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Donald Glover’s Atlanta Will Return In 2022, A New Teaser Promises
The last time Atlanta aired a new episode on television, Drake’s “Nice for What” was the No. 1 song in the country. About a week later, Childish Gambino’s own “This Is America” took over that spot, and later went on to a successful and history-making night at the 2019 Grammys. That feels like a long, long time ago, and in a lot of ways, it was. Atlanta‘s Season 2 finale, “Crabs in a Barrel,” was broadcast on FX on May 10, 2018. A lot has happened since then. Most notably, show creator and star Donald Glover has appeared in major films for Disney (Solo: A Star Wars Story and The Lion King) and released another Gambino album called 3.15.20, while co-star Zazie Beats has helped anchor Joker and Deadpool 2, and Paper Boi himself, Brian Tyre...
Kraftwerk Announce 2022 Tour Following Induction to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Following their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, legendary electronic music group Kraftwerk are taking a victory lap. It’s a circuit through North America that has been long overdue. In 2020, the pioneering band had intended to celebrate their momentous 50-year anniversary with a tour, but their plans were scrapped in the wake of the pandemic. However, as they say, good things come to those who wait, and there’s even more to celebrate with Kraftwerk’s newly announced 2022 summer run. After six rejections for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame consideration, the German quartet couldn’t be denied. This past weekend, the iconic Computer World producers were finally welcomed into the elite club alongside a formidable class of artists including Carole Kin...
Alison Wonderland Announces Release Date of First Whyte Fang Song In Over 6 Years
The return of Alison Wonderland‘s decade-old Whyte Fang project is official. Back in May we reported on the revival of Whyte Fang, a musical alias developed by Wonderland as early as 2011. The superstar DJ, producer, and singer-songwriter hasn’t released new music under the moniker since 2014, but has teased its comeback in cryptic fashion a number of times in 2021. Wonderland has now confirmed that a new Whyte Fang track called “TIDES” is set to drop this week. She briefly expounded on the song in a follow-up tweet, telling fans they can expect to hear “all the weird stuff” and teasing more music in the near future. “I am going to start releasing music from my side project whyte fang,” she said. “The first piec...
REZZ Announces Release Date of Third Album, “spiral”
After weeks of teasing, REZZ has finally announced the release date of her hotly anticipated third album, spiral. The Juno Award-winning electronic music producer has said that spiral will “showcase an evolved version” of her music. The one they affectionally call Space Mom dropped a triptych of singles in the weeks leading up to the album, showcasing its hypnotic sound with “Let Me In” (with fknsyd), “Chemical Bond” (with Deathpact) and “Taste of You” (with Dove Cameron). spiral is REZZ’s first album since 2018’s Certain Kind of Magic. Naturally the announcement lit a fuse on EDM Twitter, which was rife with unbridled rapture and caps-locked tweets from REZZ stans. And plenty of the classic “It’s happening” gifs...
Terrorist Dressed as Joker Stabs 17, Sets Tokyo Train on Fire
A man dressed in the garish colors of the Joker stabbed at least 17 people and set a train on fire in a shocking Halloween terrorist attack in Tokyo, Japan. NHK News noted that the assailant, believed to be in his 20s, was arrested. One of his victims, a man in his 60s, is unconscious and in critical condition after the stabbing. No fatalities have been disclosed. “I thought it was a Halloween stunt,” one witness told reporters. “Then I saw a man walking this way slowly waving a long knife,” which was covered in blood. Advertisement Related Video While police have not announced a motive, according to the New York Post, local outlets have reported that the terrorist “wanted to kill people so he could be sentenced to death.” The man reportedly lit the fire by emptying a flammable liquid...
Sly and the Family Stone’s There’s a Riot Goin’ On Resounds 50 Years Later: Classic Review
Editor’s Note: Sly and the Family Stone released their fifth studio album on this day 50 years ago. Read Okla Jones’ retrospective essay below, and stay tuned for an exciting giveaway on Consequence surrounding the anniversary. When There’s a Riot Goin’ On was released in 1971 — exactly 50 years ago today, November 1st — America was a nation in transition, feeling the effects of the previous decade. The shadow of Dr. King’s assassination loomed over the black community; and the Vietnam War divided an entire country. What Sly and the Family Stone’s fifth album did was give a voice to a new generation yearning to be heard. The revolution, as it was referred to by some, was when the hip, twenty-somethings of the world experienced an awakening, so to speak, and pushed the limits of sex, drugs,...
