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KORN Announces ‘Requiem’ Album; First Single ‘Start The Healing’ Now Available
KORN will release a new album, “Requiem”, on February 4, 2022 via Loma Vista Recordings. The official music video for the disc’s first single, “Start The Healing”, directed by Tim Saccenti (FLYING LOTUS, RUN THE JEWELS, DEPECHE MODE), can be seen below. The clip is a live action and animated visual feast about death and re-birth amidst an array of preternatural creatures, humanoids and KORN‘s electrifying live performance symbolizing the dawn of a new era for the band. In a statement, Saccenti explained of the visual, “Our idea for this video was to mutate that aspect of the DNA of KORN, of what makes them so inspiring, their mix of raw power and transportive aesthetics and human emotion. I wanted to take the viewer on an emotional journey, as the ...
Another Lil Wayne Mixtape Will Hit Streaming Services in January 2022
One of Lil Wayne‘s mixtape will soon be available on streaming services. Weezy’s manager Mack Maine confirmed the news to Billboard, stating, ”We have [a mixtape] coming, probably in January.” Although he did not specify which project was releasing or even give fans a hint about which mixtape to expect, Maine explained that they’re working on ideally making all the projects available. “Shout-out to the fans. If we could, we’d put all of [the tapes] up in one month,” he shared. “It’s a tedious process. It’s not like a one-day thing. But we’re going to hopefully get all those mixtapes [up].” In August 2020, Wayne dropped his celebrated 2009 mixtape No Ceilings on streaming services but only featured 11 out of the 21 original tracks. The skits and the cuts that featured samples from the ...
Courtney Barnett on “Finding Joy Amongst the Mess” with Her New Album Things Take Time, Take Time
When Courtney Barnett turns on her Zoom camera, she’s squinting from the sun. The singer-songwriter, whose new album Things Take Time, Take Time arrives this Friday (November 12th) via Mom+Pop, is calling from outside the house she’s staying at in Joshua Tree, where she’s been rehearsing for her upcoming tour and, deservedly, taking some time to relax. “I’ve just woke up,” she tells Consequence with a laugh. Barnett began writing her follow-up to 2018’s Tell Me How You Really Feel in late 2019 and early 2020, before the you-know-what put most people’s plans on an indefinite pause. Strict COVID safety protocols in her native Australia meant that Barnett had an abundance of free time on her hands: “I was living by myself in Melbourne, and we were in lockdown, and I was writing...
Gavin Rossdale on the 20th Anniversary of Bush’s Golden State
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Gavin Rossdale catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about the 20th anniversary of Golden State, a record that found Bush going back-to-basics but also with the unfortunate timing of releasing it right before 9/11. The British-born artist tells us about having his songs recontextualized in the wake of the Twin Towers attack, signing with a record label who seemed to fail them at every turn, and eventually losing half of the band in the aftermath of it all. Advertisement Related Video Rossdale also takes us into his acting career, having just played the villain in Janell Shirtcliff’s Habit, and tells us why he’s attracted to pl...
The Bizarre, Booby-Trap-Happy History of the Home Alone Sequels
The abiding premise of Home Alone — a precocious tot in suburban Chicago defending his home against bumbling burglars with an array of increasingly complicated booby traps — feels like the kind of lightning-in-a-bottle pitch that could only sustain itself for one perfect movie. And yet, like its fellow Christmas-siege classic Die Hard, that hasn’t stopped studio execs from mining the concept for, count ’em, four sequels and counting. (A fifth, Home Sweet Home Alone, is set to premiere on Disney+ on November 12th.) After the success of the 1990 original, written by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus — a film that grossed nearly $500 million at the box office and catapulted Macaulay Culkin to superstardom — a sequel naturally followed, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Expand...
Jeff Tweedy Announces Chelsea Walls Soundtrack Reissue with Unreleased Songs
Jeff Tweedy has announced a reissue of his soundtrack to Chelsea Walls, the 2001 film by Ethan Hawke. The newly released edition contains two previously unreleased songs and is out January 14th via Omnivore Recordings. Set in a single day, Chelsea Walls follows a group of artists living in the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York. The film, based on the 1990 Nicole Burdette play of the same name, was Hawke’s directorial debut, and as a longtime fan of Wilco, he asked Tweedy to write the music. Tweedy collaborated with drummer-composer Glenn Kotche on the soundtrack, and Kotche ended up becoming Wilco’s permanent drummer soon after. In addition to Tweedy and Kotche’s original score, the Chelsea Walls soundtrack features songs from Wilco and Billy Bragg, as well as vocal contributions f...
