade ago, plus a fistful of contemporaneous unrelea...
Second ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Trailer Premiering This Week
The second trailer for Marvel and Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man: No Way Home is set to drop on November 16. The visual, which reportedly clocks in at around three minutes, will debut at a fan event at the Regal Sherman Oaks Galleria in the neighborhood Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles. Twitter user Spidey_Updates shared the invite to the event, which states that fans who plan on attending can expect “big surprises.” Many are speculating that Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire will appear in the trailer as leaked footage showed the previous franchise stars in the same scene as Tom Holland. In September, however, Garfield himself confirmed that the previous “leaks” involving his appearance were simply done on photoshop. “I heard about [the photo], and I did see it, and it’s a Photoshop. I’m trying to ma...
Disney+ Releases New Trailer for ‘The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder’
Disney+ is tugging at heartstrings and tapping into the early 200s nostalgia with the revival of The Proud Family. Over a decade and a half after the original series aired in 2005, the show’s spin-off The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder take fans back to the days of young Penny Proud as a teenager as she navigates life and family interactions with old favorites like Oscar Proud, Trudy Proud and Suga Mama. In the new Disney+ series, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder see the original cast members Kyla Pratt, Tommy Davidson, Paula Jai Parker and Jo Marie Payton reprise their roles on the show. However, the studio has brought on new additions including Lizzo, Chance the Rapper, Lil Nas X, Tiffany Haddish, Anthony Anderson, Jaden Smith, Brenda Song, Eva Longorio, Marsai Martin and Gabrielle...
Adult Swim and Studio DEEN Delivers ‘Rick and Morty’ Short “Samurai & Shogun Part 2”
Adult Swim and Studio DEEN have dropped off the second part to the animated Rick and Morty short, “Samurai & Shogun.” Clocking in a little under six minutes, the sequel is helmed by Kaichi Satō and hears Youhei Tadano and Keisuke Chiba reprise their roles as Rick WTM72 and Shogun Morty, respectively: “Paying homage to the classic tale Lone Wolf and Cub, Samurai Rick defends Shogun Morty against all comers. In part one, we learned that Rick WTM-72 is not to be underestimated. In the finale, his savagery knows no limit! Rick and Morty Samurai and Shogun part 2, directed by Kaichi Satō.” “Samurai & Shogun Part 2” arrives about a month after Sola Entertainment’s 11-minute short, “The Great Yokai Battle of Akihabara,” which follows the grandfather-and-grandson duo in Akihabara in order ...
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Three 6 Mafia To Finally Battle on ‘VERZUZ’
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Three 6 Mafia will finally take the VERZUZ stage for an exciting battle this December. The event is set to take place in Los Angeles on December 2 and will reportedly feature “ALL members” of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, namely Bizzy Bone, Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, Flesh-n-Bone and Wish Bone. Their battle arrives more than a year after Bone Thugs and Three 6 Mafia initially announced a separate battle via Instagram Live in April 2020, which was cancelled at the last minute after VERZUZ founders Swizz Beatz and Timbaland joined the engagement. DJ Paul shared that Swizz Beatz convinced Krazyie Bone to postpone the battle an hour before they were meant to go live, then confirmed a year later that they were back in talks to make the battle happen. Krazyie Bone also told HipH...