Porcupine Tree Announce New Album CLOSURE/CONTINUATION, Share “Harridan”: Stream
English prog rockers Porcupine Tree have announced their new album CLOSURE/CONTINUATION, out June 24th, 2022 via Music for Nations/Megaforce Records. Marking the band’s first new music in more than a dozen years, it’s preceded by the lead single “Harridan.” Now comprised of Steven Wilson, Richard Barbieri, and Gavin Harrison, Porcupine Tree last released the Grammy-nominated The Incident in 2009. They went on hiatus following their biggest live show to date at the Royal Albert Hall in October 2010. In a press statement, the group explained they first started working on songs appearing on the new album shortly after dropping The Incident: “‘Harridan’ and a few of the other new songs have been in play since shortly after the release of The Incident. They initially lived o...
R.I.P. Malcolm Dome, Veteran Music Journalist Who Coined the Term “Thrash Metal” Dies at 66
Malcolm Dome, a longtime music journalist who primarily covered metal and hard rock, has died at the age of 66. The veteran writer is credited with coining the term “thrash metal” in an article about Anthrax in 1984. The UK journalist got his start in the 1970s, writing for Record Mirror and Metal Fury magazines, before landing with Kerrang! upon its launch in 1981. His passing was reported by the website Louder, which encompasses the magazines Prog, Classic Rock, and Metal Hammer, all of which Dome contributed to during his lengthy journalism career. In 1981, Dome put out a book called Encyclopedia Metallica, which may have inspired the legendary metal band’s name. More directly, he referred to Anthrax’s music as “thrash metal” while writing about the band’s song “Metal Thrashing Mad” in ...
SPIN Presents Lipps Service With Jerry Cantrell
On this week’s episode of SPIN Presents Lipps Service, host Scott Lipps spoke with Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell. The guitarist released his latest solo album, Brighten, last Friday. Lipps and Cantrell discuss the record along with how Chris Cornell’s daughter, Lily Cornell Silver, brought him to tears, his relationship with Eddie Van Halen, how Alice in Chains formed, and much more. Since it began in 2018, the acclaimed podcast has featured many of the biggest voices and personalities in music, including exclusive interviews with Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis, David Lee Roth, Shepard Fairey, Courtney Love, Dove Cameron, Mick Fleetwood, Nikki Sixx, Perry Farrell and many, many more. In the last episode, Lipps caught up with his longtime friend Nikki Sixx of Motley ...
Zack Snyder Draws Comparison of His Newest Film ‘Rebel Moon’ to ‘Man of Steel’
Director Zack Snyder has revealed additional details regarding his next Netflix sci-fi film Rebel Moon. The film was first announced in July this year and reportedly stems from a Star Wars pitch the director developed a decade ago. Snyder will be directing, producing and co-writing the film for the streaming giant. In a recent Post-Credit podcast, Snyder described Rebel Moon as a film on a similar scale of the 2013 Man of Steel. He has even gone as far as calling it a film “on the biggest steroids I can give it.” The director reveals that the synopsis of the movie follows a “romantic sci-fi film on a scale that is just frankly as big as you can make a movie.” In another interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Snyder discusses the film’s inspirations sharing, “This is me growing up as a...
Donald Glover Unveils Eerie New Teaser for ‘Atlanta’ Season Three
With season three of Atlanta slated to release in 2022, Donald Glover unveiled a website containing a teaser for the show’s upcoming season. The visual clocked in at almost one minute and begins with scenic shots as Sun Ra’s “It’s After The End of the World” plays in the background. Eventually, David Tyree Henry’s Alfred “Paper Boi” Miles is shown sitting at a table while two people behind him are facing the wall. The camera zooms closer to Paper Boi’s face, which expresses what seems like fear and uncertainty, and ends with the confirmation that the show will be making its return next year. Glover also took Twitter to share his excitement for the upcoming season and respectfully shut down the comparisons between Atlanta and Dave. In a series of now-deleted tweets, he wrote, “i cant wait t...
‘The Book of Boba Fett’ Trailer Uncovers the Bounty Hunter’s Next Chapter
Disney+ has dropped the official trailer for The Book of Boba Fett, Lucasfilm‘s latest series that was first announced in the end-credit sequence after the season two finale of The Mandalorian. The trailer plays into the The Madalorian‘s mixture of past and present, making several mentions of characters, names and places from the original film and introducing a new underworld plot that will be added to the franchise. The series “finds legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand navigating the Galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate,” according to Disney’s official synopsis. Temuera Morrison will return under the Mandalorian helmet as Boba Fett and Ming...