Netflix’s Live-Action ‘YuYu Hakusho’ Is Coming December 2023
From Gundam, Avatar, Cowboy Bebop, and even One-Piece, Netflix has been on a roll in creating live-action renditions of some of the most iconic animes. Now, fans of Yoshihiro Togashi’s ’90s Weekly Shōnen Jump classic YuYu Hakusho have reason to celebrate as it has just been announced that a live-action adaptation is slated for a December 2023 release. The live-action will see Teru Morii as producer, Kazutaka Sakamoto as executive producer, while ROBOT will be working on the production. The story follows Yusuke Urameshi, a troublemaking teen who is killed when saving a child from oncoming traffic. His good deed permits him to return to his living body where he lands a job as “Underworld/Spirit Detective” from Koenma, son of the Underworld’s ruler, King Enma. Yusuke eventually joins forces w...
Netflix Responds to Carole Baskin’s ‘Tiger King’ Lawsuit
Netflix has officially responded to Carole Baskin‘s lawsuit regarding the streaming platform using footage of her for the sequel of Tiger King. In an attempt to stop Netflix’s launch of the second Tiger King, Baskin has taken matters to court but was denied by the federal judge hours after having filed the lawsuit. Basking reported that Netflix has used “unauthorized” footage of herself and her husband in the new upcoming episodes. However, according to Deadline, the judge presiding over the case, Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington, denied Baskin of her request for a temporary restraining order and even deemed that the footage used by Netflix does not “cause any immediate harm that cannot be compensated with monetary damages.” Netflix and Royale Good Productions have spoken out about th...
‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Unveils Collaborations With Hasbro, Fortnite and More
Sony Pictures has announced a lineup of merchandise collaborations in advance of the highly-anticipated release of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Directed by Jason Reitman, the new movie follows a mom and her two kids who discover their connection to the original ghostbusters and the legacy that their grandfather left behind. Expanding on the film’s toy line, Hasbro has created children’s renditions of the proton blaster, Ecto-1 vehicle and figurines of characters from the 1980s version of the film. For adults, the toy company has plans to develop a plasma proton pack at its innovative HasLab. Crowdfunding for the project began on October 27 and remains open over the next month until December 12. Epic Games has already introduced a series of Ghostbusters quests in Fortnite, but more movie-t...
Paramount Delays ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ by a Year
Paramount Pictures has now delayed both Transformers: Rise of the Beasts and the upcoming Star Trek movie. According to reports, no specific reasons were given by the production studio as to why both blockbusters have been pushed back, but it’s likely that Star Trek‘s release date has been moved in order to accommodate the new premiere for Rise of the Beasts. The latter was originally slated to hit theaters on June 24, 2022, but is now delayed by almost a whole year until June 9, 2023, while the former has been moved from the second date to December 22, 2023. The new dates come despite Rise of the Beasts completing production earlier last month. At the time, director Steven Caple Jr. celebrated its wrap with a new image at Optimus Prime in his vehicle form following the...
Naruto Hits ‘Fortnite’ Next Week
Following the release of a Jinx skin to celebrate the release of League of Legends‘ animated series Arcane, Epic Games has revealed its latest crossover with Naruto Shippuden. Naruto is one of the most beloved anime franchises of all time, and Naruto Shippuden is the second part of the series featuring Naruto and the other Konoha 11 ninjas as adolescents. While no specific details have been officially announced, Fortnite players should be able to expect the usual crossover offerings such as Naruto-themed skins, items, emotes, music tracks, and loading screens. A Hidden Leaf Village Creative Hub is also rumored to release on the same day as the cosmetic offerings. The Fortnite x Naruto Shippuden crossover will arrive on November 16. Take a look at the Twitter conversation below. Coming soon...
Blake Shelton Offers Fiery Live Debut of ‘Come Back As a Country Boy’ at 2021 CMA Awards
Dressed in all black, Shelton made sure that his darker theme got across to the crowd, with faux lightning crashing in the background and during the song’s riled-up guitar solo. “When I die, I wanna come back as a country boy,” he sang in front of a weathered fence. “No, there ain’t no better life if you ask me.” The performance came just hours after Shelton officially unveiled his new music video for the single (written by “God’s Country” co-writers Michael Hardy and Jordan Schmidt), in which Shelton makes his declared wish a reality — as a meteor comes crashing to the earth, the country star emerges in flames, back to his life as the titular country boy. Shelton wasn’t the only one at the 2021 CMA Awards to deliver some memorabl...
